Heavy strikes impacted the punching bag as high tempo rock music filled the air. Sweat flew off Yang's muscles every time her fist impacted the bag. The blonde was in high moods and in full training mode, and she had no intentions of giving the bag any mercy.
As the music was nearing its peak, Yang's strikes hit harder and harder. When the hyped-up rock song hit its high point, Yang threw her hand back and her eyes flared red. As her fist impacted the bag, it ripped it open and sent it flying and burning against a wall, colliding against it with a loud thud.
Yang's red eyes returned to normal quite immediately, as she gasped. "Oh shit!" She rushed over to the broken bag that was slightly burning, and she started to stomp out the fire. Just as she finished stomping the broken bag, the door opened, and Blake entered the room.
Blakes ears were prepped up as she rushed in "I heard a loud thud, is everything okay?" She had been sitting outside in their garden reading, when the loud bang had scared her.
"Yeah, its fine. Just some faulty work out gear." Yang kicked the bag.
Blake looked at the bag on the ground and sighed. "Again?"
"Hey, it's not my fault these things can't take a good beating." Yang shrugged. "I do admit, I got carried away a little. I was on fire, quite literally." She chuckled.
Blake walked over to the bag and begun observing the wall it had impacted. "There better not be any damage to the wallpaper!"
"Look, its fine. Sorry for scaring you and pulling you out of your reading." Yang apologized with a smile. "I'll look into some better training options, because obliviously these bags won't do the trick anymore."
"Mmhm. Yes, you should probably do that." Blake responded whilst observing the wall for damage. She then proceeded to grabs Yang's hand and begun to observe it instead. "How about you, any damage?"
Yang laughed. "Blake, please." She flexed her arm grinning. "You think that would be enough to hurt me?"
"You never know, you could have hit the bag in a wrong angle, maybe had your fist in the wrong form and hurt your fingers." She rubbed Yang's palm. "Even professionals make mistakes time to time, there is nothing wrong with checking." She explained whilst giving Yang a smile.
Yang faintly smiled back. "I guess so. In any case, I am alright." She gently took Blakes hand and brought it to her face and landed a soft kiss on it. "Thanks for looking out for me."
Blake smiled. "That's my job." Her ears prepped up again. "Quite literally actually. I was contacted just a minute ago. I think we might have a new job."
Yang returned to the bag begun moving the broken bag. "Oh?"
"Yes, I was contacted by the Mayor of Innsmouth. Apparently, they have been under attack for a month now by some unknown Grimm." She explained.
Yang raised an eyebrow at her. "A whole month and now they request help? They must have their priorities straight." She moved the bag to the corner of the room, where it would be waiting a proper disposal.
Blake shrugged. "Innsmouth is a relatively small town, and they are not very rich either. Their main source of survival and income is fishing." She leaned against the nearby wall. "I guess they had to collect some Lien to hire somebody."
Yang gave Blake a playful look. "Well sounds like someone has done their homework."
Blake crossed her arms. "I knew of the place beforehand. It is a notorious town for being one of the earliest towns where humans and faunus are living together in peace."
Yang scowled. "It's sad that something like that is notorious. Human and faunus should be able to live together in peace, period."
"And towns like Innsmouth are a good example of it." She sighed. "Apparently, not everyone thinks that. They contacted few hunters prior to me, and they turned the hunt down because of… well, the towns faunus and human relations."
Yang scoffed. "That's disgusting. It makes me sick to my stomach people like that exist." She slammed her fists together. "Well, tell the Innsmouth mayor he just hired two huntresses to beat the living crap out of their little Grimm problem."
Blake giggled "Glad to see you are in such high spirits."
Yang shrugged "Eh, I am just happy that I get to go beat something." She proceeded over to Blake and rested her hands on Blakes hips. "I mean, not that I don't enjoy the quiet peaceful life with you, with the relaxing books and candle lit dinners." She gave Blakes behind a playful squeeze. "But you know, sometimes girls just want to have fun."
Blake rolled her eyes. "Save some of that attitude for the actual mission. Now, how about we set on making something to eat?"
Yang smiled brightly. "Tuna Noodle Casserole?"
"Hmm, sounds lovely." She tried her best not to show It, but her mouth was practically watering already.
...
Few days later the duo was on an airship, heading towards Innsmouth. It was in the south east end of Vale. The town did not have a designated landing point for airships, so they had to arrange a landing nearby the town.
Inside of the airship was very luxurious as was expected of a Schnee Company airship. The duo had made a call to Weiss who was more then happy to arrange the flight for them. Inside the ship was also two bags designated for Blake and Yang, filled with ammunition and rations for their upcoming hunt. Blake swears that Weiss is spoiling them, but Yang was more then happy to accept the supplies. Of course, Yang was more then happy to also accept the luxurious seats and minibar onboard the ship.
Yang was sitting in her comfortable leather seat across Blake, as she swirled her Strawberry Sunrise in her hand. Blake had scolded her that this was not a vacation visit, but in the end, there was no reason not to enjoy what they had. Blake instead opted to drink some tea and relax herself with light reading to spend the time.
As Yang took a sip and finished her drink, and almost by que, the pilots voice came on the intercom. "Sorry to interrupt the relaxing, but we are coming up on the designated landing zone in 10 minutes. Might want to start checking your gear." the scruff voice announced.
Yang gazed outside of the window and looked in the distance, where she could make out Innsmouth. It was a relatively sized town, with a huge harbour area, filled with loads of houses and settlements. The town elevated up to a small hill, with a more luxurious looking manor at the top of it."
"Well. It's a town alright." Yang said unimpressed.
Blake closed her book and set it down. "Expected something more?"
"No, not really. Its pretty much how I imagined it." Yang looked at Blake playfully. "Think they got a nightclub?"
Blake just shook her head amused. "What do you think?"
Yang chuckled. "Hey you never know." She proceeded to get up from her seat. "Well, let's go ready up."
Blake nodded her head and stood up to follow Yang. Together they made their way to the back of the ship where their gear was located. Yang pulled out her aluminium case and opened it up. The inside of the case was filled with different type of shells for her Ember Celica and bionic arm. It also had the unused Ember Celica gauntlet inside, just in case. She closed her case and lifted it up. She also grabbed the bag that was designated to her, with rations and even more shells. "Geez, did Weiss think we really need this much ammo?"
Blake was checking her own case that hosted the Gambol Shroud and several magazines and whetstones. She closed it up and carried it as she took her bag as well. "Probably not, but you know how protective she is. She just wants to make sure we are properly set up."
"I know. Ice Queen is a real Ice Mom isn't she." Yang chuckled.
"Oh, as if you didn't enjoy her little transport minibar." Blake poked at Yang.
"Oh, I loved it!" Yang squealed.
The door at the back of the ship opened, and a small ramp extended down on to the ground as the intercom turned on again. "Good hunt you two. Give me a call when you are done, and I will come pick you up." The intercom was silent for a while and then the pilot spoke again. "And please, come back alive. If something were to happen, I am sure my ass would be fired."
Yang chuckled as she went and stepped outside of the ship, Blake following right behind. "I wonder what its like having Weiss as your boss."
"For certain, a lot better then having her father as one." Blake stated. "Besides, we are technically part of a hunting firm funded by her. You do realize that makes her your boss, right?"
"Well, Ruby is our leader, who is my little sister, and Weiss as someone who is dating the current little sister, better appease me and my big sisterly rage. So technically, I am the boss."
Blake blinked her eyes. "You made absolutely no sense."
