Ch. 11 Mission Day
Most of both teams were up and ready well before ten, all except Dante. He slept in to the very last second he could. His alarm started ringing right as it hit ten and he started to wake up. That's when he heard Nala talking to him and even in his dazed state he knew what she was saying. She was saying the same thing as always when he slept in, so he decided to start moving trying to get himself ready. He left his clothes and weapons in the dorm that night, just like the rest of his team. Once he was finished getting dressed he attached his swords to his back over his coat. No more than a few seconds after he finished there was a knock at the door. As Wynne opened the door to see Ruby standing there in her battle gear and weapon, Serene was testing her twin hand axes Fates End making sure they would change from machine pistols back to hand axes. Helena, for as feminine as she was, liked to fight hand to hand and she was very good at it. She wore gauntlets, a lot like Yang does, the main difference is Helenas has claws the extends like a cats. "You guys ready to go?" Ruby asked looking at everyone in their gear.
"Yeah just finishing up checking our weapons." Wynne says clicking her tonfa together into a short shotgun and then pulling it apart again.
"We are all meeting Ozpin at the airship pick up location." Ruby says walking towards her dorm and awaiting teammates. After Dante was all settled he lead his team out and to the waiting airship and Ozpin. Team RWBY was already there and waiting.
"Good you are all here." Ozpin said turning to the full group same mug in hand. "Normally we would send a huntress or hunter with you, but we don't have any to spare at this time, and we can't cancel this mission with Grimm that close to the town. So I want the lot of you to be extra careful." He said as the airship doors opened and a man made his way over.
"We are all ready to go." He said to Ozpin
"Good. Alright everyone get abroad and come back to us safe." And with that he made his way back into the main building as the two groups made their way into the airship. The whole ride to the drop point no one said a thing. They just sat some of them with their heads down, they were focused and each one knew what they had to do. Even though there was a low chance that they would even see combat each and every one was ready for it. After what seemed like days in the ship a voice came over the radio saying they would be in drop range in five minutes. They all stood and walked to the back of the door waiting for it to open. As the doors opened and the ship started hovering above the drop point at the edge of the forest Dante could swear he saw someone run farther into the forest. He was the first out and on the ground followed by Blake, his partner. The second they hit the ground they were moving into the forest and moving from tree to tree. The next team followed suit spreading out to cover a wider area between the two teams. The defenders after hitting the ground spaced themselves far enough apart to cover as much of the forest line as they could.
"Remember stay in contact and keep together, we don't want one of these things taking us by surprise." Dante said to a resounding roger from the whole team. Blake and Dante stopped after a few minutes of moving through the forest looking for signs of grimm. They were looking for anything to show that the grimm had been in that area and were coming up empty handed. After checking some tracks on the ground Dante turn and look at Blake who just shake her head. Dante stands back up and looks around seeing nothing that looked out of place to him. That's when he heard a branch snap from somewhere behind him. Before he could draw his weapon a pack of five Beowolfs plowed through the brush and into him sending him stumbling back. One of them grabbed him by the arm dragging him through the forest with Blake trying to keep up. "We have contact moving into the defending teams." He called over the radio trying to pry his arm free from the things mouth. Even being dragged Dante saw the same figure he saw before they jumped moving deeper in. After catching a glimpse of the figure he saw Blake leapt from a tree bringing her sword down onto the head of the Beowolf that had him by the arm. After driving its head into the ground the thing released Dantes arm. After a roll he is able to get his feet planted and after skidding to a stop he got back on the radio. "All teams stop the Beowolfs from making it out of the forest." He look behind him to see the figure standing about fifty to sixty feet in the opposite direction. Blake had taken of after the pack and before she could get too far he called. "Blake forget them let the other teams handle it." Blake looked confused until Dante started off after the hooded figure. She looked back at the Beowolfs one last time then took off running after Dante. The man was fast, faster than either of them and was showing it off by staying steadily ahead. Dante was trying his best to keep up with Blake who had passed him and she was doing her best to keep up with the man. In the heat of the chase, turning right and left, neither Dante nor Blake realized they were deeper in the forest then they ever planned on going. Blake made a quick turn right and Dante saw a figure go right, without so much as a word he followed the figure to the right. It was another chase through the forest dodging branches and fallen logs, ducking right then left. After a few more minutes of running the figure just stops in a open area.