Chapter 12

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Team ELSK room, after classes

Esdeath gathered all of her teammates and Team TRWB in her team room, she was sitting on her bed

"So you are probably questioning why I gather all of you in my room today" Esdeath begun to speak "In the recent times I discovered few things about this world. The information ,that my team recovered, show how this society is on the verge of collapse, soon or later somebody will do his move and everything will fall in the chaos." Esdeath stated but to her surprise no one in the room was shocked.

"Well, isn't the best scenario for you, Esdeath?" Bulat asked

Esdeath sighted "I have to admit that it is" Esdeath looked at Tatsumi "But I made a promise that I'm not going to break"

"So what we can do?" Run asked

"We wait and we prepare for the worst" Esdeath replied

"What?! We should tell everything to somebody! We should warn everybody" Wave begun to speak

"No we shouldn't." Tatsumi spoke "because we'll spread the panic between the population"

"Tatsumi is right, if we do that we'll make things easier for the enemy" Run added

"Plus, I also think that this government is corrupted, not at the level of the empire but still corrupted" Tatsumi said

Seryu was about to burst out in rage but Esdeath quieted her.

"with all being said what we can do to prevent this disaster?" Bulat asked

"There is nothing that we can do to prevent this disaster. As I say we can only keep an eye on the situation, prepare ourselves " Esdeath said with a cold tone "But…we have to plan something for the afterwards"

"What do you mean?" Bulat asked as Tatsumi looked at Esdeath with a puzzled look

"Think about it. The government will not be able to handle the situation and the citizen will be leaved to themselves , they will be hopeless. For all that I care they can all die but I think that most of you want to save them " Esdeath stated , shocking everyone except Kurome and Liver

Wave was the one who decided to speak first "How we can help them?"

"By leading them and make them fight for their lives" Esdeath replied emotionless

"WHAT?! YOU WANT MAKE THEM A WEAPON?!" Wave shouted

"Calm down Wave and listen, If we make the citizen able to defend themselves they wouldn't need the government's protection and by that they can be independent" Esdeath said

"For what prize? More death, desperation and instability?" Bulat replied

"That's not necessary, there is another option but I don't think that you are going to like it." Esdeath stated

"Spill it out" Tatsumi said with a serious look

"We could make a new empire, free from the racism and without corruption" Esdeath explained

"and who is going to lead it? YOU?" Wave said with an angry tone

"No, I'm not that kind of leader….but Tatsumi is" Esdeath stated, looking right in Wave's eyes

Everybody in the room looked at Tatsumi, who was caught off guard

"M-Me? I'm only a boy from the campaign" Tatsumi stated

"You are the perfect choice. You are young, strong, humble and a leader. You will not be alone , we'll aid you" Esdeath said then silence filled up the room

Everyone in the room assumed a thoughtful expression and they were looking in each other eyes

"That….is something that I can agree on " Bulat said

"It's not that bad" Wave added

Run nodded

"If Wave agrees with this I also agree" Kurome stated

Everyone looked at Seryu and Liver

"I'm in" Liver said

Seryu sighted "Me too"

"there is one last thing that we need to take care of" Esdeath begun to say while she walked at the door. Then she opened it and Team RWBY and JNPR fell inside the room

"Well….shit" Yang said with a nervous tone

"Sorry!" Ruby cried out

Weiss and Blake remained silent. Everyone in the room was astonished

"How much you heard?" Run said with a cold tone

"Just a little" Ruby replied but Run keep staring at her. "we heard everything, please don't kill us!" Ruby admitted as she lowered her head

Bulat begun to laugh "You were there the whole time and we didn't notice, you must be something else"

"Well actually with Ren semblance..." Nora begun to say

"Nora not now" Ren stopped her. Then Blake cleared her throat

"Are you serious about what you just discussed?" Blake asked

"Yes we are" Esdeath replied

Blake looked at her "Then answer this question, what Empire are you talking about ?"

"sit down, it's going to be a very long story" Esdeath said with a serious tone

After more than an hour Esdeath concluded the story, there was several reaction. Ruby was completely shocked, she was speechless, she was…sad. Yang instead seemed to be angry at Esdeath, her eyes were red but she knew that she will not able to even hurt her. Blake was calm, she had neutral face. The team JNPR had similar reaction.

