Now for something that's new for team RWBY: a mission that is school endorsed.
All members of team RWBY, minus Ruby, stood in the main dorm room as they waited for their young leader to return from Ozpin's office. She was called away early in the morning for a meeting, undoubtably about what she saw the night before. Aaron watched as Yang paced the room, concern radiating off her. "I'm not being too big sistery, am I?" Yang asked her teammates.
"Ruby can take care of herself," Aaron said. "After what she's been through, I can't blame you."
"I know that it was only one person, but I just can't get that scene out of my head." Yang shook her head and hugged herself. "If I never see that again, it will be too soon."
"You might be bordering on overprotective though," Weiss chipped in. "You can't be by her side all the time."
"We're a team," Blake added. "If someone messes with one of us, he messes with all of us. Then there's the dragons and the rest of Beacon."
"Not to mention possible Atlas military support if those two soldiers keep their word." Aaron crossed his arms. "We're essentially the most well-armed and well-defended team at Beacon. People would be insane to try and take us out. If we do meet any White Fang out there this week, they should be hesitant about taking us all on."
If I'm worried about Ruby, Cerise cut in, only then do you have reason to worry. She won't be taken down easily…I do thank you all though for being worried about my Rider. She's on her way back now.
Yang sighed and turned to Aaron. "I never asked, where exactly did you disappear to last night?"
The one guy on the team shrugged. "Just a hiker that was a little too overconfident in his skills. But he was acting awfully shifty."
Yang nodded. "Well, I guess it's mission time. Actually," she turned to one of the desks in the room, "I think Ruby would like to see what dad sent us first."
Aaron looked at the brown tube. "What did he send that he couldn't have brought when he was here a few weeks ago?"
"Sorry, but this isn't medieval times," Yang said. "We can send not important stuff all the time and it's no big deal." The door to the room opened and Ruby stood in the doorway. The three other girls on the team flashed over to the door. "What happened?"
"Uh, well umm, ehehe, uh," Ruby stammered, "Can I come inside first?" Weiss, Yang, and Blake backed up enough for Ruby to fully enter the room and close the door behind her. "Well, that woman I fought wasn't an ordinary criminal. She took down like twenty guards in a few minutes, and I couldn't even get a solid hit on her."
"How'd she fight?" Weiss asked as she crossed her arms.
"She had two short swords that could be joined at the hilts to form a bow. Everything she used was made of glass, even her weapon. She could even deflect bullets with her hands, but none of those are the worst part." Ruby looked up at Aaron and Yang. "Her mind was shielded."
Aaron's eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly. "Are you sure?" he asked.
"That, or her mind is just full of a dark wall."
"What's so significant about someone having a shielded mind?" Blake asked.
"Up until last night, we were the only ones around who could," Yang stated.
"As far as I can tell, no one in Vale can shield their minds naturally." Aaron crossed his arms and grimaced. "We're the only ones, and what do we have in common?" He turned to Yang.
The blonde stood still for a few seconds, then her shoulders dropped. "We're all Riders. The last egg."
"She was wearing gloves, so I couldn't get a look at her hands," Ruby said, sounding drained. "I really hope we're wrong about this."
"She could be someone with a telepathic Semblance," Blake said. "Like, what's his name, Doctor X?"
"If Doctor X was more like Magnetik." Yang shook her head. "Well, we got something in the mail that might take your mind off this." She walked over to the desk with the brown tube.
"What's that?" Ruby asked.
Yang picked up the tube. "I don't know yet. Dad sent it to us. I thought we could open it together."
Ruby let out a high pitched squeal. "Something from home!" She disappeared in a flash, leaving rose petals in her place. When Aaron saw her next, Ruby had her legs wrapped around her sister's waist and her arms were flailing at the tube. Aaron sighed and shook his head.
After a few seconds, Yang jolted the tube down and a black cylinder fell out the bottom. To Aaron's surprise, the cylinder bounced twice, then it grew four legs a tail, and a head. The Rider blinked rapidly, trying to understand what just happened.
