Path to Redemption Ch. 8: An Example
Gonna start this out with a shoutout to skaana {you know why}. No real questions to address, but I'm going to leave my twitter again cause I'm going to address something on Friday, www . twitter . c om Codyknight22 {remove spaces add in / when appropriate}. So yeah, let's get back to the story.
The twins both entered into Ozpin's office, and slowly took a seat. The chair turned, and Ozpin smiled at his mercenaries.
"Welcome back," he said calmly. "I see your meeting with the Rabbit went well?"
"Why didn't you tell us that you knew him?" Miltia asked.
"And what do you have to say about the money?" Melanie added in.
"You two never speak off balance," Ozpin remarked. "Perfect ace symmetry." The twins shrugged, and Ozpin decided to pursue. "I figured that it was a given that the Rabbit knew every player. He is a man that is best compared to a referee. He knows the pieces, he knows the players, and he has a lot of power for himself. As for the money, that much lien was a cheap trade for the information. You two will be sent after Junior, and I may send some other students with you."
"So long as they don't get in our way," Miltia said.
"And as long as they carry their weight," Melanie added in.
"Oh, I think they will," Ozpin muttered. He straightened out, and raised his voice to an audible level. "For now, I need you elsewhere. Professor Goodwitch is holding a sparing class right now, and it is directly involving partnership. She requested that you two run over for some assistance. Consider it a piece of your job." The twins nodded, and stood to head off.
As soon as his door closed, Ozpin started to arrange the names on his scroll. Perhaps it is time to force this play early on, he thought. A common enemy is the best form of bonding, and this is the only way I can see this going over smoothly.
Sparing Class
The twins opened up the door, and looked around. They saw that the halls were empty, and Goodwitch was waiting on them.
"Wonderful," she said instantly. "It's good to see that you got here soon enough that you don't need to rush into things. That being said, would you mind helping me with these cages?" The twins nodded, and started to drag along the cages that Goodwitch had pointed out. They could hear some growls, and the cages began to rattle.
"Mind us asking what's in here?" Miltia asked.
"Grimm," Goodwitch said quickly.
"Who caught them?" Melanie asked, continuing to drag along the cages.
"Professor Port," Goodwitch said, equally as fast. "He had a few extra Grimm lying around."
"Lying around?" Miltia asked.
"In cages?" Melanie contributed.
"Yes, we do give him a lot of freedom," Goodwitch mused. "Now, there are four cages and yet you'll only be fighting two Grimm. The other two cages are for any pair that wishes to volunteer. If I tell you too, you interfere and kill the Grimm." The twins nodded, and pushed back two of the cages. They both had decided to keep it out of the way for now. They looked back at Goodwitch, who just gestured for them to sit around. "We still have time," she explained briefly.
A While Later
The students began to funnel into the classroom, prompting the twins to stand to either side of Goodwitch. Miltia took the right, and Melanie took the left. The twins could pick out enough of the students to realize that this was the first years. It did make sense that these would be the ones to get the seminar. The twins quickly picked out Yang, and tracked her. She seemed to be talking with Blake about something, constantly pointing up to her ears. The twins both growled, realizing the they had probably lost some of their leverage.
As soon as all of the students were seated, Goodwitch cleared her throat.
"Good afternoon students," she announced. "It seems to me as though it would be an excellent idea for all of you to have a seminar about teamwork. All of you have become well suited to your teams of four, but what about your pairs?" The students all began to talk amongst themselves, most of them were pointing to the twins. "Now, I'm sure that most of you are familiar with our new security. Melanie and Miltiades Malachite, or just the Malachite Twins."
"They have spent the past six years of their lives picking up contracts," Goodwitch continued. "Most of them were protection details. But, that's not the important part of this. Since birth, they've been together. They're the epitome of teamwork, and I can guarantee that no one here has had six years of fighting experience with a partner." The twins just listened to the compliments, slightly surprised. Goodwitch was most likely playing up her own opinions to get the students to cooperate.
"So," she continued, checking to ensure that the twins were both paying attention. "We will start off with a demonstration. Melanie and Miltia, would you both please get into position?" The twins nodded, and backed away from Goodwitch. The professor raised up a shield to ensure that the other students were left untouched. She unlocked the cages, and then stepped away.
Two Beowolves slowly stalked out of the cages, and sniffed the air. They briefly turned to Goodwitch, but recognized the obvious barrier that separated them from the woman. So instead, they shifted their focus to the twins. Both of them were smiling, standing at a standstill in anticipation for the Beowolves to attack. The first one finally pounced, and the twins easily ducked out of the way. The second one took another pounce, but the twins easily jumped out of the way of that strike as well.
The Beowolves straightened out, and growled over at the twins. Miltia grabbed her sister's hand, and smiled. The first Beowolf charged, and Miltia just waited, waited to time it to perfection. She suddenly pulled on her sister's arm, and Melanie jumped up into the air. With the extra boost from Miltia, Melanie was able to sink her bladed heel into the Beowolf's throat. She flipped out of it, and split open a large gap. She landed on the ground, and saw that the other Beowolf was already prepared to charge.
