And we are back with Volume 2 proper. Also Happy Valentines day.

So i hope you enjoy this story.

Frenda looked over at the landing pad watching the incoming ship, its fish like appearance giving it away as an Atlas transport.

"Is that her's?" Frenda heard a voice coming from behind her.

Turning Frenda saw Beurling standing behind her looking intently at the transport. "Yeah it's her's, don't worry you'll see your girlfriend soon."

Beurling broke her gaze from the transport to look Frenda "She's not my girlfriend." she protested.

"Oh, so you proposed already then?"

"Will you stop?" Beurling growled. Though Frenda saw the hint of a blush on her cheeks.

Frenda giggled a little but stopped teasing. As she turned back, she saw the transport land and the people disembark.

Frenda saw the person that both Beurling and herself were there to meet, Tomoko getting off the ramp and spotting her two friends before going up and hugging the pair.

"How was the trip?" Frenda asked.

"Not too bad, had some issues trying to keep my distance from Blau, but other then that it was fine."

"Did she try anything?" Beurling asked, Frenda knew the answer, the last time Blau tried to have a go at Tomoko, Beurling and herself had called her and her team out to a duel and trashed them, after that they had got the message mess with Tomoko you answer to her knight, as everyone else call Beurling behind her back.

"What and have another beat down from us again, come on she'd not that stupid." Frenda grinned.

"I don't know, she's got herself well in over her head before."

"No, she didn't come near me." Tomoko smiled "By the way where's Maple I thought she came back before me?"

"Oh, she's at Sara and Alia's shop." Beurling answered.

"Yeah she's getting the final touches to her rifle done."

"Is that still not done?" Tomoko asked "I would have thought it would have been easy."

"Well she wanted to change some parts of the rifle, so it took longer." Frenda explained.

Tomoko nodded and the three girls headed back to the room. Frenda set off first Beurling was behind her carrying Tomoko's bag for her. Frenda smiled at this but kept the teasing to herself this time, it was nice to see Beurling open up a bit more from when they first met.

After they had put Tomoko's bag in her room the trio headed to the shop to meet up with their leader. As they walked in they saw her talking with Sara, Frenda noticed that Maple had changed up her cloths, the head band was still the same but the chest plate was gone, also gone was her old trousers replaced with a pair of lose grey trousers, also changed was the over coat and shirt, replaced by red top.

"How does it look?" Maple asked.

"Nice." Spoke Beurling.

"Yeah it looks lovely." Tomoko spoke.

"That is a lot better than the old stuff in this heat." Frenda responded "Though what happened to the chest plate?"

"It's still in my room, wasn't sure what to do with it."

Just then Alia came out with Maples rifle slung over her shoulder. "Here all done, I've not touched the sights as much as possible so they should still be ok, also threw in a barrel free clean." Alia spoke as she handed the rifle to Maple.

"Thank you for this." Maple smiled. To Frenda she looked like she was reunited with an old friend after a long time apart.

Gone from the rifle was the axe head and near the butt plate was wooden ball fixed into the stock. "What's with the changes to the stock?" Tomoko asked.

"Oh, I found swinging the rifle like this." Maple demonstrated her old way, which did look a bit ungainly and haphazard "Wasn't working and I was using the butt as a club more, so I thought why not make it a proper club, plus it helps me adjust my aim at times."

After a few minutes of catching up back at the team room there was a knock at the door. Tomoko walked up to the door and opened it to reveal Fídi standing in the door, her hood covering her face with the darkness behind her, making her look sinister, like a character Frenda had seen in one of Tomoko's books she had in her room.

"May I come in?" she spoke in her usual cold voice. Tomoko moved passed to let the teacher enter "Sorry to interrupt, but the head master is wanting to see you about something Maple and it's urgent."

"What did you two do when I wasn't looking?" Maple asked directing it at Beurling and Frenda.

"Hey don't look at me." Beurling spoke throwing up her hands.

"I'm innocent to." Frenda responded the same as Beurling "This time at least."

"It's not about something any of you has done." Fídi spoke "It's about possibly doing a mission, come Maple, Tammy will explain once you're there."

Maple stood up and followed the teacher out the door. "Doing a mission?" Frenda spoke confused "I thought we we're still off school for a few days?"

"We are." Beurling spoke "I get the feeling this is like the last time."

Everyone knew what Beurling was referring to, the mission with team shade that went south and ended up with Tomoko shot. Frenda glanced at Beurling, the brawler still had the stitching on the sleeve where she had been glanced by the bullet.

"Hey." Tomoko spoke sitting next to her partner "It won't be like last time, we're not as naive as back then."

"Yeah, plus we're better equipped than last time." Frenda spoke.

"You having more bombs is not better equipped, those timers still don't work properly."

"Oi, I said they weren't perfect when you used them!" Frenda pouted "It's not my fault they don't work right after five seconds."

"You made the things, said it was "ten seconds", it was more like six."

"I was only estimating, plus their better now."

"Beurling." Tomoko spoke up, putting her arm on Beurling's shoulder. "I'm sure Frenda's sorry, so let's not fight ok, let's leave it in the past please." Tomoko pleaded looking at Beurling.