Yang slumped. "Yeah, I know, it sounded way better in my head." The sudden tone change in Yang caused Blake to let out a soft giggle.
Blake patted Yang on the back. "Appease your big sisterly rage? Please." Blake chuckled. "Remember when Ruby came out to you and told she was dating Weiss? You practically deflated all of your air when you sighed out in relief."
The two started walking towards the town as the airship took off and begun flying away.
"Agh, its annoying." Yang groaned frustrated. "I practiced the tough big sister act my whole life. I was practically waiting for the day Ruby would start dating someone, so I could scare the crap out of who ever they were. I had this whole speech planned about what I would do if they ever dared to hurt her."
She threw her hands up in the air. "And it turns out Ruby is dating Weiss! There goes the whole act. What am I going to do, threaten her?" Yang put on a playfully serious voice. "Hey Weiss, I know you are one of the closest and dearest friends I have, who has been Ruby's best friend and partner for years, who has helped her and protected her with their own life. Well, if you hurt her now, I am going to be like, really disappointed and upset." Yang shook her head. "Yeah, does not work at all."
Blake giggled. "It's a pretty small price to pay for them to be happy right?"
"Oh, don't get me wrong. I am super glad they are happy together. Not that they needed it, but they had my blessing the moment they decided to tell us." Yang assured.
After a while of walking, they came upon the towns gate. It was not a huge gate, and neither was the wall surrounding the town. But It would keep grimm out. They both stood in front of it, waiting if somebody would greet them. Yang and Blake just looked at each other puzzled, until Yang yelled. "Hello?!"
Right after shouting the greeting, they could hear multiple footsteps on top of the wall, as suddenly three guards popped up and pointed their guns at them. Yang and Blake both dropped their suitcases and lifted their hands up as Yang yelled "Woah, woah!"
One of the guards yelled out. "Who are you people, are you bandits?"
Blake responded quickly and calmly. "No, we are the huntresses your Mayor ordered." She waved her hand above her head. "Hi."
Yang scoffed annoyed. "Do I look like a bandit? How many bandits have hair like this huh?"
The guards lowered their guns a little bit, but were clearly still anxious, ready to prop them up. "Hunters huh? If I remember correctly, he hired one."
"Yeah, she my plus one." Blake nudged her head towards Yang. "We are a kind of a package deal."
"Uh huh. Well, you stay put, I am going to call this in." The guard responded and lowered their gun. They proceeded to pull out a radio and begun to contact someone. After a while, somebody answered. "Hey Brans, we got two women here claiming to be huntresses. One faunus and one Cyborg."
Yang prepped up. "Hey, I am not a cyborg!" The outburst caused the two remaining guards to jump and point their guns at her. Yang just eyed both and pointed at her bionic hand. "Bionic hand. Its Bionic" Both guards looked at each other confused. Yang groaned and returned her hands above her head. "Argh, forget it!"
The guard continued with the radio call. "Yeah, we got them here. We have them held up. Yes, with guns." The radio exploded with noise as the guard jumped scared. "O-of course! Sorry!" When they finished with the call, they immediately said. "Okay, put the guns away. Brans is expecting them." They leaned over the gate. "I am sorry! We'll open the door immediately." With that, the guard disappeared.
Yang and Blake lowered their hands and picked up their cases again. "Well, that was one weird welcome." Yang stated.
"Yeah, seems like they are a little bit jumpy don't you think?" Blake inquired.
"Must be what ever is going on here. I'm sure they will fill us in."
The gate slowly started to open, and the guard that made the radio call came out to greet them. The guard took their helmet off, revealing a Brunette in her late teens or perhaps early twenties, with navy blue eyes, and a little cute fin on top of her head. "I am so sorry! I did not mean to make a rude welcome."
Yang shrugged. "Its not the first time we have had weapons pointed at us." She gave the woman a smirk. "Besides, you would need a lot more people and firepower to even attempt to take us down."
Blake immediately nudged Yang on the shoulder. "Yang! Behave." She turned to address the woman. "I am sorry about my partner here, she is a brute." Blake gave the woman a formal bow. "I am Blake Belladonna, and this is my partner Yang Xiao Long."
Yang proceeded to do an overly formal bow. "At your service my lady." Blake just rolled her eyes as the guard looked at her confused.
The guard woman spoke. "Oh, my name is Nave Cobe." She bowed herself. "It is pleasure to meet real huntresses." She pointed behind her. "If you don't mind, I was instructed to bring you to the Inn, we have freed a room for you there.
Blake raised an eyebrow at her. "Sure, Mayor don't want to see us right away?"
Nave smiled at her. "Well yes, but it must be uncomfortable to carry all of that equipment. You can drop it off at the Inn."
Blake shrugged and nodded her head. "Please, lead the way then."
The duo begun to follow the woman, as they navigated the streets and houses of Innsmouth. The populace of humans and faunus seemed to be going about their business, but clearly something was bothering everyone. "So, welcome to the Innsmouth. It's not perfect, but it is home." Nave turned to Blake as she walked. "I noticed that you are a faunus. I can proudly say, we don't have discrimination here, and faunus are more than welcome. In fact, half of the town is faunus, mostly the aquatic type. That's why we have such a large harbour area."
She turned on her heels to face Yang. "I mean, of course we don't discriminate against humans either, like the- "
"White Fang." Blake interjected whilst furrowing her brows.
"Uh. Yes. We don't discriminate against the humans like white fang. We believe in equality in here. Like real, actual equality. This goes for cyborgs too!"
Yang rolled her eyes. "I am not a cyborg its Bio- oh whatever." Her outburst caused Blake to giggle silently.
They arrived in front of a building, that had sign that read "R'lyeh Inn." Nave spoke to them "Well, here we are. You can check in and drop your belonging here before we continue to the Mayor." She snapped her finger as she realized something. "Oh crap, I just realized we had only one room set up for you. I am sorry, I am sure we can manage to get you another room."
Blake shook her head gently. "No need, I am more then fine with sharing a room with that brute." She turned to Yang and smiled warmly at her. "She is my girlfriend after all."
Nave looked confused for a moment, and then squealed. "Oooh! You two are lovers! That is so cool!"
Both Blake and Yang looked at each other confused. "Is it?"
Nave nodded her head furiously. "Yes, it is! Two lover warriors, adventuring around the world, defeating evil Grimm." The woman obliviously begun daydreaming about some grand adventure in her head.
"So, should we drop off our stuff?" Yang asked still a little bit confused.
"Oh what? Oh yes, yes please. I'll wait here." The woman sat down on the Inn's steps and put her head in her hands, as she drifted away in a daydream. "To fight against evil with love, sharing a battle with your lover. So cool."
Yang raised and eyebrow at the woman, not quite sure how to process what she witnessed, and continued inside with Blake. The inside of the Inn was not very luxurious, but comfortable and relaxing enough that it felt nice. They arrived at the reception desk. Yang took the little bell on the desk and rang it. Nothing. She rang it again. Nothing. "Is there anybody even here?" Yang asked Blake.
Blake shrugged and took the bell. She rang it one more time, and almost immediately a head popped out around the corner of a room behind the desk, startling both Yang and Blake. "What's with all the ringing?" an old woman's voice asked. The woman behind the corner walked into clear view. The woman was very tall, and her old face was filled with scars.
"Yes, we had a room here?" Blake asked politely.
"A room?" The old woman squinted at her confused.
"Yes, this is an Inn, right?" Blake asked curious.
The woman's eyes went wide. "Is it?"
