The air gives off a slight scent of roses mixed with oil. The grass is green, however the atmosphere gives the illusion of gray dirt, and the sky is a darkened blue.
As our heroes begin to recon the area, staying close to the shadows, they notice there is no one around. The place had been deserted.
"Are you sure we're in the right area?" One of the team members asked.
"Only one way to find out." The leader stepped into the light, revealing his flowing blonde hair and scrawny look. He began walking around, scanning the lonely compound, when-
BUMP!
"Oh man, I'm so sorry! Gotta watch where I'm going sometimes. Are you alright?" A hand reaches for the fallen boy. He grabs it, and Jaune helps him up.
"What are you doing here all alone? It's not safe."
"I guess I was... strolling in the neighborhood and got lost?" The boy seemed like he went through some tough times, and Pyrrha took notice. His clothes were torn, and he wore no shoes. He had a hoodie which, although bright in it's light grey color, was very tattered. The hood covered not only his head, but nearly his eyes too.
"This is an abandoned town. How could you be just, 'strolling' and end up here? Where's your family?"
"They're back over in the next town. I was actually told to come here and gather some vegetables for supper!"
Team JNPR looked confused, and eventually Ren spoke up.
"...At 11pm?"
"... Yeah, we eat pretty late!" By this point, they could all tell the boy was lying.
"Right... Well look, it's not safe here. Or at least, it won't be very soon. You need to run along, okay?"
"Hey, I'm not some child! I'm the same age as you guys probably are!" That line shocked Team JNPR, as he was as tall as Ruby. However, thinking about it moreover, they're not so surprised.
Suddenly, a machine starts up in the distance! Nora and Ren turn around and listen for where it's coming from.
"I smell trouble!"
"You only smell food, Nora."
"That too!" Nora takes a step forward, and turns back to Jaune.
"We don't have any more time to waste! We have to stop Roman before he finishes his plan!"
Roman.
"Did you guys just say, Roman? As in, Roman Torchwick?" The boy looked concerned.
"Yeah, do you know him? He's been plotting something evil for awhile now, and has enlisted the help of the-"
"White Fang."
"-Yes, the White Fang, in order to further his plans. That's surprising, I didn't know anyone outside of Beacon knew who Roman is."
"Would it be alright if I went with you guys?" The boy looked down, his brows thickened and bent downwards.
"I don't think that's the best idea. You see, we're trained to fight Grimm, as well as other people. You don't have a weapon."
Team JNPR ran ahead, with Ren last. He turns around and tells the boy,
"Don't follow us."
They then disappeared into the nearby woods, leaving the boy alone.
"Is this where the noise came from?" Nora exclaimed with excitement, albeit very quietly in order to maintain cover.
"It should be. Let's hope all of the intel Sun and Team SSSN gave us pays off." Jaune replied. It was one of the many factories raided by the White Fang prior to Roman's involvement with both them and the unknown faction. Jaune motioned for Ren.
"Scan the perimeter, Ren. Take note of all exits and vehicles."
"Got it." Ren moved swiftly into the dark, climbing his way around the facility, paying careful attention to the exits. There were two, one on the eastern side of the building, closest to the two airships (the only mode of transportation in the building), and one in the back of the building, probably as a transport route for boats and ships. He also spotted plenty of White Fang members, but not Roman himself.
Once Ren returned and gave his details, Jaune devised a plan.
"We can't strike until we know Roman is in there. Otherwise, Ozpin told us to just recon and report."
"There's a main office inside the building, although on the side opposite to us. We'd have to fight our way through, but that might be where Roman is," Ren pointed out.
Thinking through, Jaune was peckish for Team JNPR to show their colors in battle, regardless of where Roman was.
"It'll have to be our best guess. Pyrrha, Nora, you girls are front line. Try to gather all of the White Fang into one area. Then, Ren and I will sneak past them and attack Roman head on. With the two of us, it'll overwhelm him."
"Got it!" Nora was excited as ever.
"Oouhh, you stay safe, okay Ren? I don't want anything to happen to you! Especially since I would be so heartbroken if anything happened to you, I mean it's important for us to stay healthy together right? Well I mean, not together together..." Her eyes filled with passion, similar to romancing heart eyes. Ren paid it no mind.
"Okay Team JNPR... Let's do this."
Pyrrha and Nora drop in through the skylights, and sound the alarm inside the building.
As Nora begins swinging her hammer towards oncoming White Fang members, Pyrrha uses her Polarity semblance to take apart one airship, and place the pieces of it onto the building's rear entrance, making it impossible to escape through there. She then joins Nora in battle.
"Ren, now!"
Ren and Jaune begin sprinting on the other side of the building towards the main office. They reach inside, and realize he isn't there!
"Jaune, the ladder!"
Up a very tall ladder inside the office, Roman closes the hatch to the roof. Desperately, they climb the ladder in order to catch him.
