Team CYAN: Raging Storm

Chapter 1: Prologue

(Note: I do not own RWBY, all rights to RWBY go to Rooster Teeth in honor of its creator, Monty Oum)

It's been about two and a half years since the Osore incident in Atlas. And within that time, me and my team had graduated from Shade and go on about our careers as Huntresses, my brother Lloyd, or as he calls himself: Zaka Lias, had decided not to take the path of a Huntsman but instead went down the same route as Uncle Connor in which he is a wandering warrior, however unlike our uncle, Zaka is doing more of the vigilante type thing in which he takes the law into his own hands where ever he goes. Those of us in Team CYAN tend to keep most of our business within the Vacuo region but we will travel across Remnant when needed. I am currently within my standard two bedroom apartment, which has a work desk covered in gadget sketches, small parts and gizmos and the wall above is full of more sketches, investigation notes and newspaper clippings regarding any of my old teams victories over rogue Huntsmen, that I share with my roommate/best friend since Shade Academy, Yin Croft. Yin is currently out on a mission in the desert so I am watching a movie by myself... Until my scroll goes off.

Tyler: "This is Tyler Jasper! Is anyone hearing this? We've got a code red! We need any available Huntsmen to come by the old Dust warehouse in the south of Vacuo! I am currently with the Vacuo police in a shootout against the Spiders of Mistral!" That caught my attention.

Celena: "The Spiders?" I go as fast as I can in changing from my casual wear to my battle attire: a blue, skin tight battle suit, now with the zipper slightly down showing a little bit of cleavage, with black leather boots that stop below my knees and black leather gloves that stop midway of my forearms, I gave up using my old Spectrum gloves not long after the Osore, a silver ulitilty belt around my waist, and now a new little trinket, two little devices I attach to my human like ears as if they're the hooks of glasses and they can form a special visor screen in front of my eyes, one that scans and analyzes anything I see, the devices also have com-links installed as a bonus. I grab my weapon, Senshi, turn off the TV and the lights, lock the door and use my Semblance to zip out the window, also I was in such a rush I didn't even notice that the landlord slipped a paper under my door that our rent is past due. My apartment is on the west side of town so I'm not too far from the warehouse. As I'm zipping and running across the city rooftops like some kind of action movie hero I get a call on my com-link... It's my dad, Aidan Verde, current headmaster of Shade Academy. "Hey Dad! What's up?"

Aidan: "Looks like your on the move again. I'm seeing your ID tag on the city radar beelining for the South. Let me guess: your gonna help with that shoot out."

Celena: "Someone's gotta help if no one else does. I'm just doing my part."

Aidan: "I'm not critizing you for it, I'm proud of you for all your hard work. But I feel like lately you've been working TOO hard. It's why I keep advising you to take some days off so you don't exhaust yourself."

Celena: "Don't worry so much! I'm as fit as a fittle! Anyway, give it to me straight. What are the Spiders doing here in Vacuo? I thought they kept their business in Mistral?"

Aidan: "That's right. But lately Lil' Miss Malachite has been trying to expand her gang across ALL the kingdoms. Because her daughters are working for infamous crime boss Hei 'Junior' Xiong, spreading to Vale was easy. They haven't made a move on Atlas yet. But now we've got this: they made the mistake of trying to make a hideout out of that warehouse. It's long abandoned SDC property, but Weiss Schnee is planning on renovating and reestablishing it's operations. They can't do that with the Spiders there though. On top of that, the fat lady herself is visiting today, so this may finally be our opportunity to capture her and get an advantage over the Spiders, but it's clear they're not making it easy."

Celena: "Good thing I'm on my way then. I'm almost there! Wish me luck!" Hang up. Afterwards I get another call... It's from my teammates, Nya and Alice Storms, mother, Mia Air. She's a well respected scientist who runs a lab here in Vacuo. Her ex-husband, Jack Storm, sits on the Vacuo council, ever since he got elected after their divorce. For a few months now I've been working under her as a... sort of apprentice as lately I've felt like I needed to brush up more on my science smarts. Better see what she needs. "Hello?"

Mia: "Celena? Where are you? We need to run through the demonstration at least once before the grant committee arrives."

Celena: "That's not for another few hours though. Don't worry, I'll be there as soon as I can. I heading for the South of town to handle a shootout. The Spiders of Mistral are here."

