Alex sat in Beacons cafeteria sitting on the left side of Blake devouring the last of the bacon and eggs on his plate he looked down the table to find the others in similar states of boredom. Nora was tossing grapes at yang, who Impressively caught every one in her mouth. Blake was studying from her numerous notebooks
Ruby was hefting a massive binder with all her strength which was surprising as she could leap seven feet into the air with a weapon that probably weighed twice as much as her. Ruby slammed the binder down on the table, catching everyone but Alex off guard
Ruby cleared her throat sharply and gestured to everyone on the table" Sister!...Friends!...Weiss!"
"Hey!"
"Four score and seven minutes ago, i had a dream" Ruby began
"This ought to be good "yang said before catching another grape in his mouth
"A dream that one day, the four of us would come together, as a team, and have the most fun anyone has ever had...ever!" Ruby cried
Weiss squinted at the gargantuan binder suspiciously "did you steal my binder?"
"it's kind of Obvious" Alex said gesturing towards the binders cover, the words 'Vytal Festival Activity's, property of Weiss Schnee' had been hastily crossed out and replaced with a new title 'Best Day Ever Activity's'
"I am not a thief "ruby said while making a peace sign
"What are you talking about?" Blake asked
"I'm talking about kicking off this semester with a bang" Ruby said
"I always kick my semesters off with a yang! Eh? Guys? Am i right?" everyone present simply groaned before an apple the struck yang in the face
"Boooooooo" Nora jeered
"Look guys it's been a good two weeks, and with more exchange students arriving and the tournament at the end of the year, Our second semester is going to be great but classes start back up tomorrow. which is why ive taken the time to scheduled in a series of wonderful events for us today"
"I... dont know weather to be proud or afraid of what you have in store" Weiss said Alex silently agree'd while yang the the apple back at Nora
"I dont know. i think i might sit this one out" Blake decided unaware of the ensuing kayos
"sit out or not, I think however we spend this last day, we should do it as a team." Weiss began
"I got it" Nora yelled
Weiss stood up" i for one think that-" a banana cream pie hit Weiss square in the face cutting her off mid sentence Alex attempted to stop himself from laughing while everyone's eye turned towards a wide eyed Nora who slowly sat down and pointed at a face palming Ren Pyrrha's hand quickly covered her mouth while jaun just sat there stunned
"oh it's on"
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Outside Sun walked along side his long time friend and teammate Neptune Vasilias discussing what had happened at the docks as they neared the cafeteria
"Man that sounds harsh
"So then we were fighting side by side and she was supper fast and a threw a banana at a guy. This guy called Alex was kicking the crap out of a bunch of white fang he even caught a container torchwick dropped on us and threw it back at him saying "think fast" it was so badass then this giant bug T rex showed and knocked torchwick out of the sky then it turned into a guy he and Alex seemed to know each other."
"Nice" Neptune said
"And the best part is she's a faunus!" Sun quickly stopped himself after reviling the secret " But thats a secret ok!"
"Got it" Neptune said
"And not a I'm gonna go tell Scarlet the second Sun turns his back secret! I'm talking secret, secret" Sun pressed
"Whoa chill out man ok i got it " sun gave him a look "I got it"
"you better. I just dont want to screw this up, ya know the people here are the coolest no offence to you guys" Sun said
"none taken" Neptune replied
"Ok there just in here I'm really excited for you to meet them, so be cool ok? your gonna be cool right " Sun asked
"dude" Neptune said indicating to his attire as if the question needed answering
"good point" as Sun reached for the door handle He and Neptune were pulled aside barely avoiding a mob of fleeing students each yelling "FOOD FIGHT"
"You probably dont want to go in there right now" Koan said while he Sun and Neptune peered in through a window
"Another good point" Sun said
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"Ahahahahaha! I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!" Nora cried now standing on a mountain of tables With the members of JNPR covering her flanks
Ruby stomped on a table pointing at the grinning members of Team JNPR "Justice will be swift Justice will be painful it will be Delicious!" she cried crushing a milk carton in her hands
"YEA!" the rest of RWBY cheered there fists raised in the air
"I dont think this is a-" Alex tried to say when a pineapple hit him in the shoulder squirting juice into his face "alright your going down" he picked up a tomato that rolled in his direction throwing it like a fast fall it made contact with an unsuspecting Jaun
"Off with there heads" Nora cried as her leader was taken down jumping down she along with the rest of JNPR began throwing watermelons.
Ruby pointed to a location off to the side "Yang turkey"
Yang dived towards the two full sized turkeys off to the side of her shoving bother her fists inside, mimicking her ember celica pounded the two together creating a shock wave charging foreword she began to intercept the watermelons that had been launched towards them but was not quick enough to avoid the rest of the mail storm
Alex and Blake jumped over her each intercepting a watermelon Blake grabbed a pair of begets stepping up to face Pyrrha while Alex charged foreword with a pair of leak taking on Ren Blake used her shadow clones to doge strikes from Pyrrha's own beget taking a hit that threw her back over a table.
