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A shadowed figure ducked through the streets moonlit Vale. It stuck to the alley and hid behind any object it could find to avoid and police patrols. The shadow crossed a street and ducked into the side door of a dark garage. The shadowed figure used its hand to feel the side of a truck. The figure followed the truck to the back and quietly slipped into the back. It reached up and unlatched a trap which covered the back. The figure turned around to see the three other people sitting around a light crystal gently illuminating the truck. The figure sat, finishing the circle and pulled of it's covering revealing Liara. Damien, leaned back and slammed his fist against the front of the trunk. The car immediately roared to life and pulled out of the garage. Damien sat up straight and shared a nod with Oscar. Oscar immediately turned his attention to Liara.
"You're late." Oscar said, a hint of worry in his voice. Liara smiled back reassuringly.
"Just doing my part to ensure that we weren't caught. I ran into some trouble with some huntsmen." Liara explained. Oscar growled.
"At least you weren't hurt, and they don't know where we are headed." Oscar said, taking a deep breath.
"They were about our age, so I assume they're still in training like we were." Liara added.
"Well that bodes well for us. Means that no one of any real caliber is after us." Valerie added, picking at her fingernails with one of her knives.
"That's bullshit though. We were part of a huge and undermanned offensive that should go down in history and they are sending scrubs to find us." Damien voiced angrily, crossing his arms and staring at the light dust.
"It doesn't matter. That fact of the matter is that we're still being hunted and we need to keep a low profile, because even if these are scrubs they certainly aren't reporting to them. Now we've got nearly a day before we hit Forcala, get some rest." Oscar instructed. Each of the other members of his team shifted themselves into the most comfortable positions possible. Oscar turned off the light and laid back, falling asleep himself.
The sun shone through the blinds of team RWBY"s hotel room. They had decided it would be easier than bothering to take the shuttle all the way to Beacon and back. The four girls had all unintentionally fallen asleep on the floor, busy with their planning and preparations for their travels. The piercing sun first landed on Yang's face waking her up. Yang stretched and yawned as she sat up. Yang looked around the room at all the other girls passed out on the floor.
"Gee whiz, what a party." Yang joked to herself standing up. She smiled at her friends and headed into her hotel room's bathroom. She quickly undressed and stepped into the shower, letting the cold water wake up her senses. The sound of the water hitting the walls was loud enough to wake the only feline member of the team. Blake stretched in a manner very similar to a cat and walked over to the bathroom.
"Yang?" Blake asked, out of politeness.
"YO!" Yang yelled back.Blake nodded and walked in. Blake walked up to the sink and started brushing her teeth.
"Thanks for the privacy Blakey." Yang sarcastically remarked from inside the shower, peeking her head around the curtain. Blake gave Yang a thumbs up in the mirror and continued on with what she was doing. Once Yang had finished her shower, she and Blake switched positions. Yang too a quick glance out into the room, and smiled looking at Ruby and Weiss we sleeping against one another. Yang smiled mischievously and filled the hotel room's ice bucket with water. Blake caught on to Yang's plan fairly quickly.
"Weiss will kill you. You know that right?" Blake asked, chuckling to herself.
"I'm not scared of Mrs. Branwen, and we probably should get on the road soon." Yang responded. Blake rolled her eyes from inside the shower, and decided to let it go. Yang snuck back into the room, being as Quiet as possible. Yang gave toothy grin before covering Weiss and Ruby in a sudden deluge. Both girls screamed as they were forced awake. They bolted to their feet, and once they understood what had happened, they glared at her angrily.
"What the hell Yang!" Ruby yelled, while Weiss scowled.
"Sorry gals, but we got to hit the road."Yang said, smiling innocently.
"Whatever." Weiss said, pulling off her wet outfit. "Just get your motorcycle." Yang nodded, dressed, and went to go get Bumblebee.
"I swear." Weiss began, when she was interrupted by Ruby.
"Leave it alone Weiss. At the least you have to admit we would have been sleeping much longer." Ruby put on a dry outfit and started collecting all of their gear. Weiss rolled her eyes and sighed.
Roughly an hour later, each member of team RWBY walked out of the hotel. Yang was sitting on her bike out front, waiting for everyone.
"Hey girls. Pile on." Yang laughed. After a few minutes of deliberation, Weiss ended up sitting in front of Yang, with Yang leaning over her and driving. Blake sat behind Yang, her arms wrapped around Yang's waist. Ruby squeezed onto the back, and held onto Blake tightly.
"I think we're all ready." Ruby said, tapping Yang's shoulder.
"Hang on. This ride is gonna get bumpy." Yang announced,
"Oh brother." Weiss sighed, as Yang revved her engine. Without warning, Yang sped off, causing the rest of her team to scream as they raced down the streets of Vale.
"Yeehaw!" Yang cheered as they rode through the gates of Vale and off towards Forlaca.
"Hey. Wake up." Oscar said, shaking the rest of his team awake.
"What?" Damien asked, grumpily.
"We're here." Oscar answered. Damien, pushed himself up and stretched. Valerie walked to the end of the truck and gently peeked out around the curtain.
