[Roboticization]

"She has to be around here somewhere. I don't believe for a second that she's just gone. There's no way."

Those were the words of one Blake Belladonna as she currently traversed through an empty looking lab. A lab that looked so dingy that it was a wonder that it was still standing. Especially as it also seemed to have been operating recently...

As part of Team RWBY, which had only just been able to get back together recently thanks to the struggles she and her friends had been through, keeping her friends safe was one of the most important tasks at hand. And unfortunately, Weiss Schnee had managed to go missing just shortly after they met up again. She didn't understand how, and she frankly didn't want to understand. All she wanted to know was where she could find her.

Of course she wasn't the only one currently searching for Weiss. But Ruby and Yang had gone their own way to try and find her, and they thought that they could cover more ground this way. Especially since locales such as this one was more fit for her. The kind of locale where she could just investigate as much as possible and then report back if she found something that seemed off. All while remaining hidden within the many shadows...

Not that she had been able to find anything yet. All that Blake was able to find were clues that led her to this lab. But she didn't find anything that might lead her to finding her friend...

"Blake? Is that you?"

Blake's eyes widened as she suddenly heard a voice, and she spun around to see Weiss standing there. In a spot... that she had already investigated. A sight that made her draw her weapon, Gambit Shroud, before firing a single bullet through the white-haired former Heiress...

Just like that, Weiss vanished. And a darker-skinned green-haired girl stepped out from behind a wall, rolling her eyes a bit. "You've gotten a lot sharper since Beacon fell." Emerald Sustrai, one of the team's enemies, didn't seem too impressed despite her comment. If anything, she just sounded a bit frustrated. Who wouldn't be, after their efforts to put up a convincing illusion had been quite literally shot in the head almost immediately?

"Why are you here?" Blake said, shifting her weapon's form as she kept on guard. She couldn't afford to take this enemy lightly. Not after what she and her allies had done during the Fall of Beacon...

Emerald shrugged her shoulders. "Just trying to find something that'll get me some quick cash. Tough times lately, what with you guys getting away with everything." She said, before she drew her own pair of weapons, Thief's Respite. "So how about we just act like we didn't see each other? It'll make everything so much easier."

"If you're here, then you have something to do with Weiss disappearing. And if not that, then at least I know that she's here because you are." Blake replied, before she suddenly jumped forward with using one of the clones made from her Semblance. "So you're not going to get away!"

Emerald met her assault with a couple of bullets before ducking out of view. As long as she kept her focus on Blake, she could make sure that she didn't actually hit her. But that was easier said than done...

The black-haired Faunus chased down her enemy, using her Semblance to get closer to Emerald. Any illusion that got in her way was easily dealt with as she practically just went straight through them. "Where is she? Where is Weiss!?"

"How am I supposed to know?!" Emerald shouted in return, her mood quickly turning sour as she seemed to shoot another pair of bullets towards Blake and then duck away, just as she had done the last few times.

Only for the bullets to prove themselves fake right as Blake tried to deflect them, and she got slashed by the green-haired girl's sickles when her guard was ever slightly lowered. And yet she didn't seem deterred despite the trick, promptly keeping up her offense by speeding ahead and using her clones to avoid rather than aggress...

The two combatants were neck and neck as they went back and forth. Whether it was slashes or bullets being traded, neither wanted give up even an inch of the ground that they shared. Neither wanted to abandon their mission. Even if Emerald was only here to loot the place. Giving up now would mean the other had won again, and that was something that neither of them could accept...

But as a runic circle suddenly lit up underneath them and almost erupted into a pillar of ice, both were forced to jump back and catch their breath. Especially Blake, who couldn't believe her eyes. That was definitely Weiss' ability. So how..?

"Intruders detected. Processing..."

Both Emerald and Blake looked towards the robotic voice that started speaking at them, only to see a white-clad Weiss currently standing there. It wasn't easy to tell how she had made her way to their location, but it was easy to tell that she wasn't normal. Because that white outfit that she wore was not one of her dresses, but rather a skin-tight bodysuit with a single red flame across her chest, as if to show who was her owner...

It wasn't just the bodysuit that seemed off. No, looking at her face revealed her current state. She had been transformed into a robot. However it had happened, her skin was now made out of thickly layered and excessively reflective metal, making it hard to make out her facial features before you saw her own. Not only that, but her elegant hair had been turned to metal as well. That long ponytail was now rigid and barely mobile, and yet it didn't seem to get in her way as she moved. So even though she looked like she had been corrupted and degraded through that corruption, she was still as effective as ever...

"Weiss! What happened to you!?" Blake shouted, though she didn't move towards her. She knew to keep her guard up. Especially after that rune had very nearly caused her to get frozen solid.

Emerald narrowed her eyes a little as she looked at that flame. She didn't like what it implied. "As much as I'd hate to fight against you and the ice princess, looks like she thinks we're both her enemies. As if today couldn't get any worse." The green-haired girl quietly snarked, all while pointing both of her weapons at her with their barrels still steaming after the last bullet she fired.

