"We're gonna need backup!"
When Blake and Sun thumped on the concrete that was scoured in glass shards, they bolted where their friends were located. If anyone could help them fight an overpowered robot, it was their teammates.
It was dark outside, which wasn't a problem since the temporary partners had night vision. They used that as an advantage as they bolted into the forest.
Wanting to help her friends, Yang exclaimed. "On it!"she was on the other side of the earpiece.
That prompted the temporary partners to dart faster. Being reassured they weren't alone compelled them to give it their all.
Immediately, Yang hopped on her motorcycle she brought along just in case. Good thing she did, too, because now it came in handy.
After she hastily strapped on her helmet, she whipped her head around to meet her friends' gazes.
"Anyone coming?"
Not needing permission, Neptune joined her on the vehicle and practically leapt on the back seat. He lowered his goggles and held up his weapon, his other hand around her waist.
"They're our partners, let's go!"
Yang nodded and floored it, leaving their friends in the dust. If her partner was in trouble, she wasn't going to just sit there.
"They left us," Weiss crossed her arms, sounding a bit dejected. "What now?"
"We wait," Ruby answered firmly. "The fight will come to us."
"I suppose you're right," the heiress agreed.
The leader knelt on the ground and used a stick to draw on the mud. "I have a plan."
Weiss took a knee to join her friend and listened intently.
"You always do."
It didn't take long for Neptune and Yang to find the giant atlesian robot chasing their partners. It was a hunk of metal beating the ground into submission and rocked Remnant with each step. It was a little hard to miss.
Sun glided through the air and dodged every swing thrown at him with the help of his tail. Blake on the other hand, did countless flips and even tried to shatter the glass the pilot was shielded behind with multiple gunshots. Every bullet failed, and each one sent her into a frown and an even quicker sprint.
Sun and Blake were evenly matched when it came to speed, meaning they could properly help each other if the other tripped or fell.
In the distance, the two sprinting faunus caught a yellow and blue blob. It didn't take long for their partners to rapidly approach them when Yang slammed the gas pedal even harder.
Relief washed over them in waves. Her fierce motorcycle was a force to be reckoned with.
Yang drove her beloved vehicle, Bumblebee, up to Blake and yelled. "Get on!"
The blood-faunus glanced at the vehicle and saw Neptune give her a grin. Besides not wanting to hop next to him, there was clearly no room for her. It was a two-person vehicle.
"That doesn't look safe!" Blake yelped.
Yang pointed to the robot hot on their tail. "Neither does that!"
Knowing her saving grace was right, Blake swallowed her pride and jumped on the side of the motorcycle, gripping Yang for leverage. She was going even more swift than she was before and held on for dear life.
"That's cheating!" they could hear the pilot yelp.
Bumblebee tilted to the side from Blake's extra weight, but Yang evened it out before they could tip over. When it was decently safe, a smile formed on the blonde's lips. Now that Blake was by her side, she felt invincible and wouldn't let any harm come to her.
A moment later, Yang circled around the robot to get to the other side. She rode alongside Sun, who was struggling to shoot the robot that was harder than steel. He didn't need to be told to hop on the opposite side of Blake, where his partner was.
Now the motorcycle was carrying four people. Normally, it's maximum capacity was two, but the blonde was an expert when it came to Bumblebee. It was a little difficult to steer, but she hit the gas nonetheless and trusted her sister had a plan in mind.
Bumblebee rocked back and forth constantly, and Yang grinned when her friends let out shrieks. It seemed like the blonde wasn't in control, but she had a good grip on the vehicle and did that to throw off the enemy. That didn't seem to work when the pilot wasn't caught off guard by her random maneuvers.
They were rapidly approaching where they left their teammates, but they weren't in sight. The robot's hard legs shook the ground furiously with each step, prompting Yang to give the gas pedal another boost while her friends kept shooting the target, and at the same time held on by a thread.
"I am getting sick of this nonsense!" the pilot yelled.
