A/N: I really need to get a schedule or something. Either way, I've been reading others fanfictions and I've just been foaming at the mouth reading'em, they're so damn good and make me look like a kindergartner wrote them. I'm gonna have to step my game up. But back to the story, enjoy!
Chapter 34
I woke up to the sound of someone falling out of bed, "OW!" Vik yelped as his head made contact with the floor. I sat up and looked over to Vik and chuckled, though he made me wake up rather abruptly, I still worry about him, "You alright?" I asked as I stood from my bed cracking my neck and back as I did so.
"Hey Lance I'm going talk to the girls before they leave, you coming with?" Vik wan't even in his gear, we was still in his pajamas, which were basically some shorts and a t-shirt. I decided what the hell and nodded, quickly getting into my gear. I looked over to Fides and Guardian and put them on my hip, their usual resting place. Once I got completely ready we left, leaving Amara and Arthur to chill by themselves for today.
As we walked we saw a whole bunch of teams heading for the landing pads. I guess we slept through the little ceremony Ozpin did, good thing we didn't even have to go. We headed to the landing pad and saw team CFVY walking. I waved at them and Coco nodded back. I guess us leaders all kinda have a sort of code of honor amongst us. I pushed my thought aside when I saw Blake run up to Velvet and started to make my way towards them when I felt a set of hands pull me back into a hug.
The grip was as study as iron so that meant it could have been one of two people, and considering Ruby and Vik are talking I'm sure of the culprit, "Hey Sunshine." Yang giggled and kissed my cheek, "Coming say bye?" Yang crowed. I did my usual head nod of acknowledgement and we walked over to her team. I saw Vik instantly hug Ruby, who blushed and hugged him back.
"Where are you guys going?" Weiss asked and she crossed her arms, "Uhh no where. We're excused from the mission assignment and we get to chill at Beacon." Weiss seemed upset but she didn't say anything. Seems the ice queen might be a little envious. She shouldn't be...
"Well then you can stay with us, we don't ship out till tomorrow." Jaune said as he walked up behind me and Vik, "And us!" Sun and Neptune said in unison. I wouldn't mind hanging out with either of them. Both are pretty cool in my book, besides, me and Jaune are both technically knights so we got to stick together.
"Oh really, what are you guys doing?" Vik pressed. The two looked at each other and smiled, "We're shadowing a huntsman that works as a detective for VPD. His names Reese...Kobolt.."
I reeled in shock and looked over to the members of SSSN, "Your shadowing my dad?" Sun walked up to me and patted my shoulder, astonishment clear on his face, "Your dads pretty cool." Neptune walked up to the other side of me and placed a hand on my shoulder, "Yeah seriously, why didn't you tell us your dad was a detective?"
"It didn't seem relevant to anything at all." I said dryly, as I thought about the huge lie he told me all my life, "Dude he's a detective! That's so cool!" I shrugged my shoulders and sighed.
"It's pretty cool from an outside point of view but when your dad is barely there you realize it's not all its cracked up to be." Yang kissed my cheek. I had almost forgot she was there. The duo could see I was upset so they let it go.
"5 MINUTES LADIES!" Was that Doctor Oobleck? The girls must have noticed my confusion, "Yeah that's exactly who you think it is." Ruby said as she face palmed. I had to stifle my laughter.
"Well in any case good luck. We'll see you guys in a few days." I said as I walked over and kissed Yang on the lips and let her go to her mission. Me, Vik, and the two other teams left and went back to our rooms When I got to my room I saw Arthur in his gear and so was Amara.
"Guess we train until they get back?" Arthur said halfheartedly. Everyone nodded and we headed to the sparring room to see that there was only two people in there. Emerald and Mercury. And to my absolutely delightful surprise, they noticed us.
"Oh hey Lance, fancy seeing you here!" Mercury said in a cheery tone, "Who are you guys?" I forgot that my team never met them, for good reason, "This is Emerald and Mercury. they're from Haven Academy, I met them before we left to our... Friends." My team understood the term friends and looked back to the students standing before us.
"Well any friend of Lance is a friend of ours!" Vik said with complete certainty that he had met some new friends. If only they knew.
"Lance mentioned ya'll briefly, team LAVA right?" Emerald said as she approached Arthur with a rather friendly smile. If I didn't know her boss, I would have almost believed it, "Yeah the one and only." Arthur said proudly as he bowed to the two.
