After having rescued Blake and stopped a nefarious dust robbery by the hands of Roman Torchwick, Jason Naught and the White Fang. Our heroes enjoyed a well earned victory. Getting to know new friends, and having discovered old enemies having resurfaced. We find Team Rwby walking back to Beacon to get a good nights rest for Classes the following, and to discuss this unsettling turn of events.
Location: Beacon Academy courtyard
Time midnight
After having returned to Beacon, everyone noticed the students watching their scrolls intensely with either stars in their eyes, stares of curiosity, or awe seeing the latest news report, but our heroes had no idea what was drawing everyone's attention to their screens. Whether it was their scroll or a tablet.
Max and Steel(now dressed, and they're camouflaged tire or casual attire I should say) were walking side by side with the rest of team Rwby back to their dorm. It had been a crazy night.
Ruby: hey guys do you notice something about the other students?
Yang: yeah, it's like there glued to the screens like whatever they're watching is intense, I've seen this before, but for everyone to be like this, that's a new one even for me.
Blake: you suppose everybody's watching the news?
Weiss: I wonder what's got there attention? If it's not the news, perhaps it's a show of some sort.
Blake: well, whatever it is, maybe we should watch it when we get back.
Yang: maybe who knows I just know when I get back I'm going to sleep.
Weiss: agreed
Blake: yep
Ruby: here here
Max: I second that
Steel(imbedded in Max's chest plate): I second that as well
This in turn caught team Rwby, minus Max, by surprise. As they Were all still adjusting to hearing Steel's voice, but not seeing him while he hidden in Max's turbo camouflage mode(Max's casual attire) was always surprising.
They looked around and saw some students were caught by surprise hearing Steel's voice and not knowing where the source came from.
Yang (whispers so only the group can hear her): are you crazy Steel?
Weiss(whispers as well so only the group can hear her): you dolt, you know you're not supposed to you use your voice outside of the dorm.
Blake(whispers as well): yeah, we're trying to help you keep a low profile.
Ruby(whispers as well): yeah we need you to be careful.
Steel(imbedded in Max's chest plate): Sheesh, alright I get it.
Max: they're right pal, we need to be careful.
Steel(imbedded in Max's chest plate): alright alright I get it, I assumed that with all the eyes glued to their screens, no one would notice.
The rest of their walk was in silence just thinking about going to sleep, and right as they open the door to their dorm, they were surprised to find team Jnpr inside.
Max: what in the?
Ruby: how did you guys get in here?
Juane: Ozpin gave us temporary access to your dorm just for tonight.
Weiss: okay, care to explain why?
Blake: we love hanging out with you guys but-
Yang: we prefer you not do it in the room with out us here.
Max : it's just out of consideration guys.
Steel then disengages from Max's chest catching Team Jnpr by surprise.
Nora: no matter how many times I see it, it's always awesome and cool!
This caused Steel to blush a little.
Steel: awe shucks, it's nothing special.
Max: anyway, why are you guys here?
Pyrrha: you didn't see the news?
Nora: you guys should've seen the footage, you were all like, Go Turbo Strength, Then how you summoned that gun and how it just appeared in your hands it was so.(She said in her hype voice as Ren Covered her mouth.)
Blake: what footage, Ren what is she talking about?
Ren: it's probably best if you guys see this, do you guys have a television?
Ruby: uh yeah, we do, Yang please help me, set it up.
Yang: of course sis.
Soon Yang and Ruby brought out their small television and finshed setting it up on top of Blakes bookcase. Then Juane connected his scroll to the television via screen casting to show them the recording of their fight,
Ren: show them the news file, we downloaded it after they played it on the news. Juane ready?
Juane: You got it.( Soon played the media file and it was broadcast on the television for everyone to see it in the room.)
News report with Lisa Lavender:
Breaking news tonight, White Fang Dust Robbery in Vale's industrial District, thwarted by Mysterious Blue Powered Boy!!
Seeing this, Max and Steel began to panic as they saw clips of Max Steel fighting the White Fang along with Ruby and the others fighting as well at the docks but the camera seemed to be focused on Max Steel than the others.
The video clips showed the turbo powered duo as Max Steel using their powers for turbo Strength, canon, Flight and when they cloned themselves to take out most of the villains on the ground as well as using their turbo energy to summon the turbo blaster to shot down the various Bullheads that were deploying White Fang reinforcements. As well as Max Steel fighting Naught in his enhanced Bio-Android mode.
