Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Cold Compassion. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.

(Vacuo.)

Winter threw one of the thugs over the railing while Slater sniped another trying to flank her. he was then forced to duck around the spear of another thug.

Slater retaliated by stabbing him through the chest and knocking him over the railing.

"Seriously, White Fang and hired guns? I'm starting to think the White Fang isn't behind this, Win." Slater turned and threw Umbra into the chest of a thug aiming at him with a rifle. He watched as the man collapsed to the ground and he sighed.

Winter parried a few bullets, sparks flying off Jar'Kai and Frostbite. She knocked one of the bullets back towards a White Fang soldier, knocking the man out as it shattered on his mask.

"We can discuss ideas after we survive… where are our reinforcements?" Winter asked as she stabbed a thug through the neck with Frostbite before flipping him over her shoulder and onto the ground.

Winter sighed before Slater was knocked to the ground by a brutish man with a hammer before he managed to dodge a hit that would have smashed his skull in.

He punched the man in the face before Winter summoned a glyph under him that flipped him over the brute before another flipped the brutish thug over the railing.

Slater's Aura shimmered, he looked at Winter who was busy fighting off several White Fang soldiers who held swords.

Slater didn't know if the terrorist soldiers were brave, overconfident or just plain arrogant enough to believe they could defeat Winter in a sword fight.

He saw Theodore shoot another 3 more White Fang soldiers before a stream of gunfire from a rifle wielding thug caused his Aura to crack slightly.

Slater was about to say something before he heard the whirl of engines… and not Bullhead engines.

The 2 Bullheads buzzing above the the school were blown out of the sky by a barrage from a Manta as the Atlesian Gunship circled the school, the whine of failing engines filled the air.

One of the Bullheads slammed into the roof, exploding in a ball of Dust and fire as a truck pulled up and Vacuo soldiers dispersed from the vehicle.

"Well, that's something at least." Slater parried the swing of a sword before pushing the man back with his weapon and shooting him in the chest.

Winter deflected the stab of one White Fang soldier, then knocked another off her feet with a swing kick and stabbed him in the chest. She ended the life of another by twirling around his blind swing and slashing him on the back.

The final one was given an axe kick, knocking him into an oak table which shattered to bits after her foot smashed his mask to shards.

The doors opened and the thugs turned only to be met with fire from the Vacuo soldiers as 2 fell to the ground, crimson coming from holes pockmarked in their chests.

The White Fang decided to use the destruction of their Human allies to retreat through a hole in the wall as thug after thug dropped to the ground, lifeless.

Only 2 of the Vacuo soldiers were slain in the hail of gunfire, the rest advancing through the smoke and flames as Slater leaned on the railing, tired as Winter panted slightly… she then placed her dueling sword inside her saber and put the blade back on her belt as the soldiers swept the interior of the destroyed building.

"Well, at least Shade is secure… ow, I feel like someone tried to beat me with a bookcase." Slater vaulted the railing and landed in a crouch, his Aura would need to recover, but the battle was won.

Still, it bothered both Winter and Slater that every time the White Fang would attack, they seemed to come from nowhere. The terrorist group didn't have cloaking technology as far as Atlas believed.

It had to be a Semblance or something similar, they needed to find out the cause because the longer White Fang soldiers could move under the radar? The longer it would take to secure Vacuo and restore order to the government. hopefully that would have been enough… it had to be enough, if it wasn't? then they wouldn't have a Kingdom left to save soon.

"We need to find a staging area for these guys or their going to overrun the entire kingdom within the month if not sooner." Slater stated, he put his hand to his ear to contact a transport back to their ship.

They needed more reinforcements and they needed to start securing the entire kingdom… someone knew about the relic, and it wasn't Salem.

Finding out who and why was the first thing they needed to do. the rest could be solved later down the road.

They looked at Theodore who nodded at the duo as the Manta landed to pick them up.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I'm sorry for making these chapters shorter, I do want to point out that Slater and Winter are going to be ending their story in Vacuo. Next chapter will end up being in a week and will show Slater and Winter returning to the Solitude. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!

Ps: Tock is 900 Monday, Winter 1200 Saturday, Penny next Wednesday. Cinder next Friday, Weiss 900 tomorrow, Ruby 1500 Sunday, Yang 1500 Saturday, Glynda 1200 Thursday and Willow next Thursday maybe.