A New Kind of Neopolitan
Chapter 2: FramedA/N Howdy everyone! Hope you liked the previous chapter! This one takes place two years after Team RWBY meets Fox. Fox and Neo have gotten married at this point. Please feel free to comment! I will read them!
Fox was sitting on the couch in the apartment that he, Neo, and Team RWBY now own. He was staring at a picture of the team that they had taken when the others decided to accompany him on a contract. Neo walked in and sat beside him. She kissed him on the cheek.
"Good morning to you too." He said smiling. Neo smiled back.
Just then, Weiss bursted through the door with such a sudden movement that Fox almost fell off the couch from being so startled. She held a white envelope in her hand. "Hey everyone! Check this out!"
The others tiredly walked out of their room, "What's all the excitement about?" Ruby asked Weiss, rubbing her eyes.
"I just got a letter from Atlas!" Weiss said jumping in glee.
"Well, open it up and read it!" Yang ordered. Weiss carefully opened up the envelope, revealing a formal note outlined in gold. She read it out loud.
"You and your friends have been formally invited to a dinner in celebration of my new appointment as CEO of the Schnee Dust Company. Please make sure to dress properly. Your brother, Whitley Schnee." Weiss rolled her eyes in disgust at the invitation, "Well, as much as I hate the guy, it would be nice to see everyone else again." she said.
"Haven't been to Atlas in a while, I'm down."Fox said.
"A dinner sounds nice." Blake agreed.
"Well then it's settled, looks like we're going to a dinner party!" Yang cheered, pumping her fist in the air.
"Pff, not in those clothes you aren't." Weiss smirked, rolling her eyes. "Looks like we need to go do some shopping."
The group flew to Atlas with no trouble at all. The women all had fancy dresses, but Fox wore his armour, refusing to wear anything that made him look like an aristocrat. He did think that the ladies(especially Neo) looked lovely.
Walking through the courtyard, Weiss had an uneasy expression on her face.
"It's been a while since I've been here, still gives me the chills coming back." She said.
"That shouldn't be a problem for you, Ice Queen." Yang said smiling. Weiss punched her in the shoulder and they all laughed. They reached the door to the mansion and a man about as tall as Weiss stepped out.
"Klein!" Weiss cheered, running over and hugging him, "It's been so long! How have you been?"
"Just fine Ms. Schnee." He said jovially, "and how's my little snowflake?"
"Happy to be home." Weiss said with a courtesy.
Klein showed everyone to the dining room, and they all sat down. A few moments later, Whitley and General Ironwood walked in as well. Whitley sat down and looked around, he seemed surprised and worried.
"Something wrong?" Weiss asked.
"No, I just did not think you would bring so many. No worries though, I can manage." He said with a smile.
The servants brought in the food when everyone had been seated. There was more food than any of the guests(except Weiss, of course!) had ever seen. Everything from roasted turkey to red wine.
"So, are you going to introduce me to your friends Weiss?" Whitley asked, with a strange smile on his face.
Weiss rolled her eyes unamused. Motioning to each individual person. "This is Ruby, Blake, Yang, Neo, and…"
"The name's Fox. I was a...business associate of your father." Fox interrupted.
"Don't think I've ever seen you," Ironwood said suspiciously, "and where in the world did you get that armour? It looks like Elite Officer Class Armor, but very few ever got one. What work did you do for Jacque?"
This caused Fox to hesitate for a moment. "What I do is none of your concern, neither is where I got this armor!" He said sternly, eyeing Ironwood maliciously.
Ironwood was about to say something when Whitley interrupted their argument. "Now, let's not start off this banquet on the wrong foot now!" he said worriedly, "How about I go check on the drinks. Weiss, come with me." Weiss and Whitley stood up and left the room. Ironwood and Fox glared at each other.
"So, the food right?" Yang said, trying to break the silence, though she only got murmers and nods.
Five minutes later, Weiss and Whitley came back, but something was definitely off. Weiss did not look as cheery as she did when she left. In fact, she looked more like she had seen something horrific happen, or she was going to see something horrific happen...
They passed around the drinks to everyone, which Fox thought was odd, seeing as the Schnees had maids and butlers galore.
They toasted and everyone but Whitley took a sip of their wine glass. All of the sudden, Ironwood, Yang, Blake, Ruby, Neo, and Weiss started to look pale. They seemed to dim as if they had been glowing with light. Fox looked around, not knowing what was going on. The others looked sick, but he was generally unaffected.
"What the hell did you do to them!" Fox yelled at Whitley, who was surprised that Fox was not affected by the drink. He quickly went back to his usual malicious smirk.
"Looks like you're not affected by the serum, but no matter, you were not part of the plan anyway." He said with a smirk. All of the sudden, Whitley pulled out a gun, aimed it at Ironwood's head, and fired.
The bullet went straight through Ironwoods head. His body went limp and he fell face down onto the table in a pool of blood. Recovering from the serum, the others gasped.
"What did you put in that drink?!" Fox asked in an aggravated tone.
"A special serum given to me by my Goddess, Salem. It basically turns down one's aura to frightfully low levels to where the person affected in left defenseless to any hits they may take. Apparently, you are one of the special few that can't be affected." Whitley said.
"Why would you do this?" Ruby asked, still a little shocked after what happened.
"My Goddess Salem requested that I find a way to cause some turmoil between the Kingdoms of Remnant. She offered me quite the reward for doing so."
