Chapter Eighteen.

Ruby Rose ran for her life. The Iron Hand overseeing her team and that of Jaune's, an ancient wheezing creature named Athol, was firing indiscriminately around them. She had seen what these weapons could do to a Grimm, and someone like her. She had also been told about the 'servitors' they employed, and what fate she would have if she failed and the bolt-tond didn;t end her.
So, Ruby Rose, leader of Team RWBY ran.
The course was, in theory, a simple one. You were given one hour to get from Beacon Academies plaza to a flag just under three kilometers from the school. What had not been mentioned were the 'hindrances' that had been set up.
'Hindrance!' She heard Weiss scream. 'He calls himself and two dozen robots with guns and swords a hindrance!'
The voice of Athol came over the two-team comms in everyone's ears. 'That is a hindrance. In my days, the earliest of the crusade, this would be what you call a "piece of cake". I have faced xenos children more threatening than this. And they are not "robots," Schnee. They are servitors. If that is so hard to understand,' a bolt detonated near the heiresses' feet. 'Then I will gladly give you an in depth explanation.'
This was something which they had grown used to. Athol had been prohibited from killing them, as Ozpin and the giant Atrex had said. Athol said it would be a waste of resources if he killed them, though they could all hear the ice in his words.
'Now get moving, you have twelve minutes left and one kilometer as well. I wonder who will be my sparring partner today.' That got everyone moving faster.

Korphaal hid amongst the shadows of the warehouse. Slowly, unravelling his gas-propelled bolt pistol, he watched the fanus assemble around the one named Torchwick.
Korphaal, for all his freedom-fighting history, despised the fanus. His reasons were his own, though they were not the cold hatred of Atrex and his kin. No, he had little care for their mutant existence.
But they were a threat to the security of this world, so they needed to be removed from, as his second had said, the equation.

Hello, small chapter. Well, we're almost prepared for the final part of the story, and back to big chapters. Yey. Well take care and enjoy all.