Hello to all, Khman here with another chapter of my fanfic, which I apologize for posting so late at night. I don't have much to say beforehand, other than happy RWBY day (even if it's a little late), and I hope that you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or any references made within this story.

Chapter 12: Revelations Part 2

"Blake!"

"Blake!"

"Blake, where are you?!

"Where did you run off to, Blake?!"

The two teams, minus Blake, River, and Naomi, were off campus in town again, this time searching for Blake who has been gone the entire weekend.

"Weiss, you're not helping," Ruby said turning to the glyph caster.

"Oh, do you know who might be able to help? The police," Weiss replied back.

"Ugh, Weiss," Ruby muttered glaring at her.

"It was just an idea."

"Yeah, a bad one." Ruby turned and continued walking as the rest of the group followed.

"Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions," Yang said, trying to defend her missing teammate.

"She makes a point, we only saw her run out of your room," Stacy agreeing with Yang.

"I think when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right," Weiss countered.

"And I think Weiss's hair looks wonderful today."

"GAH! Penny where did you come from?!" Ruby screamed in surprise.

"Hey guys, what are you up to?" Penny asked as if she didn't surprise the group.

"We're looking for our friend Blake," Yang answered.

"Oh, you mean the faunus girl,"

"Wait, how did you know that?" Ruby asked confused to how she knew.

"Uh, the cat ears."

"What cat ears? She wears a… bow…." An awkward silence followed Yang's reply.

"That seems to explain some things," Terrance muttered.

"She does like tuna a lot," Ruby said linking the two clues together.

"So, where is she?" Penny curiously asked, ending the silence.

"We don't know, she's been missing since Friday," Ruby replied back.

"River and Naomi have been coming back periodically saying that she's fine," Stacy added. "They wouldn't tell me and Terrance where they were though, to give them some time alone I assume. Despite that though, Ruby and Yang insisted on trying to find her."

Penny gasped before grabbing Ruby and saying, "That's terrible! Well don't you worry Ruby my friend, I won't rest until we find your teammate!"

"That's really nice of you Penny," Ruby said trying to find a way out, "but we're okay, really. Right guys?" She looked over Penny's shoulder to find all but Terrance gone.

Surprised as Ruby was once he realized what happened, Terrance sighed before saying, "I guess I'm with you two then."

—RN—B—

"So, what's the plan now?" the monkey faunus, introduced earlier as Sun asked the group.

"I still don't think the White Fang is behind these robberies, they've never needed that much dust before," Blake said assuring herself.

"What if they did?" Sun asked again.

"He does make a point, while you don't think they actually did it, there is always that possibility," River supported Sun.

"I mean, they only way to prove that they didn't do it is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there. Right?" Sun finished.

"The only thing is, I have no idea where that would be," Blake replied.

"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about off loading a huge shipment of dust coming in from Atlas," Sun informed the rest of the group.

"How huge?" Blake asked.

"HUGE. Big Schnee company freighter," Sun added.

"You're sure?" Blake asked once more, receiving a large grin from the monkey faunus in reply.

"Well, let's not waste any more time here, let's get back to the docks before nightfall," Naomi said to the group as she started making her way to their destination.

—RN—B—

As the sky became dark, the group of four found their way to the docks to find a ship unloading massive crates around the area, marked with the Schnee symbol on the sides. They then found a spot to where they can observe a good portion of the area. Sun disappeared after a few minutes, but returned later carrying an armful of apples.

"Did I miss anything?" the monkey faunus asked as he approached the group.

"Not really. They off loaded all the crates from the boat, now they're just sitting there," Blake informed the returning group member.

"Cool," he replied. "I stole you some food," Sun said as he offered the apples to the rest of the group.

"Do you always break the law without a second thought?" Blake asked, knowing that River and Naomi wanted to ask the same question.

"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" Sun asked the cat faunus, who only replied with a glare. "Okay, too soon."

"You think?" River rhetorically asked.

Just then, a Bullhead aircraft flew over the group and landed in the open space below. The ramp to the interior was lowered and a large group of people wearing black and white cloaks and masks filled the area.

"Oh no," Blake said, seeming to grow depressed as she saw the symbol of the White Fang across the back.

