(A/N) Edited for clarity and/or minor fixes 3/30/19


Chapter Six – Ink


/-\ Yang Xiao Long; Undisclosed Location /-\


"Okay, what do we know?" I addressed our group while we met in our secret location.

"Not much." My partner answered. "She said she was in space, and she made a pretty convincing argument, too."

We all nodded in affirmation before Weiss elaborated. "Yes, she also said that Grimm, dust, auras, and semblances were all Remnant-exclusive. Meaning that whoever she was with, I presume this 'UNSC' that she has printed on everything she owns, likely does not possess any of the above."

"Yea, any idea what it means?" I asked.

"No, Yang. She has purposefully kept as many details as possible from us. Though she has let things slip."

Blake raised her eyebrow. "Like what?"

"Well, during our run this morning, she offhandedly mentioned a faction called 'The Covvies', though I find it likely that it is a nickname for the organization, rather than its full title."

My partner rolled her eyes. "What makes you say that?"

"I mean, who names themselves 'The Covvies'? It's completely stupid."

"Well, they could be aliens… I mean, when I ran with her yesterday, she mentioned that aliens exist." I said, leaving out the 'They don't come in peace' part.

"I suppose it makes since in the context of the situation." We all looked at her expectantly and she rolled her eyes. "It was about what they use in place of dust, she said, and I quote- 'I don't know what kind of space-magic the Covvies use.'"

"I agree." My partner said with a crisp nod. "What worries me is her combat skill. You don't just get that good, whether we like it or not, something might be coming… And it might be a good idea to train under Ruby for a while."

Weiss paled. "Oh gods…"

"Weiss, what is it?" I asked, concern in my voice.

"During our argument yesterday, she said 'Just wait til they find this place…'" She looked at us with wide eyes. "What if Blake's right? We need-"

-Knock knock knock-

"Hey! You guys commin' outta the closet anytime soon?! We've got class in like ten minutes!"

We all looked at each other for a second, before Blake spoke up. "C- Coming Ruby!"

Weiss facepalmed. "I told you that she would find us. The janitor's closet isn't exactly far from our room." She sighed. "We'll meet again when we have more information." Suddenly she groaned. "I am so not looking forward to shopping for a sidearm this weekend."

Both me and my partner gave nods of agreement as we headed out the door.


The door clicked shut behind us. "I still don't know how I feel about your uncle." Weiss said.

"I still don't know how you can move that fast!" I blurted out before Ruby could respond. "Like seriously Ruby, I couldn't even keep track of you two!"

"Ah yes," Weiss started. "the fight you were talking about." She sighed. "I still can't believe the fact that I hadn't even left you alone for two hours… and you already tore up our courtyard."

"Hey, its not my fault Beacon doesn't have enough sparring rooms." Ruby defended. "Anyways, tomorrow I want to go over some things as a team."

Blake raised her eyebrow. "Like what?"

"Well, if you guys are gonna come with me on missions, I need to make sure you know how to do things properly."

"Don't you think we've already proven ourselves as huntresses?" Weiss said, dejectedly. "We made it into Beacon, after all."

"Yea, I know you're all capable huntresses. What I'm worried about is your urban combat skills. Specifically, clearing rooms and non-lethal takedowns."

"Why do you care about going non-lethal?" I growled.

"Well, I don't particularly care. But you guys do." She paused for a moment. "Blake has probably already told you my kill count," We all nodded. "and I know that you all want to keep your hands unbloodied… however naive that idea is." We shared a glance. "Its entirely possible that the enemy will either have weak auras or none at all on next weekend's mission. Since these are common thieves and smugglers, I don't really have all too much of a problem letting them live. And so, I wanna make sure you know how to fight someone without aura."

Weiss crossed her arms. "Oh? And you know exactly how to do that?"

She grinned. "Yep. Sometimes when I'd fight innies, the higherups would want their leader brought in alive." She shrugged. "Easier said than done, but I still did it none the less."

"Okay, but one question: what are innies?" Her partner asked, echoing our thoughts.

