"NOOOOOOO!!" He cried out. He needed the relic in order to defeat Salem. What had hurt him the most was that Ruby had betrayed him.
She was a simple and pure soul.
Leo's betrayal hurt a lot. He had been betrayed countless times before, but Ruby Rose? The one person who had the purest and simplest soul? The one who saw the bright side in even the darkest moments? She too had betrayed his trust?
Ozpin had had enough.
He took care of humanity through the dark ages.
Through the colour revolution through the Great War and hundreds of wars before that.
If he wasn't there humanity would have been destroyed a hundred times over.
Now finally he had found a way to defeat Salem but his faith in humanity? That was gone.
Ruby Rose of all people had destroyed it.
"There was
so much you hadn't told us! How could you think that was okay?!" YAng shouted her hair on fire.
Ozpin was silent.
"Professor..."
Ozpin looks up at her with an unreadable expression on his face. "What
is your plan to defeat Salem?"
He couldn't help it, he began to laugh. It was the laughter of a man who had finally broken down, his mind exhausted. He had finally given up.
"Why are you laughing what's so funny?" Yang shouted at him
Stopping his laughter he turned to her with a glare. "There's nothing funny Ms Xiaolong. I see no reason why you need to know that." HIs didn't rise but it was dripping with anger. He then turned to Ruby. "Why not ask Jinn again? Why are you asking ME? You didn't ask me, right? You asked Jinn. So ask her. or why don't you use that remaining question to ask something even more useless?" She flinched at that. He actually enjoyed it. "Ask what her What your dear Uncle Qrow is keeping from you."
"Oz don't!"
Ozpin let a tired sigh. "It doesn't matter now. You have lost the little trust that I had for you. Do you think trust is something easy to earn?" He said looking at each of them. "You may trust people easily, but you also lose that trust so easily."
"But-"
"After all, if you truly did trust me, you wouldn't have to go against me like this. But that's fine." Ozpin shrugged. "I simply know not to trust you anymore. And the funny thing is the only one who still has my trust is General IronWood, as for what my plan is?" his eyes narrowed. "You do not have my trust for that."
"The hell?! It's not something to only do with you! This effects all of us!" Yang interrupted her eyes flickering red.
He raised an eyebrow at that. "I have no one else other than Ironwood to trust now. And as funny as this is, he is the only one who knows the full extent of my plan. The plan I have been weaving around Salem for centuries. Keeping her distracted until it is completed. As it is nearing its final stages I cannot let any chance of it being revealed.
You ask me to trust you but you have done nothing to prove that I should give you my trust. Until I see Ironwood I will keep myself scarce. "
With that Ozpin let go of Oscar's body securing his mind tighter than before.
"Kid, you Ok?" Qrow asked Oscar.
"I'm fine... But Ozpin... He's locked himself up very tightly... I can't even hear anything from him... Not even his thoughts."
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"This is Ozpin?" Ironwood asked excitedly.
"Yeah, that his new host."
Oscar's eyes glowed as his timid posture changed into more confident one as he took over.
"It's good to see you, Jimmy." Ozpin. "However I will have to ask Team RWBY to vacate."
"What? what happened?" Ironwood asked.
Ozpin sighed. "While they can be trusted to fight against Salem they cannot be trusted with this Operation as they have proven that by going behind my back and digging my deepest and darkest secrets by wasting a question from the Lamp."
Ironwoods eyes widened at that in shock but turning to the girls he saw Ruby looking down in shame, Yang was angry clenching her fists. Blake looked indifferent but he could see she also felt some amount of guilt as did Wiess.
"What about Juniper?" Ironwood inquired.
"Nether Jaune, Nora or Ren has shown that they cannot be trusted. I do hope I can continue to rely on you. Qrow has been my agent for a long time, even if he's a bit difficult. But I still trust him."
The General nodded before turning to team RWBY. "I'm sorry, but you will have to leave the room."
Blake gave a nod of understanding and Wiess curtsied before they left. They atleast understood why this was being done. They understood that Ozpin couldn't take any chances when saving humanity. "
Ruby was still silent, and Yang was still angry.