Blake looked at Yang, and Yang shrugged to signal she was just as confused as her. "Yes?"
The old woman remained quiet for a moment, as if she was pondering something. Then she smiled. "Oh yes, I forgot. Of course, it is. You must be the huntress."
Blake sighed in relief. "Oh yes, I am." She nudged her head towards Yang. "This is my partner, we'll be sharing the room."
"Very well. Its upstairs on the left, number 3." She squinted at Yang. "You sure you don't need two rooms?"
"Oh no, me and my partner are very close." Blake explained.
The woman eyed both of them for a moment. "Ah, I see. In that case I'm moving you to room 2." The woman said as she turned around to reach her key cabinet."
Yang rubbed the back of her neck. "Uhm, how come the room change?"
The old woman took the key with number two on it and smiled at her. "It has a queen-sized bed." She tossed the keys to Yang who was now blushing. "Well go on you kids, go settle in." The woman returned to where she came from, mumbling. "Ah, to be young and in love. How quaint."
Yang and Blake just watched her walk off, and turned to each other, both blushing furiously. They both begun to giggle as they begun making their way to their room.
The room 2 was right next to the original room, but on the opposite side of the hallway. They opened the door and entered inside. It was not a big room, enough to fit a desk and a queen-sized bed. They closed the door behind them and placed their cases on the bed.
As they opened the cases and begun to arm themselves, Yang started small talk. "Well, this town seems pretty good. You told two people about our little Human Faunus relationship, and instead of disgusting looks and hateful messages, it was received positively."
"It is a human faunus town, I am sure we are not the only interspecies lovers here." Blake responded as she slid a magazine inside her weapon.
"No, but I bet we are definitely the cutest." Yang chimed.
"Oh, shush you." Blake smiled at Yang. "So, that guard Nave. Remind you of someone?"
"Yeah. My dorky little sister that loves huntresses." Yang stopped rummaging and begun thinking about Weiss and Ruby. "Quite literally in fact."
Blake giggled. "Wonder what's her story, what caused her to geek out so hard?"
"Beats me. Maybe she will end up asking for our autographs."
"Oh, you would love that wouldn't you." Blake giggled.
"What can I say." Yang pumped her hands loading shells into her guns. "I am a diva."
Blake slid her sword into its sheathe and put it on her back. "Yes, I have noticed that. Come on then, lets go talk with the mayor."
The duo left the room and locked the door behind. They made their way to the reception area, where there was no sign of the old lady. They proceeded outside to find the woman in the same exact spot they had left her, still daydreaming of some grand romance filled adventure.
"Hey, Nave." Yang called out, but the girl remained daydreaming. "Nave!" A little louder call made the girl snap out of her fantastical daydream.
"Oh uh, what?" The girl asked confused and startled.
"The mayor please." Yang answered and smiled amused.
"O-oh yes! Please follow me!" The girl stood up and begun walking towards the manor on top of the small mountain. "I trust you found the room and settled in? Hope old lady Sepi did not give you trouble."
"Oh, not at all. She was very helpful." Blake explained smiling.
"We don't get many visitors here, so her Inn is never busy. She usually just sits in the back, daydreaming of her younger days."
Yang leaned in and whispered to Blake. "She ain't the only one who daydreams a lot apparently."
Nave continued to explain. "You know, she used to be a huntress back in the day." She sighed. "But unfortunately, she is a little bit too old to deal with the current issue at hand, hence why we had to call you in."
"Everyone deserves some rest at that age, even huntresses. We'll be glad to help." Blake said confident.
As the trio went up the hill on a small road, they came upon the manor. It was relatively cheap looking manor, but noticeably higher quality then rests of the buildings below. The house did not have guards or anything, and Nave just walked right up to the door, and opened it. As they walked inside, somebody called out Naves name. As the trio turned to look who had called out for her, they were met with a tall woman that appeared to be in her forties. She had a casual dress that revealed her backside that held a large shark like fin. And as she approached she smiled warmly at Nave, revealing her sharp teeth. Needles to say, she was some type of a shark Faunus.
"I take it these are the guests?" She inquired.
"Yes, the cyborg and the faunus I called in." Nave explained as she straightened her back.
Yang was about to say something, but just closed her hand into a fist and placed it on her mouth. She instead opted to just giving a formal bow. Blake repeated the gesture and introduced them. "I am Blake Belladonna, and this is my partner Yang Xiao Long."
The shark lady happily grabbed her hand and shook it. "How good that you could make it." As she went to Yang, she noticed her unusual looking arm, and hesitated for a moment. But she then smiled at Yang and grabbed her bionic hand and shook it. "It is a pleasure to have both of you here."
Yang was used to people giving her hand odd looks, and at this stage, it did not really bother her. "We'll gladly kick some Grimm butt for you." She responded smiling.
"Now, I hope my daughter was not too much of a hassle?" She eyed Nave.
"Nah, most of our meetings with new people result into us being pointed with weapons. No offense taken." Yang explained with a sly grin.
The shark woman shook her head at her daughter. "That sounds like a very rude way of welcoming someone."
Nave threw her hands up in defense "They could have been bandits! Or Grimm! Or like Bandit Grimm!"
"We have not had a bandit attack in years, and neither of them look very much like Grimm, do they?"
Nave crossed her arms. "I stand by my actions."
The shark lady sighed. "So stubborn." She returned to address Yang and Blake. "I am Mai. You already met my daughter Nave, the most hyper active guard in Innsmouth." The comment made Nave toss her head to the side and let out a "Hmph!" Mai giggled and continued. "My husband Brans is the mayor here and is the person who contacted you Miss Belladonna. I believe he is in his office upstairs." She guided her hand upstairs. "Please, follow me." Just before she begun ascending, she nodded to Nave. "And you can go back to work."
Nave threw her a mocking salute. "Ay ay, ma'am." and begun to leave the building.
Mai shook her head and begun leading the duo to the office of her husband. She knocked on the door and a man's voice came from the other side "Yes?"
"I have the huntresses your ordered here."
Sound of rustling of paper could be heard on the other side. "Oh yes! Yes, send them in."
Mai nodded to Yang and Blake. "You go ahead, I will go fetch some beverages for us." Blake nodded to her and opened the door to the room.
The room was medium sized and sported a desk, few chairs and a sofa. It was not a very luxurious study, but enough to get the point across. Behind the desk sat a man in his forties who had long white ponytail, and some very unkept beard stubble on his face. It was clear this man had been stressed out lately, as his eyes had dark bags under them. The man stood from the desk and practically rushed to greet Blake.
Before Blake could open her mouth to say anything, the man had already grabbed her hand and was shaking it ecstatically. "Miss Belladonna, I am so glad you made it here, I am truly happy you decided to take this hunt."
Blake looked over her shoulder at Yang, who just gave her a raised eyebrow. "Uh, pleasure is all mine?"
The man quickly locked eyes with Yang and repeated the same motion. "Ah, Yang Xiao Long, Blake said she will be taking you with her, pleasure to meet you and thank you for coming!" As he let go off Yangs hand, he shook his arm. "Damn, you got a hell of a grip on you." He let out an awkward laugh as he turned to return behind his desk. "Please, have a seat you two, we have much to discuss." He motioned towards the two seats in front of him.
Blake and Yang both walked up to the desk and both sat down. After sitting down, Blake spoke. "So, I believe you had some Grimm trouble?"
