The door shut with a barely audible click. There were a ton of people in the hall. More than normal. And they were all going to the same place. The same place Ying and Pyron were going as well. They garnered more than a few odd looks. They stared quizzically at each other for a brief second before Ying came up with an explanation. They were all wearing their school uniforms, and he and Pyron were in full battle regalia.

They continued walking, listening to the students talk. "I heard there was an army outside. And it's not Ironwoods." "Who's army is it then?" "Don't know. It has odd tech and uniforms." Was just one conversation they heard. Ying just smiled, and Pyron looked at him. Pyron knew Ying brought some of his men, but didn't know it was this many. "Just how many did you bring, you crazy bastard?" ask Pyron, looking at Ying like he was as crazy as he was. "You'll see." said Ying, smirking all the more at Pyron's expression. They got to the door, and had to fight through the crush of people there. They got more than a few rude looks, gestures, and remarks.

They could hear a grumbling over the crowd. Pyron was taken aback for a second, then remembered that Ying uses gasoline engines instead of the normal dust ones. The rumbling only got louder as the got to the front of crowd. It was only then that Pyron got a true scale of the men Ying brought. There were fifty green painted half tracks lined up two wide. the back ten had artillery guns as long as the trucks hitched to the back. The rest all had machine guns on rotating halos above the passenger seat. each gun had a man, and the backs of the half tracks were filled with around ten men each. And all had their own weapons.

"Do you plan to invade a goddamn country?!" Yelled Pyron, looking from Ying to the army and back several times. "Can't. Ironwood's here. This is for defense anyway. Not attack, per say. This is a massive nest clearing on the outskirts of Mount Glenn. We need all the fire power we can get. And this is what I could get." replied Ying. He and Pyron continued walking forward. That's when Ying spotted another group of students walking toward the army. Teams RWBY and JNPR. He had read that there might be one or two first year teams accompanying them, but he didn't figure it would include so many people he had known or was related to. Ozpin was up to something.

The two groups met up, and were silent for a second. The two teams were dressed and armed for battle. Pyron was looking at Pyrrha, smiling. She was also smiling in return No doubt they would be catching when they were embarked and on their way. Ying then looked to team RWBY. Blake refused to even look at him, Weiss was keeping Ruby from going to look at the weapons the soldiers carried, and Yang was walking up to him. She stopped barely a foot from him. She stared down at him, and he returned the stare right back through the eye slots in his face mask. He saw her eyes flickering from lilac to red and back several times a second as she tried to control her anger at him. He just stared back calmly, and unflinching. She was barely a foot away from him, but he held his ground.

She still blamed Summer's death on him, apparently. This would have to be worked out between them later, they still had yet to get on their way and it was almost noon. "We're in the lead half track, let's get a move on before I decide to leave you all." Said Ying, stepping away from Yang. They all followed him to the right lead half track. Thet got in the sliding door at the back. It was a bit of a step for Ying and Weiss, being as short as they are. Ying got into the drivers seat, put the half track into first, the engine got quiet as the clutch was let out, and they were under way. They could hear the rest of the convoy do the same.


AN: Sorry for the long wait. And the quite frankly sub par quality of this update. The next one will hopefully be the last in Clearing the Nest. Other than that, enjoy.