The dog barked twice, and all the girls jumped and squealed, though for different reasons. "Zwei!" Ruby yelled.
"He sent a dog?" Blake demanded.
"In the mail?" Weiss asked.
"How is that possible?" Aaron scratched his head. There was no way that dog should have fit in that tube. Dogs weren't that flexible. Blake jumped and hid on Ruby's bed. Possibly as surprising as Zwei coming out of the tube, Weiss actually liked the dog. Then again, she did have a soft spot for dragon hatchlings.
The PA system crackled to life. "Will all first year students please report to the amphitheater," Goodwitch announced.
"Well we can't exactly leave him here while we're gone for a week," Weiss said with her hands on her hips.
Yang reached inside the tube. "Look there's a letter. 'Dear girls, I've got to leave the island for a few days, so I'm sending Zwei to you to take care of. Enclosed is all the food you should need. Love you both, Taiyang.'"
"'All the food you should need?'" Aaron scoffed. "There's no way-" Yang turned the tube upside down and dozens of cans shot out of it. Aaron slumped his shoulders. "Umm, what?"
"What is he supposed to do with that?" Weiss asked, not even questioning how not even half of those cans could fit in the much smaller tube.
Yang shook the tube once more and a can opener fell out. "Well, that settles it. Come on girls, Zwei will be here when we get back." She threw the tube over her shoulder, and Aaron caught it. He looked inside, and it was exactly the same length on the inside as the outside. Curious, he stuck an arm in the tube and it hit bottom exactly where he expected it to.
"I am so confused," Aaron said as he looked up. Ruby was the only other person left in the room, and she was looking intently at Zwei. The older Rider sighed and dropped the tube. Nalia, what is going on here?
His dragon took a few seconds to respond. When in doubt, just say it's a Remnant thing.
You're no help. Aaron left the main dorm room and proceeded to catch up with the other members of the team. They didn't make it far. A few seconds later, Ruby ran up and joined the group carrying a large backpack. "What's in there?"
"Oh, just stuff I think we'll need on the mission," Ruby said innocently. Aaron swore he saw the backpack move though. He sent a small tendril of focused thought at the backpack, and found out that Zwei was inside. Aaron sighed and shook his head. This day couldn't get weirder.
"So what are your dragons going to do while we're on mission?" Weiss asked.
"They won't be far," Aaron answered. "If we are going after…you know who, they'll need to be close by to provide support. Even if we don't, the extra strength would be greatly appreciated against the Grimm."
"If at all possible," Yang added, "me and Halcyon are going flying together. He should be big enough now, and I want to get airborne. I don't care if it's bareback, I'll take it."
"Bareback on a horse is one thing, bareback on a dragon is another experience entirely." Aaron winced as he remembered the first time Nalia whisked him away.
Team RWBY arrived at the amphitheater just as professor Goodwitch called for silence. Ruby put her backpack with all the others, and joined her team near the back. Aaron threw her a sideways glance, but she either didn't see it or ignored it. Up on the stage, Goodwitch spoke again. "Professor Ozpin would like to share a few words before we begin." She stepped back and the headmaster took her place at the microphone.
"Today we stand together, united. Mistrel. Atlas. Vacuo. Vale. The four kingdoms of Remnant. On this day nearly eighty years ago, the largest war in recorded history came to an end. It was a war of ignorance, of greed, and of oppression. A war that was about much more than where borders fell or who traded with whom. But about the very idea of individualism itself. We fought for countless reasons, one of which being the destruction of all forms of art and self-expression. And as you all are well aware that was something many could not stand for.
"As a result, those who opposed this tyranny began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself. Color. It was their way to demonstrate that not only would they refuse to tolerate this oppression, but neither would the generations to come. And it was a trend that is held to this very day. We encourage individuality, expressionism, and unity. Through diversity.
