Chapter 41: Teachers, Students, and Soldiers
As the Earth traveling party prepares for pick up, six bullheads fly straight into the skies of Mountain Glenn. Within one of the bullheads were five passengers. The first was a man in an early old age. He wears a double-breasted burgundy suit with gold piping and buttons. His pants he wears tucked into olive boots, similar in appearance and construction to cavalry boots. He has gray hair and a gray mustache and appears to be slightly overweight. This was Beacon's Grimm study teacher, Professor Peter Port.
"Ha-ha, nothing like another rescue with his students," Port said.
"Who are we rescuing, exactly," one of the students asked.
The first student was a teenage girl with fair skin, short dark-brown hair and dark-brown eyes. She has wavy locks on one side of her face, dyed with a gradient that starts as dark brown and transitions to caramel. Her clothes consist of a long, cocoa-coloured shirt with an upturned layered frill collar with a black single strapped waist cincher. She wears black trousers that have golden lining around the pocket and ribbons attached to the back of a golden zipper seam around her knees. A black golden studded belt is normally hidden by a large cocoa coloured belt with gun cartridges on the left side and a large golden crosshair buckle. A large piece of black fabric is attached to her belt hanging down on her right side. She wears a pair of dark black, high-heeled leather calf-high boots with golden buckles. She also dons a number of accessories, such as a bracelet with black roses as decoration; these are accompanied by black gloves and three beaded necklaces alongside a black scarf tied around her collar. She wears a black beret with a cocoa brown trim and a pair of black, wire-rimmed aviator sunglasses. She is seen holding a black shoulder bag with gold studs, which is held by a bandolier strap. This is the fashionista leader of team CFVY, Coco Adel.
"Weren't you listening, Coco? We were told to rescue teams RWBY and JNPR, and sixteen others," another student answered.
The second student was a teenage boy with dark skin and dark, messy copper hair that has a long fringe and a cowlick. He wears a sleeveless, muted orange zipper vest with black lining and a high collar, a pair of black jeans, and brown, laced shoes. His eyes are pure white, showing that he is physically blind. His arms are covered in scars, and he has a vertical scar on his lips. He also wears a pair of long black gloves and has several pouches attached to his belt. This was Coco's blind and laid back partner, Fox Alistair.
"I hope they'll be okay," a third student said.
The third student was a teenage girl who has long, brown hair and brown eyes. She also has a pair of brown rabbit ears, identifying her as a Faunus. Her combat gear consists of a short, long-sleeved brown jacket with a golden zipper, brown shorts with golden detail and black leggings. She wears a black, semi-translucent undershirt beneath her jacket, along with golden spaulders and vambraces on both arms, as well as a similar belt, and her heel and toes are likewise protected. This was the shy and quiet Faunus of the team, Velvet Scarlatina.
"Don't worry Velvet. We won't lose them like that family in our last mission," the last student said, placing a hand on her shoulder.
The final student is a tall and athletic-looking young man with shaved-short black hair and tanned skin, who wears mostly pale-green and brown attire. He has a long short-sleeved robe, which he wears on one shoulder over a black muscle shirt. The robe is fastened at the waist by a leather armored belt with two pouches on it. He also wears brown pants and black-and-green boots. His left arm bears a 5-layer sode which extends up past his shoulder. His weapon is affixed to his back with a padded brown strap slung over his shoulder. He also wears a pair of bracers as well as a pair of black gloves with green plates on the backs. He was Velvet's self-conscious gigantic partner, Yatsuhashi Daichi.
"Yeah, we aren't going to lose our friends too," Coco said with a smile.
"That's the spirit students. You'll make fine huntsmen yet," Professor Port said.
Meanwhile on another bullhead, five more passengers were aboard preparing for their arrival. The first was a man with messy green hair and brown eyes. His attire is disheveled: his white shirt partially tucked into his dark-green pants and its collar raised, showing a slack yellow tie, along with mismatched brown and black shoes. He also has round glasses that appear to be opaque. Around his attire, he wears a long brown great coat, a khaki buttoned safari shirt and a pith helmet; this is presumably his combat outfit, all of which appear to be properly worn and tucked in and such, unlike his earlier attire. He also carries a rather large backpack. This was Beacon's extremely hyperactive history teacher, Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck.
