RWBY: Shadow Company
Chapter 27
"Search the area! They couldn't have gone far!" Shouted the commander.
"Yes, sir!"
"And would someone bring me Torchwick over here!" He demanded.
Two of his men were dragging Roman over.
"Can you be a little gentle with me? I'm not going anywhere." Roman casually asked.
Roman sighed, "Oh, you again. Do you need something from me?"
The commander grabs him by his collar and brings him closer to his face.
"Woah, relax, buddy. I didn't mean to hurt your feeling again." Roman smirked.
"I have had enough of your games, thief, no more jokes. And I want answers, now! Tell me, just who are they? Why are they so hard to track down and kill?"
His grip was shaking with rage. Roman was unfazed by him.
He shrugs at him, "What? Do you mean those two? Those two shadows who have managed to destroy your entire convoy and got away with the girl? And got you in a wild goose chase? Are you sure it's those two?"
The commander shakes him, "Yes! Them! Tell me!"
His voice startled the soldiers. But Roman rubs his ear.
He wipes the saliva off his face, "Okay, let me repeat this one more time. But first, can you let me down?" He said.
Neo appears before them, pulling her blade from her parasol.
The commander nods and puts him down.
"Thank you, now, where was I?" He lights a cigar and takes a quick puff.
"When I said that they would come after you, they will. And now, look where you are."
Neo shakes her head.
"Those two are shadows. But you've already known. However, they are not 'normal' shadows. They are highly trained and honed in their craft. They might even be older than you. But. Hey, who knows? And, they have quite the history in their work."
"And how is that information supposed to help me? I already know that. What I want to know is who they are. I want names, backgrounds, family, anything that can help me."
Roman looks at Neo. She shrugs as well.
He sighs as he shakes his head, "There's nothing much I can tell you. I've already said what you needed to know. There are more questions than answers that even I wouldn't dare to ask."
"Bullshit."
"Oh, but yes. You all thought this would be easy. And I love watching you all fail. I wonder if your Queen should know about this? Does she know about this? Have you told her yet?"
But the commander remained silent.
"Hmm, then I should-"
The commander pulled out his pistol and aimed.
Right on queue, Neo comes up from behind and places her blade on the commander's neck. The fanatics aimed their guns at her as well.
"You think your little gun will scare me? Because it doesn't. I've faced worst than you."
The commander smirks, "By who, the shadows?"
Roman didn't respond. He looks calmly at him.
"You wouldn't want my partner to kill everyone here now, would you? With all these guns, do you think that will stop her? I mean, even if you die right here. Your Queen wouldn't care about you or your men. And she could always replace any of you."
Roman steps aside from the gun, "And trust me when I say this. Those two are not to be fucked. You push them long enough, and they will come after you. I've been there, and it is not pretty to look at."
The commander continued to stare into Roman's cold eyes, trying to find if he was bluffing him. But no matter how hard he tried.
He wasn't.
Roman is not afraid of him. Was what he said all this time true? Not some stupid attempt to scare them?
"Having second thoughts? First time?" Roman asked smugly.
He puts down his gun. Roman signals Neo to let go of him and return to his side.
"If you thought this would be easy, then I can assure you it's not. There may be two. But even one is dangerous enough. Gunslinger. Beast. A wired combination. But one hell of a combination."
"Beast?" The commander asked.
Roman nods, "Legends from the past. A fairytale for children."
"What is he saying?" One of the fanatics asked.
"Let him think for a moment. He'll get the picture soon." Roman said.
Legend? Fairytale? Gunslinger. Beast.
The commander gasped, "The gunslinger in the north."
Roman lifts his eyebrows, "Go on." He gestures to him with his hand.
No, it can't be.
"The b-beast in the s-south? Is that what you're telling me this entire time? Those two are related to them somehow!?"
Roman shrugged again.
The commander's face twisted with both fear and denial.
"The rest of you continue the search! I need to find a place to calm myself!"
"Yes, sir!"
"This isn't over between us, Torchwick!" He said before leaving them alone.
Roman takes a puff, "You see that, Neo? The only language that these idiots understand is violence and fear. Mostly fear."
Neo nods her head eagerly.
"I probably should have told him he has no chance against them. All of this is just pointless."
Neo laughs silently.
"Excuse me, are you Roman Torchwick?"
"Yes, and who am I speaking-"
"Inform the commander that his failures will no longer hinder the Queen. We will be dealing with the girl." Said the armored mercenary.
Neo hides behind Roman.
"This is nonsense! I have complete control of the situation." Said the commander, coming back from his spot.
But as soon as they see him, one of them activates an electric coil around the commander's body, delivering a shock. He screams in pain as the rest watches.
"Step aside, grunts. We'll be taking over the mission."
Neo tugs Roman's coat.
"I know, Neo. I hate them just as much as you do." He whispers.
"Send a message to the boss. Tell him we have assumed command and will commence our mission." Said the leader.
Roman and Neo watch from the side.
"This is not good. Look's like the doctor's boys are in charge now."
A/N: Woah. Who are these guys? They look serious with that much high-tech. I wonder what Watts has been making in the background? Indeed it's not a mercenary group of his own, right? Sure, he's smart and all, but there's no way. Right?
All jokes aside, I can see Watts doing this. He is an inventor, no doubt that he knows how to design weapons and armor that no one has ever seen before. More bad guys coming, it's like a video game trope, the more you progress, the tougher the bad guys get. Are these guys a threat to Frost and Leon? Yes. And for a reason in a later chapter.
For this chapter, I wanted to explain that Roman and Neo know what they are heading into. But not the commander and his goons. But after the failure of not capturing the Schnee family and securing Weiss. Someone has to fix this.
I hope this chapter is okay.
Thanks for reading.