"Oh yes, a very troublesome Grimm situation indeed. The most troublesome, in fact a very horrible situation you could say." He grabbed his head. "It's the Nosferatu, a horrible Vampire that abducts people and sucks them dry of their blood. There is nothing we can do, we have tried everything! He sends his minions to attack our village and when we least expect it, he will snatch one of us away! We have no silver bullets or stakes to defeat him, and we are totally helpless against the lord of the night, not even garlic works against this evil incar- "He was cut off abruptly by a cup of tea slammed in front of him.
Mei had returned with a tray filled with cups of tea, and she had slammed one right in front of him. As she took the other cups and placed them in front of Yang and Blake, she spoke to her husband. "Brans, you are babbling like a crazy person again, they are professional huntresses, they don't need to hear this mumbling about vampires. "
"I am telling you! It's the Nosferatu from the legends! The no life king, an ancient evil Vampire- "
Mei gently bonked him in the head with the empty tray. "Oh, shut up you and your Vampires." She sighed. "I swear, you and that daughter of ours, you have no concept of hospitality or manners. First she holds them up with guns and now they have to listen to your crazy ramblings." She stood next her husband and addressed Yang and Blake. "I apologize for my family's behavior, let me bring you up to what's really going on."
Blake and Yang nodded. "Yes, please." Blake responded amused.
She sighed. "So, for the past month, our town has been under attack by an unknown Grimm. From what we have seen and heard, it is a large humanoid creature with wings and head of a bat. Hence why my husband here thinks it's a vampire from his story books."
"And what about the minions?" Yang asked curious.
"He was not making that part up. You see, every attack starts the same way. During nights, the town has been attacked by a large swarm of bat like Grimm. The bat grimms themselves are not the problem, as our guards can defend against such threat." She looked uncomfortable as she continued. "What we found out, was what followed after is the problem. The bats are a sort of a diversion, and when everyone is busy dealing with them, this large grimm swoops right in and attacks us. Before we even know for sure what has happened, it has taken one of our people and snatched them away." She sighed. "We have already lost over ten people. And we cannot allow any more to be taken. It is also clear that we ourselves are not fit to handle the situation. That's where you come in."
Yang nodded. "So, essentially all we have to do is locate the big grimm and kill it. Easy enough."
The woman furrowed her brows. "It is a very dangerous creature, are you sure you people are prepared properly to take care of it?"
Blake took a sip of her tea and sat it back down. "Miss Mei, my partner can appear very cocky, but I assure she packs up every word she speaks. I don't think a single creature stands in Remnant that could stand a chance against her." She smiled reassuringly to the woman.
Brans spoke out quickly. "Do you people have silver and stakes to kill the beast?"
Yang shrugged. "No, but I have gauntlet and a bionic arm that fire high explosive shotgun rounds, I once killed a Ursa with my bare hands and I can punch trough solid steel. Oh, and my partner is a ninja with a sword so ridiculous I can't even understand how it works. I think we are good."
The man remained quiet for a while and then just responded "Fair enough."
Mei inquired. "I know this is not much information to go off on, but it's all we know. I hope you two can do something, because we are out of options."
Blake and Yang pondered for a moment. Blake was the first one of them to speak. "I know it is not the most ideal option, but I think we will have to wait for another attack."
Mei looked worried. "Are you sure? We have already lost so many people, I wish we would not lose anymore."
Yang crossed her arms and smiled. "But this time, we will be here. When your Nosferatu decides to show its ugly head, we'll make sure the last thing it ever sees is us. I promise, no one will be taken away under my watch."
Blake nodded. "Waiting for the creature to show is the best option. When it appears again, we will attack it. Best case, we kill it there and then. Worst case scenario, it flees away, and we track it to its nest and then kill it. Both of the outcomes result into the problem being taken care of."
Mei nodded hesitantly. "Well. If you people say so. I mean, I won't argue with the actual professionals. You do what you do best." She gave them a smile.
The man nodded as well. "Please, we don't want to lose anymore people."
Blake and Yang looked at each other and nodded. "Don't worry, we are on it!" Yang chimed.
...
After the meeting with the Mayor, the duo decided to return to the Inn room to plan what they would do next. The people of Innsmouth were quiet and clearly worried by the recent events, and the once lively streets now only hosted few people doing their business.
As Yang sat on the desk of the Inn room, she was digging into her rations. It was assortment of meats, providing a high protein meal, albeit not a very taste one. Yang stuck her tongue out obliviously not very pleased with her current food. "Blagh, these Atlas Military Rations are bland and tasteless. Couldn't the Ice Queen have given us Crab Dinners in a can?"
Blake was currently sitting on the bed happily chowed down her rations. "Suck it up, they do what they are supposed to do." As Blake chewed he gave Yang a teasing look. "Ever since Weiss became the CEO of Schnee Dust, you sure have gotten the taste for high life, haven't you?"
"Can't blame a girl for enjoying the more luxuries sides of life." Yang defended herself playfully. "And as Weisses sister in law, I plan on taking full advantage of the situation." She sat down her ration and begun acting as if she was walking on a boardwalk of a fashion show. "I'm gonna make her buy me the most expensive set of clothes, all yellow of course." She did a little spin in front of Blake. "And I will have her get me so many precious jewels around my neck that a few businesses will go out of business."
"Please don't." Blake simply chuckled and planted her face in her palm.
"Oh, did you think I was done?" Yang smirked at Blake and took her arm, pulling her from the bed against herself. "I will make sure you get the exact same treatment, can't have my babe prancing around me like some commoner." She reached around and gave Blakes behind a playful squeeze. "I will especially request that the outfit will display this wonderful rear."
Blake blushed and swatted Yang's hand away from her rear. "Oh please, I am not some trophy wife."
Yang chuckled. "Nope, but I could be yours." Yang leaned in and planted her lips onto Blakes, and she offered no resistance. After sharing the short but sweet affection, they simply smiled at each other.
"You know Yang, I am pretty happy with just the way we are."
"I know. I am too." She gave her one quick kiss again. "And besides, I could never ask for something like that. Our little ice queen already pampers us enough in her own loving way, and I would not have it any other way."
Blake chuckled. "Sure. And that is why you are planning on asking her for those upgrades for Bumblebee?"
Yang poked Blakes nose. "Hey, those are much needed upgrades incase I need to use her for a mission."
Blake tilted her head and smirked. "Oh yes, we do a lot of reconnaissance missions to night clubs don't we."
Yang rolled her eyes. "Blaagh, you are no fun." She once again sneaked her hand on Blakes rear. "We'll, sometimes you are."
Blake now in return rolled her eyes at Yang as she pushed herself off. "Can you leave my behind alone for a few minutes?"
Yang leaned against the wall playfully smiling at her. "Nope, I love the Bellabooty, and I can't lie."
Blake just simply stared at Yang with her mouth slightly agape, in disbelief. "Bellabooty? Really?" She let out a sigh. "Why was I in love with you again?"
Yang simply flexed her arm and kissed her bicep as she wiggled her eyebrows. "I bet it's my charming personality."
Blake chuckled. "Yes, definitely something like that." She sat on the bed again. "Finish your ration, I want to head out to scout the town before the night falls."
Yangs eyes gleamed with excitement "Oh, think we can scout out a bar?"
Blake scowled at Yang. "This is not a vacation, remember?"
Yang shrugged. "Hey, might as well scout it out right?" She placed hands on Blakes shoulder. "Just one drink, maybe we get to chat up some locals. I mean, they might be able to tell us more about our mystery vampire."