"I heard that ya'll are one of the best team in Beacon... Can we see?" Before I could even speak Viktor was already standing in front of Mercury with a predatory smile, "I would love to spar with you guys." Can always count on him to get violent with his friends.
I stepped up and pulled Fides from Guardian, "I guess I need to get some training in." I stated dryly. I was really trying to mask my quiet excitement of getting to hurt Cinder's goon, any other circumstance and she might have tried to kill me.
"Well who's reffing?" Amara asked casually before Arthur bought his hand up and got in the middle of us as we separated to our respective sides. I pulled out my sword and Vik had his jacket ready on standby. Vik wearing his usually sadistic smile. I truly worry about my partner at times.
Arthur smiled and looked to both teams to see if they were ready and then he raised his hand and brought it down, "BEGIN!" Instantly I was being shot at by Emerald's pistols. I had to dodge out of the way and grab Guardian from my waist and activated it's shield form. I felt the bullets ricochet off as I ran forward with Guardian raised. When I got close I swung at her and she back flipped out of the way.
She smiled as both of her weapons detached and became bladed chains. She started to swing with them rapidly, allowing the momentum from each swing to push my defense even harder. I pointed Fides at the ground and shot gravity dust. I flew into the air and placed Guardian on Fides to create my buster sword. I came crashing back down but I missed her ever so slightly. I detached Fides from Guardian ad shot at her with ice dust. I hit her in the leg and she stopped. She looked up at me and smiled as she broke free and charged me. When I swung at her, my weapon went straight through her and I felt a lot of pain hit me in the chest causing me to fly back into the wall.
None of that went unnoticed.
I got to one knee and saw Vik going toe to fist with Mercury and it looked pretty close. I focused back on Emerald who was now holding two curved short swords. I stood up and put Guardian on my side and held Fides in one hand. I slowly approached the girl and she sent a cocky smile my way.
"You aren't so tough." Emerald teased. I started to chuckle, "I'm not the best either." I pulled Fides and fired at her before she could block the shot. It hit her in the chest and sent her flying back. I pointed Fides behind me and fired gravity dust to get over to her before she could stop me. I swung down at her and she caught the swing with her blades. I pushed downward as hard as I could and made her fall to a knee.
"MERC! I COULD USE SOME HELP!" I looked to my right and felt a boot hit me square in the jaw and sent me flying past Vik and out of the ring.
"Lance is out!" I sighed and stood, "You got me this time." I grumbled as I slid Fides into Guardian and went take a seat next to Amara who pat me on the shoulder, "We all got to lose sometimes." I shook my head and started to walk over to te locker room. They didn't understand how important this victory was.
"Lance is out!" My head snapped around to where Lance was and I saw he was out of the arena and he looked thoroughly pissed, but Lance being Lance, he would never vent his anger, so I decided to do it for him. I activated my electric jacket and smiled.
"Well that's shocking." I heard Arthur and Amara boo me from their bench. I went straight for Mercury and began to send a punch his way. He deflected it with a kick and tried to leg sweep me. I leaped out of the way and got back in my stance.
"Two on one, that hardly seems fair... I like it!" I switched one hand to fire and the other to ice and shot at them. They started to run out of the way, but that's what I wanted, I kept shooting ice at them until the whole floor was covered in ice.
Melt the ice.
"I already know, Spawn!" I switched both hands to fire and made it seem like I was trying to set them ablaze when really I was melting all of the ice. When I did I activated my electric daggers and was about to touch the ground both of them wised up and started team up on me.
Emerald started to swing at me with her blades and dodged out of her way. I tried to swing downwards in my flip but Mercury kicked me in the back and sent me into the floor. I stood up and started to laugh.
"You guys... Are fun!" I slammed my fist into the ground and the water electrified, shocking both Emerald and... MERCURY'S OKAY!? Sure enough Merc was just standing there while the electricity sparked so brightly around him that it illuminated his features.
"Nice try." Mercury said as he got back in his stance, "I'm not even gonna question it." I stated as I got back into my stance and activated my semblance to calm myself down and prepare for round two.
