A/N: Welcome to Love Lost Omake! This happens while Oscar and Ozpin do their thing in Vale. This is more to leave a nice note on what could leave some with a bad taste in their mouths.
Enjoy!
-O-
Fire flashed all around Atlas, destroying buildings and toppling even the strongest of the Atlesian ships. The grimm had arrived in numbers never seen before. People were in peril, screaming and hiding. Doing anything that they thought they could do to keep themselves away from the grimm. Terror had taken the people. As ships fell, so did the moral of the troops that fought effortlessly against the tide. For some reason the grimm could not be stopped, there were just too many.
As troops fell, so did their moral. Panic now spread through the forces of Atlas's best and brightest.
"Ruby"
General Ironwood burst through the door, shining with pure destruction as he pulled out his Atlesian burst revolver, killing three grimm behind him without looking.
"Ruby~"
Even he too had lost moral though, as he came in he lowered his head. "I am too weak to fight this hoard off by myself. I need help from the best team I have ever seen. Your team has the best most awesomeist people to ever grace the halls of Beacon, and we need you. Save Atlas! Become Heros! Go team RWBY!"
"RUBY!"
Ruby snapped out of her delusion, looking around at the people staring at her, along with a very annoyed looking Weiss, and a chuckling Uncle Qrow. "What Weiss? Can't you see I was in the zone!"
Weiss sighed and rubbed her eyes, "I thought you had grown up"
"You know I have, but when you stare at white walls for hours, you get a little bored"
"That's fine, but don't pull us into your delusions"
"But-"
"Especially when we are being detained by Atlas, and your delusion involves destroying them"
Qrow looked over, visibly shaking, "Atlas was always a bunch of stiffs. Especially that Ice Queen"
"Excuse me!" Weiss said clearly annoyed.
"Not you, your sister", Qrow said waving Weiss off.
"I'm still offended! That's my sister your talking about!"
Qrow sat up, sliding his metal chair closer toward Weiss while smirking,"You're right, you're right. Her problem is she's never gotten a stiff one"
Weiss paled. Qrow saw that he must have hit a nerve so he continued, "Though I know she's a fan of Ironwood. I've heard that with her Jimmy really lives up to his name. If you know what I mean." He got the biggest grin he could get, then winked at her.
Weiss was still pale, "Winter"
"Unless you have some other sister being boned by Ironwood"
"Is that right Qrow?" a very familiar voice said from the open doorway behind him
"Speak of the devil and she shall appear! How's that Ironwood treating you? You're getting enough sleep I hope."
"Always the pleasure with you Qrow" Winter said
"And what do we owe this pleasure….or was that all yours"
Ignoring the comment Winter continued, "I was sent to fetch you in groups as you are processed" She pulled out a small packet with some ID badges in them. "These will identify you as a guest of the Atlesian military and a representative of your home states. Please collect them and leave down the hall to your right as I call you. Someone will be there to collect you"
"Ooh, so formal, methinks I was right in my assessment"
"Assessment Qrow? I am surprised you can say such a large word. Next try sustenance, or even deeper, how about tact"
"Hurry up now Winter, wouldn't want to be late for your next 'meeting' with Ironwood" Making sure hold up quotation marks for meeting"
Winter seemed to ponder for a second, "You're right Qrow, I should spend my time with my superiors, not trash like you"
"Winter!" Weiss cried out her face going red.
"Weiss, you must regard yourself as a Shnee, not lower yourself to their pitiful attempts at humor. No matter how crase"
"You're right as always Winter"
"I got another one for yah small Ice Queen" Qrow said, "Brown nose enough and you may smell something foul"
"How DARE-"
"We are getting side tracked. Qrow please, control yourself for five minutes, if that's not too hard for you" Winter cut in.
The faces of the others were interesting to see. Yang looked like she had hit the jackpot, hoping to see some more innuendos, heck even a pun. Ruby, who people would think would be quiet had that determined look on her face, thinking there might be another fight between the two. She'd been cooped up for too long, she wanted some action! Blake looked like she could care less and somehow, in some way unknown to all the rest, managed to keep a book on her, which she was currently reading. Team juniper was...actually normal. Ren was meditating, Nora was way too close to him, staring at him, and Jaune had fallen asleep.