"As I have said, today we stand together, united. But this bond cannot exist without effort. Which is why today while the rest of the world celebrates peace, Huntsmen and Huntresses will work to uphold it. As first year students, you will be tasked with shadowing a professional huntsman or huntress, on a mission. Some of you may be taken out of the kingdom for several days. Others may work within the walls for the rest of the week. But no matter which path you choose, remember to be safe, remember your training, and remember to do your very best."
The crowd burst into applause and started to disperse. Team RWBY gathered in a small circle. "This is perfect. All we have to do is shadow a Huntsman working in the Southeast."
"Yeah! We'll follow them around by day and give them the slip at night," Yang stated while making dramatic hand motions.
"Let's check search and destroy," Weiss suggested. The team turned and walked toward the mission select screens.
"Can I ask you girls something?" Aaron asked while scratching his head.
Yang turned around and smirked at him. "I think you just did."
Aaron rolled his eyes. "When we first met, how didn't my name give me away? I didn't know the whole color name thing when I met you."
"Change your two As for and I and you got Iron," Ruby stated. "It's not as strange as some other ones."
Aaron gave a sideways shrug then focused ahead again. Just then, an awfully familiar mind came into his mental radius. He turned to look in the direction. It was too far out to pinpoint it for sure, but it was approaching fast. He shrugged, figuring he would find out in the next few minutes.
Ruby entered her team's name into the selection screen. The team was finally ready to take on the White Fang, all they needed was the transportation and reason to get to the general area. Quadrant Five was in the suspected area, so team RWBY took the mission in it. Unfortunately, the mission for whatever reason wasn't available for first year students.
"Wonderful," Weiss said sarcastically.
"Any other ideas?" Blake asked.
Ruby turned to her team. "We mail ourselves there." Aaron brought a hand to his face, then quickly looked over his shoulder.
"Well that's one option," a familiar voice behind Ruby said. She turned around and saw Ozpin walking over to her team. "Unfortunately, we determined that the concentration of Grimm was too extreme for first year students. It seems that particular region is rather popular. In fact I have the sneaking suspicion that the five of you will make your way there no matter which job you choose."
Ruby felt the eyes of her teammates bore into her as she scratched the back of her head. She tried to play it off though. "Whatever makes you say that?"
"I'm still curious as to how you all found yourselves at the docks last semester. I'm interested know how you really learned about a 'hideout' in the Southeast. And I certainly wonder why witnesses reported seeing robots and rose petals in a dance club some time ago." Ruby stammered a little during Ozpin's not-quite-an-accusation-speech.
"I doubt I'll ever find the exact answers I'm looking for. Instead of waiting for you all to break the rules, why don't we just bend them?" Ozpin hit a few buttons on his tablet and the selection screen reset itself. The members of team RWBY looked around themselves and smiled at each other. Their plan was working out after all.
Ruby turned back to Professor Ozpin. "Thank you professor."
"Do not thank me for this. Teamwork and persistence have carried you far, but you must understand, the things that await you beyond the protection of the kingdom will not care. Stay close to your huntsman at all times. And do exactly as he says. He will be leading you on this mission. And he can have you sent back to Beacon, if he finds your skills to be unsatisfactory." Ozpin walked away for a few seconds, then turned back. "Good luck." This time he walked away for good.
As soon as Ozpin was out of sight and earshot, Ruby fist pumped. "Yes! We are doing this!"
Aaron nodded. "It seems we are. I should probably go-" once again his head snapped to the side. His eyes grew large and his mouth dropped open. "No way…" He sprinted out of the amphitheater.
The rest of team RWBY stared after him. "Either of you know what that was about?" Weiss asked Ruby and Yang.
"I'm not sure." Ruby stretched her mind out in the direction Aaron looked. It didn't take her long to figure out what got him so excited. The Rider sisters locked eyes, Ruby seeing an equal amount of shock in Yang's. They sprinted for the door, leaving Weiss and Blake in their dust.
Ruby and Yang left the amphitheater and turned toward the secondary landing pads. Far ahead, Aaron stood like a statue. The two sisters stopped by him and stared at a Bullhead that just landed. Team CVFY was disembarking, all of them looking exhausted, but uninjured.