Alex spun the leaks blocking a strike from Ren counting with his own that struck the green ninja in the face going on the offensive Alex threw the two leaks distracting Ren for a moment before charging foreword swiping a pecan pie of a table ducking under the two celery stick sent in his direction slamming into Ren while simultaneously mashing the pie into his face.
"NO I WILL AVENGE YOU REN!" Nora cried leaping into the air with her watermelon-hammer quickly grabbing a tray the melon-hammer slammed into the makeshift shield sending Alex sliding across the floor on his back, standing back up he was met with the sight of Nora charging at him a feral Grin on her face melon- hammer raised "shit" Alex muttered
Ruby winced as Alex was launched over head, it was time to finish this taking a running stance Ruby shot foreword like a missile leaving behind a whirlwind of red rose petal picking up all food and members of team JNPR slamming them into the wall before pelting them with the storms content leaving what could be described as modern art on the wall.
Suddenly the doors slammed open reviling a very angry Glynda. the instructor growled waving her riding crop through the air the once destroyed objects and tables glued themselves back together sailing through the air before returning to there original positions "Children, please. do not play with your food"
The two teams began to gather in the center of the room
"that was awesome!"
"Again Again"
"no Nora not again"
"Awwwww"
Suddenly Yang crashed through the roof smashing two tables on impact before shooting up giving a thumbs up showing she was ok Glynda growled before Ozpin spoke up "let it go"
Then Goodwitch said "They're supposed to be the defenders of the world"
"And they will be. But right now they're still children. so why not let them play the part?" Ozpin began to walk away before he continued "after all it isn't a roll they'll have forever."
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Inside a secluded warehouse various White Fang were at work, moving various amounts of crates of stolen dust. Roman Torchwick stood with his back to the large room looking over several readouts across the table.
The sound of footfalls got his attention he turned to find Emerald and Mercury behind him " oh, look she sent the kids again!" he said putting his arms around there shoulders from behind " this is turning out just like the divorce."
Emerald shivered in disgust " spare us the thought of you procreating " she said as she and Mercury pulled away
Roman shrugged "That was a joke and this might just tell me where you two have been all day" he said turning towards the duo holding up a pice of paper
"What!" the mint haired girl checked her pocket only to find the pice of paper missing from it's place
"I'm a professional, sweetheart. pay attention and maybe you'll learn something" he said before looking at what was written on the slip in his hands "where did you get this address?" he asked pointedly
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Asked Emerald crossing her arms.
"Yea I would. Now where have you been all day?" Torchwick asked not in the mood for her lip
"Cleaning up your problems...one of them, at least" mercury said sharply
"I had that under control" Roman said
"Two packed bags and a ticket out of Vale said otherwise" Mercury continued
Roman got in Mercury face "listen you little punk if it were up to me i would take you and your little street rat friend here and i would-"
"Do what?" asked a voice from above Cinder stood over them on a elevator above her burning amber eyes locked onto them while riding it down to the main floor.
Roman chuckled nervously "I'd uhh...not kill them?"
"Cinder" Emerald said excitedly
The raven haired woman walked across the room her heels clinking as she made contact with the pavement" i thought i made it clear that you would eliminate the wood-be runaway" she said calmly
"I was going to" Roman was cut off by Emerald
"He was going to escape to Vacuo! Mercury and I decided to take it upon ourselves to kill the rat."
"I think he was some sort of cat, actually" Mercury pointed out
"What like a puma?" Emerald asked her partner
"yea, there you go" Mercury replied
"Quiet" they both shut up and looked at there boss who leveled a glare at them" did i not specifically ask you two to keep your hands clean while in vale?"
Emerald swallowed "Uh, yea we just thought that-"
"Don't think, Obey" Cinder spoke her voice leaving no room for defiance earning a 'yes ma'am' from both her subordinates before she turned her attention to roman "And you why wasn't this handled sooner?"
Roman then glared at them all "Uh" he said gesturing to the crates on his right "Eh..?" then those on the left "Eh...?" Then finally the large shipping containers stacked behind him "Ehhhhhh! sorry if ive been a bit busy stealing every speck of dust in the kingdom"
"Your an inspiration to every punk with a gun and a ski mask" Mercury said sarcastically
"Look around kid, I've got this town running scared police camped at every corner, Dust prices are through the roof and we're sitting pretty in an old warehouse with more dust crystals,vile's and rounds then we know what to do with!" Roman exclaimed " Speaking of which, if any of you would mind letting me in on your grand master plan, it might make my next string of robbery's go a little smoother."
"Oh, Roman have a little faith." Cinder said moving closer stroking his cheek, "you'll know what you need, when you need to know " her eye's glowed briefly causing the master thief to look away with a grunt "besides were done with dust" she said as she turned and started walking away
"Ok" the criminal asked confused "so now what?"
"We're moving. Have the white fang clear out this building. I'll send you the details on the coordinates tonight" Cinder said
"Coordinates" Roman asked
Cinder looked back at him "We're proceeding with faze two." she then turned her attention to Emerald and Mercury "Come, we have a meeting to attend."