"It's short for Insurrectionists. Basically, they're terrorists." Our eyes widened. "Name it and they've done it. Suicide bombings, starship theft, assassinations, raids on military bases, televised execution of prisoners, the list goes on and on." Her voice got fiercer and fiercer as she went on, though she sighed when she finished. "Anyways, point is that I want you guys to be prepared. Does tomorrow at 10am work for everyone?" We all gave our affirmations. "Good, meet me in the courtyard wearing your new uniforms."

"I thought you said you weren't making us into soldiers. Why do we need uniforms?" Weiss asked.

She put her hands up. "Alright, I'll admit, I'm teaching you military techniques. But the reason I want you wearing your uniforms is so you can get comfortable moving in them, and the look won't be permanent. The way we picked them out, I made sure that armor could be added on top." Weiss opened her mouth again, though she was silenced by a wave. "Don't worry, I'll let you personalize that. It's like I said, you can't rely on any one thing to save you every time."

"I'm still not sure about this…" Weiss trailed off before sighing. "What did you even have in mind?"

"Something like this." She produced a rough drawing. "It's a modified version of Orbital Drop Shock Trooper armor, I'll just refer to it as ODST armor from now on. Unlike its inspiration, this version won't be rated for EVA and I also sacrificed some of the armor on the joints, making it much more flexible. I'll see about the integrated night vision, but full-on VISR is out of the question. Same goes for the motion tracker, squad comms shouldn't be an issue though."

We all stared at her in various states of confusion. "I… have no idea what you just said."

She gave me a smirk. "Eh, don't sweat it sis. I'll explain everything when you actually get your armor." Suddenly, she burst into rose petals, her previous attire, minus the black undersuit, fell to the floor. A couple seconds later, she had fully reformed into her armor. "Now," She said as she donned her helmet. "I have a building to prepare."

She started for the door, but I stopped her. "Where're you going? Its like," I looked at the clock. "almost nine!"

She waved me off. "Eh, relax. My helmet has built-in night vision, I'll be able to see just as well as a faunus in the dark." I saw Blake's eye twitch out of the corner of my eye.

"When'll you be back?"

"Ten tomorrow." She said nonchalantly.

"What's going to take that long?" I said, before an idea popped in my head. "Where'll you sleep?"

She had started folding up her clothes while I was talking to her. "Well, I need to get the training ground ready. As for the sleep issue, I'll just find a tree or something." I started to protest, but she cut me off with her hand. "I've slept in much worse, I'll be fine." She picked up her shotgun and pistol before stowing them in their respective places. "See ya guys tomorrow." She said with a wave as she closed the door behind her. A second later, the door reopened, and she poked her head back through. "Oh, and bring your weapons." The door clicked again, leaving just us three in the dorm.

I blinked before speaking up. "Well, uhh... looks like we have the dorm to ourselves tonight." I turned to face my teammates… only to see them already doing other things. Weiss was just sitting down at the desk to study, whereas Blake was already cuddling up with a book on her bunk. I sighed and decided to get a workout in before bed.


We stood in the courtyard, all of us feeling a little awkward wearing our 'Infiltration Suits' as Ruby called them. The uniform consisted of a form-fitting black suit, thin black gloves, and a black facemask. Weiss checked the time on her scroll and frowned. "She's late."

Before we could retort, my sister pounced on her out of nowhere. "Nope." She said, popping the 'P'.

"GAH! Ruby?! Get off, you Oaf!" She did so with a barely suppressed laugh. "Gods, how much does that armor weigh? It felt like I was being crushed!"

She took off her helmet, revealing her smirking face. "Eh, 'bout half a ton, give or take. Oh, don't look at me like that, your aura protected you." She said with a dismissing wave.

"Hmph." She crossed her arms. "While you may be correct, please don't do it again."

"Huh? I thought it was what friends did..." My sister responded, confusion evident in her voice.

