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Ozpin's Office
Ozpin carefully watched the screen with that poker face of his, eyes scanning every detail of these strange men. Goodwitch and Ironwood were at his sides, watching just as carefully as he was, but only with faces of total confusion and disbelief. It was a live feed from the VNN when reports of violence were heard earlier this morning in the Faunus slums. The report may be live, but the screen was currently showing prerecorded footage caught by security cameras and eyewitnesses. It showed nine men, each with their own… unique choice of weaponry and combat style. The only similarities these men had with each other was that they all wore red, were apparently allies, and were RIDICULOUSLY good at fighting. Currently, the screen was showing images of a horde of White Fang attacking the strangers to no avail. The sounds of battle such as gunfire, explosions, and screaming of either terror or joy can be heard from his desk.
"Ozpin?" Ironwood was the first to speak out after nearly five whole minutes of watching these guys fight.
"Yes James?" Ozpin replied.
"We should deploy some units to confront these men. I have a battalion of knights ready as well as two paladins." Ironwood said with a slight hint of urgency. A YEE-HAW can be heard from the screen.
Ozpin took a couple of seconds to ponder the advice. The men weren't doing anything from what he could see. Police units had already surrounded the area, but the strangers made no move to fight them despite utterly destroying the White Fang. "No, I'll send Team RWBY to the scene instead." Ironwood looked at Ozpin as if he was stupid. He knew Ozpin probably knew best, but these men seemed way too much for four first year girls.
"Ozpin, I am very serious here…" Ironwood spat out. "These men look extremely dangerous. I don't care what kind of reputation Team RWBY has built for themselves. They don't have the power to fight these men should it get to that point. That's why we need the military to deal with this one."
"If they get to that point." Ozpin responded. "Nobody said that they will have to fight, I believe Team RWBY is more than capable of not provoking them. Besides, they're already on their way." Ozpin said nonchalantly, lifting his mug to his waiting mouth. Ironwood was about to say something, but then he decided to just sigh in defeat. Goodwitch just face palmed.
Meanwhile…
Team RWBY was being transported by airship to the slums where the strange men appeared. They just got briefed on the situation, and they didn't know what to make of it. There were nine men, each with a specialty. One was a fat but giant man with a HUGE minigun that could probably challenge Coco's. Another had an eyepatch and had an absolutely ridiculous amount of explosives as well as a bunch of old medieval weapons. One wore a hardhat and built strange machines that helped out his buddies, a wicked looking turret being one of them. One wore a flame suit and wielded a flamethrower. One wore doctor's clothing and had this weird red beam that sucked any wound away. One looked like an old soldier with a rocket launcher and was an ABSOLUTE BEAST in melee combat. One was a finely dressed gentleman with a balaclava on, and he was barely seen at all actually. One had a sniper rifle and seemed to snipe with skill that would put the best of Beacon's marksmen to shame. And the last one was a young but skinny man who seemed to be the speedster of the group.
The girls were talking amongst themselves about these newcomers. Ruby couldn't help but excitedly scream about all the cool weapons these men had.
"DID YOU SEE THAT MINIGUN?! IT WAS HUGE!" Ruby screamed.
"Yeah, we all saw it Rubes. It was kinda hard to miss." Yang said.
"So how do you propose we go about this?" Weiss said, uncertain of how to deal with these guys after hearing about them.
"I think we should be careful. I mean, these guys seem like they could fight really well, and there is nine of them and only four of us." Blake the Cat Faunus mused.
Yang *pfffft* the silly kitty. "Puh-lease! I can take them all by myself! Right Ruby?...Ruby?"
Ruby was busy fantasizing about these men's weapons. You know… she being what is essentially a weapon pervert and all. Yang gave a gentle smack to her head and told her to snap out of it.
"Uh! What!? What?"
"What should we do when we meet these guys, oh glorious leader?" Yang teasingly said to her younger sister.
"Oh! Uh…" she trailed off. "Maybe we should try talking to them?" Ruby innocently said.
"What!? Are you crazy!? Did you not see how dangerous those men were in the briefing?!" Weiss screamed.
"Uhhhhhhh…well…you never know! Maybe they're nice people?" Ruby reasoned. "Just because they fight good doesn't mean they're bad, right?"
"Approaching destination." The airship pilot called out from the cockpit, stopping all conversation. The ship touched down right beside the police line, and our girls promptly exited out.
Once they were out of the ship they saw maybe ten whole squads of white fang grunts lying about the streets. The signs of battle were everywhere. The pavement was torn up and the already crappy houses of the slums were made even worse. The VPD had blocked off the streets and people crowded around to see what was up despite the police urging them to stay back in case things got violent.
