Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 800- word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Haven Academy, 3 days before 'More the Merrier')
"You know Lionheart is working with Merlot for sure?" Skyler asked, he was going to talk to Yang soon enough.
"I have seen him talking to a Merlot Industries employee and the audio from the bug supports this… Along with the fact that he hasn't talked to anyone in days…." Winter stated, Skyler, pushed his fingers together and sighed.
"We can't arrest him without raising red flags for the others, Winter…" Skyler stated, he wanted to arrest Lionheart, but he'd give away that Atlas was onto Merlot… They wouldn't scare away Cinder and the others with this much firepower. They had been willing to attack Vale with several cruisers there and dozens of soldiers.
"You want me to keep an eye on him then? We can't allow him to get away with this… And you know how important it is we keep Haven safe after Vale." Winter said, Skyler watched Yang walk in before he turned to Winter.
"We're on thin ice after Vale, Winter. I already know how important it is to keep Haven safe… PR isn't something I care about right now… That's uncle's job. You have your orders." Skyler said, Winter, nodded, and walked away, nodding at Yang.
"She gives me a damn headache… I need a vacation." Skyler said, rubbing his temples and looking at his fiancée.
"Ah, is my fiancée having a rough day?" Yang teased, Skyler laughed and smirked at her.
"No, just crazy work, dear." Skyler joked back, he looked at her and then crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair.
"I thought you were with Ruby and the others? You, ok?" Skyler asked, he wasn't going to fuss over Yang, he knew she could handle herself.
The panic attacks though worried him, and he was still going to keep an eye on her, at least until she could handle the attacks herself.
"I wanted to see that you were ok. You're always up here and just sitting there… You're not an old man, Sky." Yang said, Skyler, chuckled and sat up and walked to her.
"You're killing me, Firefly… You've been ok with your panic attacks, though?" Skyler said, Yang frowned, and Skyler pulled her into his arms and ran his fingers through her golden hair.
"I'm fine…" Yang said, Skyler, sighed and looked into her lilac eyes.
"I know… I just don't want to watch you have a panic attack again, Firefly. I don't want to lose you… I don't want you to ever think something like I doesn't trust you to handle yourself." Skyler said, he leaned on the desk and then looked at his fiancée.
"I know." Yang weakly said, Skyler frowned and shook his head, he HATED seeing Yang so hurt, but he wouldn't stop worrying about her emotional state. He didn't just ask her to marry him because she looked nice, he truly loved her, and seeing her hurt by Vale broke him.
"We're going to be fighting them soon… We're fighting your mom and Cinder again… I just don't want you to panic again, Yang… Every time you go through one of them, I'm scared you're not going to get back up again… I'm not losing you like that; I lost a lot of good soldiers and a lot of people in Vale… But you helped save a lot of them…" Skyler stated, Yang, smiled and then Skyler walked towards the door.
"I'm going to check on Winter and then I'll come back… Don't think I'm saying you're not still tough, Yang… I just don't want another one of those damn panic attacks." Skyler stated, Yang hummed, and Skyler walked out the door. He sighed when he walked out of the room, he felt like he said something wrong anyway.
"I hate talking sometimes… Well, I can't take it back now, we're going to have bigger problems soon, we have to deal with Cinder and them, and I can't worry about her for much longer." Skyler muttered to himself and kept walking; he would talk to Yang once he dealt with the others.
He sighed, he hated being the Colonel of the military sometimes, he had to deal with a lot more than he was used to.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! yes, I know the chapter is short, the next chapter will be longer. I also want to point out the season-ending will be much different and the chapters which aren't important will be 800-900 words and the bigger chapters will be 1500-2000 words or so. The next chapter will be on Friday and will take place during the More the Merrier. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!