"Well students, We should arrive at our destination in about five minutes and twenty-two point eight seconds. That gives us enough time to prepare for our mission. So no dilly-dallying. Any questions?" Dr. Oobleck asked the four students in a fast, hyper tone.
"Yeah, could you repeat that?" one of the students asked.
The first student is a tan-skinned boy with short spiky light-blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears two red wrist bracers over black fingerless gloves and an open loose-collared white jacket with no shirt underneath, displaying his muscular physique. He also wears blue cargo pants tied up with a white belt. He wears white bandages on his legs and has a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants. He sports black and yellow sneakers and wears a black cord necklace around his neck with a round pendant bearing his monkey emblem. As a result of his Faunus lineage, he has a long prehensile monkey tail the same color as his hair. This is the leader of team SSSN, Sun Wukong.
"He said we'll land in a few minutes," the second student said.
The second student is a teenage boy with dark skin and yellow eyes. His hair is sage green, and he appears to have tattoos of wings on his chest and tattoos of Roman numerals, matching those on his sword, Pilgrim, around his neck. He wears a white long coat with asymmetrical sleeves, a green wing design similar to his tattoos and no shirt underneath, displaying his tattooed chest. His jacket also has a golden pauldron on his right shoulder and a golden cuff around his left wrist. He also wears a pair of dark pants fastened by a white belt with a yellow buckle. This was the stoic member of team SSSN, Sage Ayana.
"I hope this is a quick mission," a third student said.
The third member was a boy with red hair that came down over his right eye, with a complete undercut. There are several red markings around his left eye. He wears a green, mulberry, navy color feather earring on his left ear and has a red military pelisse-like jacket draped over the left side. He also wears a gray bandanna around his neck. On his right hand, he wears a fingerless glove, and on his right bicep, he has a gray band. He wears a white sleeveless shirt and light gray pants. He also wears a pair of long, brown, laced boots. Around his waist, he wears a brown belt and a slightly slanted gray belt that his weapon holster is attached to. This is the fussy member of the team, Scarlet David.
"You complain too much, Scarlet," the last student said.
The final student is a teenage boy with tan skin, dark-blue eyes and messy light-blue hair in the form of an undercut. He wears a white dress shirt and black tie under a red jacket adorned with a wide, upturned, black collar and a silver reticle across the back. He also sports a pair of gray jeans with black padding strapped to the sides as well as black shoes fastened with straps instead of laces. Notable accessories within his attire include black fingerless gloves and a pair of yellow-tinted goggles typically worn on his forehead. This is Sun's partner, Neptune Vasilias.
"Dude, I hope the guys down there are okay," Sun said.
"Relax, they're tough. they can hold out until we get there," Neptune said.
"Yeah, you right, Neptune. I'm sure they'll be okay," Sun said.
Meanwhile back at the courtyard in the city, Alex, Allen, Jaune, and Blake made their way back to the others and confronted Keaton.
"I guess you guys found help?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, they'll be here in a few minutes," Keaton said.
"I guess all we need to do is wa-" Allen was cut off as a gunshot went off.
Everyone turned to the building that Cassandra, Ruby, and Robert were at as Robert had his gun pointed a distance from them. They all turned to see what Robert was shooting at and saw a beowolf, now lying dead on the ground as it's body disappeared. They then heard some howls in the distance as they were getting closer.
"Everyone, get your weapons ready now!" Keaton yelled to the others.
The Beacon students then pulled out their weapons while the american soldiers and high school students took cover with their weapons out.
"Get ready," Alex said to the others.
After a few seconds of waiting, several beowolves and ursai then charged out from the buildings and streets.
"Contact, open fire!" Keaton yelled as he and the earthlings all started shooting at the Grimm.
