Remnant's Freelancers:
Ruby burst into their dorm room, only to see Yang asleep in her bunk, Blake reading a book and Weiss sitting on her bed studying. Ruby's eyes were still wide with surprise, and she was trying to hide the grin that was fighting it's way onto her face. However, she didn't win, and the grin sprang onto her face, causing Blake to give her a strange look. Weiss looked up from her book that she had been staring at.
"Uh... Are you OK Ruby?" Weiss questioned her, and Ruby nodded nervously. "Are you sure?" Weiss asked agaiin, and Ruby gave her another nod.
"Yeah, I'm f-fine..." Ruby replied, stuttering on 'fine'. Blake chuckled quietly, almost inaudibly. Ruby looked around, and instantly raced to her bunk and sat on it, causing it to creak violently. Ruby flinched, opened one eye, and say Weiss glaring at her angrily.
"You dolt. Do you want to break your bed again?" Weiss questioned angrily, pointing a finger at the red-clad team leader, who shook her head.
"N-N-No! I don't!" Ruby stammered, and Weiss' eyes narrowed as she looked at her inquisitively.
"Ruby? Are you sure you're fine?" Blake started questioning her, and Ruby's head spun to look at her black-haired, quiet faunus teammate, and she nodded quickly. "Really, you don't look fine." Blake told her, and Ruby looked at the floor.
"Uh... Just... Don't worry about it, it's nothing major..." Ruby said quietly, still looking at the floor. Weiss jumped off of her top bunk, and sat next to Ruby. She placed a hand on her team leader's shoulder, and Ruby looked up at her.
"Ruby, you can tell us anything." Weiss comforted her, and Ruby looked at Blake, who nodded in agreement with Weiss. 'Uh... What do I lie about... Um... Oh, I know.' Ruby thought to herself, and she brushed Weiss' hand off her shoulder.
"I'm just tired, that's all. Thanks for worrying though." Ruby lied to them, and she laid down on her bed. Weiss looked at her curiously, before climbing back onto her bunk.
"Ruby, just remember, you can tell us anything." Weiss reminded her, and Ruby nodded. Blake smiled at her when Ruby looked at her for guidance.
"Yes... Yes I know... Good night Weiss. Good night Blake." Ruby said, and she fell into a sudden, deep sleep.
Ruby walked towards her mother's grave, kneeling next it when she reached it. In front of it a white, ghost-like cloak was floating, and suddenly it dissolved into a flurry of white petals. Ruby reached out and grabbed one of the petals, clasping it in her hand. The petal then turned red, and it grew into her trademark, rose-red cloak. She rapped it around heself after she realised she hadn't been wearing it. She felt a hand place itself onto her shoulder, and she spun around, drawing Crescent Rose in the process. However, when she turned around, no one was behind her. She looked around, confused, searching for any sign that she wasn't alone out with the grave.
"It'll be alright..." She heard an echo of her dad's voice being carried on the wind. "Ruby!" She heard the echo of a young Yang, calling her name. "The trick is to keep moving, to never stop and never lose momentum." She heard part of a lecture her uncle Qrow had given her about how to wield scythe. "Is that you?" Ruby heard an echo of herself, when she had found Yang at a nightclub, which had been destroyed by the latter. "I'm. Not. Perfect." Ruby heard Weiss that time, and Ruby fell to her knees. "The real world isn't the same as a fairy tale." She heard Blake tell her, and Ruby shook her head. "Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet." Jaune told her, and she nodded slowly. "You.. Have silver eyes." She heard an echo of Ozpin, and she got back up. "Isn't it past your bedtime?" She heard and echo of Torchwick, and growled angrily. "Just watch where you're going." She heard a girl, Emerald, tell her and she shifted Crescent Rose into scythe mode. "Don't worry, I'll come back. I always do, Rubes." She heard her mother, the final words she had said to a six year-old Ruby. Ruby's eyes began to fill with tears, and she began to sob. She felt another hand place itself on her shoulder, and she turned slowly. She saw Yang standing behind her, and look of comfort radiating from her face.
"Don't worry Ruby." Yang comforted her, and Ruby gave her blonde sister a small smile.
