RWBY: Lost and Forgotten
Chapter 47
Chrome
"Manta 5-1, welcome home. Please continue your approach to Atlas docking bay Omega-12. A security team will meet you there. Over." the woman said over the radio.
"I don't understand... What's happening here?" Ruby asked.
"I don't know..."
"But we are here. We got the lamp to Atlas. So, I guess we land and get some answers." Jaune said.
Folding my arms, I walked to the back of the ship, looking out the window.
"I'm not so sure..." Weiss spoke. She stood between the pilot and copilot seats, staring ahead at the floating city of Atlas and the fleet. "I've never seen our forces deployed so aggressively before. If we land in a stolen ship, there's no way the security team will let us anywhere near Ironwood. They might even take me back to my father..."
"That's not all they'll do." I said.
I could feel everyone look back at me. "Right..." Ruby said softly. "If Chrome's caught..."
"Yeah." I placed a hand next to the window.
"Maybe stealing an Atlas ship wasn't the best idea." Yang said.
After a few seconds of silence, Blake spoke. "So?"
"Winter!" Weiss chimed. "Put some distance between us and the fleet." she told Maria.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Maria said before heading to the city below Atlas.
Flying through the darkened city of Mantle, I unconsciously began thinking of what could happen if I was caught. Being an ex-White Fang member, as well as the secret child of Weiss' mother...I couldn't see a way I'd be walking out of here alive if Weiss' father got wind of it.
"Chrome!" I jumped as Weiss' voice broke me out of my thoughts.
"Yeah?"
"Come on." I glanced around to see the ship had landed and was also empty except for me and Weiss.
"Right..." following her out of the ship, we quickly met up with the others on the main street. Keeping my head lowered a bit and cat ears folded back, I tried to avoid looking at anyone passing by. I could feel myself getting more and more uneasy with each second.
Turning the corner of the block, I couldn't help but feel as though everyone we passed knew who I was. I don't feel safe here.
As I walked, I felt someone suddenly grab my arm. Looking over, I saw it was Yang. She had pulled me inside of some shop that everyone else walked into.
Heading back to the door, I took a look outside before moving back in and leaning against the wall next to the door. Taking a glance outside every few seconds, I couldn't shake the feeling that any second now I could be in cuffs.
"Chrome?" I glanced up to see Blake standing in front of me.
"Hey." I said before taking another glance outside.
"You seem...on edge."
I took another glance outside. Not noticing what she said. Feeling a hand touch the side of my head, I looked back to see Blake standing with some bandages in her hand. "Oh. Blake, you-"
She didn't let me finish as she began wrapping my injured cat ear in the bandage. "There." she smiled as she took a step back. "Better."
Leaning against the wall again, Yang approached and handed what looked like a cloak out to me. "Here. It'll help hide your face."
"Thanks." taking it from her and putting it on, I pulled the hood over my head. It was pretty strange how a single piece of clothing made me feel a lot better.
"You can thank this guy for it." she told me, pointing back at some old man in a chair that had...legs.
"Oh." I looked at him. "Thanks."
He just smiled and nodded. "Anyways, what was I saying?" he said. "Oh, right. My daughter has told me so much about you."
"Your...daughter?" Ruby asked.
A loud alarm began to go off as civilians outside ran. "Trouble." Jaune and the others rushed outside and I quickly followed.
Stopping in the middle of an intersection, we all readied our weapons.
Further down the street, AK-200s were knocked into the street. A few backed away from whatever it was, firing before being jumped on by Saber Tooth Grimm. Readying my remaining sword, the Grimm turned their attention to us.
As they got closer, I pulled the lever on my hilt and threw the blade at the Grimm. It stabbed into one of them, turning it to dust, before I recalled the blade. As it attatched to its hilt, Yang used her weapons to propel herself forward.
