One More Chance

Chapter 1 - Second Chances

A/N: This is a rewrite of To Change the Past.

But it doesn't mean that things are going to be the same. No, I doubt things would even be the same if I tried. Let's just say... we're going for a slight bit of a different tone this time. I hope you guys enjoy the new story and will be interested in it!

They were coming for them.

Jaune and Weiss felt it. The emptiness around them said enough about their situation already, and Jaune couldn't help but let out a curse as he surveyed the area around them.

It was full of Grimm.

And they were coming in fast.

"Weiss! We don't have much time left!" Jaune shouted over the overwhelming sounds of everything around them collapsing. Jaune looked up and saw a dozen large dragons rushing towards them. "Weiss!" He shouted more desperately as he drew his weapon, Crocea Mors Alter

"I'm trying!" Weiss shouted back at him as she operated with the machine around her. It was a miracle they even got this far to reach this last data center. But now they were found out, and they only had nothing but a few seconds left as they made their last stand. "Fuck!" Weiss cursed as an error appeared on the screen. She grit her teeth and looked around, before taking out a Dust canister which held the Maidens' Essence within them.

"Whatever you're doing Weiss, you need to do it quick!" Jaune cursed for a moment before he started to glow white, "Because I can only hold them off for about three seconds at most!"

"That's enough time!" That was a lie, both of them knew that, but they couldn't give up yet. They can't. Not after how far they've come.

Jaune screamed as his bright white Aura pulsed out of him, eradicating some of the weaker Grimm in front of him, and barely causing any damage to the others. He grit his teeth, he was fine with that, he just needed to buy some time after all.

Weiss looked back to the machine, gritting her teeth, she poured what Aura she had left into the Dust canister, kickstarting it.

Jaune wouldn't survive, Weiss knew that, and neither was she.

So she prayed.

The noise was always there.

Haunting him.

Consuming him.

"Pyrrha!"

The memory was always there.

Haunting him.

Consuming him.

"Weiss!"

At this point, he didn't even know,

What was he fighting for?

"Pyrrha!"

Who was he fighting for?

"Weiss!"

It made him wonder,

Why was he fighting still?

"Jaune!"

Them.

"Jaune!"

Her.

"JAUNE!"

Jaune's hands immediately went to his weapon by the side of his hips as he woke up, but he calmed as he saw Weiss in front of him, looking concerned.

He took a deep, shaky breath, closing his eyes for a moment, before he opened them again and smiled at her.

"Hi." Jaune said to Weiss, making her smile, then she hugged him for a moment. "It worked?"

Weiss frowned, "I'm not sure." She muttered as she looked around the empty research facility. "I don't think I've seen this place—"

Footsteps.

Jaune and Weiss shut their mouths and looked at each other. They both unsheathed their weapons and settled in a stance, creating a minimal amount of sound as they did.

They would have considered hiding, but with the footsteps which they were hearing, those of which they could garner were human, they immediately thought of a certain group of people out to kill them.

The Deathseers.

And with them, there was no hiding. It was either run away, or confront them.

Jaune looked around and assessed their area. He could clearly see one gate and that entrance was the only exit to this room, which was a good thing—and a bad thing for them. Jaune frowned, he could get a good advantage out of this still though.

Jaune looked to Weiss, who had just finished looking around as well, he nudged his head towards one corner of the room and Weiss nodded.

The footsteps were getting closer.

They got in position, both of them flanking the gate, the only entrance and exit to the room they were in. For some reason, this was the only time Jaune actually noticed the oddly shaped artifact in the middle which was encased in a black tinted glass box.

Jaune narrowed his eyes, frowning, he thought he had seen that artifact before, but then he couldn't think much on it as he heard the footsteps suddenly stop near the gate.

Jaune's eyes met Weiss' and she nodded.

They held their breaths.

The footsteps got closer to the room and once Jaune felt the air shift beside him, he immediately turned and pounced on the person causing the footsteps.

Weiss didn't waste much time either, and as Jaune pulled the person in, she immediately got beside him and knocked the person out.

Jaune's eyes widened however, as he saw the others that were outside the room.

Weiss noticed that Jaune froze and was about to look at what caused him to react so strongly, but then she saw the person she just knocked out.

He was wearing an Atlas Military outfit.

Specifically, one she knew that the Atlas Military used many years ago.

"Shit." Both Jaune and Weiss muttered at the same time, standing straight and putting their hands up, dropping their weapons to the ground as well.

'Well,' Weiss thought, 'At least we now know that it worked.' She grimaced as she looked at how old these Atlas Military outfits looked, 'Didn't think we'd go back this far though…'

Jaune hummed as he toyed around with a small ball of metal, rolling it around his palms and throwing it up into the air before catching it with his hand.