Weiss looked at both girls before her optics lit up and illuminated the features on her face. Those elegant eyes and lips that seemed almost sculpted. And yet despite the words coming from her mouth, her expression did not shift. Nor did her lips try to move. She was like a moving statue, in a sense... If only due to how her expression couldn't change from that elegantly seductive look.

"Parameters accepted. Recommended procedure: Capture. Initiating Capture Routine." Weiss' roboticized voice came from behind those unmoving lips, as a pair of rapier blades suddenly shot out from the palms of her hand. All while her wrists started to spin, two cylinders having been implanted within...

She was fast. So fast that Blake just barely managed to get away as the sharp and pointy blade tried to skewer her. If not for her semblance, there was a very big chance that her  Aura would've been completely depleted right then and there. Just what had happened to Weiss? What had been done to her to make her this deadly and this cold and ruthless?

Emerald's eyes widened a little as she saw that speed. Alright, she was in danger. The lab was definitely not worth fighting somebody like that. Especially since Blake would probably try to beat her if she really did manage to take down the roboticized Ice Princess. Right now, she just had to use her Semblance a bit, confuse the robot, and get out of there.

"Visual Impairment registered." Weiss' voice echoed out as she turned her attention towards Emerald, before jetting towards her with the exact same overwhelming speed. Both of her rapier-equipped hands thrusting forward as she got closer.

Emerald tried to get away. But as soon as Weiss had understood her tactic, she had made preparations for her attempt. Which resulted in the green-haired girl's feet currently being frozen to the floor, her eyes widening as she realized what had happened. How was she able to do something so quickly? It didn't make any sense-

As soon as those blades made contact, her entire body was frozen as finely as possible. No excess ice. Just enough to cover her body and at the same time remain so dense that she couldn't do a thing to try and escape. It was a perfect cold prison. One that would hold her for as long as it needed to.

"Enemy captured. Enemy still remaining." Weiss said, while suddenly twisting her arm 180 degrees behind her and nearly skewering Blake in the process as she tried to assault her when her guard seemed lowered. "Initiating Capture Routine."

Blake grit her teeth a bit. This was far beyond her. Not only had Emerald been disposed of so quickly, Weiss was was able to seemingly predict any attack that came for her. How was she supposed to be able to beat her like this? Could she beat her like this? She wasn't sure, all that she knew was that she had to try.

And so she did. Jetting forward, trying to push herself closer to Weiss while avoiding her strike. Or at least that's what she tried to do.

"Prediction successful."

Weiss' new AI was far beyond what her normal mind was capable of. And so she had already predicted how Blake would use her Semblance, resulting in the girl pushing herself into the path of one of Weiss' strikes, leading her to be frozen just as Emerald had been. Both had been dealt with in such a quick and efficient matter...

"Enemy Neutralized. Capture Routine Succesful." Weiss commented, a soft hum leaving her lips... "Commencing Conversion Routine..." She muttered in a much softer tone, as both of her blades retracted.

And just like what had happened to her, she dragged them off to their new fate...

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By the time that Emerald regained consciousness, she couldn't help but sneeze. She was cold. She was wet. And most discomforting, she was naked. The last one didn't take long to notice, but it certainly didn't help her mood. Did the Ice Princess develop some sort of sick fetish when she wasn't looking, was that why she had turned into a robot and started to capture them like this..?

"Nnngh..." Blake muttered as she slowly shook awake, gasping as the sharp sensation of air brushing past her wet naked body... "W-What... What's..." She didn't know how to properly register what had happened. Nor did she want to. Who would want to actively acknowledge that they had been stripped..?

"Good to see the kitty's awake." Emerald snarked, before struggling against her binds. A set of cuffs keeping her arms behind her back, as well as a slot for her feet in the conveyor belt underneath her. She was going to be carried along no matter what she wanted. "So, we got beaten by your friend. How do you feel? Because I feel pretty miserable."

"S-She..." Blake muttered before looking down at the conveyor belt beneath her. She didn't know how to feel. She didn't want to hate Weiss for what had happened. But she also didn't know how to process this kind of betrayal. What had turned her into a robot? And why did she have to turn against her? It hurt her heart. So much so that she didn't even bother struggling against her binds.

Weiss's optics lit up, which drew both of the captured girls' eyes toward her. "Conversion Routine in process. Start Brainwashing Program." She gave a very clear indicator of what was going to happen. They were going to end up just like her. Devoted to some strange purpose. And converted into a robot as well...

Emerald groaned a little. Great. Just great. It's not like she had a way of breaking free either. She needed her weapons to do anything useful. And her Semblance didn't work on that robot. So she just stood there, sufficiently annoyed with her situation but ultimately having resigned herself to her fate already.

Blake, on the other hand, didn't exactly struggle as much as she just looked around to try and see if there wasn't a solution to their current predicament. Something. Anything. Even if it was a slim chance, she'd try to take it. But all that she could see were different kinds of conveyor belts. Including one set that was currently dragging their weapons away. Where to? Who really knew.