Seeing more rush towards me, I was about to use my semblance but that idea was immediately discarded as I remembered where I was. Shaking my head, one of the Grimm pounced towards me, only to be impaled on the tip of Weiss' rapier.
She glanced at me before turning her attention to a small pack of 4 Grimm heading towards us. Creating a few glyphs on the ground, Weiss raised her right hand and the Grimm floated into the air.
Rushing forward, I jumped to the first Grimm, thrusting my sword into its neck as I pulled the lever on my hilt, detaching the blade. As I jumped over to the one behind it, I shot the other two before recalling my blade, having it slice the fourth Grimm in half as it reconnected to the hilt.
Seeing most of the Grimm were killed, I turned around just as another pounced towards Blake. Raising my weapon to shoot it, a green beam suddenly cut it in half followed by more beams killing the remaining Grimm.
Looking to the source, a girl in a skirt flew in front of the shattered moon, with the help of thrusters in her boots, before landing a few yards in front of us. She seemed familiar but I couldn't quite place where I'd seen her before.
"Penny." Ruby said softly.
"Daughter. Why don't you say hello to your friends?" the old man from the shop said.
Turning to face us, Penny smiled as she saw Ruby. "Sal..."
"Huh?"
"U..." Penny got in a runner's stance.
"Egh?"
"TATIONS!" Penny suddenly dashed towards Ruby, tackling her to the ground with high speed.
Everyone began putting their weapons away as Penny sprung back onto her feet. "It is such a pleasure to see you all again!"
"Penny, I-I thought you-"
"Died?" the old man asked. "I guess in a matter of speaking, she did. But we were able to recover her core from Amity Arena. Once it'd made its way back to Atlas, it took me some time, but-"
"I'm as good as new!" Penny said. "Better even! And now I'm the official protector of the city!"
"That's my girl! We're not going to let a little ripping to shreds stop us, are we?"
"No, sir!" Penny smiled.
"This is..."
"Strangely wholesome." Blake finished for Weiss.
"Sounds like Penny to me." Yang added.
"We have so many things to catch up about." Penny grabbed Ruby's shoulders. "I cannot wait." another alarm sounded further off in the city. "It seems we will have to wait." taking a step back, she saluted as her rocket boots began to fire up. "Let's talk more later I can't waittohearaboutallyouradventures-" I couldn't catch the rest, she said it so fast.
"I can't tell if I completely understand what's going on or have, like, a million questions." Nora said.
"And, thankfully, I have about a thousand answers." the old man said as he began moving away. "But let's get out of this weather first."
Turning to follow him, I passed by Ren and Jaune. "That was unexpected." Jaune said.
"Never a dull moment." Ren added.
"But I wouldn't say unwelcome." Qrow said. "I was honestly expecting things to go a lot rougher."
As Qrow said those words, I felt as though I was being watched again. Making sure my hood was up, we began heading back to the old man's shop.
Taking a step, I heard a strange whipping sound. Looking back, I quickly moved out of the way as a bolas flew passed me. Oscar, Ren, Jaune and Nora were knocked down and tied up by them as I quickly moved to a narrow alleyway. Looking back, I saw Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Blake and Qrow get tied up next.
Weiss and Blake both struggled a bit before their eyes landed on me. Folding my cat ears back, I looked back and forth between my sisters. "Run!" Weiss shouted.
Looking to Blake, her eyes were filled with panic as a group of 5 Atlas personnel dropped next to them. "Chrome, go!"
Looking behind me at the alley, I looked back just as the Atlas personnel began picking up their weapons. One of them picked up Weiss' Myrtenaster. Noticing she was looking at me, he turned his head in my direction. "We have another!" he shouted as he pointed at me.
"Get out of here, Chrome!" Yang shouted.
Seeing the Atlas huntsmen reach back for something, I turned back and began running. Turning a corner, I made sure I wasn't being chased as I used my glyphs on the side of a building. Running up to the roof, I kept sprinting. I can't get caught.
I can't.
End of chapter 47