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.)

Raven watched Maize click the hammers of his weapons. He was just on edge as she was.

"Well, aren't you going to tell your old man about your new boyfriend, little bird?" Ebony stated with a chuckle. "Daddy's little girl, all grown up. I think I might cry." Ebony said with a sneer.

Raven growled as she fought the urge to extend Omen through her father's skull. She, Maize, Qrow, and Summer was in charge of making sure Ebony was safe.

The others were busy procuring a Bullhead to take them back to the hotel… Raven already wished she had gone with them. She wished to be as far away from her father as possible.

Thankfully, her brother came over and led the man away. Maize walked over to her and sat on the tree stump with her.

"So, mind telling me who the hell the drunken jackass with a forest on his face is?" Maize asked Raven before noticing her scowl. "You could always threaten me. I thought that cheers you up from what I've seen so far." Maize said with a smile.

This seemed to get Raven to smile, even for the briefest of moments. Maize felt like that was enough of a win to drop the humor for now.

"Ebony Branwen. Mercenary, thug, an enforcer for the Spider of Mistral. Do you name it? My father probably is it." Raven stated as she glared in the direction of her father. "I thought he died in a raid by the Mistral Police when they found his camp," Raven said with pure venom dripping from every word.

Maize nodded and turned to look at Ebony. The man was muscular but seemed to prefer letting his henchmen do the fighting for him. Maize did see a weapon strapped inside his coat. It was probably stolen, Maize guessed.

"So, he's your old man? You want to remind me who your mom is?" Maize asked as he cracked his fingers.

He wanted to fight Ebony. The man not only attacked Raven, but something also Maize had VERY mixed feelings about. Maize also hated him for having the gall to use Huntsmen to try and get him out of whatever trouble he seemed to be in.

"A Mistral Councilwoman," Raven pointed out as Maize raised an eyebrow. "She's… Difficult to handle, all things considered." Raven stated while Maize nodded in understanding.

"Family always is," Maize put in before patting Raven's shoulder. She winced but said nothing about it. "Least when this is done you won't have to put up with his garbage again." Maize said as he stood up.

"You don't have much family, do you?" Raven asked Maize who frowned at this before turning to the side. "Maize?" Raven questioned with concern evident in her tone.

"That is a very… Complicated question." Maize answered before walking away. "I need to get some air. You stay away from your old man till I get back. He's giving me the creeps." Maize muttered before he vanished into the maze of trees.

Raven allowed him to go. Did she need to get her thoughts straight and start a deeply personal talk with her team's lieutenant? That was just asking for more trouble than was going to be worth it.

"So, what is my dear, darling daughter up to currently?" Ebony asked as he walked back to his young daughter. "What? You aren't glad to see your old man?" Ebony questioned with a dark chuckle.

Raven growled in annoyance. She despised her father more than anything. The man cared very little about people, he would throw them away the second he was done with them. Raven remembered how the man executed a lieutenant of his during a battle when the man was taken, hostage.

All because the man had some secrets her father didn't want to have to get leaked. Raven heard her father justify it as 'necessary violence.' Raven called it murder, plain and simple.

Raven stood up from the log before rushing away into the forest. She could hear her father chuckle the deep, anger-inducing chuckle that he did all the time.

It was a sound Raven wanted to purge from her memory. She wanted to crush it, squeeze it all to a dry husk, then toss it away.

Raven sprinted faster and faster, leaping from tree to tree. She landed in a roll before sprinting even quicker. Raven wanted to be as far away from her father as physically possible.

"Rave! Where the hell is you going!?" Maize shouted as he turned to see the woman race by. "Raven!" Maize yelled before sighing.

He pivoted and chased after the samurai, trying to pick up enough speed to catch her.

"Damn it!" Maize cursed as he kept trying to chase down the woman. Maize didn't need math to know Raven was easily several steps ahead. "Raven, stop!" He yelled to Raven as she took a corner.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter is done! I want to apologize for the late update. I forgot about this story and hadn't gotten a chance to update it due to the power going out. The next chapter will be in a week or so and will show Maize talking to Raven and a fight scene. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!

Ps: Ruby is 900 words Monday. Yang is 1200 words Saturday. Raven is 900 words Sunday. Weiss is 900 words Friday maybe. Penny is 900 words Tuesday. Glynda is 900 words Thursday and Neo maybe next week alongside Tock and Saphron or the week after.