Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Fight or Flight. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Vale, Bullhead.)
The ride on the Bullhead was silent before Maize hummed with amusement. He flicked his guns before turning to Raven who looked at Omen before brushing off her armor.
"So… anyone wants to say something before we go and fight a small army of Grimm or no?" He asked while they looked at the 'nest'.
It was clear from the black growth, the amount of Grimm which ranged from lowly Creep and Beowolf to menacing Beringel and Ursa to the terrifying Nevermore perched among sharp rocks… and the Deathstalkers which shaped their claws at the craft.
It seemed every manor of Grimm in Vale existed in the nest… it looked a lot like a growth, cancer, a disease….
"Oh… well then, any chance we could just get an airship and drop some bombs on them?" Sal heard from Maize as the group considered their task.
"Come now, students, I'm sure your lovely leader is itching to get in there." Raven looked at the task before then looking at port and nodding.
"That growth is the source of the Grimm… correct?" Raven questioned only to be met with a nod from Port before humming.
"Maize, we're taking out the bigger Grimm… Sal? I want you keeping them off our flank… Taiyang? I want you to stay with Port… those bigger Grimm are protecting the growth. We kill the nest…." Raven sounded interested in why the nest in question was here.
Grimm didn't have nests, they had dwellings, places where they would hide to find more Humans to destroy.
They hadn't been expected to create something… so intricate and complex. They were simple beasts; they were vermin to be destroyed.
"Yeah, I'll kill 200 Deathstalkers and you kill 700… I think we're going to need a better plan than to just murder every Grimm we see… how about we all clear a path to the growth, we cut out whatever is powering it, find out a weakness, and go from there? You split us all up and the Grimm will just overrun us. those Deathstalkers alone are far more than we can handle unless your sword somehow has a cut-through multi-plated armor like a knife." Maize added before looking at the others.
"Sal? I bet you can cut out a little sample while I and the others cut down Grimm… Tai? You cover him while I, Rav, and Port deal with the rest of the nest. We run back to the ship and then we go to the village… Rav? There is no way to kill that many Grimm unless you can kill off dozens of Grimm at once…" Maize jumped out of the Bullhead before falling to the ground.
Maize watched the two other members of RUST besides Raven look at each other.
"Yeah, unless you have a way to kill all those Grimm at once. I think we're going to go with Maize's idea." Raven heard from Sal and Taiyang.
The duo hummed before leaping down as well. they looked at Maize before Raven sighed and then backflipped down and pulled down her mask over her head.
RUST prepared for their first mission and hummed with amusement.
"So, let's do this, RUST." Maize stated before Raven rushed forward. She left a pair of bisected Beowolves in her wake before rushing forward.
Maize sighed and chuckled. He rushed forward and fired at the group of Grimm.
He shot a Beowolf in the head, another Ursa in the leg before kicking off a Creep. He flipped and then fired another shot from Retribution at a Nevermore.
He rolled to the side as he fired Retribution and Vindicta at the Grimm. He watched Sal slash a Beowolf in half and then pull another to him and crack its neck.
"You doing that a lot is just seeming like brutal overkill, Sal!" He yelled before being forced to respond to an Ursa that lumbered towards him.
"You have one heavy gun and one light one, you compensate for something, or is it your inability to decide on something?" he asked before he looked to the side.
He hummed and growled. Maize shot a Beowolf to the side and growled.
"I freaking hate this… Damn it, Tai, get your head in this battle and punch a Grimm!" Maize watched a Nevermore take off and chase after them.
Maize sighed and then watched as more Grimm start to surround them. Maize turned and shot another Beowolf through the head.
"You have to be kidding me." Maize looked at his weapons and growled.
He knew Vindicta was easily able to shoot through Grimm as it was a lot heavier while Retribution easily shot faster.
He blinked and then saw Tai punch a Beowolf to the side and then kicked an Ursa to the side with a roundhouse kick.
This was before Raven floated up into the air.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! I want to point out that I will be using Raven's powers next chapter. The next chapter will of course be next Tuesday and will show Raven and the others fighting the Grimm army.
Ps: Raven is 900 words. Winter is 900 words Saturday. Yang is 1500 words Saturday; Ruby is 1500 Sunday and Glynda is 1200 Thursday.
