So writers block with everything else I'm working on right now but I did come up with this. Basically, this is just a few thing I feel could happen in Vol 5 and beyond. I do not own RWBY.
Chapter 1- A Traitor's Reward.
Lionheart's POV
This can't happen, this can't be happening. Everything was going so well. I gave Salem the relic, I gave up the codes and other bits of info that she needed to hack the CCTS. I did everything I had to in order to survive and now it's falling all apart. Those seven students and that drunk Qrow ruined everything. They rallied a defense and insured that the White Fang and the Grimm were repelled, now only a few remain in the city, which only suffered relatively mild damage all things considered. Unfortunately, I'm stuck under some of that damage, a wall collapsed on me and broke my leg. All my struggles have failed to grant me release. Footsteps reveal that someone is near me. I try to wiggle lose and in my desperate struggle I get free. I get up and ignore the agony of my broken leg, aura may work miracles at times but this is not one of them. I look to the right and see a figure running towards me down the street. I make to flee the other way.
"AGGGH!" My good leg goes flying in the other direction and I collapse back to the ground. Then an intense burning begins at my stump, whoever attacked is cauterizing the wound. The one responsible walks in front of me and I look up. It's the leader of the late Pyrrha Nikos's team, Jaune Arc. A small part of me is impressed by how far he's come, to create a flying blade attack that cut through flesh is quite an accomplishment given what I saw of him originally. Of course, it wouldn't have worked if I had more aura. The rest of me is cursing his very existence right now.
"Figures you'd be trying to sneak away. Are you happy with this, with all the dead." I glare at the fool that ruined my escape.
"I did what I had to in order to survive, Ozpin was going to drag us all down to Hell with him and I didn't want that. I worked hard to get my post as headmaster on Ozpin's recommendation, it was supposed to be a nice, safe post that didn't involve much danger and then Ozpin reveals that I'm in more danger than ever. I was nothing but a disposable pawn to him. Just like you, your partner, and everyone else that man meets." The boy stares at me with emotionless eyes for a second, the fire raging behind us reflected in his eyes.
"I don't have a team anymore. Ren and Nora died taking out those Chimeras that your friends let loose." I'm going to die, there is no chance that he is simply going to take me in. "I can't exactly argue against what you've said. Most of Ozpin's group seems to view what happened with Pyrrha as sad but unavoidable sacrifice. They didn't care about the fact she was risking her life for them." I can't help the chuckle that escapes my lips.
"Boy, do you know the entirety of the risk Nikos was taking." The boy glares at me but the curiosity is there.
"No."
"They were essentially shoving a new soul into her. The chances of her coming out the same were somewhere between zero and non-existent. I'm sure Ozpin exaggerated her chances but he would have at least told her the risks. She could have died, been taken over by the new soul, or become some fusion of herself and the new soul. Neither Amber nor Pyrrha but something in the middle." Aura surrounds the boy as his anger rises. It's an impressive amount and I can't help but wonder how much he'll grow if he doesn't die soon. I suppose being a teacher for so long has affected me somewhat.
"Now do you see boy. Either side of this war, Ozpin or Salem, we're but pawns. Ozpin may have the decency to act like he cares about us but he doesn't care about the losses as long as he wins in the end." The boy's hand grips his sword and the sheath wraps around the blade to form a larger one. I brace myself for impact but he merely steps to the side to avoid a Beowolf leaping from a roof and then cuts it in two.
"Maybe you're right. Honestly, I agree with you. but I know that at least Ozpin fights to keep humanity alive. Am I going to follow him now? No. Working with him is another thing. My father once said it doesn't matter if you hate the man beside you, all that matters is that you can fight side-by-side. I'm definitely that guy." He begins to walk towards the howls of more Beowolfs.
"I'll leave you in Neo's tender care." I make to question him but stop when a weight drops on my back and my head is forced back. Sitting on me is Torchwick's assistant, the small girl that was considered MIA after the Fall of Beacon. Most considered her KIA given Ruby Rose sent her flying into a flock of aerial Grimm. A dagger entering my shoulder rips me from my thoughts. I'm forced to look back at the girl once more as she her grin becomes dark and bloodthirsty. I notice she has wearable Electrolarnyx, you work as a hunter long enough you come to recognize most prosthetics and other devices meant to work around disabilities.
"This is going to be fun. Don't you think so?"
Jaune's POV
I cut down another Beowolf as the screams stop. If this had been even three hours ago I would have never allowed Neo to have her way with Lionheart despite the fact he's scum. Now with Ren and Nora dead I find myself not really caring how the traitor's final moments are. I bash an Ursa in the head with my shield and follow up with a slash that cuts clean through its head. I hear something coming from behind and turn to see a Creep running at me. I ready myself to roll out of the way when Neo appears right above it and drives her main blade, as well as the hidden one at the end of her parasol into the creature's neck. The Creep trips and starts sliding towards me before stopping a mere foot from me. It raises its head up but I drive my sword into its cranium before it can rise. Neo hops of the decaying beast and look up at me with a look of exhilaration on her face. That electrolarynx is gone, stored somewhere on her person, its purpose served with her interrogation of Lionheart.
"Get anything good from him." Neo holds up a scroll that she pulls out of nowhere, I really don't want to know where she was hiding it. I chose to ignore the bloodstain in one corner. "I'm assuming you got the access code." She nods. "The body?" Neo gestures in one direction and makes a pinching motion before repeating the same motion in multiple directions. "You scattered it in multiple directions?" Neo smiles and nods her head. I'm still getting the hang of understanding all her gestures but I'm getting there.
I met her about a month ago. She offered information and her aid but only if I kept quiet about her identity. I couldn't even tell Ren and Nora. I almost said no but decided that it was an asset I couldn't let go. The first time I told everyone about my source it was Qrow that got everyone to let me keep it a secret. He was fine with it as long as we kept getting reliable info. Neo kept getting good info but she never heard a hint about what was about to happen, I trust her enough to know she would tell me if she did. She wants Cinder and all her allies dead, they're the ones she blames for Roman's death. I'm just glad she isn't trying to kill Ruby.
"Good, let the rats eat take care of their own. I'm going to go search for any straggling Grimm or White Fang." I'm currently having to bury all of my anger, guilt, and every other emotion that Nora and Ren's deaths have brought up. They're a hindrance now, I'll deal with them after this is all over. I make to walk off only to see Neo following me.
"I'm not going to get you ice cream Neo." Ice Cream, her second condition for information. I'm so glad Qrow offered to help pay off my source, of course as far as I know he thought I was giving her the money directly rather than buying her sweets. Neo shakes her head at my statement and draws unsheathes her blade, the meaning behind her action is clear.
"Well it's not like I can stop you." Neo is on the long list of people that could kick my ass blindfolded, I like to think that list is slowly shrinking though. Neo sends me her smirk but I can't bring myself to smirk back. I feel like I'm betraying my team's memory, but my lack of strength means I need to take every chance and advantage I can. My feelings on the matter be damned. A few White Fang members that work worse for the wear run out of an alley in front of us. Neo and I have already cut one down each by the time they notice us. No mercy, no second chances, these bastards helped take my team from me. They're all going to die.
"Let's wipe them out Neo." A vicious grin is all the answer I need.
I'm thinking this will be a two-shot. I got the idea and base for one more chapter. Let me know what you think about this.