Blake was about to say something, but she stopped. "You know, that is actually not a bad idea." She sternly pointed her finger at Yang. "But only one drink. We are not here to get wasted and party. Besides, remember what happened last time?"
Yang crossed her arms. "Last time, some idiots thought it was a good idea to come up to two huntresses and starts insulting them." She shrugged. "Surprise, it did not end well for them."
"I know. But the world is always gonna be filled with bigoted people like them. I don't think beating them up was the right answer." Blake scowled. "You know, it won't be the only time someone will not approve of our love. We'll have to find a better way of handling such situations."
Yang laughed. "I don't know, beating up my problems seems to work most of the time." She smirked at Blake. "Why am I getting the scolding here? If I remember correctly, you threw the first punch."
Blakes ears flopped against her head. "They called you a degenerate animal lover. Before I even realized, I had already sprung to action." She crossed her arms. "You know, you are not the only one who hates seeing their loved ones hurt and insulted."
Yang sat next to Blake and rested her head on Blakes shoulder. "I know. I was just annoyed you got the first punch in. I was not very fond of their comments towards you either."
Blake smiled and rested her head on Yang. "I know." She moved her hand into Yangs mechanical one, and they intertwined their fingers. "I really love you Yang."
"Yeah, I love me too." Yang felt Blake gently nudge her into her side. "Ouch. I am kidding. Of course, I love you too Blake."
The couple sat there in silence for a minute, until Yang moved her head back up. "So, the scouting? Ready to head out?"
Blake simply said "Nope." She pointed at the desk. "You still have to finish your food."
Yang groaned and returned to finish off her bland meal.
...
As the duo came downstairs, they decided they would need directions to a bar. They went up to the reception and rang the bell, and to no surprise, the old lady did not appear. Yang proceeded to ring a second time, still nothing. She gave Blake a curious look, and rang it a third time, and almost immidietly old lady Sepi poked her head outside the door. "What's the ruckus all about now?"
Blake leaned against the counter and smiled. "Sorry to bother, but we were wondering if you could point us to a direction of a bar?"
The old lady squinted at her. "Arentcha supposed to be working?"
Yang slid into the conversation "We are, we want more information on our target. We figured we'd go ask around a place where a lot of people gather."
The old lady chuckled. "If you say so. But back in my day, we would have already dealt with the problem."
"It's kind of hard to deal with something we have never seen or know anything about." Yang defended a little annoyed.
"Oh, don't get me wrong, I was not blaming you. I'm saying this whole situation could have been dealt with right when it begun." She crossed her arms. "I have seen the creature myself. Did not look like much. If I was even few years younger and not brittle as a stick house on a windy day, I would have dealt with it myself."
Blake raised her eyebrow at the woman. "If the creature really is a pushover, why haven't the people dealt with it then?"
"Because they are all damn cowards. They could organize a hunt party, and go after the grimm themselves, but nobody is willing to volunteer. Nobody wants to try to even fight the creature. They would rather just hide and hope they are not picked up to be a next snack." She scoffed. "And that is exactly the reason the creature has killed so many. Because nobody is willing to try to stop it. They are weak, so instead, they call in the hunters."
"And what is wrong with that?" Yang asked peaking the interest form the old lady. "Its understandable they are afraid. From what I have seen, this town is not filled with warriors or soldiers. They are normal people living their normal lives. And now they are threatened by an unknown grimm that has already taken their friends? No wonder nobody is volunteering to fight against such a threat." Yang sharply pointed her thumb at herself. "That's why we are here. We are here, so they won't have to be afraid anymore and can continue living their lives in peace." Yang shrugged. "It's a harsh world, but not everyone can be a warrior. That's why we who are strong, must protect the once who are weak."
The old lady stared wide eyed at Yang after her speech. "Oh, you are that type of hunters."
Yang asked curious. "And what type would that be?"
"The foolish heroic types, that think they can save everyone." The old woman said sternly.
This time, Blake interjected. "Perhaps we can't save everyone, but that does not mean we should not try." She sighed. "Weren't you a huntress as well?"
The old woman shrugged. "Eh. I was more of a mercenary." She leaned against the counter. "But I can tell you people are not in it for the money." She smiled. "My partner was the same way. Always trying to be the hero." She pushed herself off the counter. "Well, what you are looking for is the Divebar at the harbor. You can't miss it."
The duo was not quite sure how to answer so Blake spoke up. "A dive bar? What's its name?"
The woman looked at her amused. "Divebar. That is the name."
"Oh…"
"Yep. Needed anything else from little old me?"'
"Nah, that will be all. Thanks." Yang responded as she begun to leave the building.
"Take care you two, and don't become vampire food."
...
As the two entered the streets of Innmouth they begun to head towards the harbor.
"Geez, that old lady really teared into the folks here." Yang said as she stretched her arms.
Blake smiled at yang. "That was quite a speech you gave."
Yang chuckled. "Hey, I have to be like one of the heroic huntresses my sister looks up to. I have to play the part."
Blake quickly sneaked up on Yang and gave her cheek a quick kiss. "I think you are a heroic huntress, not just playing a part."
Yang blushed. "M-maybe, but I am nothing compared to Ruby." She smiled softly. "I think I am just trying live up to be a hero like her."
"Well, you are doing a pretty stellar job of it so far." Blake assured Yang in a loving tone.
"Thanks Blake. It really does mean a lot, coming from you."
Before they even realized it, they had arrived at the harbor. And just like the old lady had said, it really was hard to miss. There was a building with bright neon colored signs that read "Diverbar", from within relaxing music was emitting.
Without wasting time, the duo entered inside the building and observed their surroundings. It was not as glamorous as one of Yang's favorite nightclubs, but it had a relaxing atmosphere. Seems like a few dozen people had gathered inside and were sitting around having drinks. Without hesitation, Yang pulled Blake with her as they went up to the counter.
The bartender was a middle-aged man with black hair and a stubble. As he noticed the duo at the bar, he came to them on the counter and placed his hands down on it. His hands had webbed fingers, and he clearly was some type of an faunus. "Well, aint that something. Actual new faces here in Innsmouth. So, what are ya doing here?" He lifted his hand up. "Actually, more importantly, what are ya having?"
Yang leaned against the counter casually. "I'd take a Strawberry Sunrise with a cute little umbrella if possible, thank you."
The bartender squinted confused. "Wha?"
Yang turned to the bartender. "Uhh, a strawberry sunrise? The drink?"
"No bloody idea what that is."
"Well, uh, it has orange juice-"
"Oh, like a screwdriver?"
"No no no, you also need crème de fraise-"
"Cream the what now?"
Yang inhaled deep. "Okay, never mind. What do you have?"
The bartender chuckled. "We got beer, vodka, whiskey and rum."
Yang stared at him dumbfounded. "Tequila?"
"Sorry miss, all out."
"Okay, you at least got mixers, right?" Yang asked worried.
"Ay, we got Ol' King Cold soda with them."
Yang sighed. "Okay, can I get rum and the mixer please?"
"You certainly can! And how about you?" He turned towards Blake.
She smiled. "Just a beer please."
"Ay, definitely can get that." He addressed Yang again. "See, she knows how to order easy."
Yang just sighed and shook her head.
The man let out a chuckle and fetched to get their drinks. He quickly mixed the drink Yang ordered, without measuring how much to put in, just kind of throwing everything together. He then grabbed a bottle of beer and opened it up against the counter. He planted the glass in front of Yang and gave Blake the bottle. "10 Lien please."
Blake pulled out her wallet and paid for the drinks, as Yang stared at the drink in front of her pouting.
