R.W.B.Y.
A bleak end
Aftermath, part 2
I do not own R.W.B.Y.
Ruby
Three days after penny and I passed the mountain lake. My impromptu teammate and I find ourselves standing before one of the Kingdom of Vales greatest achievements, "Gate North". This monstrous gate stands over five-hundred feet tall and sports cannons capable of sniping Nevermores effortlessly and strong enough to shatter a Deathstalker with ease; Manned by Vales most skilled marksmen with dozens more long range tactical weapons at their disposal. The five gates that allow entry into the City of Vale are all very heavily fortified. However the Forest of Forever Fall breeds many fearsome Grimm. So the Northern gate has become stronger over the centuries to combat the threats that lurk in the bloody landscape to the north. The gate looks just like the fortress that teams R.W.B.Y. and team J.N.P.R. destroyed during our battle with the Deathstalker and Nevermore in the Emerald forest to the east of Beacon, before our official assemblages into the teams we are today. The only two distinctions between the gate we trashed and the gate before Penny and I now are; the size and the external fortifications. "Gate North" sits in a river that flows from the east to the west and into the distant ocean. The Emerald forest fortress stood at roughly two-hundred feet, which makes Vales northern gate a little over twice the height. I can plainly see rotating cannon turrets eyeballing the two of us from several of the lower levels. We approach the primary gate. A head pokes out from fifty feet up.
"Identify yourselves immediately." Shouted a stern female voice, the woman was a sentry.
I look up and try to reply. I cough instead, after close to a week without talking my voice seems to have taken a vacation, I cough some more, then clear my throat successfully.
"My name is Ruby Rose, I attend Beacon academy and lead second year team R.W.B.Y. My friend" I gesture to Penny, who smiles sweetly. "Is an auxiliary Huntress from Atlas. Her name is Penny. She is under General Ironwood's authority."
The Sentry darted back between the crenellations.
Penny turns to me. "Is she allowed to take us at our word? Shouldn't she be asking for some form of official identification?"
I shrug in response. "You've never had to pass this gate on foot right?"
She shakes her head.
"There are six different doors before we reach the actual fortress. There will be murder holes directly above us and incendiary vapor sprayers on either side of us. Then there are the electro mines that can be activated if a threat is detected. This gate can't be taken by force. Too many guns, bombs, flamethrowers, ballistic cannons, rockets, missile launchers and acoustic cannons (to disorient assailants.) These guys don't care about our official information until its way too late for us to turn back and it has become impossible to fight back. At the towers base is when they actually try to get our certified info."
Penny's left eyebrow began twitching. I understood perfectly. The towers aren't the only things that have been armed, big-time. The walls, roofs and floors were too.
Obviously I am so passionately in love with this gate that I have an odd impulse to pray to it sometimes. It has almost every range weapon imaginable and then a few unique to this one stretch of wall.
The gate in front of us began to lower itself into the ground to reveal another gate rising into the roof of the tunnel to reveal two more heavy metal doors sliding diagonally into the tunnel walls. A low humming noise reminded me that the gates are sealed magnetically. This means that even plasma can be deflected from the doors; A formidable defense.
My red haired partner and I began walking once the doors had fully opened. Once on the other side the doors shut and the exact same process was repeated with the second gates. Then the third, fourth, and fifth gates admitted us and then sealed shut behind us until we stood before the last gate. A voice echoed around the chamber.
"We are going to lower a console into the lock-room. From there you can input any information that might verify your identities." The computer in question began its descent into the room via a mechanical pillar. Once it rested in front of us and the screen flashed to life, the voice gave us the go ahead.
"You may proceed."
I stepped forward and placed my Scroll on a scanner built into the side of the interface. (Even out of battery it can still be read as mine). The screen loaded for a second…..