They then saw a female reporter appear on the screen as she said
Lisa Lavender: Just on the outskirts of Vale was a secret operation of the White Fang happening on the docks. The criminals nearly succeeded in stealing the Schnee Dust Shipment, since there wasn't any security at the docks, fortunately their plans were thwarted by this mysterious blue armored powered hero who swooped in and rescued three students training to become the next huntresses/huntsmen and thwarted their schemes.....(as the T.V. then changed back to Max Steel fighting the White Fang as well as Jason Naught and Roman Torchwick.
Lisa Lavender: Who can apparently change into various different suits of power armor possessing amazing feats of skill. And managed to not only take down the White Fang but also 4 Bullheads with machine guns firing at him. Apparently possesing the power to also duplicate himself and whatever armor he's in. Apparently one of the villains shouted his name as, "Max Steel." Thanks to this, Max Steel, the White Fang's notorious schemes were stopped, But one question has been on everyone's mind here in the studio.........
.........Just who is, Max Steel (as she then showed a close up photo of Max and Steel as Max Steel, Flying off into the night)
Lisa Lavender: Whoever you are Max Steel, the people of Vale owe you a great debt of gratitude for stopping their crime, back to you Cyril.
Then they turn off the T.V. And everything he then turns there faces to see how Max and Steel were reacting to the news report.
Juane: Guys are you okay?
Pyrrha: you've both been awfully quiet since the news report.
Nora: are you okay guys?
Ren: So how are you guys holding up?
Soon both teams began to worry about Max and Steel, neither of them had said a single word since seeing what it happened and from the facial reactions, both teams could easily tell that they weren't taking the news of them being exposed to television very well.
Weiss: hello?
She didn't waves her hands in front of both their faces, but neither one of them reacts.
Yang: Max? Steel?
Blake: guys?
Ruby: hello guys? Say something! Please!
Weiss then walks over to Ruby, to calm her down.
Weiss: all right, Ruby let's come down, yeah I know I'm worried about them to. ( she said as she grabbed her hands to calm her down.)
Ruby then looked to Weiss and smiled and they both then turned their attention to Max and Steel who were finally getting over there shock from the new story.
Max: uh, Juane, how long has this story been up?( he asked with worry in his voice.)
Steel: Please tell us that it was just put on.
Juane: about an hour now, weird thing is, the news lady said they had no one in the area to record this footage.
Pyrrha: Yeah they mentioned that someone filmed this and delivered it to the media as a generous gift, saying the people deserved to know about this hero of Remnant.
Yang: Wait, what do you mean(she said as she turned her attention to the others.)
Pyrrha: Before, the lady said that the footage wasn't recorded by any of their film crews. It was shown to them by a mysterious source, who said that he saw something flying over above him, and when he saw that it was an armored warrior of white and blue with silver jet wings on his back, he said that he followed the armored warrior, which we all know was the both of you as Max Steel. And he saw a whole fight happening before him and took out his scroll and recorded what was happening. Then he left and took it to the news, said it was a generous gift and that the people deserved to know about this. And although they never asked for a reward, after seeing his video, the media granted him one-million-lien.
Max: This is bad.
Steel: This is really bad.
Max: We've just made things even harder for ourselves Steel, for Max Steel!
Steel: how can this be, we've been in turbo stealth mode all day, granted we did use Turbo Flight mode, but we were extra careful to switch to Stealth mode whenever we'd pick up someone following us, and according to my scans a few hours ago back at the docks, there was no one other than us, the White Fang, that Torchwick bum and Jason Naught!
Max: Now the people of Vale Perhaps all of Remnant know about us, well Max Steel, this is still bad!
Steel: And no doubt people are going to want to hunt down Max Steel!
Ruby: Well, at least they don't know who Max Steel is, they only know about the Superhero.
This caused team JNPR's faces and the rest of team Rwby's face to widen in a," not the best choice of words," expression, then Steel broke the silence by floating directly in Ruby's face catching her by surprise and frightening her a bit when he said
Steel: How is that any better?! Ruby they may not know who the men are behind Max Steel, but everyone has probably seen that footage, and those who haven't seen it, have probably been told by those who have. And news spreads rapidly like wildfire!
This caused Ruby to cower back in fear being shouted at in the face. Steel realized his mistake and took a deep breath(even though he can't breath it was more of a sigh) he then opened his eye and faced her again.
Steel: I'm sorry Ruby, it's just, although our secret identity is safe, we've just become a target for criminals.
Yang: Well, given the show you guys put on at the docks, there's no menace you guys can't hand- Ow!
She didn't get to finish her sentence as Weiss head slapped her before she could finish.
Yang: Hey! What was that for Ice Queen?!