He bolted towards me and tried to round house kick me. I slid under him and hit his knee from behind. My punch made him do a back flip, but he turned his accidentally back flip in a powerful kick and almost knocked my head off. I moved out of the way and activated my ice swords. I started to swing as fast as possible but I couldn't hit him. I switched to earth and had more luck. Me and him started to send a flurry of kicks and punches at each other.
One of my punches got through his defenses and I decked him in the jaw. He flew back but used his hands to turn his fall into a spin and started to spin as fast as he could creating wind balls that floated up in the air. The mass of air whisked around him like he was the eye of the storm and when he stood, all of the air came whirling at me.
I activated my electric dagger on one hand and my ice sword on the other. I used the sword to cut any incoming volleys and the dagger to stab them if they get close. He kicked at me and sent two more air balls at me. I dodged under them and he-
"I CONCEDE!" I was about to deck him in the jaw when he said that. I deactivated my jacket and stopped directly in front of him, "Why!?" I was reasonable angry with this guy. No one should ever back out mid fight. And fighting was something I was incredibly passionate about.
"Well then I guess team LAVA wins." Arthur said blandly as him and Amara walked over to see me staring at him with anger clear on my face, "Aww, don't be so mad little guy. You won!" Mercury pointed out. "First he insults my pride and now my height? I don't like this guy..."
I didn't like him when I saw him.
"That wasn't a win..." I said with venom laced words. I turned my back to the duo and walked out of the arena and to the locker room, "Hey Lance. We won, not really. Mercury backed out right before I broke his jaw."
I looked over to Lance to see he still wasn't happy, "We're going out tonight. I got some things I want to get off my chest." Lance stated as he pulled out is scroll and made a call. It's bad when he doesn't vent, but know he's trying to vent his frustration and he looks even angrier than when he went into the locker room.
"Hey dad...I need you at the diner... Yes the one by the airport... Okay bye." I looked at Lance wide eyed.I remember Lance saying he isn't too happy with anyone that is in his family right now, especially his dad.
"Lance are you-"
My sentence was cut short as Lance slammed his fist into a locker, "YES! I'm sure.."
He is not, but it would be best if you do not question him right now.
"Understood." I patted Lance on his shoulders and headed out of the locker room to see Merc and Emerald were gone and it was just Amara and Arthur. "Good. I don't want to see that guys face anymore."
"We got a slight issue... We all have to go with Lance today to talk with his folks at the diner." Arthur looked up with sock mixed with worry, "When we get there keep an eye on Lance. Amara be ready to freeze him just in case."
Arthur giving out orders to take Lance down is new so this must be an important situation. Lance walked out of the bathroom, his anger had subsided now he just looked indifferent, he didn't say anything as he walked past us, he just headed for the Bullheads and boarded one. We followed him and got on with him.
"Lance, you calm?" Arthur asked as he placed a hand on his shoulder. Lance looked at him with a smile and sighed, "After today I will be. I just want answers." Arthur nodded and leaned back. Me and Amara shared some odd looks between us and sighed.
Today is going to be... Interesting.
"You said it." Me and Spawn are worried about what is going to happen when Lance finds the answer he wants. What would he do? I know he's angry at his dad, but what about Rosey? She seems like a nice woman. I highly doubt she would do anything to harm Lance.
When the bullhead landed we all walked straight to the diner. When we opened the door Rosey instantly smiled and waved at me, "Rosey, I need to speak with you." She nodded and took her apron off and walked around the counter. I brought her over to my dad who was siting alone eating some food and sat her across from him. They looked at each other awkwardly, as if they didn't even know each other.
"Hello Lance, what do you need?" I stayed standing and looked at my father with the most serious face possible, "Answers, from both of you. I want all of them to be truthful." Both of their gaze adjusted to my hand and it was clenched on my sword.
"Lance I-" I cut my father off and asked my first question, "Rosey, did you know my mom?" Rosey looked down and sighed, "Yes." I kept my gaze on Rosey.
"Did you know her well?" Rosey looked up at me and could see the anger, "Yes." I thanked Rosey and looked to my father, "Did she leave after my birth?"
"Lance you don't-"
"ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION!" I pulled my sword out and stabbed into the table. I peered into my father's brown eyes and waited, "No." I sighed in relief that he didn't keep up the lie. But that also made me angry.
