A/N: Split this one into two, it's quite long. Also there may be a bunch of mistake's, i was too excited/lazy to proof read seven pages and i wanted to get this up ASAP
"Yang! Yang, why would you say something like that?" Weiss called, catching up to the brawler. The blonde hummed as she turned to face her sister's partner.
"Something like what snow angel?" She teased. Weiss winced at the nick name.
"Please don't call me that. I was referring to the roses, how could you even expect me to 'keep one' if they just fade away like that?"
"Oh. Well I guess I forgot about that" Yang stated, "Well the ones she always gives me last a while. Maybe it depends on the way Ruby makes them." She said finger on her chin in thought. "I mean if you really want one you could just ask" She suggested with a grin.
"Oh don't be ridiculous, I was just curious is all" Weiss replied, folding her arms across her chest sharply.
"Relax Weiss, don't read too much into it" Yang laughed, before quickening her pace to catch up with the others, leaving a slightly confused heiress behind.
"What was that supposed to mean?" she mumbled to herself before realising she had stopped walking and had to jog to catch up.
"So here we are, according to these coordinates, we gotta check all of these buildings" Ruby stated, nudging her head toward the factory complex which was boarded by a steel fence and was comprised of three different buildings. They weren't too sure exactly what the factory was for but they could make out the different buildings.
One was definitely a warehouse, which sat at the back of the perimeter and stretched the length of it. The one the right had to be the actual factory, with all its pipes sprouting from the roof and large machinery parked around it. The final building on the left side looked like a regular building, low to the ground and void of any pipes, machines, or huge truck bay doors like the warehouse. Maybe is was a common area for all the workers, they would find out eventually.
But all the buildings had one thing in common, they were all old and degrading. They had to be at least a hundred years old, it was a wonder that they were still around. The metal roofing of the warehouse was rusted and cracking, some parts of it had already gave and caved in. the big double bay doors could hardly be described as sturdy, hanging lopsided and looking as a slight nudge would cause them to collapse. All the windows were dirty and no doubt had stopped allowing light through years ago.
The factory building was no better. The spires and columns extruding from the roof were cracked and some of them had even broken in half. Parts of the roof where the columns mast have landed were broken as well, leaving holes in the ceiling, at least some light would be getting through.
The building to the left was holding up a little better. It didn't have any pipes and columns to collapse on itself, or any metal roofing to rust and crack. But it was still old and looked extremely fragile. If the team were going to fight in there, they would have to be extremely careful so as to not bring the whole place down, literally.
"How about we split up?" Ruby suggested, "Me and Weiss will take a look in the factory, Blake and Yang take a look in that ordinary looking building to the left. Then I guess we'll meet up in that warehouse at the back"
"Good idea Ruby! Let's go Blake!" Yang saluted, quickly grabbing Blake's arm and pulling her toward the building. "See you in a bit!" She called back, waving her hand with a slightly surprised slightly annoyed Blake trying not to fall over as the brawler practically dragged her away.
"Yang! Stop! What the hell!" Ruby and Weiss heard the faunas yell before they were out of earshot. Ruby turned to her partner and offered her a smile, "C'mon partner let's get going!" Weiss rolled her eyes and breathed an all t0o common, "Honestly" as the caped scythe wielder run ahead. At least this time there was no roses, Weiss though as she began to walk toward the factory, not bothering to quicken her pace, Ruby would wait for her, she knew she would.
Weiss would have caught up to Ruby, if something didn't catch her eye before she did. Or someone. Weiss almost missed the person, he was standing atop the warehouse watching her as she went, he had his rifle trained on her. She didn't know whether he was planning on shooting her or not, but when she stopped and looked at him, he slowly got up and jumped off the building, disappearing behind it.
Weiss stood still for a moment, she knew who it was. Even from this distance it wasn't hard to make out the mask and the white and blue attire, he was her supposed 'body guard'. Weiss didn't know what it was but she felt strange, as if something was, something was different. She looked back toward the factory where Ruby was no doubt waiting for her then took another look toward the warehouse. The nagging feeling she felt grew stronger, it was urging her to give chase but the red head was causing her to hesitate.
