Team RWBY finally advanced to the second year at the school that trains world's best fighters - Beacon. All four girls - Ruby, Weiss Blake and Yang - worked really hard during the first year and the school's headmaster, proffesor Ozpin, noticed that the girls have a lot of potencial. He decided to give them one more test after the school year ends. The forest nearby, the Stonewods, is rumored to have dangerous creatures within its' range. But knowing the girls have enough skill and their teamwork is enough to take down an adult Nevermore, Ozpin decided to send them into the woods and report any unknown and undiscovered yet dangers back to him. If there are new breeds of Grimm - general Ironwood needed to know about them. Even more importantly if there aren't just Grimm that dwell within the forest. Sending a trained huntsman would be a waste of their time, and those four have a never going out fire in their hearts. He trusted them.
Ruby was excited when proffesor Ozpin finally let her team go for an actual mission. Just her, her sister and her friends! The team was getting ready and packing up when Weiss suddenly asked:
-Where are we even going?
-To the woods, right over there!
Pointed Ruby outside barely standing under the weight of her luggage with Zwei sleeping carelessly on the top.
-Wait, we're going to the Emerald Forest again?
-No, silly! We're going way further than that!
She answered before tripping and dropping all her bags.
-You really don't need that much stuff.
Said Yang to her younger sister.
-It's going to be a days. Why would you take a "Survival Guide"? We won't be living there forever.
She asked picking up a small, green book.
-And why not?
Said the girl rubbing herself on the head.
-Hey, Blake! What are you taking?
She spoke to the girl on the window reading a book.
-This.
She simply answered before picking up her sword.
-Really? Shouldn't we be taking tents? In the mysterious, dark woods you never know when the night might come! And isn't it cool to sleep under a tent? OhmygoshItotallywantto!
She said and started playing with Zwei who was still angry at her for letting him fall.
The rest of the team was resting as Ruby with the help of her dog was cleaning up the mess.
It was a beautiful and quiet night, but Ruby could not sleep because of the excitment. She's going on her first mission! Go team RWBY! After imaginating her team killing dozens of Grimm, Deathstalkers and Nevermores she finally fell asleep.
She woke up first and tried to stay calm while her teammates were still asleep. The sun was barely up. She was about to get up when she realized Zwei was sleeping on her knees. So she decided to lay in bed some more.
It's a big day, Ruby.
She thought to herself.
It's a big day.
She was still thinking of the adventures waiting for them in the wild. Maybe they'll encounter something else than just Grimm? Or maybe it will be a whole army of Grimm? Her mind just couldn't rest because of the girl's imagination.
The team started waking up one by one until everybody was up. They quickly dressed and were ready to head out. Ruby was the most excited.
-It will be so cool, right? This will be the first step to becoming true huntresses! Well, maybe not, 'cause the first step was to join Beacon...
-Can she stop talking?
Blake asked her blonde friend.
-Oh, she's like that all the time, don't worry about it!
-Is it bad that I am?
They were so distracted by the conversation that all four of them bumped into proffesor Ozpin.
-Oh, professor Ozpin! I'm so sorry I'm just really nervous...
Ruby started, but the headmaster silenced her by rising his hand.
-Girls. I'd like to talk about this mission of yours, if you don't mind. The Stonewoods is a very dangerous place, and I probably shouldn't send second graders on such a dangerous mission, but keep in mind that I as well as the general belive in you. I should also mention you're not going there to wipe out everything you see. It's just a scout mission. But don't hesitate if you find something dangerous. With that said, take these. They will help you if you split up, which you really shouldn't.
He said and gave an earpiece to each member of the team.
-What are these? They look like bugs.
Said Ruby carefully examinating the earpiece from every possible angle.
-Those are called earpieces, my dear and they will allow you to communicate from very far away. Keep them safe and don't forget to use them before you panic. Good luck.
Ozpin said and walked away. Ruby was still looking at the strange little machine the proffesor gave her. Can it transform into a weapon? If it can, what? A scythe? No, she already has a scythe, that would be lame. Maybe a minigun? Yeah, that would be awesome!
-Ruby. We have to go.
Said Weiss to her friend.
-Stop playing with that! You can break it!
She grabbed the earpiece and threw it into her bag.
-I'll keep it safe.
The young girl was trying to get to the bag, but her older sister grabbed her hood and dragged her towards the exit.
It was early morning, and the fact that the school year ended yesterday didn't help the complete emptiness of the school grounds.
-Beautiful day to kick some butt, right, sis?
Yang asked her sister who was still trying to grab Weiss' bag, who decided to finally give back what she took. Ruby threw it into her own bag, which was almost full, with 60% of it being Zwei, and forgot anybody even said something.
They started walking towards the exit of the school talking about the Stonewoods again - what kind of new Grimm will they encounter? How much time would the mission take? Will there be a hunter to protect them? With all those questions and the conversation that made the time go faster they arrived at their first known location - the Emerald Forest.
Their trip here took them about an hour and the Stonewoods were barely visible from here. The girls stated that the time it will take them to get there will be about five hours.
-FIVE HOURS!?
Shouted Ruby.
-But I wanna kill something new NOW!
She said and fell onto the grass.
-The longer you're going to lay here, the longer it will take us to get there. And the longer it will take you to kill something new.