"So you killed a lot people" Ruby asked

"Yes" All of team RWBY and TRWB replied

" You destroyed a Robot bigger than a city?" Yang asked to Tatsumi

"Well, yes" Tatsumi admitted

"And your armors are actually living dragons?" Weiss asked

"Yes " Bulat replied

"do you have any other question?" Esdeath asked

"Yes, we do but they can wait. You said that you want create an empire where everyone were treated equally, you were also serious about that? " Blake asked

"Yes we were" Esdeath replied

Blake looked in Esdeath's eyes "You'll need help for that….and I'll gladly help you" Blake stated, everybody looked at her in disbelief

"Blake?! What are you saying?!" Weiss shouted

"If what they said is real, so many people will be in danger and as a huntress it's our duty to protect those who can't protect themselves! I'm scared ! I can't understand how everybody can be so calm after what happened at the docks! At least they are trying to figure out the situation and do something " Blake stated

"But we are only student" Weiss tried to reply

"No Weiss, WE are students but THEM?" Blake pointed at Team ELSK and TWRB "They are generals, professionals assassins and revolutionary leaders! Esdeath can take on an entire army alone and Tatsumi can destroy giant robots!"

"Blake is right, it's our duty as huntress . I'm in" Yang said

"We could be hero " Ruby cheered "I want to join too"

"I have my family, back in Atlas… I don't like all of them but and don't want them to get hurt" Weiss said

"If you join us, we'll protect them. After all the Dust is important here" Tatsumi spoke

"It's a promise?" Weiss

Tatsumi nodded in reply

"Fine" Weiss sighed

Then everybody looked at team JNPR

"And you?" Tatsumi asked

"We…" Jaune begun to say "decided to join you, until now all of you seemed to be good people so we'll trust you"

"Then it's settled" Tatsumi said with a satisfied look

"So what we do now?" Weiss asked

"Now we need to investigate, any idea where to start?" Tatsumi asked

"As part of the Schnee family I should be able to check the Schnee records for any other Dust robberies, or inconsistencies. I only need to go at the CCT tower" Weiss spoke

"The white fang has regular faction meetings to hand out orders and recruit new members. If I can get in, I can hopefully find out what they are planning." Blake said

"I have an old friend on the shady side of the town that typically knows everything going on in Vale. Getting information out of him shouldn't be too hard" Yang added

"Perfect, that's a start. I and Blake will infiltrate in the White Fang. Ruby, Weiss and Kurome will go at the CCT tower. Yang you will go to this friend of yours with Bulat, Wave and Esdeath. The rest will wait at the academy. Is everything clear?" Tatsumi stated

Everybody nodded

"Perfect, then let's go"

CCT Tower, same day

Weiss, Ruby and Kurome were heading at the tower just as planned. Once they arrived, Kurome couldn't help but notice the sizes of the tower

"That's a big tower" Kurome said

"You should see the one in Atlas " Weiss replied

"That was the first one right?" Ruby exclaimed excited

"Correct. Atlas developed the cross-continental transmit system to allow the four kingdoms to communicate with one another . It was their gift to the world after the great war " Weiss said with a proud tone

"Ooo look at me, my name is Weiss. I know facts, I'm rich! " Ruby mocked Weiss as she started to giggled

"Don't be a pest!" Weiss complained

"Oh! I'm going to take a picture!" Ruby tried to take out her scroll but she failed and she dropped it on the floor, but a girl picked up the scroll and gave it to her

"You drop this" The girls said

Ruby looked at the girl "Penny?! Where have you been?! We haven't seen since the night at the docks."

"S-sorry. I think you're confused " Penny said with a nervous tone "uh, I have to go." Then she started to walk away

"What was that about?" Weiss asked as Kurome shrug

"I don't know. But I'm going to find out. You go make your call, I'll meet up with you later!" Ruby stated while followed Penny.

Weiss sighed "Let's go Kurome"

Kurome followed Weiss into the tower, they went inside an elevator.

"Hello! Welcome to CCT. How may I help" A voice said, making Kurome jump in fear

"I'd like to go to the communication room please" Weiss replied as she snicker at Kurome's reaction

"Absolutely. Could you please place your scroll on the terminal to verify your identity." The voice requested

Weiss done what the voice requested "Perfect. Thank you Miss Schnee " The voice said, then after few seconds the elevators doors opened. Weiss walked outside followed from Kurome, who silently analyzed her surroundings. Weiss talked to an hologram, then she begun to walk to one of the terminal. She talked to a woman who recognized her. After a short talk with the woman, Weiss got up.

"Got everything?" Kurome asked

Weiss showed her scroll "Yes"

Junior's Club, Night

Yang parked her bike right in front of the club

"We are here" Yang said with a smirk on her face

"Umh, I used to ride much worse mount" Esdeath said as she got off the bike

Then Bulat and Wave Landed next to them with Incursio and Grand Chariot Activated

"You know, there is a thing called 'speed limit' " Wave joked

Yang laugh and fired at the door of the club, then she walked in. She was greet with many guns pointed at her

"you have to explain to me your definition of 'friend'" Esdeath stated as she prepared herself to kill the armed men

"STOP! Stop! Nobody shoot " A men shouted while he walked in the crown of armed man "Blondie! You're here with some friends ! Why?"