As the conveyor belt underneath them continued to carry them towards their eventual destination, they could both see a chamber up ahead. A simple looking chamber with a display on the outside. Some sort of scanning device..? Whatever it was, Blake was heading into it first...

The moment that Blake went into the device, her body seized up completely. It was like all of her thoughts were being wiped the moment they were scanned. Any other thoughts were being eliminated the moment they came into existence as well. Leaving her mind... Awfully empty. Her eyes went from despairing to utterly empty as well.

But once her mind had been wiped, once it seemed like her thoughts were completely emptied out, new ones started to fill that head. Thoughts of a pale woman. A black-clad leader of Grimm. A woman that she should devote everything to. Her Mistress. Her eternal Goddess. Salem...

Any of her thoughts that started to grow inside that head were now completely centralized around her. Any thoughts that would've revolved around her friends now revolved around her Goddess. Salem's needs. Salem's location. Salem's wants. Salem's wishes. All of those were much more important to Blake than anything about herself at this point...

Blake left the scanning chamber, her mind currently filled with her Goddess and devotion towards her, while Emerald slid in as well. And given what she had just seen, she had tried to steel herself. Even if she didn't know how she could.

Her attempts to resist were only bore meagre fruits. While she was able to keep her thoughts from being completely erased, it didn't last long. Her identity, her very will to resist, it meant nothing if everything around it was erased. Who was she? What was she resisting for? And once those types of thoughts had started to bloom, the thoughts that she tried to defend were erased just as well. Leaving her empty...

Empty enough for new worship to fill her mind. Towards Salem. Towards her Goddess. She was the source of all Grimm... She was their source. They would be Mechanical Grimm, humans turned into metallic monsters that were like an unholy fusion. And the mere thought of serving her... It was making droplets of pure pleasure rush down her thigh. Thinking about her, thinking about serving her, it was nothing but pleasurable.

In fact, as soon as she came out of the scanning chamber, it was very clear that both her and Blake had ended up making a bit of a mess. What with all the juice that was currently pooled onto the conveyor belt...

"Brainwashing complete." Weiss commented, following the conveyor belt along by foot. Examining the splendid forms of her soon-to-be sister units. "Running equipment procedure..."

Just as she was wearing a thick latex bodysuit that fit her hair, a set of robotic arms would help the two brainwashed girls deal with their new attire. Weaving a thick looking substance around them and squeezing them tightly into it, with the substance slowly hardening as it closed around them.

Once it fully hardened, their bodysuits were practically identical to Weiss' own. Such revealing attire that squeezed so tightly onto them that they barely even hid anything. The only difference between them being the colors, with Blake's being black to match her hair while Emerald's was green to match hers.

"Equipment procedure complete. Commencing final stage. Roboticization Process initiated."

The two could only barely hear Weiss at this point. Though they hadn't truly been registering her words in the first place after their minds had been wiped. They were far too occupied with worshiping their Goddess. So they didn't notice as they were being pulled into another chamber...

The process of their conversion was simple. Two identical tubes hovered above them. And synthetic Dust started to pour down onto them once the tubes were opened. Dust that quickly infused into their skin, turning it that same metallic shade as Weiss'.

Blake and Emerald's bodies grew nice and stiff to match their new metallic form. Especially as it started to spread through their bodies after it merged with their heads. Not only that, but their hair took on the same stiff properties as Weiss', practically turning into connected sheets that just barely covered their heads.

Where their conversion differed was in the finer details. Blake's Faunus elements turned into little more than accessories, a set of speakers on top of her head that could help her distract the enemy, while the mechanizing dust gave her a matching tail that would serve as a prehensile limb to aid her in combat. As for her weapons, every single finger of hers was now covered in blades that would make close combat perfect, while every finger tipped off with a gun barrel. And should her finger guns and her blades not be enough, she could always spout a set of paired blades from her wrists, perfect for catching the enemy off guard...

Emerald did not have any additional features, but the integration of her weapon into her body allowed a set of sharp blades to pop out of both sides of her arms. Inner for swipes, and outer for slashes. On top of that, there were holes in her palms that would allow her to fire bullets that were much better at breaking guards than before, allowing for a new offensive route. And should she need to employ her Semblance, her optics were tuned to allow her to focus it on several individuals, increasing the potency of her illusions...

"Conversion Complete. Glory to Goddess Salem." Both of them commented at the same time as Weiss, with the white-haired Mechanical Grimm joining her brand new sister units side by side at the end of the conveyor, as all three saluted nobody in particular. They just followed the orders that their AI had been pre-programmed with...

But somebody was watching. And it wasn't Salem. No, it was the one that had subjected Weiss to this Lab's abilities. Somebody that was just as converted as them, though a little more independently so...

"Glory to Goddess Salem indeed..." Cinder Fall, who had been converted into the first Mechanical Grimm after she failed Salem one too many times, mused quietly.

There were still so many more girls that needed to be converted. And with these unit under her command, perhaps it was time to strike.