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Chapter 38: Uneasy Alliance

Gangrel didn't wait to be told to sit and made himself comfortable in the chair across from Ironwood, the General sat rigid as he stared at the Faunus from across Ozpins' desk there were several moments of tense silence between them punctuated by the sound of ticking as the gears of Beacon tower rotated, eventually the general rose to his feet and began pacing with his hands clasped behind his back addressing Gangrel
"No doubt you have seen that my ship has been moved to its new position above the academy, you may or may not have surmised that I have been given a position of more authority in Vale, I am now in charge of all security measures pertaining to the Vytal Tournament; with that in mind I'm sure you can guess the reason I've called for this meeting you're an intelligent man after all Mister Slate"
"You think I'm still in the Fang" Gangrel snorted "That and what's the point in power if you've not got anyone to abuse it on, am I right?"
"I believe that you have knowledge of the workings of a terrorist organisation and choose not to do your duty as a citizen and co-operate" Ironwood said stiffly, ignoring the attack on his character
"I told Ozpin what I know"
"You told the headmaster that you expected an attack at some point during the tournament" the General gave him an accusatory glare
"I had that information from the head of the White Fang himself" Gangrel snarled "And then Ozpin decided to send a team of first years right into their base the second he figured out where it was, I might have been able to tell you both how that would play out if you'd mentioned it to me first"
"You think yourself so capable that a military commander and your own headmaster would come to you for advice?" Ironwood jeered
"Yeah I do because when I take out a White Fang base I do it quietly and I don't leave a hole in the middle of the city centre" seeing Ironwood's disbelieving expression Gangrel smirked "I was the White Fang officer on the Bull-Head Penny shot down at the docks, I'm the one who left Roman Torchwick for the authorities"
"Well at least you admit to your involvement with such scum, you must be responsible for a lot of good peoples' misery to have made it that far up the food-chain" Ironwood spat "For a moment I debated appealing to your loyalty as an Atlesian, clearly you have none"
"Why would I have" the Faunus sneered "Atlas never gave a fuck about us" Ironwood rounded on him
"What is it you people think you're entitled to in Atlas?"
"Are you being fucking serious right now?" Gangrel snarled "Atlas is the only kingdom where human rights and Faunus rights are two different pieces of legislation, the SDC pays lobbyists so the government keep our wages low and make sure we get no representation, when we can't get by legally and start turning to crime you send the military police to treat us like an invading army. Fucks like you have got the cheek to ask why half the Faunus in Lower Atlas are affiliated with the White Fang when you make them necessary" the General was stunned into silence by the tirade, eventually he found his voice again
"And the ends justify the means do they Mister Slate?"
"To the people still in the Fang, yeah obviously they do" the Faunus growled "We tried protests and discussions, it's easy to ignore people when you have a vested interest in keeping things the way they are; it's a lot harder to ignore a punch in the mouth"
"And what of your relationship with Miss Schnee?" the General asked, Gangrel rose from his chair furious
"You really wanna try that angle with me?"
"Calm down" Ironwood said somewhat smugly "I'm merely pointing out that your relationship with her is public knowledge, her family are already favoured targets of the White Fang and if you have as the Headmaster assures me developed a moral compass then her safety cannot be assured" Gangrel snarled
"We're done here. Weiss is capable of looking after herself and I take care of the people important to me myself, I've always had to" with that he turned to leave making it a few steps
"Mister Slate….Gangrel" the General called after him, at his use of his first name the Faunus stopped and looked over his shoulder giving Ironwood a questioning look
"Ozpin warned me against trying to strong arm you into co-operation, I should have paid more attention to him" he sighed "Perhaps we can come to an accord, we both want to see the White Fang dealt with for our own reasons"
"Make your offer I'm running out of patience"
"Very well" Ironwood nodded "I have a Specialist Operative who will be arriving in Vale in a matter of days and I can personally assure you that she holds no bigoted opinions against your kind, it will be their duty to take a proactive role in locating the White Fang while I personally attend to the security of the festival, I'm offering you a position you will report to this Operative exclusively so that we may co-ordinate our efforts-"
"You want to bring in someone who doesn't know Vale and have them use me as an attack dog" Gangrel interrupted getting the gist of the offer "Here's the thing General, I want to stop a maniac you just want to remove the White Fang without dealing with the issues that created them; you don't want a solution you want peace and quiet. No thanks but I'll let you know if I feel like selling my soul" Gangrel left the office growling in irritation, his scroll vibrating in his pocket as he made his way towards the elevator opening the device and seeing the caller he answered
"Hello….Calm down, tell me what happened?….Where are you?….I'm on my way"

