Alright! Heh, apologizes for my lack of updates. I've been "sucked," for lack of a better term into Destiny 2 recently. So, I do apologize for my lack of updates. Anywho, time for disclaimers! Borderlands and all associated material are owned by Gearbox Software and 2K Games. RWBY and all associated works are property of Rooster Teeth Productions. And Persona, Megami Tensei and all associated material are property of ATLUS Co., Ltd. All right, with that out of the way, let's get to the chapter!
[Sean P.O.V.]
[The Next Day]
After deciding to help Blake with her little, White Fang problem, we were in Port's class, and by God, I thought he couldn't get anymore boring! Anywho, I could see Weiss looking at the clock that she had, and that's when Jaune slid next to me.
"So, Sean, you want to go to the arcade tonight?" Jaune asked, "Or, wanna catch the new Spruce Willis movie?"
At that, the bell rang, thank God. I mean, I like Jaune, don't get me wrong, but I feel he can be a bit pushy at time. And, why do I get the feeling he wants to ask Hailie out too?
"And then I-Oh." Port said, as he realized that class had ended, "Timed that one wrong, I guess. Well, the stunning conclusion to this story will have to wait. Until next time!"
"Hey, Sean, what do you think?" Jaune asked.
"Look, Jaune, as much as I want to go to the arcade, I'm afraid that I've got plans tonight." I said.
"Oh, ok." Jaune said.
"Here's a thought: why not take Pyrrha?" I heard Hailie ask.
"Wh-what?" Jaune said.
"She'll appreciate it." Hailie said, as everyone walked out of Port's class.
We later approached Team RWBY's room, and if it wasn't obvious, we were wearing different outfits.
"Well, all we need now, is to wait for Ruby and the others to finish." I said, and for my outfit, I was wearing sage green cargo pants, my usual combat boots, a loose-fitting urban camo jacket with a black long-sleeved shirt underneath, in addition, I was wearing fingerless black biker gloves. I called this outfit the "Veteran."
"Yeah, hopefully they've got outfits for this occasion." Hailie said, and her outfit consisted of a biker jacket with a patch of the Crimson Raiders' insignia on the back, she wore jeans with a pair of black combat boots. Under her jacket was a sleeveless shirt. She called this her, "Biker" outfit.
"Why exactly do we even need outfits for this?" Matthias asked. His outfit was a white blouse shirt with a long dark blue coat, almost like a pirate. He also wore dark blue pants, and black boots. Although opposed to the idea, he did call his outfit "Buccaneer."
"Well, we need to look good while kicking ass." Talia replied. Her outfit consisted of a black denim jacket with multiple patches on it, over a purple tank top. She also wore a purple skirt with black leggings, and her usual boots. She called this outfit, "Glamour."
"Plus, the episode of RWBY this chapter's based on, has team RWBY wearing different outfits." Kord said, being the latest to break the fourth wall. Anyway, his outfit was a black treanchcoat with a black long-sleeved shirt under it, with black jeans, dark brown cowboy boots, and a fedora. Okay... anyway, his outfit, he called "Gumshoe."
"Kord, stop breaking the fourth wall." Delilah said, showing off her outfit. Which was an exact copy of Matthias's outfit.
"Goddammit Delilah!" Kord said, "That's an exact copy of the outfit Matthias has!"
At that, the door to Team RWBY's room opened, and, my God Yang looked amazing.
"Hey guys, thanks for, waiting..." Ruby said, trailing off.
"Um, why are Matthias and Delilah wearing the same outfit?" Weiss asked.
"Cause the author is a lazy bastard." Claptrap said from our room.
"Shut up Claptrap!" Kord shouted.
"Also, quit breaking the fourth wall!" Ruby shouted as well, "Anyway, today's the day! The investigation begins!"
"I'm glad to see we're taking this so seriously." Weiss said sarcastically.
"Hey, we've got a plan! That's... moderately serious." Yang said.
"Right!" Ruby said, looking around at us, "Everyone remember their roles?" She asked, as Bruticus walked in the room, projecting a holographic projection of Vale, Beacon Academy included.