"The coast is clear." Valerie reported. Oscar nodded and the four fugitives jumped out of the truck and walked into the nearby inn. It was a rundown place, so inconspicuous it almost stood out otherwise. Oscar walked up to the shady looking man at the counter, while the rest of his group casually walked around the lobby. Oscar hastily paid cash for a room, and a little extra to not be remembered. He called out to his team, who followed him up the stairs, which creaked with each step. They cautiously climbed to the third floor, ignoring the homeless man who was passed out on the second floor landing. Oscar unlocked the door and walked in. The room immediately smell of must, and dust covered just about everything. The team quickly fanned out, opened some windows, and cleaned up as much as they could. Once they had finished they all sat down.
"Alright, the key here is to lay low. Our ship leaves the port tomorrow afternoon. Once we're on that ship we are home free. It's unusual for a ship to travel from the western coast of Vale all the way to menagerie, but it's the safest and shortest route." Oscar explained.
"That means there's gonna be a lot of grimm." Liara sighed.
"Possibly, but we can handle them." Damien added. Valerie nodded in agreement. Oscar sighed.
"We'll while we're stuck here what do you want to do?" Oscar asked, wanting to kill time.
Team RWBY raced through the forest between cities. Yang did an excellent job of keeping Bumblebee balanced despite all the extra weight. They had already been traveling for a few hours, and each member were busy thinking their own thoughts, while listening to the hum of the motorcycle's engine. As they went on their way through the forest, the sound of screams rang out from somewhere in the woods. Each member was dragged out of the depths of their thoughts as Yang brought Bumblebee to a halt. They sat there in complete silence listening for the voice again. Sure enough, the screams called out again. The members of team RWBY looked at each other and nodded.
"Let's go!" Ruby yelled as Yang roared Bumblebee back to life. They rolled through the forest, closing in on the screams, and growing increasingly worried as it went on. Finally, they burst into a clearing where a caravan full of people were panicking, and trapped inside cars. A large pack of Beowolves and Ursai had surrounded them and were viciously approaching. A number of soldiers, were using rifles to keep the gimm at bay, yet a number of the guards had already fallen. Yang kicked down Bumblebee's kickstand and team RWBY rushed into action.
Ruby used her semblance to dash ahead of her team at one of the many beowolves. Ruby unfolded Crescent Rose, and slashed hard, cleanly cutting the beowolf in half. Ruby smirked, twirled Crescent Rose over her head, and slammed it down on another Beowulf, slashing its chest. The beowulf roared out, and lunged at Ruby. Ruby countered by turning around, and jabbed the blade at the bottom of Crescent Rose's staff into the beowulf's jaw, piercing through to its brain. The Beowulf dissipated as Ruby shifted Crescent rose into its sniper mode. Ruby took careful aim at a Beowulf approaching a soldier who had run out of ammo. Ruby took a deep breath and fired. The bullet pierced through the air, and swiftly put down the Beowulf. Ruby looked up, and her instincts kicked in. Ruby ducked under an Ursa's claw. Ruby turned herself over, switched Crescent Rose back to its scythe mode, and hooked it over the Ursa's neck, and fired a shot. Crescent Rose accelerated quickly, cutting straight through the Ursa's neck. Ruby used her semblance to blast herself onto one of the surrounded cars. Ruby stood atop the car, and hacked down at a beowulf that was scratching at one of the windows. The beowulf eventually succumbed to its stacking injuries and dissipated. Ruby jumped down and knocked on the window, smiling a the occupants. Nervously the woman in the passenger seat rolled down her window.
"Are you guys ok?" Ruby asked, politely.
"Yeah, I think we are fine in here. Are you huntresses?" she replied.
"Yes ma'am. We're here to help." Ruby answered, cheerfully. The woman rolled up her window, and Ruby ran to the next car, ready to check in on its occupants.
Blake raced towards the nearest Ursa. Blake waited until it was the Ursa had started to swing at her to slide between its legs, dodging they claws. Blake tossed Gambol Shroud, embedding it into the Ursa's back. Blake yanked on Gambol Shroud's ribbon and pulled herself onto the Ursa's back. She ripped Gambol Shroud from its back and hacked down into its shoulder with her sharpened sheath. Blake held onto the sheath and stabbed the hell out of its back. The Ursa desperately tried to knock Blake off, but was unable to and eventually started to evaporate. Blake turned around and caught a Beowulf lunging at her between her blades. Blake swiftly slid her blades along its throat, decapitating the beowulf. Blake glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw another beowulf coming for her. Blake shifted Gambol Shroud into pistol mode, and littered the beowulf with bullets. The beowulf managed to get past the first few bullets, but it started to waver. By the time it reached her it fell to the ground at her feet and died. From behind another Beowulf lunged at Blake from behind. Blake quickly used her semblance to dash out of the way, leaving behind a burning silhouette. The silhouette exploded, relieving the beowulf of one of its front legs. The beowulf roared in pain and laid incapacitated on the ground, where a soldier was quick to put it down. Blake found herself surrounded by two other Beowolves which growled at her menacingly. Blake watched each of them carefully. Blake skipped towards the one on her right. Blake spun around and slashed low, her sharpened sheath cutting through the Beowolves leg. The Beowulf hit the ground hard and slid past Blake. Blake jumped into the air, stabbing into the other beowulf's shoulder. She flipped her weight over the blade, and tore it out the front of the blade. Blake smiled as she landed and raced forward, knowing there was more work to be done.