"PING…. Subject identified as… Ruby Rose. Race, Human. Gender, Female. Custody, Independent. Parents, Tia Yang Xiao Long(Fa)[Active] Summer Rose(Mo)[Dec]. Sibling(s), Yang Xiao Long (Half-sister). Sexual Orientation, N.R. {Volunteered as _Bisexual_ by (Ruby Rose)} Height, 5'4. Handedness, Left. Eye color, Silver. Hair color, Black. complexion, Pale white. Weight, 112.2lbs. Marital status, Single. Maternity status, No children. Status, M.I.A. (Missing In Action.). Semblance, Speed. Weapon, (C) H.C.S.S. ((Customizable) High-Caliber-Sniper-Scythe) AKA, Crescent Rose. Age, seventeen. Occupation, Student/Huntress in training. School, Beacon Academy [Headmaster Prf. Ozpin]. Previous Education, Signal Academy. Known mentors, Proffesors, Qrow Xiao-Long, Glynda Goodwitch, Bartholomew Oobleck, Peter Port. Known enemies, Human, Roman Torchwick[Criminal] Grimm, [in general] . Year, Second. Status, Team leader. Team, R.W.B.Y.["R"] Teammates, Weiss Schnee(H), Blake Belladonna(N/A), Yang Xiao Long(H) {half-sister}. Access…. Granted, welcome home Ruby Rose. A notification will be sent to Beacon Academy to refresh your "status" as in the last twenty-four hours you have been declared as '"Missing in action'. A notification will be sent to the Vale city morgue to dismiss the engraving of your name on the wall of fallen Huntsmen and Huntresses scheduled in_364_ days. "
The computer finally stopped talking. I huffed; it was not a good feeling to know that I had been declared M.I.A. And it felt even freakier that my memorial was already scheduled (Or was rather) to happen in a year. I turned to Penny to offer her the console. I was surprised to see that she was staring at me.
"Huh? Penny what's up?"
"Well…. I was just a little surprised by the amount of information there is on you…"
"Um. OK. Well it's your turn"
Penny stepped forward, bit instead of placing a Scroll on the computer she pulls out a dog-tag. Penny lowers the dog-tag to the scanner.
"PING… Subject identified as… Penny of Atlas. Race, Classified via Atleisian military. Gender, Female. Custody, General James Ironwood. Parents, Classified Via Atliesian military. Siblings, None. Sexual Orientation, N.R. {Volunteered as _Asexual-(Ace)_ by –General James Ironwood-} Height, 5'5. Handedness, Right. Eye color, Green. Hair color, Orange. Complexion, Pale white. Weight, Classified via Penny. Marital status, Declared "Irrelevant" By General James Ironwood. Maternity status, Barren Declared so by –General James Ironwood- [No medical records available]. Status, M.I.A. (Missing in action). Semblance, Classified via Atlieasian military. Weapon, Classified via Atliesian military. Occupation, Classified Via Atlieasian military. Known Teamates, Classified via Atlieasian military. Known enemies, Classified Via Atlieasian military. Access... Granted, welcome back to The City of Vale Penny of Atlas.
A notification will be sent to Beacon Academy and the Atlieasian embassy to refresh your "status" as in the last twenty-four hours you have been declared as '"Missing in action'. "
The Computer clicked to a stop and then darted back into the ceiling. A voice rang out.
"All right you two check out, head on in."
The final doors began to open, slowly. I turned to Penny.
"Penny what's up with all the classified stuff?"
She smiled slightly.
"General Ironwood wants to avoid the details of '"whom and what' I am from becoming public. He says that if the world's enemies discovered too much about me then I would be vulnerable."
The massive doors were still splitting diagonally open to admit us. I could already see through the gap into the massive domed ceiling, honeycombed, with laser turrets galore.
"Penny can I ask why General Ironwood… "Volunteered" your… Sexual orientation? And whats with your marital status being "irrelevant" ?"
My friend fidgeted for a moment, watching the colossal gate slowly inch open.
"He said I can't be attracted to anyone because I'm an Android. He said I can't feel love…"
I felt bad for putting her on the spot like that. So I quickly changed tact.
"Penny its ok, I know you can feel love. I know you're gonna get the person of your dreams someday."
Which might very well be me, but that was not a conversation I want to have today. I'm not ready. Not now, not yet. I scrambled for a new conversation topic.
"And why did you classify your weight?" I put heavy emphasis on "weight" to get her attention in a blushing and stuttering kind of way. It worked.
"I! Um, don't know what you're talking about!-HIC- General Ironwood asked me to!-HIC- I have no problem with my weight!-HIC-. I swear!-HICKUP-."
