Chapter 11: Training Up the Mountains
"Mother you wanted to see me" Adam said as he was currently looking at his mother, Adam and Raven was currently inside of Raven's tent and the two of them are currently standing up facing each other with Raven standing behind her desk where she plans whatever the tribe currently wants to do on raids and other missions.
"Yes Adam I did today we are currently going on a little training mission just the two of us" Raven said to her adopted son.
"I see and where are we exactly going mother?" Adam asked the current leader of the Brawnwen tribe.
"We Adam are going to Mountain Glenn" Raven said causing Adam to have a confuse look on his face.
"Mountain Glenn" Adam said while Raven simply nodded.
"Yes Adam I'm sure that you are aware of the history of Mountain Glenn Adam" Raven said to her adopted son.
"It was Vale's first serious attempt in trying to expand their territory, they tried to develop a underground railroad system to go to the mainland and back from Mountain Glenn bypassing the dangers of the Grimm" Adam replied.
"Yes It was a very nice idea expect the residents of Mountain Glenn didn't have something that the kingdom of Vale already has" Raven said before asking her adopted a question.
"They didn't have the natural barriers like Vale has so Grimm attacks continued to increase till the citizens of Mountain Glenn was overwhelmed by the Grimm" Adam said.
"In one last effort the citizens tried to live and take refuge in the tunnels by clearing out their subways but by doing that they cut themselves off from the surface completely" Adam said.
"Indeed but sadly that was their biggest mistake" Raven said while Adam nodded.
"Yes an explosion happened which caused the mouth of another cavern to open which was filled with Grimm and the rest was history" Adam said.
"Yes it is tragic let that remind you Adam that you must not get to hasty or impatient I told you this lesson many times if you get impatient you will let your guard down, and you will get yourself killed" Raven said.
Adam nodded as that was one of the first lessons his adopted mother taught him "but I don't understand mother is there another reason why we're going to Mountain Glenn in the first place besides training?" Adam asked.
"A good and fair question actually there is" Raven said before giving Adam one of the reasons they were going to Mountain Glenn in the first place.
"As you know I have been scouting Vale these past couple of months and I found out that recently the White Fang has recently set up a base in Mountain Glenn we are going to scout and see what they are up too and..." Raven said as she stopped speaking for a bit.
"What is it mother?" Adam asked causing Raven to sighed.
"There is a good chance that my daughters team are going to be there as well most likely trying to stop the white fang from whatever they are planning" Raven said.
Adam frowned "you mean Yang's team" Adam said he honestly has no idea how to feel about Yang, his adopted mother biological daughter because he doesn't know her and his mother hardly talks about Yang or anybody who she had a past relationship with. Which was not surprising considering that Raven rarely shows her kind and caring side.
"I kept my eye on my daughter team its funny they almost remind me of our team back in the day but that's not important for now we should prepare for our trip to Mountain Glenn you have a few hours to pack up Adam" Raven said to her adopted son..
Adam nodded "understood" Adam then turned around and left as he went to prepare for his training trip with his mother at Mountain Glenn. It only took a couple of hours sense it was pretty much a routine for Adam to pack up some things whenever they move from location to location here in Anima. It wasn't long until Adam was carrying a backpack full of items along with Wilt and Blush towards his mother tent.
Once he was outside he saw that he saw Raven had her own camping bag and she has her weapon omen strapped to the side.
"I see you made it on time do you have your mask?" Raven asked the bull faunus.
"Its right here mother" Adam said as he grab his mask from his left side where it was hooked he then put his mask on earning a nod of approval from Raven.
"Good then we're ready to go then" Raven said as she turned and unheated Omen, she then cut through the space and created a portal and once she did that she quickly placed Omen back into its sheath.
Raven then walked inside of the portal and Adam soon followed and once the two went inside the portal closed from one side and it opened from the other side and Adam and Raven came out if the portal and it closed. Adam then took a look around at the location he was at.
He saw multiple buildings that was torn or destroyed and the roads looked destered but overall as Adam looked around he could feel the history of this place the history of one of humanity greatest mistakes.
"This is Mountain Glenn Adam tell me what is your reaction after coming and being here for the first time" Raven asked her adopted son.
"Its depressing this place, you could say this place is basically a graveyard so many people died all because they were to eager to expand the kingdom they didn't think about putting some boarders to protect themselves from the Grimm" Adam said.
"Yes humans can sometimes bite more then what we can chew but sometimes we must accept our limit and know that their are some fights we just can't win" Raven said.
