Before this gets started, let me say this is my first fanfiction, so if I make a mistake, even a small grammatical error, please let me know! I have the story planned out most of the way, but feel free to suggest things, give me feedback, and whatever else to your little heart's content! Rated T because this is going to be one of, if not the only, story of mine that won't be mostly depressing/ messed up.
No OCs so the guessing game isn't in effect.
Chapter one: Captured
Ruby and her team approached the seemingly abandoned warehouse. From the outside, it looked completely normal; however, team RWBY knew that was not the case.
It was two stories tall, with windows on the upper floor to let in light. These however seemed to be mostly boarded up. Once a bright red, the paint on the outside had faded to a dull rusty color. As the team approached it, they remained quiet, only exchanging whispers.
Ever since Roman Torchwick escaped, they had been striking at safe house after safe house of the White Fang. Finally, they had found someone, a poor deer faunus, who cracked under questioning, and revealed Torchwick's temporary base of operations.
"You sure this is the place, sis?" Asked Yang, eying the unassuming building with some doubt. "It doesn't seem to be in use, let alone a criminal hide-out."
Weiss sighed in exasperation. "Of course it looks normal, that's the point!"
"Guys, please, we can argue about this later. Right now we have a job to do." Ruby said as they approached the large structure.
Blake reached the warehouse's door first, and began to pick the lock on it. "Look Yang, it's in perfect condition. Don't you think that's odd for an old, run-down place like this?"
"I suppose so…" she grumbled, finally admitting defeat.
Within a few seconds the lock clicked open, and the faunus carefully slid it off. The four girls got into position to breach it, each checked that their weapon was ready. When they were confident they were prepared for whatever was inside, Ruby opened the door, and the team snuck in.
They had expected armed guards at every corner, White Fang troops on the catwalks, maybe even an Atlesian Paladin. When they entered, though, there were no signs of life. In fact the only indication this place was associated with the extremist group was the staggering number of Schnee Dust Company crates were stacked inside.
"How can the company afford to lose this much?" Weiss said in shock. Her team had found base after base full of dust, and they knew they still hadn't even scratched the surface of the operation.
Suddenly Blake's bow twitched as she yelled "Move!"
No sooner had she said this than the telltale sound of Roman's cane firing rang out. Each of the huntresses-in-training dove for cover behind the cargo containers before an explosion rocked the building. Across the room on the catwalk stood the criminal, Roman Torchwick, laughing to himself as he saw them scatter in the wake of his attack.
"Good evening ladies, might I compliment the cat on her excellent break-in. Unfortunately for her, you four weren't particularly subtle on your way here; four, heavily armed, teenage girls tend to attract attention."
As he said that, White Fang soldiers who had been laying down on top of the crates to hide their presence stood up, and trained their guns on RWBY. With stacks of crates to their left and right, the girls' only escape routes were quickly cut off by two familiar faces.
Yang glared in rage ahead of her, at the girl who had nearly killed her on the train. Her pink and brown eyes looked right back at her, with a smug grin plastered across her face.
At the other end of the aisle was the brutish White Fang lieutenant that had engaged Weiss on the train, surrounded by a few guards. She stared angrily at him and raised her rapier, but was quickly advised against it.
"I wouldn't do that, if I were you," Roman chuckled, "Drop your weapons, and we won't kill you… probably."
Come on Ruby, think of something, the red haired leader thought to herself, I've got it! "Yang, we need that semblance of yours," she said under her breath.
"Huh?"
"I'm really sorry" Ruby apologized in a somewhat louder voice.
"Don't you dare!" But it was too late. Ruby unfolded Crescent Rose, swinging it as she did so. In one precise and fluid motion, unbecoming of the weapon's size and weight, sliced off her older sister's bangs.
Her hair head instantly glowed so bright, it hurt to look directly at it. Yang turned to face her sister with a death stare that could scare Grimm. Her gaze settled on Ruby's cloak, which now matched her eyes.
"RRRAAAH!" She screamed in pure rage as she swung her fist at her team leader. It hit only rose petals, and continued sailing into the container behind where Ruby had stood only moments before. When she connected with it, it went flying, crashing into the wall of the large building, the crate above it toppled over along with it, throwing the attacking faunus away.
Turning around and punching again, this time using a blast from Ember Celia to speed up her strike, she once again missed her younger sister, knocking over yet another crate, and more White Fang members. She turned in circles, searching for the girl who had given her an unwelcome haircut, when she noticed Neo leaning against the wall staring back at her amusedly.