Winter pulled the cards out of the first packet. "Please approach as you are called. Weiss-"
"Of course she's first" Qrow interjected
Winter ignored him and continued, "Ruby! Yang! Jaune!"The sisters came up and grabbed their cards, followed by Jaune, who was woken up by Nora. Weiss, who was still pale was the last to stand, still horrified at the implications of Qrow's comments.
When she went up to Winter, she wasn't given a card. "Weiss, as a citizen of Atlas we are sorry that you had to be detained, but we had to confirm your….travel companions. You understand?"
"Of course Winter, as always, you are correct"
"Brown noser" Qrow chimed
Winter pushed Weiss to move out to the hallway, a firm hand guiding her from the middle of her back. "Now that is all the cards for the citizens of Vale. I will be back for the rest of you"
"Wait! Before we go!" the red clad girl piped up from the door, where she had been waiting for Weiss, "Where is Oscar?"
"The small boy? He had a meeting with Ironwood directly and left on urgent classified business. He should be back by tomorrow". Winter could tell that the girl was not happy, but accepted what she said. Weiss went over to her and they left together, the red one-Ruby- seemingly overjoyed at seeing new Atlas tech. Specifically weapons.
"I got another one for ya Ice Queen" Winter turned back to the annoying pest that seemed hellbent on becoming a pincushion. "I've been a citizen of Vale all my life. Where's mine?"
Winter looked at him with dead eyes, or maybe it was eyes that wished he were dead? Defiantly one of the two. "Your tribe relocated to Mistral. They must have thought you a Mistalian in turn"
"I've not been with them for years, Mr. Metal Head knows that" The look on his face was challenging, with a little 'you've got to be kidding me' mixed in. "Gimmy mine so I can get out of this cage"
"Isn't that what you're supposed to do? Cage a dog."
"Ha ha, very funny. Now where is it?"
"I honestly don't have it on me. I am sure it was just some mistake. I mean who wouldn't want a spy in our beloved city?" Winter said sarcastically, though you wouldn't know it by her stone faced demenor. Before Qrow could complain again, Winter turned around and walked out, the guard moving back to the door.
Qrow sighed. Great, he was now stuck in a small white room with some metal chairs and the only people to talk to was a bookworm who was so involved in her book Qrow didn't even think she heard something happen, a meditating pink and green boy, his crazy obsessed girlfriend, and an old lady. There was more room at least, but now there was no one to talk to. His nieces at least could tell stories of their adventures, and he'd do the same in turn. No such thing as classified anymore, not when your boss is dead. Reincarnated or not.
It couldn't get much worse.
As if a bomb had just gone off, the 'obsessed crazy' chick looked up from her staring contest with the closed eyes of her boyfriend and straight at him. "I finally get to talk to you! How does it feel to fly? Is it awesome? I bet its awesome. Do you get cold when you fly? What happens to your clothes when you transform? Does your hair become your feathers?" All these questions were said in less than a second as the girl jumped and bounced off metal seats and a wall, looking at him for answers.
"Uh-"
"Hey" the girls said stopping, using all her might to stand stock still with a determined look on her face. One that promised that while the other questions were for fun, this one was serious. Like the entirety of the world depended on the answer. "Do you like pancakes?"
It just got worse
As if on cue the book reading faunus looked up, "Where did everyone go?"
The old lady started laughing.
-O-
It was a few hours later when Winter came back in to collect more people. She thought it strange when she came back in. Qrow was oddly silent. Only then did she realize he was passed out, the pink girl with tears in her eyes being comforted by the boy in green. Something about 'breaking him'. Either way, the quiet was a nice change of pace. Winter would make sure that when the girl settled into her room there was a nice gift basket on her bed. A thank you card inside.
"I have come to collect the Mistralian people, please come as your name is called. "Marria! Ren! Nora!" As soon as she said the last name the pink girl jumped up and grabbed the cards quickly out of her hands. The girl gave the older lady a card before running around the small room while looking at her card. She knocked over several of the metal chairs in the process, but acted as if she didn't even know they were there.
"Nora" the green boy said, "Can I have my card?"
It looked like she was about to hand it to him when she suddenly pulled back, a smirk on her face and playfulness in her eyes. "Nope!" She said, slipping the card through the heart shaped hole in her shirt. "You'll have to come get it!" She then ran out the door, down the hallway, laughing the entire way.