She suddenly found the sluggishly opening door very interesting as she wouldn't look me in the eye.
'Aww! Your blushing Penny!" I'm lying through my teeth.
"NO! I AM NOT!-HIC!" Penny gasped in a tone that suggested she was indeed blushing. I wondered if she did blush but it maybe didn't change color. She put her hands on her cheeks. Sweet! She is blushing. I sigh.
"Come hear penny." I hug her. "I'm just teasing." She looks at me self-consciously.
"You mean it?" Puppy dog eyes? Oh god that's so cute.
"I mean it. I don't care how much anyone weighs. It's not some big deal to me. Hey I volunteered my weight remember? I'm 122 pounds…. Give or take."
It was my turn to blush; that was my weight two years ago, when I first joined Beacon. I knew for a fact I had gained almost exclusively muscle mass. But it still made me feel fat when the scale reads "150lbs" even if I grew two inches (Hehe… milk), and the twenty eight pounds of extra weight wear purely muscle (And boob). I felt like a cow…. Blegh. Maybe I shouldn't be so critical of her about that, even if I'm only teasing.
The gates opened fully to admit us entry to North Vale. (FINALY) I strode forward with purpose, Penny just behind my right hand. A draw-bridge lowered between the walls and the City proper. The titanic gateways slamming shut quickly and loudly.
Later in Downtown the two of us stopped at a basic restaurant. Nothing fancy, I had no patience for any food service that would be less than instantly gratifying. I had been chewing Field Rations for a week and I NEEDED real food, even if I would feel like garbage in the morning. I was very hungry. We sat down at a table towards the back and waited for my order to come in. (I'd ordered the biggest thing on the menu). Penny had ordered water, (She can drink that?! Cool! To what end? Is it used as a coolant?) We lapsed into peaceful silence as my food arrived and I promptly dug in. penny's eyes glazed over and she leaned back against the booth bench. It took her maybe thirty seconds to zonk out right next to me.
As I ate, I contemplated our conundrum. We were easily two of the most deadly Huntresses on Remnant. But that monster swatted Penny like a bug and could have done the same to me if not for the fact that my semblance was speed. That ALONE is why Team CopperRose survived that trip to crazy-town. As I stuffed fries and cookies into my mouth I noticed my face was wet. This startled me. Then my vision blurred and a tight pressure welled in my sinuses. I choked down my mouthful of food and gasped out a shuddering breath. I was still in freak-out mode over that thing. The sensation of such a specific type of predator had rolled off of him. It made me sick to think about it. It was dangerous it was SICK. That Grimm… It wanted ME. That was bad news because that implies it can (could) BREED. Not a pleasant thought. If that monster has friends, or siblings for that matter, then this problem is just getting started. And I knew in my bones that if I hadn't shoved Crescent Rose in his throat and pulled the trigger…. I would have experienced first-hand what I can only speculate about now.
I chewed and swallowed another mouthful of food. Then I heard the restaurant door chime open around the corner. The girl at the counter greeted the newcomer.
"Hello. Welcome to Mc Zebbs. How may I take your order?"
"Hm? Oh can I just get a refill on my coffee hear?"
"Absolutly sir, right away."
"I'll be around the corner miss."
"Yes sir."
I could hear footsteps rounding the corner of the store, and then Professor Ozpin turns the corner cane in hand. He smiles.
"Miss Rose. It's good to see your alive and Miss Penny too. May I sit?"
"Yes sir."
The Headmaster sits and quietly waits for his coffee. It takes maybe three minutes before the girl comes out of a side door to deliver the steaming coffee. She sets it down and asks if we need anything else. We politely decline.
My headmaster waits for his coffee to cool just a little, whilst I inhale cookies. The hands on the clock turn. But Prf. Ozpin doesn't intrude on the silence; rather, he waits for me to compose myself enough to speak and perhaps for Penny to awake.
After three hours of sitting. Penny wakes and I set down the plastic cup with my soda in it. Prf. Ozpin sets aside his mug. And finally speaks softly.
"Are you both unharmed? Are you OK?" The stress in his voice surprises me. He sounds more like Yang might if she were concerned for me. He cared and feared for our safety.
