The night had quickly gotten dark and cold, as a pair of White Fang soldiers stood guard around the back of what looked like an abandoned warehouse. One of them, a cat faunus with visible whiskers beneath his mask, was carefully scanning the dark surrounding area with his natural night-vision while his colleague, a sloth faunus with long claws, leant up against the metal wall of the warehouse's exterior. It was dead silent, barring the sounds of distant traffic, until the sloth faunus spoke up.
"Hey, Calico, d'you ever wonder why we're here?" the sloth faunus asked, his words slow and deliberate-sounding. The cat faunus paused for a moment, thought clear on his face.
"Literally or metaphorically?" Calico asked. The sloth faunus shrugged. "Well, literally, we're keeping that girl captive for some reason. Adam's idea and he's the boss and also kinda scary, so I'm not arguing. Metaphorically, though…"
Before the cat faunus' musings could go any further, a block of ice dropped onto him from out of nowhere. The sloth faunus jumped in surprise and reached for his pistol. Before he could get it out, a red blur slammed into him, taking him out in one blow. From that blur came Ruby, having landed in a crouch. Weiss joined her soon after, landing slightly unsteadily right next to her, Myrtenaster drawn and ready. Ruby shot a quick thumbs up to the neighbouring roof, which the bottom-heavy shadowy figure returned before quickly sneaking away.
"You sure keeping that belly is a good idea?" Ruby whispered. "You look like you'll need some time to get used to it."
"I'll be fine," Weiss tried to reassure as she cradled her belly.
"Okay, but don't let your horniness for bellies get in the way," Ruby warned. "I learned that one the hard way."
"Hey!" Weiss stage-whispered. There was clearly meant to be a defence of some kind, but Weiss had nothing to defend with. She just held her belly steady as Ruby led the way in through the back door to the warehouse.
As the pair crept into the warehouse, they found themselves in a darkened corner. From their position, they could spot a fair number of shipping containers, along with a raised office area. They could also spot a number of patrolling White Fang goons and, while scoping out the rafters, they spotted a skylight slowly opening, before Emerald dropped down onto one of the metal rafters. The pair were surprised at Emerald's stealth, poise, and grace, despite her size and high-heeled pumps. Clearly, she was very experienced with stealth at such a size, like Ruby and unlike Weiss. From up high, Emerald pointed down at an orange shipping container on its own in the centre of the warehouse. Ruby and Weiss both winced at the awkward position, assuming that was where Neo was being held. There was only one thing for it, they would need to clear the warehouse.
Ruby and Weiss started by circling around the walls of the warehouse, using the containers as cover. As a guard passed between a pair of containers and began patrolling right in front of the pair, Ruby lifted her weapon. She swung it over her head, and then swung it down, blunt end first, right onto the guard's head. Their aura shattered immediately and the guard hit the ground almost as fast. Unfortunately, the guard dropping alerted someone else, who came over to check out the sound. Before Ruby or Weiss could do anything about it, the guard let out a shout of surprise. With a quick swish and flick of her rapier, she fired a burst of earth-dust rocks to pummel the surprised guard, knocking them out quickly. The impact sent the guard head over heels as she rolled into the gap between the containers, where her unconscious body was spotted.
"Someone's down!" a guard called out. "We've got intruders!"
"Drat! What do we do now?" Weiss whispered to Ruby.
"Don't die," Ruby quipped as she switched her scythe into its sniper form, right as a guard rounded the corner in front of her. In one quick movement, Ruby turned and fired her rifle from the hip, letting out a heavy gravity dust-fueled blast, the recoil of which pushed the sturdier Ruby back slightly. As the shot connected, it launched the guard into the side of the container behind him, leaving a big dent as he collapsed to the ground.
"Not the worst advice I've ever been given," Weiss snarked quietly as she spun the chamber of her rapier to fire dust. Then, as she passed across the gap between two other crates, she fired a volley of fiery dust bolts, two of them striking the chest of one guard and one striking the face of another, knocking them out immediately.
