Author: *Yawns* Hey guys, here's the next chapter of Grimm of Roses. The rescue starts this chapter
Jack: Finally, I hate this arc
Author: of course you would, ON WITH THE SHOW
Third Person POV
"What the hell was that?" Yang asked.
"I'm not sure.. but are you sure you can trust Jack?" Taiyang asked his oldest daughter.
"I'm pretty sure, why?" Yang asked.
"He's just rubs me the wrong way, he seems really shifty and dangerous." Taiyang asked.
"He's fine dad, he-" Yang began before her Scroll buzzed.
"Gotta go, team meeting!" Yang explained as she ran down the hall.
Team RWBY's room
"So why did you call the meeting Weiss?" Yang asked.
"Jack said that his mole found the compound where they are keeping Ruby." Weiss declared.
Blake's and Yang's eyes widen in surpise. "Really!?" The both asked at once.
"Yes, they did. I just sent the rescue plans to you guys." Weiss said. "Jack also gave explicit instructions to alert him to Ruby's location. He also said that Ruby will be different physically than we remember." She explained.
"How so?" Blake asked.
"Cite said that Ruby will be a fully grown women." Weiss explained.
"How did Jack react with this information?" Yang asked with a glint in her eye.
"He was staring off into space for a little bit. Why?" Weiss asked
Yang put on a wicked grin. "No reason." She said innocently
Jack's POV
I checked my equipment several times. I hope we can get to Ruby on time. Think back to when I was injected, the bitterness, the anger and the bloodlust. I won't let Ruby go through same thing I did.
I took out a napkin and a vial of clear liquid. I poured the poison onto the napkin and proceeded to coat Havoc in the poison. It's not deadly, it'll just put them into a coma like state to increase they're chance to survive, if I don't kill them out right.
I rub my gloved thumb along the serrated edge. The blade didn't leave leave a mark on my glove. I had the glove made out of tough materials so it won't rip even if I run a serrated blade across it.
I sheathed Havoc and placed the sheath to the side. I pulled out a secure case and unlocked it. All dust can be deadly if used incorrectly, that's especially true with the dust in the case.
Like my semblance, it's artificial. The only way to get it is for Grimm sludge or Grimm like aura to soak into dust. It had nasty effects, anyone who breathed in the gass it creates will turn into Grimm if I don't intervene. The forced transformation is extremely painful and any Grimm in the local area will come running. So far the only effect it has on me is getting my attention.
I carefully plucked a dust crystal and slid it into one of many pockets in my coat, after sealing the pocket I closed the case and hid it. It's a very dangerous tool, one that I take very seriously, the only person allowed to have it is myself.
My head started pounding. "Shove off Salem." I muttered quietly as I got some headache medicine.
Al's POV
A small ringing noise started to annoy me. I opened my eyes and saw with his scroll out. Iris just woke up as well, Lily was glaring at Jack.
"Show time." Jack said simply and he walked out the door.
"He's a jerk sometimes." I stated.
"But he's our leader, and Ruby is very special to him." Iris said getting up.
"I just wish he used such annoying noise to wake us up." Lily complained.
"It could be worse." Iris and I said at the same time. We know better than to argue before a mission.
When we exited the room, team RWBY and JNPR were like zombies. I walked up to Jaune and slapped him.
"What the heck was that for!?" Jaune asked.
"Being sleep during a mission will get you killed, even before you actually start it, I've seen it happen." I said seriously. That got everyone awake.
Lily and Blake took the lead while we walked to the landing pad. It was a tense silence as we walked out. Ozpin, and Cote where standing on either side of Jack, who had his hood up, a soft red glow emanated from his eyes.
"You guys ready?" Jack asked.
"I'm your partner and I think this gonna be fun." I said amused.
"It'll be interesting, feeling the difference in Ruby's arua, if there is any." Iris stated.
"We are criminals, from robbing the Schnee family to rescueing a friend, we have to be ready for anything." Lily said. Jack smirked at her antics.
"I'm not let anyone get away with kidnaping my little sister!" Yang declared.
Everyone one else said they're little quips. Jaune said something about being a protector, Weiss just glared at Lily, Blake said something about Fanus, I couldn't hear Ren, Nora yelled something about pancakes and broken legs. Prryha didn't say anything.
"Good luck." Was all Ozpin said.
The three teams boarded two Bullheads, Team Ruby joined team JNPR on one Bullhead while we got on the other.
The take off was smooth. "Boss, what did you and Ozpin talked about?" I asked.
"The political mess that this mission will cause." Jack said.
"Explain." I said.
"For one thing, we are attacking a Atlas research complex, even if said research is unethical. Second, people will finally put two and two together, which will create an even bigger mess." Jack said, thoughly annoyed.
"Then why didn't you keep silent about the mission?" I asked.
"I was mad, plus someone would have noticed anyways." Jack insisted.
The rest of the flight was a tense silence. "Touch down in five." The pilot said.
We touched down in a clearing. When we got off the bullhead it immediately took off. "Goggles on." Jack said. Iris and I slipped on our night vision goggles, how Jack got these, I don't know but I wish to know. The reason Lily didn't wear one was obvious, apparently Grimm have night vision and Jack shares that trait, only if he applies enough Arua to his eyes though.