The huntsmen and huntresses in training charged at the Grimm as the attack began. Yang shot a few rounds from her shotgun gauntlets, Ember Celica at a couple of ursai. She then charged at one of them and gave an upper cut to it, blowing its head off, then she ran to the other and punched it in the chest, sending it flying into some rubble.
Jaune and Pyrrha charged at some beowolves and slashing at any that tried to attack. Pyrrha throws her shield, Akoúo̱ at beowolf, slicing it in half, then uses her semblance, Polarity, to bring her shield back. Pyrrha used Miló in its short sword form to stab another upcoming beowolf. Jaune readies his sword and shield, Crocea Mors in his hands as two beowolve run towards him. He bashes his shield into one of the beowolves faces then slices its head off then stabs the other in the chest as it falls to the ground. Nora swings her hammer, Magnhild at an ursa, sending it flying into three beowolves. She then jumped away from another ursa as it tried to tackle her.
"Nora smash!" she exclaimed as she then smashed its head flat with her hammer.
Ren was circling around three ursa as he started shooting at them with his automatic pistols with blades attached vertically under the barrels, StormFlower. He then charged at the bear-like creatures and slashed at each one as he passed by. Blake pulls out her Variant Ballistic Chain Scythe, Gambol Shroud as she then slices three beowolves. She unsheaths it and slashes at an ursa with both sheath and katana. She then dodges an attack from a beowolf with her semblance then quickly shoots it.
Weiss slashes at two beowolves with her rapier, Myrtenaster the creates a series of glyphs around five ursai. She then dashes from glyph to glyph at a rapid speed slashing at the Grimm with every pass.
Meanwhile with the earthlings, they were all shooting and killing every Grimm that came their way.
"Keep shooting!" Keaton shouted.
"I'm tossing a grenade!" one of the soldiers shouted as he threw a grenade at a group of beowolves.
"Man, this is intense!" Ricky yelled, shooting the head off of a nearby ursa.
"Tell me about it!" Jacob yelled, shooting at some beowolves.
"Yeah, you sons of bitches! Get some!" Rebecca yelled out, unleashing a storm of bullets into a group of Grimm.
"Eat lead you shit stains!" Kelly shouted as she was shooting at the same group of Grimm as Rebecca.
"Looks like Kelly and Rebecca are a little trigger happy, don't you think?" Britney asked.
"Looks like it," Kendra said.
As Jacob continued shooting he saw a different Grimm. The creature resembled a cross between a lizard and a bird. It has only two hindlimbs, bone structures all over its body, and their skulls have four eye sockets. The Grimm is known as a Creep. Jacob notices that the creep was about to charge at Pyrrha as she was fighting off other Grimm.
"Pyrrha!" Jacob screamed out as he charged out in the open.
"Jacob, get back here!" Keaton shouted.
Ignoring his brother's calls, Jacob quickly transformed God's Trust into its sword form and charged at the creep. Just when the creep was about to pounce on to Pyrrha, Jacob dashed at it and chopped its head off. Pyrrha turns around and sees the now dead Grimm with Jacob standing over it.
"Thanks, Jacob," Pyrrha said.
"No problem," he said.
They both see some more creeps and beowolves coming out in the open.
"Let me take care of these Grimm, you help the others," Jacob said.
"Be careful," Pyrrha said.
"Got it," Jacob said as he charged at the Grimm with a battle cry.
He slashed at a couple of creeps, then stabbed a beowolf from its jaw. Jacob hacks off another beowolf's claws then its head. More Grimm starts to close in on Jacob.
"Jacob!" Britney screamed as she ran to Jacob's aid.
"Hey Britney, wait up!" Rebecca shouted as she followed behind.
"Girls, wait!" Allen shouted as he too followed.
"Hey, I want to kill Grimm up close too," Kelly said.
"Me too," Rick said as he and Kelly ran out to attack the Grimm.
"Might as well," Kendra sighed, then charged out in the open.
An Ursa was about to lunge at Jacob, but Britney sliced off both its paws with her swords and then Rebecca sliced it in half with her scythe. Allen ran up to an ursa and gave a series of strikes with his batons then electrocuted it, making it fall on its back. Ricky and Kelly slash and hack at every Grimm they come across. Kendra hacks a beowolf's head open with her poleaxe, then chops off two heads of a couple of ursai.