"So, what are you two doing in Innsmouth?" The Bartender asked as he leaned against the counter.
"We are actually huntresses, hired to take care of your uninvited Grimm guest." She said as she took a sip of her beer.
The mans eyes went wide. "Huntresses? Darn it, should have said so, I would have given these drinks for free!"
Blake put her hand up. "Oh please, no need for that."
"Nope, won't be having that, rest of the drinks for tonight are free for ya!"
Yang looked at Blake ecstatic, already planning on a drinking fest, but Blake quickly shot her plans down with a death glare. Yang accepted the defeat and just mouthed "Fine" to Blake as she took a sip of her drink.
Blake turned to the bartender. "That is awfully kind of you, but we won't be having anymore tonight. We have a job you see."
The bartender nodded his head. "Fair enough. Certainly, would have been a bad idea to get you drunk if the creature attacks tonight."
Yang chuckled. "I'm sure the drunk me could deal with it anyway."
Blake sighed and poked Yang on her forehead. "The drunk you also has a bad temper and appetite for destruction. Having you fighting drunk would cause this city more damage than any Grimm could."
"Maybe, but I would get the job done." Yang smirked.
Blake let out a sigh. "And there goes the heroics."
The bartender laughed. "So, you two stops by for just a drink or do you have some work-related business here?"
"Actually, we do." Blake leaned against the counter. "We are looking for information about the Grimm that attacked. You know if anyone here has seen it first hand or been close to it?"
The bartender nodded. "Ay, that I do." He leaned over the counter and yelled at someone in the back of the bar. "Ay yo Sall! Come 'ere, these two huntresses got business with ya."
The duo turned around and saw a woman approach them. She was quite short, and her arms were filled with tattoos of different fishes. Her short hair was wrapped inside a bandana, and her arms had long fins pultruding out. She nodded to both Yang and Blake. "Ay, ye lasses need something?"
Blake offered her a bow. "Yes, you saw the creature up close?"
The woman scowled uncomfortably as she rubbed her arm. "Aye, that I did."
"Please, can you tell us about it. We are huntresses and we are to kill the creature. Any bit of information helps." Blake explained kindly.
The woman nodded hesitantly. "Aight. Lemme just grab a drink first, to relax me nerves." She walked up to the counter, and almost knowingly, the bartender had placed a glass of rum for her. It was oblivious the woman was a regular here. The woman grabbed the glass and swallowed the drink down in a few chugs. Blake taught nothing of the notion, but Yang thought it was pretty impressive.
Once the woman had downed the drink, she let out a satisfied sigh. She proceeded to turn to Blake and Yang. "Okay, it happened a week ago. It was getting late, and I was by me shack at the harbour. I was checking all my gear was in good condition, especially me spears since I was planning on going spearfishing the next day. But as the sun went down, I decided to check again, because course I would. I am a stubborn idiot." She winced noticeably. "Then… All sudden, I heard all these noises. I looked up to the sky, and there were loads of these bats. They were a foot long, and they were swarming the town. I begun waving me spear, warding them off as I tried to make my way inside my shack. Just as I was about to enter, I felt…" She wrapped her arms around herself as she shivered. "It grabbed me. It was big, it only needed one arm to lift me off the ground completely. Before I knew, the creature was staring me down, me wrapped in its hand. It was horrible. Its head looked like a bat, but its eyes glowed red as it sneered at me." The woman begun choking up. "I was so scared. I thought I was gonna die."
Blake winced herself. She felt horrible for what the woman had experienced. She hated she had to bring it all up to her again, but every bit of information would help. She obliviously was not the only one. Before Blake managed to reassure and comfort the woman, her blonde partner had already found her way to the woman's side, as she hugged her.
"It's all right. Take it easy, you are safe now." Yang spoke to her with calming voice as she gently hugged the woman. "It's okay, it won't happen again. You are safe."
The woman slowly relaxed as she regained her composure. Blake smiled at the sight and remembered exactly why she had fallen in love with Yang. Because no matter what Yang first appears like, she had this caring nurturing side to her. She truly did want to help others and was always ready to offer help to those who needed it.
Yang unwrapped herself from the woman and patted her back. "I am sorry you had to go trough this again, but I promise, it will help us."
The woman nodded and sniffled. She continued with rest of the story, more relaxed and reassured this time. "Okay so. Once the creature had grabbed me, I did not know what to do. Luckily, I had a spear in my hand, and I thrusted it into that bastards face. I sunk the spear into its eye, and as it shrieked in pain, it tossed me away. I landed in the water, and the waters at night are not pleasurable, but much preferable then being in the grasp of that creature. I swam to the shore, and witnessed the creature flying off with the bats following it." She let out a sigh. "And, that is what happened with me."
Blake nodded and smiled at her. "Perhaps that stubbornness that caused you to double check your gear saved your life. You were very lucky to have your spear."
Yang patted her on the back. "And you also managed to injure the creature. Fighting a Grimm that has lost part of its sight will make our job easier."
The woman wiped the corner of her eyes. "It will?"
Yang nodded her hear head. "Yes. Don't worry about the creature. We'll finish off what you started. I promise you that much." She looked at Blake. "Say, how about we pay for her tab?"
Blake happily nodded. "Sounds more than fair."
The woman lifted her hands to protest. "Oh no, yous don't have to do that. I'm just glad someone is willing to take care of the problem."
"And thanks to you, taking care of the problem just got easier." Blake grabbed her wallet. "So, drinks are on us."
Yang smirked. "Does this mean we get to have one more drink?"
Blake sighed. "Sure. Why not."
...
The duo had spent a solid hour inside the bar, chatting up with the locals. Their reputation as huntresses started to gather them a small crowd.
"No way. You do not know Weiss Schnee." The bartender said in disbelief.
"Umm, yes I do. She is literally one of my closest friends." Yang explained with a smug grin.
"Oh yeah, where did ya meet her?" The bartender asked curious.
"Beacon Academy. We were all in the same team, that my little sister lead."
The bartender turned to look at Blake to get confirmation. Blake simply nodded. "Its true, she is not lying."
The girl with the fish tattoos inquired. "Aren't the Schnees horrible people that hate faunus?"
Blake shook her head. "Not her. She is a wonderful person. Haven't you heard, these days she is known as one of the biggest philanthropists that opened trade routes to menagerie and gave it support. Not something someone who hates faunus would do."
The girl shook her head. "Woah. I thought that was all some sort of PR campaign. I never imagined that would actually be the case."
Blake crossed her arms. "Well take it from me, a faunus who is also a Schnees close friend. She is absolutely genuine."
"Woah, the world really is going crazy isn't it?" The tattooed girl chuckled.
One member in the crowd poked at Yangs arm. "That is a fine looking prosthetic. Mind if I ask what happened?"
Yang looked at her metallic arm and scowled lightly. Blake noticed this and was just about to pounce and tell the man who asked the question that it was a very inappropriate thing to ask, when Yang let out a laugh.
Yang made her bionic arm spin, and she answered in an amusing tone. "You know, when you are killing Grimm, shooting directly inside their stomach trough their mouth is not a variable tactic." She stopped her hand spinning. "You could say I learned the hard way."
Blake smiled softly at Yang. It was not what actually had happened, but she can't blame Yang for not wanting to discuss what had happened with complete strangers. She was just happy to see Yang addressing the issue with a smile on her face.
"You know, I can actually do some really cool tricks with this hand, for example-" Yang's introduction to the trick was cut short as sirens started to go off in the town. It was not hard to guess what was going on.