Mia: "What!? Grr! I hate those guys! You know, the guns they use nowadays are actually prototypes they stole from me while I was on a business trip in Mistral. Give those Spiders a good beating for me, would ya?"

Celena: "You got it!" Hang up. "Sheesh! I knew they were bad but I didn't think they'd steal from someone as big as Ms. Air. Better wrap this up quick and get to the lab." I can see more police cars speeding down the street heading for the warehouse. Guess they called in the calvary. I can see the shootout from here. The Spiders have set up a bunch of debris in front of the front entrance while Tyler and the cops are stationed behind a line of cars. Their stuck! I zip down to where Tyler is and we discuss our plan. "Tyler, you okay?"

Tyler: "Things aren't looking good! If Malachite makes it out of that building we're gonna lose her, then we lose our advantage."

Celena: "Then how about this? You guys distract them while I sneak in. I can zip passed them without them noticing and catch Malachite myself."

Tyler: "There's no telling whats inside! There could be way more guards protecting her."

Celena: "Don't worry, I've got this!"

Officer: "Sir, I don't think we have much of a choice! We're pretty screwed out here!"

Tyler: "You're right! Do your thing, Celena! We trust you!"

Celena: "On it!" I zip around on the ground and get by right under their noses and then zip up to the closest vent to get inside. Just as expected, the place is full of Spider thugs, but no Lil' Miss Malachite in sight. This place is built more like a factory than a warehouse so shes most likely in another room.

Spider 1: "We've got a Huntress!"

Spider 2: "Get rid of her! We can't let her reach the Lil' Miss!" These guys who just use regular guns and swords aren't really that hard to deal with so after taking them out I search around a few rooms until I find an old store room full of more guards and computers.

Celena: "Looks like they're using this room as their primary tech room." It's full of amateurly made computers made from stolen tech, but considering that they're using computers then they probably have important information stored in them that can be used as evidence against Malachite when we arrest her. I look through their primary computer and my hunch was right but I also found that they were trying to erase all of their data, most likely so that we couldn't have anything against her in case we DO get her. I stop the deletion, plug in a spare flashdrive and start downloading the info. That's when I see her face on every other computer screen and her voice coming from the intercom of the security cameras.

Malachite: "Well, well, well. If it ain't Headmaster Verde's little girl. What's a stray kitten like you doing in my dog house? Either your very brave or very stupid."

Celena: "Says the one frantically erasing their search history. Oh, and by the way: you're more wild pig than dog."

Malachite: "Hmph! Seems like your every bit as rude as I've heard. Just like your stubborn Papa!"

Celena: "Now, I wouldn't exactly say 'rude'. I would probably use 'smart'!" As I finish the download and grab my flashdrive. She looks to the right with a look of concern and then anger. She probably has her own computer with her that's showing her the status of all the others.

Malachite: "Why you little... Send more guards down there! Don't let her leave this facility with that drive!"

Celena: "Oh, don't worry! I'm not going anywhere until I find you!"

Malachite: "Then come and get me! ...If you can, that is!" The screens and speakers shut off. I decide to call Tyler.

Celena: "Tyler? Big news: I just got ahold of a bunch of evidence against Malachite. And just in time before they could erase it."

Tyler: "Good. We've almost broken through. How are we on finding Malachite herself?"

Celena: "Working on that right now. I think she may be hiding in the managers office so that's where I'm heading next. Talk to you later." Hang up. I just take out any guards I encounter while searching the place for Malachite, and just as I suspected, I find her sitting behind the desk of the managers office. By her sides are her twin daughters, Melanie and Miltiades Malachite. But I thought they were working for Junior in Vale? Why are they here? Malachite herself is smoking a cigarette. "You know, smoking like that isn't exactly healthy. Just what kind of example do you think your showing your daughters?"

Malachite: "Do I look like I care? I was never much of the nurturing type. Quite obvious with my career choice."

Celena: "Some mother you are. But I guess it won't matter once your in prison!"

Malachite: "Looks to me like we've got a stray kitten in our lawn. You know what happens to kittens who misbehave on our property?" She puts out her cigarette and snaps her fingers to signal the girls, to which they charge and attack me until we enter a hold. "They get put down!" We break our hold and we continuously clash with me quickly switching between either twin. The girls are pretty quick and deadly in their own right and almost seem to have the advantage until I slow them down a little with some ice Dust bullets. After their little stagger I grab Melanie by the leg during a mid air kick and toss her towards the wall. Then I keep at it with Miltia until eventually I take advantage of a missed swing and blast her away with a double charged shot of fire Dust bullets. Afterwards, I look towards Malachite herself. "Such a disappointment... You two retreat and report to Junior! I can handle this myself!" They seemed hesitant at first until... "NOW!" They flinch and quickly gather together.

