Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of A Lingering Ember. Enjoy the 800-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Mistral.)
Desmond continued to walk back and forth between his men with Neo standing next to him.
"Now, considering what Neo said? We're going to have a problem attacking the… Fearless as it's called… Way to name a damn bucket of bolts…" Desmond said, jokingly muttering the last part under his breath before turning back to his men.
"We have two options… The first involves airdropping onto the hull and fighting to the bridge… I'll be with you all the way… But unless you want to recreate the scene of boarding a spaceship, isn't a good idea… The other idea is to destroy the Fearless… We have the manpower and firepower to take down the ship and it sends a clear message to not screw with us…" Desmond said while he walked back and forth.
"The problem is in that destroying the airship means dealing with all of the air support around that ship… Means we're going to have to be fighting an air war… That and bringing down an airship…. That involves needing part of our manpower to be focused on the ground… Bringing down an airship isn't something we can be quiet on…. So, any questions while we finalize a plan of attack?" Desmond asked, resting Melodic Cudgel on his shoulder before he looked at his men.
One of them raised his hand and Desmond pointed his cane at the man.
"What about the Spiders, boss? I thought they were a problem as well." Desmond heard from the henchmen, and he looked at his subordinate.
"I stated what we would do… We wait until they come out of the shadows and then we strike… I know you're scared… These 'spiders', are big news from what I heard… But we still have a war with the Grey Ursa to finish… The sooner they're gone, the sooner we're free to focus on the Spiders." Desmond stated, he turned to his henchmen and tapped his cane on the ground.
"Anyone who wants to try to capture the airship?" Desmond asked, he couldn't decide whether the choice was worth it.
Capturing an airship gave him a much more mobile base… It also served as a staging area, supply storage, and suited him.
But it also puts a target on his back, having the ship be destroyed wouldn't just lower morale. It would cost much more men.
"This is going to be crazy, seriously… Why am I even surprised even more?" Desmond asked while he sighed and walked down to his office and chuckled in amusement.
"Ok… Neo, do you need something?" Desmond asked while he turned to look at his Lieutenant.
He smiled at her usual smirk, he didn't know if she just enjoyed killing or she enjoyed being with the gang.
"What did you plan to do? You never would have given them a choice if you didn't have much of a good plan." Neo said, Desmond, leaned on Melodic Cudgel.
"I just said we have plans… It's just I don't know which to choose, Neo… Taking over that ship is great… But it puts a bullseye on our back… And I'd like to keep them on the down-low…" Desmond said, Neo looked to the side.
"But destroying it means we're bringing attention to ourselves, and the wreckage will attract scavengers you don't want," Neo stated, Desmond, smiled.
"Smart and deadly… I'm surprised you didn't take over this gang already. You're correct, the obvious choice is to crash the ship, show them we mean business… But that's going to bring scavengers eager for food… And as such? I don't know what to do… I'll let them do it… And we go from there, if you need me, I'm in the office. You get me if you have a better plan, I'm all ears for it… You might want some rest though; you look a little run down from checking out Mistral." Desmond said, he patted Neo on the head, and he walked out of the room.
Neo watched her friend and partner leave the room and smiled in amusement. She turned and walked to go and talk to the rest of their men to try and come up with her plan.
But Desmond had a problem, both plans had flaws as well.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter is done! I'm sorry for this chapter is short, the next chapter will be longer. I want to point out this story isn't entirely going to follow the show. I want to point out that Neo and Desmond will be falling in love soon. The next chapter will be on Monday or so and will show Desmond and Neo trying to finalize their plan to attack the Grey Ursa. Until then, Lighting Wolf!