Adam frowned a bit at Raven statement. but he didn't say anything as Raven turned to look at him.
"We should go and try to set up camp- " Raven stopped herself as she looked and saw that four beowolves and one alpha had appeared and surrounded them.
"Well Adam it seems like our training has finally begun" Raven said as she and Adam placed their camping bags down and drew their swrods out.
"So it has" Adam simply said.
"Well shall be begin son" Raven said
"The Beowolves then went after Raven and Adam and in blazing speed and quick slashes the two of them quickly sheated their swords as the Beowolves were down on the ground and they started to degenerate.
"Alright now that over with lets find a place to set up camp after that we can scout the area and train in the process" Raven said.
"Understood" Adam as he and Raven picked up their bags and was trying to find a location for them to camp up. About a few minutes later the Brawnen duo has found a destroyed building where it looks like their was no Grimm or possibly White Fang members here.
Once they were inside the building the two if them had set up a small camp inside "good the camp should be fine for the time being lets scout the area and as we do that we can continue with your training" Raven said to her adopted son.
"Right mother about the White Fang where do you think they are hiding?" Adam asked as he and Raven left their camping area and begun to scout.
"Think about it Adam remember that the people of Mountain Glenn tried to develop a railroad system to go from here to the kingdom of Vale" Raven said.
"So their entire operation is underground" Adam realized
"Exactly" Raven replied.
"But why go underground" Adam wondred.
"That's why we are here to find out lets move" Raven said as Adam nodded as the two scouted Mountain Glenn. So far there was nothing unusual expect for the Grimm they killed and they scouted for about an hour an a half until Adam and Raven spotted someone. The two of them hid behind a building wall and saw a White Fang grunt.
Raven and Adam looked and nodded at each other as The two of them has decided to follow the white fang grunt since he would unknowly lead them to their headquarters. About a few minutes later Adam and Raven were inside the underground cavern and the duo saw multiple white fang members. working on a large train with some people putting multiple dust inside of the train.
"Adam also saw two people coming out of the train and Adam recognized him due to news and him along with his mother and Vernal were keeping tabs on what's been going on in the kingdoms for the most Torchwhick he was a notorious criminal in Vale and next to him was a short girl with pink and brown hair and Adam was honest her design did really scream ice cream.
"Haha I love it when things according to plan don't you Neo?" Roman asked the girl now known as Neo. Neo only just smiled and nodded which was odd to Adam unless the girl couldn't talk at all.
"Sure we had some...hiccups along the way but I feel like this plan will work like a charm yep I could feel it in my bones" Roman said.
Adam and Raven looked at each other and Raven nodded her head to the side which Adam understood. Raven basically told Adam that it was time to leave. So Raven and Adam had quietly left the underground cave and went back to the upper grounds in the abandon city.
"So you were right mother the White Fang are here in Mountain Glenn but the question is why and from the looks of it they brought a lot of dust but what for?" Adam wondered.
Raven placed her hand on her chin as she was thinking "its possible that Torchwhick and the White Fang are connected or working with Salem but why take all of that dust unless..." Raven said her eyes widen in realization as she looked at Adam.
"What us it mother have you found out what they are planning?" Adam asked.
"Adam do you remember what the underground railroad was for?" Raven asked.
"Yes they tried to create a way to travel to and back from the mainland to Mountain Glenn" Adam said.
"Yes and do you remember what happen when the people tried to live in the caverns and a explosion happened and a cavern was filled with Grimm killing the citizens in the process" Raven said.
"Yes I do...wait you don't think" Adam said.
"I do its most likely they are going to explode the train carts causing the caverns to open altering the Grimm and Torchwitch and the White Fang will lead them into the city causing chaos, it seems like Salem is making her first move already" Raven said.
"So they are trying to draw Grimm into the city Salem is going to attack Beacon and Vale" Adam said.
"That is most likely the case" Raven said to her adopted son.
"So what exactly do we do with information mother?" Adam asked.
Raven sighed "at the moment nothing this isn't any of our business let Ozpin and his followers deal with that plus my daughter and her team will arrive hear in the next few days for now the plan is to continue your training here for a few days while trying to gather more information if we can and go back home" Raven nodded.
Adam nodded it did makes sense getting involved would make so sense nor only that but it would alert Ozpin and Salem that they were here and the point of being here was to hide out of sight and train.
"Come on Adam lets get back to camp" Raven said as she started to walk her way back to camp with Adam right behind her.