"You can tell us anything Ruby." Weiss said, appearing behind Yang, and Ruby's smile grew larger. Ruby felt someone's arms wrap around her, and she saw Blake.
"We're here for you Ruby." Blake told her, and Ruby nodded.
"Thanks guys, that means a lot." She told them, and she heard someone talk from behind her.
"It's all thanks to you Ruby." Jaune told her, the rest of Team JNPR standing with him. She heard a metallic thud, and the tan Bluelyn hero appeared in the snow.
"Uh... Hey York, what're... What're you doing here?" Ruby asked him, and he unslung his weapon and aimed it at her. Ruby's eyes widened with shock, and she back away slightly.
"Wake up Ruby." He said in Weiss' voice and fired he at her, and then it all went from colored to black.
Wash rolled to his left, dodging sniper rounds and explosives that were sent by Maine and Wyoming. He looked around the corner, and fired at Wyoming who dodged them expertly.
"I could really use that backup right now!" Wash shouted down the comms channel, but heard nothing in response. "Hello?" He questioned, and he heard a buzz.
"God Wash, shut up!" York told him, and Wash quietened. "Thank you. Now see you in, three... Two..." York said over the comms channel.
"One!" Wash heard York shout, and he saw York jump off a building next him. "Hey there!" York greeted him, ducking under the incoming fire. "It looks like you've got yourself in a bad situation." York commented, and Wash glared at him unnoticably through his helmet.
"Where are the others?" Wash questioned York, who shrugged in response. "Oh that's great! Just great!" Wash shouted over the gunfire.
"OK, initiating Pickup Protocol" Wash heard North over the comms channel, and Wash's face then held a confused look.
"What the in the world does that mean?" Wash started, but was cut off by a screaming South.
"Charge!" South exclaimed, riding on North shoulders. Wash's eyes widened under his helmet and he chuckled quietly.
"Oh, that's what that means." Wash spoke, and he looked to his right to York, who had disappeared. "Oh, come on!" Wash groaned, and fired another couple of bursts at the two Freelancers, Maine and Wyoming.
"Woohoo!" South shouted down the comms channel, causing Wash to try and cover his ears through his helmet.
"Wash, move up!" Carolina ordered him, and Wash ran towards where the twins were fighting.
"Sorry we were a little late to the party." North apologised between gunshots, and Wash shook his head.
"Don't worry about it, I'm sure it was just Epsilon's directions sucked." Wash replied, and Epsilon appeared next to him.
"Hey, my directions didn't suck. York just sucked at following my directions." Epsilon retorted angrily, and he disappeared again.
"Yeah, you better be happy York wasn't around to hear you say that." Wash told the AI, and the twins chuckled.
"Less talking more shooting, Wash." South reminded him, and he nodded. "Good, now forward brother!" South exclaimed, both her and her brother firing at the two hostile Freelancers.
"On my mark, fire rapidly at them. Mark!" Carolina ordered them over the comms, and all three began firing non-stop. A woman carrying an umbrella jumped down infront of the two Freelancers, her umbrella blocking Wash's, North's, and South's bullets from hitting them. She was then followeed by an orange-haired, hat-wearing man.
"Oh hello, Bluelyn Heroes. I would like to stick around, but right now... I have other matters to attend to. So, until other times, ta-ra!" The man exclaimed, and all four of them, Maine, Wyoming, the Mystery Woman, and the Mystery Man vanished instantly.
"What! Where'd they go?" South questioned, and both York and Carolina ran up next to the remaining three.
"I guess that plan just vanished." York joked, earning a groan from the four other Freelancers, and a punch to the shoulder from Carolina.
"Stop making jokes York, they're horrible." Carolina told him, and began walking away. "Come on, I've got a way to track them." Carolina told them, and they followed her.
"Wake up Ruby." Weiss said while she shook her leader, who then snapped to attention. She gasped when she saw her seve friends looking down at her. She then felt the air be pushed out of her when Yang pulled her out of her bed and into a fierce hug.
"Don't ever do that again." Yang scolded the red reaper, who nodded slowly. Yang then let go of her and let out a smile. "Please... Don't." Yang said calmly, and grin spread onto Ruby's face.