Ren is the first one to reach the top. He opens the hatch, and is immediately greeted by a blast from Roman's cane. Ren is sent back, and Jaune finally notices.
"Ren!"
"Hello Blondie, I didn't realize you'd be here!" Roman hits Jaune with his cane, to which Jaune blocks with his shield.
"We're here to take you down!"
"Really? Well, you should tell Ozpin not to send a KID-"
He kicks Jaune back.
"-to do a MAN's job!" He blasts Jaune's shield, and Jaune falls back. He stands back up, sword in hand, and begins to brawl the red-haired menace.
He swings towards his head, which Roman blocks, but follows it with a swift swing of his shield into his chest! It connects, and Roman grunts.
"Nice play." Roman shoots at his feet, however, and Jaune is sent back.
Ren is next to bat, and he moves swiftly around Roman. Almost enough for Roman to be unable to tell where he is.
Almost.
He throws a fist towards his left shoulder, and it hits Ren! In retaliation, Ren shoots his pistols as he flies back, but ends up falling through a skylight, onto a White Fang member!
"Ren!"
"I'm fine, but we need to get back up to Jaune! He's up there alone against Roman!"
Jaune gets up, and can guess his aura is almost completely depleted.
"I can't... give up now!" Roman attacks with his cane more, and Jaune, although blocking most attacks, cannot react fast enough! Soon enough, Jaune is so weak, he falls to his knees.
"Yeah, no, you should probably give up, kid." He points his cane to Jaune's forehead.
Suddenly, a shot coming from seemingly nowhere knocks Roman's cane out of his hand!
"Roman Torchwick!" Both Roman and Jaune turn their heads to the voice. It's the boy! His outfit is different. His hoodie is a dark blue, and it covers his eyes. there are broken iron chains on his wrists, and his pants are a stellar dark shade of gray! This was no ordinary costume, this clearly indicates the boy is a member of a school.
"We have unfinished business, old man."
"Okay, first, I'm not THAT old. Second, how the hell do you keep finding me, kid?"
Suddenly, the boy disappears. He reappears next to Roman, and begins attacking! His weapons are claws, oddly similar to a comic book character's. However, his claws have pistol grips! He gives three quick shots to Roman's chest as he spirals arouind him.
He knocks Roman around, and seems to be having the upper hand! But by surprise, he slips over Roman's cane, sending it back towards him.
"Thanks, weakling!" He shoots the boy, and it's a direct hit! He's sent flying to the edge of the roof.
Just as Roman pulls back, an airship appears from under the building! It's the other plane, not destroyed by Pyrrha.
"Thanks for the warmup, guys. But I gotta run!" He steps inside of the airship, just as Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora catch up. Nora shoots her grenades at Roman, but surprisingly the White Fang uses shields to block the attack!
"Those shields..." Jaune stands up. They are shaped, and in fact stored, the same way as Jaune's unique sword and sheath from the Great War.
"Why... Why do they look like my shield?..." Jaune begins to feel uneasy, to which Pyrrha catches him as he begins to topple over. The airship gets away.
"We have to report back to Ozpin."
"Right," Ren replied.
"But first..." They all take a step back, and realize the boy is lying at their feet behind them.
"We have to treat his injuries. He took a blast of Roman's cane straight-on. He's got to be hurting." Jaune stepped over to him, and examined his unconscious body. There was a wallet sticking out of his jacket pocket. At first, Jaune was hesitant to pick it up. But as he reached for it a second time, Nora had already nabbed it. She suddenly looked shocked.
"Nora?"
"He's a student at Beacon! A first year!"
"A classmate?"
"Then we have to get him back to his team. Ren, help me carry him." The two boys picked him up, and made the stunning realization that he's heavier than he looks.
"Don't you worry. We'll get you back to Beacon... Wait, what was his name?"
Hello everyone! This is pen-man-person PlusOne here. I hope you enjoyed the first in hopefully many chapters of my first RWBY fanfiction!
I've written many fanfictions before, however due to my laziness I've actually not finished any of them... If you enjoyed my penmanship, please check out my Negima! fanfiction, as well as my Angel Beats fanfiction! They aren't complete, and in all honesty I'm thinking of dropping the Angel Beats fanfiction, but they're good enough to advertise!
In the next coming weeks, due to the hype for RWBY Volume 4, I'll be sure to update this fanfic more often, and hopefully create a whole series. Perhaps someone could help me with a drawing if my story gets big enough? Who knows!
My biggest goal as of right now is to write my own book; story, characters, the works!
So I hope you tune in next time (which hopefully won't take 2 years), and I'll see you then!
Next Time, on Recordings!
Who is this mysterious boy? He's a Beacon student, but Team JNPR has definitely never seen him around before. Why is he here? How is he so fast? When will Ren finally understand Nora's deep and passionate affection for him?! Hopefully these questions will be answered, in Chapter 2 :
An Underwhelming Introduction