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(meeting point 13 miles outside of Vale)
Cinder, Emerald and Mercury arrived at the coordinates provided to them, the incident involving the rocket launcher had made her underlings rather weary of there new found partners evidence by how they glanced around there surroundings it was an old Schnee Dust mine outside of Vale shut down after being overrun by the Grimm.
"So this is where we're supposed to meet? " Mercury asked as he stared at the old complex
"We'll this definitely doesn't seem like a trap" Emerald said sarcasm dripping from her voice
Cinder would have berated her underlings for such comments but she couldn't help but agree this area was long since abandoned after the Grimm had overrun the mine's defenses which did in fact beg the question where were the Grimm it was too quiet far to quiet for an area this deep in Grimm territory
The clanking of boots and the sound of gears grinding caught there attention a large android emerged from the entrence to the main building His triple red eyes staring the three down while a group of robots flanked his sides
"So your the one's the masters invited" He said taking a few steps foreword "I cant imagine why they would waist time on a bunch of pathetic humans"
mercury let out a small growl of annoyance only to be silenced by a glare from Cinder before she turned back to the android "We did not come here to be insulted by underlings your masters invited us for a meeting that could benefit both our forces so I would suggest you show respect, i believe you've wasted enough of our time and your masters..."
The android let out a low grumble "Professor Cog, follow me" he said turning towards the entrance the others androids dispersed allowing them entry, despite the compounds outside look the inside seemed rather well maintained Cog lead them along the corridors until the four arrived at a elevator leading into the mine
Cinder stepped on while Emerald and Mercury were hesitant for a moment but followed there leader
By the records she had read on there way here in the Bullhead this facility was said to be a black site a major grimm nest had been unearthed in the mines killing the workers present yet there hadn't been a grimm in site when they arrived perhaps this creature could reveal some information that could benefit them at a later date.
"I was under the impression this area was overrun with Grimm?" Cinder asked innocently Cog turned to her
"It was, the creature were mere pest simple to deal with the Psychos Rangers ensured that they were wiped from the area" Cog said
"The Psycho rangers?" Cinder pressed her curiosity peeked
"My masters the ones you are here to meet" The elevator came to a halt the doors opening to revile a darkened corridor illuminated by lamps hanging over head
"Well that isn't creepy" Mercury said sarcastically while giving Cog a small glare, Cog merely chuckled before stepping off the elevator and continuing on
"This doesn't feel right" Emerald said looking at there surrounding warily
"Don't have to tell me twice this whole place just scream's ambush" Mercury said
"Be on guard we have little knowledge of our host's and i do not wan't any surprises" Cinder said just loud enough for them to hear but for the Professor to be completely unaware. The small tunnel broke out into a large underground chamber the three criminals looked down to the floor below them
"Holy shit" Emerald said at the sight, an army marched below them multiple forms of androids were busy moving crates of supplies, Ammunition and even some Dust crystals at least a dozen drop ships where carrying in more containers from an opening above.
"Stay close some of the being here aren't exactly fond of humans" Cog advised while leading the three towards an overseers deck the sound's of arguing coming from above
four figures stood around a table chart's and layouts of Vale spread across it Psycho red stood over the Table staring down at a map of Vale and the tunnel network that the mine was connected to leading under Vale
"Why are we just sitting around?" Psycho blue asked "we should strike now while there weak"
"Patience i have a contact meeting wit us shortly with our combined forces we can bulldoze Vale and Beacon in the process" Psycho Red said as he stabbed a knife through the map where Beacon was
"What about the Omni ranger" Psycho Yellow asked leaning against a few crates
"He will be dealt with in time until then we focus on Vale" Psycho red said turning to face the new arrivals
Cinder eyes scanned the creature in front of her
"I was starting to wonder when you would show up" Psycho red said leaning back against the table
"She's the contact this pathetic sack of meat!" Psycho Purple clenched her fist Cinder's amber eyes lit up like an inferno glaring at the one who dared to insult her as Emerald and Mercury ready for a fight
"ENOUGH!" Psycho red barked making Purple back down" leave us" he commanded with a tone of finality the Psychos present let out a low growl of annoyance leaving there leader's side
"What exactly was the purpose of asking us to this meeting..." Cinder inquired as she stood across
"Hehehe... call me Psycho red" Red replied
'Psycho red an alias most likely' cinder mused " tell me what do you want from me and mine?" Cinder asked taking a few steps closer towards the table noting the blueprints for Beacon and the Vale undergrounds.
"Our goals align we each want the same thing" Psycho red stated
"And what might that be" Cinder said cautiously
"The destruction of Vale and the fall of Beacon academy" Psycho red said "As far a can tell these two are the competent underlings you have" Psycho red indicated to Emerald and Mercury" I can offer you forces the dwarf the numbers and power of the white fang" Psycho red said
Cinder was silent deep in thought the offer was weighed rather well in her favor but in these situations there was always a catch "And what do you ask in return?" Cinder asked
"Simple a seat from which to watch Vale burn" Psycho red said extending his hand foreword "do we have a Deal"
Cinder took a few steps forward towards her partner accepting the gesture "yes we do" Cinder said her eyes glowed menacingly for while a smirk formed on her face
'To be continued'