"It's the Grimm!" The bartender yelled frightened, and it was oblivious that the fear had spread to rest of the people inside. Now they all had turned to Blake and Yang, their eyes filled with fear and hope. These people looked up to them, waiting for them to do something.
Yang inhaled and exhaled slowly. She smirked as her hair begun to slowly set ablaze. She walked through the crowd to the entrance. "Well, like I said. My arm has many tricks. I am gonna show you one now. And it's a good one!" She pumped her mechanical arm, and the barrel extended out of it, locked and loaded. "I am gonna go turn the grimm into black mist." She waved off to the bartender. "I'll be back to pay my tab. You people stay here and stay safe." And with that, she kicked the door open, and stepped outside.
Blake observed how Yang's confident attitude had affected the room. The people were less scared, some even looking after Yang in adoration. Blake smiled to herself as she begun following her. "Sorry, my partner is a little flashy. But seriously, stay inside and be safe. Well go neutralize the threat." As Blake left the building, she could practically hear the people inside cheer them on.
"Well, you made a hell of an exit." Blake smirked at Yang.
Yang shrugged at Blake. "Those people were scared. A little bit of confident cockiness will do wonders." She looked in the horizon where a swarm of flying creatures was nearing the town, as the sirens were blazing. "Now, I have to live up to those promises." She pumped her gauntlet and loaded a shell into it. "Let's go Blake."
The sharp sound echoed in the air as Gambol Shroud cut the air, released from its sheath. "Right. They said the bats were just a diversion, and that the creature attacks after they cause enough trouble." She eyed around and pointed her blade at the top of the largest building in the town. "That will be the best vantage point to see all around the city."
Yang nodded. "Okay! Let's start this hunt!" She slammed her fists together. "Time to rock and roll."
The duo bursted out into a sprint and were aiming towards the spot Blake had pointed out. The couple manoeuvred the harbour with ease, jumping on top of the buildings, using the rooftops as routes towards the highest point in Innsmouth. A few people had stopped below to look at them in awe. Blake quickly screamed at them "Hurry! Get inside!" The people snapped out of it, and quickly entered the nearby buildings.
Blake shook her head as she ran. "What, they never seen a huntress before?"
Yang playfully smirked. "Probably not as good looking as us."
"Just focus all right?" Blake said in an amused tone.
Soon enough, the couple had arrived on the spot, and quickly climbed up. As their feet planted down, they saw the swarm had arrived at the city. Blake and Yang both stood ready, as a swarm of bats had noticed them, and was flying directly towards them. "Heads up Blake, flying targets."
Without wasting time, Blakes blade slammed back, as she aimed towards the swarm. In a display of dexterity, she shot her weapon rapidly into the swarm, each shot followed with a bat falling from the sky, evaporating into black mist before they even hit the ground. Blake managed to get almost all the attacking bats coming towards them, but one managed to slip trough and was aiming directly at Yang.
The bat screeched and lunged towards Yang, only to be stopped by Yang casually grabbing the creature by its neck. The bat screeched and writhed in her hand, as Yang turned to Blake amused. "Oh Blake, did you miss one? Is it time to hit training again?"
Blake ejected the magazine out of her gun, and quickly slammed another one in. "I don't have unlimited ammo Yang." She cocked her gun. "I definitely did not miss."
Yang whispered to the bat. "She definitely missed." She proceeded to snap the creatures neck, and it turned into black mist in her hand. As she looked around, no bats were currently aiming towards them, so they started observing around the town. The guards were holding up and didn't seem to have any problems defending against the bats. They were much sloppier with their shooting compared to Blake, but they seemed to fare off against the threat. "Okay, lets see where our guest will arrive."
A few minutes went by, and then, Blake saw something in the sky. Something large, swooping closer. "Yang! Up there!" She nudged Yang side, who turned to investigate the sky.
"Can't see anything Blake." She squinted at the dark sky. "Describe what you see."
Blake pointed at the creature with her sword. "Right where my sword is pointing. A large humanoid creature is closing in on the town. That has to be the target."
Yang pumped her arm. "Good work Blake! Track where it lands, and well go give it a swift butt kicking!"
Blake followed the creature, tracking every move it made. The creature seemed to hover above the town, as if it was scouting for something. Then, suddenly, it nosedived, and swiftly flew directly to the mayors building. "There! It landed at the mayors!"
"Okay! Let's go!" Yang screamed as she was about to leap to the direction of the creature, when she heard somebody screaming for help. Yang and Blake both turned to look below them, where two guards had been overrun by the bats, now laying down trying to cover themselves form the swarm. One of the guards was screaming for help in a panic.
Yang groaned. "Blake, give them a hand. I'm going after the target."
Blake tried to argue. "Yang are you sure?"
"We don't have time for this. Save them and join me at the mayors." She smiled at Blake reassuringly. "I will be fine."
Blake nodded. "You better be! I love you."
"Love you too. Good luck!" And with those parting words, Yang shot herself off the roof, towards the mayor's house.
Blake did not have time to watch her dragon soar away, as she had business to attend to. She jumped down form the roof and ran to the two screaming guards. Without wasting time, she took aim, and carefully shot each bat off the guards, making sure she won't hit the guards. In matter of seconds, both guards were free from being attacked by the bats. Blake rushed up them and crouched down. "You two okay?"
The other guard sat up. "T-thank you! I am okay I think." Blake turned to the other guard, who was still laying down on the ground, grasping their neck. As she went closer, she noticed that one of the bats managed to bite the guard directly in their throat, and they were bleeding badly.
"Oh no." Blake gasped out, as she crouched down the guard, and pressed her hands on the wound trying to stop the bleeding. She turned to the other guard. "Hey, give me a hand here!" The other guard hesitantly stood up. "Try to find something to bandage this wound! Now!" The other guard jumped at her yell and took off their backpack to find something to aid them. "How did you guys manage to be swarmed?" Blake asked worried.
"We ran out of ammo!" The guard yelled as they rummaged through their backpack.
Blake looked at the guard in disbelief. "How did you manage to do that?"
"I don't know! We were scared and trying ward off the bats. We weren't thinking straight." The guard explained distraught.
Blake realized she had been too harsh on him. They were not trained warriors like her and Yang were. They were frightened and trying to survive. Of course, they would do mistakes.
When Blake was about to tell the person to hurry up with the search, she heard loud screeching. Looks like another swarm had found them and was now fluttering their wings towards them. Blake yelled to the guard. "Quickly! Come hold this wound!" The guard ran to her quickly, and placed their hands on the wound, holding it shut as Blake stood up and walked a few feet away from them.
The guard who was holding the wound shut begun to whimper. "Oh god. We are gonna die."
"No." Blake readied her weapon. "We are not." As the swarm begun to close in, she pointed the gun and begun her rapid firing, turning the bats one by one into mist. After few seconds of rapid shooting, it became oblivious the magazine did not have enough bullets for every bat, and soon enough, she heard her gun click empty. Her shooting had taken care of most of the swarm, but dozens bats still closed in on them. Without any hesitation, Blake lunged forward, swinging her blade.
She swung her blade fast and with precision, and after each swing, a bat was rendered silent as they split into two and turned into mist. In a matter of seconds, she was the only one standing amongst black mist.
She turned to return to the injured guard, as she heard another swarm. She turned around and saw yet another, even larger swarm of bats aiming directly for them. She groaned annoyed as she loaded her weapon. "You cannot be serious!"