Blake persuaded her young friend to get up and walk on with them. With a little laziness, of course.
And so began their adventure to visit the unknown to them Stonewood forest. On their way there they encountered packs of Beowolfs and Grimm, that where destroyed in the matter of seconds. They team was getting lazier and lazier, but they didn't give up!
After five hours of walking and killing things they finally arrived at the Stonewood forest.
-This isn't as terryfing as I thought it'd be.
Said Ruby dissapointed.
-We're not even in the forest. Come on, let's see what's in there!
Said Yang and ran between the nearest trees.
-Sis, wait up!
Shouted Ruby and ran after her sister.
Blake looked on Weiss and ran into the forest as well.
-Children.
She said and decided to follow her friends.
The forest wasn't filled with many placec to set up a camp, but the girls found a field big enough to fit four little tents and a fireplace. They sat near the fireplace and waitet for Blake to be back from scouting the area. They were surprised after she returned after ten minutes.
-Did you find something?
Asked Ruby excited.
-Yes, something I thought you should know about. A cave nearby. With two entrances.
The team looked onto each other.
-Lead the way.
Said Weiss after the team got up.
They were walking for about 4 minutes when they saw a small cave.
-It doesn't have two entraces, Blake.
Said Ruby.
-I meant two corridors inside, okay? Let's go.
She answered and ran deeper into the cave.
After another 2 minutes they indeed saw two corridors.
-So, we split up?
Asked Blake.
-It looks like it. Let's go, sis!
Said Ruby before grabbing Yang's arm and pulling her towards the first corridor.
Weiss and Blake looked each other in the eyes.
-Guess it's you and me, now.
Yang and her younger sister turned on the communicators and put in in their ears. The two other team members did the same, and the squad talked about what they see inside their tunnels. There was nothing interesting, until both teams found two seperate big rooms with. The one Yang and Ruby were in seemed to have another path on the left.
-Yang? Ruby? You found anything?
They heard Blake's voice from the earpieces.
-Yeah, a large room. Looks like somebody dug this.
Answered Yang.
-Really? Us too. Maybe we're in the same place.
-No, I can't see you anywhere. Is there anything of interest there? Like a Grimm nest or something?
-No, nothing. You?
-There's another corridor that probably leads to another room.
-Alright, we're going your way then. Be right there.
-We'll be wating for you.
The room Blake and Weiss were in was really empty. They were about to head back. But suddenly a gate closed where the entrance was.
-What...?
Blake started, but large pipes came out of the walls and started spraying gas.
-Oh, this is not good.
-Come here!
Shouted Weiss to her friend. When Blake got close enough Weiss created an ice shield aroung them.
-So uhh...what now?
-Now? Now we wait. How long? I have no idea.
Blake tried to speak through the communicator.
-Ruby? Yang? Are you there?
There was no response, but the earpiece started making strange and loud noises.
-We're cut off.
-Great.
There was a moment of silence in which the girls decided to sit down.
-Who do you-
Suddenly they heard a lous noise, like a gunshot and noticed a big hole in the shield. The gas from the pipes was already inside.
The girls started coughing and a few seconds later they were on the ground unconcious.
Yang walked to the middle of the room, looking around her. She heard a noise and looked down to see that she stepped on some trap. She quickly jumped back pushing her sister and making her fall over. The trap that was activated were some tranquilizer darts shot from little cannons hidden in the walls.
-On the ground, Ruby!
She shouted and jumped on the ground. The darts were hitting each other as well as walls on the opposite.
Both girls got up unharmed.
-What was that?
-Tranquilizer darts. Looks like someone really doesn't want us here. And that someone definitly isn't a Grimm.
She decided to tell her two friends about the danger.
-Blake?
No response.
-Weiss? Are you there?
Nothing.
-Damn. Something must've happened to them.
-Do we go back?
Only now both of them realized there was a stone wall where the entrance used to be.
-I don't think we have a choice.
Yang answered.
-Come on. Let's play this guy's game.
-What if it's a girl?
-Does it matter right now?
Yang looked at Ruby with red eyes.
-I...suppouse not...
They headed towards the second corridor, which was just a short path connecting two rooms of the same size. But this room looks like someone lived here - a bed, some food on a wooden table - the threat is 100% human. Or a Faunus.
-Woah.
Ruby sighed.
-Looks like someone lives here. Or lived. You think it's the same person who set up those traps?
-Why wouldn't it be? I mean, it's his home, so he would want to protect it. But something doesn't feel right...
-What is it?
Yang turned around as she heared her sister's muffled screaming. She was being suffocated with some kind of gas being sprayed to her mouth from a mask. After she fell down, Yang saw the person behind all these traps.
He wasn't tall, a little taller than her. He had blonde hair, yellow eyes, and a yellow mask. He had a yellow "X" on his black clothes and had what looked like a metal bo staff with yellow straps on each end on his back.
He looked at Yang and dropped the canister with the gas inside and grabbed his weapon.
The girl looked at her sister and asked the man;
-Who are you?
There was no simply attacked Yang with his staff. She blocked it, and counter-attacked furiously. The man blocked every punch with no real effort. After a few punch and kick trades, the man kicked the girl's feet and attacked her head with his staff while she was mid-air.
She lost conciousness.