"Ruby, you, Weiss, Matthias and Kord will head to the CCT and check the Schnee records for any other Dust robberies or inconsistencies." Hailie said, pointing at the holographic CCT, highlighted in red.
"And seeing as I'm in the family, it shouldn't be a problem." Weiss added.
"The White Fang has regular faction meetings to hand out orders and recruit new members. If I can get in, I can hopefully find out what they're planning." Blake said, as the holographic version of the warehouse district was highlighted.
"I have an old friend on the shady side of town that typically knows EVERYTHING going on in Vale. Getting information out of him shouldn't be too hard..." Yang said, as a nightclub was highlighted.
"So, he's an information broker?" Hailie asked, Yang nodding.
"All right, Hailie, you and I will be going with Yang." I said.
"Sounds good." Hailie said.
"I'm sure that some of the local slime might know a thing or two..." Talia said.
"So, we think a couple of lovely ladies like ourselves could, entice the boys and girls to give us some info." Delilah said, and thankfully, her innuendo actually meant her and Talia were going to kick some ass.
"Great! We'll meet up tonight near Yang and the twins to go over what we found." Ruby said, pumping her fist, "Let's do this!"
"Yeah!" Sun shouted. Wait a moment... Sun?! All of us turned around and lo and behold, there was said monkey Faunus hanging upside-down by his tail in the open window.
"Sun!" Blake shouted in alarm.
"How the bloody hell did you get up there?" Matthias asked.
"Ah, it's easy; I do it al the time." Sun replied, myself and the other Vault Hunters quickly drawing our guns and aiming them at him.
"You wanna repeat that, monkey boy?" I said, pulling back the hammer of my Jakobs revolver.
"I-I mean that I climb trees all the time!" Sun said panicking, later flipping into the dorm room, "So, are we finally getting back at that Torchwick guy?" Sun asked.
"WE are going to investigate the situation... as a TEAM." Blake said, before Hailie gestured to continue, "With Sean and the others, of course."
"Sorry, Sun. We don't want to get friends involved if we don't have to." Ruby said.
"Psh! That's dumb! We should always get friends involved! That's why I brought Neptune!" Sun said, gesturing out the window.
We all leaned out the window to see that, yeah, the blue haired dingus was standing outside, trying to stay as cool as a cucumber.
"'Sup?" Neptune said.
"Points for balance." Hailie said, and I had to agree with her.
"How in God's name did you even get up here?" Kord asked.
"I have my ways." Neptune said, it was then I realized that the ledge he was on, was extremely thin, "Seriously, though, can I come in? We're like, REALLY high up right now." He added nervously.
"Pansy." Talia added with a snort.
"All right, after a quick adjustment to the plan to include a certain pair of jackasses..." I said, a light growl coming from my throat, "Sun, you go with Blake, and Neptune-"
"He's with us!" Hailie said.
"Y-yeah, that." I said, "Everyone good on the plan?" I asked, getting nods from everyone, "Good, let's rock."
[Hailie P.O.V.]
[Beacon Garage]
After splitting up from everyone else, we made our way towards the garage that Beacon apparently had.
"Um, Sunfire, not that I don't mind taking a ride on Bumblebee, but I don't know if you've got a sidecar with enough room to fit Romeo and Juliet over there." Sean said, hiking a thumb to Neptune and I.
"Don't worry Sean, that's why I got these." Yang said opening the garage door to unveil, motorcycles?!
"A-are those..." I said, pointing to the motorcycles.
"Motorcycles? Yep. I called my dad and told him about you two. And, with some leftover cash, plus some Lien my dad sent me, I bought you two motorcycles." Yang said.
At that Sean and I got onto the motorcycles, and started them up. And, oh my God, listening to the engine roar to life, I fell in love.
"Ahh... listen to that engine purr." I said, "Mama likey..."
"I love you..." Sean said.
"Were you talking to Yang, or the motorcycle?" Neptune asked.
"Yes." Sean answered.
"So, where am I sitting?" Neptune asked, and then I dragged Neptune onto my motorcycle.
