"They're so peaceful…"
"Agreed, but do you not remember what we're here for?"
"Heck yeah, let's get going."
BANG
Five Minutes Later
"Engie, please for the love of Oum, do not wake us up with a shotgun." Said man chuckled and loaded a shell into the Backwards Boomstick-paint job shotgun. "Couldn't help it. 'Sides, we're so used to being woken up by gunshots that gunshots are the only thing that could wake us up."
"Alright, what ya girls wanna eat?"
Ruby raised her hand. "No Ruby, there's no cookies." She put her hand down with a small raincloud over her head. "C'mon Rubes, I'll buy you cookies when we get back to Beacon!" Yang tried to cheer her up.
"No suggestions?" Engineer stood there waiting for an answer, while sounds of someone stirring awake was heard.
Sniper yawned, and stood up from his chair in the sniper's nest. He grabbed his rifle and weaponry before walking downstairs. He walked into the 'mess hall' as Soldier oh so likes to call the dining room, and caught a glimpse of the Engineer. Sniper just nodded and patted the Texan's shoulder before disappearing into an adjacent room.
"Really? No preferences?" They all shook their heads. "Well then, bacon and eggs it is." Engineer walked to a few cupboards and took out the ingredients.
"Oh! How's your arm mom?" Ruby asked, to which the older Rose replied, "As good as new, I can even say it looks prettier without the scars and whatnot!" Ruby and Yang beamed at the news.
"Good morning Mister Spy." The Frenchman walked into the room holding a newspaper and what appears to be a shot of wine. "Bonjour, mademoiselle."
Nobody at the table understood what the man just said. Weiss quirked an eyebrow. "What?"
"It means 'Good morning, miss.' in French, the language of my country."
"How many countries are there?" Summer accepted Engineer's glass of water and took a sip from it.
"Never bothered to check, too many to count. Besides, many of those countries do not hold significant importance. At least, no significant importance to us." Spy set his shot down and sat on a chair opposite of the Remnant natives.
"So… When are we going back? Mom's already cured, and we got nothing else to do here! Right?"
"Don't forget, Ruby. We still need to get the… petrol? As well as gunpowder for Ozpin." Weiss pointed out as the sizzling sound of bacon filled the room.
"Ya'll can get 'em from Heavy. Just ask 'im and he'll be happy to get the things ya need." Engie said while cracking a few eggs.
A Few Minutes Later
"Okay. First of all, this is too greasy. Secondly, this has too much salt."
"C'mon Weiss, ya' gotta admit, it's delicious! Don't 'cha think, Ruby?" Yang looked at her sister, who just gave her a thumbs up. "See! Don't worry, even if you put on a few pounds, you're still Weiss!" She was answered with a 'hey!' from the ice queen.
"We should get the things we need." Blake said, to which her team nodded in agreement. "Come on team! Let's go!" The cheerful soul of RWBY stood up and walked towards the exit. Her left foot was just about to step out of the room when Spy's voice stopped her. "Other way."
"I-I knew that!" She turned around and walked out the other door. Yang stifled a giggle and dragged Blake along. Weiss followed soon after.
"Wow…" Ruby stopped and took a good look at the large hole in the middle of the open-air building.
"That's a deep hole…"
"Wonder what they have down there?"
"Hmph. They don't even have safety railings, do they not care for safety?!"
"Well Weiss, they are mercenaries… And they can't die as well."
The team made their way over to the locker room, as Spy had told them. "Hello? Mister Heavy?" The Russian looked up from the gun in his hands. "Ah! What can Heavy do for you?"
"Well, Headmaster Ozpin requested us to bring back some samples of petroleum, whatever that is, and some gunpowder back to Beacon. So I was wondering, could you help us get those items?"
"Hah! Of course! You wait here, Little-Snow girl." Weiss looked slightly confused at the nickname the bear used for her.
Yang snickered loudly. "Little-Snow girl, hah!" Her adoptive mother saw this and gave the girl a playful whack on the head. "Ow! Sorry!" With that, Heavy chuckled in his Russian accented voice and walked over to a steel shutter with the words 'Garage' crudely painted on it. He bent down and used a single finger to lift the metal plating before walking inside.
