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.
(Mistral.)
Maize hummed and looked at Raven. He paced slightly and Retribution and Vindicta clinked slightly on his hip while brushing his hat off.
"You back where I lived, we had a crazy terrorist group called the Crown… I was busy following a lead I had on them before getting sent to Beacon." Maize stated while patting down his duster.
Raven hummed, she knew a little about the Crown: A Vacuo based terrorist group who wished to take over the kingdom to restore the monarchy of the kingdom… it reminded her of all the thugs and back ally trash she fought here.
"I'd still keep those guns ready at all times… trust me, it isn't easy to live here." Raven looked at Maize who nodded before her dear sweet younger twin-spoke up.
"Do you always have to act seriously? You act like every minute you aren't fighting is a minute wasted on life." Qrow asked, Raven, rolled her eyes at her sibling and sighed.
"Hmm, maybe because I'm the TEAM LEADER has something to do with how seriously I take missions, Qrow? I mean, I only spent a year taking care of crime syndicates and trying to take the Spiders down in Mistral." Raven already regretted letting her sibling accompany them alongside Summer.
It made her question a lot of things for them to be back here. she didn't expect to see Mistral again when she came to Beacon.
"Doesn't mean to be so serious. You don't always have to constantly be acting like the next mission is life or death. Summer doesn't do that." Raven heard from Qrow before she looked at Maize who simply shrugged.
"Yes, I'm sure your girlfriend is a righteous ball of energy, little brother I'm the type of leader that DOESN'T throw parties all the time then wonder why people don't take me seriously. You don't know how I act as a leader not on a mission." Raven got a pat on the shoulder from Maize before Raven smelt something.
It was drunk, sake? She smelt heavy drink on the air, was someone around here intoxicated? It wouldn't surprise her considering how many bars and such there were in Mistral.
"Wait… that sounds like..." Raven heard Maize click the triggers on his weapons before resting his hands on the handles of his weapons.
"Is that… the Tribe?" Raven instantly had her hand on Omen, Qrow drew Harbinger and Summer grabbed Rosebud.
They were instantly surrounded by men and women with weapons, pistols, knives… swords. Raven knew who they were due to the marks on their gear.
Bandits… from the Branwen tribe... HER AND QROW'S tribe. Raven growled in anger under her breath.
"Ah, ah, ah… that's no way to greet family, is it my little blackbird?" She heard and ripped the sword from her sheathe.
She instantly knew who she was looking at. The smell of dozens of drinks on his breath, the crimson long coat he had stolen from the first man he ended up gutting… long since coated in grime and crimson blood.
The cocky swagger was offset by the dozens of scars covering his chest, arms, and face. She knew the fancy gloves he wore, the present from her… and the wild greasy black hair, offset by Vacuo leather boots and the hulking Ursa mask on his face he tore from an Ursa Major.
"Ebony…" She hated the man in front of her.
Her father, the man who had abandoned her and Qrow in the forest when they didn't conform to his cult-like tribe.
"What? 'dad' or pops is too informal for you?" Ebony chuckled as he patted his weapon hidden inside his coat.
"You're the target?" Raven growled out, keeping her hands on her blade, Maize looked at Raven, eager to murder the man in front of them.
"Yep… why, you expecting mom?" Raven growled and swung Omen only for the burly man to grab her wrist and kick her to the ground.
"RAVE!" Maize drew his weapons and pointed them at the hulking thug as guns cocked around them.
"I'd tell your boyfriend to back down, girl… he'll get himself killed that way… I got this entire clearing surrounding and you know you've never beaten me in a real fight." Raven growled and turned to her teammate.
He was willing to fight if she needed him to. She was glad at the very least that her teammates understood the value of loyalty when it came down to it.
"Maize… stand down." Maize looked at her for a second before looking around at the others.
He sighed and holstered his weapons. Maize was more worried about Raven currently than his own life… and now they had bigger issues to deal with.
Like the smirking man in front of them, eager for them to give him a reason to kill them.
Raven hated her father.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! I want to point out Raven is supposed to be a hero in the story, not a bandit queen. The next chapter will be in a week or so and will show Raven and the others heading back to their next destination. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Yang is 900 words Sunday and Neo might be Friday alongside Willow.
