Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 2000- word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Atlesian Warship Blizzard, Vale, Painting the town.)
The next 2 weeks and past few days were interesting for Skyler.
He stood at the console he had been at… General Ironwood had given him a warship to command since he had been accepted into Beacon.
He had seen Yang a lot in that time… He blushed somewhat as he turned back to the scroll he held in his hand.
"Hmm, the White Fang hasn't been seen since the attacks on Dust stores nor have they attacked General Ironwood's demonstration…. What are they after…?"
Skyler asked while pacing the room, he held his scroll in his hands as he walked.
"I told him not to hold a festival, told him it would just make the White Fang harder to track… Damn it…"
Skyler muttered to himself before taking a seat at the console, he wasn't going to argue orders…. Even if his boss was making his job harder for him.
"Ok, if they took enough Dust… Like 4 tons, then they won't be stealing anymore…. Hmm, that means they're planning an attack, that's what any force would do once they gather supplies… The only problem is that Vale is still a big city… And sending troops all over won't help and it will only incite panic…"
Skyler stated, trying to think about the facts and information he had. He also turned his thoughts to what he heard around Vale.
Roman Torchwick, one of Vale's crime bosses, was leading the raid on the Snow Sparrow, review of the security cameras on board, and around the ship, as well as when Atlesian troops questioned the workers on the ship and citizens.
So, finding Roman was a good place to start… And from what he remembered from a talk with Yang, there was a criminal underworld in Vale.
"Sir!"
A Pilot Atlesian soldier said when he entered the room, he saluted Skyler who stood up from the console.
"Yes? What is it, corporal?"
Skyler asked before the soldier motioned towards the bridge.
"Lieutenant Bran is on the bridge, he says there is something you should see."
The soldier said, Skyler nodded and rushed out of the room, the Atlesian Soldier walked to the bridge.
He walked into the bridge where a man with an Atlesian Officer uniform oversaw operations.
"Sir, take a look…"
Bran said, saluting Skyler as the Atlesian Black-Ops Captain looked over the consoles in front of him.
"We detected the activation of one of the stolen Atlesian 290 Paladin Mech units…. We traced the activation to this warehouse…"
The Lieutenant explained while Skyler looked over the cameras, one showed the rogue mech suit chasing a motorcycle, Skyler zoomed the camera in.
Yang was driving the bike, Skyler was shocked when the rest of her team shortly showed up after that, Weiss created a massive sheet of ice which knocked the Paladin off the highway.
Skyler saw signs of the White Fang symbols on the shoulders of the mech, it was one of the prototype models… But for Yang and her team to be engaging the mech?
He shook those thoughts out of his head, he turned back to another Camera which showed the White Fang engaging police officers, there had to be 3 dozen or so of the Faunus terrorists.
"You said you traced the activation signal to that warehouse?"
Skyler asked, Bran, nodded, and Skyler made a decision then and there.
"Get a squad ready… The Fang are probably moving all of those remaining Paladins and the Dust now…"
Skyler ordered another one of the Atlesian Soldiers who served as a pilot for the warship spoke up.
"What about the Paladin, sir? Scans are showing Roman Torchwick is piloting the unit."
The soldier asked, Skyler was silent for a minute, he wanted to deal with the mech, no matter how strong Yang and her team were, the Paladin was still a very dangerous piece of Military hardware…
He sighed, he would sallow his pride for now.
"It's a prototype, they can handle it… Lieutenant, I'll be leading the ground team, make sure to keep me informed…"
Skyler ordered and marched out of the bridge, he had to make sure the White Fang didn't get away.
He blinked, he had been around Yang for a day or so…. Why was he starting to worry about her?
He shook the thoughts from his head, he was probably just worried because the Paladin was so dangerous, and he didn't think Yang and her team couldn't handle it.
(Atlesian Dropship, 2 minutes later.)
Skyler sat in the co-pilot seat, the hold behind him was filled with 10 Atlesian soldiers with blue coloring on their armor, showing them as assault or regular infantry.
The dropship landed and the Atlesian Soldiers rushed down the ramp as Skyler leaped out the back as well.
He rushed past the Atlesian Soldiers and into the warehouse.
2 White Fang insurgents swung swords at him, he drew Lazuli Centurion from its sheath.
He blocked both of their blades before angling the massive Zweihander sword at their blades and pulling a trigger on the sword.
The shotgun built into the hilt, 1 of the 2 guns the sword had access to, fired and shattered their blades before Skyler roundhouse kicked them into the wall, they slumped to the ground, unconscious.
"Amateurs…"
Skyler whispered before he started to look around the room, there was a few vials of Dust… But the Atlesian Paladin Prototypes were gone.
"Damn it, they must have moved them when Roman started chasing after Weiss, Ruby, Yang, and Blake…"
He stated before more White Fang soldiers, a dozen armed with pistols and rifles rushed in.
Skyler sighed and twirled the massive Zweihander before he rushed the Faunus, they opened fire as Skyler leaped and twirled while he flew through the air.