"So what happens now?" Blake asked.
"Now," Fox said, standing up, "We kick this rich brat's ass." He engaged his armour and started to slowly walk over to Whitley. Everyone else drew their weapons.
Whitley fell down to the floor and started to crawl backwards until he made it to the wall.
"GUARDS!" He screamed. Immediately, 5 Atlassian soldiers came rushing in, pointing their weapons at Fox, who turned his gaze from Whitley to the guards. Whitley ran and cowered behind the protection of the soldiers.
"My sister and her friends put something in the drinks! They poisoned General Ironwood and shot him in the head!" He told the guards.
"That's not true!" Yang pointed out. "It was all him!" She tried to explain, but the guards would not listen.
The soldier who was obviously the leader aimed his weapon at Fox. "PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR AND TELL YOUR ACCOMPLICES TO STAND DOWN!" He yelled.
With a snarl, Fox put his hands up, but when the guards ran to detain him, his body started to glow orange. The guards stepped back a bit. Fox smiled.
"Open fire!" The leader shouted. The soldiers fired their weapons at Fox, but every round just ricocheted off, even when they hit skin. Fox walked up to the first soldier.
"We need back up, repeat, we need back up right fu…." He didn't get to finish his sentence before Fox picked him up and threw him up right through the wall.
"Retreat and regroup!" The leader screamed. The soldiers, along with Whitley ran out of the room. Fox stopped glowing orange. He looked at the group to see them all in awe, Ruby jumped around excitedly like a fan girl.
"What was that!? It was incredible!" She asked.
"No time to explain," Fox said, "We gotta get outta here before more come!"
Agreeing, they all ran out of the dining room.
Running out into the courtyard, they were met with heavy opposition, which was no problem for them. They fought through enemy forces all the way to their ship.
Fox took the controls, "Get in! I'm takin everyone outta here!"
Everyone ran into the ship and they started to lift off. Fox, thinking they were safe, sighed in relief and flew away.
"Thank you for flying Fox Airlines, we know it's a big decision who you fly with and we are privileged to have you onboard." He joked, which was received with laughs from everyone.
Just then, something exploded and the ship began to fall.
"What happened!?" Blake screamed.
"We have been hit with a missile and are descending fast! PREPARE FOR IMPACT!" He screamed. Everyone held on to something as the ship fell and eventually crashed.
Fox drifted in and out from consciousness, only seeing glimpses of the wrecked ship. There was fire everywhere, every bone on Fox's body felt like it was on fire like the rest of the ship. He was able to see Neo, Blake, and Yang before he passed out.
When he woke up he looked around. He was stuck under the wing of the plane and had a pipe impaled through his side. He tried to move himself off of it, but the pain was so unbearable he screamed in pain.
He noticed that everyone else was waking up. They seemed to be ok and intact.
"Are you all fine?" He asked.
"A little bruised, but ok." Ruby said with a smile, at least until she looked down and saw the pipe, "Fox! What happened?!"
Fox cussed under his breath, "Just missed some vital organs, I should be fine."
"Search the crash site! I want them found!" A voice said from the other side of the ship.
"Crap, that's the Atlas soldiers! Quiet!" Weiss whipsered. Everyone closed their eyes and went limp. Fox watched as Atlas soldiers started to search the wreckage. One walked around the side of the plane and looked directly at them.
"I found one!" He yelled. The rest of the search party ran over to him. They walked to the group, but only bent down at Neo. One put two of his fingers against her neck.
"She's still got a pulse, what should we do?" He asked.
"Let's take her to the ship and take her to a high security prison, we'll fix her up and see if she knows where the others are. Let's move." The commander said. They picked up Neo's body and started toward their ship, which was just a few meters from the crash. Ignoring the pain, Fox attempted to stand up, and was successful.
"NEO!" He yelled, limping after them. Blood spurted from his mouth and he fell. The commander turned around.
"Apprehend him!" He yelled, pointing at Fox. One soldier ran over and pointed his weapon at Fox. "Don't move!" He screamed. Fox looked up.
"You do anything to her, and your death will be slow." He said. The guard slammed the butt of his weapon into Fox's face, causing him to fall into a laying down position. "SHUT UP!" The soldier yelled. Just then, a shot was fired and the soldier fell. Fox heard multiple other shots and watched the ship fly away. Yang and Blake ran up to him and helped him up. He looked down and realized the soldier who got shot was still alive.
"I know I already said this, but under the circumstances, what do we do now?" Blake asked.
"Get me to this location here," Fox said, reaching into his pocket, pulling out a piece of paper, and handing it to Yang. "I got friends there."
Yang looked at the paper and her eyes grew wide. "You gotta be kidding me! Junior's Club?"
Ruby looked at her confused, "Isn't that the club you busted up a while back?"
"Just take me there goddamnit!" Fox yelled, grasping onto Yang's shoulder. "I'm dying here, just take me to the goddamn club!"
"How are we going to get there anyways?" Yang asked.
Fox pointed in front of him and everyone looked at what he pointed at. There was a cargo ship on an airstrip.
"Hmm, talk about convenience." Weiss said as they started towards the ship.
"Oh yea, and bring him too," Fox said, pointing at the soldier on the ground. "We'll need him to find the prison their holding Neo in.
A/N: Well, that's it, hope you enjoyed! This has been Foxtrot4504, over and out.