Weiss and Blake had just finished classes and were heading down the hall when they heard a whirling sound coming from outside.
"Blake are you hearing that?" Weiss asked
"Yeah its getting louder" Blake said, taking out her weapons.
They ran outside where they met Yang and Ruby, as well as team JNPR.
In the sky an airship was crashing down towards Beacon. It looked like one of the engines was smoking and the pilot had lost control. The small ship crashed in the lawn of Beacon.
Yang read the white fang symbol on the side of it. "It's white fang, get ready" Everyone got their weapons ready, expecting a fight.
Torchwick crawled out of the burning wreckage, his clothes burned and shred from the crash. He reached his hand out "Help me" he said before passing out.
"Did Torchwick just ask us for help?" Ruby asked
"Yes." Blake said, dumbfounded
Ozpin's Office
"Why would he ask us for help?" Glynda asked
"I don't know, his airship wasn't damaged by ours. Somone else is coming after him."
"He asked for asylum..." Ozpin said
"And your going to give it to him?!"
"If he explains what happened. Whoever it is that wants him, is going to be a much bigger problem then him. He can give us information about what, or who attacked him."
"He's not very reliable, I wouldn't trust any information he could give us." Glynda said
"Given his current situation, I don't think he's in the position to lie. He came to us. His worst enemy for protection."
"And in the meantime?" Glynda asked
"Im gonna put team RWBY in charge of finding out what happened, since they have the most experience with him."
"Send them in" Ozpin said as Glynda then opened the doors
Team RWBY walked in as Ozpin greeted them.
"I suppose you have already guessed why I have called you here today."
"Torchwick." Blake said.
"Precisely, he has requested asylum and we are going to give it to him, asylum from what I don't know. Thats why your here."
"Im putting your team in charge of investigating this matter."
"Us? Why?" Ruby asked
"Because you have the most firsthand knowledge of him and the white fang."
"You are also not excused from regular classes and activities. Pursue this on your own time."
"He's in the infirmary, go and find out what you can from him for now."
"Dismissed."
RWBY Left and Glynda had a worried look on her face.
"Do you think its...them?" She asked
"I certainly hope not. But I wouldn't be surprised if Torchwick tried to do business with them."
"If it is them, we're all dead anyway."
"You don't think they would..." Glynda said
"They've done it before and they would do it again". Ozpin thought about the rare occurrences of masses of people just "vanishing", dissapearing without a trace. It was mostly the nomads, the villages of wanderers outside the wall. But there have been other occurrences.
Infirmary
Team RWBY walk in to see Torchwick sitting on a hospital bed talking to himself.
"Torchwick." Blake said
"What happened?""She's dead... They killed her and now they're coming for me..."
"Please you've got to help me!"
"Slow down" Yang said "Who's dead?"
"Cinder... They killed her and im next."
"Its ok, just tell us what happened".
"Ok... Ok... She did a deal with these people for some dust. She screwed them over and 3 days later she went missing. And I found this letter on my desk." Torchwick said, Starting to sob.
He handed Yang the letter. It was an official document it looked like. It read
Dear Cinder Fall and Roman Torchwick,
It is with great sadness that we have to terminate your employment at the Foundation. You were a great asset to the Foundation but due to certain circumstances your termination is effective immediately.
- The Foundation
Secure. Contain. Protect.
"Who's the Foundation?" Ruby asked.
Everyone turned to Weiss.
"Don't look at me, I don't know."
"They came, and tied me up. They injected me with something. Neo had managed to untie me and hold them off long enough for me to flee to the airship. They planted a bomb onboard, and I lost one of the engines to it. She died to save me. Neo sobbed
"Who came? What was his name?" Weiss asked
"He was an agent for them. His name was R... R... I can't remember anymore."
"Amnesia..." Weiss said.
"They wiped his memory."
"Ive seen this before..." Blake said "Whoever did that to his ship had military grade weaponry. That Amnesia could last for months. Long enough for them to take him out"
"Or us all out, we're a target now." Yang said
"Anyone that comes in contact with anyone who's been in contact with this so called foundation has winded up either dead or missing."
"We need to find out who these people are before they find us."
Dorm Room
"So who are you taking to the dance?" Ruby asked Blake
"No one"
"Are you sureeeee? What about that guy you met in the town?"
Blake blushed
"Ummmm, we're just friends."
"Righttttt."
Yang walked in, "Im gonna go see if Jr. knows anything about this so called Foundation or what Torchwick got himself into".
"Ok see you later Yang!" Ruby said, hanging upside down from her bunk.