"Professor…. We're…. alright. It could be worse."
He sighs.
"I hate to ask this of you but… I need a field report. What happened?"
I looked at Penny. She looked back at me. She looked so small, delicate even.
"I've got this Penny." I quietly murmur.
Later; Ruby
Ozpin sips from his mug.
"This is distressing news." He sets his cup on the table to rub his temples.
"Very distressing news indeed; Ruby I'm attaching Penny to your team from this day forward. You, Penny, Blake and Yang have ALL fought this…Divergent.
I want to gather Intel on this monster as well. If there are ANY more we will track them down and destroy them. Ruby, I have a plan in mind; if you are willing to hear me out."
I didn't have to think about it, my response is automatic.
"I will sir."
"Very well then" Another sip "I wish to assemble specialty teams. You will lead one of them Miss Rose, Penny another. I'm pulling out all the stops. In one week I want team R.W.B.Y. and your new auxiliary" He nods to Penny "to be assembled in the Beacon auditorium. Teams J.N.P.R. C.F.V.Y. C.R.D.L. Will also be in attendance. The new exchange team S.S.S.N. will be called in as well. I also intend to call three more teams. C.N.D.Y. C.S.T.L. and G.R.V.E. It is my hope that these eight teams will be effective in performing the special operations I have in mind. Ruby I will be assigning Lie Ren, Blake Belladonna and Rem Europa to you. I will dub you "Domino Squad" Your mission is stealth and reconnaissance related."
I perk up slightly.
"Prf. Ozpin I've never heard of these teams? How do you spell their team names?"
"Team "Candy" is spelled C.N.D.Y. Team "Castle" is Spelled C.S.T.L. and team "Grave" is spelled G.R.V.E.
Miss Europa is from team G.R.V.E. her semblance will help you tremendously. Obviously Blake and Ren know how to operate quietly. I assure you Miss Rem is just as capable. However she is a Huntress who depends tremendously on her semblance. Hers is genetic. Her entire family has the gift however only those who can fully manifest it become Huntresses or Huntsmen. She and her family call it the "Cats Eyes". The fully manifested form allows them to see nine days into the past OR nine seconds into the future. The only limit is that she can only see the past and future of a location. As in she can see who and what has passed through an area, however she can't see the future, or past, without being on-site; limited but still tremendously valuable.
I will decide on the place I want you to investigate at a later date."
He turned to Penny.
"Miss Penny I will place you in a team of your own, Reaper squad. You will be under the direct command of Mr. Phire.
Grayson Phire is the leader of team G.R.V.E. I think I might put Miss Cassandra Delany from team C.S.T.L. in the same group. But I will certainly place Miss Schnee in that squad as well."
Penny cocked her head to the side.
"Why are we being arranged the way we are Professor?"
"Because; Grayson, Cassandra, Weiss and you all have tremendous power; you can control yours swords with magnetism and those enigmatic strings of yours. Grayson is an avian Faunus capable of flight, also his semblance allows him to produce fire and flames in a similar fashion to the way you fire your main cannon. Cassandra's skills are complex. She relies on her weapon as much as her semblance. She can create a deadly…. "Webb" of sorts, made of her woven aura. And often uses it to ensnare her opponents. And then slice them to ribbon. Weiss can use her Glyphs in a wide variety of ways, such as to bind and repel. Your collective skill-sets will be useful for binding and destroying. It is my hope that you, Cassandra, and Weiss can bind your targets while Grayson destroys them. Of course" he smiles warmly at me. "It will be up to Domino squad to locate them first. Does this seem acceptable to you two?"
It was clear that Ozpin was taking this very seriously. He was assembling more than teams of Huntsman and Huntresses. He was piecing together execution squads. Domino Locates, then the reapers reap.
"I'm combat ready."
"I'm game, but if you're only using eight of us why are you assembling eight teams?"
Ozpin frowned.
"I'm assembling more than one execution squad. Your sister will be asked to lead Wreaker squad. Please tell her that she will have behind her Miss Nora Valkyrie, Mr. Silas Arnost and Miss Nina Pixy. Silas is from team C.S.T.L. and Nina is from team C.N.D.Y. All four of these individuals are renowned for their strength. Silas has strength almost unparalleled except perhaps by Yang in her fullest rage. But maybe not even then, he is an angry person himself. Nora and Nina will undoubtedly get along. Miss. Xiao Long will have her hands full.