"Here they come." I said as the second bullhead landed. Cite was the first one to disembark , cool and calm. Prryha was also cool and calm. Jaune tried to act calm but I could see that he was nervous. Nora was plain excited and a little nervous. I couldn't tell a thing from Ren.
Blake was the same as Ren, damm ninjas. Weiss was a little nervous. Yang on the other hand was trying to seem calm but, she was close to being a wreck of older sister.
"Let's go, Lily with me." Jack commanded. Every started to follow Jack, who had Cite on one side and Lily on the other.
I walked up to Yang as we were walking through the forest, killing Grimm as we went. "Yang, stressing out is not a good thing while on a mission, especially when during rescue missions." I commented, shooting a Ursa in the stomach.
Yang sighed, she knew she couldn't hide it. "I know but, what if we don't get to Ruby on time?"yang asked.
I was silent for a moment. "We a plan for every possibility, even one where Jack dies." I said quietly.
Flashback
"Al, I need to talk to you in private." Jack said.
"Okay boss." I said. We walked out onto a balcony. I stuck near the door.
Jack tossed me a medallion. "It is the last resort, if I'm dead, as well as Cite and our mole, and Ruby has been turned, twist the medallion, leave it on the ground and run." Jack said gravely.
I examined the medallion. Besides the odd engraveing, there's nothing odd about it. "Are you this is the last resort?" I asked, not really believeing that this medallion is the last resort.
Flashback end
I shook my head. "It'll be fine, if anyone can save Ruby, we can." I said confidently. She smiled at me
Jack stoped. Lily then aimed down her sniper rifle. She fired two shots in quick succession, killing the gaurds.
Jack walked up to the door to the complex. "I have complete control over the camera system, I'm feeding them loops." Cite announced
"Right, let's give them hell." Jack said before freezing up. His widen in fear, I think I heard a wimper from him. Jack then clenched his teeth.
"Well, that was unpleasant." Jack said, thoughly annoyed.
The doors opened and it was a bloody mess. I heard some puking from behind me, pansys.
There was a man with a very creepy smile with a big blade that was in a corpse. "Took your time." The man complained.
"Let's just get to work." Jack said with Havoc drawn, walking pass the mess.
"How can you guys stand this?" Blake asked.
I shrugged. "I've seen worse." I said nonchalantly.
Third Person POV
"What was that?" A blood Throne grunt said before getting blasted with a hail of gun fire.
The three teams split off into different hallways.
Yang, Weiss and Blake ran down a hallway. Several Blood Throne gaurds turned around the corner.
"What-!" A gaurd said before getting punched in the face.
In the forest, a few minutes before
Sort and Summer appeared in a clearing. "I will be with you until you get to the door way, then on your on own." Cite said.
Summer sighed. "Thank you for helping me at least this much." Summer said .
Sort shrugged and started to walk to the compound. Unfortunately, they get surrounded. "Summer, you might blast these guys, there's not much time." Cite said with his crystalline blade drawn.
"How long?" Summer asked, her eyes glowing.
"Few minutes at best." Sort said.
A blast of energy erupted from Summer's eyes. The Grimm were vaporized in a sliver light.
"Let's go!" Summer said running towards the complex. "Sort?" She asked as she defeated the Gaurds with her chained sickles.
Sort smiled and walked up to the door. He placed his hand on the door which turned to dust. "Well, I'll leave you to it, I have an annoyece to deal with." Sort said walking into the dark.
Summer walked into the complex with her white hood up.
Two gaurds walked out into the hallway. Summer threw her chained sickle at the grunts, striking one in the head. The sickle then wraped around the second gaurd and then Summer dragged the unfortunate gaurd and hit him in the head, knocking him out.
Jack's POV
These guys are annoying. I nicked the arm of a grunt, who laughed at me. I dodged an electric shot that I saw through the corner of my eye.
"Heh, your just like they say, hard to hit, probaly a coward." The thug boasted.
"A coward wouldn't lead a rescue mission." I said. He shot at me again.
"Doesn't matter." The grunt said. I ran up to him and punched in the gut, I grabbed the gun he had in his hand. It was the pistol I gave Ruby. I fired the gun into his neck.
"Got everyone?" I asked.
"Yep, what do we with the unconscious ones?" Iris asked.
"Leave them, I'll take care of it later." I said.
My team really was something. Plowing through a base like this is not easy. Thatch and Cite split from us to do gather up the sludge and deal with any other personnel.
A semi familiar scent entered my nose. It was human but Grimm at the same time. I started to run towards the sent. They created another Darkblood.
Third Person POV
A scientist carefully held a a needle with Grimm sludge. "They came at a bad time." The scientist grumbled.
"I know but, you know the saying no time like the present." Another scientist said as they prepped Ruby, who was barely conscious. When the the needle pierced Ruby's pale skin and the essence was injected, Ruby started to scream and writhe in extreme pain.
An cloud of gass poured into the room. "What the heck is this?" A scientist asked as he yanked and fell asleep. The other scientist fell asleep as welll as Ruby.
Author: well, I feel bad.
Ruby: I'm just glad that I'm getting rescued
Author: true. Blackving, Ruby's soul is not erasing the sludge. Where you got that is beyond me. Reveiw!