Child of Grimm Ch. 29
Ozpin had not left his office yet. He had fallen asleep at one point, but there was a lot of work to be done. He had spent the entire night organizing the plans, but it was difficult. Derek's location may of have been revealed, but the details of his captivity were still bleak. He knew that the main lab was there, as were the prison cells, but other then that there was nothing on the amount of men, the location of the cells. At this point, he was going to have to rely on the memories of team LOOS. He finally got the word that the other hunters had arrived, so he sent word to get the other teams. He walked outside to the airships, and awaited on the four teams arrival.
The four teams arrived, all of them ready to get going.
"Good," Ozpin said. "We have everyone here. The details of this operation are not very good. I can tell you that the outside compound is very small, and most of it resides underground. We don't have any information as to exactly where Derek is, so I want the four teams to scout for them. The hunting party is in charge of fighting off the White Fang."
"What about the leader?" One of the hunters asked.
"Let Derek deal with him. He won't be able to escape from his wrath. You will all understand soon enough." The hunters nodded, and started to pile into the airships. The four teams quickly followed, with Olivia waiting outside. As soon as the last member of the war party walked into the ship, she took off into the air. The airships soon followed, and Olivia led the way.
"You certainly seem like an interesting group of people," one of the hunters said to Monica.
"You have no idea," she replied.
White Fang Base: Outside
The airships landed outside of their destination, and Olivia landed next to them. Several teams with snipers set up around the base, and took looks at it. Ruby and Pyrrha picked up their weapons and joined them. Everyone else just started to swing their weapons around, warming up. Monica found a tree, and started to just pound into it. Gwen noticed her, and walked over to join her.
"You ready for this Moni?" She asked. Monica nodded, and continued to hit the tree. "We'll find him quickly."
"I'm worried about how we'll find him," Monica replied. "There's not telling what he'll be like, or what they did to him."
"D's a tough customer. I doubt he broke at any point." Pyrrha ran up to them.
"Get ready," she said. "There's not much outside of the base, and the hunters are saying that they'll cover us on our way over. But once we're in, we're expecting a fight."
"Good," Monica said. "Let them try us." The four teams walked up to the edge of the clearing, with the hunters just behind them. Most of the sniper teams were still set up, and they took aim.
"At the first shot," Ruby said to the others. "We rush them." Everyone gave a confirming nod, and waited for the first shot to ring out.
White Fang Base: Derek's Cell
Derek had just finished up eating, and he resorted to blowing small balls of fire at the wall. He found it a much less aura consuming past-time, and it worked to keep him occupied well enough. I hope that the others will get here soon. I don't know how much longer I can stay here. Derek heard the sound of a rifle fire off, and then silence. That sounded as though it came from outside. That means one of two things. Either they're training outside, or-. Derek's thoughts were interrupted by a loud alarm blaring through the base. It's about time. The door to his cell opened up, and Pip and Beast unchained him.
"We have to move fast," Pip said. He and beast flipped a switch on the bindings holding his wings and tail in place, and they quickly broke off. Derek extended his spikes, and stretched his wings.
"Pull out the spear and get going," Beast said. Derek reached into his armor, and grabbed the bone spear that he spent so much time working on. Pip and Beast drew their swords, and checked outside.
"No one's coming," Pip reassured them. "Let's get moving."
"Allow me to lead," Derek said. He stepped out of the cell, and flew just off the ground. Some of the guards looked surprised, but they quickly rushed him. Derek spun out of the way, and then swung around his spear, and caught one of them in the back. He stumbled forward, and Derek swung his elbow into his stomach. Someone else got close, and Derek just brought his claws across his face. He torched two more, and thrust his spear through another's stomach. He looked back to see Pip and Beast surrounded by bodies of the White Fang. They seems as though they know how to handle themselves. Derek quickly walked forward, and aimed to find his friends.