"Was her... Was her name Marina?" Both of them looked up at me with shock, "Yes." Rosey answered with a smile. I looked at her and scowled. I pulled my sword fro the table and placed it back into Guardian. I wasn't done yet.
Arthur put his hand on my shoulder, "Lance now you know, lets-" I looked him in the eyes and made him step back. I shifted my gaze over to my dad and stared him down.
'Why did you lie to me?" I waited for either of them to speak up but no one did, "Oh so you told me the biggest lie ever but when I call you out on it no one wants to answer?! Or has it just been so long that both of you forgot the reason!?"
"Lance please... We did it to make it easier for you to adjust to your surroundings." I shot a look of pure hatred at my father, one even the Grimm could be proud of, "I would have adjusted IF MY FATHER WOULD HAVE GAVE A DAMN ABOUT ME!" I was beyond pissed. My father was never there for me it was always Rosey I had to talk to.
"Lance I-" I raised my hand to shut him up and continued my questions, "Were you and her sisters?" Rosey looked down and nodded, "LOOK AT ME!" Rosey quickly looked up into my eyes and could see me crying from pure anger that hey would keep this from me, and the frustration of me having to find out the way I did.
"All I wanted was to know why my mom left me... You two knew the answer for 4 YEARS and didn't once tell me. Do you know how that feels? I have had EVERYTHING I cared about ripped away from my arms and the first thing I wake up to is a lie."
"Lance you have to believe your father, we only wanted your life to be easier." I started to chuckle as I looked at the ground, "Easier? Nothing about my life was easy! I had to go through Signal thinking I was worthless. The only reason I didn't kill myself was because I met my brother! He taught me more than either of you did!"
"Lance, we only wanted-" I pulled my sword on my dad and stared him down, "But what about what I wanted hmm? I wanted to know about my mom. I wanted to meet a nice girl. I wanted a father who would come home every once in a while to take care of me. Instead I know nothing about my mom other than her name. The girl who loves me thing came true, no thanks to either of you. And my father damn near gave up on me when my mom died in a car accident 4 years ago!"
"Lance we're sorry, we should have told you but you need to calm down." I switched Fides to rifle form and pointed it at the person I used to call father, fully content with ending team SSSN's mission before it even started. "Oh how I wish I could forgive you." I was probably going to pull the trigger when Rosey stepped in front of me and put herself in between me and my father.
I locked eye with Rosey... Her and my mom shared so many features it was unreal. Why did she have to step in front of me? I would have made it quick, painless. I could feed the body to Viktor before anyone found out, but Arthur would never be okay with that. And my mom... She loved him huh?
"I wanted my mom for so long...You of all people should have known that this would end up bad. What was it she said? Children need trust to grow, and if they trust you then they love you. Rosey... I don't trust either of you..." I put Fides away and walked out of the diner. I felt as if I had made my point clear. I don't love them but my body made me stop. I was just standing in the front of the diner. Damn you Amara.
"Lance please, I'm sorry I know we hurt you, but we only did it because we thought it would help, if we would have known how you felt we would have told you everything... Lance you are the only piece of my sister I have left. I can't lose both of you." I looked at her and started to cry.
"Your all I have of her too." Rosey ran over to me and pulled me into a hug. I just wanted answers, and now that I got them I feel horrible. Everything I knew was a lie. The only thing that was certain was that only a few people were there for me when I was growing up, Yang and her family, Arthur, and Rosey. My dad was always at work, he was the one that orchestrated this. He has to pay.
"I want to kill him so bad right now." I told Rosey in her ear, she held me even tighter, "Lance please calm down... What do you want to know about your mom?" I looked her in the eyes and frowned.
"I want to know everything." She nodded and dragged me to her house which wasn't too far from the diner and we went inside. She had a modest home just for one person and it was quite cozy. She dragged me into her room and sat me down. She went over to the side of her bed and pulled out a shoe box with pictures and a few DVD's. She slid the DVD into a player and pressed play.
Flashback
I heard the door open to the house and I saw a woman with black hair and aqua blue eyes step in, she was wearing some sort of uniform, "Mommy! Mommy!" I shouted as I ran through the house and into my mom's arms, she held me tightly and started to rub the back of my head, "Hey sweetie! I missed you."
