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.
(Haven Academy, Alone Together)
"You know those androids are going to show up, right? I think we have them, White Fang and Branwen Bandits…. But we're going to have to worry about Raven, Mercury, and Cinder." Skyler said to Yang, Yang rolled her eyes.
"We're fighting robots, Sky… I think I can handle it." Yang said, Skyler, looked at her with a frown. He loved her, and he would have gladly joked with her, but he knew she wasn't in a good position right now.
"I'm not talking about them, I'm talking about Cinder, Raven, and the others… We're only surrounding the school, we send out soldiers, we end up losing them or scaring them off…." Skyler stated, Yang, sighed.
"Yang…" Skyler said Yang knew full well she was still prone to panic attacks. Skyler didn't want to put her into danger where she could get another attack during battle and die.
"I know," Yang said, Skyler grabbed her robotic hand with his and ran his thumb over her hand.
"This isn't going to be like Vale. I know your mom, she isn't a nice person, nothing bad is going to happen while I'm here." Skyler said he wasn't used to being this down to Remnant.
He was though, still. Yang needed him. He wouldn't let her have another attack, it broke him to see Yang break down screaming and crying after the strong blonde brawler he had seen before.
"I know," Yang repeated; Winter walked in with a squad of Atlesian soldiers. Skyler turned to look over his shoulder at her.
"I hope I'm not breaking up a moment," Winter said, Skyler, turned to her and smirked.
"I can't have a single moment with my fiancée in peace, can I?" Skyler said, Yang elbowed him in the ribs and Skyler grinned.
"I suppose we're not having Blizzard and its escort provide air support at the school?" Winter asked, Skyler, crossed his arms after letting go of Yang's hand.
"I highly doubt we're going to need 2 cruisers to deal with this… Plus you remember how we lost 3 or so cruisers in Vale? I don't feel like pushing my luck." Skyler said, Winter, walked back and forth.
"We're going to be fighting White Fang, bandits, and androids. I don't think we're fighting fair odds." Winter stated, Skyler, crossed his arms.
"My fiancée has a robot arm, hits like a freight train, and has a Semblance which makes her hit harder the more she's hurt…. I don't think we're ever going to be on even odds." Skyler said, Yang rolled her eyes but smirked, Skyler gauged Winter's reaction.
"Winter, has my uncle contacted us lately?" Skyler asked, his uncle was back in Atlas, and he didn't know if anything wrong happened to his uncle.
Vale proved anywhere was secure, Merlot had agents everywhere and Skyler didn't want to have a repeat of what happened in Vale happen anywhere else.
He couldn't go through another nightmare like Vale again, not with what they lost the first time.
"I haven't heard anything from General Ironwood. I know Atlas is fine, we have no reports from there showing that Atlas has been attacked lately." Skyler heard from Winter, Skyler crossed his arms and sighed again.
"Winter, I don't think we should jump the gun yet… Have you checked on Lionheart?" Skyler asked, he could already tell the man was a traitor. His voice was clipped, he looked around over and over, and he was prone to leaving quickly.
He didn't know Skyler had Winter plant a bug on him, he was disgusted by Lionheart's desire to save himself over everyone else. He turned to Winter again.
"I'm still keeping an eye on him; he keeps meeting with someone," Winter stated, Skyler, frowned.
"You don't know who it is?" Skyler asked, Winter, frowned and crossed her arms behind her back.
"I'd be discovered, and he'd know we're on to him. You know as well as I do how we have to be quiet around here." Winter stated, Skyler sighed, and Yang crossed her arms and then looked at Skyler.
"You think he's a backstabber?" Yang asked, Skyler, shook his head, and then he looked at her.
"He's not telling us anything, he's either being coy, or he threw us under the bus. I doubt we're being told the truth… And we've been making sure the Huntsmen and Huntresses around here are safe." Skyler said, he turned to order Winter what to do.
"Winter, keep an eye on Lionheart for me, we're not done yet. We're going to be dealing with Merlot again." Skyler said, Winter nodded and left, Skyler turned to Yang.
"I'd go and talk with the others; we're going to war soon," Skyler stated, he crossed his arms and looked at his Fiancée with a smile.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! Yes, I know the chapters are short, when we get to the battle, there will be longer chapters. The next chapter will soon be on next week and will show Skyler and Yang a few days before the More the Merrier. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: I'm writing a story with Cinder and Neo soon. It might be up today.