"I won't Yang..." Ruby said with mock sadness in her voice. "Wait... Why are all of you here?" Ruby questioned, and the three members of Team RWBY exchanged looks with each other.
"Oh right... About that... You've kinda been alseep for... About two days..." Jaune told her nervously, and Ruby's eyes widened.
"What! H-H-How..." She asked confusedly, and all seven exchanged looks.
"We have no idea. It could be to do with anything, for any reason." Weiss answered her, and Ruby nodded slowly. "But it's good to have our leader back." Weiss told her, and Ruby smiled at her.
"Thanks guys..." Ruby told them, and Jaune smiled back at her.
"No, it's all thanks to you Ruby." Jaune told her kindly, and she looked at him, confused.
"What is?" Ruby asked, and the seven exchanged glances once again.
"It's thanks to you that we know how to take down Torckwick." Blake told her, and them Ruby's eyes lit up.
"Torchwick! Has he done anything in the two days I was out?" Ruby asked them, and Pyrrha nodded.
"Yes. He's got two new henchmen. They had a close encounter with the Heroes of Bluelyn." Pyrrha informed her, and Ruby's eyes widened.
"They attacked Wash and York?" Ruby asked them, and Team JNPR looked at her confused. "Oh right. We've met them! Their names are Wash, York, Carolina, South, and North!" Ruby exclaimed, and now Nora's eyes widened.
"Wait! You've met them?" Nora asked her, and Ruby nodded enthusiastically. "That is so awesome!" Nora exclaimed, giving Ruby a high five.
"Hey... Now that I'm awake... Can I get out of the bed?" Ruby asked them, and all seven took steps away from her bed. "Thank you." Ruby thanked them, and jumped off of her bunk. "So... You wanna go out and catch Torchwick?" Ruby asked them, and they all nodded. "Wow... No 'We need to find him's or 'We're not ready's?" She asked surprised, and they all nodded again. "Good! Let's go. Team RWBY in Weiss' car, and Team JNPR in Pyrrha's car!" Ruby exclaimed, and they all headed out of the Team RWBY dorm room.
Ruby jumped into the passenger seat of Weiss' car, bouncing up and down happily while she watch the garage's door open. Ruby heard Yang giggle from the seat behind her, and she turned to look at the blonde brawler, who was smiling widely at her. Ruby beamed back at her, causing the two sister's to chuckle. The driver-side door opened, and Weiss climbed into the blinding-white car, and revved the engine.
"Are we all ready to go?" Weiss asked her three teammates, who nodded in response, Yang's nodded was over-enthusiastic. "OK, calm down Yang." Weiss told the brawler, who nodded slowly.
"Yes Weiss..." Yang said dejectedly, mocking sadness. Ruby looked out of their garage, and saw Pyrrha's car driving down the road.
"Onward, teammate Weiss!" Ruby shouted, pointing out of the garage, and Weiss' car drove smoothly out of the garage. Ruby pulled out her scroll, sliding along her contacts until she found Jaune. She tapped on the screen, and began to record a message.
Jaune felt his scroll buzz in his pocket, and he pulled it out to see it's light blinking on and off. The icon showed he had gotten a new message, and he pulled it up. It was from Ruby, and it read:
To: J-Arc
From: R-Rose
Subject: Plans
"OK Jaune, you know the plan? Good, You, Weiss and I will go in through the front, with Yang and Nora following us. Blake, Pyrrha and Ren, however, will sneak in from the sides, cutting off the enemy, therefore stopping them from escaping. So, now you knowthe plan we ca-"
"Ruby! I'm trying to concentrate on the road, you talking isn't helping with that."
"Sorry Weiss..."
The voice-message told him, and he nodded along to it. He heard Pyrrha chuckle from the driver's seat, and he looked up.
"You all heard that, right?" He asked them, and all three of them nodded in response. "Good. Now that's what we need to do when we get there, and you all know your roles, right?" He told them, following it up with a question.
"Yes Jaune, we heard and we all know our roles. Now, let's just focus on getting there first." Pyrrha replied kindly, and Jaune nodded slowly.
