The screen comes to life to show part of a canyon, insect buzzing could be heard as the audience was introduced to a weird looking reptilian creature. The reptilian creature starts to scatter as the audience started to hear footsteps, said footsteps coming from a pair of black boots filling the screen, panning out some more to reveal the back of Mando, his black cape moving with his steps, his rifle at his side as he walked through the canyon with a moderately-sized silver pod hovering beside him as he continued his trek.

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Remembering what was in the pod, most of the female audience, sans the ones that haven't seen this universe yet, really wanted to get a good look at the baby alien again, while those like Glynda kept a more composed look toward the pod, though deep down she really wanted to see the Child again.

"What's in the pod?" Tai asked as he rose his brow

"Only the most adorable little thing EVER!!" Nora yelled as she jumped up and down in her seat

"Miss Valkyrie, please sit in your seat properly!" Glynda called out to Nora, though it didn't mean she didn't disagree with the bubbly ginger bomber

Nora did just that, though the giddy expression on her face never left. Meanwhile with Ren, he continued to look at the pod with a sense of warmth in his heart.

Ilia, having realer back a bit from Nora's outburst, soon leaned in towards Blake. "What was that about?" The chameleon faunus asked her old friend

"You'll... you'll just have to take her word for it and see for yourself." Blake said as she held a small smile on her lips, knowing Ilia would just love to see the creature that was in the pod.

However, Ironwood was more focused on the Mandalorian. "So this is Mr. Lie Ren?" The General asked Ozpin while pointing toward said Beacon student in the audience

Ozpin merely nodded as he looked at the screen, still intrigued on just what the infant alike creature was.

"So, what is he capable of?" Ironwood asked

"So far, his skills are huntsman level, perhaps above average. A little brutal in some fashion, but intent on getting the job done, that's for certain." Port answered the General, remembering the bar fight from the first chapter, along with the town shoot-out with Mando and IG.

Ironwood nodded in understanding as he looked watched Mando.

"You don't say? What kind of brutal stuff we talkin' here?" Qrow asked as he looked at the Beacon teachers, taking a swing of his flask, though his answer came from Oobleck

"Well, for example, he was in a bar fight due a fission with two of the patrons. Mr. Ren eliminated one with a knife, and while the other was trying to get away, Mr. Ren deployed a grappling cable of sorts from the gauntlet on his right arm, and started to reel the alien patron back into the cantina. However, the alien, a Quarren as Vortech stated, pulled out a blaster and fired back at Mr. Ren, prompting Mr. Ren to pull out his own blaster. However, instead of firing at the Quarren, Mr. Ren fired at the controls for the cantina's automatic door, causing said door to fritz and start to close with the Quarren in its path. The door soon closed fully, killing the Quarren in the process by cleaving him in two from the waste down." Oobleck stated out loud as he adjusted his glasses

This, in turn, prompted those that haven't seen the Mandalorian's universe to look at the Beacon history teacher in shock, Qrow wide eyed as he paused in drinking from his flask, while those who did see Mando's universe recoiled a bit at having been reminded of the brutal fighting display Mando had showed before. Well, everyone sans one.

Neo could only sigh dreamily as she remembered the events from the cantina fight, hearts in her heterochromatic eyes as Roman just shook his head at her antics.

"Damn!" Qrow yelled in a whisper as he set his flask down. "And you said he was bounty hunter, right?" The Branwen asked as he looked at Vortech, said person nodding in return

"Yep. That definitely counts as brutal." Tai commented as he didn't know what else to say about that

"Is that really true?" Ilia asked Blake

All Blake did was nod, feeling unnerved from the resurfacing memory of the cantina fight.

"There was even an audible squelch noise to." Yang added to the conversation between Ilia and Blake

"Ugh. Please don't remind me." Blake said as she started to feel sick at the stomach, meanwhile Ilia took one look at the Ren in the audience, only to flinch back a bit in fear of the ninja bit and turn her head in the opposite direction when Ren felt someone peering at him.

When Sienna heard what Oobleck said, she was definitely shocked. She never really knew, nor heard of, a bounty hunter that could be that brutal, though for some odd reason.... she couldn't help but feel a bit of pride swell up in her soul when she heard of the boy's feat. How strange.

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The view pans to the front of Mando, his Mandalorian armor being shown to the audience as his black helmet and pauldron shined a bit from the sun piercing through the canyon.
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"I must say, that is some very interesting armor he has on." Pietro commented as he squinted his eyes at Mando's armor

"If you think that's cool, just wait and see how well the armor can hold up in a fight." Ruby said to Pietro, getting the old man to become even more so intrigued

"I'll admit, the armor is definitely unique, but what is it that makes it so special?" Winter asked

"As I recall from Vortech, Mr. Ren's armor, more so his helm and right pauldron, are comprised of a metal known as Beskar steel. From Vortech states, it could survive the strongest rounds of dust fire and not even show the slightest signs of denting." Oobleck reported to the Atlas specialist

"Really now?" Ironwood asked, all the more intrigued

"Why the lad was shot point blank in the shoulder by a blaster bolt, only for his pauldron to protect him from any damage whatsoever. There was hardly any sign that the bolt hit him!" Port said in praise towards Mando's armor

"With an armor made of metal like that, it could help prevent more damage from Grimm against huntsmen and huntresses." Ironwood mused as his mind went through many possibilities on the way the metal could be used

"A metal like that could also be used towards higher quality Atlesian Knights." Penny mused with a bright smile on her face

"Then I guess it's a good thing that Beskar isn't in our universe. Huntsmen and huntresses are bad enough for business, don't need any indestructible tin-cans to worry as well." Roman said as he leaned back in his chair, though deep down, another reason he was glad that type of metal wasn't in their universe was so that Cinder couldn't get her hands on it. She was powerful enough, don't need her getting her hands on any Beskar-made Atlas androids.

At this, Ironwood deflated a bit, though leave it to Jaune Arc to continue a conversation.

"Hey, Vortech, you don't think you could possibly... I don't know, maybe portal in some Beskar into our world?" Jaune asked the inter-dimensional being, more so hoping for an upgrade to his armor

"Yes! That's it fearless leader. We get Besskar, and I get Renny to look like Mando." Nora mentally praised her leader for the ingenious idea

"Hmm... I probably could, but I'd have to speak with my superiors." Vortech said as he read the look of the entire audience.

Ironwood, Winter, Pietro, and Penny seemed almost ecstatic at the prospect of having Besskar in their home dimension, though the latter two were more composed on the thought of it.

The Beacon students, more so Nora, Ruby, Yang, and Jaune, were almost giddy at the thought of having Beskar added to their weapons design.

Ozpin, Oobleck, and Port were more than intrigued about having Beskar in their universe, while Glynda and Qrow were worried on what Ironwood would do with it.

Roman looked ready to slam Jaune against a wall and beat the crap out of him, while Neo's thought process was similar to Nora's: Get Ren to look like Mando, and get a weapon made entirely out of Beskar.

Even Sienna and Ilia seemed intrigued by the prospects of it, though they also lightly scowled at the thought of Atlas using it.

Overall, Vortech couldn't help but silently chuckle at the ordeal, finding it all to be...

"....Entertaining~. Wouldn't you say, old friend?" A distorted voice telepathically asked Vortech, a voice that sounded a lot like a.... Radio.

"So. It would seem you somehow snuck your way into Dimension Prime?" Vortech asked back to the Radio voice, only for said voice to not answer back. "Fine. Keep to yourself, if that's the way you're going to play it."

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Mando kept walking around, reading his head left and right, as if he was trying to see if he was being followed. The pod continued to follow him, revealing to the new members of the audience what lies within it. An adorable baby alien with green skin, pointy ears, bright and wide brown eyes while wearing a light brown coat of sorts that just added to his cuteness.
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"Awwe~!" Literally went every woman in the audience, whether they saw the Child before or not. Could you blame them though? Just look at him.

"Oh God, I feel like I'm getting diabetes just by looking at him." Qrow said while he tried to avert his eyes from the cute alien child on-screen

"Who's the most adorwable thing eveha? You are. Yesh you are." Winter cooed at the Child, uncharacteristically might I add

Ilia and Sienna had hearts in their eyes the moment they laid them upon the Child. They could do nothing but coo at the Child.

"Awe~ Now ain't that one of the cutest things I've ever seen." Tai was more than entranced by the Child

"Dammit Taiyang, show a little masculinity." Qrow and Ironwood thought at the same time, both trying to avert their eyes from the Child, both also not denying that the Child is adorable

"Damn. They say Grimm are dangerous, but that kid's got an adorable meter that can annihilate anyone, no matter how strong." Roman commented as he continued to try and avoid eye contact with the Child, feeling as if he was going soft just looking at 'em.

"So this is what it feels like to see something like inexplicably adorable. It is sensational!" Penny swooned as he looked at the child

"Why, I've never seen a whippersnapper this adorable since... well since never in my life." Pietro said as he looked at the Child with wonder in his eyes

"*clears throat*... Besides... everything else, what species is this Child?" Ironwood asked, however it would be Pyrhha to answer him

"Actually, General, the Child's species isn't known. We just know that it's very rare." Pyrrha said, only to soon go back to swooning at the Child, hoping one day that she'd have kids as adorable as that for her own, most preferably with a certain blonde dork that was her team leader

"Yes yes. The Child is adorable. However, do please try to keep the swooning and the cooing to a minimum. The Child is a main attraction in this universe, but there's more to see in this universe than that of The Child." Vortech said, getting most of the audience to calm down, Roman, Qrow, and Ironwood muttering their thanks to Vortech

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The child looked left and right, seeing that the alien reptiles scurried around the sides of the canyon, all the while looking at the wandering pair that was Mando and the Child. However, as they continued to move, rustling could be heard, prompting Mando to haunt in his tracks, the pod holding the Child doing the same. The wind whistled as Mando waited for something to occur. Gently moving his hand onto the holster that held his blaster, Mando carefully looked around at his surroundings, the view closing in on his round-topped helmet, his pink t-shaped visor looking for any would-be attackers.
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"Hoh? What might this be?" Roman mused as he leaned in forward

"He seems very high-alert. What for?" Tai asked

"Well, apparently the baby alien is a bounty and a lot of people are trying to get to him. Though the last time another bounty hunter was in the equation, he tried to kill the baby." Yang informed her father, scowling at the thought of IG-11

"Why would anyone wish to kill such an innocent and adorable creature?!" Sienna clammy roared out, Ilia nodding her head in agreement

"The benefactor of the bounty said that anyone who brought the Child to him alive, they would receive the full reward, this reward being a supply of Besskar steel. However, he also said he would accept the Child dead, albeit for a lower fee. If what we saw last time in this universe is anything to go by, there are those who still seek the reward the Child would bring, dead or alive, sadly." Ozpin said as he continued to watch

"So this version of Ren is just having the Child around so he can get the reward?" Ilia scowled

"What? No! Never!" Nora said in defense of her not-boyfriend

'Yeah!' Neo signed out

"He protected the Child from a bounty hunter droid that tried to kill it. Mando had even had an emotional scene with the Child too." Blake said to Ilia in defense of Ren

"Mando?" Ilia asked with a raised brow

"Nobody calls him Ren in this universe. They just calm him Mando." Weiss actually replied to Ilia, though Ilia would rather refrain from having been spoke to by the Schnee

Ren calmly smiled at his friends coming in to defend him of doing any wrong towards the Child. He'd kill himself 10 times over before he'd let that ever happen.

"Hmph. I guess I'll take your word for it, for now. But it still doesn't excuse the fact that he's still a bounty hunter, that's probably going to deliver the Child to whoever is paying him." Ilia said as she crossed her arms

"You know, not that I have anything against Mando, but she's got a point. Mando's still on the pay, and if tries to keep the kid, then the benefactor prune is going to send more bounty hunters to hunt him and the kid to the far ends of the galaxy." Roman said, only to get a jab in his sides by Neo, said henchwoman scowling at her boss/father figure

"I'm just sayin'." Roman said to Neo

"Wow, Torchwick, you know how to brighten the mood." Yang replied to the criminal mastermind sarcastically

"Don't shoot me down for speaking the truth, blondie. That's just the way the world works." Roman said in defense

"*sigh* Yeah, hate to admit it, firecracker, but he's not wrong." Qrow admitted as he took a swing of his flask

The mood of the room started to spur a bit at the thought of Mando having to eventually give up the Child.

"Well, I'm more than sure that Ren would be more than willing to fight off any and all bounty hunters sent his way, if it meant protecting the Child." Jaune said in Ren's defense, getting Pyrrha to smile at her crush

"Yeah! Renny doesn't give up so easily, even if the odds are against him." Nora states proudly, prompting Ren's spirit to rise a bit more at the things his friends said

"...Thanks." Ren said to Nora don Jaune with a sincere smile

"We're always here for you Ren". Pyrhha said as she placed an arm o his shoulder

And just like that, the mood brightened.

"Admirable, but playing hero is just going to kill 'em in the end." Roman thought to himself with a shake of his head

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Hissing could be heard from the distance, prompting Mando to move his head forward, slowly pulling out his blaster.
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"Oh! Looks like we got a little Vacuoan showdown going on here." Tai said in anticipation for the upcoming action

"That hissing indicates that friend Ren, or Mando as everyone apparently refers to him as, is about to face off against a reptilian based creature, most approximately to attack Mando from above." Penny analyzed the situation

"That was... very specific." Blake said as everyone else, sans Ironwood, Winter, Pietro, and Ruby, looked at Penny with varying odd looks

Seeing this, the aforementioned that weren't affected by what Penny said, started to sweat a bit, seeing as they were the only ones in the room that knew what Penny really was. Of course Vortech knew as well, but he wasn't going to tell anyone unless they asked nicely

"W-well she is Pietro's daughter, one of Atlas's greatest minds. It only makes sense for her to be as astute as he is." Ironwood said, trying to throw off everyone else's scent

"Hmm. Well I must congratulate you on your daughter Mr. Polendina. It would seem she has quite the intelligent daughter." Ozpin praised to Pietro, though in reality, he and the rest of his Inner Circle gave Ironwood subtle, yet curious looks towards the General, knowing that he was bidding something.

"Well... that's my daughter for you." Pietro said as he met his daughter's eyes, smiling at her, as Penny smiled back at him

"Senior citizen here is real old to have a kid that young. Either he adopted, or he paid for some nice ass one night, and she was the result." Roman whispered to Neo

'Could've been a sperm donner.' Neo suggested as Roman shrugged in acceptance of that to

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Then, out from atop Mando's right, a reptilian humanoid creature in scavenger clothing jumped down to attack Mando with an axe. Mando aimed his blaster up to try and shoot the creature, only for the alien to use its ace to knock his blaster away, a careful look at the creatures belt showed that he to had a tracking fob.
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"I believe this is when I get to use the term "Called it."!" Penny said happily as she was right

"Is it me, or that kid a little off?" Qrow asked Tai, though made sure that Ozpin's Inner Circle heard as well

"Eh, everyone has their quirks. As long as she's good friends with Ruby, she's fine in my book." Tai replies to his brother-in-law

"So, what species is this?" Oobleck asked Vortech

"That is a Trandoshan, also known as T'doshoks, a sentient reptilian species who originate from the planet Trandosha." Vortech started off as Oobleck started to take notes, though Ilia became intrigued as well when he mentioned that they were reptilian. "Though I must say, their species is quite... infamous." Vortech continued

Now this got everyone's attention.

