Yang yawned and stretched her arms. She rubbed her eyes and squinted at the clock. Better get ready. She thought. She glanced over and saw that Blake was already getting ready for their first morning class. Yang thought for a moment, then asked, "Blake? What class do we have first?"
The black-haired girl looked over and said, "Combat Practice."
Thank goodness. Yang thought, At least we don't have to get dressed up in that awful uniform. She got up and made her way to their bathroom, splashing her face with cold water. She looked in the mirror and checked her hair. Perfect. As usual. She returned to the room and quickly got changed, strapping on Ember Celica to her wrists.
She looked over at Blake and asked, "You ready?" And, seeing her nod said, "Then let's go."
They left their room and walked down the stairs to the courtyard. They managed to get to the training grounds before they heard a loud screech. Their heads shot up and both of them gasped in amazement. "A Nevermore?" Yang said incredulously, "What is that thing doing here?!"
Blake shot back, "Doesn't matter, we've got to get it out of here before it does any harm."
Yang nodded and prepared for a fight as Blake fired a couple shots at the giant bird. they didn't do much damage, but it certainly got the creature to take notice of them. Blake saw Yang soar towards the bird, firing shots at it as she did so. Blake took off with incredible speed on the ground, trying to draw its attention away from the school.
Yang sped towards the beast, cracking her fist against its side. The impact sent the bird reeling, but it quickly recovered and gave a large screech. Yang landed and began to run alongside Blake, hoping the creature would follow the pair.
Another loud screech confirmed her hopes. She managed a glance over her shoulder to see the beast speeding at them from behind. She yelled, "Blake!" as she rolled off to the side. She popped up to her feet and began firing off shots at the giant bird. As it closed, she jumped up, hopefully enough to get the drop on it. The creature was so intent on killing her that it swooped too low, allowing Yang to smash its back.
The beast hit the ground with a large crash, sliding several meters before coming to a halt. Yang leapt off the creature's back as it flapped its wings to get up off the ground. Apparently it was intelligent enough to know that it couldn't win a fight without flying.
Blake fired a shot at the Nevermore as it was taking off, but saw it simply ping off of the creature's tough feathers. She then had an idea, but it was put off by the beast turning and launching a barrage of feathers at the two girls. She flipped out of the path of one and twisted away from another.
She ran off to the side as she leapt over the giant feathers, trying to get out of the path of the barrage. She rolled as she spotted one coming straight for her. As she got back up, she spotted the bird coming back for another pass at them. She called, "Yang! Catch!" She threw her pistol, firing it off as she did so to cross the distance between them.
Yang saw the pistol coming at her and caught it, seeing the ribbon trailing out behind the pistol. She immediately saw the other girl's idea. She smirked as the Nevermore came towards them.
They both leapt to the side as the bird came close. Blake jumped up incredibly high over the beast. Yang followed suit and the ribbon caught the bird in the neck. She fired her gauntlet behind her, shooting over towards Blake. Somehow she saw the girl flying towards her as well. As they passed each other, she thought she caught a small wink from her partner.
As the two fell towards the ground, the ribbon wrapped tight around the creature's neck. They landed and pulled hard on the ribbon, forcing the bird to the ground. Yang fired at the beast, sending her flying backwards. She heard a loud crack and then it was silent. She glanced back at the Nevermore to see its massive neck broken by the force of their pulling on it.
She saw Blake come out from behind the dead monster, taking a look at its monstrous head. She then saw the other girl climb up on the slain Nevermore. "Yang," she called, "Come take a look at this."
Yang followed her up onto the beast. "There." Blake told her, pointing to a small object protruding from its neck. She took a closer look to see a small red light blinking on the object.
Yang reached down to try and pick up the object, but it seemed to be imbedded in the creature's skin. She gripped it as best she could with both hands and yanked on it. The device was stubborn, but another hard pull removed it in a shower of blood. Yang lost her balance and fell off of the carcass onto the ground, the device landing next to her. "Ow." She said quietly, getting up and rubbing her tailbone.
She picked up the device and examined it. The part that was inside the creature was covered in blood, but she could tell that it was barbed and clearly not meant to be removed. She turned the thing over and saw there was a small label next to the now disabled light that read, Status.
Blake came back down and asked, "What is it?" She came and stood behind Yang, looking over her shoulder.
"No idea," Yang replied, "But it can't be anything good."
Blake nodded and said, "We should take it to Ozpin and see if he knows anything about it."
Yang agreed, "But why is there a Nevermore attacking the school? They are never so bold…"
"Your guess is as good as mine." Blake replied.
They made their way over to the main campus. The school was just waking up and students could now be seen groggily making their way to classes. As they passed their dorm building, the door opened and Ruby came walking out, followed by Weiss. "Yang!" She called.
She turned and waved to her sister with her free hand and said nothing. The two pairs met up and Ruby immediately asked, "What is that?"
Yang shrugged, "We have no idea, but it was stuck into a Nevermore's neck. We're on our way to see Ozpin about it."
"A Nevermore?!" Ruby exclaimed. "Weiss was attacked by some Beowolves this morning. There's no way this is a coincidence."
Blake said, "Really? That is interesting indeed."
Weiss then chimed in, "I froze one of them solid. We can see if it has anything on it that might connect the two."
Ruby replied, "Ok, so, Yang and Blake, make sure you get that to Ozpin. Weiss and I will go see if the two attacks might be related."
"Will do." Yang said, and the two walked off towards the large building.
Ruby looked to Weiss, "Let's go." She said.
The white-haired girl nodded as they made their way over to the pond. They skirted around it to the spot where the frozen Beowolf stood glinting in the morning light. They both began looking the thing up and down, trying to spot anything unusual about it, but they saw nothing. "Maybe if we get a closer look?" Ruby offered.
She pulled out her scythe and swung, turning the blunt end towards the ice. It impacted hard and they heard a loud crack as the ice weakened. She swung again and the ice shattered, revealing the top of the beast. The entire half-ice sculpture fell onto its side as the impact broke it off of the ground. Ruby sheathed her weapon and looked to Weiss, "Help me flip it."
The two girls heaved the half-frozen beast so it lay face down. Ruby felt along its neck and felt a small metal object touch her hand. She parted the fur to see a small light blinking red. She gripped it tightly with her thumb and forefinger and pulled. The thing came out bloody, and she noticed the light had stopped altogether.
She looked down at the tiny device and held it up for Weiss to see. "This can't be good."