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.
(Atlas, Amity Arena.)
Watts landed his Manta in a hanger while brushing off his coat. He walked inside, noting what he heard. He walked past ladders and piles of supplies while looking around.
"It isn't finished… He lied." He said while he looked around the main area.
"You can come out, James… You laid a damn good trap. I wouldn't have expected you to be on top of the Grimm attack so quickly. I find it a shame Ms. Hill won't be joining you soon." Watts said. he blinked and noted something.
He brought up his right hand and blocked the bullet before looking up. His Hard-Light Dust shield shone while the smoking bullet dropped to the ground.
"The General isn't here, Watts. I should have known you'd come… You always liked to talk about how you were brilliant over everyone in Atlas. Dr. Pietro, Ironwood, your own son." He heard while walking around the arena.
"My own son idolized that gearhead Ironwood. I raised my boy to be a genius and he picks the man who saved our town once because I never paid any attention to him or praised his talents?" Watts asked.
(Alsius Academy)
Winter was busy overseeing the Cargo Ships, Bullheads and Mantas being sent to evacuate Mantle.
"Sir. All available ships are heading to Mantle. We've set up drop zones around the rear of the city." She stated, she had been pulled off pursing Tyrian as Clover, Qrow and Robyn said they would take Tyrian now.
"I'm having the rest of the students and staff recalled inside. I'm in a meeting with the council." Winter looked in the direction of the Amity Colosseum.
"Winter, Slater will be ok. He's as skilled as any of the specialists in Atlas. You can wait for him at the landing pad, this is a fight he has to take." She heard from her communicator.
(Amity Colosseum)
Watts continued to walk around the arena. He had been locked out of the door controls.
"I would never have envisioned he'd have a soldier so blindly loyal to him… Tell me, do you know who I am? You should know the General doesn't care about his men." Watts said. he finally caught a glimpse of the man he was talking too.
The glow of Hard Light Dust came from the gloves of the warrior while he glared at Watts from the commentator's box.
"You don't get to say that after you abandoned our family." He said. the light blue glow of a pair of visor glasses.
"Hi, dad." He said, staring down at his father for the first time in 10 years.
"Cerule?" He asked while the figure rested his weapon on his shoulder.
"It's Slater. You leave, you throw a tantrum the general wont respect you on a mother and her damn 10-YEAR-OLD KID! You don't get to act like we walked out on you." he said before stepping off the viewing platform and onto an ant hill like platform.
"I should have known you'd be the one here. you always did hate me." He said while Slater landed on the ground and walked to Arthur.
"You always loved the arena, didn't you? It was a technological marvel, wasn't it? before James got his hands on it." He said before he cracked his right hand and slammed it down.
The screens around the arena began to move as Watts ran. Slater rushed after him before he leapt down.
The screens landed on Gravity, the platform that Watts landed on began to lift himself higher into the area.
"All of Atlas will bow to her… And their watch you die here, son." Slater heard from Watts as he looked down on Slater.
"No, they're going to see that Salem can fail. You ran to her crying when James didn't respect you. I chose to fight for the people who saved us. We aren't giving up." He said before he flexed his left hand.
All the screens around the arena showed the duo while Slater clicked a switch.
Umbra shifted into its Halberd form while he cracked his neck.
"We're finally going to settle which one of us is the better strategist in a fight." Slater said. He tightened his gloves around his hands.
"At the risk of sounded very tired?" Watts asked while he reached for his coat.
He pulled Archaic from his holster and clicked the hammer. Father and son looked at each other one last time as family.
"You don't have the Schnee girl with you this time." Watts stated, Slater hummed.
"I'm not the one hiding behind Salem's skirt." He stated and twirled his weapon and clicked the next bullet into the weapon's chamber.
He rushed forward, already firing a Gravity round to throw him skyward.
"25." Slater said while Watt's aimed his gun.
"19." He hissed before pulling the trigger and firing.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that next chapter will be a very long chapter and Gravity as an episode will be split into parts. Next chapter will be on Saturday or so next week or so and will show Slater fighting Watts. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: I am not trying to make Slater a Mary sue, I was trying to set up his relationship to Watts.