"Well, we're n-" She cut herself off and paused for a moment, her face betrayed the fact that she was deep in thought. She sighed and pinched her nose. "Just don't do it again, you Oaf."

She shrugged before putting her helmet back on. "Whatever ya say, Ice Queen… Anyways, let's get moving."

With that, she started jogging towards the forest. We followed her and after about half an hour, arrived at an abandoned building. The structure itself looked to be an L-shaped two-story house just opposite a two-stall garage. Some of the white siding on the south side had started peeling off, exposing the wooden outer shell of the house. The front, east, side was half-covered in vines, which themselves were half-dead. All of the visible shingles were either peeling or had fallen off due to disrepair, some places even had a hole in their stead. The garage appeared to be in slightly better shape, though not by much.

"Alright, team." My sister began. "Today we're gonna see how good you guys are at clearing a building."

"Ugh." Weiss snorted. "Why do we need to know this? We won't use it."

"Actually… you'll use it this weekend." Ruby stated.

Her partner crossed her arms. "Doing what, might I ask?"

My sister facepalmed. "The mission..."

"Oh…" Weiss said, dropping her arms. "I was under the impression we were apprehending criminals."

"We are, but do you think they'll come quietly?" She stretched out her arms. "So, I'm gonna make sure you know how to clear a room correctly." She pointed towards the house. "I want that building cleared, you three will do it by yourselves first, then I'll accompany you the second time and correct any mistakes that are bound to crop up. You have five minutes to prepare, time starts now." She said as she walked away.


/-\ Ruby Rose /-\


I strode behind the house and quickly activated my active camouflage. My team didn't know about most, if not all, of my armor's abilities, and I would rather it be kept that way. That said, this was the only way to observe them without placing cameras, that I don't have, inside the home. I crept into the living room, being careful to not make any noise.

The hours I had spent away from my team were pretty much all dedicated to making sure this house wasn't going to cave in on itself, given its condition. The structure itself turned out to be surprisingly sound, supporting my MJOLNIR without issue, it was only the cosmetics, and the few gaping holes in the roof, that needed any real attention. Speaking of holes, I found a nice little crack in the wall leading to an adjacent room.

The crack itself was far too small for anyone to fit through, though it was perfect to look through. Seconds after I had settled, the front door flew open and the three stooges barged in… …not even checking the corners behind them… I sighed, knowing this was going to be a long day...


"Alright, this is it." I said to my team. We were all dressed in our infiltrator uniforms, including myself. After seeing how identifiable their hair made them, I encouraged everyone to wear some form of hat, though I ultimately left it up to them as to which one they chose. Weiss was the most reluctant, but I explained it to her that she should be the most concerned, given that she was not only the heiress to a multi-billion Lien company, but also that her hair color was very identifiable among her family. Thusly, she agreed and decided to wear a full-on balaclava. Yang went for a simple toque, keeping her mask. Blake, however, decided to go full pants-on-head and donned a black top hat, also keeping her mask. I thought about objecting, then I realized that it was so unlike her that it was perfect.

To round off my disguise additions, I decided to join Blake in her craziness and got a fedora. I had thought about having everyone get colored contacts to hide their eye-color, but that turned out to be unnecessary…

...Except for me.

I did a quick hack of Vale's databases – Their security is literally centuries out of date – and found that I was the only one on the team with a unique eye color. Interestingly, I found an old legend about those with silver eyes while I was at it and filed it away for later review; even the most outlandish legends have some hint of truth within, after all… Anyways, today I was not Ruby Rose potentially the last 'Silver-Eyed Warrior', but instead I was a black-clad infiltrator whose only discernible features were her snow white skin and piercing cyan eyes.

"Everyone remember the plan?" I asked, receiving a trio of nods. "Alright, remember: non-lethal if you can help it." We lined up on the door and I readied my still-unnamed weapon. I would enter first and sweep right, Blake would be behind me and sweep left, our partners would then enter and sweep the far sides of the room. I held up my hand, three fingers extended.

Two.

One.