After that moment Adam and Raven continued to train at Mountain Glenn killing some Grimm in the process and keeping an eye on Torchwitck and the White Dang. Adam has actually learned quite a bit during this training trip especially about the Grimm
Grimm like the Goliath who lives for hundred of years can learn how to adapt in addition to being strong as well since Raven mentioned to her adopted son that even she would have to use some of her maiden powers to kill them. So dealing with strong and experience Grimm Adam really need to keep his guard up.
Soon about a day before team RWBY arrived Raven and Adam began to pack their things and started to leave and once they got back Adam started to put his stuff up and Raven did the same thing with Raven telling Adam he did a great job on the trip and that he improved a lot and she told Adam to rest for the day and Adam did just that.
About a day later it was in the middle of the night it was after dinner Adam was about to head to his tent until he heard someone called out to him.
"Adam"
Adam turned around and he looked and saw that it was his mother who was wearing her mask and had Omen strapped to her side.
"Mother is something the matter?" Adam asked her adopted mother.
"Adam do you remember that I said that my daughter and the rest of her team were going to Mountain Glenn and try to stop the White Fang" Raven said.
"Of course...are we going back to Mountain Glenn?" Adam asked.
"Sort of there is a possibly that Yang might be in troblue and I'm using my one rule for people...that I'm close with to a degree I will save them from trouble but that's it now then Adam I actually want you to come with me" Raven said to her adopted son.
"Why exactly I'm sure you don't need my help with this mother" Adam said.
"I don't but the reason that I want to bring you Adam is that I want to know what exactly do you think about my daughter" Raven said.
"I see" Adam said.
"Come on grab your mask and sword we're about to head out" Raven said.
"Understood mother" Adam said as he went back to his tent and grabbed his mask along with Wilt and Blush. Once Adam grabbed his mask along with his weapons, he put on the mask and he headed straight towards the back of Raven tent where his adopted mother was waiting for him.
Seeing that Adam was here Raven wasted little time and quickly unsheated Omen and slash the air creating a portal and quickly sheated her sword back up she ran inside the portal with Adam following her. Once that happened Raven and Adam fell and bent down and Adam to a quick glance from the looks of it they were inside of a train.
Raven then jumped and quickly unheated Omen and did a upward slashed at the ice cream haired color girl but she managed to dodged the first strike but she was pushed back by the horizontal slash Raven sent. Adam wasted little time and sent a wind like slash attack causing Raven to duck and the girl to quickly hold out her umbrella to block the attack but she was being pushed further back.
The girl looked and saw Raven and Adam who was standing side by side Adam with his sword Wilt had pressed the button and switch the white blade with the usual red blade. While Raven slowly drew Omen as she and Adam was prepared to face Torchwhick partner. The girl scared knowing she was outmatch she placed her umbrella over her shoulder jumped and disappeared from the area.
Adam and Raven looked at Yang.
"This is mother biological daughter...pathetic someone as weak as her doesn't deserve to be mother daughter" Adam said as he sheated his sword and Raven created a portal. After one last look both Adam and Raven started to walk away and head towards the portal but unknown to them Yang slowly got up and saw the two of them head inside the portal and once they were inside the portal closed.
Raven and Adam arrived back at camp they were at the back of Raven's tent.
"So it seems like Torchwhick plan is starting" Raven said as she took off her masked.
"It would seem so mother do you think they will be able to stop Torchwhick and the White Fang?" Adam asked.
"I would assume so but then again it doesn't matter since we are mostly not involved now Adam you saw Yang can you give me your honest thoughts about her?" Raven asked her adopted son.
Adam signed a bit as he took off his mask and looked at the woman who raised him.
"Honestly mother she weak and pathetic someone like her doesn't deserve to be your daughter" Adam said.
"I see" Raven said as she paused a bit "you can go now Adam good job" Raven said as Adam bowed in response and he left his mother alone.
Raven sighed "it looks like a storm will approach soon...and when that storm happens we need to prepare ourselves otherwise we might not survive at all" Raven thought as she went back inside her tent with having so much to think about.
A/N: Its been awhile guys sorry about that life and me working on my other stories got in the way for me to work on the next chapter. Here I wanted to skip and get towards the events of canon so here we are at the ending volume 2 after that we might get some chapters that run at the same time as volume three and then we will get to the events of volume 5 so yeah we are getting into meat of it haha. Anyway thank you guys so much for reading my story it really means a lot don't forget to read review and follow the story until next time guys see ya.