Chapter X
The few days that had passed since she had that large heart ache, the one she felt about something going on back at Earth. The final rounds of the Vytal Festival tournament was starting soon. They had selected Yang to move into the singles matches, which was a respectable choice, it made Yang feel happy and made Summer proud of her. She had learned from Qrow that Tai had taken her death pretty hard, and it was both of the girls who had the ability to get the golden brawler of Team STRQ off of his feet. She was also brought up to date about what had happened just before Ruby was accepted into Beacon two years early. She was in storage of her jumpship going over how much ammo she had left, she knew it wouldn't be a lot, but she had make do. Just behind her she had a screen playing for the match between Yang and some guy named Mercury. She checking her ammo when she heard a sickening crack. Stopping her work she looked behind her at the screen and saw Mercury holding his leg while sitting on the ground while Yang had a look of confusion on her face as several Atlesian Knights came and surrounded her ordering her to stand down. Summer had a look of shock on her face as this happened. She never thought that Yang would do something like this, yet Summer knew she didn't. Something was wrong, what it was, she couldn't tell just quite yet.
Ironwood paced around the room of Team RWBY while the four girls sat on their beds he had denied both Summer and Qrow access from entering the room, and as such he knew he would have to keep it brief. "I' sorry, but you've left us with no choice." He stopped pacing and looked down at all four girls.
"But he attacked me!" Yang stated firmly in defense of herself. There was no way she would let this happen.
"Video footage and millions of viewers say otherwise." Spoke the headmaster as he began to pace up and down the aisle between the two bunk beds.
"But Yang would never do that!" It was Weiss this time, standing up for her teammate.
"Yeah!" Ruby added to show that she agreed with Weiss's statement.
Ironwood sighed and turned to face them before he continued, "You all seem like good students, and the staff here at Beacon are fully aware that you would never lash out the way you did under normal circumstances. Yet I believe, and hope this to be, nothing more than the result of stress and adrenaline. When you're out on the battlefield, your judgement can become clouded in an instant. Sometimes you see things that simply aren't there. Even after the fight has passed." he paused to see how the girls reacted.
"But I wasn't-"
"That's ENOUGH!" Everyone but Ironwood was surprised to see him lash out like this. "The sad truth is… … whether it was an accident, or an assault… it doesn't matter. The world saw you attack an innocent student. They've already drawn their own conclusions, and it's my job to inform you that… you're disqualified." With that said he turned around and walked out of the room to see the two guards he had placed in front of the door to the dorm room of Team RWBY. He heard them talking, primarily Yang talking to her team. As he walked off he saw Summer walking towards their room from the corner of his eyes.
Summer opened the doors to see Yang bearing a hurt look as she faced her friends. She closed the door catching their attention. She moved over and sat in between both Yang and Ruby before she pulled both close to her in a hugging like action. She could find no words to speak for encouragement to her two little angles, one born of Roses and Flames, the other born of Flames and Feathers.
Fascal looked at the star charts they had taken from the tower. He had found out where the surviving guardians had fled to, some backwater planet that had yet to be released of humanity, the world of Remnant. It was then that a Hive knight entered his room and kneeled before him. Closing the maps he sighed before turning around to face the knight. "Speak that in which is on your mind Knight."
"Lord Fascal, I have information I think you would want to hear." Spoke the Knight with his rather raspy breath. "Summer Rose, of Fireteam Striker still breaths."
Fascal looked him in the eyes, a great rage building up. "Call up the dark guardians NOW!"
He sat around the fire, his ship behind him. He was waiting for his two companions before they went to some place called Beacon. From what his tracker said, that was where Summer was, and knowing her luck, that was where a major conflict was going to arise. He looked to the stars, everyone from the Sol system who came to the world of Remnant was changing the chess board for the fate of the world, for new pieces were being added constantly. He just that the one being able to unite the darkness hadn't taken advantage of what happened on the Dreadnaught.
She looked up from the fire that kept her warm from the winds of night and watched as the man that she knew not the name of got into his suit of armor to become the Knight of Seasons. From what she understood he was tasked with protecting the seasonal maidens, and now he was going to rush to Beacon as fast as he could, apparently something was wrong with Amber and he could track her power at two separate, but near by places.
"In the light of the dawning sun you must head for Shade Academy." It was all he said before running off into the night. The last remnants of him being their was his footprints in the sound and the echoing of his armor in the night.
"I paid you to kill all of Fireteam Striker, and yet here we are with me YELLING at you BECAUSE it seems YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR JOB! So I want you to tell me why it is that Summer Rose still lives." Fascal said ass he spoke and yelled at the guardians who had faithfully served him since he bribed them.
"The answer is simple Fascal,. You didn't know that she existed, wo when you payed us to take out our targets you never included her." Spoke Bond, the team leader.
Fascal looked him in the eye before waving them all off. Before the three guardians arrived just after Fascal ordered the fleet to head for Remnant. Soon they would win, soon the guardians, even all that they stood for would be no more, then soon he would rule the universe. There was no one to stop, not now, not ever. He had won this game of chess.
The floating stadium that held the Vytal Festival Tournament was in a buzz. The next match was about to begin, Pyrrha Nikos vs. Penny Polendina. It was a match between the girl who dozens of tournaments before attending Beacon against the girl who control dozens of swords. Cinder watched the of the City of Vale from a tall building she was given confirmation that everyone was in place. Soon enough Beacon would fall, and not even Ozpin could stop her.
This feels just like when I was in the early stages of writing this story. Back when cliffhangers were a little more common of me. So as a result, here was the second chapter of the week. So you amazing people next time.