Ozpin sipped his mug one last time.
"Ruby, Penny. While I am still attaching Penny to your team, I am about to divide your team as well. When Team R.W.B.Y. is called, Penny will follow. But when Domino Squad or Reaper Squad are called; you will divide. Am I perfectly clear ladies?"
We both nod.
"I do this because I believe a war is coming. The recent events are chilling. And I can feel a pending change. I bid you good night."
He rose from his seat and left us.
"Ruby?"
I turned to my friend.
"Yes"
"I'm afraid."
"I am too."
The two of us get up, dump our trash on the way out, and begin our return to beacon.
Later; Penny.
After Ruby and I left the Mc Zebbs we made the trip back to Beacon. We passed Team C.F.V.Y. on the way in. Velvet rushed up to us with her teammates at her heels.
"Ruby, Penny, your back!"
"Yep" Chirped Ruby, "We made it out of the plains without difficulty. I mean we had to fight this freak Grimm that busted up Yang and Blake really badly, we killed it too, but we made it."
Fox stepped forward.
"We got the full run down on that thing. Yang said it was invincible. Blake never even saw it coming, not an easy thing to do. Sneak up on Blake. How did you kill it?"
Ruby's face fell. It took her a second to reply.
"Luck."
Team C.F.V.Y. grew very still. Her answer irked them. Everyone knew that Ruby was wicked fast, and Coco's team saw my skills first hand. It was a bad sign that such a deadly team was stressed by this news, as they themselves know their own strengths and weakness, and as they've observed ours. If such a powerful team as C.F.V.Y. was given pause by this monster. Then we should all be given pause.
"Ruby" said Coco abruptly.
"How exactly did you kill it? Give me the blow-by blow."
The two team leaders stepped up to each other.
"Penny and I re-entered the village to destroy it. It was either still there by circumstance OR it was waiting for us. I couldn't tell you which is more likely. It … Spoke."
The elder team recoiled at the news but did not interrupt.
"It said, "I am king" then it charged us. Penny got in front of me and started to swing her swords around. I doubt any Huntress or Huntsmen I know could have slipped into her defense, or even slipped a single bullet in. But the Divergent just waltzed right in and backhanded Penny into a building, which was completely wiped out, and then it grabbed my right arm. I had my weapon under my hood so it didn't immediately see it. It spoke again. "Mine" was all it said. I shoved the barrel of my gun into his mouth and pulled the trigger."
"Bang" Ruby shrugged.
Team C.F.V.Y. looked at one another anxiously.
"Thanks Rubes" Coco and Ruby fist bumped.
"We'll remember what you told us. And we will pass down what we've learned."
Those words were not spoken often at Beacon. They were traditional words. They reminded me what it actually means to be a Huntress. They reminded me that the Huntsmen and Huntresses of old would consider themselves fortunate to have saved a handful of lives. I drew strength from those words.
Teams CopperRose and C.F.V.Y. parted without another word. No more needed to be said. Ruby and I began our ascent to the Team R.W.B.Y. dorm.
In the hall we passed a mailman, on his way out, looking down at his scroll for his next delivery.
We approached the dorm door and Ruby inserted a key.
As soon as we entered a giant scrunch of blonde hair obscured my view of Ruby.
"RUBY!"
Yang had leapt over her desk and flattened her sister on to the wall.
Later; Yang
"Whoa Weiss it's OK seriously! It's my job to be here for you guys."
For the last three hours Weiss has been thanking me for coming to her and Blake's aid.
Personally I didn't feel like I deserved it. It took Juan and Pyrra tracking me down to a nightclub, which I had for the second time wreaked, to make me see clearly. I only hoped that Ruby would still come home. That's it. My sister's safe return is all I wanted. I slumped over the desk next to our dorms door.
"Yang, I mean it when I say that I'm grateful for you being there for me."
The ice queen sputtered, (Again)
Blake interjected.