"With me." I said, as the three of us with motorcycles, drove off to the nightclub Yag pointed out, silently glad that Sean and I got our motorcycle licenses.
[Outside Junior's Club]
After a nice little ride through Vale, we found ourselves outside this nightclub Yang mentioned.
"Come on, my friend's right in here!" Yang said, taking off her helmet and motioning to some club music playing nearby.
"Cool." Neptune said, getting off my cycle, "And where exactly is... here?"
[No P.O.V.]
[Inside Junior's Club]
Inside the club of one Hei Xiong, better known as "Junior," said club owner adjusted his cuffs while his henchmen stocked the bottles, carry boxes, and otherwise stand around on the dance floor.
'Ah, finally, a nice, quiet night.' Junior thought until two of his henchmen ran in.
"Hurry, close the door-she's coming!" He shouted as him and his friend proceeded to roll the doors shut and tried to keep them closed with their bodies.
"What are you two idiots doing?!" Junior shouted walking out from the bar.
Both the Henchmen starting blabbering incoherently until an explosion knocks them to the ground and forcing the door open.
"Guess who's back!" Yang shouted, striking a nonchalant pose. Followed by eight guns being pointed at her, followed by Sean and Hailie pointing Reaper's Penance and Siren's Grace back. Meanwhile, Yang glared up at the DJ booth where the record was skipping, causing said DJ, who was wearing a bear mask, taking the needle off of the record and retreat back under the table.
"Looks like a typical Truxican standoff." Hailie whispered to Sean.
"Yeah, but with less treasure, and more booze." Sean whispered back.
"Yeah, so could you define 'friend' for me?" Neptune asked appearing behind Yang and the twins.
"Stop, stop! Nobody shoot." Junior said, cutting his way through the crowd and straightening his tie, "Blondie, you're here! ...WHY?"
"You still owe me a drink." Yang said, grabbing Junior by the arm and dragged him to the bar through the goons, Hailie following right behind.
"Whoa-ho-ho-ho, Sean, you luck bastard." Neptune muttered.
"Come on Casanova." Sean said, dragging Neptune by his collar.
[With Blake and Sun]
Meanwhile, Blake and Sun had made their way to some warehouses in Vale, Blake tracing her fingers on three scratch marks on a wall before peeking around the corner and seeing a pair of Faunus, one with blonde hair in twintails and a black panther tail, and another with blue hair and a fox tail being ushered in by a bearded man. She then turns to Sun.
"This is it." Blake said.
"You sure?" Sun asked, getting a glare from her, "Y'know, I'm just gonna take your word for it." He added, as he and Blake walked towards the entrance, the latter unfastening her bow.
As they entered the building, they saw multiple cases.
"New recruits, keep to the right!" One man said.
"I don't get it." Sun said, holding out the half-mask, "If you believe what you're doing is right, why hide who you are?"
"The mask act as a symbol. Humanity wanted to make monsters out of us, so many chose to don the faces of monsters." Said the young man from earlier. What Blake and Sun didn't know, was that this was Yusuke "Fox" Kitagawa of the Vytal Lance.
"Grimm masks... That's kind of dark." Sun said.
"So was the guy who started it." Blake said, putting her mask on and walking forward.
"Always sunshine and rainbows with you..." Sun said, following her lead.
'So, those two are the ones that the Boss was talking about..." Yusuke thought.
As Blake and Sun lined up with the new recruits, they saw that there were less standard WF goons standing to their left.
"Huh, wonder what's with the shortage of White Fang troops here?" Sun asked Blake.
"Who knows." Blake replied as a fully-asked man with tattoos began to talk to the assembled Faunus.
"Thank you all for coming. For those of you who are joining us for the first time tonight, allow me to introduce a very special comrade of ours! I can assure you, he is the key to obtaining what we have fought for for so long!" The WF Lieutenant said as the smug face of Roman Torchwick, who was still smiling even with the crowd protesting.
"Thank you, thank you!" Roman said, waiving mockingly. Meanwhile, his henchwoman, Neopolitan, walks out from behind the sheet on the stage, "Please, hold your applause!" Roman finished.