A small smile appeared on his face before he rolled the ball around the gaps between his fingers, guiding it with his Aura.

"Heh, polarity, huh? Let's see about that…" Jaune muttered to himself, before swiftly hiding the ball of metal inside his pocket and looking up as the door to his cell opened.

Jaune found it odd, how dark it was inside the cell, but it didn't really matter much to someone like him, already being used to the darkness. His eyes easily adjusted to the light that suddenly flooded his room and he saw a man suited in a thick armor that was meant to cover all parts of his body and protect it from any attacks caused by most Huntsmen.

"Get up. The General wants to talk to you." The man inside the suit said, and Jaune got up, following the man outside. As they were walking outside, Jaune saw Weiss also get guided out by another man wearing a similar suit, their eyes met across the hallway for a moment, before they continued to follow the men wearing the thick suits of armor.

Jaune glanced at the armored man for a moment, "You know that suit of armor isn't really going to help you out all that much." Jaune said with a shrug.

The man in the armor snorted, "Oh yeah? You huntsmen are always the arrogant types. You're cuffed with Aura-inhibiting metal, you wouldn't even be able to hurt me if you tried."

Jaune smirked, "You wanna test that?"

The armored man hesitated for a moment, glancing at him, before bursting out in laughter. "Hah, you're really funny kid. You think people haven't tried doing that before? But since you look real eager to tire yourself out, why don't you go ahead?"

Jaune shrugged, "Well, you did ask for it." Jaune looked to the other side and saw Weiss smirk at him. That was the signal. "You fail to realize, Sergeant Mitch, that these cuffs never worked on me in the first place." Jaune explained as he quickly guided his Aura from his fingertip towards the lock hole of his handcuffs. After a few seconds, the cuffs fell to the ground creating a large thud.

"Freeze!" Mitch said in a panic, stepping back and pulling out his gun, "You're—"

"Oh but Sergeant Mitch, I didn't do anything. I only did as you ordered." Jaune smiled, spreading his arms out, "Is this not what you wanted?"

"I-I take it back! D-don't come any closer!" Mitch shouted, stepping back slightly.

All around them the other prisoners started to shout, screaming at them to be taken out of their cells.

Jaune raised a brow, and stepped forward, smiling softly as Mitch fired out a shot off his gun. Jaune was faster than the bullet though.

He was suddenly behind Mitch and he moved close to his helmet, whispering, "Too late."

The sergeant's screams didn't last long.

Jaune scoffed at the man on the ground, rolling his eyes. "And you said I was being arrogant…" He muttered, looking around at the other soldiers that were rushing towards them. Jaune just calmly walked to the middle of the hallway, smiling at Weiss. "Come on, let's go meet the General."

"He's not going to be happy about this…" Weiss muttered, watching as they were started to get surrounded.

"Weiss. Was he ever happy about anything other than Penny?" Jaune said, looking at the soldiers surrounding them.

"Step down and we won't shoot!" One of them said, Jaune guessed that it was one of the leaders, so he stared at the man straight in the eye. "We'll give you five seconds!"

"You sure you want to shoot that?" Jaune asked with a frown. "Oh sure, I get that it's plastic overcharged with a ton of dust, but are you really sure that's going to do anything to us?"

Weiss sighed, "We just want to speak with the General on our own. Step away, and nobody has to get hurt."

For a moment, the soldiers hesitated. But just before the soldiers could start shooting amidst the noise around them, another voice came in.

"Step down, soldiers." A voice called out, silencing everything. General Ironwood stepped out into the containment chamber and everyone turned to look at him. He narrowed his eyes at Jaune and Weiss before, "Come, Mr. Arc, Ms. Schnee, we'll talk in my office."

The soldiers immediately moved to give Jaune and Weiss a path and both of them walked towards Ironwood. For a few seconds, the entire area was silent, until a shot suddenly fired out.

Before it could hit Jaune though, something intercepted the tranquilizer and made it fall towards the ground. Jaune just looked back and eyed the man who took a shot.

"Private Anders, I believe the General has told you to step down, did he not?" Jaune said with narrowed eyes and Anders stepped back slightly, before he hung his head, "Do not disrespect the General."

Jaune and Weiss continued walking towards Ironwood, and followed him as he turned around and started walking to the office.

"Don't worry General, Sergeant Mitch and Sergeant Collins aren't dead." Jaune said to Ironwood,

"I knew that, Mr. Arc." Ironwood said, "But why did you two feel the need to do that?"

"Because there are many things coming in the future." Jaune muttered, "And I want to make sure that the Tartarus isn't the first one to fall."