After departing from Mistral the train began running through Grimm territory between Mistral and the port city of Argus. During the journey, the train is attacked by Grimm. X-49 along with Ruby's group made their way to the top of the train. They soon saw that train being besieged by a group of Manticores led by a Sphinx. Ruby then shoots down one of the Manticores and finishes off by slicing it with Crescent Rose.
Ruby: Got him, now who's next?
A Manticore attempts to attack Ruby, but Weiss uses her Glyphs to shoot shards of Ice at it.
Weiss: Thank me later!
As a group of Manticores move in to attack Ruby and Weiss, X-49 shoots down the Grimm in rapid succession with his pistols. X-49 then turns to Ruby and Weiss.
X-49: Looks like we stirred up the hornet's nest.
As more Grimm arrived, Ruby and Weiss joined X-49 in battling the Grimm. Suddenly, they were approaching the tunnel.
Oscar: Tunnel!
With that, X-49 and the others got inside the train just as the train approached the tunnel. As they regroup, they managed to shut down the turrets to draw the Grimm to them. At that point, Nora had a plan.
Nora: Ren, could you use your Semblance to mask everyone on this train? With the guns off and emotions hidden, they might lose track of us!
Ren: Hm, I never attempted to affect this many people.
Ruby: Well, you've never had Jaune's help before.
Weiss: He could amplify your Aura!
Qrow: Yeah, that's an alright plan.
Nora: Don't look so worried, Ren. You can totally do this!
X-49: We'll buy you as much time as you need.
As the group moved to execute the plan, Ozpin took over of Oscar's body. He then presents the Relic of Knowledge to the group.
Ozpin: I'm afraid there's one complication... The Grimm are also attracted to this.
Qrow: Are you serious?
Yang: Why wouldn't you tell us that?!
Ozpin: I...
Ruby: It doesn't matter right now. Every second we're on board this train, we're putting everyone else in danger. Get the passengers to the front cars, you'll still mask the emotions and kill the turrets... we just can't come with you. If we cut the back cars with us and the Relic on them, we can deal with the Grimm. You just make sure the rest of the train makes it safely to Argus.
X-49: Ruby's right. As of now, we just stirred up the hornet's nest! We can discuss this AFTER we're not swarming with Grimm! This conversation won't matter if we get killed by the Grimm!
At this point, Jaune as well as Ren and Nora began moving the passengers to the front cars while Team RWBY as well as X-49, Qrow, Oscar remained. Ruby's group soon attacked another group of Grimm. Meanwhile, Blake and Yang decouple the train, allowing the front half to continue forward. Suddenly, the Sphinx landed on the train.
X-49: That's a big one...
Without hesitation, X-49 began laying down suppressing fire on the Sphinx. As he did so, the Sphinx moved to attack X-49, but the Combat Droid rolls out of the way. The Sphinx then charges at X-49 and attacks X-49 with a tail swipe. X-49 hangs on to the tail and runs along the Sphinx's back. When he reaches the top of the Grimm's head, X-49 unloads his pistols on the Sphinx. The Sphinx howls in pain as it throws X-49 off. X-49 was able to land on his feet and keeps firing on the Sphinx. As X-49 continues shooting at the Sphinx, Team RWBY as well as Qrow and Oscar fought wave after wave of Manticores. As the Manticores were cleared, Ruby could see X-49 holding his own against the Sphinx. In that moment, Team RWBY launched a coordinated attack against the Sphinx. Yang and Blake worked together to pin the Sphinx to the train while Weiss uses her Glyphs to freeze the Sphinx's wings. Ruby and Qrow then use the Sniper Rifle attachments of their respective weapons to shoot at the frozen wings, shattering them. Ruby and Qrow then attempt to finish off the Sphinx, but the Sphinx prepares to fire a fireball at them. X-49 then pulls out his pistols and unloads it on the Grimm, hitting it in the head. The Grimm staggers as it fires the fireball, narrowly missing Ruby and Qrow. Ruby and Qrow then take the opportunity to plunge their weapons into the Sphink, killing it. Before it dies however, the Sphinx launches the fireball, destroying the rails in front of the train.
X-49: Everyone hang on!
Weiss then uses her Glyph to hold everyone in place as the train derails and crashes into the snow. X-49 was flung of the train and crashes to the ground. After the train crashes, Qrow checks in on everyone.
Qrow: Is everyone okay?
Weiss: I'm fine.
Blake: Yeah.
Meanwhile, X-49 gets up and brushes the snow off his coat. He then hears barking nearby. X-49 looks around to see Lulu emerging from a pile of snow, unharmed. X-49 smiles as Lulu runs up to X-49. X-49 then picks Lulu up and smiles at his dog.
X-49: Another happy landing.
???: Still alive!
As a voice calls out, all attention fell on an elderly woman with goggle-like prosthetic eyes.
Elderly Woman: That sure was a close one, huh?
X-49 looks at the old woman with a confused expression on his face. In that moment, the group were joined by a seemingly harmless old woman. But what they didn't know was that his old woman was more than meets the eye.
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The Tale Of X-49: A RWBY Story
ActionWhen a mysterious robot is discovered, Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long take him in as both a brother and protector. In the years that followed, the robot known as X-49 would forge a powerful bond with them that will give the robot a purpose beyond his...