He slashed the rifles of 2 of the White Fang before ducking a punch from them and grabbing the man's wrist.
He slashed the other soldier as the White Fang soldier was drawing his sword.
He tossed the other soldier into the wall, he brought Lazuli Centurion up with his other hand to block the bullets.
"Die you Atlesian scum…"
One of the White Fang soldiers hissed as Skyler rolled his eyes, he rolled to the left, and the White Fang soldiers were forced to reload.
Skyler was upon them in an instant, he slashed 2 of the White Fang soldiers across the chests and punched a third in the chin, causing the man to sail across the room.
"You should have watched your ammo count…"
Skyler said before he moved the rifle of a fourth White Fang soldier to the side with one hand and shot a fifth when he moved Centurion Lazuli to point at him, he slashed the man whose rifle he held and twirled Centurion Lazuli.
He slammed the sword into the ground and fired, the shockwave from the blow knocked the 4 remaining White Fang thugs out cold as they crashed into the wall.
"And you shouldn't have underestimated me…"
Skyler said, 3 of his men entered and swept their rifles around the room.
"Sir?"
One of the soldiers asked, Skyler, brushed some dust off his shoulder and looked at the slain or unconscious.
"I'm fine, what happened while I dealt with their soldiers here?"
Skyler asked, if they had a few White Fang soldiers present, then they had just recently left…. If they had more men present, he would have been in trouble.
"We captured a dozen White Fang insurgents and recovered a few crates worth of Dust…. They moved the rest out of Vale, we were too late to stop their bullheads from leaving…"
Skyler heard from one of the soldiers while the other 2 began to haul the unconscious White Fang soldiers away.
"What about Roman and the rogue Paladin?"
Skyler asked, he had almost forgotten about the stolen mech while fighting the White Fang soldiers.
"It was destroyed in battle with the Beacon students, Torchwick fled Vale in a Bullhead…. Vale police are rushing over there and here at this moment."
The soldier said, Skyler nodded and sheathed his sword on his back before he began to give orders.
"Let's get back to the Blizzard, we've done all we can here, right now we should see what the Police can get out of the raid and turn over the captured White Fang insurgents to General Ironwood…. If we chased the White Fang out of Vale, then their retreating to another staging area…"
Skyler ordered, the soldiers saluted and left, Skyler allowed himself a small smile for what he did.
And for what Yang had managed to do, he would look over whatever camera footage they could pull from the freeway and see how the fight had gone.
Still… He was impressed at the moment, the White Fang was chased out of Vale, and they had lost some of their supplies.
But they still had the other Paladins and enough dust for a major operation.
So, this was a small victory… But one he would make sure was capitalized on.
He heard the sounds of an Atlesian Dropship split the air and knew their ride was here.
(Blizzard, 20 minutes later.)
Skyler watched the fight between Roman's Paladin and team RWBY, they had damaged the mech with team attacks, and its guns were easily dodged.
He watched the mech deploy its arms before an attack by Blake and Ruby cost it that arm, Yang punched into its back before the Paladin zoomed backward and slammed Yang into a pillar, it unfurled its other arm, which is used to knock Yang through support, he winced despite himself as the blonde brawler collapsed to the ground.
That was before he saw her eyes glow blood red and she shattered the arm, this was followed by an attack with Blake and Yang, Yang using Blake's weapon to swing around to gain momentum and power, the mech dodged before a barrage from Ruby and Weiss froze it.
Skyler watched Yang slam a punch into the mech's cockpit, the mech crashed and shattered into pieces, throwing Torchwick out of it.
"Hmm… That's a lot of strength for a single punch…. She's stronger than I thought…"
Skyler said he had underestimated the team and their teamwork… Along with the strength of Yang.
Then again, the mech was a prototype, it had yet to have all its weapons, hardware, and tech properly installed.
Still, the win was impressive, he would give them that.
"Sir, General Ironwood wants you at Beacon, he says report there in 1 hour…"
One of the Atlesian Knight-200s outside the room reported, Skyler shut down his scroll and placed it on the desk.
"Thank you, please tell Lieutenant Bran to get my dropship prepared in 50 minutes then, I will be ready by then…."
Skyler ordered, he turned back to the scroll, he continued watching the footage, Yang had tried to attack Torchwick and a woman with the criminal, they shattered, and a Bullhead vanished into the air and flew off, Skyler made a mental note to have a team help him trace the flight path of the Bullhead and see if he could find out where it had gone.
So, the girl worked with Roman, and her semblance seemed to be illusions…. At least he wouldn't be caught off guard stopping them.
It seemed he had to have another chat with RWBY.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! Yes, I know it's a time skip, this is the only one the story will have… For now, as for Yang and Skyler? I'm not going to rush their relationship, but they would be together by season 4… The next chapter will take place during Burning the Candle and will show Skyler talking to Ironwood and Team RWBY and will be on next Saturday. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!