Weiss: You dolt! That's not the point, they've both unintentionally revealed themselves to the planet, and we can't always rely on them to get us out of every trouble we come across, we're training to be huntresses, not damsels in distress!
Blake: I never thought I'd say this, but I agree with Weiss.
Weiss: Thank you Blake.(mentally she was surprised that Blake agreed with her.)
This caught everyone's attention from both Teams.
Ruby: Say what?
Yang: Come again?
Max: Really?
Steel: Now that is a first.
Blake: We can't always rely on Max Steel to bet there to get us out of Jam. We're huntresses, we're being trained to save lives, not so that others may save us constantly.
Pyrrha: I agree, We have to be trained to help others or each other, not solely rely on one person to save us.
Ren: True, if we were ever in danger, and Max Steel wasn't able to make it in time, and we didn't know how to save ourselves, then we'd all be in danger.
Nora: But now, we get to do it with Remnants very own Trubo Powered super hero, Max Steel!
Ren: Nora, as much as I admire your spirit you aren't helping
Nora: Sorry( Ren then walked up to her to comfort her, causing Nora to both blush and smile.)
Jaune: So what are we going to do about, Max and Steel's secret hero image being exposed?
Ruby thought about it, as did everyone else, for about five minutes nobody said a word, everyone was in deep thought about how to proceed with this unfortunate turn of events.
Max: I think we'll have to speak to Ozpin about this tomorrow. He'll know what's the best course of action to take in light of this development
Steel: I agree, well I think we could all use some rest, I know I could.
Soon teams RWBY and JNPR looked to each other and began to yawn.
Pyrrha: Yeah, it's getting late, we brought sleeping bags to spend the night here with you guys if you don't mind.
Ren: Ozpin asked us to spend the night with you guys. Just to help you guys feel better and more safe.
Nora: This could be a slumber party!
Ruby: Ooo! I love slumber parties!
Soon Nora and Ruby jumped up and down, until they saw that everyone else in the room, Max and Steel included, weren't in the mood. And joined everyone else in getting ready for bed to fall asleep as fast as possible
Beacon Tower
Ozpin was sitting at his desk as he was staring at his scroll as he just got notified of a news notification. The moment he opened it up, his body froze. There he saw a video recording of Max Steel fighting the White Fang and Jason Naught, though the camera was primarily focused on Max.
In the video he could plainly see Max and Steel(dressed in their Max Steel form) using their powers out in broad daylight, taking down the White Fang and shooting and bashing down all of the Bullheads that were at the docks. He saw in the Video the boys using their various turbo modes, but what surprised him the most, was how they possessed the power to clone themselves to take out multiple targets, and that these clones shared the powers of whatever Turbo mode their were using.
Ozpin: So, I guess that's what all that noise was I heard a while ago.(he said as he had heard explosions before but wasn't sure where they were coming from.)
He then heard a ding as Glynda, Port and Oobleck stepped out into the office.
Glynda: Oz, did you see....?( She asked but she was stopped by Ozpin saying)
Ozpin: Yes I have. I've been watching it over a few times.
Oobleck: Astonishing, truly incredible, who would've thought Vale would have it's very own superhero! This is unbelievable! One boy, or man, whomever he is! Possess such power to take out so many people at once, and to possess perhaps more than what was shown, we have to find him this, this ( He began but couldn't put his finger on the name of this mysterious Turbo Warrior.)
Port: Bartholomew, I believe they said that his name was, Max Steel.
Oobleck: Exactly Peter! We must find this Max Steel. I simply have soo many questions for him.( he said in his usual fast tone, but this was different since he just filled with excitement and enthusiasm.)
Port: Truly with this man fighting for us, the days of the Grimm will soon be-
He was cut off when Ozpin said-
Ozpin: You're both missing the point! This isn't something to be taken lightly. This is a serious matter. With this all over the news, people are bound to ask questions about Vale, and about him. ( he chose to lie to Port and Oobleck about knowing who Max Steel really is, since he knew that Max and Steel wanted to keep a low profile, despite what's transpired.) We may not know who Max Steel is, but now our city, perhaps the whole kingdom, may become a target of attention. And I needn't remind you all, how attention can attract the unwanted variety.
Soon Port and Oobleck paused, and realized that Ozpin made a good point.
Glynda: But sir, this Max Steel( She began, also choosing to keep Max Steel's secret identity from her colleagues) you don't think he'll attract attention to Beacon, do you?
Ozpin: Personally Glynda, I have no clue, I only hope that he doesn't, while Max Steel is a hero fighting for righteousness and justice, he may unintentionally bring his enemies to this kingdom. And I certainly know that James and his people will want to get their hands on this fellow.
