Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 900- word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Vale, Mt. Glenn)
Skyler watched a wave of AK-200s advance, firing their rifles, a Beowolf roared before it took 2 shots to the chest and collapsed, more Atlesian Soldiers advanced.
"Most of the Grimm must have gone to Vale, there's barely any here…" Skyler muttered, he turned to see Yang punch a hole through an Ursa who turned into dust and flew off.
"That's 2 for me," Yang said, Skyler rolled his eyes as a Beowolf lunged at him.
Skyler quickly unsheathed Centurion Lazuli and cut the Grimm in half before its body slammed into the ground. Skyler then turned and slashed the head off Ursa who tried to pounce on him after it had been wounded by a squad of Atlesian soldiers.
"And that's 2 for me, Yang, there's barely any Grimm here. I've barely seen a single Beowolf here, where all these Grimm went?" Skyler asked, he planted his sword into the ground and then rested on it.
"Maybe they've been wiped out when they went to Vale? I'd have thought we'd be fighting more Grimm as well." Yang suggested, Skyler shook his head and turned to look at the blonde brawler.
"No, I don't think so, that doesn't make sense. I know some of the Grimm are from Mt. Glenn, there's still some here, I know that. I doubt White Fang could wipe out all the Grimm here, they don't have the firepower or numbers." Skyler stated.
He watched the advance of Atlesian soldiers and Androids, if the White Fang wanted to ambush them, they'd have done it now when they were focused on the Grimm and unlikely to expect an ambush.
That meant only 2 things: The White Fang had entirely left Mt. Glenn after cutting their losses and knowing the Atlesian Military would come after them since their staging area was discovered…
Or they had entirely gone underground, leaving the Grimm behind to alert them to the Atlesian's arrival and to slow them down.
"Lieutenant, I'm heading underground, tell the heavy squads to rappel down and get Paladins deployed. I have a hunch the White Fang retreated underground after the attack on Vale. They went into the tunnels where the Grimm is overflowing, and we can't see them on the radar." Skyler said to Bran.
"Roger that, sir. I'll see what I can round up for you down there, we have to report to General Ironwood soon and it will be night soon…" Bran observed, Skyler looked at Yang who frowned as well.
"Which means heading into the tunnels would be suicide, the Grimm have night vision as do the White Fang and we don't. We're digging in here and set up camp, I don't us heading into the heart of a Grimm hive when they're more active and likely to attack us relentlessly." Skyler said, he turned and put Lazuli Centurion on his back.
"Well, unless you want to dive into the heart of a Grimm hive. I doubt you brought enough ammo… You'd also have to fight off dozens of bloodthirsty Grimm who can see in the dark and dozens of White Fang soldiers can see in the dark, then we're done for today." Skyler said, Yang, cracked her back and popped the bullets out of Ember Celica.
Skyler watched with amusement as she reloaded the shotgun gauntlets before they slid back into their bracelet forms.
"Ok then, see you guys at camp then," Yang said before she walked off, Skyler shook his head in amusement before he turned back to see most of his troops walking back while a few stood to secure the area.
"This is going to be one crazy bet. I don't know what I've gotten into, do I?" Skyler asked before he turned and started walking away, he cracked his hands and then turned and started walking away.
If he had looked a bit closer, he would have seen the eyes watching him, he watched the Blizzard deploy 2 more dropships which coasted down towards the ground before landing more Atlesian soldiers.
"Sir, we have to make a report to General Ironwood soon, you want me to make it, or should I send a drop-ship down to get you? Blizzard has built-in communications." Bran pointed out, Skyler took out his scroll and pressed a few buttons. He then contacted the Lieutenant.
"I'll contact the General, Bran. I'll be back to the Blizzard and make the call then return to camp for the deployment into the tunnels tomorrow. We might need reinforcements, if the tunnels are infested then we won't have the firepower to punch through the tunnels and fight the White Fang at the same time." Skyler stated.
Little did he know that the next 4 days would make things so much more interesting. He didn't know what would be happening to Yang and himself.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! This chapter was a bit hard to make, I didn't have many ideas. I do want to point out that I will be updating this story only on the weekend and I will possibly be updating this story once a week. The next chapter will show Skyler and Yang heading into the tunnels and meeting Shadow and Adam. Until Saturday, Lighting Wolf out!