A green dragon hatchling practically stood on top of Velvet's feet.
The three Riders of team RWBY looked at each other in shock. The egg was missing and Velvet found it? What are the odds? Ruby took a look at Velvet's hands, and saw a silver mark on her right. There was no mistaking it now.
Halcyon and Cerise soon joined their Riders on the ground while Nalia hovered just overhead. The green hatchling looked over at the other Riders and squeaked. Velvet looked up and locked eyes with Ruby. She blinked a few times then looked over at Coco. The two of them had a short conversation, then Velvet walked over to the other group. She rubbed her arm and looked at the ground. The hatchling dutifully stayed by his/her Rider's side.
"Hi guys," she said nervously.
"Velvet," Aaron breathed, "you…"
"I didn't find the egg if that's what you're wondering." The hatchling looked up at his Rider and cocked his/her head. "After about a week in the village, we repelled a massive Grimm attack. One of the kids from the village ran up to Coco and gave it to her. I believe he said that his dad found it in the forest nearby for him." Ruby looked at Cerise. Velvet's story sounded a lot like theirs. "What was the egg doing out there anyway?"
"About two weeks ago," Ruby started, "the egg was stolen from the Dragonhouse. We didn't have many opportunities to got out and look for it, but depending on how far out you were, we wouldn't have found it anyway.
Velvet nodded. "Two nights later, he hatched while I was on watch. I don't know if you three were shocked when you first touched your dragons, but I was. That really hurt."
"That's the natural reaction, Velvet," Yang said with a smile on her face. "A few minutes of pain is well worth what comes after."
"Fox and Coco didn't think so at first. When I came to, they were yelling at Yatsu to get out of the way. He was saying that you two might have gone through the same thing when you met your dragons."
Yang looked at the ground, then at Cerise. "We had similar reactions when Cerise hatched for Ruby, only none of us thought that Cerise was harmless."
"What's his name?" Ruby asked, her excitement growing by the second.
Velvet frowned and blinked a few times. "I haven't named him. I figured you would want him back, especially since his egg wasn't supposed to be out that far." The hatchling whimpered and rubbed its full body against Velvet's leg.
"He's yours Velvet," Ruby said through a huge smile.
"You better get used to him," Yang said, crossing her arms. "You're stuck with him forever."
Velvet hesitated, then smiled. "I hoped you would say that." The hatchling squeaked again, and started purring.
"I didn't think this was possible," Aaron said, scratching his head.
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked.
The bond dragons formed with others only includes elves and humans, Nalia answered in a stunned voice. Faunus share many more traits with those two than with the other races in Alagaësia. Still, I would not think that this is possible.
Velvet leaned down and stroked her dragon's back. He purred even more and arched his back. His Rider was careful to avoid the spikes on the dragon's back. "I did have a name in mind," Velvet said. "How do you like Vert?" The hatchling squeaked again and jumped onto his Rider's shoulder.
"Ruby," Weiss called from behind said girl. "You ran off without your…bag." The heiress appeared at the edge of Ruby's vision. Blake arrived soon after. Both of them stared at the several day old hatchling standing on Velvet's shoulder. Apparently Vert hadn't figured out that he was getting too big to do that.
"Thanks Weiss." Ruby took the backpack from her partner and slipped the straps over her shoulders. She felt Zwei move around a little inside, and hoped the dog wouldn't bark.
Vert stood on Velvet's shoulder looking at the new arrivals. "He's a cute one," Weiss said, a smile forming on her face.
"That's all three now, isn't it?" Blake asked.
Aaron nodded. "All three eggs I escorted have hatched within a month of each other. That almost never happens."
"I guess you were in the right place at the right time." Ruby patted Aaron on the back.