"She'll be fine" She assured herself before jumping onto a glyph she had just summoned and shot off after the man. She reached the apex of her jump before summoning another glyph to launcher her over the warehouse where she landed on the ground, sliding to a halt.
Surprisingly the man in question was standing there, as if he was waiting for her. Weiss drew her rapier and held it loosely, a little suspicious of the man's behaviour but not wanted to express hostility.
"Miss Schnee, how can I help you today?" His voice rumbled through his mask, his tone dark and low didn't help to ease Weiss' suspicions.
"I've found out my father has hired you, and I've come to tell you that you really don't need to follow me around. So I suppose what I'm saying is your services are no longer required." Weiss said, adopting her most business like tone.
"Ah. That's nice Miss Schnee, but I'm no longer working for your father" He said, removing his pistol and unsheathing his sword. "I've been approached by…. Other employers who have offered me a much more exciting job" Weiss' suspicion had now formed into caution and she tightened her grip on Myrtenaster. The pistol he called Azure, broke apart and changed into its sword form, which he skilfully flipped into a reverse hold. "A job that involves removing a certain Miss Schnee along with her fellow teammates"
Weiss' eye's widened at the mention of her teammates. Not only was this man confessing that he had been paid out by someone else and is now meant to 'remove' her, but he was going for her teammates as well.
That won't do. Besides, he had to get through her first.
Weiss expression changed from frightened to determined. She knew what she had to do, knew that she had to stop this man and she also realised when she did, she would be killing two birds with one stone. Not only will she save Ruby and her teammates, but she would be finally able to show her father that she could protect herself and maybe even show herself that too.
The two eyed each other momentarily before they moved.
Weiss attacked first, using her glyphs to close the distance between them in an instant. Holding Myrtenaster at her chest, the blade pointing forward, she thrust her arm out before contact, aiming to skewer the man where he stood. But, not expecting anything less of the man, he swiftly parried the strike, leaving Weiss to continue on behind him, spinning on her heel to face the him once more.
Without missing a beat, Weiss moved once again, her glyphs pushing her faster than any person. She sped toward the back of the man, bringing Myrtenaster around in a downward slash. The mercenary was fast too and he spun around with enough time to block the attack. Although he couldn't block the blast of fire that followed. Weiss wasn't only fast in movement, she could switch and draw out dust in the blink of an eye. Two years at beacon tends to do that to students.
The mercenary yelled out as he was thrown to the floor, quickly flipping over his back and landing in a crouch. Azure collapsed back into a pistol and he fired off a couple of rounds toward the heiress. She blocked each round easily with her blade, sparks flying as the rounds bounced off the sharpened edge of Myrtenaster. The dual swordsman, took the opportunity to advance toward the heiress.
Weiss waved her right arm in front of her, summoning a glyph, shaded blue, which fired a volley of ice shards toward her opponent. But he didn't slow down, Azure changed back into a sword smoothly and quickly, and he swiftly reversed it in his grip and began to deflect the icy projectiles. They exploded as the blade ripped through them rendering them to nothing more than harmless shards that bounced off his mask and cloak.
He reached Weiss, and swung the sword in his right hand, which he named Kezuru, in an overhead arc bringing it down on top of Weiss. Weiss used her dust to strengthen her defence, illuminating Myrtenaster a dull red and she blocked the swing easily. The mercenary quickly brought Azure around in a horizontal slash right after, which Weiss quickly parried, the still strengthened blade causing the man's arm to rebound back around.
He spun into the motion, using the momentum to put more force behind his next attack. Kezuru trailing behind him, it clashed loudly against Myrtenaster sending a loud ringing noise through the complex. Weiss quickly spun her dust canister and stopped it at the chamber housing the spark dust, released some of it and ran her fingers up her blade, the dust trailing behind them. The blade was painted with a few purple coloured glyphs and Weiss thrusted her rapier toward her enemy. The point touched him and arcs of electricity burst from the blade and conjoined at the point.
The mercenary yelled as electricity coursed through his body, sending his muscles into spasms. He was held there for a moment before the point of the blade exploded violently and launched him backwards. Weiss flicked Myrtenaster around expertly as she watched the man land on the ground roughly. "Having second thoughts?" she asked smugly.