I kicked the door down and swept my rifle to its designated spot. "Right clear!" I announced as I swung my weapon to the far side of the room. I saw a wide-eyed doe Faunus on the far side as I heard a thud coming from my left. I assumed that the others had that threat covered and moved towards the unknown contact. "HANDS UP! ON YOUR KNEES!" She hesitated for a split second before reaching for the small of her back. I sprinted forwards and hit her in the head with the butt of my rifle, knocking her out cold. "Four! Secure her!" I ordered as I ran over to the only other doorway in the room.

My sister quickly approached and started tying her up with the rope she brought. "I've got her."

I gave a nod of affirmation as I stood at the doorway. "Two, Three, status?"

"Right behind you." Weiss replied as she fell into formation.

Blake was right behind her. "Ready."

I nodded, still facing the door, and held up another three fingers. Again, I kicked open the door when my countdown reached zero. I rounded my corner and a bullet whizzed past my head. I immediately returned fire and soon the would-be assailant lied dead, his chest riddled with bullets. I turned around and saw a thrown knife skid off my partner's aura. Before it even hit the ground, I had already turned towards the source, snapped my rifle on target, and squeezed the trigger.

A hazel aura flared on my target, a Human male dressed in a blue trench coat, and shattered when the last bullet of my magazine impacted it. I sprinted over to him, reloading as I went. He had collapsed behind a pillar and managed to get a shot off with his pistol as I rounded it, though I saw it coming from a mile away and dodged with ease. I kicked the weapon out of his hand before bringing my foot around to the back of his head, knocking him out.

I surveyed the room, it was slightly larger than the last one and filled with supplies, though the only other way out was a currently-closed garage door. The area was clear of hostiles, though the police would eventually come… my assault rifle isn't exactly quiet, after all…

"Three! Got one for ya!" I stowed my weapon and took out my duffel bag. "Alright, ladies! Time to loot 'n scoot!" I shouted as I started to pry open everything I could. The first box I found held food, the next held some old-looking rocks, the third, however, held what I was looking for. Lien cards. And lots of them.

I quickly stuffed the money into my bag and moved onto the next one which contained- "Ugh! What were these people doing?!" My partner shouted.

"They're smugglers, or at least were before we got here, what'd ya find?"

"Some white powder, it's in uniformly sized bags and it doesn't feel like dust."

"Probably drugs." I said as I tossed aside another box full of useless things. I cracked open one final box and- "Oh… what do we have here?" I said. "Two, I found your dust."

"What?!" She said, basically teleporting to me. "Give it here!" She took one of the crystals. "Yes, this is definitely Schnee dust." She announced while stuffing her duffel bag.

"Alright, cops'll be here any minute, let's get a move on!"


"Seven minutes thirty-five seconds," I stated before nodding. "good job, team RWBY." We had gone back to the abandoned house after our 'mission'… well, the garage, that is. Its much more secure, given that it doesn't have any holes in it.

My partner immediately tore off her balaclava and started undoing the tight braid that my sister had shown her how to do. "Ugh, finally. I hate this thing already."

"Heh, I did say that it'd take some getting used to, Ice Queen." She groaned. "Anyways, lets see if we made the news." I said as I opened my scroll and opened the Vale News Network app.

"…olice have not released a statement so far, though reports of automatic gunfire have everyone in the area worried. Wait, this just in. We are live with Officer Brown of the Vale Police Department." The announcer said.

The camera cut to a police officer standing at a podium that adorned the VPD seal. "We have both good news and bad news about this… incident… The good news is that the people that were attacked were part of a widely known and highly wanted group of smugglers and drug runners called the 'Blazing Sun', it's safe to say that this particular branch will no longer be causing the citizens of Vale any grief." He sighed. "However, that is where the good news ends. The presence of at least one fully-automatic weapon among the attackers is all but confirmed, due to the presence of twenty-seven medium caliber bullet wounds on the only casualty of the raid, though no bullet casings were found at the scene. Interestingly enough, an entire crate of cocaine was found seemingly untouched by the raiders, though almost every box in the entire warehouse had been searched. It is clear that the attackers were looking for something, and whether or not they found it, we have no idea. All we know is that they were extremely organized and had this all planned out to a tee. The survivors have yet to wake up, meaning that we do not have any more to offer the public. We'll update you on the situation as it develops."