The green hatchling jerked his head to the side and growled. Velvet looked at her shoulder ornament, then followed his gaze. "Vert, don't hurt them." She stroked her dragon's head. "They're bullies, but they're still students here." Confused, Ruby turned around and saw team CRDL walking nearby. She maintained a neutral face, but on the inside, she wholeheartedly supported Vert.
"How did you feed him out there?" Blake asked Velvet.
"The villagers helped out initially because of the stories they heard about Nalia and Cerise from the news. Toward the end though, Fox and Yatsu brought back a few animals for him." Velvet winced. "It's not the easiest sight seeing him eat."
"It does take some getting used to," Ruby agreed.
Cerise took a few steps forward and looked Velvet in the eyes. Did you happen to keep any pieces of the egg shell? she asked.
Velvet blinked. "Yes, but why?"
It may still have the thief's scent on it. Cerise growled lightly. Even though it turned out to be beneficial, we don't like egg thieves. Whoever did this needs to pay. Halcyon growled his agreement and Ruby, Yang, and Aaron nodded.
"Okay…" Velvet hesitantly reached into the box hooked onto her belt and pulled out a couple of pieces of egg shell. She handed them to Ruby, who in turn held them out to Cerise.
The dragon sniffed the pieces several times, then looked back toward the Dragonhouse. Cerise' pupils shrank to slits, then grew back to normal size. Maybe we've been searching for the scent...Cerise thought, her eyes becoming distant. She knelt down so Ruby could put the eggshells in a saddlebag.
Coco finally walked over and placed a hand on Velvet's other shoulder. "Come on Velv, we have to report in." She looked over to Ruby and lowered her sunglasses. "I thought you had a bionic arm."
"Still do," Ruby said while gripping her right arm. "The skin's new as of last night."
The leader of team CFVY cocked her head. "I would love to hear how you accomplished that, but we have to get going, and I don't want to make you late for your mission."
Ruby blinked a few times. "Oh yeah, we have to be at the main landing pad in," she looked at her scroll, "thirty seconds! We got to go."
Velvet laughed. "Hope you all have better luck than we did."
"We'll have to have a talk when we get back," Aaron told Velvet. "Congratulations Rider." He walked off toward the landing pad. Ruby rushed to get in front of him. She was team leader, it only made sense she should take the lead on the way to their first official mission. Vert squeaked as they all walked away.
"Well, at least we know that whoever in the tower last night wasn't a Rider," Yang said.
"The egg hatched for someone else we know too!" Ruby squealed. "I doubt that happens very often." Aaron chuckled and shook his head.
"If you wanted, you could form a team of exclusively Riders now," Weiss said jokingly.
Yang turned to look at the heiress. "You never know, that could be a thing. What would it be though? I can't think of any colors that fit the letters."
"We did have ANCR about a month ago, thanks to the media," Blake put in.
"There is RYVA," Ruby suggested.
"Do you know who we're supposed to be meeting?" Aaron asked.
The question brought Ruby's mind back to the mission. "I believe it's—" she looked at her scroll and stopped in her tracks. "Oh no."
"Why hello team RWBY!" she heard someone say. She looked up to see Doctor Oobleck standing in front of her. "Who's ready to fight for their lives?" Out of the corners of her eyes, Ruby saw her teammates making various faces of disgust. All of them except Aaron anyway. He wore a friendly smile.
"Professor Oobleck?" Weiss said with no small amount of distaste.
"Yes I'm afraid those bags won't be necessary team," Oobleck started, and showed no signs of stopping, "seeing as you've opted to shadow a huntsman on what is now essentially a reconnaissance mission. I can assure you we will not be establishing a single base of operations. Rather we will traversing several miles of hazardous wasteland, and making camp in any inhabitable locations we may stumble upon. I've packed all our essentials myself provided the air course and readied the airship. And!" He got all up in Weiss' face. "It's Dr. Oobleck. I didn't earn a Ph.D for fun thank you very much."
"Uhh," the heiress let out.
"Come now children, according to my schedule we are already three minutes behind, schedule." Dr. Oobleck ran to the Bullhead on the main landing pad at a speed that rivaled Ruby.