The pilot was constantly taking hits from the three passengers. It had been like that for several minutes and he was growing more and more irritated. They were going just fast enough so the robot couldn't land a hit, but slow enough for them to counter.
Seeing this wasn't getting anywhere, the blonde decided to sharply steer the vehicle around the dense trees before the enemy could plan a different strategy. The trees and vegetation is where she last saw her sister, so she placed a bet that's where she was waiting. She took a hard left, almost causing her three friends to fly off Bumblebee.
"Gah!" Blake, Neptune, and Sun yelped in unison.
"Eheh, sorry guys!" Yang shouted. "Hang on!"
Taking her word, the three tightened their iron grips. Just after she felt Blake's hold constrict harder, Yang floored it and headed to where she bet her sister was. She'd logged hundreds of hours with Bumblebee and took a gamble that the robot would have a hard time maneuvering around the dense forestation.
Her sister might also be somewhere in the vegetation.
Two birds, one stone.
The expert driver was also confident in her ability to drive, so she didn't think much about jetting over a new landscape.
Instead of driving on flat land, Bumblebee constantly dodged dozens of trees and bushes. The passengers abandoned the idea of throwing blows at the massive robot. Now with the constant rocking and swaying, it was almost impossible to land a proper hit.
Suddenly, a fiery beam shot out of the bushes and directly hit the atlesian. Not only did it scorch the forest, it almost burnt the four on the motorcycle as it whizzed by the stunned riders. The harsh flames engulfed the pilot and the surrounding area, causing it to catch on fire.
The pilot halted his assault and stopped in his tracks, trying to regain his sense of surroundings when smoke obscured his vision. Not giving him a chance to recover, another beam shot out of the same pair of bushes. It was more calm, yet frigid and sent chills up their spines. The white and blue beam pierced the air and scattered around the area, creating a dense fog.
Seeing his chance, Neptune hoisted his sharp trident in the crevice of the robot. It sent an electrical current into the machine, leaving it to jolt and malfunction, ultimately causing it to become paralyzed.
"And I just got this thing upgraded," the pilot whined.
After the attack, Yang sped to the direction of the bushes, knowing that's where her remaining team riders hopped off Bumblebee, fighting as a team would be the best course of action, rather than riding the motorcycle. They reunited with Ruby and Weiss with huge smiles. Each pair of sisters almost hugged when they had their reunion, but remembered the task at hand.
"He won't be able to see with the fog," Ruby informed. "Good job, Weiss."
Weiss blew out the slight smoke on her rapier. "It was simple enough."
The six looked over to see the robot was struggling to move. The robot's legs kept giving out under its weight. The shock Neptune delivered earlier did a number on it.
All that was left was the real enemy.
The pilot.
Ruby smiled and looked to Weiss. "You know what to do."
"Yang!" from the call, Yang turned and focused on what the heiress was doing. There was a wall of ice that encircled the downed robot. "Now!"
Yang gave a nod and used Ember Celica to leap onto the wall of ice, skidding across the smooth solid. The recoil provided the perfect jumpstart.
Thanks to team combat practice, Blake knew exactly what to do. She was there in a heartbeat and ran alongside her, throwing her the pistol form of Gambol Shroud for her partner to catch the other end. Once the blonde caught the handle, the connecting ribbon allowed Blake to throw Yang as hard as she could. The blood-faunus let out a grunt of effort as she swung her partner forward.
To provide more momentum, Ruby was there as a stepping stone so Blake could use her as leverage.
The leader used her sniper to shoot off the ground, giving Blake an extra boost.
The two soared like menacing eagles toward the robot that was about to firmly stand. However, with one final hurl, Blake launched Yang forward.
The blonde couldn't help but give a war cry and held her right fist back, a smirk present. Her final lethal cruncher annihilated the robot. It bursted into hundreds of tiny metal parts, some of them even smaller than their ear pieces.
Everyone stared at the aftermath and it was dead silent. Chunks of metal flew everywhere and scattered on the grass.