The girls in the room flinched when the steel shutter came crashing down with a loud 'clang', along with the distant voice of Engineer. "Goddammit Heavy! That shutter's expensive!"
Ruby decided to sit on one of the benches in the room and took in her surroundings. Her eyes scanned over a belt of ammunition, an old-looking rifle with no visible magazine, yellow jars of something,a few bullets lying here and there, a pink purse(What?) until her eyes finally set on a display rack. The moment her eyes connected with the glorious weaponry displayed inside the glass display, her silver pupils began dilating, and her body slowly vibrating.
"Uh… Rubes? What's wrong?" Summer looked at her daughter with a questioning eye, as the younger rose slowly stood up and made her way to the display case. "Rubes. Is something wrong?" Summer Rose started walking quickly to her daughter's side. "What's wrooo…" Her voice trailed off as her eyes landed on the contents of the display case.
"Um, mom? Rubes?" It was now Yang's turn to look at her family with confused glances, as she could see a few drips of drool coming from Ruby's mouth. She decided to check out what they were looking at.
"Alright, back off now, you're gonna flood the place with drool later on." Yang grabbed both of the roses by the cloak and pulled back, snapping the Roses out of it.
"What's a few miniguns to look at? They're just weapons."
She did not know what hell she unleashed upon herself when those words escaped her lips.
With Engineer
The Texan had his hardhat on the table as he ate his breakfast silently. The only sounds in the room was the dull humming of electricity and the distant ranting of two certain roses.
He let out a long sigh and continued eating his bacon and eggs. He perked his head up when he saw the door to his right open. "How's it going?"
The Australian shrugged and slung his rifle over his back. "No sign of movement, but it looks bloody hot out there."
Engineer let out an empty chuckle. "'Course it is."
"So what are ya gonna do 'bout your dad?" Sniper took his hat off and sat on the chair opposite the Engineer. The American shook his head. "I'dunno, still haven't thought much 'bout it."
Sniper simply nodded and went over to the coffee machine to grab some coffee. He came back with two mugs of the hot beverage.
"Thanks."
"Wonder how the girls are doing."
"I'll be off now, back to the snipin' nest."
Meanwhile
"Learned your lesson?" Both Roses asked the blonde.
"Yes, yes I did." Yang's face was emotionless and bags were visible beneath her eyes.
"Professor Heavy! Thank you!" Weiss called out when the Russian entered the room with a fuel can and a bag of something. "What happened?"
Both Roses hastily replied. "Oh! Nothing!" Heavy skeptically glanced between them and the dead-looking brawler. "… Anyways, Heavy brought you petroleum, and gunpowder. Be careful, they can explode easily."
"Alright! Thank you!" Ruby skipped over to the man and grabbed the fuel can, but instantly fell down due to the weight of the can. "AH!" Yang helped Ruby lift the can, but discovered that even herself, the strongest in terms of strength in the group, had difficulty lifting it.
"Be careful, they can catch fire." Heavy then handed the sack of gunpowder to Summer, who hefted it relatively easily. "Thank you Heavy!"
"Pozhalustya. That means welcome in Russian language." Heavy stated in his thick Russian accent. Suddenly, sounds of sirens wailing and klaxon's blaring filled the air. "What the-"
5 Minutes Ago – Sniper's Nest
"Blergh! What kinda coffee is this? Piss?" Sniper set the mug down on the table and continued surveying the area through the sniper scope.
"… Urgh, bloody BLU's at their base again…" He shifted his body around to get a better view. "Let's see… One fatass, one doctor, one… Scout and one Soldier." He continued observing intently. "Looks like they're settin' up for an attack. Better warn the guys."
Distant gunfire reached his ears.
"What the…?" Sniper looked through his scope again. "Bloody 'ell… They're dead…" Sniper hastily stood up from his seat and walked over to the landline placed on the table nearby. He dialed a number in and waited for a response.
