Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Wolf and Reaper. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Vale, isolated island.)
Azul rushed at the first Beowolf and then lopped its head off before he was thrown to the side by an Ursa.
He sighed and he groaned while he cracked his neck before he rushed back into the fight while he watched he Beowolf ended up getting half its face blown off by a shot from Ruby.
"That girl scares me…" Azul muttered before an Android charged at him, he did nothing before a shot from Yang sent the glaive-wielding machine tumbling into the water where it began to sink and short circuit.
"Thank you, Yang," Azul said before his ears wiggled under his hood and he turned to block another glaive-wielding android as the machine tried to stab him from behind.
Azul watched sparks fly from his sword before he leaped back and then watched Vermillion fire at the leg of the machine while making it bend down before Azul stabbed his sword into its head.
He twisted his hand until the machine's head was wrenched off it and he tossed it into the ocean. He then flipped backward and brushed off his sword which had oil on it from the hydraulics and he sighed while he rolled his eyes.
He turned to look around before Weiss stabbed a Beowolf in the chest before the Grimm toppled over and then died. He rushed off after the next Beowolf, he ended up slashing it in the chest before he shot it in the chest.
"These Grimm can be pretty much annoying at the time." He muttered before the Ursa he saw before knocked him backward.
He watched another Android rush at him before opening fire as he rushed away. He backflipped forward and then he dug his claws and rushed to the side.
"We have to end the rest of them!" Azul yelled before another shot from Ruby which decapitated another Beowolf.
The Grimm collapsed to the ground, its head missing. Azul twirled his weapon and looked behind him at the rest of the group.
"We're going to die…" Azul muttered, he ended up looking at another android before he saw a third shot fire through its core.
"No, we aren't going to die," Ruby stated before the last of the group collapsed to the ground. Azul looked around and saw that all of the Grimm were gone as were the rest of the androids.
So, either they killed the entire group… Or Merlot had moved the last of his forces to the base he had and was waiting for them to catch up.
"I don't like this, things are never this easy… NEVER…" Azul said, popping a fresh magazine into his weapon and then tossing the other one to the side. He sheathed his weapon on his hip and brushed off his hands while turning towards Ruby and moving his hood until it was off his head.
Then he pulled his scarf away and sighed. He wondered how much Merlot had truly prepared for them to locate him and how much he had made up and planned for off the top of his head.
If he was smart enough to plan this out step by step as he went along? Then the man was a danger to the entire planet it seemed.
"Rubes, is it me, or are there fewer androids here than what we saw?" Azul asked while he brushed off his coat and looked around to make sure he wasn't missing any soldiers or not seeing one.
"Yes, we weren't missing any… They're just not here… I think Merlot brought them back to his lab." Ruby said, leaning Crescent Rose on her shoulder while Azul sighed again and brought a hand to his face.
"That's what I thought… Merlot must have seen us while we were planning and setting up a trap. He left these guys as an advance force and brought what was left to his base... I hate when the bad guy uses his brain." Azul said, rubbing his ears and then turning towards Ruby.
"What do we do now? We go after him, we're doing it alone, we're going to end up dealing with this guy solo… I wish we hadn't chosen to deal with Merlot on our own and turned down Ozpin's offer to come back at the last second…" Azul muttered before Weiss spoke up.
"We've come too far to quit now… We have to bring down Merlot, if we don't, who knows what he'll do." Weiss stated while Azul and Ruby shared a look.
"We're going after him then… We just need to be able to pilot the ship and we can get going." Azul said while Ruby smirked and wondered who would be able to fly the transport ship or if it was autopiloted.
Either way, they would get to Merlot and end things with him.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter did don't! I want to point out that I didn't intend to take this long to make the next chapter for this story, I just didn't know what to write next. The next chapter will be on Sunday or so hopefully and will show RWBY and AMET at Merlot's base and prepare to finish things with him. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!