"Well alright then looks like we're going to save the world with, Dr. Oo-bleck okay yeah when you say it out loud it sounds worse." Ruby said dejectedly.
"I don't see why none of you like him," Aaron said. "I've had much worse, at a much younger age."
They all meant well, Nalia chipped in, and they made us into who we are today. Aaron shrugged
"You're going on world-saving missions without us?" Ruby heard Nora say from behind her. She turned around to see team JNPR walking up. "I'm hurt and sad! Maybe a little hungry, that last one's not your fault though, Ren!" Nora glared at her partner who just turned away.
"I have to ask, did you guys see Velvet on your way over here?" Jaune asked.
Ruby smiled. "We did, and little Vert looks like he's doing well."
"So that's all eggs hatched now, correct?" Pyrrha asked Aaron.
The first Rider of the team nodded. "That's all I came here with. All the dragons are in capable hands. I should be able to catch Velvet to Yang and Ruby in training fairly quickly, if she wants to learn, of course."
"So where are you heading?" Jaune asked. From there, the conversation turned into talking about each team's respective missions. Ruby didn't really pay attention though. She was focused on how the last egg had hatched for a friend. Velvet was a good choice for Vert to make. She was kind, caring, and a good fighter when it came to it. Velvet was another person that wouldn't leave for many, many years to come. Still, she probably won't take being told that she could potentially live forever well.
There was something else that disturbed Ruby. Vert didn't hatch for the woman from the tower. Who was she, and how did she shield her mind?
"Four minutes, team RWBY!" Dr. Oobleck's yell brought Ruby out of her trance. She looked up and saw sympathetic faces on all her friends.
"Well, uh, wish us luck," Ruby said, then turned around and walked toward the Bullhead. Her team followed and they all filed in.
"Hold on back there, there is a slight tailwind at our expected cruising altitude. This could get bumpy," the pilot called back. Yang, Weiss, and Blake looked at the cockpit with shocked expressions.
"Are you kidding me," Yang breathed, then she walked into the cockpit. "It is you!"
"Am I missing something?" Ruby asked, looking back and forth between Weiss and Blake.
"He's the pilot we had when we were searching for…" Weiss stopped herself and barely glanced at Dr. Oobleck.
"When you were searching for Miss Rose," the strange teacher finished in an uncharacteristic somber tone. He looked directly at Ruby. "Professor Ozpin filled me in when you took this mission. I'm afraid that knowledge is imperative for a mission leader to know."
Ruby shrunk back and leaned against the wall behind her. "I understand." She rubbed her bionic arm and stared out the door. The Bullhead's engines sped up and the transport lifted off the ground. Those inside grabbed the bars above their heads and Yang walked out of the cockpit. Three dragons took off from Beacon and followed, though at a considerable distance.
"Ozpin also told me that you have a Bionic arm," Oobleck said, returning to his normal voice. "Both of yours look real. Care to explain?"
"I do," Ruby responded hesitantly. She lifted her right arm from her side and hit it against the metal bar above her head. Despite the layer of marinated cloth, a metallic ring filled the cabin. "Ever since I got back, I've been working on getting feeling back into my arm. Last night, it all came together, and I can feel everything on my bionic limbs now."
Dr. Oobleck's eyebrows raised. "My word! You have to be the first one on Remnant to have achieved such a feat. There have been many trials before, but none were successful. How have you done this?"
Ruby shrugged. "My little secret. It's not complete anyway, I still need to get a gun in this thing."
Yang gently punched her sister's arm. "You'll get it eventually." She turned to Dr. Oobleck. "So doc, may I ask why you're leading this mission?"
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Ruby looked around the cabin for what was making that noise. It was the same one from when she was out searching for the egg with Cerise. "Check power levels," she murmured. Three power bars appeared on the right side of her vision. None of her bionic body parts were below half charge. Still, the mechanical beeping would not go away. No one else in the Bullhead appeared to hear it either. Ruby tried to pay attention to the conversation, but her frustration was rising.