As the firefight took place, up in the rafters, Emerald did her best to help, using her semblance to disorient White Fang for just long enough for Ruby or Weiss to knock them out of the fight. With the three of them working together, the goons were a breeze to deal with. However, that easy ride would not last.
As Ruby and Weiss advanced towards the container Neo was in, the door to the raised office slammed open, a black gloved hand holding it open as Adam strode out the door. Spotting the pair, he took his short run up to leap over the railing from the catwalk and onto Neo's container. In a stance that oozed confidence, Adam drew his sword and held it out to his size.
"Looking for someone?" he asked smugly, his naturally rough voice putting an aggressive tint on his words.
"What did you do with her?" Weiss demanded to know.
"Why does it matter? You won't see her again. I'm going to achieve every Faunus' dream and kill a Schnee," Adam announced as he paced across the container, his heavy footsteps and snarling voice echoing through the warehouse. "I had hoped it would be Jaqcues or perhaps Winter, but I'll settle for the heiress for now. It's a shame, I had expected someone that could put up a fight, not some overfed, overconfident little girl."
"Hey, I'm here too!" Ruby called out.
"And Cinder won't shut up about you," Adam replied, pointing his sword. "I don't know why you're so important to her, and I don't care. All I know is you're working with a Schnee, so you're my target too."
"You'll have to go through me if you want to hurt her!" Ruby declared.
"Gladly," Adam retorted, smugly smirking. Then, in a sudden movement, he leapt from the container at Ruby. He swung across her chest, forcing Ruby to leap back. Before he could follow her, he was hit by a flurry of fire bolts, taking two to the side and getting his blade up to absorb the third. With his blade glowing, he disengaged from Weiss and charged Ruby. He skidded to a stop as he swung down with his sword. Ruby just barely got Crescent Rose up in time to catch his blade. However, doing that didn't give her time to prepare for Adam wielding the scabbard. Ruby barely had time to notice that it was also a gun before she was hit in the gut with a three round burst, sending her flying towards the main warehouse sliding door. Thinking quickly, Ruby turned and blasted a hole in the door, letting her fly through and land outside, rather than hitting the door and taking a heavy blow to her aura. However, that left Weiss on her own.
Without Ruby to attack, Adam turned to Weiss. He made another quick swing down at Weiss, who caught his blade with her own. Unlike Ruby, however, Weiss was faltering, as Adam pushed the blades dangerously close to her.
"Not so strong outside the boardroom, are you?" Adam growled.
"You're… wrong…" Weiss grunted with exertion as she focused her aura. Her fat belly began to shrink as basically everything else about her looked more powerful. Longer, more muscular thighs and biceps that split the seams of her jacket's sleeves. She grew taller too, even taller than Adam and tall enough for her combat skirt to risk showing more than it should. Adam was taken aback at the sudden change, but he did his best to at least appear to keep his cool, something his grimm mask helped with.
"Clever trick, Schnee," Adam said with a smirk. "I've got a trick too." That was all the warning Weiss had before taking three quick shots to the gut. Those hits temporarily stunned her long enough for Adam to swing at her, sending her flying back into a container's side. She hit it, leaving a small dent and falling to the ground dropping her weapon. She quickly rolled onto her back, just in time to watch Adam swinging down at her. She rolled out of the way, and got back up to her feet. Adam sheathed his sword, staring down Weiss. Weiss stared down Adam, trying to figure out some kind of unarmed fighting stance. Then, suddenly, a speeding blur bowled Adam over. He tumbled and rolled across the floor, before catching the floor with his sword, gouging out a chunk of the concrete ground. On one knee, he looked up, and saw what had knocked him over. His mask hid most of his reaction, but he said all he needed to.
"Damnit!"
In amongst all of the fighting, Emerald saw an opportunity. It wasn't the perfect opportunity, but it was good enough, and sometimes that was enough.
Emerald dropped down from the rafters and ducked in behind Neo's container. The White Fang hadn't even locked it, just relying on the lack of handles on the inside. Quickly, Emerald opened the container, finding Neo at the door waiting. Neo was about to jump Emerald, before Emerald put her hands up.