"What do you mean by "infamous"?" Ironwood questioned

"Trandoshans are regarded as some of the galaxies greatest hunters, and let me say that they relish in it's thrill." Vortech stated

"So... they're like huntsmen and huntresses?" Weiss more so asked than stated

"If only that we're the case. Trandoshans are more like extreme game wardens. Some pick up jobs as bounty hunters in order to sate their thrill for the hunt. Most infamous of these bounty hunters being the Trandoshan Bossk, though that's a tale for a later date." Vortech said

"And for those that don't take up bounty hunting?" Ozpin inquired

"They're known to kidnap species of all kind, sentient or not, drop them off on a planet that they use for hunting grounds, and hunt down any and all of their captives that they can find in each hunt. Usually taking trophies along with them." Vortech answered the Headmaster's question

"That's just... that's just wrong." Pyrrha said in disgust

"And they're a hardy bunch as well. Tear off one of their limbs? Just give them time, and it will have fully regrown into its original state." Vortech added on to the information he was dealing out

"What kind of species could be so heartless?" Weiss asked in clear horror, though it was Port who answered her

"The kind that place thrill above anything else, whether they harm others while doing so brings no guilt or qualms to them, just satisfaction." Port said as he narrowed his eyes at the Trandoshan on-screen

Ilia was definitely starting to have second thoughts on these Trandoshans, while Yang, albeit a thrill seeker herself, never thought it was possible to take thrill seeking too far. Just goes to show you learn something new everyday.

However, Ironwood knew someone that could fit right in with the Trandoshans, a certain scorpion faunus that escaped custody a while back due to a Grimm attack on his transport ship.

"Now, despite their callous nature, Trandoshans can still do good. They are caring towards family members in their kin, and some like Bossk have even exposed corruption within governments and brought in wanted criminals, per their bounty hunting contracts." Vortech said, as a way to try and ease everyone's moods

"Well, I guess we can give them that much." Yang said

"Still doesn't mean we can't root against the the lizard guy attacking Mando." Nora said, getting a "Yeah!" from Ruby.

Nora made a fist with her left hand, and put it behind in order to fiat bump with Neo, who had journeyed down the row of seats just to fist bump Nora in agreement towards her statement, Roman and Ren both trying to figure out how the small woman got over there so fast without either of them noticing.

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Seeing this, Mando pushed the hovering pod out of the way from the fight, the Child giggling as he was pushed back, falling back into the pod as it reached a halt.
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This caused some of the women to coo at the Child's view of the situation.

"He's a kid, and yet he's already giggling at the face of danger." Qrow commented as he took a swing from his flask

"Oh, yes! We forgot to tell you that despite his appearance, the Child is actually fifty years old." Oobleck stated, shocking anyone who hadn't seen the Mandalorian the first time

"Come again?!" Tai and Ironwood asked

"Remarkable." Penny muttered with sparkling eyes

"The lifespan of that child's species must be exponentially long." Pietro said as he stroked his beard in thought

The sudden news of the Child being 50 years of age prompted Qrow to spit his drink out.

"Pppppffffttttt!!"

And guess where it landed.

"Seriously Qrow?! My shoes?!" Winter yelled, filled with rage at the dusty old crow that was coughing up a fit from having choked and spit out his alcohol.

"To think a child could be that old while keeping up the appearance of such a young age." Sienna mused, though she smirked when she saw Qrow spit his drink onto the elder Schnee's shoes

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The Trandoshan swung his axe at Mando several times, only for Mando to use his armor to block each blow. The Trandoshan pushed his axe handle against Mando, who was holding onto the ace handle as well, all the while being pushed back by the Trandoshan. Soon, Mando maneuvered the ace out of the Trandoshan's hands, throwing the reptilian hunter onto the dirt ground, Mando now holding the axe.
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"The turns have tabled!" Nora shouted in victory

"Don't you mean, "The tables have turned"?" Blake asked Nora

"No, silly. Who says "the tables have turned" anymore? Keep up with the times, Blake." Nora dismissed the cat faunus

"...What exactly is her damage?" Ilia asked Blake in a hushed whisper

"Sorry, I'm not an expert on anything Nora-related. You'd have to ask Ren if you seek answers from that department." Blake said with a shake of her, really wanting to know how Ren could put up with Nora for as long as he has

'Off with his head!' Neo signed out as she watched Mando hold the axe toward the downed Trandoshan

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Mando goes in to attack the Trandoshan with his own weapon, only to soon be intercepted by another Trandoshan who had an axe of his own, a third Trandoshan revealing himself.
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"Guy can't catch a break." Tai said with a shake of his head

"This is just proving my point." Roman said as he took a swing of his cigar, bubbles continuing to come out of it

"You obviously forget that this is Mando we're talking about. He can take them on." Ruby said to Roman while crossing her arms

"I'm not saying that he can't handle himself. I'm saying that he's going to be hunted down until he turns in the kid." Roman said a he lowered his hat, Neo scowling a bit at her boss

"What?" Roman asked her

Neo just gave him a look, a look that said 'You'd do the same for me.'

Roman didn't choose to give into what Neo was getting at, and looked to the left, knowing she had a point.

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From there, Mando blocked, parried, and swung the axe he held in his hands against the oncoming attacks of the other two Trandoshans, all the while the Child watched with curiosity. Mando soon dropped the axe he had in his hand in favor for the rifle on his back, using it to block an axe swing from the Trandoshan on his left, soon rising up to block another axe swing, and kicked the Trandoshan to the ground. The Trandoshan ok his right used the opportunity to attack Mando from behind, only to find that his axe just hit Mando's armor, causing Mando to turn around and focus his attention on the Trandoshan still attacking him.
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"He's definitely very skilled, perhaps better than that of a specialist." Winter complimented Mando

"Wow. Winter being humble and complimenting someone? And they say people can't change." Qrow said with a grin as Winter glared at him

"I can be humble. I just don't give cretans like you the satisfaction." Winter replies with a huff

'You think we could get the Ren in our world to work with us?' Neo signed to Roman

"Eh, it's far fetched. Besides that though, you've got competition." Roman whispered back to Neo, pointing at Nora, who was currently entranced with Ren on-screen

..... 'Your point?' Neo signed back to Roman, said thief just shrugging as he went back to watching the viewing

"This is version of you is definitely more head on when it comes to fighting." Jaune commented to Ren

"How so?" Ren asked his team leader

"Well, you're usually more agile and stealthy. This you, Mando, fights a little more like Pyrrha or Nora, possibly Yang." Jaune explained to Ren

"Huh. I can actually see that, the more I look at it." Ren mused as he continued to watch the viewing

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Blocking a few axe swings, Mando lowered his rifle towards the Trandoshan's stomach, and used the taser function to electrocute the Trandoshan into the canyon wall on Mando's right. Mando used his rifle against the other Trandoshan, smacking his rifle against the Trandoshan until he knocked him out cold and onto the dirt ground.
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"Lie Ren, the Mandalorian. Certified badass." Yang commented as everyone saw how quickly Mando dealt with the Trandoshans

"Go Renny!" Nora cheered while raising her fist in the air

"I'm right here, Nora." Ren told his childhood friend, though she didn't pay attention

"That rifle of his seems to be very useful." Ironwood mused. "What's it called?" James asked Vortech

"That is the Amban Rifle. To describe it in Layman's terms, it's the Swiss Army knife of guns in this universe." Vortech answered the Atlesian General

Now this got Ruby to get all jumpy.

"Really?! What else can it do?! Ooh! Tellmetellmetellme!!" Ruby yipped like a chihuahua

"Woah! Calm down Rubes." Yang said as she and Weiss tried to reel their leader in

"I'm certain you'll be able to gawk at what the rifle can do later." Weiss said as she and Yang got Ruby to settle down

Of course this caused many within the audience to give her varying looks, Qrow and Tai chuckling a bit at Ruby's antics, causing Ruby to turn the shade of her cloak.

"S-so I'm a weapons geek. So what?" Ruby said as she buried her face in her cloak, prompting Yang to give her little sister a reassuring shoulder pat

"Little Red and her weapons sitting in a tree." Roman whispered to Neo

'K. I. S. S. I. N. G.' Neo signed to Roman, prompting them to quietly snicker to each other

"I'm being made fun of..." Ruby thought to herself, wondering who was doing it

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While Mando did this, he saw the first Trandoshan that attacked him earlier run towards the Child, the reptilian hunter growling as it raised his axe, ready to strike against the Child.
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"No!" All of team RWBY called out in fear for the Child

"Shoot him!!" Glynda, Nora, Neo, and Sienna shouted out, though Neo more so signed it out

Ren's eyes widened in fear for the Child, hoping that his counterpart would react quickly enough.

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Mando raised his rifle, took aim, and fired. Once the bolt connected against the back of the Trandoshan, he could only grunt for a second until his flesh and bones were completely disintegrated, embers showing proof of said disintegration as all that remained of the Trandoshan was his tattered clothes that fell to the dirt floor, the Child looking at said clothes in continued curiosity.
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Silence. That's all there was to describe the shock of the entire audience. Granted, the looks of everyone, sans Vortech, varies from wide eyes, gaped jaws, or a bit of both.

"...Where can I buy one of these things?!"Roman practically screamed

"It has a disintegration mode?" Ironwood muttered dumbly with his jaw hanging open

"...I know I said to shoot him, but I didn't expect that to happen." Glynda said quietly with wide eyes, Sienna nodding agreement

Ruby was drooling over the thought of the Amban rifle, while Nora and Neo were drooling out how much more cooler Mando was

"That rifle is awesome. Nuff said." Jaune said quietly, Ren nodding his head in agreement as he looked at the screen with wide eyes

"To use disintegration... it must be a very intricate weapon." Pietro said as his mind raced to figure out what exactly could power the Amban rifle

"Mr. Vortech was right! The Amban rifle is a very interesting weapon." Penny said with a smile as she tried to burn the image of the rifle into her internal hard-drives

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Mando panted as he held the rifle in his arms, looking over to the Trandoshan's tracking fob that was on the dirt floor, still beeping as Mando looked over to the Child, all the while said baby alien just cooed.

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Mandalorian

Chapter 2
THE CHILD
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"See? He knows that others are gonna be coming for him and the kid as well." Roman pointed out

"He's shown skill and determination. If anything else, Mr. Ren will still fight for the Child's safety regardless." Ozpin replies to Torchwick, said criminal just rolling his eyes

While that conversation was going on, Tai was tapping his feet to the beat of the Mandalorian theme.

"I gotta say, I'm digging this music. Really make you feel like you're living a space western." Tai said as he was getting into the beat

"I know, right?" Yang agreed with her father as she to was getting into the beat

"I've been meaning to ask, but to call this Ren, the Mandalorian, would that insinuate he is the only Mandalorian, or are there others?" Sienna asked

"From what we learned from Vortech the first time, the Mandalorians are a race of warriors wearing similar clad armor, known for their honor and prowess in combat." Oobleck explained to Sienna without even needing to look at her

"From what we saw last time, Mr. Ren comes from a singular tribe of Mandalorians. And from what Vortech informed us last time, all Mandalorians will follow a singular leader, known as the Mand'alor, whom of which Vortech stated the most recent Mand'alor was you." Ozpin told the White Fang leader as he sipped on his mug

"You're staying that in this universe, I am the leader of these Mandalorians?" Sienna asked.

"From what Vortech insinuated, every Mandalorian would loyally follow you without question." Oobleck added.

Upon hearing this, Sienna put her hand to her chin in thought, musing over the prospect. "Me, the leader of a race of skilled, honorable warriors. I think I quite like the sound of that."

"And before you ask, there is no racial inequality between humans and faunus in this universe." Vortech put out there, causing the newcomers from Atlas and the White Fang to turn their heads to Vortech

"Really?" Ilia asked, shocked, a little confused, yet having a tinge of hope inside of her

"Mhmm. Though that doesn't mean there isn't any racism in this universe. War tends to be a prominent factor in this universe, no matter the scale of it, and other species don't always get along." Vortech explains

"Hmm. I suppose it's to expected. No matter how unappealing it may be." Ironwood muttered to himself and those around him, all nodding their heads in agreement

"Well certainly these oppressed species stick up for themselves." Sienna reasoned, a fierce look in her eyes

"Not all have that ability. Some species are more technologically advanced than others, so others don't have much of a choice in the matter. In this universe, you're either apart of a technologically advanced society, or you live like chanting God worshipers. To be rid of inequality on a universal scale is a lot harder than spouting out the idea. To simply have one species rise up against another could have a butterfly effect of drawing other species into the dispute, and the next thing you know, all out war and genocide on either one if not sides. It's easy to use violence to get what one wants in the world, but it's much more difficult to overcome the repercussions that it will inevitably cause." Vortech explained to Sienna, getting her to stop and think on what Vortech said

"Hmm... The Child..." Blake muttered to herself as he looked at the screen

"What's wrong?" Ilia asked Blake

"Hm? Oh, nothing. Just thinking about the subtitle." Blake replied to the chameleon faunus

"What about it?" Ilia asked

"I think it'll explore a bit about the baby that's with Ren." Blake answered her old friend

"Oh.... hey Blake?" Ilia asked

"Yeah?" Blake replies back

"You know how that blonde guy sitting next to your team asked if Vortech could give us Besskar metal?" Ilia asked

"His name is Jaune, and yes." Blake answered

"Jaune. Right. So... you don't think we could ask if Vortech could portal in a version of the baby alien to us?" Ilia asked Blake

"That's.... not a bad idea." Blake said as she and Ilia both started to get thoughts of playing around with the Child, laughing and cooing at him the entire time

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The scene transitioned to dusk as sizzling could be heard, Mando grunting as the Child looked at him, still sitting in his silver pod. Mando was currently without his the front of his cuirass on, trying to heal himself a bit with a device of some kind, revealing that he was cut on his left arm during the scuffle with the Trandoshans.

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"Wait, he got a gash in his arm?" Jaune asked, a little concerned for his on-screen friend

"Don't worry, the axes weren't infected." Vortech reassured the blonde, causing Jaune to sigh in relief

"Is Mando trying to weld up his wound?" Ruby asked

"And without any aura, that's going to be a little painful for him to try and deal up his wound by himself." Pyrrha said as she could see Mando was in slight pain

"He'll make it through. This is Renny we're talking about. He's suffered through worse." Nora state's proudly

"I really need to know if Nora might have something to do with any of Ren's suffering." Weiss whispered to Blake and Yang

"Knowing Ren, he probably got over it very quickly." Yang replies back

"If he even really gets dazed from most of her antics." Blake added in her two cents

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The Child continued to watch Mando intently, carefully eyeing as to what Mando was trying to do, and while Mando wasn't looking, the Child got out of his pod. Mando continued to grunt in pain while trying to heal the cut on his arm, the Child revealed to be walking up to Mando.
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"Awe! He's even cute when he walks!" Yang squealed in adoration of the Child

"Clawed finger nails, two fingers, one thumb." Oobleck wrote down in his journal, making sure to document all he could about the Child

"What's the young lad trying to do?" Port questioned

"Well, and I'm speaking from experience here, whenever my attention wasn't fully placed on Ruby, she would sneak into the kitchen to steal a cookie from the cookie jar. So the kid might just be hungry." Tai reasoned

"Hey! I wasn't that bad." Ruby protested to her father

"Heh, yeah right. You tried bribing me with a cookie when I caught you sneaking one out of the jar when you were little." Qrow chuckled, prompting Tai to do the same, causing Ruby to blush in embarrassment

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The next thing that happened, involved the Child slowing raising his small two-clawed, one thumb right hand towards Mando's injured arm, attempting to do something.
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"What's this?" Roman muttered to himself as he and Neo paid close attention to what the Child was trying to do

In fact, that was what everyone was trying to figure out. After all, it's not everyday you get to see a baby alien, let alone one that might have something very special about it. The two who were most interested in what the Child was doing, were Lie Ren and Ozpin.