Beurling sighed but let it go, Frenda smiled slightly, this wasn't the first time Tomoko had reigned Beurling in like this, she'd clearly been learning from Maple that she needed to calm her partner at times, much like Maple did with herself.

After a few minutes of waiting Fídi came back saying that the head teacher wanted to speak to all of them. Once they got to the headmaster's office Fídi lead them through a door that said "private office", Frenda had never been in this room before it looked like a section from an old library with the walls covered in book on shelves surrounding a giant oak table, to the side was a Falcon in a cage, watching the new arrivals intently.

To the side of the table was Maple looking at a map when the team walked through. "What's going on?" Tomoko asked.

"This mission we've been asked to do." Maple began "This one I feel I need your input on it." The sniper explained.

"What is it?" Beurling asked coldly, enough that it would give Fídi a run for her money.

"It's a rescue mission." Tammy answered standing up.

"About two days ago an Atlas transport was brought down, the crew were captured, they want help getting the crew back."

"This is out of our league." Beurling countered immediately "This is a professional's job and why are we helping the Atlas military anyway, let them deal with it."

"Blunt as ever miss Beurling." Tammy observed "Your right this is out your league, but sadly circumstance has played us a bad hand, all our professional huntsmen and huntresses are unavailable, the Grimm have been strangely extra busy of late and our defences are being pushed, i don't want to do this but you're the only full team still at the school." Tammy sighed "As such myself and Fídi will be accompanying you if you accept and to answer your second question, the Atlas forces in the area are unfamiliar with the land so need guides."

Tammy sat down again "I won't lie to you; this is the last thing I want to do, but the Atlas forces are insisting and unfortunately we have no time get more experienced huntsmen."

"What's so important about this crew?" Frenda asked.

"It's who they were transporting that is important and unfortunately Atlas is being very secretive on the matter." Tammy bemoaned.

Beurling scoffed "Typical."

"Would you like to expand on that?" Fídi inquired.

"I get the taste of bureaucracy here, some red tape says they can't tell us, which means it's something dodgy as all hell, and when it sounds dodgy its usually because someone's covering their backside or their profit margin, in my experience." Beurling ranted.

"Beurling stop." Tomoko pleaded while placing her hand on Beurling's chest and staring at the brawler, before she said something that would get her in trouble. Beurling took a deep breath and stopped anything else she was about to say and Frenda could see a light blush on Beurling and Tomoko's cheeks when the pair noticed how this looked.

Tammy then spoke up "I can't deny your observation, but it is what it is, the call is yours will you go or not?"

"Well team?" Maple asked turning to them and turning her back to Tammy.

"What do you think, boss?" Frenda asked her leader.

"I agree with Beurling this sounds odd, but theirs also people in need of help and I feel we need to answer." Maple answered.

Frenda heard Tomoko speak next "Me to, they need us and we're all that's available." Tomoko looked right at Beurling before speaking again "Beurling?"

"I don't like being kept in the dark, it's not a reason for me trust someone, especially if it puts people at risk and I'm just not looking forward to working with the Atlas military." Beurling sighed "But Tomoko's right, they need help and we're it, so I'm in."

"Aw, following Tomoko as ever I see." Frenda joked, getting Beurling and Tomoko blushing "Well I can't let you have all the fun now can I, so I'm in to."

"It looks like we're going." Maple spoke with a smile turning back to Tammy.

"Good, we'll be leaving tomorrow so get some rest." Tammy informed the team before dismissing them.

On the way back Beurling said she had to go to the shop and tell Sara, Alia and Klara that she would be away for a bit, while Tomoko, Maple and Frenda went back to the room to get an early night.

(Meanwhile in the headmaster's office)

"So, what you thinking?" Tammy asked sensing Fídi behind her as she looked out the window behind her table.

"Beurling's got a point, even if she is quite blunt about it."

"So, you like her then?" Tammy asked, with a smile.

"She's impressed me, all four of them have in fact and it doesn't change that this is dodgy, you sure we can't be told?"

"No, they were explicit on that fact, we can't know who they were transporting." Tammy fumed.

"Not like you to cave to the demands of Atlas." Fídi spoke.

"It wasn't Atlas that insisted, it was the headmaster of Vale that insisted."

"Vale?" Fídi muttered genuinely surprised.

"Yeah, wouldn't say much, just that I couldn't ask questions on why this was so important." Tammy groaned "I don't think he trusts me much considering this is only my second year here."

Tammy heard Fídi laugh as she leaned on the table "Old goat." Fídi put her hand on Tammy's shoulder "Let him keep his secrets, all we need to do is keep those kids safe and that's all."

"I thought you weren't the soft type anymore?"

Fídi pulled her hood down revealing her blindfolded face again looking at the headmaster "People change, since you brought me in last year I've grown to care for my students, guess I've softened a little."

Tammy giggled "What?" Fídi asked.

"Sorry, it's just when you started, I didn't think you'd call them your students, anyway we got a long few days ahead so get some sleep."

Fídi got up and pulled the hood up again "Night." Tammy spoke.

"Good night, captain." Fídi replied.

Oooh whats going to happen this time and who is this mysterious person that Atlas is so interested in getting back.

Any advice for my writing is appreciated.