Bjorn Slate stood in the organised chaos that was the storeroom of his Gas Station, notepad in hand as he scribbled messy notes regarding goods that needed to be restocked and rough calculations of costs, his attention was caught by the sound of the front door of the Gas Station opening
"Be with you in a minute" he called out, taking a few more notes and setting the notepad down on a shelf resigning himself to the fact he'd probably forget where he'd left it by the time he'd dealt with the customer he shuffled through into the store and was greeted by a tiny slip of a girl, barely touching five feet tall dressed in a white jacket with pink detailing over a black corset and brown pants with white knee-high boots sat on the counter feet swinging happily, Bjorn couldn't see anything of her head due to the ornate parasol resting over her right shoulder, the old Faunus had seen enough hunter's weapons since Gangrel started attending Beacon to be almost sure this minuscule girl was at least training to be one, looking out the window he was slightly confused to see there were no cars currently parked on the forecourt
"Excuse me miss, I'm assuming by the parasol you're a Huntress?" Bjorn suppressed a snort at how stupid that sounded when he said it out loud "Just letting you know that gas is the only fuel we've got, we don't keep any of those Dust based fuels or accelerant in stock, have you tried Dust 'til Dawn?" the girl slid off of the counter and turned to face him Bjorn was struck by just how fluid her movements were, he'd had his own Aura unlocked for over thirty years but had never been trained as a Hunter, learning everything he knew about combat and self defence on the job, he did however know skill when he saw it, seeing the girls' face for the first time he saw that half of her hair was presumably dyed a bright pink and that her eyes were mismatched, one hazel the other the same pink as her hair, or perhaps the hair was coloured to match the eyes Bjorn thought to himself, the girl was yet to speak her attention currently taken by her Scroll that she was rapidly typing into
"If you're looking for a map I can give you directions?" the girl finally looked up at him, smiling sweetly though the wide grin set the Faunus' nerves on edge for reasons he couldn't put into words
"Miss?" her only answer was to slide him her scroll, picking the device up Bjorn saw that she'd typed him a message
"Don't worry I'm not a weirdo I just can't talk you wouldn't happen to be related to Gangrel Slate would you?"
"Ah I see" Bjorn said with a smile "Yeah Gangs' my boy, he's at Beacon right now though" the girls' smile grew even brighter as she typed another message
"Thank you it's just that he left something important of his lying around"
"Okay well classes aren't actually in session for a day or so if you don't have his number I can call him now and tell him to pick it up" the girl's smile took on a sinister edge as she typed out the next message, when Bjorn took the scroll from her again he struggled to hide his shock when he saw that her eyes had turned a ghostly white
"It looks like he left his Dad unattended he left his Schnee unattended as well. When you get to hell tell 'em Neo sent ya, toodles XD"
"What the-" Bjorn found his exclamation cut off as Neo leapt up and grabbed the back of his head before smashing it against the counter with enough force to crack the surface, the Faunus staggered back wiping away the blood that trickled from his eyebrow before his Aura flared into life and halted the flow
"That boy of mine has got me beating up little girls, we'll be having words after this" he sneered before leaping over the counter and throwing a wild haymaker which Neo effortlessly sidestepped leaving the two of them back to back before using to the wall to spring herself into a back-flip over Bjorn, her new parasol The Disturbed Garfunkel collapsing as she brought the shaft down on the back of her opponents' neck, landing in front of him and driving her knee into his face, Bjorn was forced to his knees by the blow, snarling with fury he brought both of his arms inside of her guard knocking them to the sides as he lunged upwards, back of his head connecting with Neo's chin with a satisfying crack, the girl knocked his left jab away with her collapsed parasol her response to his follow up right hook was to fling herself forwards and discard her weapon, rolling over his broad back and throwing a high kick with her left foot as soon as she landed on his other side as his head jerked back she managed to position her foot behind his head, kicking out with her right foot she then forced the Faunus to the ground face down before wrapping both legs around his shoulder and forcing his elbow backwards, Bjorn let out a roar of pain as his arm snapped
"THAT ALL YOU GOT?" he demanded as he rolled himself over throwing Neo off of him, the manic girl landed in a handstand before righting herself and retrieving her weapon, before turning back to Bjorn who was breathing heavily as he struggled to his feet
"Come on then you little monster" he spat as his Aura twisted his bones back into place, the arm still hung limp and useless by his side, Neo grinned evilly as she twirled her parasol lazily around her finger before winking as she stopped the weapon mid arc and aimed it at the Faunus Bjorn leapt to the side instinctively, Neo's shot sailing through the space he had previously occupied before shattering the window of the gas station and impacting against one of the pumps, the resulting explosion tore through the front of the store, leaving Bjorn pinned with his legs crushed under a collapsed aisle of shelves as the flames began to engulf the building, as he tried to wriggle himself free a pair of white boots came into view followed by their wearer as Neo crouched down her eyes having returned to their natural colours, the insane girl planted her scroll on the floor in front of him before blowing a kiss and waving as she left, reaching forwards Bjorn took the scroll and read her last message
"Well this was all kinds of exciting! If you weren't about to be dead you might just be a DILF. Neo, kisses XD" letting out a string of inventive curses the Faunus finally pulled himself free, hearing sirens approaching he forewent calling an ambulance and dialled the only person whose contact details he could remember by heart, Gangrel.