As she pointed her gun at the swarm, the sound of several heavy machine guns filled the air as the swarm was cut down and reduced to mist. Surprised she turned to face the direction where the shots came from, and she saw a figure walking towards them. The person who came to aid her was carrying a machine gun, and several tentacles pultruded out of their back, each grasping onto a machine gun as well.
"Old lady Sepi?" Blake asked surprised as she recognized the Inn keeper who had given her fire support.
"Damn that girlfriend of yours. She had to go and make an old lady all fired up." She responded amused. "I was gonna sit this one out, but she just had to go and give me a speech like that." She groaned. "I got a bad back, and these machine guns are not light."
Blake chuckled. "You look like you can handle it." She gave her a bow. "Thanks for the help."
"Oh, quit that. I know you could have handled that perfectly well on your own." Just as they were starting to exchange pleasantries, another swarm begun to close in. "Well, in any case, I'll take it from here. Leave those two morons to me, I'll take care of them." She pointed her gun at the sky, as did all her tentacles. "You go after that girlfriend of yours. You two have bigger grimm to fry."
Blake nodded and said, "Be careful!" as she begun manoeuvring the buildings towards Yang.
The old lady grinned as watched Blake go. "Damn. To be young and in love." She spat at the ground. "Well, at least I can still do this much!" The air once again was filled with the firing of heavy weapons, as she protected the two guards.
...
Brans slammed against the wall, letting out a painful groan. He had made a rash decision of trying to attack the grimm with a candle holder, and it had not paid off. The grimm had simply swatted him away, as if it was nothing. "Brans!" Mei screamed as she rushed to her husband's side. She helped him sit up, as both watched the grimm slowly approach them. Brans quivered in horror. "N-nosferatu… it has come for us!"
The creature was 10 feet tall humanoid grimm, with wingspan twice its size. Its body was thin and black, and its bat like head was sneering at the couples with menace. Each step it took, it had more intent to kill them. As the couple hugged each other tight, ready for the grimm to attack, a shot rang out, barely missing the creatures head. The grimm turned its head to see who had disturbed its meal time.
Nave stood at the entrance, pointing her pistol at the creature. She grasped onto the gun tightly, as she yelled out "Don't touch them!"
The couple's eyes went wide with horror. Her mother desperately screamed at her. "No! Nave, run! Get out of here!"
"No! I am not going to stand by and see it take you!" She pulled the trigger, shooting another round, directly hitting the grimm in its stomach. Unfortunately, it did not seem to have any sort of effect. "I won't let you take them!" Another shot. No effect.
The grimm started to menacingly approach Nave, brushing off her incoming gun fire. Noticing her actions had no effect, she begun to tremble. She kept shooting in a desperate attempt to kill the creature. "I won't! I will not let you!"
After a couple of more rounds, her gun clicked empty. She let out a horrified gasp. Her mother stood up and attempted to run at them, but her husband stopped her. "No! Let go off me! Nave!"
Her husband desperately tried to pull her wife back. "Don't! There is nothing you can do!" He tried to scream at his daughter. "Nave! Run away! Get out of here!"
Nave stood paralyzed, as she stared at the Grimm that was approaching her. Out of bullets, and out of any hope, she realized, she was going to die. She dropped her gun, as her lips quivered. She bit her lips as tears poured out of her eyes. "I won't let you take them! Take me! I will not allow you to hurt them!"
Her mother screamed desperately "Nave! No!"
The grimm screeched out, as it swung its arm to grab the girl. Nave closed her eyes, bracing for the impact. But it never came. As she opened her eyes, she saw a blond girl standing between her and the grimm, grabbing the creatures arm.
Yang brought her mechanical hand up, and slammed her fist directly into the monster, firing off her gun. The force of the impact and the shot caused the grimm to go flying across the whole room, slamming against the wall at the very back with a loud crash. As Nave fluttered her eyes, wondering what had happened, Yang spoke. "I got a better deal." She turned to Nave and flashed her a grin. "How about nobody gets taken away today."
"The… cyborg huntress…" Nave spoke awestruck.
Yang turned to face the monster. "Go get your parents and take cover." She begun walking towards the grimm that was slowly recovering with confidence. "And I do mean take cover." She pumped her arm, loading a shell into the gun. "This is gonna get messy."
Nave nodded, and immediately sprinted to her parents. Her mother hugged her immediately. "Honey are you ok?" She nodded to her mother and helped her father up. "Don't worry about me, she told us to get out." Her mother nodded as she helped Nave pick up her father, as they begun making an exit.
Yang followed the group with the corner of her eye, never taking her eyes off the grimm that was slowly getting up. Once she felt that the group had taken cover, she chuckled. "Well, looks like they are safe now." The grimm had gotten up and was shaking its head. It then snapped its head directly at Yang and let out an angry hiss.
"That's really rude you know. Going straight for the desert? You should always eat the main course first." Yang said cockily. The grimm bursted off the wall and lunged directly at Yang. The monster was screaming as it stretched its hands wide, ready to smash them into the blonde.
Yang readied herself, and swung her fist in a great arch, predicting exactly where the creature would attack her. True to her calculations, her fist collided directly on the top of the grimms head, as her fist slammed the creatures head so hard against the floor it caused it to crack. "Unfortunately, the main course, Is me!" She grabbed the grimms head and swung the creature directly against the nearby wall. Before the grimm even had a chance of regaining its composure, Yang had already fired her weapons, launching herself directly at the creature. She slammed her fist against the creature's head, and the impact caused the creature to bust straight trough the wall. The grimm hit the ground and slid across the ground for many yards.
The creature obliviously was badly injured, and very discombobulated. It desperately tried to regain its bearing and get up, but Yang walked up to it, and stomped on its chest. She pushed the creature against the ground. "We'll, I am officially disappointed. You weren't even a challenge." She closed her hand into a fist and shrugged. "Maybe I am just too damn strong. In any case, its time to-"
Yang halted her killing blow as she observed the grimm. She stared directly into its eyes. The creatures, two evil red eyes. She looked at the creature confused. "Wait a minute… it has…" She stood there for a moment, thinking what she should do. She bit her lip as she groaned annoyed. "Shit!" She unloaded a shell out of Ember Celica and loaded it with a tracker. She proceeded to aim her arm and shoot the tracker into the grimm, causing it to screech out in pain. Then, she simply lifted her foot off, and took a few steps back.
"Not that you deserve it but looks like you get to live one more day." She spoke annoyed. The creature regained its composure and stood up. It proceeded to screech directly at Yang. Annoyed, Yang stomped her foot on the ground, as she exploded in flames. Her red eyes dug into the grimm, as she screamed at it in anger. Yang won the display of strength, as the Grimm jumped back, and took of flying. It let out a screech, and begun escaping, fast as it could.
Yang observed the grimm disappear in the horizon, as the little bats begun to follow it from the town. Around this time, Blake had made her way to the house and she ran up to Yang.
"Yang! I saw that, you had it! Why are you letting it go?!" Blake asked worried.
Yang remained silent as she stared the creature fly, her red eyes still digging into it. She let out a sigh, as her normal eyes returned. She turned to Blake, furrowing her brows worried. "I put a tracker on it. Blake, it had two eyes."
Blake stared at her confused for a moment, and then it clicked to her. "Wait… if the fisher had taken out one eye." She gasped. "That means."
Yang nodded worried. She returned to gaze into the horizon. "It was not the same one that attacked the town back then."
Blake walked next to Yang and joined her in gazing off into the horizon. "If it was not the same one, that means there is more of them."