The four girls saw their targets in a destroyed building at the center of the police cordon. Surprisingly, the men didn't seem to mind the police presence and the destruction they had caused. They were… relaxing? Yes, that's it. Relaxing, chilling out on whatever furniture was left. Didn't mind a thing at all even as they were surrounded.
"Those guys did all of this?" Blake said with her eyes wide, all the destruction they had evidently caused.
"It didn't seem that bad in the briefing…" Weiss said, just as shocked as Blake was.
She then took a look at the men over at the ruined building. Upon further inspection, the nine guys didn't seem nearly as fierce or threatening as their appearance would suggest. Their clothing was pretty straightforward. Nothing that made them stand out other than some were light body armor and had visible ordnance on them. If the girls weren't shown the footage of them fighting earlier, they never would've guessed these guys were elite fighters instead of common thugs.
"There they are... I suggest we approach with caution should they-" Weiss began before Ruby zoomed ahead.
"OK! Let's do this!" Ruby yelled whilst running up to the men. Her sister following closely behind.
"Hey!" Blake and Weiss yelled in unison, but it was already too late. Ruby and Yang were already at the entrance. They could hear the man with the sniper rifle calling out their approach to his allies.
Ruby and Yang approached the front door, or rather where it should be, and were met by the large man with the minigun. His weapon was on the ground and he didn't seem to be worried about the two girls approaching him. He was eating a sandwich. As soon as she saw how huge he was, Ruby began having serious doubts about just running up to say hello to them, but now it was too late, and she was forced to speak first.
"Hi there!" Ruby beamed with a big friendly smile, trying not to shake.
"Zdravstvuyte." The man said with a bit of warmness in his voice.
"Um…what?" The sisters said in confusion. Did this man not speak their language? If so then it would get really awkward.
"Hello." the man said in an accent the girls never heard before, but the girls were relieved. He can speak their language.
"Hi! I'm Ruby, and this is my sister Yang. We're huntresses in training from Beacon Academy." Ruby introduced themselves to the man. The man stood up to a staggering 8 feet in height, and extended his giant, meaty hands to the girls. Ruby got a little scared and took a small step back when he reached his full height.
"Heavy Weapons Guy." The girls took his hand and shook it, or rather tried to.
"Heavy weapons guy?" Yang gave him a questioning look.
"Heavy Weapons Guy." Heavy said again with a nod. "Real name is classified, but you can call me Heavy." The giant explained.
"Why is it classified?" The red riding hood lookalike asked. Heavy simply said "Classified" in that strange accent of his again.
"Oh, okay. Soooo… who are you guys? And why did you wreck this place?" Yang questioned further.
"Heavy and team are mercenaries for Mann Co., and we destroy place because tiny baby men attacked Heavy and friends." Heavy picked a Fang grunt off the ground to emphasize his point. Surprisingly, he wasn't killed. Then he unceremoniously dropped him back down. The Fang let out a grunt as he hit the floor.
"Right..." The girls said.
"Can we meet your friends?" Ruby asked. Heavy stood their for a second, thinking if he should or not. Eventually, he decided that if they tried anything funny with him and his coworkers, they can simply rekt them like these White Fang goons here. Like, no joke. Besides, these girls proved to be rather nice and friendly so far.
The whole time Weiss and Blake stood back a bit in case the men suddenly exploded into hostilities, but seeing Yang and Ruby greet the giant man at the door and suddenly be friendly to each other calmed their suspicions. They followed after them when the man led them into the building.
"Oh right! Heavy these are our other friends. Weiss and Blake." Ruby explained who these other two were to him.
"Greetings." Weiss curtsied.
"Hi." Blake said, wary of these men after what they did to the Fang.
Heavy gave a simple nod and shook their hands. Then he led them inside. Once inside, the girls saw the other eight men in what was once a break room. They kept their guard, but the men still seemed rather non-hostile to them. One of them, the skinny one, got up and greeted them.
"H-hey! Heavy! Buddy! I see you brought some girls to the party…" He began.
"We're under 18." All the girls said, annoyed at the scrawny man as they immediately realized where he was going with this.
"…and I'm out." He went back to his spot in annoyed disappointment.
The mercenaries had all stood up when the girls entered the room, and were giving them questionable looks while the girls tensed up from being in their presence. The looks were mainly directed at Heavy as he just let some kids in here.
"Heavy... why did you bring these girls in here?" A tall man in a mask asked Heavy. His accent was also strange, but distinct from Heavy's.
"They want to meet us." Heavy replied in a simple tone. "Say they came to find out why we destroy place."