Twins: "Yes, Mother!" Before I can turn to stop them, they use a smoke bomb and vanish, leaving just me and Malachite here. She presses a button on her desk to which two turrets appear on either side of her and they fire at me. I zip around their gunfire and get in close to strike her but I can't seem to her. That's when I notice an energy barrier set up around her. It seems to be electric powered so perhaps I can overload it. So I proceed to to slice the turrets clean off the ground and strike with a enough force to launch them at the barrier, resulting in a massive overload and the barrier shattering, leaving her open for me to attack. I simply tackle her off her chair and cuff her to keep her from resisting.

Celena: "Spider extermination complete!" The other Huntsmen and police aid in arresting and stragglers. I decide to have one last chat with Malachite before they take her away. "Finally off to prison. You know, I think you have more friends in there than I have enemies."

Malachite: "Don't you dare think that this is over! Junior and the girls can handle things from here. Just know, that the Spiders will never die!" I walk away and they close the truck doors on her during that last part. I get another call from Mia.

Mia: "Celena, where are you? The committee will be here soon! We need to run an equipment check!"

Celena: "Soon? Their not supposed to show up for another couple hours!"

Mia: "It looks like they cleared their schedule to come by early. Please tell me you're done with the Spiders?"

Celena: "Yep! Just sent the Lil' Miss off to prison. On my way now!" As I start traversing through town towards the lab.

Mia: "Better be quick about it! In the meantime, I'm gonna see what I can get done myself." She hangs up.

Celena: "No, wait! It's too dangerous to do alone-! Argh! Dammit! Better get there quick!" I speed through town as fast as I can until I reach the lab and enter. I head upstairs to the main lab where Mia works and I hear several machines active. Mia is a woman with short black hair in grey dress pants, light blue dress shirt, and white lab coat. "Sorry I'm late, Ms. Air-" Then certain machines blow a fuse and shut down.

Mia: "God damnit! That's the second time this week! What is going on with that arm!?" Then the main project itself, a special engine for military grade vehicles, starts smoking due to her being distracted. "Shit! It's overheating! Celena!? Shut it down!" I zip over to the emergency stop button on the other side of the room and press it, shutting down the power to the project before it gets out of hand.

Celena: "Mia! Are you okay?"

Mia: *cough cough*"Another setback... But we're close! I can feel it! It'd just go a lot smoother if our power wasn't running on such a low budget." That's when the grant committee director walks in and she is in a bit of disbelief of what she is seeing right now.

Committee Director: "Is anyone hurt?"

Celena: "No. It... it was all my faul-"

Mia: "The energy levels exceeded our expectations. From a certain viewpoint, that's a very positive development."

Committee Director: "It doesn't SMELL very positive."

Mia: "I assure you, in the next phase-"

Committee Director: "Let's not get ahead of ourselves."*cough cough*"...Is there somewhere else we can discuss this?" Then Mia looks my way.

Mia: "Maybe you should take the rest of the day off, Celena."

Celena: "But I-"

Mia: "We'll tall later!" She and the director head downstairs. I don't wanna make things worse for her, so I better do what she says and leave. I get a call from Dad while outside.

Aidan: "Celena, you got a second?"

Celena: "What's up?"

Aidan: "Just figured I should fill you in on the situation with Malachite."

Celena: "Did she make it to prison alright?"

Aidan: "Yeah, but not the local prison. She's being placed under maximum security in the prison of the Atlas military base outside of town."

Celena: "Ah. Joining characters like Team DARC and the like, huh?"

Aidan: "Not for long. Since she in particular was a Mistral problem to begin with, she's being transferred to the Argus base in Anima first thing tomorrow."

Celena: "Makes sense. She didn't start trying to expand until now and kept all of her business in Mistral. But we still gotta worry about Junior and Malachites daughters. She stated that he'd be in charge while she's out."

Aidan: "Yes, but they won't escape us that easily. We've made sure to take every precaution possible to prevent their escape. They won't be leaving Vacuo anytime soon. It won't be long until their caught."

Celena: "Thanks for letting me know. I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them myself, just in case."

