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.
Slater leaned on the wall and waited for Winter to emerge. He watched the AK-200 Knights who were busy patrolling the hospital halls.
"I question how effective having 80% or so of the military being androids are." He muttered before he heard the sign of someone clearing their throat.
"You were standing there the entire time?" Winter asked, Slater rolled his eyes.
"No, I was doing my makeup." He stated, Winter said nothing before the specialist cleared his throat.
"I'm your attaché, I kind of have it in the job description to help you and attend to you." Slater put in, he pulled up his scroll.
"You said we were going to train. I'm going to guess we're headed back to Alsius Academy?" He asked, Winter hummed and nodded.
'Why do I get the feeling this is going to suck?' He thought to himself before going to return to Winter's aircraft.
(training room, 15 minutes later)
Winter removed Frostbite from her belt while Slater reached for his weapon. His gloved glowed light blue as he poked at them.
"You should know, just because I'm fresh from school doesn't mean I can't put up a fight..." He said before grabbing it and then flicking a switch on the weapon.
Winter watched the pole portion of the weapon extend and an axe head attach to the weapon while a point extended from the head of the axe. She also saw what looked like a magazine and scope on the weapon.
"Umbra has 2 other forms currently… Anyway, let's do this." He said before twirling the halberd and facing Winter.
She sidestepped a stab at her face by backflipping before parrying the weapon as Slater shifted it and rested it on his shoulder.
She was forced to block a bullet as the spear of the weapon receded into the weapon. She looked at Slater before he backflipped away and took cover.
"You should know I don't consider taking it easy on you, right?" Winter said before plunging her weapon into the ground.
A group of icy blue Beowolves emerged from the glyph under her and charged as Winter retreated.
"You pass if you deal with them." Winter said before using a Blue Glyph to leap to another platform.
Slater sighed and then rushed inward at the pack of summoned Grimm. He counted 8 of them.
He blocked one's hand before slicing off it's head before being forced to parry another hit as he shot the Beowolf in the face.
Winter emerged from behind and swung a slash he was barely able to block with Umbra's pole portion.
"You can submit and save yourself the…" Winter said before Slater flexed 2 of his fingers which threw a block into 2 of the Beowolves into the wall.
"I think… I'm good." He said before firing another round and using the recoil to kick Winter back before spinning and cutting another Beowolf in half.
"Hmm." Winter hummed to herself, impressed before 2 more Beowolves lunged at him.
Slater sighed before flipping the weapon into the ground by the spear portion. He landed a kick to one Beowolf and dodged the other's slash by spinning around the weapon. He grabbed the Grimm by the head before snapping its neck.
"Your crude, but your effective." Winter said as she watched Slater stab and throw the last summoned Beowolf to the ground. he panted and he looked at her.
"You're the one who literally tried to sneak attack me. When is that ever fair!?" Slater before he realized she was just testing him.
She charged forward. Slater blocked the attack with the head of his halberd. He hummed before being forced to dodge a kick from Winter which she followed up with by use of a Glyph.
"Damn it!" He cursed as he was flipped into the air before landing on another platform. He flipped another switch and took cover again.
"You're not going to hide from me!" She stated before flipping onto another glyph.
Slater's weapon now resembled a sniper while the axe portion shrunk and then was absorbed into the weapon.
He fired another bullet which Winter deflected only to be knocked backwards by an explosion of flames.
"Your clever." Winter stated before she flipped backwards. She stopped her foot on the ground before the arena cleared up.
"Stop simulation." She ordered as the arena started to power down. Slater sighed and folded his weapon down before putting it onto his back.
"You are skilled, but you need to learn to be faster over hitting harder. Your strikes will take down enemies not possessing speed, but if they do?" she asked and Slater nodded and he hummed in annoyance.
"I'll keep it in mind… That was fun, if you don't count nearly getting stabbed in the back." Slater muttered before he turned and slowly started to walk away, wondering what else they could do at the moment.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that Slater is supposed to be related to one villain, but I won't explain who yet. next chapter will be on Sunday or so and will show Slater and Winter reporting to Ironwood and will bring things closer to the start of season 7. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!