For Ren, he wanted to know just exactly what kind of being the Child was, especially since his on-screen self would be the Child's caretaker for some time.

Ozpin on the other hand, felt something... powerful coming from the Child. The connection he had felt with the Child the first time he laid eyes on him, was now increasing in strength. Perhaps the Child was connected to the Ozpin of Mando's universe in some way, shape or form. All Ozpin could tell though, was that it felt as if the Child was being guided by something. Some power. Some... Force.

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Mando gasped a bit as he turned toward the Child staring at it a bit as it looked like it was stressing itself out with whatever it was trying to do. Though before the Child could do whatever it was trying to do, Mando put his hands on the Child's raised left one, then soon grabbed the sides of the Child, picked him up, and placed him back into the Child's silver pod.
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"Aw~ I really wanted to see what he was about to do." Nora pouted before turning to her partner. "Why'd you have to stop him, Ren?" Nora asked

"I didn't stop him. My dimensional counterpart did." Ren calmly replied back to Nora

"But technically, it still is you, so by default, you did stop the adorable little git from doing whatever he was trying to do." Yang got in on the teasing

Ren just rolled his eyes at their antics, but a small smile graced his lips

"Still, it would be intriguing to see what exactly the Child, and possibly his entire species, could do." Oobleck mused as he set his journal aside

"The Child can age up to 50 years and still keep up the appearance and actions of a baby. I'm certain this Child's species is one in a million." Pietro mused

"Much to learn, all of you have." Vortech said in a weird accent, and in a weird way

"....Why'd you say it like that?" Roman asked with a cocked eyebrow

In fact, everyone else was looking at Vortech strangely, wondering why he exactly spoke that way.

"In time, find out, you will." Vortech answered in the same way

Neo just turned to Roman, pointed to Vortech, and gave him the sign of crazy.

"Oh, like you're one to talk, or, erm,... sign, I guess." Vortech shout back at Neo, who just rolled her eyes in return

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The wind whistled as Mando started to use the device he was using on his injured arm to start working on the backside of his Mandalorian chest-plate, inspecting the wires and making sure everything was working. Clicks and trilling could be heard as he worked on the wiring within the front of his cuirass.
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"So, apparently there's a lot more to a Mandalorian's armor than just a strong metal." Ironwood observed

"Actually, only Lie Ren's helmet and right pauldron is made of Besskar. The rest is comprised of a substitute metal that more... financially poor Mandalorians use. These metals being known to be either durasteel or duraplast. Even if Besskar is Mandalorian metal by right." Vortech explained to the General

"Wait, if Besskar is a Mandalorian metal, then how do they not have more of it?" Sienna asked

"Some of your question will be answered in a later viewing, but for the most part, it's a very rare and expensive metal. It's not something that one can happen upon in a random mine. One would have to search for the metal on the Mandalorian home-world Mandalore, and even then it would still be a difficult process. But that is all I'll say on the matter for now." Vortech explained to Sienna

This caused Sienna to furrow her eyes a bit, wanting to know more about the matter, but since Vortech was the only one with any actual power in the room, she left her thoughts at that. For now anyway

"Even if it's a substitute metal, it does seem to be a decent substitute." Weiss said, seeing as how it's thus far protected Ren from attacks from blaster fire and sharp hand-held weapons

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Mando gasps when he here's the Child cooing again, turning to see that the Child was out of his pod again, and trying to do whatever he was trying to do earlier, once again.
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"Awe. It's cute how much he's trying to help Ren, even if he's still a child by his species standards." Pyrrha said with a smile on her face that just showed she adored The Child

"I still believe that The Child has something unique to his species that he wishes to help Mr. Ren." Oobleck observed as he pushed his glasses up

"As do I." Ozpin said as he watched what The Child was doing with a gaze as sharp as an eagle's

Vortech kept himself from saying anything, but if anyone could see what his actual face was like, they would see that he was smiling at how much they still have to learn about what The Child can do.

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Mando sighs as he picks the Child up and puts him back in his pod. Mando and the Child look at each other for a bit, before Mando pushes a button on his left gauntlet, one beeping sound later and the pod soon closes, ensuring that the Child doesn't get out anymore for the rest of the night.
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"Two strikes. You're out. Bed time." Roman said as he watched Mando close the hatch on the pod

'Party pooper.' Neo signed out with a small glare

"Come on, Renny. Just let the kid do what he's trying to do." Nora told to her partner

"In my other's defense, he's most likely tired, and doesn't want anything bad to happen to The Child." Ren said as he saw several slightly peeved eyes directed his way due to Mando having put away the Child

Oobleck lightly scowled as he put his notes away for the second time, another missed opportunity at seeing what the Child could do.

"Eh, this guy is probably just getting into the habit of parenting. I know I had my issues when Yang was born." Tai said, knowing what it was like when Yang was born... especially since Raven left him and their daughter

"Hey! It's not like I was Ruby." Yang protested, getting a "Hey!" from her half-sister

"Trust me, Yang, both of you have your quirks, especially when you were kids." Tai said to his brawling daughter

This caused Yang to slouch in defeat, Neo silently chuckling behind her.

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Cut to daybreak as Mando could be seen walking between some rocky and sandy hills along with the hovering pod. As the walk further and further to Mando's intended destination, Mando starts to hear indistinct shouting from the distance. Looking forward, Mando sees a large group of Jawas taking apart the Razor Crest, bringing the parts aboard their Sand Crawler.
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"Hey!!" Nora and Ruby cried out at what was going on

"Not the Razor Crest!!" Yang shouted, comical tears flowing from her eyes

"What's with the scavengers?" Roman asked Vortech while Neo was glaring bloody murder at the short hooded creatures ransacking Mando's ride

"Jawa's. An entire race of traders, scrappers, scavengers, and thrives. They're always like this. If no one is there to claim something is their property, a Jawa group won't be far from claiming it. They tend to live on desert based planets. Very few have seen their actual faces, though for your information, they are described to be gaunt rodent-like creatures with shrunken faces." Vortech explains

"S-so you're saying that they're-t-they're..." Port trailed off

"Giant walking rats, essentially." Vortech replies bluntly

At this point, Port was on track to passing out.

"Don't worry. No one will let the rats, and by proxy the Jawas, get to you." Oobleck said while patting his friend on the back

"...It'd be funny to see his reaction though." Qrow said, getting a contained snicker from Yang and Ruby in the process

This caused the teachers of Beacon, Tai, Winter and Ironwood to glare at Qrow, while Weiss flared at Yang and Ruby.

"What?" Qrow, Yang, and Ruby asked at the same time

"Another fun fact about Jawas is that those red eyes of theirs are actually gem stones that embed within their cloak's fabrics to be used as primitive sunglasses, a way to help their eyes against bright lights." Vortech added on more information about the Jawas

"Fascinating." Oobleck said as he wrote the information down in his notebook

"Don't ogle over the rats!" Port more so begged than anything

"Besides that..." Ironwood started as he gave Qrow one last glare, and an odd look towards Port. "What is the giant vehicle the Jawas they? It appears to be a mobile fortress of some kind, if the treads are anything to go off of." Ironwood asks Vortech as he studied the Sand Crawler

"That is known as a Sand Crawler. A mobile fortress commonly used by Jawas. By human and faunus standards, you cold hold up to 1,500 people in just one Sand Crawler." Vortech explains to the General

"Imagine if the people of Vacuo had a vehicle like that. Why, they'd no longer have to worry about traversing the deserts without protection and shelter. Why if the outer hull is strong enough, it could probably also protect people in Vacuo from Blind Worm attacks." Pietro mused as his rubber his beard

"Though be the looks of things, this Sand Crawler is nearly twice the size of an Atlesian Airship, so I'd imagine production of a Sand Crawler in our world would be costly. It probably wouldn't sit well with some of the council members either, mainly due to how much resources would be going into a Sand Crawler." Ironwood theorized

"This is why you people are so slow at finding new ways to prevent Grimm attacks. Screw what the Councilmen have to say. What they want is nothing but a bunch of guidelines in my book." Roman said, not really in favor with any of the kingdoms' councilmen, Vale most in particular

"You do realize that the General holds two seats on the Atlesian council?" Winter scowled at Roman for inadvertently insulting General Ironwood

"Did I stutter, Specialist?" Roman asked back

"Why you no good, low-life, rapscallion, son of a b—!" Winter started, but was cut of immediately by Ironwood

"Schnee! That is enough." Ironwood immediately ordered Winter to back down. "Being baited by a criminal like Torchwick will do you no good. It's better to ignore his comments than give into them."

Hearing this, Winter, albeit reluctantly, stood down, though without one last glare towards Roman, seeing that he was whistling innocently off to the side, Neo tapping her nose and then pointing her finger to Winter, Neo's own way of calling Winter a 'Kiss-ass'.

"Aw, come on. Why'd you stop her? I would've finally her Ice Queen say her first cuss word." Qrow spoke to Ironwood

"Don't call me Ice Queen." Winter and Wiess said at the same time, causing them to blink and look at each other

"They call you that too?" Weiss and Winter asked each other at the same time

"Well this won't do. It'll get confusing like this. For now on, Weiss here is Ice Queen junior, and Ice Queen here is Ice Queen senior." Qrow said, Roman quietly chuckling in the background

"Quiet you." Winter seethed at Qrow

"Make me." Qrow said as Winter glared at him, Ironwood slowly doing so as well

"Don't start an argument. Otherwise you'll be proving more immature than the antics of Miss Rose." Glynda reprimanded Qrow and Winter

"I... think that's a compliment?" Ruby said, uncertain in her voice

Meanwhile Sienna and Ilia couldn't help but smirk at a Schnee being talked down to. Sure, it wasn't Jacques, that would be a godsend in their eyes, but they'll take what they can get.

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Quickly taking out his Amban rifle, taking off small periscope from the rifle and putting up towards his visor, Mando zooms in to get a better look at all the stuff the Jawas are taking. Putting the periscope back in place on the rifle, Mando takes aim and fires at one of the Jawas, leaving nothing but its tattered cloak behind, the Child leaning in to watch what Mando was doing.
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"So satisfying." Nora said as she slouched in her chair, getting odd looks from her teammates

"You alright, Nora?" Jaune asked carefully

"Hmm?" Nora questioned, seeing a majority of people looking at her, sans Roman, Neo, Sienna, and Ilia. "Huh, oh come one, it's been established that Ren kills things for a living. Besides, though mangy scavengers have it coming for taking apart Renny's ship." Nora said while crossing her arms

'Preach it!' Neo signed out

"That still doesn't excuse the fact that... Mando, as everyone calls him, is still killing sentient beings. He didn't even try to communicate with them first." Ironwood said

"Now, James, while can agree with you, we must also take into account that Mr. Ren is most likely tired from not only walking quite the trek, but from also having to protect The Child from who knows how many other bounty hunters. To see his ship being torn apart by these Jawas when it seemed that he finally accomplished his mission, could you fully blame his aggravation?" Ozpin asked the General

Ironwood contemplated what Ozpin said, and sighed, knowing that he'd probably do the same thing if he was in a similar situation.

"Is it me, or did the kid almost look interested at the fact that Mando started to kill those Jawa guys?" Yang asked her team

"What? No... I think you're just confusing it for a child's natural curiosity of seeing something new. Even if the Child is 50 years old, I still doubt that he would know when something is being killed or not." Weiss reasoned

"You know... children tend to absorb stuff they see like a sponge. If he keeps seeing Mando kill people, than he might actually do it himself one day." Ilia told to Weiss, even though it pained her for conversing with a Schnee of all people

"Really, Ilia?" Blake gave her old friend a deadpan look

"I don't like it either, but I'm just saying what comes natural to babies." Ilia said as she really didn't want to see the cute cinnamon bun of an alien baby become a killer

'Awe, mommy's baby alien is already getting interested in killing.' Neo signed as she swooned at the Child

"He's not even your kid." Roman said as he looked at most could call his surrogate daughter

'Not yet.' Neo signed to him with the most innocent, yet unnerving smile Roman's ever seen

"....I don't even want to know what's going on in your head right now." Roman said as he went back to looking at the screen

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Mando takes out another bullet for the Amban rifle from his bullet chain on his right thigh while the Jawas start to all clamor and run towards the Sand Crawler. Mando takes another shot, killing another Jawa, once again leaving nothing but its tattered cloak behind. Mando takes out another bullet and fired at a Jawa who was firing a blaster aimlessly, disintegrating him as well.
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"It's like shooting fish in a barrel." Qrow commented

"That's a one violent game of fish in a barrel." Tai replies to his brother-in-law

'This is oddly satisfying.' Neo signed to Roman

"You always seem to have these weird habits. I'm starting to think I need to keep on you more often." Roman replied to his henchwoman, only for Neo to just roll her eyes at her boss

"Despite it's use on sentient organic life, the Amban rifle is a very effective ranged weapon." Penny commented as she observed Mando's rifle. "I wonder if the right mixture of dust could replicate the effects the Amban rifle." Penny mused to herself in thought

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The rest of the Jawas head into the Sand Crawler, the front hatch closes up, the Sand Crawler starting to roll out. Mando starts to run after it, the Child's pod moving along with him as Mando pants during his run. Mando takes out his rifle again, takes aim at the back of the Sand Crawler, and fires at one of the fuel tanks, causing to leak a bit, causing the Sand Crawler to slow down just enough for Mando to run up to it and jump up onto the Magnetic Suction Tube between the two large treads.
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"What is the purpose of the that tube? It seems to be an odd aspect for a mobile fortress." Winter asked Vortech

"That is the Sand Crawler's magnetic suction tube. It's used to draw in droids that happen to find themselves underneath the tube. Jawas use it to help in loading up free-roaming droid they find in the desert." Vortech explained to the Atlas specialist

At the mention of magnetizing droids up a suction tube, Penny definitely felt off about the subject.