Ozpin: Especially my old student( He thought to himself in contemplation in what might happen now.)
After Max Steel's battle
In some forest outside Vale
Out in a forest near a cliff side, near Vale, Grimm creatures were crawling around through the night but those Grimm were in battle against a strange woman as she was slashing away the Grimm with ease.
The woman was wearing a shallow cut black and red dress, with five necklaces with an assortment of beads, a red girdle-blet, and a pair of matching gauntlets. She also wore black fingerless gloves.
An object that looked to be made from feathers hung from the right side of her skirt, as she also wore detached leggings that are solid black. Underneath her leggings she wore black boots, which have red high heels and soles.
Her most distinctive feature was a fearsome, full-face mask that resembled the face of a creature of Grimm; A Nevermore. The mask had four eye slits, further enhancing the character's inhuman appearance. The slits were black and red inside. She had a large blood red sword with a rotary chamber with different Dust blades.
The woman had slaughtered the Grimm with fast paced attacks that left them dead within seconds.
AS the last of them disintegrated, she got the notification on her scroll and and took it out and saw a news headline, reading:
White Fang Dust Robbery in Vale's Industrial District stopped by mysterious blue powered hero!
She then saw that there was a high quality video and pictures on the site and on it as she scrolled down and played the video. It showed this mysterious boy dressed in blue and gray colored armor messing with the White Fang and what appeared to be a bio android mech monster(Jason Naught but she had no clue who it was). But what really took her by surprise was the constant flashes of turbo energy in how he'd switch from one turbo mode to another and how each turbo mode possessed different abilities such as strength, flight and how he could make duplicates of himself and how those clones possessed the same powers of whatever turbo mode he was in. She was amazed by how he took out the White Fang as if they were common thieves and how he was able to stand his ground against such firepower.
The woman's eyes widen slightly at the boy's power as she smirked darkly behind her mask, zooming in on the photo, taking a closer look at his features to try and get a better understanding of what he looked like.
Mysterious Woman: Well, you've certainly caught my eye, you and that robotic friend of yours. And we haven't even met face to face. Well Then, there's only way to see what you're made of.
She said as she sheathed her weapon, and jumped off the cliff side...
...where a raven was then flying away.
Later...
As soon as the raven arrived at the scene, it then saw the masked turbo warrior that she was interested in wasn't there, this made the raven feel irritated and peeved, since it had no clue or idea where he had disappeared to.
Raven(thinking internally): Well this is, unfortunate, I arrive hours after the battle, and there's no sign of my quarry.
The raven then remembered how the other day, when it was at Beacon in the courtyard, it was spying on this new student from a tree, and how she followed them to a dorm.
Raven(thinking internally): Wait a minute, that boy from Beacon, the one with that, unusual drone in his room, could he be?
The Raven began remembering how it overheard Max and Steel reading Ozpin's letter out loud in their temporary dorm, before they had officially moved in to Team Rwby's Dorm.
Raven(thinking internally): That boy, maybe he is this mysterious Max Steel! Only one way to find out.
The raven then took of flying towards Beacon to see if her suspicions were true.
It flew towards Beacons courtyard, where it perched itself on top of the statue, where it witnessed team Rwby and Max McGrath walking back to their dorm. When the team had passed the statue and entered the school's dormitories, The bird then flew off to the windows to see which dorm this boy was staying in.
After at least a half hour flying around to almost every window on the side of the building, the Raven found the window which belonged to Team Rwby. There she stood on the window's ledge and spied on the teenagers, she nearly lost her footing and fell of the ledge when she witnessed Steel detach himself from Max's Chest.
Raven(thinking to herself): This confirms it, this Boy and his robotic companion are, Max Steel. What a find, what a find!
She then took off into the night returning to her bandit tribe thinking to herself as she flew away-
Raven: Quite the interesting character you are boy, you and your little drone. Whatever those powers of yours are, I will figure them out. No matter the cost. And then, I will be an even greater leader of the tribe. Even if I can't convince you both, I will make you two join me.
However what she never realized was although everyone was asleep in the dorm, Steel was still awake, hidden from her sight, and he saw the Raven while she was spying on his team, recording her movements as she surveyed the dorm. And When the Raven leaped off the window ledge and flew off home, Steel hovered towards the window and watched as she flew away.
Steel(thinking to himself): Who are you? No ordinary Raven would spy on my friends, or anyone I guess. Whoever you are, you better stay away from me and my tur-bro! As well as my team you creep.
He then Hovered towards Max's bed and lied down and fell asleep. Deciding that it would be best to deal with this tomorrow.