I shut my scroll and smirked. "Well, how does it feel to have your first black op under your belt?"

Yang glared at me. "You said we were going non-lethal."

"Yea, that was the plan… until some fuckwit thought it'd be a good idea shoot at me." I paused. "Anyways, what'd we all get for a haul? I got about a thousand Lien, divided three ways that's about three hundred thirty-three for each of us."

Weiss raised an eyebrow. "Only three ways?"

"Yeah, I thought you said you didn't want money."

She huffed. "I never said that, I only said I didn't need it. I would much rather not have to rely on my father for anything."

I shrugged. "Okay then, two hundred fifty for each of us... What'd you all get?"

Blake held out a tube of some kind. "I got this, I think it's a suppressor for a rifle."

I nodded, and my sister stepped forward next. "I got some Lien too, about four-hundred."

We all turned to my partner. "I retrieved several uncut dust crystals and about two dozen vials of dust powder, all of varying types, Schnee Company munitions-grade."

I clapped my hands together. "Alright! Looks like a good haul. Me and Yang will share the Lien with everyone, anyone want the suppressor?" Weiss and Yang shook their heads. "Well, looks like you can keep it, Blake. Now, what're ya gonna do with the dust, Weiss?"

She raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? I fully intend on returning it to-"

I held up my hand. "Hold on just a minute there. I'm just gonna say right now that that's not the best idea."

She crossed her arms. "Oh? Care to explain?"

"Because look at it this way: Who sells dust back to a shop? And wouldn't it be a little suspicious if the heiress to the entire SDC comes into a shop and tries to sell such a small amount? Instead of, you know, negotiating for a contract or something."

She deflated. "I… concede your point… But what am I supposed to do with this, then?"

"Well, the vials are easy. Just use 'em with Myrtenaster."

"They aren't the correct size. Myrtenaster uses fifteen millimeter vials, these are forty millimeter." She said.

"Well, could you re-fill your used ones?" I asked earnestly.

She blinked. "Theoretically, yes. Though it would be difficult."

I shrugged. "Use a funnel."

"I… suppose that could work…" She paused. "What about the crystals?"

I hummed in thought. "Well, I could use more grenades…"

She sighed and pinched her nose. "Let me guess… you want me to do it?"

"Yep!" I said, popping the 'P'. "You are the dust expert, after all."

She crossed her arms. "No."

I flashed a Lien card in her face. "I'll pay you."

"Deal." She tried to swipe it out of my hand.

"Ahahah!" I shouted, quickly pulling the card away. "You make the goods and you'll get the cash."

"Hmph. Fine. What would you even like?"

"Well, let's see what cha got."


/-\ Yang Xiao Long; Beacon Academy Grounds /-\


I sat on a tree branch, one leg hanging over the side, while reading my dust textbook. I don't know why, but even as far back as Signal Academy, I've preferred to study this way. Just out in nature, usually nestled in the branches of a tree, studying. Back on Patch, I'd outfitted my favorite tree with a battery-powered light so that I could read well into the night if I needed to. Here, I haven't gotten around to it yet, though I'm sure I will over the next four years.

I sighed, still unable to concentrate. This had been an occasional problem ever since the raid last week, I'd go out into the woods to my new favorite tree and stare at a page for ten minutes or more at a time. Ruby had said that we needed to lay low, said we didn't want to go on another one for a while as to not attract any attention to ourselves. Both Ruby and Weiss seemed to have taken it in stride, with the former going on as if nothing had happened and the latter acknowledging that, although the person didn't deserve to die, it was a good thing the smugglers were caught.