"Is that them?" Sun asked.

"Yes, it's them," Blake replied.

"To think that they've stooped to this low of a level," River said shaking his head.

"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Sun said trying to comfort his fellow faunus.

"No, I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right," the cat faunus admitted.

Immediately after Blake finished, the group head someone yell "Hey! What's the holdup?!" from inside the aircraft.

The group then looked at the ramp to see a familiar face in the news they watched before the semester started.

"Hold up, isn't that Roman Torchwick?" Naomi asked.

"It is," River confirmed. "But this isn't making much sense right now."

"We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace!" Torchwick yelled to the masked fauna.

"This isn't right," Blake said. "The White Fang would never work with a human, especially not one like that." Blake then stood up, drew her sword, Gambol Shroud, and proceeded to jump off the view point to make her way towards the commotion.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Sun asked, but it was too late.

"Naomi, go with her," River ordered his teammate, who was already a step ahead as she jumped off as well and proceeded to turn herself invisible with a spell.

As the two hit the ground, Naomi whispered, "Ready when you are."

"Let's go," Blake replied as the started forward.

"C'mon Sun, let's get a better vantage point," River said to the other member at the starting point.

"Right," he replied back, seeming to easily follow the order given to him.

The girls managed to sneak their way right behind Torchwick, who was nagging at a faunus holding a tow cable. Timing her approach just right, Blake ran towards the human, putting her sword at his throat, surprising him.

"What the- oh for-"

"Nobody move," Blake interrupted before Torchwick could say anything else.

The fauna then started to draw their weapons, those with guns aiming at the new addition to the group. They started to move forward only to be stopped by a barrier but up by Naomi who then appeared visible again.

"Woah, take it easy there little lady," Torchwick said calmly.

Blake looked around at the group forming in front of her before taking off her bow and saying, "Brothers of the White Fang: Why are you aiding this scum?"

"Oh kid, didn't you get the memo?" Torchwick asked the faunus behind him.

"What are you talking about?"

"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together," the hostage explained.

"Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation," Blake threatened.

Just then two more Bullheads flew in and Torchwick replied, "I wouldn't exactly call it a 'little opperation.'"

There was a pause as Blake let down her guard when she saw more Bullheads begin to appear. Naomi saw that the hostage Torchwick was about to take advantage of the moment and yelled to Blake, "Look out!" Releasing the barrier, she then grabbed Blake with a spell, causing her to fly back as an explosion erupted from Torchwick's cane.

Blake landed in the distance, as she looked up, she saw Torchwick pointing his cane directly at her, launching what seemed like fireworks from the end. Retreating back to the cat faunus, Naomi then casted another spell, causing her to look like Blake. As the two dodged the explosives, they continued to cross paths in an attempt to confuse their opponent, finally splitting up and running behind nearby crates.

"Here kitty, kitty, kitty," Torchwick taunted, walking slowly in the direction the two split up. Suddenly, a banana peel landed on his hat, as he took it off and looked up, all he saw were a pair of feet falling in his direction.

As the two fell, Sun managed to kick their enemy in the face while River in his chest, Sun proceeded to roll off as River jumped over him, twisting his body so that he could face his downed enemy when upright. Sun then proceed to flip and then handspring back upright as River rolled backwards and also did a handspring to position himself upright as well.

"Leave them alone," Sun said as he turned around.

As Torchwick stood up, more members of the White Fang jumped from the airborne Bullheads, landing behind their current human leader as well as their new enemies.

"You are not the brightest bananas in the bunch, are you kids," Torchwick said as he motioned for the fauna to attack.

"I hope you're ready for a good fight," Sun said to River as the two went back-to-back.

"Likewise," River said in return.

As the fauna charged, Sun back fisted one in the face, then bent over to allow River to roll over him and kick the stunned foe back. The two then linked arms, proceeded to spin and then kick the surrounding enemies. Once they separated, Sun reached into his back jeans pocket to reveal a collapsable staff, and then began to strike the charging horde of fauna with powerful blows.

"River, off the ground, now!" Sun ordered as he started to crouch. River immediately responded by executing a handstand with a single hand on the monkey faunus's back, who then struck the ground releasing a powerful shockwave, knocking back everyone around them.