"What's a HUMAN doing here?!" Shouted a Faunus woman with deer antlers who was in front of Blake and Sun.
"I'm glad you asked, 'Deerie!'" Torchwick said, "Now, I'll be the first to admit, humans... are the worst." Torchwick continued, motioning to himself, "Case in point. So, I understand why you would like to see us all locked away, or, better yet, KILLED!"
"So, is he going somewhere with this?" Sun asked, leaning over to Blake.
"BUT, before the claws come out, I'd like to mention the fact that you and I ALL have a common enemy: the ones in control, the people pulling the strings, the dirty, rotten humans that run our kingdoms!" Torchwick said, getting the crowd to agree with him, "Government, military, the schools, even those pious, holier-than-thou whackjobs in the Vytal Lance, who whisked away much of the experienced White Fang soldiers: they're all to blame for your lot in life!" He added, as the crowd cheered, "And they're all PESTS that need to be dealt with! Fortunately, I'm the best exterminator around... No offense to any rodents in the room."
'I wonder what's behind that sheet.' Thought Ann "Panther" Takamaki, who was with Fox infiltrating the WF meeting, and soon enough, with a snap of his fingers, Torchwick unknowingly answered Ann's question, as the sheet fell, revealing an Atlesian Paladin-290 mech, now with the insignia of the White Fang painted on its shoulder.
"Whoa, that's a big robot..." Sun breathed.
"How did he get that?" Blake asked.
"Is the boss getting this?" Ann whispered to Yusuke, who nodded.
"As some of you may have heard, this right here..." Torchwick said, tapping the mech, "...is Atlas' newest defense against all the scary things in the world. And thanks to my 'employer,' we've managed to snag a few before they, uh, 'hit the shelves.' Now, many of your brothers have already moved down to our new operation in the southeast. If you'd rather stay within the city, that's fine... But if you're truly ready to fight for what you believe in, this is the arsenal I can provide you. Any Questions?" Torchwick finished, the crowd's applause giving him his answer.
"We should get out of here." Blake said to Sun.
"Will all new recruits, please come forward!" The WF Lieutenant said, the line surging forward.
"Welp!" Sun said.
[Outside the Warehouse]
Outside the meeting area, a sniper, garbed in the colors of the Lost Legion activated the thermal function in his helmet, before looking at Sun and Blake.
"Command, this is Prometheus 2-3, I have eyes on the two animals from the docks." the sniper said over his com link, "Permission to terminate?"
[Back with Sean and Company]
"I don't know!" Junior said, after putting his glass down on the bar.
"How can you not know?" Yang asked.
"I haven't talked to him! I haven't even seen him since the night you first came in here." Junior clarified, pointing in Yang's face, "He paid up front, I lent him my men, and none of them ever. Came. Back."
"Cute ghost story." Sean chimed in, cracking his knuckles, "But that's not enough solid evidence for us to go on."
"Well, I'm sorry for not giving more info!" Junior yelled, turning to Yang, "Who is this guy?"
"Her boyfriend. And the guy responsible for sending several of your goons to the slammer after my first run-in with Torchwick." Sean answered.
"Wait, that was you?" Junior said, "Anyway, Torchwick hired my boys, and I guess he wasn't happy with them, which is SOMETHING I CAN RELATE TO!" He finished, shouting at his men.
"Come on guys, let's go." Yang said, Sean, Hailie and Neptune walking behind her.
"We get everything we need?" Neptune asked.
"Well, I can tell you that we got sweet fuck all from him." Hailie answered.
[With Blake and Sun]
'This is bad. We need to think of something fast.' Ann worriedly thought as she, Yusuke, Sun and Blake were forced to march along with everyone else, amid the roaring cheers of the White Fang.
"What are we going to do?!" Sun whispered to Blake.
"I'm thinking..." Blake said, as Roman, smoking on his cigar, looking at the two Faunus before frowning.
"He sees us..." Sun said, trying to smile and waive.
"He can't see in the dark." Blake said, noticing the junction box on the wall. But before she could unsheathe Gambol Shroud, a sniper shot is heard, and hits the junction box, making the entire building go dark.
"Sniper!" One WF grunt shouted.