I had gone to somewhat of a middle ground between them and my partner, agreeing with Weiss for the most part, but also doubting that we should have done it in the first place. Blake, however, had started to become even more distant than she already was, constantly going to the library to read and other times just straight up disappearing.

I heard a rustle coming from beside me and I turned to face it… …only to see my partner standing on a nearby branch eying me curiously. "Hey." She greeted.

"Uhh… Hey Blake. What're you doing here?"

She eyed me for a moment before letting herself drop and landing in a perfect sitting position on her branch. "I… need to talk to you…"

"Uhh, okay…" I said, stowing my book in a satchel that I brought with. "Wait, how'd you know I was up here?"

"You really aren't that hard to track." I tilted my head in confusion. "I was a hunter at one point, remember?"

"Oh yeah… forgot about that… So, uhh... what'd ya wanna talk about?"

She sighed. "It's Ruby…" I nodded, signaling her to continue. "She… well, she reminds me of someone…" She trailed off.

"I'm guessing that's not a good thing." I said, catching her meaning.

"No, it isn't." She sighed again. "He was the leader of our… group… Sometimes Humans would die when we were… defending ourselves… He'd always make excuses, 'They got in the way' 'They attacked us' 'They wouldn't surrender' were the most common." I mentally noted that she used 'Humans' as an 'other' group. "I confronted her an hour after it happened, Yang… And I saw the same lack of empathy that he showed, used the same excuses, too." She paused, taking a deep breath. "The only difference I see between them is that I honestly don't think she went in intending to kill anyone… But that's how he started, too…"

I thought about a solution for a moment. "Well… we could have a team meeting about it. She definitely needs to try harder to not kill people."

She thought about it for a moment before giving a hesitant nod. "Okay." I nodded and started to get up. "I don't trust Weiss either, though."

I paused and sat back down. "Why's that?"

"Why? She's a Schnee. That automatically makes her a racist rich snob, and I'm sure that's an accurate statement."

I was taken aback by her outburst. "Uhh… What?" She opened her mouth to retort, but I cut her off. "I heard you. So, let me get this straight. You're angry at a group of people for universally possessing a set of traits?" she nodded. "That's… kinda racist, Blake. Well, family-ist, in this case… Don't get me wrong, though, I really don't like what Jacques does with his Faunus workers. It's just that… Weiss is her own person, give her a chance to prove herself."

Over the course of my little rant, her face had morphed into several different emotions. First was confusion, then fury, then confusion again, and now… shame. "I… I don't know what to say…" She said as her bow deflated.

'Huh… weird.' I idly thought, but I shrugged it off. "Well, no sense in waiting, I guess." I said as I opened my scroll and called my teammates.

Her eyes widened. "W- What're you doing?!" She said as she reached for my scroll, almost falling from her perch.

"I'm calling the meeting right now." She opened her mouth to retort, but I again cut her off. "The longer we wait with this, the more screaming and hurt feelings will get involved. It's best we do it now."

She sighed. "...Fine."


The door clicked behind me as I entered our dorm room. "Alright, so what's this about?" My sister asked.

I looked over at my partner, who had a very sheepish look on her face, and I elected to speak up for her. "W- Well… some of us are a bit worried about your… uhh… habits, in combat…"

She raised an eyebrow. "Hmm? And what habits would those be?"

"Uh, umm-"

"Wedontwantyoukillinganymorealright?!" My partner blurted out shortly before covering her mouth.

She stayed quiet for a moment, obviously contemplating something. Finally, she sighed. "We should take this somewhere else… Somewhere quieter." She burst into rose petals and reformed into her suit. "C'mon, I know a place."

I stepped between her and the door. "Oh no, we are having a conversation right now!"

She shrugged. "I didn't say we weren't, I'm just sayin' it might get a bit noisy in here…"

I started to speak up, but Blake cut me off. "She's worried about eavesdroppers."

"Yes, thank you, Blake. Now, if everyone would follow me…"


"You could have just told us to meet you at the Shack." Weiss remarked, the shack referring to the abandoned house Ruby found.