"Mommy, don't leave like that again. I thought you wouldn't come back!" She kissed my head lightly and started to cry, "I'm sorry baby... I'll never go again." I wrapped my arms around her tightly and cried into her long hair.
"You better promise!" My mom giggled and kissed my cheek, "I promise." She picked me up and carried me into the living room with dad following with a camera. He was tearing up. He walked over and kissed mommy.
"NO! That's my kisses not yours!" I pulled her head close to mine and kissed her cheek, "I now I told you about sharing." I started to feel bad so I looked down, "I know mommy but I want to stay with you for a while. I just got you back."
"Okay sweetie, come on lets go lay down." I smiled and she brought me over to the couch and sat down with me in her lap. She started to hold me gently in her arms and whispered into my ear.
"I like cuddling with you. Your so much better than your father." I laughed and so did dad, "Well there's going to be a lot of cuddling tonight." I didn't understand so looked back to mommy.
"Mommy can I come cuddle with ya'll?" She smiled slightly but shook her head, "I'm sorry sweetie but dad has to have his own cuddling time." I looked down in sadness and rubbed my eye.
"How about this, me and you cuddle all day tomorrow?" I was so happy that my mom would stay with me, "All day!?" She nodded and kissed my forehead, "All day." I got excited and hugged mommy tightly.
"I love you mom!"
"And I love you Lance."
End of Flashback
I didn't know what to say, I was about 5 in that video. My mom had just come home from I assume the military, "I... I want to see more." Rosey nodded and handed me about seven DVD's each of them were labeled something different.
"Weapon designer?" I asked as I looked at Rosey, she giggled and put it in the DVD player.
Flashback.
"Hey mom! Come check this out!" I smiled as I looked down at the finished drawing of my weapon. My mom came around the corner with a smile,"What's up sweetie?" I chuckled and pointed at my finished drawing of my weapon. It wasn't the best nut it was definitely detailed.
She looked up at me with a smile, "Is this going to be your weapon for Signal." I nodded rapidly, "Don't you think you should wait until they give you the assignment?" I shook my head and smiled.
"Naa, I want to impress my teachers." My mom smiled and patted my head, "I understand but I still think they'll be impressed if you make your weapon when they ask you." I shrugged my shoulders and looked back at the drawing.
"I still want to make it anyway." She giggled and looked at the picture, "Your dad says that in Signal you have to name your weapon... What are you gonna name it?"
I thought for a moment, "That's not true but if I do name it, I'll name it... Ummm... Fides!" My mom looked at me with a cocked eye and a smile, "Why Fides?" I looked at the picture of my weapon and chuckled at how silly I was for the name.
"In another language Fides means faith or assurance. I have faith that humanity will destroy all evil in Remnant and I'm going to assure that it happens!" My mom started to laugh at me but soon it was replaced with a peck on the cheek.
"That's a good name for it." I looked down and smiled at my weapon now named Fides. I can't wait until I make you, your going to slay some of the biggest Grimm ever!
"Hey my little blacksmith, why don't we go get some ice cream from the parlor down the road?" I looked up with pure joy, "Yes! Can I have Rockie Road?" She smiled and stood up with the camera.
"You can have whatever you want." I stood triumphantly and hugged my mom, "Love you mom!"
"I love you too Lance."
End of Flashback
"Rosey can I have these?" held he DVD's up to her, she patted my head and nodded, "Of course you can Lance." I smiled and stood up, "Lance you do know that I love you right?" I looked back to see Rosey crying. I placed the DVD's on the bed and wrapped my arms around her. She started to cry into my neck and I started to cry as well.
"Rosey.. I love you... I just wanted answers and now that I have them I feel so much better... Just promise you will never lie to me like this again." She nodded on my neck and I knew she meant it so I didn't make her speak. I just held her gently as she sobbed onto my shoulder.
"Amara stop him!" I wanted Amara to use her semblance on him and she did. As soon as Lance stopped moving Rosey ran to him. I watched as her and Lance exchanged a few words, when they finished Rosey dragged him of to her house.
I looked to my dad who was tearing up, "I just wanted his life to be easier." I sat in front of him and looked him in the eye, "Dad, nothing Lance ever went through has been easy. His body alone is a testament to that. Lance has gone through so much and I'm amazed that he didn't break a long time ago."