White Fang Base: Conference Room
Cinder, Torchwick, the leader and the lead scientist were all sitting in the room, listening to the alarm.
"Well," Torchwick said. "We'll be leaving now. I suggest that you two do the same."
"What?" The leader said. "Abandon all of the research?"
"Take it with you if you want too. But we're not staying here." Torchwick and Cinder got up to leave, but split their paths. The leader angrily turned to face the scientist.
"Get the research and destroy the rest of the lab. We'll have to setup elsewhere." The scientist ran off, as the leader ran off elsewhere. "Another time Drake."
White Fang Base: Outer Compound
The four teams had finally broken through the lines, and entered into the base. A small amount of hunters were still cleaning up the remaining White Fang, but most of the other hunters were inside with them. Everyone was scouring the room, looking for a way in. Finally, Stephen held up his hand and claw in triumph.
"This way," he said. He pried open a hidden door, and everyone walked over to him. Stephen went down first, and the rest of the teams followed. The hunters trailed behind them. They reached the bottom, and looked around.
"Alright boys," Olivia said. "The four teams will go looking. The rest of you, go to town." The hunters all dispersed, and the four teams started to walk in a direction.
"Come on Derek," Monica said. "Help us out." The teams all saw a pillar of flames off in the distance. "Thanks Derek." The four teams all ran over to where the flames were, and saw Derek standing amongst several dead White Fang. "DEREK!" Monica said, excitement filling her voice. Derek turned and raised up his spear, but lowered it when he saw who it was.
"What's with the spear?" Nathan asked. "And what's with the spikes?"
"A third dose," Derek replied. "And I had to improvise."
"You're all together," someone from behind Derek called out. "Good." The four teams turned to see a ram faunus and a rabbit faunus in White Fang uniforms right behind Derek. The all quickly raised their weapons, and Derek quickly spread his wings between them.
"Hey hey hey," Derek said. "It's okay. These are friends. This is Pip and Beast."
"We're almost out of here," Pip said.
"Not yet," Derek said. "There's an issue of the four of them."
"Four?" Weiss asked. "What are you talking about."
"Torchwick, the leader, the lead scientist, and someone named Cinder. She seems to be leading this operation. There's no way they stayed together. Pip, Beast, accompany one of the teams. JNPR, get Cinder. RWBY, you take out Torchwick. LOOS, get the lead scientist. DRGN, we'll take the leader."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Weiss interrupted. "We just went through all of this to get to you, and now you're going to take charge of this operation? What gives you the right to do that?"
"We have an opportunity to take down four wanted criminals, and I'm the only one who even knows the layout. If you wish to leave heiress, then feel free to do so. But we're going to take them down. Now, the lab is off in that direction. Torchwick and Cinder always walked somewhere in that direction, so my guess is that they're leaving that way. Cinder wouldn't let them stay together, just in case they'd be caught. DRGN, follow me."
"We'll go with LOOS," Pip offered. Everyone nodded, and split off into their different directions, with Weiss reluctantly trailing RWBY.
"Almost forgot," Nathan said. He tossed a rolled up wad to Derek. He quickly opened it up, and saw his sword staring at him, "Welcome back D." Derek smiled, and strapped his sword to his waste.
Torchwick
He was walking along as fast as he could, picking up some White Fang along the way. He had to get out before the others came for him. He saw the pathway leading to his airship, and gestured for the White Fang to follow.
"Hey!" He heard someone call out. Torchwick turned to see the members of team RWBY behind him.
"Hello again Red," he called out. "Isn't it a bit dangerous for you right now?"
"We're taking you down," Yang said, her fists raised.
"How unfortunate for you. Get them." The White Fang rushed RWBY. The first one swung his sword around, but Yang hit him in the stomach. The second one was quickly knocked to the side by Ruby's scythe. The third one was cut down by Weiss' sword. The final one was taken out by a quick swing of Blake's sword. "Why is my help always incompetent?" Torchwick grumbled. "Well, another eventful meeting between us, Red and company. But, I can't stay and talk." Torchwick raised up his staff to point it at the ceiling, and he fired off a shot. RWBY ran forward, but the tunnel was blocked off by debris.