"What's goin' on?" Engineer's voice came through the speakers. Sniper spoke in a rather confused tone. "Did ya' send any of the guys over to BLU base to kill 'em?" A 'no' was his answer.
"Well I just saw the BLU's over at their base get massacred. No, I can't see who killed 'em… Alright, will alert ya when I see 'em."
With Engineer
The Texan put the phone back into the wall socket and let out an exasperated sigh. "Who's killin' the BLU's?" He muttered to himself. "Whelp. Time to activate the defenses."
With Sniper
Whistling could be heard as the jar was slowly being filled up by yellow liquid. "Ah~ Much better."
"Hmm? Looks like Engie got those sentries up n' runnin." Sniper was referring to the five or so gatling guns that popped out of walls, ceilings and floors outside of their base.
"Alright, where are ya?" He continued scanning, until he caught a glint of something metallic. He refocused the scope crosshair on the light, and squinted to make out the shape.
"Oh." Was all he could manage before a hail of bullets struck the nest. "Bloody hell!" He crouched down and made his way over to the telephone. "Engineer! We're being attacked! What the hell are your sentries doing?!"
"W-What?! They're functional just a minute ago!Shit, just don't get killed!" He slammed the landline down and ran to the control room. "Soldier! Sound the alarm! We're being attacked!"
The man was busy watching a war movie and did not hear the Texan's screams, until the man ran over and whacked him on the head did he respond. "What! What happened!?"
"Ah for fu- Just activate the alarm!" Soldier did so and the klaxons started blaring full blast.
Present
"Time for baby killing time!" Heavy hefted his minigun out from the display case, rushing out of the locker room and grabbing a bandolier on the way out.
"C'mon team! L-Let's do this!" Ruby's voice cracked slightly. Yang and Summer dropped what they were carrying and pulled out their weapons. The girls nodded to each other and ran out the room.
"Team RWBY! Get to safety, inside that room!" The Engineer pointed to the spawn room, which was guarded by a level three sentry gun.
"Bu-"
"No buts, I'm not going to let a bunch a' kids die on my watch!"
"Go, I'll help them out." Summer said to her daughters, who reluctantly nodded and beckoned their team to the spawn room. Summer smiled at their silhouettes, but her face became a frown when she turned to the Texan.
"Are you sure they'll be safe inside?" The Engineer looked a bit scared of the lady's face at first, but quickly recomposed himself.
"You have my word." Summer's face softened when the words of reassurance reached her ears. "Alright, no more babbling. We got ourselves a fight to catch!" The man pulled his shotgun out and ran to the entrance of the base, where the enemies are fighting the rest of RED Team.
"Yo." He said in a calm manner when he ducked behind a sandbag along with the Demoman. "Aye lad!" Demoman blind-fired a grenade from behind cover and a scream along with an explosion signified a kill. "So who we're up against?" The Engineer asked.
"Hm? Ah we 'dunno. I remember Sniper tellin' me that they're the laddies they met yesterday at the wizard's house." The conversation between the two was calm and collected, compared to the raging firefight taking place literally three feet around them.
"Shit. Sniper! How many are there?" He screamed to the Australian who was also taking cover behind some sandbags. "'Round fifty of 'em!"
"See any engineer sort a' dudes?"
"Nah! Only the usual run a' the mill grunts!"
"Alright! Everybody! Open fire!"
A/N: First off, before you kill me for not posting a chapter last week and also having a VERY FUCKING short chapter out today, I have to say somethings.
*Kneels down.*
*Slams head on ground.*
I APOLOGIZE
Alright now you can pull the trigger.
Seriously though, the reason I did not update last week was because, I hit an obstacle.
I felt like I wrote myself into a corner and could not find a way to advance my storyline. I could not find inspiration as well. This chapter, 2K words, are written over the span of a week. I just could not and did not have the heart to churn out the same amount of words as the recent chapters.
So, I apologize once again, and I hope you could give me any pointers for my writing. Thank you.
B/N: It's okay. You'll get yo shit back soon enough. I believe in you m8