Author's Note- For the second to last day of RWBY Relationship Week I rolled Emerald and Mercury. I don't see these two in a romantic way I see them more as a brother sister kind of relationship with them always arguing when Mommy Cinder is gone. This story is directly following the Adam and Neo story I wrote several days ago. Tomorrow is a great pairing but I'll wait for you guys to see it tomorrow, I really had a lot of fun writing these short stories and I hope you guys enjoyed reading them. Remember Read, Review, Favorite, Follow, and most importantly Enjoy!
Thud! Thud! Thud! The sound kept repeating but the order of the impacts was varied, some pauses between the noises longer than others. It was a bright sunny day in Vale, not a cloud in the sky to break up the stream of sunshine. In the warehouse district of the city the heat was sweltering between the large metal buildings that were clustered together to make the most of the space. Thud!...Thud! The sound kept going, it would have been easily heard by anyone in the area if this section of the warehouse district hadn't been abandoned years ago leaving it open for any number of vagrants or criminals to take up residence.
"Hey Mercury, when you are done beating that tree up Cinder wants to talk to us," Emerald called as she turned the corner into an alleyway, she was wearing her usual outfit with her weapons holstered at her hips. Her red eyes peered down the alley, at the end of it the space opened up into a pocket space with a tree growing in the center of it planted in the sole patch of dirt. Next to the tree was Mercury currently kicking away at the tree, scorch marks and worn down bark showing this wasn't the first time he had practiced on this tree. He gave it one last kick shaking the entire tree before he dropped his fighting stance and turned to face his partner.
"What does she want to talk about?" He queried, leaning back against the tree with his arms crossed, smirking at the flash of annoyance across Emerald's face.
"Just come hurry up you idiot, you don't want to make Cinder mad do you?"
"No but I do get a sense of satisfaction making you mad," he replied with a chuckle, crouching down before jumping effortlessly onto one of the low hanging branches. The silver haired criminal reclined against the tree, pulling out a rolled up superhero comic from his pocket and opening it to the first page. Emerald stared at her teammate with a dangerous gaze, his antics currently frustrating her even though she knew that was what he wanted.
"What do you think you are doing?" she huffed, crossing her arms and watching as he flipped through the book.
"Reading the newest issue of X-ray and Vav, I haven't had a chance to read it what with that buffoon Torchwick screwing the plans up." Mercury replied nonchalantly, turning another page as Emerald considered shooting the comic out of his hands.
"Get down here now Mercury, Adam and that creepy mute girl Neo recovered some information from those Atlas security guards about that buffoon. You know I don't care for him either but if Cinder says he is important to our plans that we have to get him." Emerald just wanted to get going but she knew Cinder would be angry and that was the last thing she wanted. Mercury closed the comic book and considered for a moment before dropping out of the tree, rolling the comic back up and putting in his pocket.
"You mean that White Fang mutt and that pretty girl with cool eyes that follows Roman around?"
"Yes those two and is that all you notice about that girl? Actually before you answer I don't care just hurry up so Cinder doesn't get angry with us."
"Alright let's go, wouldn't want to keep Cinder waiting now would we?" He emphasized their leaders name, completely aware of what Emerald thought of the black haired woman.
"I'll give you all the lien I have right now to shut up"
"Not worth it, more fun to piss you off." He answered without hesitation as he walked past the green haired girl. When his back was turned she reached forward and took the comic book out of his pocket. "You might want to improve on your thievery, i'm not as easy to steal from as Roman." Mercury said without turning around as he turned the corner that the red eyed girl had come from, heading to the warehouse that was used as a staging area. Unsure of what he meant Emerald looked at what she had grabbed from her partners pocket. It was a piece of paper the same size as the comic book that simply read Better luck next time Sustrai. Emerald closed her eyes and counted to ten, not wanting to kill Mercury even if it sounded tempting with how aggravating the kick boxer could be. Throwing the paper to the side she followed after him, catching up with him right outside the warehouse doors.
"By the way you never told me what Adam and Neo did with those guards who they got the information from." Mercury asked as he pulled the door open enough for them to get inside, Emerald closed it behind them while giving her teammate a sidelong look.
"How do you think? They killed them, the White Fang is disposing of the bodies right now. Like I said that Neo is a psychopath, tortured them and from what the White Fang and Adam say she enjoyed every minute of it."
"Pretty and crazy, winning combination," Mercury joked as they walked further into the warehouse, Emerald shaking her head. They walked past blood stains on the ground, what looked like fragments of bone, and pieces of the Atlas security uniform scattered around the center of the room where the only light was on. In the center of the circle of light stood Cinder watching her associates enter the room.
"I got Mercury like you asked Cinder,"
"Excellent," the woman purred, her eyes like molten gold as she looked between the two partners.
"What did you need from us Cinder?" Mercury asked, his air of casualness gone now that he was in Cinder's presence.
"Your obedience, we need to discuss the next step of our plan. The authorities and Beacon are never going to see it coming until it's too late."