Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 1200- word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.

(Just Rite, Lighting the Fire.)

Skyler slammed the man into the tree with his elbow as Yang watched.

"What the hell are you-…" The man said as Skyler easily kept him pinned, he was taller, had more muscle and his cybernetic arm easily made him stronger.

"Ok, buddy, this is what's going on. You probably work for Raven as one of her thugs, you get some scraps from all the raids and lives you ruined… But your nothing special, you're not even one of her Lieutenants." Skyler said as the man growled and tried to punch him, Skyler caught it with his other hand.

"That girl you kept trying to hit on because you thought she was so easy to seduce? That's my fiancée and one of the best fighters on Remnant. I've heard rumors about Raven decapitating people for displeasing her. You want to find out what will happen when you go back and tell her you lost to her and me?" Skyler asked as he tossed the man to the ground.

"We can solve this the easy way…" Skyler said as the man looked up at him and Yang.

"Or you can deal with both of us," Skyler said as the man looked at both and grinned.

(5 minutes later)

Bumblebee roared into the clearing. Skyler looked up to see that Blizzard was still waiting nearby, ready to drop Atlesian soldiers and blast whatever Skyler told them to.

He looked at the man who Skyler leaned was 'Shay D. Mann', Skyler wanted to facepalm at the man.

"You know he's going to sic a pack of bandits on you after I interrogated him, this is a trap," Skyler whispered as Yang began removing the tails of her coat and nodded.

Skyler watched as 6 bandits, 2 were female,4 was male, 2 held guns, and the other blades approached.

Skyler rested his right hand on Lazuli Centurion's handle before Yang held her right arm in front of him.

"This is everyone?" Yang asked, Skyler, saw the man grin.

"All I need, lady. The rest are back that way…" Shay said as Yang rolled her eyes and cracked her knuckles.

"Behind you?" Yang asked and got a nod, Skyler looked at her for confirmation and she winked at him.

"Thanks," Yang said as Shay began to ramble.

"Now you're going to pay me back for what you said, and this tooth… We're going to take that bike, and you're going to take your lumps." Shay said with a punch into his fist.

Skyler shook his head and Yang moved forward; Skyler watched Blizzard slowly begin to move towards them.

"I don't think you realize what you're dealing with, lady… 7 on 1…" Skyler heard as Yang rushed at them.

"Kill her!" Shay yelled as Skyler leaned on Bumblebee, smirking. One of the bandits tried to stab her with his bayonet only for Yang to block it with her left arm and then roundhouse kicked the man in the face and then elbowed him to the ground.

Another came at her with his machete and Yang flipped backward, kicking his arm away and then crescent kicking him back. She turned to block a few rounds and then slugged the machete man before tossing him into the rifle-wielding man.

"Colonel, do you need support? We've lost your signal when you started heading into the forest." Skyler heard as Yang kicked off the chest of a female bandit and fired a shot from Ember Celica. He watched the rifle-wielding bandit slam into the tree, another machete wielder swung at her.

She blocked it with her left arm and then sent the woman flying with an uppercut from her right arm, the woman rolled backward into another tree and slumped.

"We just ran into some bandits, Lieutenant, I'd get soldiers ready when we reach the camp though," Skyler stated.

Yang knocked the trio of bandits to the ground with a twirling kick and then dodged 4 rounds from Shay D. Mann.

Yang landed amid the other 3 bandits and slugged one across the face, turned and headbutted the female bandit and the roundhouse kicked the onto the ground. She watched all of them crash to the ground.

She faced Shay who lunged at her with the knife on his pistol, Yang easily dodged a swipe at her cheek. She flipped over him and fired a round from her right arm that shook him around.

She then turned and fired Ember Celia as she slammed her left fist into his face, he flew into the sky and shattered a branch he hit before he slammed into the ground.

Yang looked at her shaking arm and clutched it, breathing before she brushed off her coat.

"I could have helped," Skyler said as Yang rolled her eyes and kissed his cheek, Skyler smiled before he motioned in the direction of the camp.

"We should go and talk now before these guys get back up… My soldiers are already coming." Skyler said as a dropship started to fly in, Skyler and Yang walked towards the camp as Yang clipped the tails to her coat again.

Skyler turned to see a squad of Atlesian soldiers storm down and point their guns at Shay and his goons, he smirked.

The man picked the wrong choice messing with Yang, he kept his hand on Centurion Lazuli, knowing that what came next would revolve around putting up a fight.

Raven only respected violence and strength, he'd give it to her in spades, he brushed off his jacket and took another look at Bumblebee. He turned to Yang.

"Last chance to turn back, we could load Bumblebee onto a Manta, fly to Haven and wait for Ruby and them," Skyler stated as they walked, Raven would probably notice the loss of 7 of her men. He knew she didn't care though; she had lost men before in her raids.

"I can handle this alone if you want, Sky," Yang said, Skyler shook his head and looked at her.

"I am not letting you confront her alone, Yang. I nearly lost you at Mt. Glenn, I'll be damned if I let something happen to you again." Skyler stated as he and Yang walked.

"I promise I'm not going to do anything crazy, Sky. I already watched Raven walk out of my life, I don't care about what excuses she tries to make… But I have to confront her, I need to know why." Skyler heard from Yang. He nodded and both continued walking.

They saw dozens of bandits and knew they were in the right place. Skyler sighed.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter is done! yes, I know this was a short chapter. I plan on making the talk with Raven longer. I also want to point out that due to Merlot that Salem won't be showing up until the end of the story. The next chapter will be on next Saturday and will show Skyler and Yang confronting Raven. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!