"Marina would be so mad with me right now." I chuckled and looked down, "She would be furious if you just let your son hate you. Go to him. It would mean a lot if you at least showed him that you cared."
My dad looked up at me with a smile, "I'll do that." I nodded and stood from my seat. My dad did the same and I followed him to Rosey's house with my team behind me. I felt someone drag me back.
"I'm so proud of you." Amara said as she kissed my cheek, "What did I do?" She giggle and patted my shoulder, "Your helping Lance like he asked." I shook my head and caught up to my father who was worried that his son might kill him. My dad stepped up to Rosey's door and was about to knock on it when Lance opened it and the two were standing inches away from each other.
There aren't many things in this world that scare me, but when Lance is pissed he says nothing, he only looks into your soul with his cobalt eyes. That scares me, "Lance I know your angry with me but I... I'm sorry."
Lance gazed into my fathers eyes and said nothing, he was waiting, "I'm sorry that I shut down and gave up, I'm sorry that I let you go through school without knowing about your mom. I'm sorry that I... That I was such a horrible father to you..." Lance's eyes were unflinching but his scowl lessened and a very very very small smile.
"I forgive you." Lance walked past his stunned father and towards us with a smile, "You forgive me?" Lance nodded and turned around, "Dad. All I wanted was answers and an apology from you guys. Both of you gave me what I wanted and more. So yeah I'm still a little pissed but I'm also happy. Now I got to get back to Beacon. See you in a week, the semesters almost over!"
I could only give my dad a thumbs up as we walked back to the Bullhead, Lance had a smile plastered on his face and his hand was clenched on some DVD's. I looked up to him and he chuckled, "They're from Rosey. It's videos of my mom." I nodded and we boarded the ship to Beacon.
When we arrived we went straight to our rooms and went sit down. Lance however was messing with holo T.V that no one ever bothered to turn on and slid in one of the disks and watched wordlessly as a video of him celebrating his tenth birthday with his mom and dad came on. At the end of the video his mom said I love you and the real Lance whispered back with teary eyes.
"I love you too." I watched as Lance walked over and turned off the T.V and went to bed. I felt Amara pull me into the bed. I kissed Amara and the cheek and slowly drifted away in happiness. I felt as though we helped Lance achieve a big goal of his. We helped him find his mom.
I woke up to the sound of my scroll going off, someone was calling me, I reached over to see who it was. "Yang?" I heard an explosion in the back round and then the scroll turned off, "EVERYONE UP NOW!" I got out of bed and started to get dressed. I heard the sound of sirens going off.
"Lance whats that sound?" Arthur asked as he speedily put on his gear. "That's the alarm systems for Vale. Something big is going on." I placed Fides and Guardian on my hip and looked to see Amara putting on her heels and Vik putting Spawn on his shoulder.
"Vik, do not use Spawn when we are out there. Understood?" Vik looked at Spawn and sighed. He looked back to me with a smile, "Yes Boss." I nodded and we bolted out of the dorm and to the landing pads. I saw team CFVY and Mr. Port boarding a Bullhead.
"WAIT FOR US!" Vik ran forward and boarded the bullhead and soon after we got on with them, "Does anyone know whats going on out there?" Amara said as she made eye contact with Fox Allistar. Her eyes got wide and he started to chuckle, but he wouldn't say why.
"The alarms have been triggered by a massive explosion. It has sent the townspeople into a panic causing Grimm to pour out of the hole the explosion caused." Port took his battle axe musket off of his back and loaded it. I took Fides out of my sheath and made sure I was ready for a fight.
"New upgrade?" Velvet asked as she looked closely at my weapon, "You could say that." She giggled and I heard the pilot shout at us to get ready. My team lined up on one side of the Bullhead and team CFVY lined up on the other.
"See you guys later." I told team CFVY, I felt a hand touch my back. I turned to see Coco holding my shoulder, "Yeah, you better." I nodded and the ship doors opened. I instantly saw the problems.
"That's a lot of Grimm." Arthur said as he cocked his pistols, "We aren't alone this time. Lets show'em what team LAVA does in its spare time." I cocked a smile and jumped out of the Bullhead backwards and attached Guardian to my sword to create my buster sword. I stabbed through a Creep's back and killed it. Arthur attached his dual swords and created his short sword, Orbis. Amara created her staff and Viktor activated his electric daggers and bolted into the fight.
