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 sat in his office before Neo walked in, Desmond looked up at her and then looked to the side.
"You need something, sweet tooth? I'm trying to figure out the best idea for the ship… Damn it, between this and the blasted spiders, we're going to be dead within weeks…" Desmond muttered before he looked at Neo while resting his hand on his fedora which rested on the table. He looked at Melodic Cudgel.
"We're going to need more men… If this goes well? I'm going to start looking for more recruits… I did some looking into the spiders? These guys have owned Mistral for years… They don't want sharks in the water like us…" Desmond said before he turned his chair to look at a map of Mistral.
"There are a few trade ports… Owned by a few nasty groups that the world wouldn't mind being wiped off the face of the map." Desmond said before he crossed his arms.
"I have plans for Mistral, Neo… But those plans are honestly dead without your powers, a lot more resources, and men… And time. A smart move might be to try and make peace with the Spiders… But it would show weakness, they'd walk all over us…" Desmond said while Neo blinked.
"You don't want to kill if you want to, right?" Neo asked, Desmond, turned to look at her.
"I don't like killing people unless they deserve it… Or their scumbags… I might work with thugs… Besides you… But I don't kill people just for anything… So yeah, I don't want to kill just for no reason… We go to war; we kill when we have to or if it's warranted… I do know backing down from a fight after they cut us is going to make us look bad…." Desmond stated, he grabbed his cane and then slowly stood up.
"My leg has been hurting a bit, I think I took a shot to the leg… I'm going to go look for a doctor soon… Anyway, we have a raid to talk about… Have our men made a choice, or did they think up what we're going to do? My brain is mush from what I'm trying to think I don't know what to do at the moment…" Desmond muttered before he grabbed at his leg and then leaned on his cane and looked at Neo in amusement.
"Well? Did they?" Desmond asked, Neo nodded and then he laid back in his chair and tapped his leg before he sighed and rubbed at it.
"Ok, what's our game plan? They want us to try and seize the airship or crash the piece of junk?" Desmond asked while Neo made a hand sign.
It showed them trying to take over the airship, Desmond turned and threw up his hands.
"You give them an inch and their think they're unstoppable… Fine, I guess we're going all or nothing… We're going to need everything we have to assault that ship and capture it… And if we fail, we're going to need an out plan for that plan…" Desmond muttered before he smirked.
"Ok, I'll come up with a plan…. Go and tell everyone that we're ready to strike in 3 days… And I mean EVERYONE… I want the entire army and air force we have ready for battle." Desmond said, he cracked his back and turned to Neo.
"I'll go and get you when it's time to go…" Desmond said and then he put his hat back on his head.
Neo walked out of the room while Desmond slowly pulled out his scroll and started to look through it.
"Damn Spiders are going to be dealt with personally… But one problem at a time… One problem at a time…" Desmond said while he continued to type on the scroll.
He looked up a crime report on the Spiders and gaged at what he saw, he sighed and began to dial-up Junior.
"Old man, your bodyguard's mother is going to wage war on me? Then I'll give her a war… A war she won't forget… It will be burned into her mind when this is all said and done… It will be a war that isn't forgotten." Desmond muttered before he felt the scroll buzz.
He looked at it and chuckled, he smirked and started to walk out of the office.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter is done! I'm sorry this chapter is short; I'll make the next chapter 900 words or so. The next chapter is going to be in 3 weeks or so and will show Desmond and Neo carrying out the attack on the airship, until Sunday or so. Lighting Wolf out!
