Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 1400- word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Atlas, 1 week after Heroes and Monsters.)
Skyler awoke with a grunt and then looked to see he had no right arm, the sleeve of his uniform was rolled up, he would get another set of clothing soon.
"I'm glad to see you're ok." Skyler heard and turned to see a hologram of Ironwood behind him, Skyler looked at his arm.
He remembered fighting Adam and knew he had lost his arm fighting him.
"Where am I?" Skyler asked, Ironwood cleared his throat and sighed.
"Back in Atlas, you were on one of the first Mantas to Atlas…" Ironwood said, already knowing the next questions Skyler would ask.
"Atlas was able to evacuate 95% of Vale and the CCT tower is still intact. Merlot captured a dragon, Grimm… We're trying to figure out why." Ironwood said, Skyler turned to look at him.
"Where is she, uncle?" Skyler asked, Ironwood smiled.
"She's back in Patch, we dropped her off before we had you brought you back… She was ready to fight every soldier aboard to get to you before her father convinced her to wait…" Ironwood said, Skyler chuckled, and Ironwood sighed.
"I'm guessing there's nothing I can say to cause you to stay here?" Skyler heard from Ironwood; Skyler shook his head.
"You might have closed the borders like I'm guessing you probably did… But you're not going to be able to keep me from leaving, sir. Merlot isn't going to be taken down if I stay here… And Yang is probably going to rip my head off if I don't go and show her, I'm fine." Skyler said, Ironwood chuckled at this.
"Well, I'm glad your nothing like your parents then… I'll tell the council your back on assignment, Colonel…" Skyler heard and turned to Ironwood who chuckled.
"I can't have a minor officer outside of Atlas since the protocols and rules in place… Plus, I was planning on promoting you to Major since last mission… I'll scrounge up any forces I can spare you for this mission… Don't make me regret this Skyler…. I don't want to have any forces I could need when Merlot comes knocking." Ironwood said, Skyler turned and looked at what Ironwood had left him on the table.
"Don't worry Uncle…" Skyler said as he picked up the cybernetic arm.
"I won't… Now I need something new to wear…" Skyler said as he went to get a new set of clothing.
(Patch, several hours later.)
Taiyang couldn't stop Yang from pacing as the girl kept walking, she had the same look she had yesterday.
"Yang…" Taiyang started to say as Yang looked at him, he said nothing as Yang turned and broke part of a tree with a punch from her bare hand. She was too angry to care about her hand.
"I know what happened, Yang, you've been fighting Grimm since you got back here…." Taiyang stated Yang was about to speak when Taiyang heard his scroll ring.
"Ironwood…" Taiyang said, the General nodded.
"Mr. Xiao long. I hope you and your daughter are alright, she fought bravely for a Huntress in training." The Atlesian General said, spoke up a minute later.
"I hope both of you are ok, I'll be in touch, Mr. Xiao Long, I just wanted to make you and your daughter aware of that…" Ironwood said Taiyang was about to ask what he meant when the sounds of engines were heard.
Before Taiyang could turn, Yang was already rushing into the forest, Taiyang could only sigh.
"I swear I'm going to kill that boy if he does anything stupid…" Taiyang muttered as he went to prepare for the arrival of the boy.
(With Yang)
Yang kept rushing through the forest as the sounds of engines began to die down, she rushed into a clearing with the noise.
She stopped with a Manta landed, she looked at Skyler who stood in a blue jacket with white and blue Neon pants, he had shorter hair and had streaks of Blue among it. He also had Blackish Blue fingerless gloves and a white shirt under the jacket with the Atlas logo, Sunglasses with Blue lenses, and Black and Blue boots.
He flexed his cybernetic arm and looked at her, 2 Atlesian Cruisers hovered overhead as the duo regarded each other.
Skyler went to speak before Yang rushed him, Skyler never saw the punch coming as he wheezed in pain and fell to his knees. His Aura healed up the pain as he looked up at her.
"Nice to you too… Firefly." Skyler wheezed as he climbed to his feet, Yang was crying and buried her head into the crook of his neck. Skyler wrapped his arms around her as she did the same.
"You both have the strongest relationship," Winter said as she walked out from the side of the Manta, Yang tugged on Skyler's arm.
Skyler let Yang tug him along as he turned to Winter who turned to assign a pair of AK-200s to watch the Manta while she went with Skyler.
"You, ok?" Skyler asked, Yang, nodded, and Skyler took a step forward, so she wasn't dragging him.
He laced their fingers together and squeezed her hand, Yang looked at him and Skyler sighed, Winter was out of earshot.
"I know you probably want to beat my guts onto the floor after I got disarmed…" Skyler weakly joked as Yang rolled her eyes.
"You know, we were supposed to get Specialist Xiao Long and head off to find Merlot," Winter said, Skyler slid to a stop and looked at her.
"Wait, what? Specialist… Yang isn't a specialist, Winter." Skyler said, Yang had a smirk tug at her lips before she and Skyler continued walking towards the house.
"Oh, dear Oum, my head is already hurting," Skyler muttered as Winter chuckled.
"You sure that isn't from being slugged?" Winter said, Skyler looked at her with a glare and they made it to the house,
"Quaint… Not what I expected from you, Yang." Skyler said as Yang let go of his hand, Skyler watched Yang vanish into her house and dust off his jacket.
"Man, Atlas chooses function over fashion. I need to paint this arm… And get it modified." Skyler muttered, looking at his arm. He wished Atlas had paint or something like that.
"So, your Skyler." Skyler heard as he turned to see a man with the same fiery blond hair as Yang with blue eyes and a tattoo on his arm.
"And you must be Mr. Xiao Long… This isn't how I pictured meeting you, sir." Skyler stated, he looked Taiyang in the eye, if the man wanted to intimidate him like a protective father Skyler would meet him head-on.
Yang already scared him more than any Human on Remnant could.
"She's been beating herself to death over what happened to you and the others in Vale," Taiyang said, Skyler sighed and rubbed his temples with his organic hand.
"Is this the part where you give me the 'if you hurt my daughter, I'll break your bones, talk'?" Skyler asked with a smirk as Taiyang was about to speak when Yang walked back out, Ember Celica on her other arm.
"I'm going to tell the others we aren't heading out yet… We should use the time we have to figure out our next move anyway…" Winter said as Skyler turned to face her.
"We just got here, and you want to leave already? You must be great at parties, Winter." Skyler joked, Winter, rolled her eyes and went to go contact the Atlesian soldiers.
"Dad, you can go, for now, I can handle this," Yang said, Taiyang looked at Skyler who smiled at him as he turned and walked away.
"I can tell he likes me already." Skyler joked as the couple was left alone again.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! I am not trying to rush the story or the progression of the story. I also want to point out these chapters will be longer, but only for major chapters. The next chapter will be on Saturday or so and will be a filler chapter and will show Skyler and Yang talking and Merlot's plan. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!