"He got away again!" Ruby said angrily.
"Nothing we can do now," Yang said. "Time to regroup." Team RWBY turned, and left to rejoin the rest of the teams.
CoG Labs
He was going through all of the files, downloading his research onto the scroll that he had. All the other scientists were going about trashing the place, trying to leave no trace of the process' that went on. He was almost done, when he heard a loud scream. He covered up his ears, but all of the glass shattered. He looked up, to see what he was hoping not to see. His four creations, along with two other White Fang. Were those the ones that were watching Drake's cell? Orni was letting loose her feathers at every computer. Ouru was smashing the equipment as he was walking through the lab. Scorpio swung his stinger into every scientist that tried to escape, while Lupa assisted. Just a little bit more. He was almost done.
"Ahem," he heard someone say behind him. He looked up to see Pip and Beast standing behind him. "What you got there?" Pip asked, his sword at his throat.
"Nothing of importance to you," he replied.
"Maybe our friends over here would like a look at it," Beast said. "HEY! We got him." The team walked up, and surrounded him.
"Long time no see," Ouru said coldly. Orni quickly snatched the scroll from his hand.
"Information on how to recreate the process huh?" She said. "Anything here about a cure?"
"Why would we look into that?" He asked. Orni tossed it over to to Lupa, who just crushed the scroll in her hands.
"Oops," she said. "I guess I broke it." He looked on in horror as the research that he worked so hard to preserve was gone.
"What did you do?" He asked in shock.
"Making sure it dies with us."
"Now," Scorpios said. "We were ready to draw straws to see who would get to kill you. But, we quickly realized that was pointless." He let his shoulders relax a little, relieved by this news. "I would do it, because I'm the only one with venom." Before he could react, Scorpio spit out venom across his face. He recoiled quickly, but it was pointless.
"What have you done?" He asked.
"That'll take roughly a day to kill you. Giving us plenty of time to interview you, and observe." Pip and Beast were smiling idly to the side. The both quickly picked him up on his feet, and started to drag him along.
"Let's go," Beast said. "You've got a lot of people curious to meet you."
DRGN
Derek was leading his team through the halls, following the scent of the leader. Monica was overjoyed to see him, but she knew that his mind was focused on the task at hand. There would be time to celebrate later. Several White Fang stepped out from the shadows, and raised their rifles. Derek looked annoyed, and he raised up his weapons.
"Go ahead of us," Monica said. "Take him out. We'll cover you."
"Thank you," Derek whispered back. He flew up into the air, and went straight over the White Fang. The rest of DRGN immediately charged them, and started to fight.
Nearby
This would go over poorly. It was time to catch up. It would be difficult, but it was absolutely necessary. They silently ran past the rest of DRGN, and pursued Derek.
The Leader
He was running to get to his airship. If he didn't arrive soon enough, then Drake would catch him. The White Fang he left should be enough to buy him enough time. He was almost at the tunnel, but a ball of fire collided just above it, causing it to collapse. Oh no, he thought. He turned very slowly, to see Drake right behind him. He raised up his sword, and a white spear.
"Hello there," Drake said. "I've been looking forward to this for a very long time." The leader drew his sword and swung it around Drake's neck. Drake pushed the strike to the side with his spear. The leader tried to swing it around to the other side, but that attack was stopped by Drake's sword. He swung overhead, but Drake crossed his weapons and threw his sword to the side. The leader tried to back up, but Drake swung his claws across his face, cutting off his mask. The leader fell to the ground, and Drake stood over him.
"What are you going to do to me?" He asked. "I'm responsible for you!"