"Really Yang it was very good timing. Neptune was starting to freak out. How many boys can just sit there for half a day with a semi-conscious girl in his lap who wouldn't even explain why she was there? Team S.S.S.N. was never briefed on our mission beforehand and had no clue we came back without Ruby. He told me he was terrified when you finally carried Weiss out of there."
I smirk. Neptune was a pretty cool dude. But no way would he know how to handle this wacked out situation, poor guy. He looked so stunned.
A knock came at the door.
All three of us froze.
"Yo? Who is it.?"
"I'm with Vale shipping; I'm supposed to deliver a new bed to this room. For Team…. R.W.B.Y."
WTF? I reach across the desk and twist the handle. The door swings open and in strides a man with a big box labeled. "Bed, Small."
"Hello, are you Miss Xiao Long?" Ask the delivery man looking straight at me.
I nod.
"Please sign this."
I sign his scroll.
"I'm sorry but I was asked to deliver and leave. Typically I might be able to help with assembly but I was asked by Prf. Goodwitch to just pop in and back out." He inclines his head politely, and then bows out.
"The fugg?"
I turn to Weiss and Blake. They shrug in response.
Then the door clicks open and in walks Ruby and Penny?!
"RUBY!"
"Yan-UFF"
I leap across the desk and wrap her in a bone crushing hug. She's safe! She's OK! She's OK.
I release her from my death grip and hold her at arm's length by her shoulders.
"What happened?" I demanded. Ruby fidgeted briefly, and then began her and Penny's tale.
Later; Yang.
"Whoa. That's…. Heavy."
I couldn't believe this. It was too wild, too crazy. It freaked me out.
Weiss spoke up.
"Wait what was that bit at the end? About Ozpin adding Penny to our team and then splitting it up?"
Blake rolled over in my bed (Top bunk) and looked down at the four of us.
"I think what the headmaster intends to do is build up our strength. The separate squad thing is just to put specific strengths all together. He'll still call in team R.W.B.Y. But now he'll also call Domino Wreaker and Reaper squads as separate entities. These other teams I actually know. Well Team C.N.D.Y. at least. That Nina girl is just as hyper as Nora, her weapons are a pair of gauntlets and boots that she uses to both fight had to hand with AND she can levitate rocks with. BIG ROCKS. This one time she single handedly dropped a five-hundred year old castle on a nest of Deathcrawlers."{Giant Spider Grimm}
Yang raised her eyebrows.
"Ozpin is giving me my own command? And he's giving me Nora Valkyrie and… What's her name Nina?"
I twist to look at Blake again.
She nods
"Her full name is Nina Pixy yea. Also I know the last member of your team."
Blake pulls a grim face.
"Silas Arnost… He's a rare type of Faunus. A Tiger. He grew up in illegal fighting pits controlled by wealthy humans. Back when I was with the White Fang I helped expose it. Silas himself helped fight of the guards. He took several wounds that could have killed him. He's a true patriot. Even the Schnee Dust Company helped put a stop to it. Quite vehemently I might add. If you've ever seen Silas… You'll know what I mean."
Blake shuddered.
"Blakey whuzzup? He can't be that messed up."
Blake arched an eyebrow.
"He's coated in scar tissue. His whole body is so badly scared that doctors aren't even sure how he survived the fighting pits, much less the riot that prefigured the escape of the captives."
Blake rolled back onto my bed disappearing from sight.
"Dang… And I'm in charge of this guy?"
Weiss laughed shortly.
"And you're in charge of Nora and Nina. Their names even sound the same! I wouldn't be surprised if they wear sisters."
I turn to Ruby and Penny. Both of them are insanely trying to hang that stupid bed new right next to Ruby's.
They already made a little sign that read. "CopperRose" and had it hanging on the wall above both beds.
"Hey Ruby, Penny, do either of you guys know your squad partners, aside from the obvious of course."
Both of them shrug.
"Nope" says Ruby.
"I'm afraid not." Apologizes penny.
Weiss on the other hand does.
"I've meet Rem and Grayson. They're partners on Grayson's team. And Cassandra is Silas's girlfriend in addition to being his team leader."
I toot a cat-call.
Weiss ignores me, then leans back and closes her eyes to collect her thoughts. Then she leans back in and begins talking.