Melanie continued to stand at the ready, and watched as the other Beowolf started to run straight at her. Melanie lifted up her hands in a platform, and looked back to see Miltia jumping over her head. She landed confidently on Melanie's hand, her sister supporting her weight with her arms. Melanie pushed up just as Miltia jumped, and sent the red girl high into the air. Melanie spun out of the way of the Beowolf, and it stopped for a moment, noticing the absence of the second girl. Miltia angled out her claws, and used her momentum from falling to plunge it into the Beowolf's skull. She withdrew the claws, and jumped off of the lifeless corpse.
The twins dragged the bodies off, and then reentered the room. All of the students had entered into a stunned silence, unsure of exactly what to do. Hell, most of them were grateful that they had remained at a lower quarrel with those two. Watching the coordination that they had, the presence of mind to do what they had done. It was something that none of them had ever expected.
"That is what we wanted to see," Goodwitch said approvingly. "Excellent spacial awareness. You see class, this is why wanted to do a demonstration. This time, it was necessary to show you exactly what we wanted. You two are dismissed." The twins nodded, grateful that they had gotten out of this class without another word.
Twins Residence
Melanie and Miltia both walked into their shared room, and sat down on their beds. Both of them looked through their scrolls, and switched over to their accounts. It was a ritual that had started when they had both gotten their first paychecks. They would switch over to their accounts, and watch as the amount of money that they had grew. It was childish, and something that they only hadn't done once.
The very next day, they had lost to Yang.
Needless to say, that had made the twins incredibly superstitious. They watched as their money grew from the few hundred that they had between them, up to the six figures that they had separately.
"Done," Miltia said.
"And done," Melanie finished. They both smiled, and then laughed at each other. They quickly received a notification, and checked it out.
We must discuss your contract situation. Meet at my office, now.
The twins put away their scrolls, and looked down at their weapons. All four separate items were covered in a heavy amount of blood.
We'll be a bit late.
We have to clean up a bit.
A Few Minutes Later
The twins strolled down the campus, keeping a close eye for anything that seemed to be out of place. No sign of anything, but the twins still kept a close eye out. They were technically still on the job, forcing them to acknowledge anything that would happen.
Something caught their eyes, causing a slight pause for a slight moment. Someone was in the distance, waiting on them.
"Hey!" They yelled out.
"Talk to us," Miltia ordered.
"Or state your business," Melanie added in. The twins could sense that two other people walked out from behind them, and someone joined in with the other person. The mystery person finally stepped out into the light, and the twins recognized who it was.
Cardin Winchester, and presumably the bully boys of team CRDL.
"Hey," Cardin said. "Saw your demonstration earlier. But, we don't really appreciate that you were showing so much flash." The twins just folded their arms, and started to shift around their position. "So let's see what you can do when you are outnumbered." CRDL as a whole felt fine. The amount of times that they had been pulled off of someone by those two weren't hanging around in their minds. They had weapons, and the twins shouldn't be able to out-muscle them.
The twins flipped around back to back, and waited on their opponents to make the first move. Sky pulled out a staff, and ran straight at the twins. Melanie {who was facing Sky and Dove} swung around her boot, and sent the staff sailing from his hands. Dove followed up quickly, and swung around his axe. Melanie wrapped her arms around Miltia's shoulder's, and lifted herself up to send the axe from his hands. Melanie swung around her shoes into their knees, cutting them to the ground.
Miltia watched the reactions of Cardin and Russel to judge how well her sister was doing. Based off of that and cries of pain, she was winning. Cardin finally ran forward, and swung his mace in an overhead strike. Miltia easily deflected the mace into the ground, and looked to see that Russel was already running at her. Miltia jumped into the air, and Melanie was already ducking. The blade of Russel's sword swept right over Melanie and just under Miltia. She kicked downwards, and felt her boots break his nose. As soon as she landed, Miltia cut out his knees.
Cardin looked around in shock as he watched Russel fall to the ground. Miltia quickly swung around her claws into his legs, causing him to scream out. Just before he fell to the ground, Melanie grabbed his collar, and lifted him to face her.
"Listen here Cardin," both twins started.
"You started this," Miltia said.
"So that's what you say," Melanie added in.
"We hear you say anything else," Miltia continued.
"You'll lose a lot more then some of your knee," Melanie finished. Cardin nodded, gripping closely on his injured knee. Miltia pulled out her scroll, and typed out a brief message.
Roxanne, head over to the front lawn. The students can explain the rest.
Oh, you guys keep me employed. {A/N}.
Miltia put away her scroll, and gestured for her sister to follow along.
End: Roxanne is a personal medic of mine from Child of Grimm. She has a healing semblance, and I just decided to use a name I had already used. Questions, comments, follows, favorites, and feedback is appreciated.