"Well despite that, Mando is really determined to get his parts back." Tai said as he watched Mando hang onto the Sand Crawler

"Can ya blame him, though? If I found out that someone scrapped parts off of Bumblebee, I'd go on a rampage and beat the crap out of whoever did it." Yang said as she crossed her arms, her eyes flashing red a bit

"Your bike, or the alien robot?" Blake asked her partner

"...Yes." Yang simply replied back

"Alien robot?" Ilia muttered to herself, though Blake heard her

"U-u-u-u-h, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to find out later." Blake told her old friend

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One of the Jawas opens up a hatch from within the Sand Crawler, muttering in Jawa as he spots Mando grunting, slowly climbing his way up the Sand Crawler, before the Jawa heads back inside. Mando continues to climb up, panting while looking down below him, and then looking at the large tread that right next to him, moving at a fast pace.
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"One wrong move and he's a dirt pancake." Qrow said with a swing of his flask

"Mmm, pancakes.~" Nora spoke absentmindedly before shaking her head. "Bad Nora! That would mean Mando Renny would be the pancake, and I could never eat a pancake made out of Renny." Nora chastised herself one thought

"Eh, the size of those treads, added with the weight this Sand Crawler thing, he'd end up being dirt ground beef." Tai observed

"You two are not helping." Ren said with a deadpan

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A Jawa from atop the Sand Crawler spots Mando, pulls out a mic on a cord and starts sending a transmission to the Jawas in the pilots' seats, the radio signal blaring through the horn-shaped mic as one of the Jawas puts his head up it, carefully listening to the other Jawa reporting something to him. Hearing this report, the Jawa starts messing with some cranks, cackling while doing so.
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"What are these miscreants doing now?" Weiss asked with a raised brow

"W-well, if I had to take a guess, Mando is technically on their home turf. So they're probably going use that to their advantage. Though I wouldn't know how." Jaune said, his tactical instincts kicking in

"That would be the logical course of action. That is very astute of you... Jaune, was it?" Winter complimented the young Arc

"Oh, t-thanks." Jaune answered a bit bashfully

"Ice Queen senior actually complimenting someone besides Ironwood? What has this world come to." Qrow said in mock shock with a shake of his head, prompting some giggles and chuckles from Roman, Neo, Sienna, and Ilia

"Quiet you." Winter glared at the dusty old crow

"Mr. Arc does have a point. Though given the fact that these Jawas are scavengers, and given with the fact that outnumber Mr. Ren, it's safe to assume that they'll have something to counteract against him." Ironwood analyzed. The Jawas maybe weak and small, but they have numbers and ingenuity to their advantage

"Well, we have seen Mando come out of worse situations, so at the very least, I think it's safe to say that he'll be able to make it out alive." Pyrrha, ever the optimist, said in defense for her teammate

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Suddenly, the Sand Crawler starts to swerve a bit to the right, a Jawa from inside opens up another hatch, only to gasp and head back inside, closing the hatch while doing so. Looking over, Mando saw that the Sand Crawler was swerving against a rock formation, attaching against it, the Jawas' attempt to get Mando off their Sand Crawler. Luckily, Mando rolls up onto a small catwalk where the back of the Sand Crawler is a more narrowed in, allowing Mando to pass be kept from being scrapped off of the Sand Crawler.
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"There's one their advantages. It'll be quite difficult for Mr. Ren to maneuver his way up when the Jawas have control of the Sand Crawler, and since they are surrounded by large rock formations, they could just swerve against more mountains to try and scrape Mr. Ren off of their fortress." Oobleck stated as he took note of the Sand Crawler's sturdy outer hull

"As long as Mando can find cover outside the Sand Crawler, he'll be able to shake off whatever the Jawas throw at him." Ruby stated proudly

Meanwhile, Qrow just got an itch on the back of his head. Scratching it, he couldn't help but look at his youngest niece and feel as if she just invoked Murphy's Law.

"It's admirable how determined this Mando is." Sienna mused as he put her hand to her chin in thought

"Ren is always determined when he sets his mind to something." Nora said with pride in her voice. "You should see him in tag."

At that statement, Ren sulked a bit, remembering all that training he put into the tag game team JNPR had, only to be smacked down by his partner right after tagging her.

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Soon the Jawas start to shout as many of them are throwing scrap metal and pipes from the open hatches on the Sand Crawler. Mando brings as he tries to start climbing up once again, now having to climb through scrap parts that are being thrown at him. From behind the Crawler, the pod with the Child in it is following Mando.
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"Is it just me, or does having The Child follow after Mando make this situation slightly adorable?" Yang asked

"It definitely brings a certain charm to the situation at hand." Pietro muses, finding The Child being placed into this situation to be a little cute

"Well, it would appear we now know what the Jawas are using their scrapped parts for, when going against Mr. Ren." Glynda said, a little dryly as just throwing scrap at someone was a very backwater way of fighting

"If anything, it'll just be very annoying." Tai said

"I've been through worse. Guys lucky he only getting pelted with scrap metal." Qrow said as some very unlucky memories of his started to resurface

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Mando climbs further up upon the Snas Crawler, using some panels on the outer shell of the mobile fortress to climb further up. A Jawa opens up a hatch right above him, prompting Mando to try and grab onto the opening, only for the Jawa to quickly close it on his hand, causing him to yell as he lost part of his grip on the Sand Crawler. Soon enough, Mando fires his grappling wire onto a small crab atop the Sand Crawler, along Mando to now climb the Sand Crawler with his grappling wire attached to his belt.
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"Now we're getting to business here. Makes you wonder why he didn't do that in the first place." Roman said as he took a puff of his cigar

"At the very least, he'll be able to keep a more steady grip when scaling the Sand Crawler. Though this won't stop the Jawas from throughout scrap metal at him." Ozpin said as he observed the determination of Mando

"Kinda makes you wonder how angry Mando is gonna get when he finally gets to the top of that thing." Yang mused to her team

"Well, Ren can deal with Nora all day, so I think a few pieces of scrap metal being thrown his way won't be enough to agitate him. Though seeing as how he killed a few of those Jawas earlier for stealing parts of his ship, I can imagine that there's still going to be Hell to pay with him." Weiss replies to her teammate

"In Mando's defense, the Jawas drew first blood, or in the Razor Crest's case, first steel." Ruby said as she watched the viewing

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Mando kept climbing up the outer hull of the Sand Crawler, grunting as a sheet of metal clanged against his helmet. As he climbs up, two of the Jawas from inside the Crawler pops out through separate hatchs with a stun rods, one shocking Mando, prompting him to groan in pain. Mando tried to grab onto the Jawa that shocked him, but he had already retreated back inside. The other Jawa attempted to shock Mando as well, only for Mando to swing at him, closing the hatch on the Jawa's head.
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"It would seem that the Jawas are starting to get more inventive." Pietro said as he adjusted his glasses

"I'm surprised these walking rodents haven't tried to use any actual weaponry that could cause damage to Mando." Port said as he scowled at the Jawas

"Jawas may steal a lot, but they aren't known to be killers, just annoying hagglers." Vortech explained to the portly huntsman

"Though I don't think my counterpart is willing to negotiate anything with the Jawas." Ren said as he watched his other self climb the Sand Crawler

"It's just gonna show those Jawas not to mess with Mando." Nora said with pride in her voice

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Mando continued to climb up, being hit in the helmet several times while doing so. Another hatch opens right above Mando, revealing another Jawa, however this Jawa has the unfortunate luck of being grabbed by Mando, soon being thrown out of the Sand Crawler by the alternate version of Lie Ren, the Jawa screaming as it hit the hard ground below.
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"There's goes one of them." Roman said as he waved his hand at the falling Jawa

'About time.' Neo signed with a smile on her face

"You know, this is kinda like a life-sized game of wack-a-mole." Yang stated

"Wack-a-Jawa." Jaune said as he nodded his head in agreement with his fellow blonde

"Just give me Magnhild, and I'll be hammering out those Jawas in no time." Nora said a slightly crazed look could be seen within her eyes and her smile, though very few even noticed it

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All the Jawas atop the Crawler clamor as two of them start hitting the small crane with rods, another attempt at halting Mando. The crane tilts a bit, causing Mando to slip a bit as well, but he didn't fall. The Jawas keep on hitting it until it finally comes off, Mando screaming as it appeared that he fell.
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"No!!" Nora, Jaune, and Pyrrha said in worry for their friend, while Ren just had wide eyes

'Seriously?!' Neo signed with her hands thrown out in anger

"You know, in some movies, when someone falls off the edge of something, they're really just holding onto the edge." Blake reasoned, the connoisseur of fiction she is

This prompted the audience to face their attention back towards the screen.

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One of the Jawas looked over the edge as to make sure Mando had fallen off, only to gasp when Mando appeared right in front of his face, grunting as he grabbed onto the Jawa and threw him over the edge, causing the poor thieving creature to scream while falling. Mando finally makes his way stop the Crawler, pulling out his blaster and aiming it at the Jawas.
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"Yes!!" Nora, Jaune, Yang, and Ruby shouted in glee

"There goes another one." Roman commented on the other Jawa that was thrown over the edge

Neo just smiled that Mando was still alive, and more happy that another Jawa was killed.

"How do you think Mr. Ren is going to go about dealing with these miscreants?" Port asked his fellow teachers

"If someone stole something of value and importance from me, then let's just say it's probably going to take more than Ozpin to calm me down." Glynda said, helping the other teachers to get a grasp an understanding at how pissed Mando might be

"... Yeah, I can't see this going any other way." Oobleck said as he continued to watch

"I don't know about you guys, but I got a sudden bad feeling about this." Qrow said as even though his semblance wasn't activated, years of bad luck has given him somewhat of sixth sense

"You say that about a lot things. Can't you just be hopeful for once?" Tai asked his old teammate

"Can you ever drop your Mr. Fixit act? No? Then I don't think so." Qrow said as he took a swing of his flask

"Logistically speaking, while the Jawas outnumber Mando, we've only seen one of them with a ranged weapon, while Mando has more efficient weaponry, if his Amban rifle is anything to go on." Penny observed

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However, the Jawas were prepared as each and every one of them pulled out stun blasters, aiming them at Mando.
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"Unless, of course, they all have blasters of their own. Whoops." Penny said with a smile

"Son of a bitch." Tai, Roman, Port, Yang, and Nora said at the same time

Neo just had and angry deadpan look to her

"Well..... shit." Ren muttered, though his team heard him, and while it was uncommon for Ren to swear, Jaune and Pyrrha definitely felt it was warranted. Nora on the other hand...

"*Gasp!!* Ren... for shame." Nora mock chastised her partner before wiping away a tear. "I'm so proud."

Ren just rolled his eyes, but had a small smirk on his face at Nora's antics.

"On the bright side, Vortech did say the Jawas don't kill, so we at least know this Mando should be able to come out ok." Pietro said, trying to be a bit optimistic

"Then that begs the question of what those blasters are used for". Oobleck hummed in thought

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All firing at Mando as Mando groaned from the electricity coursing throughout his body. Mando exhale deeply as he soon fell off the edge of the Crawler and onto his back on the hard desert floor.
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"Stun blasters..." Oobleck hummed to himself as he took notes

"That's going to hurt when he gets up. Probably will feel like a hangover." Qrow said as he cringed a bit at the damage given to Mando

"Speaking from experience?" Winter insulted with a small smirk

"Just means I'm more fun then you, Ice Queen senior." Qrow fires back

"Being fun doesn't win battles." Winter replies back

"I've always been fun in a fight, and look at me now. I'm an awesome huntsmen, and you're a stuck-up Atlas scrooge." Qrow replied back with a smile, Winter glaring at him, gritting her teeth in anger

"Keep yourself composed, Schnee." Ironwood held his subordinate back, though he did give Qrow the stink-eye

Sighing, Winter relented as Qrow just chuckled at her.

"The same goes to you too, Qrow." Glynda told the senior huntsman with a glare

"Whatever." Qrow said with a scoff as he relented

Seeing this, Ruby leaned towards Weiss "Whatever happened for my uncle and your sister to be at each other's throats?" Ruby asked her partner

Weiss just looked at her sister and the drunkard before turning back to Ruby. "I believe there are some things best left unanswered." She told Ruby, who nodded in understanding

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All the Jawas crackle at Mando's misfortune as the Sand Crawler moves away from him. A few sparks still courses through Mando as everything went black for him. Cut to the Child in his pod, looking at the downed Mando, the Jawas and their Sand Crawler long gone. The Child continues to look at the downed Mando, only for Mando to soon slowly rise up, groaning in the process, breathing heavily as he looked at the tracks of the Sand Crawler, before soon looking at the Child.
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"Oof. I wonder how long he's been out." Jaune cringed at the fact that the Sand Crawler was nowhere to be seen

"However long my counterpart has been knocked out, it's safe to say it'll be difficult to get to the Jawas now. He needs to find a place to rest and fix any damaged equipment." Ren said as he looked at his on-screen self

"Man, all that work... only to have it all taken away in an instant. Mando's gotta be feeling like he took a blow below the belt." Yang said as she shook her head

Ozpin silently agreed with Yang, though he didn't make it known to anyone. Ozpin made a lot of mistakes in his long life, and he's had many things snatched away from him that it was definitely will shattering for him. Most known would be when he found out the truth about Salem.

Vortech watched Ozpin, and could only shake his head at the cursed man, for Vortech knew, that Ozpin only knew the answer the question he asked Jinn. Though he would let Ozpin figure it out on his own, for the time being.

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Screen wipe to Mando walking towards what remained of his ship, the Child in his pod following close behind him. The Razor Crest was missing a lot of panels, parts scattered everywhere as loose wire hung from the thrusters. Mando checks inside, opening up his weapons rack, electricity crackling from the mechanical doors in the process, revealing all his weapons to be gone. Mando grunts and sighs in frustration as he slams the doors to the rack shut. Mando continued to walk through his ship, electricity crackling from the many dangling wires from within the ship as Mando moved his way passed them. Mando goes over to the cockpit, activating switches and messing with panels, swoon pushing the small lever to his ship as the engines start to power on. However, the engine powers down just as quickly as Mando looks to his left, out of the windshield of his cockpit, to see the Razor Crest's left thruster sputter out smoke. Clicking a few buttons, Mando looks to his right to get a look at the right engine, it too sputtering as Mando sighed.
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"Gah. His poor baby." Yang said with a shake of her head

"The Child is clearly fine." Ilia said as she rose her eyebrow at the blonde brawler

"Not the kid. His awesome spaceship." Yang said as she wiped away a tear at the sight of Razor Crest

"Seriously?" Ilia deadpanned at Yang

"You'll get used to it." Blake reassures Ilia

"May the Razor Crest Rest In Peace." Nora said with her head lowered

Neo crosses her fingers over her chest as Qrow just raised his flask, joining in on the fun before taking another swing.

"Yeah. I'll definitely get used to it." Ilia replies sarcastically

"What is Mando meant to do, now that his ship has been dismantled?" Sienna asked no one in particular, seeing as how there wasn't many people she knew here, or at the very least, knew as friends

"Hmm.... his only real bet is to try and track the Jawas down and find another way to get his parts back. Either than that, I would know." Ironwood answered the question of the White Fang High-Leader, albeit a little reluctantly

However, a thought occurred in Ozpin's head, and he smiled as to who Mando might go to in his time of need.

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Hopping out of the cockpit, Mando took a seat nearby, sighing deeply before he soon turned his head to the right to see the Child out of his pod, cooing at Mando.
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"Aww. Leave it the adowarble baby alien to brighten a situation." Weiss cooed at The Child

Ilia and Sienna just looked at Weiss a little weirdly. It was strange seeing a Schnee coo at anything, though they couldn't fault her for cooing at The Child. He was very cute. Now that they think about, turning to Winter, they could see that the elder Schnee usual strict appearance seemed to be starting to break down every time she looked at The Child linger than two seconds.

"Whenever I see him, I gotta keep reminding myself not to jump at the screen and try hold him." Ruby sighed as in her mind, she saw herself running around while holding The Child in her arms, swaying in circles as she giggled with the baby alien

"I agree friend Ruby. It would be quite sensational to try and cradle and hug and laugh with The Child if he were here with us. It would also provide excellent paternal experience." Penny agreed with Ruby while thinking up of all the things The Child would want to do

"Well I wouldn't know about being a mom to it, maybe a sister, but I think Crescent Rose is enough to take of right now." Ruby said as she wanted to hold Crescent Rose in her hands once more

"Well I think I would make an excellent parent if The Child was here. Right Ren?" Nora asked her partner with a smile, only to receive no answer.