Gangrel stormed through the corridors of the hospital after being given a room number and directions from a nurse in A&E who bore a striking resemblance to Velvet he had made his way towards the destination as fast as possible without barging into any patients currently on crutches, eventually finding the private room his father was being treated in he found the door open and two officers in the doorway, slowing down and creeping behind them he listened into the conversation as he neared
"Mister Slate, I'm going to be frank your story sounds like utter horse-shit" one of them sighed
"A tiny little hunter girl beat you up with an umbrella and the blew your gas station up, come on you can do better than that" the other added sniggering
"Aye I could do better than that" his fathers irritated voice shot back "Why would I make up such a ridiculous story?"
"Because Dust outsells gasoline by orders of magnitude and Faunus were involved in the breach" the first officer answered
"Are you accusing me-"
"Yeah I am" the officer interrupted "I'm saying this was probably an insurance job so you can fuck off to Vaccuo like all the other Faunus criminals" Gangrel had heard enough slapping a hand on the shoulder of each officer almost buckling their knees, turning to see Gangrel both officers stepped back, the second officer, the sniggering one spoke up
"Sweet Oum you're a big fucker aren't ya….In fact, hey Ash I've seen this guy in the reports about the breach" the first officer, apparently named Ash looked Gangrel up and down
"Yeah he looks like one of the Hunters who responded, good work kid you do Vale proud" Gangrels' face morphed into a savage grin
"Yeah I was one of the first hunters at the breach, I was the senior hunter and acting commander on scene until Beacons' professors arrived. That's my dad you've just been talking shit to. Apologise" the second officer gulped audibly before turning to Bjorn
"So sorry Mister Slate, we'll conduct a thorough investigation and keep you informed" he managed to squeak out before taking Ash by the shoulder and dragging him out of the room Gangrel glowering at them as they left
"I can fight my own battles son" Bjorn sighed with a shake of the head as Gangrel closed the door, the younger Faunus snorted and indicated to his fathers injuries
"Apparently you can't"
"Walked right into that one didn't I" Bjorn smirked
"How bad is it?"
"Little monster broke my arm and cracked my skull, half an aisle landed on my legs so they're a mess. Nothing Aura can't fix"
"Who the fuck did it?" Gangrel snarled
"I've told you about that mouth of yours. Less swearing." his father warned "Some tiny little mute with a fancy umbrella" Gangrel paled
"She wouldn't happen to have had weird eyes and two tone hair as well?"
"Aye that's her, what is she a crazy ex?" Bjorn laughed
"Her name's Neo, she attacked Weiss at the breach" Gangrels' tone was laced with venom and hate
"What on Remnant did you do this time boy?" his father groaned
"She used to be Roman Torchwicks….I don't know enforcer, bodyguard, apprentice, fuck buddy whatever, point is she knows I helped bag Rome and since he worked for the White Fangs' business partner she's stepped up"
"Well damn, White Fang using a human crazy to kill a Faunus, things really have changed"
"Believe it or not that was one of the last conversations I had with Adam" Gangrel growled "Speaking of, I'm going to fix this"
"Gang this isn't something you can solve by beating it up, I don't want to put it all on your shoulders son but I'm going to have a hard time paying the rent when the gas station's a smoking wreck"
"I've got something in the pipeline that might help"
"What are you going to ask your girlfriend for money 'cos she seems nice but-"
"Damn it Dad I'll fix this!" Gangrel barked "It's not Schnee money, I'm not going to take a hit on the White Fang just yet. I have the germ of an idea" Bjorn let out a hacking laugh
"Son, you're a germ"

