Illusions Chapter II:


Flashback Starts:

I stood next to Pyrrha in the hangar, as she readies herself for her next infiltration. I look up at the airship, with Ren watching us from the pilot's cabin. He nods at me, and I smile back at him, but I then turn to look at Pyrrha.

"Pyrrha. You have to be careful, we have no idea how many guards could be stationed there. It could be ten. Or it could be a few hundred." I tell her worriedly, and she sighs and laughs quietly.

"Jaune." She replies calmly, placing a comforting hand on my shoulder. "There's no need to worry, I'll be fine." She tries to comfort me, but I feel no better, and another wave of worry and fear flows through my body.

"Yeah, that's what Sun said. And look at what happened to him." I answer grimly, staring out of the doors, down at Vale. Pyrrha sighs once again, and stares at me.

"He... Underestimated what he was going up against. I won't make that mistake." She says, her voice now sounding different, colder, harsher.

"But what i-." I begin to speak, but she interrupts me.

"I'll. Be. Fine." She tells me bluntly, and I nod. Pyrrha smiles at me again, and boards the airship. I watch them as they leave the hangar, the airship making it's ascent.

"I hope you will be, Pyrrha." I mutter to myself, and head to the control room.

Flashback Ends:


I wake up to the feeling of being shaken, I groan in response and turn over in my bedsheets. The shaking intensifies, and I sit straight up, ready to punch the person who is so willing to wake me early.

"Yang. Get up, now. Jaune's called all of us to the meeting room." The shaker, Blake, tells me. I jump out of bed, and dress myself quickly before heading to the meeting room with Blake. "Sorry we're late Jaune, someone here refused to wake up." Blake tells Jaune, who chuckles.

"Well, other than Coco and myself, you're here before anyone else. I kinda expected it though, with a meeting in the early morning an' all." Jaune replies, a small smile on his face.

"So..." I ask awkwardly. "Why'd you call us here?" I finish, and he looks at Coco with a strange look.

"I'll wait till the other's are here." He answers calmly, and the door behind us slides open to reveal the blue-haired Neptune.

"Sup." He greets us bluntly, giving us a short wave as he takes a seat. "So, what's this all about?" He questions, but receives no answer. "OK. I guess I'll wait." He says after the silent response from all of us. It only takes a few minutes for all the Rebels to turn up to the meeting room, and Jaune began to speak.

"Hello everyone. I'm extremely glad you all could make it here on such short notice, especially this early in the day." Jaune says, and I let out a tired yawn. "So... I bet you're all wondering why I called you here. Coco, take it away." Jaune finishes, and now Coco, his second-in-command, steps forward.

"As you all know. Our numbers have dwindled over the few years we have been fighting, not that we had many in the first place." Coco tells us, and I nod slowly. "And as you know, a few of us have been... Convinced... by their illusions. So, Jaune and I have came up with an idea. We have selected who we consider to be the best of us for this mission. Jaune, if you would kindly read out the list." Coco finishes, and steps back again, re-revealing Jaune,

"OK. We're going to have two teams. Each one will take a different airship. Team one will be comprised of Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, Neptune Vasilias and myself, and we will take the Kestrel. And Team two will be comprised of Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, Velvet Scarlatina and Fox Alistair, who will be riding in the Harrier Airship. That's all, Team one, please follow me to the Kestrel's hangar. Ren, take them to the Harrier." Jaune says, and we head our separate ways to the different hangars, and the rest of the Rebels disperse, going back to their beds.


We walk into the hangar, and head over to the Kestrel, but Jaune stops us at it's entrance. He smiles sadly at us, and looks up at our airship.

"OK guys, here's the plan. We're going to head back to where you two." He says, pointing suddenly at Blake and I. "Came back from yesterday. We've seen concentrated activity coming from that area, so we hope it's their base of operations. We're going to leave the Kestrel a couple of kilometres outside the area, and we're all going to infiltrate the compound." He tells us, and we look at each other.

"So, uh... What are we trying to do?" Neptune asked, looking at Jaune with a raised eyebrow, and Jaune smiled grimly.

"After infiltrating a dozen times before, every time we have seen at least one of our friends. After we infiltrate we are going to search for any documents on the controlled, and hope to find a way of reversing it. Also, anyone who knew them well enough seems to do have more effect on them. We then leave the compound, and return to the Kestrel, job done. And hopefully we'll have some documents to go with us. Are you clear?" He tells us, and we all nod. "Good, then let's get going." He says, and we board the Kestrel.


Hey. Here we go, Chapter Two of Illusions, which I hope you enjoyed. Anyway, remember that Reviews are welcomed, Constructive Criticism is always useful, and keep moving forward!

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