Still more continued to charge the two, and as they were dwindled down to one, Sun used his staff to knock back a sword strike, allowing River to strike him in the chest. The two then jumped over him in unison, kicking him prone, and then using their momentum to launch him in Torchwick's direction. Torchwick ducked underneath as the White Fang member flew over him, raising his cane releasing another shot, only for it to be blocked by Sun's staff.

"Our turn!/ He's mine!" Naomi and Blake said in unison as they darted past the boys. Blake released an onslaught of attacks on Torchwick with her sword and sheathe, while Naomi fired a variety of elemental shots from a distance. In an attempt to confuse Torchwick, Blake constantly used her afterimage semblance while Naomi performed a combination of both copying Blake's semblance and short distance teleportation spells.

Despite their speed and being attacked in all directions, Torchwick seemed to be able to keep up with them, eventually catching Blake off guard as he parried her sword and countered with a jab to her side. Surprised at Blake being knocked off balance, she couldn't react as Torchwick launched one more shot, which hit its mark, causing her to fly back. As she was in the air, River dashed in her direction, catching her before she hit the ground.

As Blake hit the ground, Sun jumped over her landing a kick that made their opponent stumble back, giving him time to split his staff into a pair of nunchaku composed of shotguns. Sun then began his flurry of strikes and shots, but with no luck as Torchwick managed to block everything Sun threw. Torchwick was about to stoke before Blake got him first, causing him to fly away from the pair.

Torchwick stood up to find River and Naomi approaching the two faunus. He looked up and saw a crate above the group, which he took advantage of by firing at the cables holding it up.

Naomi managed to catch a glimpse of their enemy as he fired the shot, giving her time to alert her friends.

"Move!" was all she said as she pushed her hand up, releasing a blast of energy that stopped the massive crate just long enough for everyone to move out from underneath it.

Sun turned around to find the barrel of Torchwick's weapon of choice point blank at his face. Just before he fired, a girl screaming "Hey!" was heard out of nowhere. Everyone turned to find Ruby, Terrance, and Penny all on a nearby rooftop, Ruby lodging her sniper scythe, Crescent Rose, deep into the roof, and Terrance holding his massive buster chain gun, Earthshaker, on his shoulder.

"Oh hello, Red. Isn't it past your bedtime?" Torchwick yelled across the shipyard.

"Ruby, Terrance, are these people your friends?" Penny asked curiously.

"Penny get back," Ruby looked back telling the girl.

Deciding this would be the perfect time to do so, Torchwick fired two shots directly at the scythe wielder and ox faunus, hitting them both directly, causing the two to fly back.

Shocked at her new friends being hurt, Penny glared at Torchwick and started to approach the edge of the building.

"Penny, wait! Stop!" Ruby screamed at her.

"It's too dangerous for a starting out huntress in training!" Terrance added, as the two pleaded for Penny to stay where she was.

"Don't worry, Ruby and Terrance," Penny said giving the two a somewhat compassionate look. She then looked back at the current situation and said, "I'm combat ready!"

Suddenly, the small pack Penny was carrying opened up, releasing a folded up sword that seemed to float in mid air, which then split up into many more, which were all connected to Penny's pack by an almost invisible thread on the hilts.

Penny then ran and launched herself off the rooftop, striking her targets down with the swords as she landed. One more enemy charged her, only to be knocked back by a spinning whirlwind of blades. Another was stabbed and thrown into a crate as he attempted to attack her from behind.

As the battle continued, more and more members of the White Fang charged at her, only to be slaughtered by the numerous blades. Three airborne Bullheads then started to fire at their new target with a shower of bullets, which were easily blocked by Penny's swords.

Two more swords appeared from Penny's pack and shot towards a distant building behind her, allowing her to jump back to the wall they were properly lodged into. The remaining swords then collapsed, forming a circle that began to fill with energy. Penny then used the energy to fire a massive laser which split into two, completely destroying two of the airborne ships.

Watching one more take off with a crate of dust, Penny ran towards it and threw her swords into the side of it, and began to reel it back down to the ground. Finally, she gave one last pull, crashing it into several crates of dust and causing an explosion, destroying the ship.