Team RWBY and Penny were huddled in front of the television wrapped in a pile of blankets, Weiss had given up on being angry with Ruby for interrupting her moment with Gangrel after being exposed to sheer unrelenting cuteness that was Ruby and Penny together, having returned to the dorm they found Blake and Yang asleep and cuddling together in varying degrees of undress, Ruby had covered the mechanical girls eyes with her hands while Weiss had thrown a pillow at them to wake them up and told them to put some clothes on, after a little bickering the decision had been made to have a movie night, which led to their current position. Weiss was sure she was the only one actually watching the vintage monster B-Movie that she would never admit she actually appreciated just for how awful it was, she and Winter had watched films like this when they were younger and given them what her sister had called 'The Mystery Science Theatre Three Thousand' treatment. Looking to her right she saw Blake had nodded off again and could be faintly heard purring as she nuzzled into Yang, the blonde stroked her lovers hair and shot Weiss a broad smile when the two made eye contact the heiress returned the smile and rolled her eyes at the pair; to her left were Penny and Ruby who had both started out thoroughly engaged with the film, currently however Penny was holding the smaller girl close to her their fingers intertwined and Ruby was seemingly making an effort at kissing every individual freckle on the gingers' cheek, all five girls jolted at the sound of thunderous knocking on their dormitory door
"Let me fucking sleep for Oums' sake" Blake grumbled as the noise stirred her, Yang tried and failed to hide her laughter at that
"It's open!" Weiss called as she paused the film, the door opened revealing a very irate looking Gangrel, Weiss took one look at him and rushed to her feet
"Gangrel what's wrong?" she asked urgently as she took her hands in his
"My Dad was attacked, I've just got back from the hospital"
"Oh my Oum is he okay?" Blake asked as the information pierced through her sleepiness, she'd only met Bjorn a handful of times but she knew how much he meant to his son
"He'll be fine, broken bones but Aura will fix it. The gas station's gone though"
"What happened?" Weiss asked gently, the furious expression on his face told her there was more to the story
"It was Neo" he snarled "Romans' pet psycho, she's obviously going after people I care about"
"Well she tried and failed both attempts so far" Weiss said, her expression determined, Gangrel smirked his thumb gently caressing her scarred cheek
"Yeah she did" he sighed "You took her legs out, Dad thinks he might have cracked her jaw anyone on Team GRAP should be able to handle her as long as she doesn't get the drop on 'em. She still needs to be dealt with though"
"So what are we doing then?" Yang asked stretching as she stood up "Hopefully kicking some ass"
"That's the eventual plan" Gangrel smirked, "Got a few bits of information gathering to do first, it's about time we saw some results from Junior"
"Awesome, we'll both go" Yang grinned "In fact Blake, Weiss you come too we'll make a night of it"
"I'm not hanging around Junior any longer than I have to" Gangrel said simply
"We'll come" Ruby chimed in her expression hopeful
"No you won't" Yang told her sternly, Gangrels' attention turned to the girl whose lap Ruby was currently sat on
"Penny, can you contact Ironwood?"
"Affirmative" she answered brightly
"Good" the Bear-Faunus" growled "Call him and tell him I've thought about his offer. Tell him that I want protective custody for my Dad, as long as he keeps him safe I'm willing to sell my soul"

Authors Notes:

So before we get into things, Vol.4 is out now, I watched the first episode mentally making notes about which things will and won't be appearing in this story, you can probably guess some of them but I'm not going to say too much here.

So to summarise:
Ironwood is still a racist dick, but it makes for a chance to drop some exposition about how Atlas works and why the White Fang dislike the SDC specifically, it gives them more concrete motivations.
It also explains why Gangrel considers working alongside them to be 'selling his soul'
Yeah Neo is what I'd like to call a 'High Functioning Yandere' Roman was Senpai and now everyone associated with Gangrel can catch these tiny little hands.
Also, damn she's sassy.
Her new weapon (Her old parasol got crushed in the breach remember) is a parasol/sword/death-ray combo called 'The Disturbed Garfunkel'….'cos 'Sound of Silence' get it?
Yeah Vale Police are still racist, haven't really touched on that since the early chapters but it's their. The difference between Vale and Atlas is that in Atlas it's written into the law.
Yes Gangrel interrupting movie night can be seen as a measure of revenge for Ruby cock blocking.
Also, Winter and Weiss watch 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' the thought came into my head as I was writing the scene and now it's Head-Canon, I also firmly believe that Weiss secretly loves all things Cheese, bad films 90s music, you name it.

Thank you to Drake187 for their review on the last chapter; the amount of almost fucking baffles even me, I'm not just doing it to tease either. I have plans for when I want each couples first time to be (Which sounds creepy when I type it) I'm glad so many people seem to like Weiss x Gangrel.
I love Nuts & Dolts and White Rose, the thing is I feel like Weiss just serves to compliment how adorable Ruby is, she's the straight man (Which is doubly ironic when she's neither)

As always thank you to everyone that reads this, with a special thanks to those of you that follow, favourite and review.