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 hated the idea of sharing missions with anyone. They made her believe she was weak.
That was one reason. Raven also really hated her brother… which is why she had to fight the urge to smash her brother's skull in when he waved mockingly at her.
"Rave, stabbing him isn't going to help the mission or your ego." Maize sighed and checked over the scroll in his hands.
They had woken up several hours earlier then expected. Maize found it wasn't because of Raven, but because of a very faulty alarm from Sal. They threw that in the garbage, packed their bags and headed to the VIA or VALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTas their scrolls refused to stop mentioning.
"You don't know how annoying Qrow is. Ozpin didn't mention another team being dispatched for the mission." Raven pointed an armored finger towards the gate.
To be fair? Raven had a point; they were never told about the arrival of STRQ. It forced them to change plans by quite a large margin. Raven was glad at the very least Maize was able to keep up with her orders well.
She didn't hate Maize, but she didn't enjoy his barbs, not all the time. he was skilled at keeping up to date on information, Sal exceled at that, however.
"I believe our target is wanted in Mistral… Raven, isn't that your birthplace?" Sal brought up, Maize hummed and handed Sal's scroll to him as he went back to organizing things.
"Yes… Mistral is also home to hundreds of criminals, terrorists and war criminals." Raven pointed out, drumming her fingers on the ledge in front of her.
Why would a war criminal come to Vale? Raven knew she was no saint, but she did kill people who were usually a LOT worse than her. crime lords, tyrants, traffickers.
Most people who were slain by Raven at least had good reason to die.
"Ugh, we've been waiting here for 2 hours. I'm starting to think this guy is either chicken or he's just given us horrible info." Maize slunk into his chair, patting his thigh holster.
Maize found it funny how much security there was at the airport. They did have perfect reason to take such measures.
One however, didn't find humor until they had to produce all the documents for carrying weapons around as Huntsmen or Huntresses, even ones in training. The officers around here were clearly not paid enough when it came to reading the lines of paperwork just so someone could carry a gun or spear or weapon around an airport.
"Patience, Maize." Raven purred out with no less then a garbage eating grin that made Maize annoyed enough to raise a finger to her.
"Anyone want to hear a joke?" Tai asked, leaning on his baggage.
"Yeah, I guess that's better… why the hell do we have bags as if we're leaving the Kingdom? I just noticed that." Maize looked at his blackish white bag.
Raven looked at hers and slammed her head down on the bar in front of her.
"Well, at least we can laugh about this when we get back to the hotel… or would more awkward silence work?" Sal got Maize and Raven to crack a smidge of a smile.
"Gate 3, we are now boarding…" Maize hummed and looked at his bag.
"Oh. I just forgot. Sal, please don't ever get a damn alarm clock again. I'm busy trying not to pass out on my luggage." Maize yawned and cursed at the fact that he was dealing with fatigue.
Raven followed suit, along with her teammates. They might all be from 4 different Kingdoms… they HATED waking up early for anything. Maize actually lost count of who smashed the alarm clock.
"So. Anyone want to take bets on if it's White Fang or Grimm who try to kill us this time?" Maize cracked a smile, knowing what would happen.
While Raven and Maize had very snarky attitudes. They all had jokes, good or bad. They all tried to be funny. you tended to have humor considering your first mission was fighting assassins who tried gutting you.
"White Fang, 100 Lien." Tai raised his hand at this. Sal and Maize blinked.
"200 for Grimm, already won." Maize and Sal looked at the man with annoyance.
"500 it's White Fang… we're heading to the inner cities of Mistral, Taiyang. The chance of fighting Grimm is almost nothing… besides, this is a stupid bet. Grimm aren't the worst thing in Mistral." Raven's eyes narrowed at this.
UST all shared looks, knowing that their leader lived in Mistral enough to know it better than they did.
The time came to board the airship as they walked towards the gate.
Little did they know they'd be fighting more enemies in Mistral, and confronting Raven and Qrow's past alongside other things for them.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that I originally made this chapter but it got deleted for some reason. next chapter is going to end up being in a week and will show RUST on the way to Mistral and Raven and Maize bonding more. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Raven is 900-1200 Tuesday, Penny is 900 Tuesday, Weiss is 900 tomorrow. Yang is 900-1200 Saturday, Glynda is 900 Thursday. Ruby is 900 Sunday.