"Ren?" Nora asked once again with a smile. Still no answer

"Renny?" Nora asked as she looked at her partner, who was currently looking away from Nora

"..... I am not legally required to answer these questions." Ren said with a bit of bashfulness in his voice

Nora just deadpanned at her partner as Pyrrha gave her a reassuring shoulder pat.

"This still begs the question of where they'll rest for the time being. Even if the Razor Crest isn't fully torn asunder, they would still need efficient shelter from any would-be predators." Port pointed out

"There doesn't appear to be that many predators on that world." Sienna said, knowing the only danger that could be present for Mando and The Child would be more bounty hunters

"You didn't see the Blurrg." Nora said as she remembered the large stout-like reptilian beast

"The what?" Sienna and Ilia asked at the same time, voicing the thoughts of Ironwood, Tai, Qrow, Winter, Pietro, and Penny without even knowing it

"Blurrg. A mountable, man-sized, stout reptilian creature that is known to eat their male counterparts during mating season." Oobleck stated as if he was teaching a lecture

For everyone that hadn't seen Mando's universe, they were a little shocked to say the least, though Penny actually seemed invested in what she was learning.

"....Nature's a bitch." Qrow simply said

"Well, I think nature is quite lovely." Penny said with her usual sweet smile

"If nothing else, it's fascinating to see the habits of other species." Pietro said as he wondered what else lied within the multiverse

"Fascinating isn't a word I'd use." Roman muttered to himself and Neo

"Well... back to what Port was talking about. I believe I may know where Mr. Ren and The Child can find shelter." Ozpin said

"Where?" Glynda asked

Before Ozpin could speak, Vortech beat him to the punch. "Needn't worry, my dear. Your answer will soon come."

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Mando soon starts to leave the scrapped Razor Crest, the Child now back in his pod as the two started to make their way to another destination. One screen wipe later and Mando can be seen walking up a sandy hill, only for the screen to transition to Mando and the Child walking across the deserts plateaus as dusk started to set in. Mando and The Child finally reach their destination, the Ugnaught's farm.
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"Oh. Him." Roman said a little dryly

"Ah! The Ugnaught. What a fine gentleman that alien is." Port said as he remembered the humble pig-like alien

"What is an Ugnaught?" Ironwood asked with a raised brow

"Whatever it is, the name sounds weird." Qrow stated

"All that we know from Vortech is that Ugnaughts are pig-like sentient beings that are no larger than that of children." Oobleck said as he looked at the location of where the Ugnaught lived. "Though this is the first time we've ever gotten a good view of his homestead."

"You know, we never actually asked what the Ugnaught does for a living." Ruby released, though from what she saw from the last time they saw Mando, the Ugnaught seemed to be a farmer of some kind

"Mmm. He's a moisture farmer." Vortech replies

"Moisture farmer?" Roman mouthed in confusion

"Wait... what's a moisture farmer?" Nora asked

"Hmm. I think Vortech is saying that the Ugnaught farms for water." Ren analyzed

"I guess that makes sense. They are on a desert based planet, so trying to find a source of water would be definite first." Weiss said as she nodded her head in understanding

"Hmm. This could be a useful technique that the people in Vacuo could use, but... the farms would have to be well protected against Grimm." Ironwood mused in thought

"I wonder if this something Sun would like." Blake mused to herself, though Ilia heard her

"Who?" Ilia asked

"A monkey faunus from Haven Academy that was born in Vacuo. He's definitely... unique, to put it lightly. A little wild and mischievous, but he's nice for company." Blake answered Ilia

"...Oh." Was the only thing Ilia let out of her mouth as she couldn't help but feel a tinge if frustration for some reason, her skin turning red a little, her eyes, hair, and spots turning a light tinge of yellow

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Electricity crackles as the Ugnaught is shown to be working on the upper part of one of the moisture vaporators on his farm as Mando and the Child come up to him.

"I thought you were dead." The Ugnaught says to Mando without even turning to look at him.

Mando just looks at the Ugnaught, as the Ugnaught turns back to look at him.

The scene transitions to The Child playing around with a chirping frog as the Ugnaught watched him while fetching some water from his well.

The Child whimpers as he continues to try and chase the frog, the Ugnaught cleaning his hands with a red rage while he continues to watch.

"This is what was causing all the fuss?" The Ugnaught asks Mando as he points at the small alien child, as The Child looks towards the Ugnaught.
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"I still want to know what the old guy wants The Child. Hard to think that a baby could get all this attention." Ruby said as she really wanted to know the importance of The Child, besides of how cute he was

"Sometimes even the smallest of things can have the largest of impacts." Ozpin answered as he glanced at Ruby for a second

"Spoken like a true good-guy." Vortech thought you himself as he glanced a bit at the only other person in the audience that knows what it's like to live longer than most things

"So this is an Ugnaught..." Sienna trailed off as she looked over the Ugnaught on screen. He really was a stout creature

"The aliens in this universe are quite... unique. So far, any sentient, humanoid being appear to be more animal like in appearance, more so than the faunus." Winter said as she observed the Ugnaught

"Are you trying to insinuate something, specialist?" Sienna asked Winter with a light scowl

"If you think I intent to insult the faunus race, I will have you know that I have no issue with them. Only you and your zealots in the White Fang." Winter replied, meeting Sienna's scowl with a scowl of her own

Sienna and Winter continued to scowl at each other, both appearing ready to tear their throats out. Before anything else could be said between the two, Vortech intervened.

"I will have both of you know that I will not tolerate large scale fighting in my theater, physical or verbal. Should things get out of hand, you will be chained to your seats, and given shocks to your nervous system if need be. Am I understood." Vortech said as he put his staff down, in an authoritative sense

Winter and Sienna didn't say anything, turning their attentions towards the screen, though that didn't mean they wouldn't try and rip each other's throats out at a later date.

"*sigh* It's tough to be the host of an inter-dimensional theater. Makes me miss the days when I fought against the heroes of the multiverse." Vortech said in nostalgia of when he tried to merge the dimensions into his perfect vision

"Wait.... what?" Literally every person in the audience asked, or in Neo's terms, just looked at Vortech with a raised brow

"You all heard me. But this isn't about me. It's about watching Lie Ren on screen. So let's get back to it and hold all questions off until I feel like they need to be answered." Vortech said as directed his hand to the screen

"So we were brought to a theater by a villain?" Ironwood asked dryly with a scowl

"Well, he hasn't tried to kill anyone, so I don't think we have much to worry about... for now at least." Ozpin said as he glanced at Vortech

"So... are we really gonna ignore that Vortech just said he was a bad guy?" Yang whispered to her team, though their host heard her

"I prefer the term bigger bad, if you will. And yes, you will ignore it for now." Vortech replies

Hearing this, team RWBY looks at each other before focusing their attention back to the screen, though having become more weary of Vortech than they once were.

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"I think it's a child." Mando says he works on his left gauntlet as it was still sparking quite a bit

"It is better to deliver it alive then." The Ugnaught says as he walks over to Mando, the Child continuing his chase of the frog.

"My ship has been destroyed. I'm trapped here." Mando tells him as the Ugnaught walks by.

"Stripped. Not destroyed." The Ugnaught replies back to Mando as he starts to grab a tool from his tool shack

"The Jawas steal. They don't destroy." The Ugnaught explains to Mando as he hands him the tool to help in his gauntlet's repair

"Stolen or destroyed, makes no difference to me." Mando says as he accepts the tool given to him, looking over to see The Child cooing, trying to catch the frog.

"They're protected by their crawling fortress. There's no way to recover the parts." Mando says as he uses the tool to work on his left gauntlet, The Child finally catching the frog

"You can trade." The Ugnaught tells Mando
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"Ah, when fighting fails, there's always the bargaining tactic." Roman said as he's been in a few situations where he had to bargain things out, or rather, people having to bargain things out with him

"What exactly can Mando trade? All he really has is his weapons." Weiss said

"Mando has gotten this far, and from what Oobleck said, he has quite the set of skills. I'm certain he'll find a way." Winter replied to her younger sister

"Huh-huh-huh-huh." Vortech chuckled at the last part of Winter's sentence

"What is it that you find humorous?" Winter asked Vortech

"*chuckling* Nothing. You'll find out soon enough." Vortech replies to her, waving her off

Winter just rose a brow at Vortech, and started to wonder if the inter-dimensional being might not all be there in the head.

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"With Jawas? Are you out of your mind?" Mando asks as he tears his head toward the Ugnaught

"I will take you to them." The Ugnaught says as Mando hands him back the tool, having been finished in repairing his gauntlet

"I have spoken." The Ugnaught says, pointing the tool to Mando
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"Huh... why do I feel like he says that a lot." Tai mused aloud

"Because he does." Ruby told her father

"Hmm. You know, maybe I should start using that. "I have spoken." It's got a nice ring to it." Tai said as his mind raced to all the possible outcomes on how he'd be able to use the phrase

"You start using that phrase, and people are going to think you're older than you look." Qrow took at jab at Tai

"Oh, please. If anything, it's going to show that I have a certain wisdom to me that people may end up liking." Tai dismissed Qrow, waving him off with his right hand

"Yeah dad, I think uncle Qrow's got the right of it. It'd make you seem way older than you look." Yang agreed with her uncle as she spoke to her father

"Besides, you don't seem humble enough to say what the Ugnaught says. Maybe Professor Ozpin, but not you." Ruby replied to her dad

"Hmph. Way to ruin my fun." Tai grumbled to himself as he crossed his arms

Meanwhile, Ozpin had a hand to his chin in thought. Perhaps he could use the phrase that the Ugnaught uses. Though before he could continue musing over the prospect, Glynda gave him a stern look.

"I know you're thinking about. And just so you know, I will throw you out of the Beacon tower should you say "I have spoken" every time you give me an order." Glynda told Ozpin with a glare

Ozpin just took a sip from his mug as he looked towards the screen. "...That's just a chance I might have to take." Ozpin thought to himself

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The two then turn their heads to see the Child starting to swallow the squirming frog whole, as it's legs kicked outside the Child's mouth.

"Hey! Spit that out." Mando says to The Child, only for the Child to grunt and gulp down the frog into his stomach

The Child then turns to Mando, looking innocent while doing so. Mando just looks to the Ugnaught who looks back at him for a short time before walking off, The Child burping in the process.
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Nothing was said for a couple of moments.

"...Bleagh!" Ruby said as she stuck her tongue out

"Did the kid really just swallow a frog whole?" Yang said, wide-eyed as she still didn't believe what she saw

"Disturbingly, yes." Blake said. She liked fish, but she would eat any if they were still alive

"For some reason that was oddly... cute, in a way." Sienna said, getting a few weird looks in return

'I think it makes hims look cuter.' Neo signed with an inoccent smile, getting Roman to stare at her wide-eyed, mouth slightly ajar

"It should be noted that The Child's species are naturally carnivorous." Vortech said as he fiddled with his staff

Oobleck just writes the information down in his journal, an image of The Chikd already being sketched out in it.

"I know a Child tends to put things in their mouthed that shouldn't go there, but to see a Child swallow a living thing whole... it's just doesn't seem right." Glynda said with a look of disturbance on her face

"Yeesh. That kid ate that frog the way Nora eats her pancakes." Jaune said as he was a little creeped out at how the kid ate the frog

"So you're saying that dealing with the kid would be like dealing with a baby Nora?" Yang asked as all the Beacon students turn their heads to look at said ginger bomber, Nora giving them all a sweet and innocent smile in return

"Though since this isn't something as akin to how Nora and I grew up with each other, I'd imagine that my counterpart may have few difficulties here and there." Ren elaborated on the subject of raising a baby Nora

"He-e-e-y! What's that supposed to mean?" Nora asked Ren as she should up, placing her hands on her hips and giving him a questioning look

"I'm just insinuating that since this is a first time encounter, my counterpart may not be fully prepared to try and raise The Child. You and I were kids when we met, so it was easier for the two of us to get an understanding of each other, but here, my counterpart is a grown adult bounty hunter that now has a Child to protect and probably doesn't have that much in terms of parenting skills. So you can see why raising The Child might be difficult for him." Ren explained to Nora

"O-o-o-o-h. Got it." Nora simply said as she sat back down

"Huh, smart kid. Don't know how he deals with that ginger though." Roman said to himself

'Probably the same way I deal with you.' Neo signed, though Roman didn't notice

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Screen wipe to the Ugnaught on a Blurrg who was leading, via reins, a small skiff that was carrying Mando, who was holding his rifle, and The Child who was sitting against the side of the skiff. The night having come around, rain following down on them.

Change to day time as the Sand Crawler could clearly be seen, Jawas out in the open, muttering to each other in Jawa as they looked over the parts they had taken from the Razor Crest.

One of the Jawas turns his head, soon exclaiming time the other Jawas as they saw the Ugnaught on his Blurrg making his way over to them, waving his hand to them while speaking in Jawa.

"Greetings!" The Ugnaught called putting to them in Jawa

The Jawas start to exclaim to each other as they spot Mando in the small skiff behind the Blurrg, Mando still holding his rifle, one of them even pulling a blunderbuss-like blaster at the ready as Mando and the Ugnaught got closer.

Speaking in Jawa, the Jawa with a blaster calls others to him, all of them pulling out similar blasters of their own.

"They really don't like you for some reason." The Ugnaught tells to Mando
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"I wonder why?" Weiss asked sarcastically

"Well Mando did disintegrate several of the Jawas, so their weariness is understandable." Penny replied to the Schnee heiress

Weiss just looks at Penny blankly for a few moments before Penny finally realizes what Weiss meant.

"Oh, you meant your question as sarcastic. I understand now. My mistake." Penny said with a smile

"I'd say that it was warranted. They shouldn't have tried to steal his stuff in the first place." Ilia said as she crossed her arms

"But it's obvious that it's coming back to bite him." Blake countered. "First in when they got Mando by surprise, and now they're more than weary of him and most likely prepared for if he attacks them."

"I'm certain that Mando is prepared as well. Besides, he's not alone this time. He's got the Ugnaught and.... whatever it is he's riding." Ilia rebutted as she looking strangely at the Blurrg

"Mando is definitely the capable warrior, but the Ugnaught... I see a farmer, not a fighter, and I highly doubt that he would allow his mount, what I assume would be a Blurrg?" Sienna started as she looked toward Oobleck for confirmation, the hyper teacher nodding in return. "I doubt he would allow his mount to be used in a fight. If Mando fights the Jawas, he would do so once again." Sienna said. She may be the leader of a radical group, but that doesn't mean that she didn't know the difference between those who can fight and those who can't

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"Well, I did disintegrate a few of them." Mando replies as he looks at the top of the Sand Crawler as him and the Ugnaught continue to get closer to the Jawas, several of them clamoring on the roof of the Sand Crawler

One of the Jawas with a blaster calls out to the Ugnaught in Jawa.

"You need to drop your rifle." The Ugnaught replies to Mando

"I'm a Mandalorian. Weapons are part of my religion." Mando replies back to the Ugnaught
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"My kind of religion." Yang, Nora, Qrow, and especially Ruby said at the same time

"Someone ought to put that on a shirt." Roman mused as Neo held up a sign that showed lien signs on it

"I'm liking these Mandalorians more by the minute." Sienna said with a smirk. A warrior race of fighters that stick to their guns? That's something she can get behind, and from what she was told of of this universe, something she can lead as well

"Almost sounds like Ruby started this whole Mandalorian thing." Tai said with a chuckle

Hearing this, Ruby grew stars in her eyes and and turned her head towards Vortech so fast that it made an audible 'swooshing' noise. The smile on her face, accompanied by the stars in her eyes, made it evident what Ruby wanted to know from Vortech.

"Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm. No. As amusing as such an origin that would be, you did not invent the Mandalorians in this universe." Vortech with a mirthful chuckle

"Aww." Ruby pouted as her mood dimmed. "Am I even in this universe?" She asked him

"Hmm. Yes... though you aren't a Mandalorian, if that is what you want to know." This deflated Runy even more. "You're not even human." Vortech said, getting everyone's attention

"Ruby's and alien in this universe?!" Nora asked with a excitement in her voice

"Awesome!!" Ruby cheered while raising her fist in the air

"Correct. In this universe, Ruby is apart of an exotic species known as the Togrutas. I won't delve too much into the subject of their species until we see one, though." Vortech replies to the young Rose

"O-o-o-h~ You year that Rubes? Exotic~" Yang told her little sister with a grin as Ruby grew more excited

"Wow. I wonder what I'm like." Ruby pondered at what her alien self did and what she looked like

"I will even tell you now, that the version of you in this universe has come in contact with a member of The Child's species before. An older one, to be exact." Vortech informed Ruby, causing everyone to perk up

"*gasp*...Really?" Ruby asked in an expected whisper, Vortech nodding in return

"Wow. If Ruby saw an older version of the baby alien in this universe, I wonder how old they would've been. Especially since The Child is 50." Jaune said as his mind raced through the possibilities

"Allow me to dispel such notions. You will all find out in time. Though first, we should get through the viewing." Vortech told Jaune as he directed everyone to face the screen

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"Then you are not getting your parts back." The Ugnaught replies to Mando as the Jawas still have their blasters our

"[sighs] Fine." Mando relents as he puts his rifle away, the Child looking at the Jawas

The Ugnaught hops off the Blurrg as Mando gets out of the small skiff, the Jawas still having their blasters our, muttering to each other.

"And the blaster." The Ugnaught says, pointing to Mando's holster

Mando sharply turns his head towards the Ugnaught, the Ugnaught shrugging as he started to walk towards the Jawas, Mando looking slightly peeved

"Good day." The Ugnaught says to the Jawas, hands raised as to show he is not a threat as he starts to converse with the Jawas in their native tongue, the Child watching him while he does so

Mando just tosses his blaster onto the skiff, the Jawas nodding to the Ugnaught, the Ugnaught soon waving Mando over to them.
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"Just gotta suck the joy out of everything." Roman said with a shake of his head

"At the very least, it will show the Jawas that Mando wishes to conduct business with them." Pyrrha said as she was hoping no unneeded violence would ensue from this meeting

"As good of thinking as that is, Pyrrha, my counterpart didn't take off all his weapons." Ren pointed out to his teammate

"What do you mean?" Pyrrha asked Ren

Ren just held both his wrists up, and then pointed to the gauntlets on Mando's arms.

"Oh." Pyrrha said, instantly knowing what he meant

"Are you insinuating that Mando has weapons within his gauntlets?" Penny asked Ren with a curious face

"If you don't see it in this viewing, I will gladly tell what they can do." Ren replied to the secret Android girl

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Mando walks over to the Ugnaught and the Jawas as the Child continues to cutely watch from the skiff.

The Jawas, the Ugnaught, and Mando sit down on the desert floor as they start to discuss about Mando's parts.

"They will trade all the parts for the besskar." The Ugnaught translates to Mando

"I'm not gonna trade anything. These are my parts. They stole them from me." Mando says, pointing to the Jawas
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"He's not wrong. The parts to his ship were his with, and even if he does trade with the Jawas, I highly doubt that head willingly part with his besskar." Ironwood agreed with Mando

"Now I'm not saying he's wrong, and I can't believe I'm saying this about the Jawas, but in their defense, those cloaked rodents just saw an abandoned ship without anyone in it. In their eyes, it was up for grabs." Roman begrudgingly defended the Jawas

"I'd wager that you know all about that, Torchwick. It is your profession after all." Glynda gave the master criminal a glare

"Hey, guilty as charged. I won't say I'm a saint." Roman said as he held his hands up

"Well, the besskar is off the table, so unless they want one of his weapons, I can't see what else the Jawas would want." Weiss said. Being an heiress to the largest Dust company in the world, Weiss knew how to run a business, as well as a thing or two about haggling, though it definitely seemed that there wasn't much trade that can be done between Mando and the Jawas

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One of the Jawas speaks to the Ugnaught and Mando in Jawa.

"They, they... belong... to me!" Mando says in his best attempt at speaking in Jawa

All the Jawas laugh as the head Jawa speaks back to Mando.

"You speak terrible Jawa. You sound like a Wookie." The head Jawa says to Mando in Jawa, putting a hand to the side of his head for emphasis

"You understand this?" Mando growls out to the head Jawa as he fires his flamethrower from his left gauntlet at the Jawas

"No!" The Ugnaught says to Mando, trying to stop him

The Jawas scream as the Ugnaught tries to calm Mando down.

"Woah. Easy, easy." The Ugnaught says to Mando, still trying to calm him down and prevent Mando from making medium rare Jawas
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Those who hadn't seen this universe before were stunned to say the least.

"The Amban rifle might be the Swiss Army knife if this universe, but I think it's safe to say that Mandalorians are the living embodiment of the Swiss Army knife." Ilia said with slightly wide eyes

"God, I love that flamethrower. I think I may need to give Ember Celica an upgrade." Yang said as thought of having shotgun gauntlets that doubled as wrist mounted flamethrowers would really make her day.

"That'll  show those Jawas to think twice before calling Mando a.... a.... what did they call him?" Nora asked Vortech

"A Wookie." Vortech replied

"A cookie?" Ruby asked

"No, a Wookie, with a W. They're a tall humanoid species covered in head to toe in shaggy fur and are beast beast-like in appearance. They also have a heated history between the Trandoshans." Vortech informed the audience

"How bad?" Ilia asked

"Worse than that of human and faunus relations. In short, Trandoshans are fond of hunting Wookies." Vortech replied to the chameleon faunus girl

"That'll definitely do it." Qrow said with a nod of acknowledgement

"Why would Trandoshans take a liking into hunting these Wookies?" Sienna asked

"Wookies are a bit more primal in nature. Their technology usually involves being intertwined with elements found in nature, and the design of their vehicles and living quarters are of a clear indication. Wookies are also known to be immensely strong, the type of strong in where they can rip someone's arm off without much effort, causing Trandoshans to view Wookies as an excellent challenge." Vortech replied the bengal tiger faunus

"So they hunt down Wookies to prove their strength, huh? What a bunch of jerks." Qrow said with a shake of his head. The Trandoshans started to sound like what the Branwen bandit tribe boasted they were, but could never actually prove it. In a word, Qrow was glad that his sister wasn't here. He didn't need Raven spouting out compliments to these lizard guys

"As disturbing as that piece of information is, what else can Mando's gauntlets do?" Ironwood asked, getting Qrow and Glynda to role their eyes at the General

"For now, the right gauntlet has a ZX flame projector, and the left one has a grappler whip fibercord launcher." Vortech replies to the General

"When you say "For now", are you insinuating that Mr. Ren will receive upgrades down the line?" Ozpin asked

"Spoilers, headmaster, spoilers." Vortech replied to the headmaster of Beacon with a bit of a chuckle

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The Ugnaught finally gets Mando to shut off his flamethrower as the Jawas start to get over their initial shock, the head Jawa speaking to the Ugnaught in Jawa.

"He is Mandalorian. He cannot give you is besskar armor." The Ugnaught tells them in Jawa. "What else may be trade?"

The Jawas start to chatter as the head Jawa stands up and points to two other Jawas getting near The Child.

"Get away from it!" Mando snaps at the two Jawas, spooking them and causing them to run, the Child whimpering in curiosity
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"You better run!" Yang called out to the Jawas on screen, eyes turning red

"Break their legs!!" Nora shouted in agreement

'Skewer them!' Neo signed as her face was livid

"Leave the baby alone!!" Weiss and Ilia yelled out at the same time, causing them to blink and turn to each other, soon turning away from each other in confusion

"Children! Please, settle down!" Glynda reprimanded to the younger audience, though she too wanted to teach those Jawas some manners

"Hmm. Women are definitely scary when it comes to children." Ren said, the only reason why he didn't have a scowl on his face was due to the fact that the Jawas left The Child alone

"You never underestimate the motherly instincts of women, Ren. They can come back to haunt you." Pyrrha said, one of the few women in the audience to keep their cool, but inside she was growling at the Jawas

"Yeah, I can vouch for that. My sister Saphron has a kid of her own, and I know for a fact that she'd tear apart anyone that would harm Adrian." Jaune vouched for the women in the audience

"They say Grimm are dangerous, but Hell hath no fury like an angry mother protecting her child." Tai sagely said, Qrow nodding in agreement as they remembered times when Summer got pissed when Ruby was near harm

When Tai spoke, Ozpin couldn't help but remember the children he's had over the years, but none more of focus than the four daughters he had with Salem. Ozpin smiled at those fond memories, but his mood returned to neutral when he remembered that faithful day when he lost everything that made his life complete.

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"There must be something else." The Ugnaught says to the head Jawa in Jawa

The head Jawa starts to form a circle with the other Jawas, away from Mando and the Ugnaught, whispering to each other before the head Jawa finally turns back to Mando and the Ugnaught.

"We will require The Egg. Bring us The Egg." The head Jawa tells the Ugnaught in Jawa

The Ugnaught just puts his hand to his forehead in annoyance
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"They want... an egg?" Roman asked with a raised brow

"Well, Mr. Vortech did say that the Jawas are rodent-based, so it would make sense that they eat eggs. Most likely raw." Pietro said as he adjusted his glasses

"From the way the Ugnaught seemed annoyed by what the Jawas asked for, I'm guessing this egg must be difficult to get." Blake said, studying the Ugnaught's movements

"So they want an egg...." Ruby trailed off in thought. "But what type of egg do they want?" Ruby asked

"That is an excellent question, Miss Rose. If they all wish to use the egg as a form of food, then this mystery egg must be quite large." Oobleck complimented Ruby as he started to think on what type of egg the Jawas wanted

"But if the Jawas want an egg that would suit the sustenance off all present Jawas, then the creature that laid the egg would have to be very large." Penny calculated

"Meaning Mr. Ren might encounter trouble when he finds this egg." Glynda pieces together as the audience focused on the viewing

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"The egg? What egg?" Mando asks the Ugnaught

"The Egg! The Egg! The Egg! The Egg!" The other Jawas start to chant gleefully in Jawa as the Child continues to watch what's going on

Screen wipe to the Sand Crawler moving across rocky, desert mountains as the Jawas continue to chant

"The Egg! The Egg! The Egg!" The Jawas continue to chant gleefully

Cut to show Mando in the cockpit with the Jawas, The Child in the pod beside him, though it shows that Mando is a little too large for the cockpit area.

One of the Jawas turn to Mando, saying "The Egg." in his native tongue, before looking back up ahead.

The Sand Crawler hits a bump, causing Mando to bang his head against the roof of the cockpit, grunting in annoyance at the Jawas crackle at his misfortune.
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"Jerks." Nora simply said

"These Jawas really want this egg." Winter said with a raised brow

"Must be some egg to them, if they keep on chanting about like occultist lunatics." Qrow elaborated as he took a swing of his flask

"Though it does make one wonder how difficult it may be to obtain this egg. The Jawas have a large mobile fortress, and have numbers to their advantage, but to require the assistance of another in order to get the egg? It definitely raises a few questions." Ozpin said as he observed the screen

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Screen wipe to the Sand Crawler continuing its voyage until it finally reaches a stop, the front hatch opening up to reveal Mando, the Ugnaught, and The Child in his pod, several Jawas standing behind them.

Looking forward, Mando starts to walk off, the Child following close behind.

Screen wipe to show Mando and the Child reaching a natural enclosure, circled off by desert mountains, a cave off to the side of it.

Walking up to the cave, Mando looked at it, staring into the cave shrouded in darkness, the Child in his pod watching from behind.
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"....What's with the asshole in the side of the mountain?" Qrow asked

"*Scoff*Must you always be this vulgar?" Winter asked Qrow with narrowed eyes

"Hey! In his defense, it does look like an asshole." Roman, surprisingly, defended Qrow

"Oh, like we need your opinion." Winter seethed at the master criminal

"Actually, now that they keep saying it.... yeah, it does look like an asshole." Tai agreed with Qrow and Roman

"You have got to be kidding me?" Winter asked with a calm yet angry look

"Yeah, kinda hard not to see at this point." Yang said

"I didn't think mountains could have buttholes." Nora commented

"Can everyone please stop calling it-it-what everyone keeps calling it?" Winter asked as she could barely even try to utter the word "asshole"

"I can't believe I'm agreeing with an Atlesian, a Schnee no less, but I'd rather not have everyone call the cave an—." Sienna started before Neo appeared beside her

'An asshole?' Neo signed to Sienna

"Yes... that." Sienna replies to the mute girl who went back to her seat, Sienna shaking her head in annoyance

"Well, if it looks like duck, and it acts like a duck, logic dictates that it is indeed a duck." Roman threw out there

"Well, so far it hasn't acted like a duck, so can we please drop the subject?" Weiss asked, having enough of this

"Party pooper." Nora said to Weiss, but no one continued to comment on what the cave clearly looked like

"Besides the odd discussion everyone just had on what the cave looked like, I have to wonder what's inside of it, and if it was really safe for Mr. Ren to bring The Child along with him." Glynda said as she could t help but worry that something might happen to The Child

"Well, I suppose it was either leave The Child with the Jawas, or keep The Child in a place where Mando can see him. And knowing what the Jawas tried to do with The Child, I'd say this was Mando's safest bet." Ironwood said

"Yeah... I gotta agree with Jimmy on this one. Can't really see any other option on who to leave the kid with." Qrow reluctantly agreed with the Atlesian General

"He could've left the kid with the Ugnaught. He was kind enough." Tai said

"Perhaps, but I'm the even that the Ugnaught traveled with Mr. Ren and the Jawas, the Ugnaught is not Mr. Ren, and most likely wouldn't be able to do much in terms of defending The Child." Ozpin said as he took a sip from his mug

"I guess you got me there. *sigh* Oh well. Let's just hope that Mando and the kid make it out of whatever it is that's about to happen." Tai said as everyone focused on the screen

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Doing a quick check of all his equipment, Mando checked the amount of bullets he had, made sure his knife was in his boot, and made sure his gauntlets were at the ready.

Pulling out a blaster, Mando walks into the cave, leaving The Child behind as he watched Mando enter the dark abyss.

Looking around the dark cave, water dripping from the ceiling, Mando was careful to look at his surroundings.

Pulling out something from his side, Mando plugs a small flashlight to the right side of his helmet, that way he could see better.

Insects chirp inside the cave as Mando spots a few bones, ribs by the looks of them.

Crouching down, Mando looks around to see that he's in some kind of nest, a creature growling lowly.