As the battle goes on in the courtyard, Ruby, Robert, and Cassandra are all shooting from the building they are at.
"How long until help arrives?" Ruby asked.
"ETA one minute," Cassandra answered.
"How can it get any worse than this?" Robert asked.
Just as he asked they heard a screeching sound of a bird. They all saw a giant black bird with a mask-like, white bony structure overlying the upper front of its head. It also has four glowing red eyes, two on each side of its head. The headpiece also includes a dorsal spine. It has two clawed fingers extending forwards from the outermost wing joint.
"Nevermore!" Ruby yelled out its name as it was flying towards them.
Just when it was about to attack the group, a man jumps out of nowhere and cuts its head off as it then falls to the ground below. The three snipers all looked at the man that saved them. It was Qrow Branwen.
"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby exclaimed as she hugged on to his arm.
"It's so good to see you. Did you miss me? Did you miss me?!" she asked in excitement.
"Nope," Qrow jokingly said as he rubbed Ruby's head.
"Thanks for the save, sir," Cassandra thanked.
"No problem, miss. I'm part of this little rescue operation," Qrow said.
"We better get down there and help the others. Our rides are here," Robert said as the six bullheads made their arrival.
Back at the courtyard, everyone all sees the bullheads make their landing. Teams SSSN and CFVY, Professor Port, and Dr. Oobleck all got out of their bullheads. Teams SSSN and CFVY all ran out to help RWBY, JNPR, and the high schoolers while the two Beacon teachers ran towards the american soldiers. Port and Oobleck reached the soldiers as Keaton took notice.
"Are you our rescue?" Keaton asked.
"Why yes we are, sir," Port answered.
"Glad you guys can make it," Keaton said.
Back in the battlefield, Yatsuhashi pulls out his gigantic sword, Fulcrum. He jumps into the air then trusts his sword in the ground creating a crater in the ground and sending several Grimm flying in several directions. Sun pulls out his nunchuck guns, Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang and combines them into a bow staff while Neptune pulls out his guandao, Tri-Hard. Sun whacks at some beowolves that were about to lung at Britney while Neptune impales an Ursa that Rebecca was currently attacking. Coco casually walks up to Allen and Kendra as Velvet follows behind.
"Let me handle this," Coco said as she then transforms her handbag, Gianduja into a minigun.
She then fires a barrage of rounds into several upcoming Grimm with the help of her semblance, Hype making her dust rounds more stronger. As Jacob and Britney were fighting off a group of ursai, Fox jumps out of nowhere with a pair of blade gauntlets, Sharp Retribution on his wrists. He slices several Ursai that came up to him, then fires a couple rounds in an Ursa's stomach as it then pops like a balloon.
"About damn time help arrives," Jacob thought.
"You know you're happy to see us," a voice spoke in Jacob's head.
"What the...'' Jacob said as he saw Fox giving him a smirk.
"Get out of my head, you sicko!" Jacob yelled as he remembered Fox's semblance, Telepathy.
"If you say so. Just get yourselves to the bullheads," Fox instructed Jacob and Britney.
"Got it," Britney said as she and Jacob ran to the bullheads.
As everyone ran to the bullheads, Cassandra, Robert, Ruby and Qrow all caught up to everyone. Qrow runs up to the soldiers with Cassandra following behind.
"Can somebody tell me what the heck you people are doing in a place crawling with Grimm?" Qrow asked.
"We're with RWBY and JNPR, and we need to speak with Professor Ozpin," Keaton said.
"Can we discuss this later? I'd like to get out of here if that's alright with you," Alex said.
Everyone starts to climb on to the bullheads as they were also shooting at any upcoming Grimm. As soon as everyone was on board, the bullheads started to take off and fly out of the abandoned city. Aboard one of the bullheads were all the american soldiers with Qrow aside.
"You people have got a lot of explaining to do," Qrow said.
Author's Note: If you have any suggestions for team names for the high schoolers, please feel free to share your ideas with me.