"You still owe me a drink" Yang said while she dragged the man

Unknown location, same time

Blake was analyzing a mark on a wall when she saw a couple of faunus talking to a men and then entering in a building inside an alley

"This is it" Blake stated

"Perfect" Tatsumi whispered. Blake took off her bow and Tatsumi took out some masks "let me guess, these are for hiding your identity" Tatsumi joked

"the masks are a symbol. Humanity wanted to make monsters out of us, so we chose to don the faces of monsters " Blake explained

"Oh I see" Tatsumi said while he putted the mask on

Then the two walked to a giant room where all the recruit and white Fang members were gathered and there was a stage set up

On the stage there was a man

"Thank you all for coming" The man begun to speak "For those of you who are joining us for the first time tonight, allow me to introduce a very special comrade of ours. I can assure you , he is the key to obtaining what we have fought for, for so long " After those words the man with the cane also known as Roman Torchwick

"Thank you, thank you! Please, hold your applause " Torchwick begun to say

"What's a human doing here?!" An angry faunus yelled

"I'm glad you asked, dearie. Now I'll be the first to admit, humans are the worst. Case in point. So I understand why you would love to see us all locked away, or better yet: killed. But! Before the claws come out …I would like to mention the fact that you and I all have a common enemy. The ones in control, the people pulling the strings, the dirty rotten humans that run our kingdoms. Government. Military. Even the schools , they're all to blame for your lot in life " the faunus begun to cheer "And they're all pests that need to be dealt with. Fortunately, I'm the best exterminator around. No offense to any rodens in the room " Roman snapped his finger and the White Fang logo , who was behind him, fell down , revealing a robot "As some of you may heard, this right here is Atlas' newest line of defense against all the scary things in the world and thanks to my employer , we've managed to snag a few before they, uh, hit the shows. Now, many of your brothers have already moved down to our new operation in the south east. If you'd rather stay within the city, that's fine. But if you're truly ready to fight for what you believe in , this is the arsenal I can provide you. Any question? " Roman concluded and the cheer intensifies

"we should go" Blake spoke

"Yes we got all we need, how we leave this place?" Tatsumi stated

"I'm thinking " Blake replied

"He saw you" Tatsumi noticed Roman looking in their direction

"He can't see in the dark " Blake said as she fired at the power panel, turning off all the lights

Tatsumi activaded Incursio and then he carried Blake in bridal style

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Blake yelled

"Sorry but we can run faster liked this" Tatsumi said as he jumped out the window, when he landed, he heard the wall of the building breaking and when he turned in the direction of the noise he saw the robot chasing them

"hold on" Tatsumi said as he begun to run away from the robot

Outside of junior's club

"sorry guys, I thought that Junior could help us" Yang apologized

"Don't worry, maybe the others had better luck" Bulat tried to cheer up Yang

Then they saw Tatsumi carrying Blake chased from a robot

"Something is telling me that they are in trouble" Wave joked

"Let's go" Esdeath said as she follow the robot

Meanwhile

"BLAKE CALL THE OTHERS ! " Tatsumi yelled

"ON IT!" Blake replied then she called the rest of the group

Tatsumi went in a highway and the robot keep following him. Finally the backup arrived Bulat jumped on the back of the robot and stabbed his spear in it, making it slowing down . then Wave also jumped on the Robot and begun to punch it with Grand Chariot. Esdeath froze the asphalt , making the robot slip and fall from the highway.

When the robot hit the ground was greet from Kurome and Ruby. The rest of the group dropped from the highway. Kurome summoned her Deathstalker who begun to attack the robot, Tatsumi used his spear to cut the right leg of the robot, Bulat did the same thing but with the left leg, Wave jumped again on the robot and begun to punch it. Ruby used her Crescent Rose as a sniper rifle in order to provide support from behind. Blake, Yang and Weiss combined their skills in order to launch at full force Yang. Once they do that, Yang fired with Ember Celica at the robot, destroying it completely. Roman got up from the rest of the Robot, Yang fired at him but a girl with pink and brown hair blocked the shot, Roman noticed Esdeath smirking at him "Sorry but I'm not dumb enough to attack her, so always a pleasure, Neo if you would" Roman said, the girl bowed and Esdeath lauched a spear at them, making Roman And the girl shatter in pieces

"Tsk! Cowards" Esdeath said as she looked at a bullhead, who flew away

"Well, I guess that's it for tonight" Tatsumi spoke

"Yes please I'm destroyed " Ruby complained

"Let's go back home! " Tatsumi exclaimed as he walked away

Forever Fall

Akame looked at Vale from afar she knew that soon or later she'll need to go there but she still had a feeling, she felt Esdeath's Aura, She felt Kurome's aura and she felt Tatsumi's aura. Akame couldn't help but hope to find them alive, she wanted her sister back and she wanted her friend back but at the same time she was scared beacuase if she was right then it would mean that Esdeath is alive. Akame shook her head and fell asleep .