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, 'Vault of the Spring Maiden')
it was clear that Raven's reinforcements were ensuring the battle went on rather than have her just be driven off.
Skyler tore an AK-130 in half with his cybernetic arm and tossed what remained to the side while Yang continued to try and shoot Raven who had managed to finally start forcing Qrow back.
"We have an enemy Airship over the academy, they're dropping off reinforcements and bombarding the school, Colonel." Skyler heard before he headbutted one of the thugs and kicked him to the side and turned to see Raven Floor Yang with a roundhouse kick.
"I'm dealing with ground defenses, deal with the airship and call-in reinforcements, we can't let them breach the vault or destroy the school," Skyler ordered, he decided to deal with Raven's backup, they had no chance of defeating Raven at the moment. She was dueling Qrow on equal footing, he ran the risk of messing up Qrow and getting him killed if he tried to jump into a fight with Raven.
"I don't get paid enough for this… Time to even the odds…" Skyler said, he moved to get Yang away from Raven, the sooner they could arrest Raven and be done with this.
"I let her use her semblance, we're just having more trouble, and this is going to become even harder…" Skyler muttered, he parried the blade of an AK-130 before he slashed off its arm and then executed it with a shot to the back from the hilt of his blade.
"Yang!" Skyler yelled, he turned to see Weiss, Ruby, and Winter dealing with Vernal and rolled out of the way of a duo of bandits with rifles.
That was when one of the windows exploded and a squad of White Fang soldiers entered. Skyler also watched a trio of Merlot's androids march through the front door after kicking it off its hinges.
"You have to be kidding me…" Skyler said before Yang flipped over the railing while Skyler looked at the androids.
"Your mom just brought in an entire army; I think we have more problems than her… The only thing she can do to make things much worse is it brings in Cinder and the others… We need to focus on her reinforcements." Skyler said, he grabbed Yang's wrist.
"You can't help Qrow at the moment, he can handle Raven… We should help even the odds." Skyler said, Yang, nodded and cocked her left arm for a punch while Skyler went to deal with the 3 Androids.
2 had miniguns and one the same glaive he had seen before, he slid behind the first two while Yang leaped off one of the AK-130s to slam a haymaker into one of the white minigun wielding androids.
The android slid back, a dent on its arm while the other fired at her before Skyler slashed it across the back, cutting open the metal but not destroying the android.
"You couldn't just let my plans go in peace, could you?" Merlot asked before the red android threw him to the side.
"I can't when your plans involve terrorism, the deaths of innocent people, and just plain crime, Merlot…. You crossed the line in Vale… This is taking it over the line twice." Skyler said before the android was sent sliding back from a kick by Yang.
Skyler turned and rolled away while the minigun androids opened fire at him, he managed to fire a shot that threw off one of the androids before an explosive round knocked the other android down.
"Thanks, Firefly…" Skyler said while the other android stabbed at him, Skyler caught the glaive with his regular arm and slugged the droid with his right.
It flipped onto the ground, shattered sensors and a dent in the head of the android while Skyler shook the oil off his arm and turned back to the battle.
"You've sunken even lower than before, Merlot… Experimenting on Grimm at the cost of innocent people was already crossing the line… Terrorism like this is just entirely screwed up, old man." Skyler said while he stared hatefully at the android which climbed to its feet.
"You can't change the world without making hard choices, my boy… We could learn so much from the Grimm… So much, and a little blood is all that's required." Merlot said through the android while Skyler pointed his blade at the damaged machine.
"We don't need to learn anything about the Grimm besides how to exterminate them… You killed thousands in Mt. Glenn and now you want to try and justify it… I'm dragging you back to Atlas for trial in changes… Death is too kind for you, old man." Skyler hissed, Merlot said nothing, another wave of androids dropped in.
"I hate him…" Skyler hissed to himself, he turned to Raven and cursed.
He didn't know he would have so much more to deal with in a few moments. He sighed.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! I plan on making the big fights longer. The next chapter is going to be in 2 weeks or so and will end up showing Yang and Skyler dealing with Emerald, Mercury, and the others. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!