"Woah, how is she doing that?" Ruby asked astonished. She then began to hear a small bit of laughter. She turned to see an insane look in Terrance's face as he stared at the girl.

"The festival couldn't have come at a better time. I really want…. No. I need to fight that girl. It outta be very interesting with her surprising skill," Terrance said laughing like a maniac at the thought.

"Hey, snap out of it!" Ruby yelled at the ox faunus, which knocked him back to his senses.

"Sorry about that. She's our ally right now," Terrance said with his normal tone of voice. He looked down to see and angry Torchwick escaping to a grounded Bullhorn.

"We have to keep him from getting away!" Terrance exclaimed.

"Looks like you could use some help with that."

Ruby and Terrance turned around to see Weiss, Yang, and Stacy approaching them.

"Perfect timing, as usual," Terrance said to his leader.

"Better late than never, right?" Stacy replied back, smirking as she spoke. She then turned to the three firs-year students and said "You three, stay up her and provide support when needed. We'll take care of things on the ground."

"Right," the three said in unison, knowing not to question STRN's leader.

The two third-year students then jumped down and began to give chase to Torchwick, who was closing the distance between him and his only means of escape. He almost managed to make it before River intercepted him, blocking his path to the Bullhead.

"Your not going anywhere right now!" River yelled at the opponent standing in front of him. His teammates then caught up and surrounded Torchwick.

"You really don't know when to give up, do you?" Torchwick scowled at the group.

"I guess not," River replied. He then dashed towards his opponent, throwing one strike after another as they were blocked by Torchwick's cane.

Terrance followed up shortly after to help, swinging his massive weapon with a single hand. Terrance being too strong to not block, Torchwick had to result to focusing on the ox faunus, allowing the martial artist to hit him with a flurry of strikes. He then saw Naomi and Stacy each throw a projectile at him. Torchwick barely had enough time to avoid both a chakram and a ball of fire, causing them to miss their intended target and hit River and Terrance instead. River managed to only catch a graze of Stacy's chakram, but Terrance felt the full force of Naomi's attack, which knocked him back enough for Torchwick to stop worrying about being attacked by the massive student.

The three standing STRN members then formed a triangle around their enemy and started to throw and fire as many projectiles as they could. Even with three experienced fighters surrounding him though, Torchwick managed to deflect every single projectile with his cane. Eventually, he managed to deflect the projectiles in the direction he wanted, as he used their power against them. He managed to make one of Naomi's fire balls hit River, which caused a fire ball of his own to veer off course and hit Stacy instead, which made her lose control of a chakram as it flew towards Naomi. The spell caster barely had enough time to form a barrier that kept the oncoming chakram from seeping into her torso, but still caused her to fly back.

Torchwick then took advantage of the confusion and managed to get inside the grounded Bullhead. "These kids just keep getting weirder," Torchwick said as he closed the side door and giving the pilots the command to take off.

Terrance saw their opponent get inside as he and his teammates stood up, and then began to charge after the airship.

"You're not getting away that easily!" Terrance screamed at the top of his lungs, flaring his aura. "Naomi, use a gravity spell on me! 50 G's!" he commanded.

"On it!" the spell caster replied. She put out a hand, causing her charging teammate to be cloaked in a dark aura on top of his own.

Terrance was able to reach the Bullhead in time, as he grabbed the bottom of it with all his might, trying to prevent it from getting away. Stacy managed to follow up and aid him, as she manipulated her chakrams around the airship and forming singularities all around it. Their effort was not yet enough though, as Terrance felt himself being lifted off the ground.

"It's not enough! Give me 100 G's!" Terrance shouted.

"Are you crazy!?" Naomi asked shocked. "I know you can withstand up to 60 G's no problem now, but that amount of pressure could kill you!"

"Just do it!" Terrance shouted again. He then felt his body get heavier as Naomi increased the pressure of her spell. "River, use an energy blast to destroy one of the engines!"

"Alright!" River replied as he began to charge as much aura as he could between his hands.