Now they definitely wouldn't want to get Yang angry.
She destroyed that robot to smithereens!
The sounds of metal crunching rang out, and that's when the pilot to stumbled out.
"Such troublesome kids," he tried to dust himself off.
Like lightning, Yang was in front of him in seconds. She grabbed him by the collar, lifting him off the ground like the fully-grown man weighed nothing. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" her eyes burned red and were narrowed in anger.
The man wasn't intimidated in the slightest and squinted his eyes as if she was stupid. "That's my line, blondie."
"Yang," Ruby called. "Ease up a bit. We need to ask him some questions."
With hesitance, Yang threw the man on the ground, which elicited a grunt from him. She wanted nothing more than to pummel him for endangering her teammates, but right now she knew her sister was right.
"Tell us," Neptune started. "Why're grimm appearing in the city?"
"Who said grimm are appearing in the city?" the man rubbed his orange hair and said in a mocking tone. He glanced at the remaining people. "Is he stupid or something?"
"Tell us!" Yang shouted harshly.
From the yell, the man flinched, but didn't lose his characteristic sarcasm.
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
The six students hovered around the downed man, with Yang getting more pissed by the second. It was obvious they didn't buy his reply. But they might not get anywhere with this method of questioning.
Switching tactics, Blake pulled out the file she found earlier. "If you don't know about that," she shoved the paper in his face. "Then who's Cinder?"
"Cinder?" the man was amused at the name. He seemed to recall the woman from his tone. "All I know is that she ditched the White Fang several years ago," he sighed in annoyance. "And she took the best henchmen while she was at it. The arrogant, treacherous woman…"
"Is that all you know?" Weiss asked in a threatening tone. She had a feeling there was more than he was letting on.
The man looked up to see Yang pounding her fists together as an intimidation tactic.
"That's all I know about her in particular, ice queen," he slyly remarked.
"Hey!"
The man mocked his surrender and held his hands up.
"Can I go now?"
"Hah!" Yang scoffed. "You're involved with the White Fang. We're callin' the cops."
Ruby already dialed the number and was on her scroll, informing the police about what happened.
The leader covered the phone to speak and looked at the pilot. "What's your name?" she asked innocently.
"Like I'd tell some snot nosed-"
He was cut off when a rapier and powerful fist were dangerously close to his neck.
"Roman."
"Thanks Roman!" Ruby thanked and went back to talking with the cops.
When she hung up the scroll, she smiled. "You're gonna be behind bars for a long time."
"Damn you, red."
Team RWBY was relaxing in their room the day after they put Roman in jail. As promised, the vampire sisters kept Winter updated, prompting the eldest to tell their parents about the accomplishment. The eldest didn't tell her younger siblings that, so when Weiss got a phone call that afternoon, they were surprised.
Even though their teammates were present, the vampire sisters figured answering the video call couldn't hurt. The vampire sisters sat in the middle of the floor and put on their usual smiles for who was calling.
"Weiss! Blake!" their mother exclaimed. "Your father and I heard the news!"
Mr. Schnee appeared on the screen. They looked the same as the day they left for Beacon. Their mother adorned white bobbed hair, something very similar to Weiss' own when she was younger. She was dressed to perfection as usual, while their father looked like he just rolled out of bed.
"We're very proud," Mr. Schnee said solemnly.
"You heard about that?" Blake asked.
Their mother nodded. "Yes, we are very impressed you managed to put a criminal in jail."
Ruby listened to the call and was wondering what their parents looked like. Curiosity got the best of her, so she took a seat next to Blake to feed her interest.
"They're your parents?! Wow…" Ruby was impressed at how similar they compared to Weiss.
The leader was shocked at how good-looking the couple was together. Each parent emitted a pleasant aura that was nice and welcoming. They looked young, too. The mom had perfect bobbed white hair, while the dad's was white, although scraggly and his face was clean-shaven.
The heiress pointed to Ruby. "That's our dunce of a leader, Ruby."