"The southeast quadrant outside of Vale is home to wild forests and deep caves," Dr. Oobleck said. "But, it is also the location to one of the kingdoms greatest failures."
"Mountain Glen," Ruby finished, more than a little of her frustration finding its way into her voice.
"That's right, it was an expansion of Vale," Yang chipped in, throwing a glance at her sister. "But in the end it was overrun by Grimm and fenced off from the rest of the city."
"Correct! And now it stands abandoned, as a dark reminder," Dr. Oobleck said.
"And a likely place for a hideout," Blake finished.
Oobleck adjusted his glasses. "Precisely."
"Ruby, you feeling okay?" Aaron asked.
The team leader groaned. "I've told you all about the beeping right?" There were nods all around, except by Dr. Oobleck of course. His posture simply stiffened. "Well, it's back and it won't go away."
"When did this start?" Oobleck asked, sounding deathly serious.
"About a week ago, when me and Cerise went flying." Suddenly, as quick as the beeps started, they stopped. Ruby sighed. "And apparently it doesn't like me talking about it."
Dr. Oobleck relaxed slightly and looked out the door. "It appears we are approaching out drop zone. Arm up!"
Team RWBY did as ordered and drew their weapons. As Ruby extended Crescent Rose, she saw a new attachment to Aaron's rifle. "When'd you get the grenade launcher?"
Aaron smirked. "Friday. I've got a bayonet too, but they can't fit at the same time."
"More friendly explosions are always appreciated," Yang said as she armed Ember Celica. She turned and jumped out of the Bullhead.
Ruby watched everyone else hit the ground. "Here we go." She sent a quick thought to Cerise, then dropped to the ground herself, ready to face anything the ruined city could throw at her.
"Boss, Little Red has left the city again," a man behind a computer said.
The Boss turned to the man. "Where is she heading?"
The computer man took a few seconds to answer. "Looks like they're heading right for Mountain Glen." Boss sighed. Mountain Glen, White Fang territory. As much as he would like to kill two birds with one stone, he didn't have the manpower to take on the degenerate terrorists and some overpowered huntresses in training and their dragons. Even with the manpower of the northern mountain base, they wouldn't have stood a chance.
"Turn off the tracker. Wait until we have confirmation from Mercenary before activating it again."
"You got it boss." The computer man said. He hit a few buttons on his keyboard then froze in place. "We just received a message from Queen."
That piqued Boss' attention. "Send it to my screen." He turned slightly to his right and watched as the message appeared. It seemed they had new targets. Velvet Scarlatina and her newly hatched dragon. Boss smirked. Getting rid of the others was revenge, killing the degenerate would be fun, at least for one of his men. If the idiots at the northern base were correct in their assessment of dragon scales, they would certainly be valuable to sell, not to mention the leather that hid beneath.
Boss transferred the new information to a folder that contained the rest. The amount of Lien offered to kill only four children was staggering, but most likely well placed. Whoever Queen was, she wanted these dragons and Riders dead. Boss would have killed them all anyway for putting his brother in an Atlas prison. The money was an extra side effect.
Boss pulled up all the profiles one by one. Aaron Benson, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose, Velvet Scarlatina. The Boss first found out about Aaron when the assisted in assaulting the warehouse in Vale. The last, he didn't know existed until the kill order came in. The middle two, though, were coming back to haunt him. He focused on the one they were tracking. His business had enough trouble with a Rose years ago, how her daughters were continuing her work. Even though one was heavily drugged, she still escaped captivity with the help of the other. Boss snarled. "I should have killed you when I had the chance. Don't worry though, dog. You'll meet your mother soon enough."
RYVA: river, or a way to say it in some sort of accent. Also, while I was figuring this out, I noticed for a while we had team ANRCHY…How didn't I notice that?
Admit it people, at least a few of you thought the egg hatched for Cinder. Keep in mind though, Cinder 'has' Kevin. I couldn't give her a second.