Mando looks around with his flashlight, until he lands on a certain patch of mud, only to be shown to be the skin of an eyelid as it opened up, revealing an eye, the creature growling from being awakened.
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"What new Hell has Mando unleashed?" Roman asked, a tinge of fear in his voice

"Oh dear." Penny said in worry

"This... is not going to end well." Blake said as her faunus senses were kicking in, same with Sienna and Ilia, and it was telling them that Mando needed to the get the hell out of there

"I'm sure Mando can handle it. He's Mando." Nora said with determination in her voice

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Cut to outside the cave, The Child watching the entrance form within his pod, blaster fire being heard from within.

The Child watches, a creature roaring as Mando is thrown out of the entrance of the cave, groaning in pain, his armor muddy, and the front of his cuirass heavily destroyed and bent severally out of place.

(*Cue The Mudhorn theme*)
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"You were saying?" Weiss asked dryly as Nora has a look of shock on her face

"Just what the heck is Mando fighting?!" Jaune asked with worry in his voice

"I don't know, but I am not liking this tune." Ruby said in fear

"Can't fault you there, Red. Feels like something's about to come barging in out of any corner of this room right about now." Roman agreed with Ruby as he checked his surroundings, making sure that nothing was about to jump out and grab him

"For something to do that to Mando's armor, Besskar or not... it has to be a dangerous creature." Pietro said in a foreboding voice

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Slowly moving out of its cave, a large, shaggy looking, rhino-like creature with a large sharp horn comes walking out of the cave. Mando takes out his Amban rifle to prepare for a fight.
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"What the Hell is that?!" Yang shouted in surprise

"That, Miss Xiao Long, is what is known as a Mudhorn." Vortech replied to her

"It doesn't even look like a Grimm, and yet it has an aura that claims this beats to be fiercer than most of the dark creatures that plague our world." Port said, his voice a mix of fear and astonishment

"This ain't going to go well for me. I can already see it." Ren winced as he saw his other self get thrown out of the cave, and knew things were going to be difficult from here on out

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Mando tried to fire, only to find that the mud has jammed the rifle, the Mudhorn roaring as Mando tried to get his rifle to fire.

The Mudhorn charges are Mando, sending his groaning and flying, his rifle knocked out of his hand as The Child watches.
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"Ouch." Ren simply said for his other self

"This things tossing him like a rag doll." Tai commented, wincing when Mando was easily flung across the muddy dirt

"M-Mando will find a w-way to beat it. I-I'm sure of it." Nora tried to defend on screen Ren, though her tone betrayed her

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The Child starts to cry a bit, gaining the attention of the Mudhorn. It growls as it starts to charge at the Child.
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"No." Ruby whispered in fear

"No no no no. Mando has to get up and do something!" Yang said in worry

"Come on, come on." Ren whispered to his on screen self

Neo has a look of fear on her face, her eyes looking frantic as she worried of what the Mudhorn would do to The Child.

"Come on, get up!" Roman yelled you Mando with wide eyes

Everyone sans Vortech was worried for the Child's safety at this point, praying to whatever Gods there were that The Child would come out safe.

"Hmph. Just wit until they see who saves who here." Vortech thought to himself as the viewing continued

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Without missing a beat, Mando presses a few buttons on his left gauntlet, and with a grunt of pain, swings his left arm to the side, causing the pod The Child was in to move left, the Mudhorn ramming into the mountain wall instead.
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"Oh, thank the Brothers." Jaune said as he fell back in his chair

"Quick thinking too." Pyrrha agreed as she calmed herself down from nearly having a heart attack

"That's what you get, you big old jerk!" Nora screamed in glee as she watched the Mudhorn slam into the side of the mountain

"Phew. Glad to see that Mando has the kids back, even when he's down in the dirt." Tai said as he wiped some sweat from his forehead

Qrow sighed in relief as memories of narrowly saving a much younger Yang and Ruby from a Grimm resurfaced in his mind.

Speaking of Yang, Ruby had clinger to to her older sister as she feared for what would happen to The Child, and Yang had gladly wrapped her arm around Ruby, memories of the day she had nearly gotten the herself and Ruby killed by a Grimm when she was trying to find clues of her biological mother.

"I don't think I can handle anything like that again." Weiss said as she had a hand to her chest, Blake nodding in agreement as she had feared for the worse

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Mando pants as the Mudhorn gets over its initial shock, now facing Mando who was covered in mud and down on the ground.

Before the Mudhorn starts to charge at him, Mando tries to load his weapon.

The Mudhorn charges at Mando as Mando activates his flamethrower on his right gauntlet, only for the Mudhorn to lightly dodge it, and slam the blunt end of its horn onto Mando, pushing the bounty hunter against the muddy ground.
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"Yikes, that's going to hurt." Ilia said as she flinched at seeing Mando pinned down

"I know people always say to grab 'em by the horn, but they never say what happens when the horn's got them." Yang said

"...Yang Xiao Long, I know for a fact that you are not trying to be funny right now!" Blake gave Yang an angry look

"What? Wha-No! No no no, I did not mean for it to be a joke. I swear!" Yang swore up and down to her cat faunus partner

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Mando groans in pain as he activates his flamethrower once again, this time it met its target as it blew onto the left side of the Mudhorn's head, causing it to get off of Mando, and back away from the turret of flame.

The Child watches as Mando runs out of fuel for his flamethrower, causing him to quickly switch to his left gauntlet, attaching his grappling wire to the Mudhorn.

However, this just caused the Mudhorn to run off in another direction, Mando being dragged through the mud as his grabbing wire was still attached to the Mudhorn. Mando tried to get a grip, but ended up tumbling along the muddy desert floor.

Mando tries get up, grunting in pain, but the Mudhorn just rams into him once again, and once again, sends Mando flying until he hits the muddy ground, groaning from his injuries.
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"I'm gonna say it now. If I see this thing, or anything that resembles it, I'm running. Aura or not, this bastard's got a leg up on a guy that's equal in skill to most huntsmen and huntresses. That definitely warrants a high-level threat right there." Roman said as he would be sure to stay the Hell away any Mudhorn he might see in the future

"I probably wouldn't blame you." Ironwood surprisingly spoke to the Vale criminal, shocking Winter.

"General?" Winter asked

"While I hate to agree with a man like Torchwick, this Mudhorn could probably take down as twice the amount of Atlesian knights and soldiers before most could even get a shot on it." Ironwood explained to his specialist

"I... see your point." Winter acknowledged the General

"I'm certain a well placed shot from my baby will take the Mudhorn out." Ruby boasted while crossing her arms

"Really?" Weiss asked dryly

"Well... maybe from a distance.... a very, very far distance." Ruby said as she looked to the side in embarrassment

"If anything, it would take a Well coordinated attack from a group of huntsmen that have the right semblances in order to properly take down the Mudhorn without much resistance. But since Mando is on his own, well..." Pyrrha explained, trailing off at the last bit as she feared for the worst

"Mando will get out of this, I'm certain of it." Nora said, not wanting to watch a very of her Ren get killed off

Ren just looked at his partner in sympathy. If it was an alternate version of Nora up on the screen, suffering the same fate, then Ren wouldn't want to see it either. Heaven knows that he didn't want to see his a member of his family die again, even if they were his friend. However, Ren knew that it wa abetting difficult for Mando, and he could see that his alternate self might not make it. So Ren steamed himself and prepared for the worst.

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This time around, everything seemed to slow for Mando, as the view was now on his muddy helmet.

Everything blurred for him, The Child watching on as he waited to see if his caretaker was still alive.

Some electricity crackled on Mando's armor as Mando finally started to slowly rise up.
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"It's worse that The Child is watching this happen before his eyes. Who knows what family the poor thing had before, even if he had a family, but Mr. Ren has this far been the only one to defend The Child. If he fails here, who knows what will happen." Glynda said in worry

That was another thing for Ren. The Child was almost in a similar position to when the Grimm attacked Ren's village. When his mother was killed in front of him. When his father.... when he last saw his father distracting the Nuckelavee Grimm so that Ren himself could escape. Though in this case, The Child could not run, he could not flee if Mando should fail. Deep down, he really hoped that that his alternate self would succeed.

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The Mudhorn roared at Mando, as Mando sat on the muddy ground floor, the Mudhorn slamming the blunt end of its horn against the ground.

It growled as Mando rose up on one knee, prompting the Mudhorn to charge at Mando once again.

Mando just tiredly pulled out the small knife he has in his right boot, the Mudhorn getting ever closer to Mando as Mando slowly put the knife in both of his hands, holding the sharp part out towards the oncoming Mudhorn, the blade seeming to vibrate a bit.
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"W-what's he doing?" Nora asked in worry and confusion

"Absolution." Ozpin said, getting everyone to look at him. "He's down on his last leg, and now he's preparing to his last amount of willpower to either slay the Mudhorn,... or die trying." Ozpin said, his mood gone slightly sour

"No. Come on, Mando." Jaune whispered as he didn't want to see Ren die

Roman just sighed as he shook his head, waiting for the inevitable.

Neo has a look of worry on her face, eyes darting at all directions of the of screen.

"He'll at least die with honor, if nothing else." Sienna solemnly spoke

"No, he can't die here." Ruby whispered in defiance, Yang giving her a sympathetic pat on her shoulder

All the audience members could do now was to wait and see how these turn of events would unfold.

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However, as the Mudhorn got closer to Mando, The Child raises his left hand.
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"What the?" Ironwood muttered

Thai caused Ozpin, Glynda, and Oobleck to gain looks of curiosity.

Penny and Pietro became intrigued.

Everyone else became confused.

And Vortech? They couldn't see it, but he was smiling under his helmet.

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Just as the Mudhorn got close enough to Mando, it found itself slowing to a halt, kicking against the ground.

The Mudhorn bellows in confusion, Mando panting and gasping as he slowly raised his head to look at the Mudhorn.

What Mando saw, shocked him, to say the least, as the Mudhorn was slowly being levitated off the ground by an unknown force, prompting Mando to shaking my get stand up, and move a little bit away form the Mudhorn.

The Mudhorn continued to roar and growl as uplifting music started to play, Mando still holding his knife out in his right hand as he watched the levitating Mudhorn struggle.

Slowly turning his head, Mando looked back at The Child, seeing that the Child's left hand was raised, his eyes closed as it looked like he was shaking a bit, struggling as it turns out that it was The Child that was levitating the Mudhorn off the ground.
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If Jawa weren't dropped, than people had wide eyes at the very least.

"Oh." Weiss started

"My." Blake continued

"God." Yang whispered in shock

Sienna and Ilia were stunned by this development.

Ironwood and Port couldn't even find the right words to use.

Roman had wide eyes and a dropped jaw.

Neo had stars in her eyes at what she was seeing a baby of things do.

"Remarkable!" Oobleck yelled in a whisper as he dropped his notepad and pen

"But... but I thought you said this universe didn't have any aura or semblances?" Glynda asked Vortech with wide eyes

"Hmph. Who said this is a semblance, Hmm? Certainly not I." Vortech replied to her

"This kid could that the whole time?!" Roman finally yelled out as he threw his arms in the direction of the screen

""Awesome!!"" Nora, Ruby and Jaune yelled out

Ren and Pyrrha were speechless at these turn of events.

"It is truly a thing of beauty." Pietro said as he stared in awe at what The Child was doing

"To think that an infant could accomplish such a feat." Penny said with wonder in her eyes

"If this ain't a semblance, then what is it?" Qrow said in a quieter voice as he, Tai, and Winter were stunned

"Behold, an ability obtained only by a certain few, yet it is commonality for The Child's race. He wields what this universe refers to as the Force, and energy field created by all living things. Any creature in this universe can use the Force unconsciously, but it is those as such as The Child, those with a more potent affinity to The Force, that can wield in such a way as what you see before you." Vortech explained to the audience

"So like... semblances, but rarer?" Jaune asked

"Eh, kinda like that." Vortech replied to him

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Mando slowly looked back at the Mudhorn as The Child finally gave way to his struggling and fell back in his pod, causing the Mudhorn to fall back onto the ground once more as it roared, except Mando was quick to this, and grunted as he thrusted his knife into the left side of the Mudhorn's skull.

The impact caused Mando to fall on his rear as the Mudhorn fell to the ground on its right side. Mando slowly got up, places his right hand on the knife embedded in the Mudhorn's skull, grunting as he pushed the knife further into the Mudhorn's skull, twisting it a bit, before finally yanking it out.

The Mudhorn was dead.
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"Yes!!" Team RWBY and JNP shouted in glee

Ren had a smile on his face. He was able to defeat the Mudhorn, and with the unexpected help of The Child.

"Finally. The bastard's dead." Qrow said with a smile on his face

"Victory can indeed lie within the little things in life." Ozpin thought to himself with a smile on his face

"About time that thing was killed." Roman stated. Neo had a satisfied smile on her face

"An excellent kill, if I do say so myself. Why, this nearly reminds me of the time (blah) (blah) (blah)" Port complimented Mando, but everyone stoned him out when he started to speak about one of his stories

"Now all Mando needs to do is collect the egg, and he'll be able to secure the parts to his ship." Ironwood said with a smile on his face

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Mando looked over to The Child, who was currently laying down in his pod. Limping over to him, Mando saw that The Child was passed out, most likely due to the amount of stress The Child had from lifting the entire body of the Mudhorn, though The Child was far from dead.
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"Is-is he going to be ok?" Ruby asked in worry if The Child

"Perhaps The Child put a lot of strain into using... The Force, as Vortech calls it, and ended up putting himself into a coma of sorts. To use that much strength to lift a creature that large, and for the ability to be used by someone at such a young age, even if he is 50 years old, it would undoubtedly stress his mind." Ozpin replies to Ruby with his own theory

"Hopefully it won't take long before The Child can wake up." Pyrrha said, though she did have to admit, The Child looked cute when he asleep

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The view quickly transitions to Mando back inside the dark cave, moving his hands around, brushing against what appeared to be a large egg with shaggy fur, before rolling it over a bit, and picking it up out of its place within the nest, inspecting the egg a bit with the flashlight on the side of his helmet.
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"That is one hairy egg." Qrow commented

"How does an egg even have hair in the first place?" Tai questioned

"It is quite the oddity." Oobleck said as he was currently updating his notes

"I'm still questioning how a mammal laid an egg." Weiss said

"Well the Mudhorn is an alien rhino thing, so... I guess anything can be expected." Ruby said with a shrug

"What's next, a ninja merc that can't seem to be killed." Yang replied sarcastically

"Don't jinx us!!" Vortech yelled at Yang, terror evident in his voice

"You don't need to yell at me. I was just being sarcastic." Yang replied to Vortech, only to soon raise her brow. "Wait... are you actually saying that there's a ninja merc that can't seemed to be killed that actually lives in one of these universes?" Yang asked

However, Yang didn't get an answer as Vortech seemed to be staring off into space, his eyes wide as uncomfortable memories of a certain merc with a mouth resurfaced like Vietnam flashbacks.

"O-o-k-a-a-y. That was weird." Yang said as everyone looks at Vortech's strange expression

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Screen wipe to several Jawas conversing on the opened front hatch of the Sand Crawler as they waited for Mando.

"Just a little while longer." The Ugnaught told the Jawas in their native tongue as he was outside the Crawler, standing by the small skiff he had used to help transport Mando and the Child to the Jawas, his Blurrg not far off from him

However, the Jawas seemed to be having none of it as they started to for back inside the Sand Crawler.