Once enough aura was gathered, River fired a massive blast of energy with the help of his Dust enhancement units, Nature's Touch. It was too late however, as Terrance lost his grip, which caused the airship to jerk upward and dodge the blast. Naomi immediately released her spell on Terrance, who collapsed exhausted from using too much aura. Naomi followed him shortly after, using too much aura herself. As the group looked up, they all saw the Bullhead escape with its passenger inside.

—RWBY—STRN—

"Look Weiss, it's not what you think. She explained the whole thing: You see, she doesn't actually wear a bow, she has kitty ears, and they're actually kind of cute," Ruby rambled on as Weiss and Yang approached the group after being questioned by the police for anything they could help with.

"Weiss," Blake started, "I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was-"

"Stop," Weiss interrupted. "Do you have any idea how long we've been searching for you?" There was a pause before she continued. "Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And, in that twelve hours, I've decided…"

There was another pause before Weiss finished with, "I don't care!"

"You don't care?" Blake asked surprised.

"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?"

"No, I- I haven't been since I was younger."

Weiss stopped Blake before she could continue. "I don't want to hear it. All I want to know, is that the next time something this big comes up, you'll come to your teammates, and not some-… Someone else."

"Of course," Blake said as she wiped away a tear in her eye.

"Yeah, Team RWBY is back together!" Ruby shouted.

"I'm still not quite sure how I feel about you," Weiss said pointing at Sun, who just shied back a little at the remark.

"Hey, wait a minute. Where's Penny?" Ruby asked as she realized the missing group member.

"Probably left to rest, like we should be doing," Stacy said. "It's been a long night, we should really head back to Beacon now."

"Hey Sun, if you don't have anywhere to go, you're more than free to come with us." Naomi told the monkey faunus. "I'm sure Ozpin can find a room you can sleep in."

"Thanks, I really appreciate your generosity," Sun said warmly.

"I think we've done all we can to help out the police, we really should call it a night," River pointed out.

"Yeah, let's head home," Terrance added.

With that remark, the group then asked the police to make sure they didn't need them anymore and that they could leave. Upon their approval, the group then left the docks to return to Beacon.

Author's Note: Wow, longest chapter yet I believe. I again apologize for this chapter, as well as the previous one, for exactly following the series. This chapter was going to follow the last episode anyway, as I was really excited for writing this fight in fight was probably my favorite, a great finale in my opinion. Therefore, I felt like I really had to make it the best that I could, fleshing it out and making everything as perfect as I could.

To answer anyone questioning how overpowered Team STRN is: The group is within their third year, so I would believe that it would be somewhat reasonable that they are stronger than the first-year teams. For Terrance specifically, if no one has read the bio in my profile(which I highly suggest doing for all my OCs, just saying), he actually put off attending Beacon for a year so that he could train more. This obviously means that he is a little stronger than the rest of STRN. Not only that, but I would believe that since he is an ox faunus, this would make him naturally stronger if not at least look like it. On top of that, his semblance focuses on strength. To put into perspective how strong he can actually get: Without using his semblance, a boulder about the size of the average person could be a small workout for him. With just a little bit of his semblance, he has the potential of picking up a boulder at least twice his size. When he was holding the Bullhead, he was really using a lot of his aura to use his semblance.

If anyone is questioning Roman Torchwick's abilities in this chapter: I honestly believe he was holding back in the actual series when he fought Blake and Sun alone. For starters, he managed to adequately defend himself with two opponents for as long as he did. On top of that, one of those opponents was Blake, who Torchwick was able to keep up with even when she used her semblance. Despite him being my overall favorite male character(I just like villains who seem to have a bit of class about them, and he definitely has class), this is an unbiased opinion. Therefore, I feel he had to be pushed a little bit farther when he faced STRN, a group of four experienced fighters, in this story.

Anyway, I have had some time here and there to think about what I would like to do in the future, but not much in the writing department. Classes are still keeping me plenty busy, but I hope to at least write a little more often after this semester, maybe even back to posting every Thursday, which would turn out great in my opinion as Vol. 2 will be starting in July. Once again, this is most likely going to be my last chapter within this story for a while, but I may try to start writing "STRN Side Stories" until Vol. 2 starts, but no promises. Thank you if you have stayed with me through all of this, Khman out.