Path to Redemption Ch. 9: Negotiations
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The twins slowly opened up the door, and cautiously walked over to the chairs laid out for them. Ozpin's, chair spun around, revealing the older professor.
"You two certainly cause a lot of issues," Ozpin sighed. "You know that?" The twins just shrugged, and folded their legs. "Straight to business today."
"We're always about business," the twins said in unison.
"Of course," Ozpin continued. "I called you over here about your contracts." The twins nodded, eager to hear what he had to say. "Your contract is currently pending on your next mission."
"Junior?" Miltia asked.
"Why?" Melanie added in.
"Because this is one of the primary reasons we hired you," Ozpin continued. "Our students, along with our staff, is restricted by a vow about the actions that they can and cannot take. That being said, it never restricted us from anything that we can and cannot interfere on, nor who we can hire. It above all else, doesn't restrict us from specifying what it is that we can and cannot leave out from a list of requirements. I simply wish for you to get some information from Junior, and keep those going with you alive."
"Those going with us?" Miltia asked.
"Who's going with us?" Melanie followed up.
"Glynda," Ozpin said softly to his compatriot. "Can you call them in?" Goodwitch nodded, and left the room. Miltia pulled Melanie's face close to her's, and stared her sister in the eyes.
"He's playing us," Miltia said.
"But for what price?" Melanie contributed. "We've been played before. So long as we're going to take the fall for something and the price is good, he can play us all he'd like too."
"Fine," Miltia said. "But if whoever he's sending with us gets in our way, no safety promises." Melanie nodded, and both of them looked back at Ozpin. He just watched on, interested by what the twins had to say. The door reopened, and Goodwitch walked in. The twins leaned against the backs of their chairs, and turned their heads to the door.
"No," they both said in unison.
"We're not doing this," Miltia said.
"We can take care of this alone," Melanie finished. Both of them stood to leave, but Ozpin had one last thing.
"You take them, or you can lose your bonus," Ozpin taunted. "And 600,000 lien would certainly look good for you." The twins now stopped, and slowly turned to face him. "Per person," Ozpin contributed. "All I need, is for you to get the information from a list of questions, all of which are on your scrolls, and for you to keep them fine." The twins both sat back down.
"In that case," Miltia started.
"We're in," Melanie finished.
"Wonderful," Ozpin said gladly. "Will you please lead team RWBY to the airship waiting for you?" The twins nodded, and stood.
"Come on you four," Miltia started.
"Dead weight isn't going to be carried," Melanie finished. The four very confused looking members of team RWBY just nodded, and followed along.
The door closed, leaving Goodwitch and Ozpin to themselves.
"Do you really think that the salary increase was totally necessary?" Goodwitch asked.
"No," Ozpin replied. "But, it was the only way to get them to cooperate with our terms. Besides, I feel as though meeting all of the requirements will be difficult for those two to do." He stood up, and walked over to the window. The twins were ushering in team RWBY, and neither of them looked pleased. "Yes, I feel as though we won't have to worry about a salary increase."
Bullhead
The twins both sat in their seats, and stared down their unwanted companions. Ruby was talking to Weiss about something, Weiss wasn't paying attention though. Blake was reading a book, something that the twins appreciated, while her partner attempted to talk to her. Blake gave the occasional one word answer, but otherwise didn't say anything.
"So," Ruby said. "What are we doing?" The twins stared them down, determined to not say a word. "Come on, you can't help us out if we don't know what we're doing." Weiss shifted her attention, Blake lowered her book, and Yang started to stare down the twins.
"Fine," they both said in unison.
"We're going to an informant," Miltia started.
"We're probably going to get in a fight," Melanie continued.
"You're job is to help take care of the guards," Miltia continued.
"And get out of our way when we tell you too," Melanie finished.
"Got it?" They both said.
"What informant?" Weiss asked. "And why do we need to get out of your way."
"The informants name is Junior," Miltia said.
"And we can't tell you the reason why," Melanie added in.
"Junior, huh?" Yang asked. "Visiting old friends?"
"Why can't you tell us?" Blake asked, putting down her book.
"One, we just need Junior for some information," Miltia said.
"And two, doesn't that defeat the purpose?" Melanie added in. Blake shrugged, and picked up her book again. Weiss continued to stare at the twins, not fully trusting them still.
"I don't like this," Ruby muttered.
"You don't have to like it, Red," Miltia said angrily. "You just have to listen."
"We keep you alive, and you just listen to us," Melanie finished. Ruby just nodded, and resumed bugging Weiss. The twins both leaned back in their chairs, and sighed. It appeared that it was going to be harder to get through this without any issues then they had originally hoped for.
Junior's Club
The twins exited the bullhead, and watched as team RWBY started to follow.
"Stay," both twins said instantly.
"Whhyyyy?" Ruby whined.
"Because Junior will recognize Yang," Miltia said instantly.
"But there are some trench coats in the back," Melanie added in. Both twins let the four of them figure out what they meant, and turned to enter into the building. Team RWBY just sighed, and went to throw on the coats.
The twins pushed open the doors, and started to fish out Junior. Luckily, he was surrounded by his normal entourage of guards. There was no sign of any other personal mercenaries apart from his plethora of similarly dressed guards. Both of them approached him, and sat down as close to him as they could. Junior looked up for a moment, and snorted.
"I'm not hiring any personal mercenaries," he grunted. "Not anymore."
"We're not here for a job," Miltia started.