She growled, and charged toward the short girl, and smashed her fist into the wall as the illusion shattered. "Why does everything I try to hit disappear!?" The blonde bellowed in anger just before she was caught in the back of the head by Neo's parasol.
Ruby, meanwhile was above the rest of her team on the walkways dueling Torchwick. It seemed to be a standstill, she was too fast for Roman to get in close, and her weapon definitely had the range advantage. Torchwick, unfortunately, had incredibly fast reflexes, and managed to keep her scythe from hitting him. The criminal, unbeknownst to Ruby slid a dust crystal from his pocked into his off hand.
Weiss formed a glyph under her feet and charged at the only standing group of White Fang left, the lieutenant and his guards. Before she got close enough for them to strike her, she planted her blade firmly in the ground. A line of ice crystals shot forward from her, with only the large faunus with the chainsaw able to move out of its path in time, the others were frozen in place, unable to reach their weapons or escape.
Blake inwardly sighed, having been the only one to think about the situation before charging in. As much as she wanted to take on Roman, it looked like Ruby had it in hand. As for the other two skirmishes occurring, Weiss had already taken care of the grunts, and was left facing the brutish lieutenant. While she knew the last time the two had met, Weiss had nearly been killed, from what she heard, the faunus had gotten lucky, and caught her in midair. On the other hand, during their encounter on the train, Yang hadn't managed to land a single hit on Neo, and it didn't look like this fight was going much better.
The cat faunus took one more look around, before jumping into the fray beside Yang.
Oh great, Neopolitan thought to herself, the other one's coming over here to help Blondie, just great.
Neo performed a back flip to distance herself from the partners, as she tried to come up with a plan of dealing with them. The faunus girl seemed like the bigger threat of the two, since the other couldn't even land a hit, but that didn't mean she could let herself get distracted by her either.
Deciding to knock the black clothed girl out the fight quickly, so she could toy with the angry one some more, Neo teleported behind her and brought her parasol down on the girl's head.
The clone vanished into thin air, as Neo felt a kick from behind send her sprawling across the floor. So that's what that feels like, her semblance is similar to mine. Rather than standing up, she teleported a short distance away to make sure they couldn't hit her as she rose from the floor. She lets the two Beacon students rush in before opening her parasol and blocking both their attacks.
As she kicked Blake, her foot once again passed through the once solid shape, and she felt a blow to the back of her head. She stumbled forward before finding her balance, and turning back to face her attackers.
She was suddenly distracted as two things happened simultaneously. First, the White Fang Lieutenant flew across her line of sight, and crumpled against the wall, having been launched from one of Weiss' stronger glyphs.
The second thing that drew her attention from the battle was a large explosion above them, Roman had thrown the dust crystal and shot it, a favorite trick of his, causing a fireball that knocked Ruby out, and sent her hurdling across the room.
By now, several White Fang troops were waking up, and rallied around Torchwick, as he dropped down to the ground level next to Ruby. "Neo, get over here, we are leaving!" He called out to his bodyguard.
She watched as two White Fang soldiers dragged the girl in the red cloak out, while Weiss was engaged by the faunus who had managed to find their weapons. However, Neo realized her distraction was going to be costly as a super-powered fist hit her like a train.
The girl went flying through the air. She landed nearby the door, and looking out, saw Roman climb into a bullhead that had been called to get them out of there. The unconscious Ruby was lifted in with him.
The short girl barely heard her boss yell, "Neo! Behind you!" But she was still dazed by the blow to her head. By the time the warning had registered with her, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head. Luckily for her, the pain dulled quickly, as her world faded to black before she could even figure out which huntress had hit her.
So yeah that happened. My logic for the fight is pretty much this:
Ruby and Torchwick: Ruby's good, but we saw Torchwick block all of Sun's bullets in Black and White, so I think he could hold his own.
Weiss and White Fang Lieutenant: Think about it, throughout the whole series, the only two serious hits she's taken were when she went into slow motion, and her attacker didn't. (Giant suit of armor punches at regular speed while she floats down, and White Fang Lieutenant grabs her while she's hovering in the air.
Blake & Yang and Neopolitan: We know Blake is a capable fighter, and with Neo being double-teamed, I figured she'd have her hands full long enough to be distracted.
This goes for all future stories, but now would be especially helpful; please give me feedback and post those comments below, it is much appreciated!
Bye!