Team RWBY's and JNPR's cars skidded to a halt in an alleyway, the two teams clambered out of their cars, a part from Weiss, who climbed out elegantly. Ruby jumped out, falling onto the floor. Yang chuckled at her younger sister, pointing at her whilst she laughed. Blake smirked while Jaune and Weiss both ran over to the red-clad girl.
"You really should be more careful Ruby." Weiss scolded her leader, who nodded slowly, grabbing the heiress' petite hand.
"Yeah... You really should Ruby. I met you after you... Oh, you know... Exploded and almost killed both you and Weiss." Jaune told her, and she chuckled slightly.
"That's really comforting Jaune." Ruby replied jokingly, punching his shoulder playfully. "Is this it?" Ruby asked them, and Blake nodded in response.
"Yes. This is where I've seen Torchwick go in the last two days. So I'd guess so, yeah." Blake answered, and Ruby smiled grimly.
"Well. Let's get on with it then." Ruby told them, and they separated into their two teams. "OK, on my mark. I will tell us all to burst in. Yang, you're on 'lockpick' duty." Ruby told them, telling Blake, Pyrrha and Ren over a scroll call. "OK... Three... Two... One... Go!" Ruby exclaimed, and Yang kicked the door open, and Nora jumped through the door with her hammer creating a rather large explosion when it hit the ground.
"Oh, you have got to be kidding me." Ruby heard a voice say from in front of her, and she looked up to see the five Freelancers, the one talking being Wash.
"What are you doing here?" South asked, pointing at Weiss accusedly. Weiss looked at her in shock.
"We could ask you the same question?" Weiss retorted angrily, and South smirked as she put on her helmet.
"You couldn't even try to accomplish what we're about to do, kid." South replied, the smirk now hidden by her helmet. Weiss glared at her, and crossed her arms.
"Hmph. Try me." Weiss said angrily, her arms crossed, and South chuckled.
"Oh, trust me, I will." South replied, circling the heiress, who drew Myrtenaster.
"You two! Cut it out. We're here for Maine and Wyoming, not them South." Carolina ordered the two, who stopped and glared at the leading Freelancer, who walked away. "Come on, we've got a job to do." Carolina said, heading off from the other nine, the four Freelancers, Ruby, Jaune, Weiss, Nora and Yang.
"OK... Three... Two... One... Go!" Ruby shouted at Team Two over her scroll, and the three jumped in through the window. Blake looked around, pointing Gambol Shroud around the room.
"It's clear, let's move up." Pyrrha told the other two, who nodded with agreement. The three opened a door slowly, and Pyrrha aimed Miló through the door, but the room was clear, and the three filed into it. Suddenly, Blake heard a movement to their left, and then she dodged a sniper round, which hit the floor where she was once standing. "Cover! Cover!" Pyrrha shouted, and the three ran for cover. Just as suddenly as the sniper round, a blue hologram appeared near Blake.
"Perhaps we could talk about this over a spot of coffee." The hologram said in a strange, robotic voice. Blake smirked, but shook her head. "That is most... Displeasing..." It siad before disappearing. Blake looked up, and saw a man in tin-silver armor run along the dark catwalk, and she grinned.
"Pyrrha. I know where he is. I think I can get him." Blake whispered to the green-eyed amazon, who smiled.
"Get him, Blake." The red-head replied, and Blake began to fire rapidly at the running soldier.
"Oh dear God!" She heard the soldier shouted, and she chuckled to herself. She ran across the room, to the otherside and cut off the soldier. "Oh... Hello there deary. It's just a... Misunderstanding, so if I could just be let go, that would be just jolly." The man told her, and she smirked.
"I don't think so, Tin Man." She named him, and he recoiled in surprise.
"Well. The hard way it is then." Tin Man said, and threw a punch at Blake.
DUUUUNNN! Suspense, yeah, and released early, that means more time for chapters fourteen and fifteen, the real big battle between Torchwick and The Freelancers and Teams RWBY and JNPR! If you want more content, think about looking at stories New Beginnings, Ruby Rose: The One who Ran by Lord Revan Flame or Weiss Reacts by ElfCollaborator. And remember, constructive criticism is always useful!
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