I detached my sword from my shield and used it to block a downward swipe of a Beowolf. It's strength brought me down to one knee. I aimed Fides at it's chest and fired an explosive round into his chest, blowing a whole into it's back. I stood and dusted myself off I saw Arthur dealing with two Creeps and he was doing really good, especially when he activated his semblance. I saw Vik fighting a Ursa Alpha, it's never going to have kids again by the time Vik's finished and Amara was holding her own against two Beowolves.
I looked to my right and saw the place where the explosion took place and I saw Yang get struck down by an Alpha Beowolf. I shot gravity dust behind me and got between the two in seconds. When the Alpha tried to swing at me I raised my shield and tilted it so it's paws slide down and landed on the ground. I stabbed my sword through it's head and kicked it off my blade. I felt something latch onto my robotic leg, I looked down to see a Beowolf biting it, and as soon as he clamped down it yelped in pain. I snickered and shot it in the head.
I sat down next to Yang and saw that she had a cut above her eye. The Beowolf must have knocked her out. I activated my semblance and started to heal the cut above her eye, it slowly began to close. I took the sleeve of my jacket and wiped the blood off. When the cut closed she opened her eyes and smiled.
"I knew you would come." I picked her up off the ground and looked over her to make sure there wasn't any other cuts on her body, "LOOK OUT!" She pulled me to the right and punched a Creep that was about to bite me. I noticed behind her that an Ursa was running towards us. I activated my buster sword and brought it crashing down on the Ursa. The blade dug deep into the creatures back and head. It fell back and died, I looked over to Yang to see she was piecing up an Alpha Ursa.
"HEY LANCE!" I looked to the sound of my name and saw Arthur opening fire on a King Taijitu that was coming out of the whole. I ran over to him and placed my shield on the stock of my rifle and let Arthur hop on top.
"ALLEY-OOP" Arthur shouted as he was blasted into the air. I placed my sheath on my hip and fired up. Me and Arthur made eye contact with each other and smiled as we used our swords to come crashing down on the center of the King Taijitu, cutting it in half.
"Nice kill!" Arthur raised is hand for a bro fist. I shook my head and fist bumped him. We heard the sound of Grimm dying in droves. We turned around and saw Coco shooting a mini gun at everything in sight.
Arthur dropped his sword and held his head in his hands, "DA FUCK?!" I was astounded by this transformation, "Is that her purse?" I started to scratch my head. I twitched slightly, "How the fuck does that even happen?" I stated as I placed Fides in Guardian and walked over to the clear area around the center of town.
Everyone was tired especially team RWBY... Wait they left yesterday, "Ruby how did you guys even get here?" Ruby looked at me and stared me down with definite anger, "A train from Mountain Glenn was armed with bombs and started to blow up." I looked over to Viktor who shrugged. The alarms stopped and I sat down, almost instantly I was surrounded by team RWBY.
"A lot of people died today Lance!" Ruby said as she crossed her arms and peered down at me, "Rosey..." I stood and was about to run when Blake grabbed my arm, "Lance you need to-UGH!" I shoved her off and started to run to the diner.
"LANCE WAIT!" I heard Arthur shout to me but I was already gone. I sprinted to the diner and saw it was in shambles. I walked inside and saw a Beowolf reaching over the counter. I reached for Fides as fast as possible but someone else beat me too it. I heard the sound of pistol fire from behind the counter and the Beowolf fell to the ground dead.
"Whew... Thanks for leaving that pistol with me awhile back.. I could have-" I ran behind the counter and wrapped her in a hug, "ROSEY I'M SO SORRY!" Rose dropped he pistol and hugged me back.
"For what? You came as fast as-"
"I DID THIS!" Rosey pulled away from me and looked into my eyes, "What are you talking about?" I pulled away from her and started to run back to the others, "LANCE WAIT!" I wasn't waiting. I need to answer for this and if that means I go to jail than I'm fine with that.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Yang said as she approached me with fire in her hair and blood red eyes, "I had to make sure Rosey was okay." I stated calmly.
"Lance you need to answer for this. YOU helped clear out that cavern. YOU didn't tell anyone what would happen and YOU got a lot of people killed!"