"Fine. Go without me." The Ugnaught replies to them in Jawa as he sighed

The front hatch of the Sand Crawler started to close at the Ugnaught crosses his arms and faces the direction Mando and The Child went off to.
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"Hey, don't leave! You're the jerks who wanted the egg in first place!" Nora called out to the Jawas

"I guess they assumed Mando was killed by the Mudhorn. If I had to take a guess, they've made deals with other people before for payment of the egg, but everyone else failed, so I guess they know when wit long enough until they think someone didn't make against the Mudhorn." Jaune analyzed

"Well, they're about to be proven wrong." Ruby said with a smirk on her face

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However, the Ugnaught's eyes widened a bit as he saw a muddy and battel damaged Mando walking up to the Sand Crawler, The Child in his pod hovering beside him as Mando was revealed to have the egg under his left arm.

"Mando!" The Ugnaught called out to the alternate version of Lie Ren, waving to him as the front hatch to the Sand Crawler halted in its rise
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"That's right. Mando's got your stinking egg, and now you can finally give him parts." Yang said as she crossed her arms

"Now Mando can finally get to work on fixing his ship and getting off that planet." Blake said with a smile. This story was progressing, and she was loving it

"It's still gonna take time for him to fix his ship." Ilia pointed out

"Just as long Mando can finally get off that rock, I'm pretty sure he can handle the Rome it's going to take to repair his ship." Yang replied to the Chameleon faunus girl

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"I have it." Mando told the Ugnaught as he walked up to him. "I've got the egg."

The front hatch lowered back onto the ground as the Jawas cheered, all running to the weary Mando.

The Jawas chatter amongst themselves as Mando hands them the egg.

The Jawa he handed it to walks back of it the edge of the front hatch, turning to his fellow Jawa as he raised it in the air, all of them cheering as he did.

The Jawa soon hands it over to another Jawa as he held it still.

Just then, the Jawa who originally held the egg pulled out a small machete from his cloak, reeled it back and chopped the top off of the egg.

He soon dipped his hand inside the egg, raising to show the sticky yellowish-orange yolk stretching a bit as he raised his hand from within the egg, slurping it into his mouth, and telling his fellow Jawa to dish in.

They all greedily dipped their hands inside the yolk, slurping up its contents like rabid sharks eating a dead whale, all the while Mando just shakes his head at what they're doing.
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"Ugh. And just like rats, they have zero table manners." Weiss said with a look of disgust

"They're going at it like Nora with her pancakes." Jaune said, only to wince in fear when he realized what he just said, Ren and Pyrrha giving him wide looks as they looked between Jaune and Nora

"....Eh, he's not wrong." Nora said with shrug, though now she wanted some pancakes

"So uncouth." Winter said with a shake of head as everyone watched the Jawas eat

"Makes you wonder if they even eat much out in the desert." Qrow said as he took a swing of his flask

"Revolting." Port said with shiver as he watched the Jawas eat the yolk from the egg

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The Jawas continue to eat the yolk from the egg as Mando walks over the Ugnaught.

"I'm surprised you waited." Mando tells the Ugnaught

"I'm surprised you took so long." The Ugnaught retorted

Mando just watched the Ugnaught as he walked along the small skiff.
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"I like their dynamic." Blake said as she observed the way Mando and Ugnaught talk to each other

"You can definitely see their friendship blooming." Ruby said with a smile

"I like how they always seem so subtly sassy with each other." Yang said with chuckle before she wrapped her arm around Blake. "Just like you and me, right Blakey?"

"Please get off me." Blake said as she tried to get out of Yang's grip

Right now, Ilia has a tick mark on her head as she watched Yang interact with Blake, her skin slightly turning red.

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Screen wipe to the Ugnaught on his Blurrg as he tails along the small skiff that had a still damaged Mando, mud dried on his armor, The Child that was still passed out in his pod, and finally, all the stolen parts of the Razor Crest, tied up to the skiff behind Mando and The Child.

Mando turned his head to see that The Child was still knocked out as he stirred in his sleep.

Without even turning his head, the Ugnaught spoke to Mando.

"Is it still sleeping?" The Ugnaught asked

"Yes." Mando says as he inspects The Child

"Was it injured?" The Ugnaught asked Mando

"I don't think so. Not physically." Mando said as he watched The Child sleep

"Explain it to me again." The Ugnaught told Mando. "I still don't understand what happened."

"Neither do I." Mando replies back as he watches over The Child before facing forward
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"That furthers Vortech's point on how rare it must be for someone to use the Force the way The Child does." Glynda said

"Speaking of which, how is it that people who use the Force are rare?" Oobleck asked Vortech, only to receive no answer. "Vortech?"

Right now, Vortech was still having flashbacks of a certain mercenary. Seeing this, Neo got out of her seat, walked towards Vortech, took out a sign and slapped him across the face with it.

"Ow!" Vortech said as he finally broke form his stupor. Blinking, Vortech looked towards the mute girl that hit him. "Thank you, Neo. I needed that."

Neo just nodded and went back to her seat.

"*clears throat* Now, what did you ask?" Vortech focused his attention towards Oobleck

"How is it that people who use the Force are rare in this universe?" Oobleck asked again

"Ah! Yes. Well, there was a fine when Force wielded where more widespread." Vortech replied to Oobleck

"Then what happened to them?" Ironwood asked

"That is a tale for another time. All I may say is that there was war, and from that war, many fell." Vortech replied cryptically sending shivers down a few of the audience's spines

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Cut to night time as the Ugnaught, Mando, and The Child arrive at the Razor Crest.

Screen wipe to Mando walking towards his ship.

"There's no way we're gonna get this to work without a full maintenance facility." Mando says as he looks over his ship. "This is gonna take days to fix." Mando states as the Ugnaught sets up a light pots and turns it on

"If you care to help, it might go faster." The Ugnaught tells Mando as he walks over to parts taken from the Razor Crest

"There is much to do." The Ugnaught says as he grabs some tools and hands one to Mando
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"Hah! It's like trying to tell Ruby to clean her room." Tai chuckled as he remembered when Ruby complained about cleaning her messes

"Dad!" Ruby whined as Yang giggled at her sister's despair

"Well at the very least, his progress in restoring his ship should increase with the Ugnaught's help." Sienna said as she had a bit on an amused smirk on her face when she saw the interaction between Mando and the Ugnaught, and then Tai and Ruby

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Cut to a montage of the Ugnaught and Mando hammering in metal sheets, using welding torches on parts, carrying parts over to the ship, using ropes to sets parts in place, electricity crackling as The Child is still shown to be sleeping.

The Ugnaught uses his welding torch on parts of the ship and the thrusters as Mando puts up parts of the outer hull. The Ugnaught works on some wiring before he does a systems check in the cockpit, Mando doing a systems check throughout the rest of the ship as his armor was now fully repaired, albeit a little dirty still. The Razor Crest appeared to be back in tip top shape.

The Ugnaught pushes up a level in the cockpit, powering on the engines as the left thruster whirs to life in perfect condition. Mando clicks a switch and turns his head to see that the right thruster is in perfect condition as well.
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"It would appear that the ship is in working condition once again." Winter said as she saw the thrusters roar to life

"Nothing like a little bit of elbow grease to get a ship working again." Yang nodded with an approving smirk on her face

"Did they really do this over night and the following day?" Weiss asked

"It just shows how determined Mando can be." Nora said with a proud smile

"Finally. Mando can get off that dirt-ball of a planet." Roman said as he went for another cigar

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Mando and the Ugnaught can be seen conversing with each other from within the hanger of the Razor Crest.

"I can't thank you enough. Please allow, me to give you a portion of the reward." Mando tells the Ugnaught

"I cannot accept. You are my guest and I am therefore in your service." The Ugnaught replies as he starts to pack up his things
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"Humble. I can respect that." Ironwood said with a soft smile

"You don't really see many people like that much nowadays." Tai said

"And it seems that Mando has a great sense of honor. He doesn't have to share in the reward, and yet he chooses to do so with the Ugnaught as a way of gratitude for his services." Port said as he stroked his mustache

"It just goes to show how well these Mandalorians follow their own codes, even after what seems to have been generations since those same codes originated." Oobleck observed as he took a sip of coffee from his thermos

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"I could use a crew member of your ability, and I can pay handsomely." Mando tells the Ugnaught

"I am honored, but I worked a lifetime to finally be free of servitude." The Ugnaught tells Mando as he slings his back over his shoulder

"I understand. Then all I can offer you is my thanks." Mando replies back

"And I offer mine." The Ugnaught tells Mando. "Thank you for bringing peace to my valley." The Ugnaught thanks Mando, nodding toward to the alternate version of Lie Ren as he exits the Razor Crest

Mando watches as the Ugnaught hopes onto his Blurrg.

"And good luck with The Child. May it survive and bring you a handsome reward. I have spoken." The Ugnaught tells Mando with a small wave, Mando nodding towards him
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When the Ugnaught spoke about the reward, Ren couldn't help but feel something biting at him. He knew that getting the reward would mean turning in The Child over towards that shifty imperial guy and Ren couldn't help but feel it would be wrong to do so.

"Wait. By servitude, did the Ugnaught mean...?" Ilia trailed off in her question as she looked towards Vortech

"All in due time my dear. Best to focus on what's in front of us for the time being." Vortech answered to Ilia

Turning back towards the screen, Ilia couldn't help but feel sympathy for the Ugnaught, but wondered what caused the Ugnaught's servitude.

A similar question went through Blake's mind. She knew what happened to enslaved faunus, but Blake has to wonder how bad slavery was in other parts of the multiverse.

"It was nice offer that Mando gave the Ugnaught. But I guess I can see why he wouldn't want to go with him. Working a lot in life must have been hard on him." Ruby said

"Uh, Ruby. I don't think that's the type of servitude that the Ugnaught was talking about." Weiss carefully said to her team leader

Ilia just rolled her eyes and cast Weiss a quick scowl. "Of course you would know what the Ugnaught meant by. Your father enforces the type of thing the Ugnaught was put through." Ilia thought to herself

"Then what did he mean?" Ruby asked with a raised brow

"We'll explain it to you later Ruby." Yang told her before anyone could explain it. She didn't want her sister's mood to sour after all this awesome action, and she dared anyone to try and say something

"O-o-o-k-a-a-y." Ruby said slowly as she had a look of confusion of her face

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Mando walks back into the cockpit of the Razor Crest, The Child in his pod, still passed out as it follows Mando.

Moving his right arm to the right, the pod moves over to the right backseat of the cockpit, uplifting music playing as Mando takes a seat in the captains chair, spinning it around as he flicks some switches and presses some buttons, pushing a lever as the engines power on, the thrusters coming to life with a roar.

Mando looks outside his windshield to look at the Ugnaught on his Blurrg, the Ugnaught waving to Mando as Mando grabs onto the controls and thrusts them forward, The Razor Crest lifting off the ground as the Ugnaught watches.

And with that, the Razor Crest is in the air, soon flying out of the planet's atmosphere and back into space, the stars shining brights across the cosmos.
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"So this is what the stars beyond a planet appear as in space. Fascinating." Penny said in awe

"The planet looks so small from where Mando's ship is. If that's a similar beauty to what Remnant would look like from amongst the stars, then it's a shame we haven't found the right way to get space travel to work right." Pietro said as he stared at the vast space of the cosmos on screen

"It would seem that all Mr. Ren must do now is to deliver The Child to his employer." Ozpin summed up to his group

"Hmm. I don't like it. Reward or not, I wouldn't leave The Child with any of those men, even if it meant putting myself in harms way." Glynda said as she didn't like the person who placed the bounty on The Child's head in the first place

"Perhaps. But I believe that in due time, Mr. Ren will find it much more difficult to simply depart with The Child." Ozpin said as he took a sip of his mug

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Cut to inside the cockpit of the Razor Crest as Mando looks over to check on The Child, shaking the pod a bit to try and wake him up, though The Child still slept.

Seeing as there was nothing else he could do, Mando starts clicking a few switches in the cockpit, a device beeping as Mando faces forward.
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"Is he ever going to wake up?" Nora asked with slight worry in her voice

Neo's face seemed to match Nora's concern. What can she say? The Child was adorable and cool. She didn't  want to see anything bad happen to him.

Ren had a look similar to Neo's, but in his case, what he felt towards The Child seemed to be a bit more,... fatherly in a sense.

"It tough to say. The amount of strain put on The Child's mind, age not being a factor here, from him using that much willpower to levitate the Mudhorn off the ground seemed to be quiet great. It could be hours, days, maybe even a week before The Child awakens once again." Oobleck sagely said

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However, just as Mando faces forward, The Child started to stir from his slumber and rises up in his pod, cooing in the process as he watches Mando continue to fly the Razor Crest.

The screen cuts to black
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"Or he could wake up right now." Oobleck quickly said as he adjusted he glasses

"Phew." Ruby said in relief

Ren had a small smile on his face. The Child was alright.

"Well that was an awesome experience." Yang said as she stretched her arms

"You said it." Nora agreed with a grin, wanting to see more of the exploits of Mando and The Child

"It was definitely better than the last viewing." Ilia said, she and a few of the audience members shivering in fear as they remembered Adam Taurus as the Candyman

"What universe will we be seeing next, Mr. Vortech?" Penny asked their host

"We now return to or regular scheduled universe of the supernatural and science." Vortech answered the Ginger Android, getting Qrow to smirk and for Winter to roll her eyes at his smirk

"GHOSTBUSTERS!!" Nora and Ruby cheered as loud as they could

"Children, please keep to your inside voices!" Glynda snapped at Ruby and Nora

"Sorry Miss Goodwitch." Ruby and Nora said in quiet voices

"Uh, what?" Ilia asked in confusion, voicing her and Sienna's question about what Ruby and Nora screamed out

Vortech just activated his staff and changed the viewing back the Ghostbusting adventures of Qrow, Oobleck, and Ozpin.

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*Important Notice*
READ PLEASE!

I need your opinions on some of the upcoming chapters. What do I mean by that? Well, I need your inputs on what RWBY characters would fit the roles of certain characters in upcoming chapters.

What I need you guys to do, is to vote on who should be who, and here's who we'll start with:

VOTE!!!
(Edit(6-11-20): Voting ends Sunday, June 14th)

(Edit(6-14-2) Voting is now CLOSED. The winners are in the next chapter)

Vanoss Animated

Vanoss:

Should he be played by—

A: Neopolitan

or B: Lie Ren

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Terroriser:

Should he be played by—

A: Blake Belladonna

Or B: Roman Torchwick

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Overlord

Ainz Ooal Gown:

Should he be played by—

A: Oscar Pine

Or B: Jaune Arc

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Star Wars The Clone Wars 2003: Animated

Anakin Skywalker

Should he be played by—

A: Yang Xiao Long

Or B: Raven Branwen

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Monster Musume

Kimihito:

Should he be played by—

A: Oscar Pine

B: Jaune Arc

Or C: Lie Ren

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Rachnera Arachnera

Should she be played by—

A: Neopolitan

Or B: Sienna Khan

That's it for now. This will be a regular thing I do if I'm having trouble picking roles. You guys can vote for as long as you want, and I'll give a notice to when the voting for a certain character is coming to a close.

Also, on a personal note, I gotta say that the character I love to right the most for is Roman Torchwick. For me, since he's flamboyant an outgoing in his style, it's almost like writing Alastor in a way. Besides that, Roman's just one of those asshole characters that you're supposed to be against, but can't help but enjoying it whenever he's on-screen. Second favorite is a tie between Neo and Ozpin, though I'll talk about them on a later date.

With all that said, I hope to see you all soon, and feel free to point out any mistakes I make in writing, I'll be sure to fix them as soon as possible.

See you soon.