Ruby politely waved and grinned. "Hiya! It's actually fearless leader."
"Aw!" the mother cooed. "Blake, Weiss, you didn't tell me how cute she is!"
"Oh psh, nah," Ruby waved off, although she had a serious blush forming. "Eheheheheh, stahp it."
Despite her words, Ruby accepted the compliment wholeheartedly, obviously flustered and pleased. Mrs. Schnee seemed like a nice woman when she just grinned widely.
"Of course she's adorable!" Yang chimed in and took a seat next to Weiss. "She's my little sister," she said proudly.
The male pureblood stared at the newcomer, who had a mane like a lion.
"You must be Yang," he observed.
"Yep, hi mama and papa Schnee! I'm Yang," she properly introduced. "Yang Xiao Long. You have no idea Xiao Long I've wanted to meet you."
"That's the brute," Weiss deadpanned, leaving Yang to pout.
"How are things?" Blake asked. "Your vacation?"
"It's great!" the mother hugged her husband's arm. "He's laid back for once. It's nice to see him wind down a bit. You know how much of a hard worker he is."
Weiss smiled, something that caught Yang off guard. "You two deserve some time off."
The blonde couldn't help but stare at the multiple expressions Weiss was making during the video call. Her family must mean the world to her. Seeing her teammate smile so much was making Yang feel warm...
"... Ruby was the one who thought of the attack combinations," Blake praised. "It was really her brain that took the robot down."
The leader got an intense blush. "T-thanks Blake."
The father chuckled. "I'm glad to see you working as a team."
"Yes," the heiress nodded, her tone serious. "Everything is going better than we'd hoped."
By that subtle comment, the parents knew that she meant they were successful in hiding the fact that they're vampires. Except Yang, who was still in the dark on the matter.
"Good," the mother replied. "Call us if you need anything."
"Will do," Blake said. "Love you."
"Love you," Weiss stated.
"We love you too," the parents replied in unison.
"Call us if you need anything," the mom stated endearingly.
Weiss grinned. "Ditto," and pressed 'end' on the call.
"Holy crap," Yang chimed. "Weiss, you look exactly like them."
Ruby shuddered. "It's kinda creepy."
"Genes tend to do that," Weiss pointed out.
Ruby glanced to Blake. She was hesitant to ask the question, but persevered. "Are you adopted, too?"
There was absolutely no resemblance she could find with her parents. They were complete opposites as far as she could tell and she was curious. The white hair trait contrasted with Blake's jet-black hair. To top it off, Blake had amber eyes, compared to her family's signature blue ones.
"'Too?'" the blood-faunus quoted. "You're adopted as well?"
"Yeah," Ruby chirped. "So I know what it's like."
"Ya learn somethin' new everyday huh, kitten?" Yang beamed.
Blake faintly smiled, liking the fact that Ruby could understand what being adopted felt like.
"I guess."
"I was suspicious of them up until now..."
A girl stood next to the figure, who emitted an aura of power. She glanced up at her superior with calculating, yet imploring eyes. "Why didn't you do anything about it?" the girl's tone wasn't judgmental and was more out of curiosity.
"I have been," the woman seethed. She was not at all happy from her subordinate's comment. Even if she didn't mean to insult her. "I've been working from a distance."
"R-right, sorry Cinder," the girl with green hair apologized, not liking the idea of upsetting the woman.
"Don't call me that! You have no right to call me by my name."
The girl flinched from the raised voice. It seems she couldn't say anything properly to her superior without upsetting her today. "Sorry, my lady," immediately, she shut her mouth to prevent herself from saying anything else to anger the woman.
"This confirms it…" Cinder thought out loud. "Emerald, get Mercury. We're initiating the plan."
"If I may ask, what exactly is the plan, my lady?" Emerald asked her superior.
"You and Mercury will be sent in soon. Be ready."
Oho! *super smash bros music* new challengers!
Stay dandy,
~Toto