"We're here for some information for our current job," Melanie continued.
"So you're already hired?" Junior asked. "Normally it takes longer for people with your reputation to bounce back after a loss. What is it? Some sort of part time night museum job?" Both of the twins shook their heads. Junior briefly waved off his security, and they started to form a circle. Some of the patrons backed away from them, causing the twins to smile. The twins were also able to notice the door open, and four people with trench coats entered the club.
"So what do you want to know?" Junior asked, putting down his drink.
"White Fang," Miltia started.
"Are you in with them?" Melanie continued.
"Yup," Junior said, opening up his scroll. Melanie pulled out her own scroll, and looked at the questions that remained on her list. The messages icon turned red, and the 2 icon appeared. The first message was just Ruby telling them they were in place, and the second one was surprising.
Waive off the four in the trench coats, but do it subtly.
Melanie showed the message to Miltia, who went about typing out a message. Soon, the four members of RWBY left the area.
"Bringing backup I see," Junior said.
"We didn't want them," Miltia said angrily.
"Nor do we need them," Melanie contributed.
"That remains to be seen," Junior mused. "So, what else do you have for me?"
"Why is the White Fang robbing dust stores?" Melanie asked.
"Don't know."
"Why are they in league with Torchwick," Miltia added in.
"Don't know."
"Where are they holding out?" Melanie finished.
"Can't tell you that," Junior said. "And that's all that's on your scrolls. Guards, escort them out." Miltia smiled, and tensed up her arms. As soon as a guard got close enough, she swung around her blades and cut open his chest.
"We need this information," Miltia growled.
"Get them," Junior said boredly. He picked up his batzooka, and started to walk away. The first guard ran straight at Miltia, and she easily swept his legs from underneath him. Melanie jumped over the falling guard, and brought the blade of her shoe into his throat. She quickly swung around her shoe again, and cut down a third guard. Before they could make an attempt at another one of the guards, a loud gunshot rang out. A hole was punched through one of the guard's chest, and he fell over. Both twins turned to see team RWBY standing, the end of Ruby's weapon smoking.
The twins barely acknowledged them, and just returned to fighting. Miltia grabbed Melanie's hands, and started to spin her sister around. Melanie was able to keep full concentration throughout the spins, and she cut through every one of their chests. Miltia set her down, and Melanie immediately ducked down. Miltia jumped over her sister, and plunged her claws into the chest of one of the guard's. Melanie snatched her leg, and tossed her back. Miltia did a flip, and brought the blades of her claws into the necks of one of the guard's.
He fell over, and the twins looked to see that team RWBY had dealt with everyone else.
"In league with blondie," Junior's voice came. The six of them all turned around, and saw Junior walking up. But, he had several people with him. All of them wore a standard White Fang uniform, but with one tweak. None of their shirts had any sleeves, and they carried maces as opposed to swords. "I see how it is," Junior finished up. He raised up batzooka, and fired off several rounds. The twins were forced to dive away from each other, and the White Fang started to run at them. Miltia raised up her claws to deflect the strike, and immediately brought her claws into his stomach. She felt a strong blow on her back, and she was sent forward.
Melanie kept up a constant circular motion, trying to convince the others to stay back. One of the White Fang ran forward, and swung his mace right at her head. Melanie jumped back, and did a hand-spring to kick her blades into his throat. Three more remained, but she had to look over to her twin. Melanie noticed that she was in trouble, and cursed softly. How do I get over there? She wondered. She quickly picked up the mace that the guard had dropped, and threw it at another one. He ducked out of the way, and Melanie dove over him. She rolled up to her feet, and ran over to her sister.
Miltia deflected another strike with her claws, and continued to slide backwards.
"Night, night," the White Fang growled. He raised his mace in the air, and then hung there. And hung there, and hung there. His body tumbled to the floor, and Melanie lowered her hand.
"Thanks," Miltia said, taking her sister's offer.
"No problem," Melanie continued. Both of them turned around, and looked at the remaining White Fang. They stole a glance back at team RWBY, and saw how well they were handling themselves.
"YOU FOUR!" Melanie yelled out. "GET THE REST OF THEM!"
"WE'VE GOT JUNIOR!" Miltia finished. Team RWBY ran over to where they were, and engaged in combat with the White Fang.
The twins both ran around them, and saw Junior at the back. He placed down another drink, and casually picked up his batzooka.
"So it comes to this," he sighed. The twins just nodded, and ran forward. He fired off several rockets, but the twins easily dove over them. Junior shifted it into it's bat form, and took a hard swing. Miltia tossed her sister into the air, and Melanie spiraled down her shoe into his weapon. It snapped in half, and left Junior with a useless hilt. Miltia kicked him in the chest, and sent him to the ground. Junior fell to the ground, and desperately looked around for help. Unfortunately, all of his White Fang were dead as well.
The twins both stood over him, and smiled. Now, it was their turn. Before they could begin, someone reminded them of a detail.
"We got them," Ruby said happily, running over to the twins. "What now?"
"Sweep the area," Miltia said.
"And don't come back until we tell you too," Melanie contributed. Team RWBY looked at Junior on the ground, and slowly backed away. When they had left, Melanie lightly placed her heel on his shoulder.
"How much this hurts depends on how much you cooperate," Miltia said.
"And I suggest you cooperate the whole time," Melanie continued.
"Let us begin," both of them said in unison, a smile being shown to terrify Junior.
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