Yang decided she would go big or go home, starting her fight by tackling an ursa to the ground. Yang scrambled on top of the beast until she fired a shotgun round from Ember Celica into its skull. Yang jumped off the beast as it disappeared. A beowulf noticed Yang and ran at her. Yang dodged a swipe from the beowulf's claws, stepped inside, and grabbed the Beowulf's neck. She lifted the Beowulf into the air, where it thrashed to free itself. Yang slammed Ember Celica into its chest a few times before tossing it off the side. Yang heard heavy footsteps behind her. She responded by jumping into the air, and over the charging Ursa. While she was in the air, Yang blasted the ursa's back with a number of shotgun rounds. Yang landed behind it, and before it had a chance to respond, grabbed its ankle, spun it around, and tossed it at another incoming group of Beowolves. The Ursa crashed into the beowolves, knocking them away. Yang ducked low and swiped out the legs of an incoming Beowulf. It landed on its back and Yang used a shotgun round from Ember Celica to cave its face in. Yang grunted as an Ursa she hadn't noticed, slammed her side. Yang rolled across the ground and pushed herself back up to the ground. Yang glared at the Ursa and waited for it to charge at her again. Sure enough the Ursa did so. Yang ducked low and punched out the Ursa's knee. Yang followed with two punches to the chest, leaving massive holes, and a swift uppercut which made the ursa's head explode. Yang cracked her knuckles and went after her next target.
Weiss stayed nearby Bumblebee and drew Myrtenaster. Once her team was into the fray. Weiss spun Myrtenaster to its fire slot. With a wave a number of small red glyphs. Weiss fried a volley of fireballs which raced across the sky and crashed into a number of the Beowolves, blasting them apart. Weiss smirked for a moment until she notices the Ursa out of the corner of her eye. Weiss summoned another glyph, blocking the Ursa. The Ursa clawed, and pushed against the glyph as Weiss lit the blade of Myrtenaster on fire. Weiss stabbed forward and a missile of flame coated the Ursa, igniting it. The Ursa staggered back, roaring in pain as it slowly burned to death. Weiss spun Myrtenaster to its ice slot, and turned back towards the rest of the grimm. Weiss pointed Myrtenaster in the sky, and a large glyph appeared over a pack of Beowolves. Weiss swung down with Myrtenaster and a volley of icicles rained down, piercing the bodies of numerous grimm. Weiss used another glyph to propel herself forward. Weiss rapidly approached another Beowulf, slashing of one of its limbs. Weiss turned and repeatedly stabbed the chest of another Beowulf. Weiss turned again, stabbing up through its jaw into its skull. Weiss flipped Myrtenaster in her hand and jammed it down into the ground by her feet. A large spear of ice burst through the ground, running through a beowulf behind her. Weiss casually pulled up Myrtenaster, sheathed it, and went to regroup with her team.
Once the grimm threat had been adequately dealt with, team RWBY gathered around the front car.
"Thank you so much for you help." One of the men from a car farther back in the convoy thanked.
"Of course, its our job." Ruby replied cheerfully.
"What brought you guys this far from the city any way?" Weiss asked, curiously.
"My family and I intended to take a cruise that leaves from Frocala." He answered. The members of team RWBY looked at each other, suspiciously.
"Do you know where it stops?" Blake asked
"I believe as another small village a little farther north. Then up towards Atlas, I believe it makes its way to menagerie for a day." The man said.
"Thank you very much. Goodbye." Ruby said as her team and her walked back over towards Bumblebee. The stacked themselves back onto the motorcycle and took off down the road again.
"Ironwood said they were trying to get to Menagerie right?" Yang asked.
"That right. They must be trying to get onto that cruise." Weiss answered.
"Alright team RWBY we have our first lead. Let's get it." Ruby cheered. Yang revved Bumblebee and accelerated down the road.
Valerie was walking back towards the hotel when she saw the four girls ride into town Valerie ducked on the side of a nearby building. She watched as the four girls dismounted and slowly inspect the town. Valerie knew she couldn't wait for them to bypass her. Valerie pointed at a shadow which had formed at her feet. The shadow morphed and expanded, wrapping itself round her. Valerie slowly walked out, keeping the shadow around her. She finally made it to the hotel and raced to her room, dropping her shadow. Valerie burst into the room, grabbing her team's attention.
"What?" Oscar asked concerned.
"I don't know how, but some hunters just rode into town." Valerie explained. Oscar and Damien both turned towards Liara.
"I thought you said you weren't followed." Damien accused.
"I wasn't. I don't know how they found us." Liara countered.
"The damn club owner." Oscar seethed slamming the wall. He took a few moments to regain his composure and sat down.
"It doesn't matter. We'll just lay low, get on the ship tomorrow, and we'll be scott free." Oscar said, hoping everything would be that simple.