"Don't let them get away!" Roman ordered.
"Sun! The window!" Blake shouted.
"Well Ann, I guess it's time to slip into something more, comfortable." Yusuke said.
"Okay, first off, no more double entendres. Second, let's go." Ann said, as her and Yusuke ran off to change into their Phantom attire.
"So you wouldn't happen to have... oh, I don't know... some form of BACKUP?!" Sun shouted, as Torchwick, now piloting the Paladin, ran alongside Blake.
"On it!" Blake said, grabbing her Scroll to call the others.
[With Talia and Delilah]
Delilah and Talia were standing outside a drug house when Talia got a call from Blake.
"Everyone! If you can hear me, we need back-" Blake said over the Scroll before Sun cut her off.
"HEEEELLLLP!" Sun yelled.
"Let's get to them." Delilah said with a sigh, Talia nodding.
[With Kord and Ruby]
After finding out that Penny was a robot (Author: Yeah, I know I skipped that, bite me.), Kord and Ruby got a call from Blake.
"Big robot! And it's big! Really big!" Sun shouted.
"Guess we're not missing this." Kord said, he and Ruby running to join in.
[With Sean and Co.]
Sean and company were back on the motorcycles, when Hailie got a call on her Scroll.
"That Torchwick guy is in it! But not, like, it didn't eat him; he's like, controlling it or something!" Sun shouted.
"Where are you guys?" Hailie asked, as Sun and Blake ran past them, with the Paladin hot on their heels.
"HURRYYYY!" Sun shouted both in person and on the Scroll.
"I think that was them." Neptune said.
"No shit Sherlock." Hailie said.
"Let's burn the tires, and light some fires!" Sean said, circling his cycle around, and driving off to follow them, Hailie and Yang following his lead.
[On the Vale Highway]
[Story OST: "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC]
Blake and Sun somehow made their way to the highways, with Torchwick still in the Paladin. Just as the two Faunus began to Jump on the cars, the Paladin was tripped by a whip, and on the adjacent cars, Ann and Yusuke, garbed in their 'Panther" and "Fox" attires respectively, appeared.
"Who the hell are you two?!" Blake shouted, before she saw the Paladin get back up. Sean and his group coming to the side of the mech.
"We've got to slow it down!" Yang shouted.
"I got a plan!" Sean shouted, linking the schematics of his motorcycle to his ECHO Device, and jumped on the Paladin, activating Excalibur while doing so.
"Is that Sean?" Sun asked, shocked.
"What the hell is he doing?!" Panther shouted.
'This is either insane or, no, this is just insane.' Sean thought, switching Excalibur's elemental damage to electric. Sean stabbed at the Paladin, causing several systems to go offline for a short time. He then proceeded to climb up to the cockpit, and knock on its window.
"What the-?!" Torchwick said, looking up to see Sean's smirking face.
"Howdy Roman! Nice mech ya got here!" Sean chuckled.
"Oh, for the love of..." Torchwick sighed.
'Well, that got his atten-WHOA!' Sean thought as he was fling off, before using his grappling hook to latch onto a car, pulling himself towards it.
That's when Neptune had the idea of using his weapon's trident mode, and stab it into the top of the Paladin, this action caused Sun and Blake to stop their car-hopping to look back at the blue-haired Huntsman.
"Neptune, hang on!" Sun shouted.
'No shit, jackass!' Neptune thought, trying to stay on, but the mech keeps bucking and threatening to toss him off. Sun, actually having a plan this time, smashed his palms together, activating his Semblance, which he called 'Via Sun,' creating two glowing outlined copies of himself, sending them at the Paladin, bot copies colliding into the Paladin, and creating an explosion of light, allowing Sun to grab his weapon, before Torchwick turned enough to fling Neptune off of him, knocking said Huntsman into Sun, sending both of them off the highway.
"SUN! NEPTUNE!" Hailie shouted, getting enraged.
As Blake looks on from her spot, she hears a voice from her Scroll.