Once the door closed behind them. The General pressed a button on the desk causing the whole room to be shut off from the outside world.
Then a hologram of something appeared on the desk...
" What is that?" Jaune asked trying to puzzle out what it was.
"Like an airship? Perhaps a new type of weapon?" Ren suggested.
"Or a Bomb!" Nora exclaimed.
Ozpin chuckled. "No nothing like that children, Jimmy would you like to do the honours?"
The general nodded a tired but satisfied smile on his face.
"Salem can't be destroyed and since she seems to be able to produce an endless amount of Grimm we would be fighting a losing game. No Ozpin established the Academies and the Kingdoms not to fight Salem. We won't win by playing against her in a game where she is guaranteed to win. No, we need to leave the game altogether. "
Ren and Jaune eyes widened as they began to understand the implications as they stared at the hologram.
"Yes, this is spacecraft. Powered by a special core created with Ozpin magic and the Staff of Creation. This is how it looks like, the ship is currently it's going through the final checks, Almost everything is completed."
Ozpin sighed. "Centuries of preparation and its finally completed. Did you manage?"
"But we can't relax yet old friend. And yes we managed to find a Habitable planet, though how soon it will take to get there will depend of course on how much extra Aura can be provided."
"Extra Aura?" Ren asked.
"Yes, the Magic core I created within the ship generates Aura which is used to run the ship's systems since dust doesn't work out of Remnant. And the more people who can join as we leave the planet means the faster we can reach our destination."
"Err, if I may ask how big is this ship?"
"Its length is 35 kilometres in length 17 kilometres wide 3 kilometres high," Ironwood answered. "its big enough and can fit each person in Remnant with their own room. There are several greenhouses that will be used to grow plants and domestics animals. Water will not be a problem either. And if there is a shortage that we didn't calculate we will be taking the staff of creation with us as we leave."
Team JNR and Qrow's eyes widened in disbelief.
"But then how are you hiding something that big?" Qrow asked unable to believe something that big could be built without being hidden.
"It is built underwater. Away from prying eyes."
Ozpin smiled. "Let Salem have this planet, we will take those who wish to leave the Grimm behind with us and take to the Stars."
"Do keep this a secret," The general warned. "I don't think I need to tell you what might happen if this information falls into the wrong hand do I?"
"Yes, sir!" Ren and Jaune saluted.
"You can count on me!" Nora... Nora'd.
"So my mission is finally coming to an end huh?" Qrow sighed as the tension left his shoulders for the first time in a long while.
"So what is its name?" Nora asked. "Every ship must have a name! Especially a space ship."
"Hope."
"Hope, huh. It sounds nice."
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"So, did they have a plan?" Blake inquired.
Ren nodded smiling. "Ozpin's plan is quite ingenious. If this indeed succeeds than we would have nothing to worry about."
"I see." Blake nodded going back to her book.
"So are you going to tell us what the plan is?" Yang asked.
"No, I'm sorry, its not that I don't trust you, but there can be ears and eyes anywhere. And if his plan comes to light too early it will likely fail."
"Oh," Ruby muttered m. Yang was disappointed. "But it is a good plan right?"Ruby confirmed hope in her eyes.
"Yeah," Jaune added. "Though considering he had been planning for centuries, that is a lot of time to make and refine plans."
Yang nodded. "Alright, I'll trust you guys... So who wants to go get a Pizza?" Yang asked grinning.
"Oh, no not that greasy food," Wiess grumbled.
Blakes wars twitched and Ruby let out a smile.
"Shall I invite Penny to join us?"
Yang shrugged. "The more the merrier sure why not!"
"NORA!" interrupted. "Did some one say pancakes?!"
"No, Pizza!" Yang rejected.
"Pancakes"
"Pizza!"
"Pancakes!"
"Pizza!"
"Pancakes! "
"Pizza!"
"Children." Wiess sighed in exasperation.
"Immature" Blake agreed.