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.)
Raven gazed into Omen before looking at the others, Maize has put his hat next to him and had crossed his arms to look into space. Tai was trying to sleep, and Sal was tending to take stock of the Dust they had left.
"Can someone please explain why a simple job of killing Grimm ended with us fighting a maniac with metal teeth and an army of assassins? I wanted action in the first mission, but that's pushing it by a lot." Maize asked, Raven, looked over at her helmet before feeling both Oobleck and Maize watching her.
"They seem interested in you, Rav. You make some bad enemies in Mistral or something?" Maize sighed and dropped the question, Raven didn't flee, she didn't cower.
The girl was showing a lot more honor and backbone than he expected from a criminal… then again, he was operating without a Huntsmen license as a teenager.
"No. I have no idea who they are, but they know a lot about me, it seems. I almost wonder what it would have been like if another team had gotten sent out." Raven questioned before going back to inspecting her weapon.
Whoever chased her knew she was a maiden, but the woman didn't seem like she wanted to be a maiden. She could also sense someone close by that was close to the level of power Raven had.
A maiden hunting a maiden. Who would know she's a maiden besides Ozpin? He wouldn't have set up a trap like that to kill her, it wasn't within his MO.
"Well, I have a feeling they won't give up so easily, we're just going to have to get better and defeat them next time." Raven heard from Maize before smirking.
"Why, you get rusty with those guns?" Raven watched Maize's lips purse into a smirk as he chuckled.
"Better than you with that sword… your pretty good for a scav." He stated as the duo turned to look at the other half of their team.
"Hey, Professor Oobleck? How come you didn't fight that much?" Tai wiped the drool off his lip with confusion as Maize and Raven chuckled.
"It was my job to keep you children safe and educate you. I would have stepped in if you needed me. Mr. Xiao Long, did you require me during the battle with the enemy?" The man brushed off his hat and looked at Raven who hummed and started digesting the information in question.
The Bullhead continued on its way back towards Beacon to tell Ozpin of the adventure in question.
"No?" he responded, Oobleck smiled and brushed off his weapon.
"Then I wasn't needed. The woman was dangerous, but it seemed Ms. Branwen was far more capable of holding her own against the enemy." Raven put Omen back into its sheath on her hip.
"I'm more concerned with what they wanted with Raven, it's like that girl knew Raven personally. I'm also curious if there was even a village, or if it was just part of the trap." Raven heard from Maize as Sal finally decided to add his voice to the discussion.
"I believe the village wasn't real, not one lookout tower, no guards, the buildings were shoddy. It seemed more like it was cobbled together so whoever was looking to capture Raven had rigged up something to lure her to them." Sal got looks from Tai and Maize who then shared the same look.
"Then someone is hunting Raven, and they're going to keep at it till they get here, we need to tell Professor Ozpin." Tai started to say before Professor Oobleck cut off his student.
"I will inform the headmaster of the assailants in question; you will inform them of the mission being done and then return to your rooms. Professor Ozpin has set up an 'allowance' for you and the majority of teams that cannot or will not be able to afford items in town. Since you will not be rewarded monetary gains due to not being licensed to operate? You will be rewarded by the school. we will pay for any resources such as spare ammo, parts, and Dust… but Raven will have final say over a transaction and we reserve the right to revoke any sale." Oobleck explained to the group of teenagers, they all shared looks and then shrugged.
The only duos that had parents that were in contact with their children were Tai and Sal, which meant both Raven and Maize didn't have any income from their parents, to begin with.
"Ok then… Rav, so about your semblance, I was wondering about what it was." Raven looked at Maize who looked at her with amusement.
Raven looked at Oobleck, the man said nothing about answering the question.
"That wasn't my semblance, that's the power of a maiden," Raven explained.
Phew, another chapter is done! I want to point out that since the story doesn't follow the show, it means the entire storyline will try to be original. The next chapter will be in a week or so and will show RUST at class and Cinder's next move. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Weiss will hopefully be on Friday and maybe Willow or Penny tomorrow.