"Ha! What does a bunch of sissy little girls like you want with us!?" The man with rocket launcher rudely asked. He had a helmet that covered his eyes, though the girls saw he had blue eyes whenever it shook on his head and revealed his face. Now that they think of it, all these guys had blue eyes, except for the black guy. His eyes were brown.
"Settle down, Soldier..." The man in the hardhat asked his friend in a strange but soothing accent to the girls. "These little ladies just want to know why we're here." The man wore goggles, though Team RWBY can tell by his smile that he wore a friendly expression towards them.
"Howdy, gals. Name's Engineer." He tipped his construction helmet at them. "Now fellas it's only right if y'all introduced yourselves as well." With that, the rest of the mercs began introducing themselves.
"Hey ladies! I'm the Scout, and for your information, I'm a pretty big deal." Scout confidently said to the girls with a smile. The girls could only roll their eyes at him.
"Mphmh-hamph!" The rubber suited guy in the corner waved with a rubber ducky. Engineer told them his name was Pyro.
"I'm te Demoman!" The black guy with the eyepatch said proudly. "Explosions and bombs is what I'm good at!"
"Nora would love this guy..." Yang whispered to Ruby. The man in the military helmet from earlier straightened himself up and stood his rocket launcher at his side, then he gave a salute.
"Soldier reporting for duty!" He held the rigid stance and salute, to which the girls saluted back.
"Dismissed, soldier boy!" Yang joked, to which Soldier took seriously and stepped back to do whatever he was doing before.
"Guten tag, I am ze Medic. If you are ever in any pain, zen you know who to call! Hahaha..." The man in a labcoat and strange backpack kindly said with a laugh. Ruby shivered a little, mostly because she was never fond of trips to the doctor. Oh she has no idea...
"The name's Sniper." The man with the sniper rifle said with a tip of his hat.
"Spy." The tall masked figure said through a puff of smoke from his cigarette. The girls then introduced themselves back to them as he was the last merc to introduce himself.
"It's nice to meet you all!" Ruby beamed.
"Oui, a pleasure to meet you girls as well." Spy said as he flicked his cigarette away. "Now, why are you here?" His eyes then shifted toward Myretnaster on Weiss' hip. "...and with weapons no less." Team RWBY took a quick moment to look at each other before answering him.
"We're here because our headmaster sent us to bring you to Beacon." Blake stated.
"Headmaster? I suppose you are... schoolgirls then?" Spy asked with a brow raised.
"That's right, mister! We're training to be huntresses!" Ruby said proudly. She gave Yang a fist bump with a little explosion noise. Her mood died when the mercenaries gave them blank looks.
"What the bloody Hell is a huntress?" Demo questioned.
"It's a female hunter, dimwit." Sniper said over his shoulder.
"Huntress? Well I heard of young gals going out with their fathers hunting before, but a whole damn school about it?" The Texan man questioned while his team had their full attention on the girls.
"Oh no, it's not a school for hunting animals!" Ruby waved her hands. "It's a school where we train to be protectors of peace and justice!" She said proudly. "Slaying Grimm and beating bad guys is what we do best!" The mercenaries still didn't seem to understand.
"So whatever this place is it gives weapons to teenagers to go out and kill things." Spy face palmed. "I've seen some outlandish things before, but this is by far one of the most idiotic." He's seen some pretty strange and stupid things, especially with his mercenary buddies.
"Hey!" Yang growled, but she was held back by Blake.
"Well... I'm sorry you think that way, but it's true. I'm surprised you didn't know that... Everybody in Remnant knows that, don't you?" The silver eyed girl tilted her head in questioning cuteness.
"Remnant..." Spy looked back to his teammates. "We have a name for where we are now..." This confused the girls. It seemed like these men hadn't a clue of where they were at all.
"Girl, Ruby, I believe that's what your name was?" The girl in question nodded her head. "Right, you say this headmaster of... Beacon, wanted you to take us to your school?"
"Yep!"
Spy looked at her for a moment, mind thinking about why a school would send in students instead of the government sending police to take them in. "Will you excuse us one moment? I must have a word with my coworkers." Ruby nodded and the mercs quickly got to business. After a minute of whispering to each other, with a few blows and insults traded every now and then, they broke up, and Spy faced the girls again.
"Well, Ruby, it seems like we're going with you then."
"YES!" Ruby fist pumped. "Mission accomplished!"
"Hehe, it ain't over until we take them back to Beacon, dummy!" Yang ruffled her sister's hair, much to the younger girl's annoyance.
"At least you guys agreed to come peacefully." Weiss said. "Usually when we're sent on mission like this, the people we're sent to get try to kill us."
"Whatever you say mate..." Sniper said as they all walked out the door together. This is where Weiss noticed something was wrong...
"Wait... how are we supposed to all fit in one airship!?"