"Cassandra and I have actually talked tactics before. She's subdued but not an idiot. I only know that she and Silas are dating. I've never actually met him. Cass is very sophisticated and could probably think her way out of anything. I guess it's kind of funny really, in a slightly sick sense, that she and Silas are together. He spent years trapped in a pit enduring physical trauma and overcame it in a physical way.
Cassandra's family where terrified by her powerful aura and treated her like an outcast for most of her life. She had to suffer her mother and father telling her she was a monster, and was locked up in her room most of the time. The family is from money so she was fed and looked after by maids and butlers.
She rose above her torment in an intellectual way. She built her stave, escaped her family, and became a huntress."
I whistled.
"You know a lot about her. What's up with that?"
Weiss glared at me.
"Were friends, she trusts me. And I trust you to not blabber about this to anyone."
I was so not in to gossiping about skeletons in the closet. So it was easy to agree to that demand…. However snootily it was made.
"You got it Ice Queen."
CLICK.
I turn towards the sound. "You two got that bed installed?"
The two redheads turned to me.
"Yep" they said it at the same time, and then smiled at each other.
"But is it goanna fall over on me when I go under it to take my shower tomorrow morning?"
Ruby rolled her eyes and ignored me. Penny actually replied.
"No ma'am friend Yang. Ruby and I have it completely secured."
She saluted me. Oh how cute. I snorted, and rose up on Blake's bed pushing my shoulders into my bedframe above me.
"You two keep it rated P.G. up there you got me?"
I ignored Ruby hissing at me, and penny obliviously assenting with a 'yes ma'am.'
I pushed up righting my body slightly. I heard the gasp and the thud that followed as I tumped Blake out of my bed. Very quickly I dropped my bed back into its previous position, and then swung sharply up onto my own bed.
Blake was completely pissed complaining that I could have simply asked her to come down or even slept in her bed or even hopped up and joined her in the same bunk.
"But no! You had to dump me like a sack of kittens all over the floor you ass!"
I snickered.
Weiss was still up putting her books away neatly on the shelves.
"Yo Weiss, can you cut the lights before you hit the sack?"
I look up at Ruby in her pajamas and Penny wrapped in a spare pair of Ruby's shorts and one of my old T-shirts (too big for her).
"Shure. Of course." She agreed easily.
I lay back in my bed and Ruby dropped the makeshift curtain on the side of her bed and clicked off the lamp that she had sitting on an impromptu shelf above her headboard. The kid had it tough this last week. And prf. Ozpin said that he feared a war was coming. I was being given my own command.
"Wreaker Squad".
It had a ring to it. But what was so dangerous that our docile Headmaster wanted four of the most destructive Huntsmen and Huntress on one team together?
I closed my eyes and willed sleep to take me. Ruby was home. My little sister was safe.
But in this upcoming war I can't help but wonder. Who hunts? Who is hunted?
A.N.
Hello everyone. This was "Aftermath, part 2." I will introduce twelve new characters into the Fanfiction simply to ad variety to the story. I will always center it on the actual R.W.B.Y. characters since a lot of people don't like OCs. I also decided to split this story into several arcs. And in order to do so in a good way I decided to just make a few O.C.s to spice things up, new characters for the cannon characters to interact with. Also if you decide you want to see more or less of certain OCs and natrully the cannon characters, let me know and I'll work them in in a meaningful way.
And just in case you missed it they are.
Candy, C.N.D.Y.
Castle, C.S.T.L.
Grave, G.R.V.E.
Thus far I have introduced(Through mentions)
C.(Nina pixy).D.Y
(Cassandra Delany).(Silas Arnost).T.L.
And
(Grayson Phire).(Rem Europa).V.E.
Never fear if you don't like O.C.s they will not be overpowering I promise. This is still Penny and Ruby's story; it's just a very, very big story is all.
Also if you would like some more clarification on what a DeathCrawler is. It is a giant Spider as large as a Deathstlker But instead of a stinger it bites. AND spins giant webs.
If you liked this chapter please let me know. If you have Questions, concerns or Issues, please tell me what they are. And as most authors are wont to say, please review.
Thank you.
Hollowman1994.