"Which is why I'm here." He put away his sword and spear, and extended his claws. "I want to make this personal. For my parents, for my friends parents, and for all of the others you have hurt." He raised his hand into the air, but was thrown off a quick strike to his head. He quickly swung around his fist to where he thought his mystery attacker was, but he made no contact. They move fast. A strike caught him across the back, and once again they weren't there when he turned to face them. Another strike hit him in the back of the legs, and he couldn't find them.
"You know," he said slowly. "One thing a Taituo doesn't give me." He swung around his fist, and he felt it make contact with his attacker's face. "Is the ability to judge fighting patterns." He turned around, and looked stunned at who lay on the ground. "Blake? What are you doing here?"
"Don't kill him," she said, Gambol Shroud staying in her hand. "You can't kill him."
"What does he mean to you." He heard the leader laughing in the corner. "What's so funny?"
"Adam was my partner," Blake confessed. "But he was never the leader. I don't understand what he's doing." Drake walked over, and picked up the leader.
"What exactly is your role?"
"I'm not the leader of the White Fang," he said. "But I do run this operation. It wasn't my idea, but I was chosen to over see it." Drake threw him against the wall. He felt something wrap around his waste, and he looked to see that Blake had her weapon around his waste. Drake quickly blew fire on it, and burned it off. He started to walk forward to Adam again, but he felt Blake's boot hit him across the face. He turned around, and hit her in the stomach.
"Do not make me kill you!" He said angrily. He opened up his mouth to blow some fire between them, but he heard the sound of a shotgun ring out. He felt the slug go inside of his mouth, and break through some of the scales in the back of his mouth. He fell over, and felt the blood start to rush to that spot. He realized that unless he did something, he would loose too much blood. He quickly got some flames to come up, immediately stopping the bleeding. He diverted his aura to heal up the open wound, and then stood up. He saw Blake standing in the middle of the room, with Adam gone. The one person whom I trusted from the first day I met her, and they just betrayed me. Drake walked up behind her, and swung his fist into her temple, knocking her out immediately. He picked her up, and flew to rejoin the other teams. He quickly reached his team, and saw that the White Fang that fought them were dead. They quickly noticed that Blake was slung over his shoulder, but they didn't quite realize that it was Blake.
"Hey D," Nathan said. "You got him?"
"No," he replied coldly. "He got away, because she interfered." Drake quickly swung Blake around, allowing them to see her face.
"What happened?" Gwen asked.
"He was right there, and she got in my way. She tried to stop me. He put a bullet in my mouth, and I had to take time to heal it. By the time I got up, he was gone."
"What about her?"
"I knocked her out." They all looked at him in surprise. "It was all I could do to not kill her." He just flew back up into the air, and flew to where the other teams were. She'll be someone else's problem now.
White Fang Base: Outside
The three teams were all outside. RWBY had finished up the tail of their failure, and JNPR hadn't even found Cinder. So far, LOOS was the only one with a success. But that's not what worried them. Blake was missing, and none of them knew where she was. They looked off in the distance to see the members of DRGN walking up to them, and they saw that Derek had someone slung over his shoulder.
"Derek!" Yang called out. "You got him?"
"Not quite," Derek replied angrily.
"That sucks. Hey, we can't find Blake. Olivia is out looking for her, but we were wondering if you could-." Derek threw Blake to the ground in front of them, and quickly turned around.
"She's your problem now. They can fill you in as to what she did." Derek flew up into the air, and started to fly circles around the base. I was so close. But Blake had to interfere. He still won't pay, but at least I have this much accomplished. He fired off some flames in anger, and just kept going.
Airship
"How very disappointing Adam. We expected so much more from you."
"What do you want from me? I'm not even the main guy that you deal with. I was just in charge of the Children of Grimm."
"We'll still use you in the future. The only difference is, that we'll have a much tighter leash then in the past."
End: Happy Thanksgiving. Questions, comments, follows, favorites, and feedback is always appreciated. Also, Adam is older then Blake in this story. He is 28 years old.