Aidan: "Right. But again, try not to push yourself too hard. You overdo it enough as it is." And he hangs up. A few minutes later I get a call from Mia.

Celena: "Mia! How did it go with the committee? I'm so sorry I screwed things up."

Mia: "Not at all, Celena. They're just nervous in the face of imminent triumph! They'll calm down; they always do."

Celena: "Should I head back to the lab for cleanup?"

Mia: "No no. I'm stepping out for dinner anyhow; we'll resume tomorrow. See you then." Hang up. Man it's been a rough day so far... I need something to ease up. Then I get a call from... Mr. Mondai? He runs a homeless shelter downtown. My Grandma, Marie Verde, works as the assistant manager. Today is her fifth year anniversary party. Its about to start soon. What does he need?

Celena: "Hello?"

Mondai: "Hello, Celena? I just wanted to let you know we need a little extra time to get set for Marie's party. I guess the cake delivery is stuck in traffic."

Celena: "Can't have Grandma ruining the surprise. I'll stop by and distract her."

Mondai: "Perfect. Better make it quick too."

Celena: "Heh. Who do you think you're talking too?" Hang up, zip through town aaaaand reach the shelter. Inside, the gym sized room is full of the homeless, bunk beds, clothing racks, chairs and a few, admittedly out of date, holo-TV's. The second floor holds Mr. Mondai and Grandma's offices, the kitchen and dining area are in the back. Mondai is in the kitchen preparing some decorations. An average sized man in black dress pants, green suit jacket, black dress shirt and gold necktie with straight black hair that stops just past his shoulders. "Hey, Mondai, so sorry if I'm late-"

Mondai: "No, you're right on time. Just keep her distracted while we get everything ready." We see Grandma in the dining area next door. A woman in black sweatpants, red t-shirt, and purple unbuttoned sweater with red dyed hair and clear frame glasses.

Celena: "You got it." Head next door and engage conversation. "Hey, there's my favourite grandma..."

Marie: "Celena! What a nice surprise."

Celena: "Need some help?"

Marie: "Uh, yeah, sure. Oh, there are some heavy boxes in-"

Celena: "NO!" Gotta keep her here. "No. No! I mean... not yet. I mean, I came to, uh, I just wanted to talk." OK, so I'm not good at these kind of distractions. It's harder than it looks. I'm a fighter, not a conversationalist.

Marie: "Okay..." We both sit down.

Celena: "Um..."

Marie: "Celena, are you in trouble? Do you need money?"

Celena: "What? No! No. I'm good on money. Oh, speaking of which, I better pay my rent." I pull out my scroll and go through with the Lien transfer for rent pay.

Marie: "Please don't tell me it's a boy problem. Your Mom's probably the better option for that-"

Celena: "What? No, that's crazy!" Keeping her from turning around. "I don't even know many guys my age.

Marie: "Well the only thing I can tell you is that if you DO starting dating, you gotta make sure you've met the right guy. Otherwise your dad might flip."

Celena: "Yeah!" Stopping her again. "That's another good point. I don't like making Dad worry." She looks at me for a moment, like she's not buying my rude.

Marie: "Celena... What is it?" Gotta come up with something. "Come on. You can tell me."

Celena: "These past few years... you working here and helping all these people... sacrificing so much, and asking for nothing. I just wish there were more people like you outside of Huntsmen in the world."

Mondai: "She's right." Thank goodness, they're done! I'm not sure how much longer I could've kept that up. "Five years ago you walked in here and told me you were inspired by my mission to help others in others ways besides the Huntsmen system. Now it's 'you' who inspires 'me'. Thank you, Marie, for everything." We can all see the happy smile on her face. "Here's to many more years of service!" A round of applause and then everyone grabs a piece of cake. I decide to talk with Mondai in the corner.

Celena: "Thanks again for setting all this up. I just wish Dad could be here for this, but being Headmaster makes it pretty busy."

Mondai: "Oh, I just wish I could do more."

Celena: "Well, Mom's always told me, 'If you help 'some'one-"

Mondai: "-you help 'every'one'. Ah, maybe we should send Marie to have a word with the council..." I then get an alert on my scroll, and surprise surprise, it's a Huntress call.

Celena: "Hey, I'm sorry, but I gotta run."

Mondai: "So soon?"

Celena: "Yeah, you know, duty calls. Um, thanks again for the party and everything. It really means a lot." I walk off and check my scroll again... A voicemail from Dad. I should check it outside.