The green boy looked at Winter. "I am so sorry about that" The boy then took a fast pace walk out the door, followed by a chuckling old lady of 'ah young love'.
-O-
Qrow finally woke up and looked around. He couldn't remember where he was until he saw the familiar sight of the white walls and metal chairs. Last thing he remembered was trying to answer pink girls questions, but when he said he wasn't fond of pancakes everything went dark. He was too old for this.
He noticed a distinct lack of the pink girl though. Actually the only person left was the dark haired, book loving faunus. She was now book-less and was staring at him. "Where is everyone?"
"I don't know" she said, "I looked up earlier from my book and you were the only one left with me"
Odd. How very odd. It means that they were called, but he wasn't? Maybe he was but because he was asleep they just left him here? It was strange, while he and Jimmy didn't necessarily get along they never truly hated each other. There was playful banter and the like, but it was all in good fun. He looked over at his companion. A question formed in his mind that he just had to ask. "Hey kid. What happened to your book?"
She shrugged, "I got done reading it. Its finished"
"Yea, but where is it?"
She stared at him, making sure to keep eye contact. Her eyes seemed to gloss over as she gave her answer. "I said, Its. Finished."
"Right, sure" Qrow didn't understand. Kids these days, they keep getting weirder and weirder. With that he went back to staring at the ceiling. The faunus just stared at the door. Qrow swore he never saw her blink, like she was in her own world.
"You know girl, you're gonna have to change" That snapped her out of whatever world she was in. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"What do you mean? I suggest you chose your words very carefully"
"I'm just saying," Qrow shrugged, "may help you take down a dragon, if you know what I mean. Or get taken down by one, whichever you prefer"
"I….don't know what you mean. What do you mean?"
"Nah, you'll figure it out in time"
-O-
There was no way to tell time in the small room, but it must have been at least a couple hours later when the door opened up again. What surprised Qrow was the person that came in. "Ozpin? What are you doing here?"
"Well, I'm Oscar right now. I've come to collect Blake. I have her card right here, sorry it took so long"
"Its fine, I'm just glad they let me in. You know me being faunus and ex-White Fang"
Oscar got a pained expression on his face. "You probably would have gotten out earlier but they had to pass it through the subcommittee of citizenship to get the cards approved. Lets just say Yang was not very happy when they tried to deny you based on being a faunus. They hadn't even looked at your history yet"
Qrow spoke up "Is everyone okay?"
Oscar scratched his head, "Well, no one died, and they approved her card after several acts of persuasion. But the leader of the board is going to have to step down due to...medical issues"
"Is that going to affect Yang staying in Atlas?"
"Ironwood covered it up. Their making it sound like a gas explosion is what caused all the damage. With the fire and building collapsed, people seem to be buying it"
Yep that sounded like Yang. No restraint. Well at least she didn't kill anyone. While in the career of a huntsman Qrow knew she would have too, she was still to young to have to deal with that pain. The guilt of taking another life that weighed all to heavily on his shoulders.
"I am surprised you are still here though, Qrow. You should have gotten your card with Ruby, Yang, and Jaune. You are Valian are you not?"
"I am, but apparently mine has 'not been processed yet', what a bunch of bull."
"They told me Blake was the last one. It must be a mistake. Come with us. I'm sure Ozpin can talk to them, get it sorted out."
Qrow was not going to argue with that. He got tired of these walls and chairs as soon as they threw them in here. He was not going to stay in here any longer than he had too. He picked himself up. Oscar went out the door followed by Blake, with Qrow bringing up the rear.
When he stepped out of the room, he looked around the hallway. His observant eyes showed him all he needed to see. He couldn't help but laugh.
"Qrow what is it?" Oscar said, a look of concern as Qrow didn't usually laugh so loud.
Qrow pointed over to a box that was just across from the room on the wall. "What do you see?"
"A fire extinguisher? Qrow are you sure your alright?"
"Look closer"
Inside the clear box, next to the fire extinguisher was an indent. There in that box, held to the box by ice, was the guest badge of one Qrow Branwen.
A/N: Ah, young love. Or hate. Either way this was longer than I expected it to be, and this is the end. Good luck in the future, and remember to read and comment!