"I'm on your side, me, Weiss, and Ruby are breaking you out," Emerald quickly explained. Neo looked up at her, a thoughtful look on her face, and then took off towards the office as Adam went through his speech. Getting into the office, Neo found the White Fang cell's food supply. She tore into it, shoving the food into her mouth as quickly as possible. "Uh, Neo, you sure this is a good time for this?" Emerald whispered urgently. Shortly after that, with a belly the size of a basketball, Neo quickly whipped off her jacket and pants, leaving her in just her boots and leotard. "Oh… okay… this is a thing," Emerald said, averting her gaze very intentionally.
Neo stood, taking a power stance, arms flexed at her sides, and focused her aura. Her arms and legs built large, powerful muscles. Her leotard grew tight against her growing abs. Her broadening shoulders, ballooning ass and tits, and her increasing height made her leotard stretch to keep her covered. She looked more like a professional wrestler than the slight and stealthy assassin she was normally. At her new, very impressive height, she towered well over Emerald. She looked down at Emerald, grinning smugly at her.
"Oh, wow, that's… that's something," Emerald responded in awe. Neo strode out of the office, and saw the stare down between Adam and Weiss. Neo stepped back, took her run up, and got ready to aggressively intervene.
Adam rose back up to his full height, and yet he still didn't even come up to Neo's shoulders.
"Fine, I'll deal with you too," Adam growled, resting his hand on the handle of his sword.
"And me!" Ruby called out from behind him, surprising him as he looked up and found Ruby standing atop a nearby container. Neo took the opportunity and suckerpunched Adam. While stunned from that blow, Ruby jumped down on him, landing on him with both feet. As Ruby rolled off of him, Weiss, who had taken the opportunity to collect Myrtenaster, used her enhanced aura to summon up a massive ice block to drop on Adam.
The three of them took turns pummelling Adam, not giving him the chance to regain his balance and defend himself properly. Even Emerald snuck in a few hits, knowing that she would be safe from Adam's retaliation. With such a one-sided fight, eventually Adam's aura was worn down, until it finally broke and they knocked Adam out.
"Phew, wow, that went better than I expected," Ruby admitted.
"What does that mean?" Weiss asked, somewhat defensively. Before Ruby could say anything, Neo tapped on Weiss' shoulder. Weiss turned and was immediately wrapped in a big, strong hug in Neo's big, strong arms. "Oh, Neo, I'm so glad you're okay," Weiss cooed, clearly relieved and immediately dropping the sass she had towards Ruby. As the couple reunited, Ruby sidled up to Emerald.
"So, you still down for joining Team Good Guy?" Ruby quietly inquired. Emerald pursed her lips in thought, looking at Weiss and Neo's loving embrace. She let out a quiet sigh.
"Yeah, I'll… try it out. Feels weird though, switching teams," Emerald admitted.
"Well, maybe… I could help you out with it. Y'know, we could get dinner sometime, talk about it. If you want, of course," Ruby sheepishly asked. Emerald let out a quiet chuckle.
"Real smooth, Rose, real smooth," Emerald teased. "But, sure, it's a date." Ruby's heart was fluttering with excitement as they made their plans, while Weiss and Neo slipped back into their normal forms, and Neo got back into her clothes, to deal with the police's questions after the fight.
However, in all of the wrapping up of the fight, Ruby spotted one little security camera up in the corner of the warehouse.
"Ah, crap, I hope Cinder didn't see all of this."
[AN: So, finally got more of this in. Hope you guys like some plot and combat with your expansion. Don't know if there will be much more of that with the rest of this fic, it's mostly just gonna be wrapping up the loose ends and maybe a little more with the relationships in this fic.
Oh, also, I know Neo's thing is, like, a corset, but I just liked the image of Neo taking Adam on in that outfit. If anyone wants to draw it for me, I can… I dunno, write fanfic for you or something? I'm sure we could work something out that hopefully doesn't include money because I'm trying to be careful with my cashmoney.]