I looked to my feet and started to tear up, "I didn't know THIS would happen. They never told me anything, all they said was they wanted the cavern cleared so they could get to a train station, that was it."
"WHO!?" Weiss asked as she grabbed my shoulders and her icy gaze met my teary eyes, "Roman Torchwick." She nodded and walked over to the rubble and grabbed someone by the collar.
"Roman..." Weiss walked with Roman past me, "Oh hey Blue, thanks for helping us!" I started to shake in anger. I looked at him and decked him in the jaw. I didn't want this. I wanted my team's safety. Weiss picked him p ad brought him to a landed Atlesian ship and explained the situation to them. I was still there ready to rip his head off.
Yang grabbed me and pulled me away from them so she could speak to me alone, "Lance did you know?" I looked at her with wide eyes and started to shake my head, did she really think I would let this happen? "They never told me any of this would happen."
Yang pulled me in close so her eyes were the only things I could see, "Are you lying." I started to get angry that she would even question me, "No." She nodded and kissed my cheek.
"Good, because I don't want the man I love to be a mass murdering lunatic." I started to chuckle, "I still might be a lunatic though." She giggled and walked back to her team. My team walked up to me and smiled with excitement.
"I LOVE BEING A HUNTSMAN!" Viktor said as he pumped a fist into the air. I patted his head and saw Emerald and Mercury, they looked to me and nodded as they walked away. I didn't think to much of it as I saw Glynda come over and seal the breach with her telekinesis.
"Kids get to school." We nodded and began to walk to some Bullheads that were just landing.
"HOLD UP EVERYONE!" We turned around to see Velvet setting up to take a picture. I chuckled and put Fides on my shoulder so the barrel was next to my head. Vik activated his jacket and Arthur put his pistols next to his head and Amara held her staff with one hand and firmly planted it in the ground. Everyone else got in close and we all took a picture for Velvet.
"Thanks guys!" We nodded and boarded our Bullhead back to Beacon. I hadn't noticed but team JNPR was getting on with us, "I saw you guys out there. You two and that King was a real cool fight to watch!" Jaune said as he patted me on the shoulder.
"Thanks man! I saw you get your blade dirty too with that Ursa Major kill." I looked at Jaune with wide eyes and smiled, "You killed a Major by yourself... I'm proud of you Jaune." He chuckled awkwardly and smiled.
"All thanks to Pyrrha's training." I smiled at Pyrrha and nodded, "You're a good teacher Pyrrha." She shook her head and looked out the window, "A teacher is only good when they have a student who is willing to learn."
I started to laugh, "Well it still means you're a good teacher because Jaune obviously wants to learn." She started to giggle and smile as she looked into Jaune's eyes, "I guess so."
We sat in silence after that and waited for the bullhead to land, when it did we all got off and head for the rooms. I saw the girls having some chill time at the edge of a landing pad. I saw a small dog with them, I remember hearing about him. I decided to let the girls have some time to themselves as I headed back to my room with my team.
"I say we've trained enough for today." Viktor said as he walked over to his bed and plopped into it, "I hate to say it but I think Vik's right." Arthur said as him and Amara laid down in bed.
"You guys did good today. I'm proud of all of you." Vik gave two thumbs up and Arthur chuckled, "Lance can me and you spar tomorrow?" I opened my eyes wide to Amara.
"Why? Don't you want to-" Amara sat up and peered into my eyes, "Arthur takes it easy on me because we go out." I looked at Arthur as he shrugged his shoulders, "Lance you try hitting Yang and see how you feel afterwards!"
I started to laugh at that thought, "If I hit Yang outside of a fight she would break all of the bones in my body, but in a fight I do not plan on going easy on her... With that being said, Amara I will gladly spar with you." She nodded and laid back down.
"Well Vik, looks like I get to beat the brakes off of you and Spawn." We all looked over to Vik who was sound asleep, letting out light snores, his mask seemed to keep the rhythm as well "Go to sleep guys. We got a long break coming up and were going to train for all of it."
"Uhhh." Arthur sounded upset so I hushed him, "Sleep before I knock you out." Arthur didn't speak after that. I took my weapons off my belt and laid down, "Goodnight." I whispered quietly as I felt the darkness consume me and I wen into a peaceful slumber.
A/N: Volume 2 is now finished and we move onto V3. Let the tragedy's commence!