She shrugged. "Eh, this makes it look like I'm less likely to ditch you."

She raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Are you, now?"

"Nope." She said, not popping the 'P' like she normally does. She sighed. "Follow me."

She led us into the detached garage before shutting the door behind us. She walked over to the rusted hulk of a car and her partner, again, raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing, you Oaf? That won't budge in a million-" She shoved the car aside with a half-hearted push before turning to face us. If she weren't wearing a helmet, I would be able to see the smirk that I'm sure adorned her face. "…years." She pinched her nose. "I'm not sure why I even bother anymore…"

She pried off a sheet of metal from the floor, exposing a hidden entrance to the basement that none of us knew existed. "This'll be quiet enough, everybody inside." We hesitated for a second before my partner shrugged and began to climb down the ladder. I followed her with Weiss behind me. Lastly, Ruby started to enter, but paused to replace both the car and the metal sheet.

"I can't see a thing." I muttered.

"Hang on, I think I've…" My partner started before I heard a click and the lights came on. "…got it." The room we found ourselves in looked fairly old, even though the walls themselves were lined with modern cinder blocks. The room itself was fairly spacious, with the ceiling being about seven feet tall. There were some unopened crates lined with cobwebs along one of the walls with what looked to be an old radio sat atop one. Funnily enough, another armor rack resided in one corner… with my sister stepping into it. The rest of the room was empty, though the cement floor looked to be newly swept.

"Okay," Weiss started. "first of all, why all the secrecy? And why did you bring that projector?"

The last rose clicked into place on my sister, though she wore a grim expression. She sat down on one of the crates. "It's time I told you what I really am."


(A/N) Aaaaand now _WBY finally gets to find out about Reach! and Spartans! and Covvies! They probably won't be excited about that last one though. Fun fact: originally, i planned on Yang swiping Ruby's recording chip and her sister walking in on her watching the fall of Reach. Only reason i scrapped it was because i couldn't come up with a believable way for Ruby to not go on a murderous rampage and horribly maim her sister for invasion of privacy.

Another thing, I decided to spare you guys the details of another training session... there's already enough of those in this story and its only chapter six... Aaaand i just realized that I chose to have Noble Six decide to reveal her backstory in chapter six... Another completely unintentional thing.

As far as their armor goes, I haven't decided on what mods they'll each have, but it'll all be based on ODST armor. Maybe an armored combat skirt for Weiss? Heavier armor for Yang? Idk. And I'm at the same stage for their secondary weapons.

Lastly, with the size of Myrtenaster's vials, I was kinda curious as to how big they actually were so I watched the V5E2 scene where Weiss is loading her weapon with dust. I noticed that one vial was about the same diameter as her thumb so I looked up women's ring sizes. Weiss has small hands, even for a girl, and so I went one size smaller than average (size six vs size seven) and found it to be 16.6 millimeters for the inside diameter, (I would've went even smaller, but then I remembered I was measuring her thumb) thus, I rounded it down to a nice even 15... Though the size of the ones she got in the raid were completely arbitrary.

Also, I realize that it's kinda jarring to go from 'stop killing people' to 'let me tell you my life story', but it'll be addressed in the next chapter.

Now for the reviews!

raw666 - If all goes according to Ruby's plan, no one outside of her team will know the Covenant even exists... buuuut you know what they say: The plan never survives first contact with the enemy. Also, yeah... that would inspire a lot of fear in humanity.

Dragon lord Syed 101 - Thanks! With the ships, I still plan on having them in the story, but again, they will not take the center stage. It'll be more like a side plot that hangs around for a few chapters while things get going. I haven't really decided when to start them, but I've narrowed it down to two possible start points: 1) near the end of Vol 2. 2) During Vol 4. Sooo in the near-ish future or the far future.

Guest 1 - Because Qrow was an idiot and didn't look to see if it was closed... also, its funny.

Guest 2 - Thanks! And no comment on who the ships are between.

And that does it for Chapter Six, the next one is called 'Hyper Lethal Vector'.