"Blake! Weiss and I are in position!" Matthias said, as he and Weiss landed in the middle of the road, Matthias firing Maverick Hunter at the approaching Torchwick, this proving a distraction, as Weiss created a circle of ice, causing the Paladin to slip and crash, falling off the ramp, followed by Sean and the others following behind. All assembled Hunters in training readying their weapons.
[End OST]
"Freezer Burn!" Ruby shouted, as Weiss repeated what she did on the highway, only this time, Yang hit the epicenter with Ember Celica, creating a wave of mist that surrounds Roman.
[RWBY Volume 2 OST: "Die" by Jeff Williams, featuring Casey Lee Williams]
"Hailie, it's time." Sean simply said, his twin nodding in response, Hailie creating a cross shape with her left and right index fingers, pouring her Aura into creating six solid clones of herself, each one with different haircolors. One having hair colored as if it were reddish-orange like fire, one who's hair was colored purple, one who's hair was colored white as snow, one who's hair was green, and oozed of toxicity, one, who's hair blue, and had sparks shooting off from it, and finally, the last had hair yellow like Yang's except it was surrounded by small explosions. This was the result of Hailie's Semblance: Phaseclone.
"What the...?" Weiss asked, clearly confused.
"This is Hailie's Semblance, essentially, it's like Sun or Blake's Semblance, except Hailie's are fully solid clones." Bruticus explained, "Each one imbued with a different elemental damage type."
"Elemental damage type?" Blake asked.
"Fire, Slag, Cryo, Corrosive, Shock, and Explosive." Talia added, listing off the elemental damage types.
"Explosive?" Yang asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yep." Delilah said, as the six Hailie clones began attacking the Paladin. First, the clone with the acid ability charged in, melting the rocket launchers on the Paladin, the clone with the shock damage disabled most systems on the Paladin while the fire and cryo clones froze the Paladin in place, and frying the arms at the same time. The last clone, the one with the explosive damage type, ran forward, and destroyed the Paladin, causing Roman to tumble out of the Paladin.
"Just got this thing cleaned..." Roman groaned, dusting himself off.
"Sayonara, Roman!" Kord shouted, firing his rocket at Roman, only for his henchwoman Neo, to block the rocket with her Umbrella.
"D-did her umbrella just block Kord's rocket?" Matthias asked, utterly dumbfounded.
"Wha-?! HOW?!" Kord shouted.
"Ladies, gentlemen, Ice Queen..." Roman said, addressing the victors.
"Hey!" Weiss shouted in annoyance.
"Always a pleasure! Neo, if you would..." Roman said, as Neo curtsies at our heroes, although Hailie wasn't having none of it, leaping at the two criminals, activating her Siren ability, slamming her fist in Neo's face, and both her and Roman shattered, revealing both criminals were on a Bullhead, flying away.
[End OST]
"Ah, damn." Hailie said.
"So I guess he got a new henchman..." Yang said.
"Yeah, and I just caught her name. Neo, I think." Matthias said.
"Anyway, I guess she really made our plans... fall apart!" Weiss said, causing the six human Vault Hunters to look at her in deadpan.
"No. Just... no." Talia said, shaking her head.
"What- But Yang does it!" Weiss shouted, getting mad.
"There's a time and a place for jokes." Yang explained.
"Was this not it?" Weiss asked.
"No, it just wasn't very good." Panther said, as her and Fox walked up to the eleven.
"Who are you two? Sun and I saw you at the rally, but things got, crazy..." Blake said.
"Simple, I'm Panther, and the stick in the mud behind me is Fox." Panther answered.
"You kinda remind me of somebody." Sean said.
"You must mean Joker, we're in the Vytal Lance like he is." Fox said, "Not to mention, a sniper interrupted our reconnaissance of the White Fang rally."
"The Lost Legion?" Sean asked, making the two nod in conformation, 'Why is the Legion here? And what do they want?' Sean thought, resting a hand on his chin.
This is done. THANK GOD! I seriously apologize for the delay. Blame Destiny 2. Damn Faction Rallies. Anyway, it might take a long while until the next chapters of An Arc of Fates and Reading RGF can get done. So please, be patient. Anyway, don't forget to read and review, and I'll see you next time!
