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The Senate building was just as big and gaudy as everything else in the Republic. Summer couldn't help but think of all the lovely sniper positions there where as the small group of air speeders made their way to the huge building that looked like a mushroom on steroids. Team QRTS had been ordered to escort Longshanks to the Senate while the ODST fire team sat on standby at the embassy. Glancing around the air speeder Summer couldn't shake the unease that she felt. She just felt like something was going to happen and judging by the looks of the other members of her team they thought so too. Longshanks seemed to sense the tension in the air too as he shifted in his seat with an uneasy look on his face.

"We will be setting down any second now. I want Summer and Tai out as soon as the hatch opens scanning for targets. Raven, you and I will be covering the ambassador when he comes out. We make our way to the Senate Building let the ambassador explain everything to the Senate; then we pop back into the air speeder and get back to the embassy. Quick simple and to the point, and leave your mask off Raven," Qrow said in a rather authoritative voice.

"Why," asked a clearly uncomfortable Raven.

"Because, as I've said before my dear sister you are scary. The last thing we need is to scare the politicians even more than Summer has," he finished that statement by glaring at Summer.

"Sorry," the young woman in the white hood squeaked out.

Just than the air speeder dropped down toward the landing pad they had been ordered to land at. A group of Senate Commandos stood in a line waiting to receive Ambassador Longshanks. Summer and Tai where out the hatchway before the thing had fully opened and immediately began searching for targets in the area. There were indeed a lot of potential targets all over the place since a lot of people from many different species where going back and forth in every direction. The feeling of unease in the back of her mind grew as the ambassador and the other members of her team came out of the transport.

Leaving the squad of Marines that had accompanied them to guard the air speeders, team QRTS led Longshanks down the corridor to the Senate Convocation Chamber in a standard diamond shape formation. Summer led the group with Taiyang and Raven on the flanks and Qrow in the rear. It took the group a while to get to their designated pod and when they did Summer and Taiyang were ordered to stay outside while the Branwen twins went with the ambassador.

"I've got a bad feeling about this," Summer muttered to Taiyang.

"Yeah, so do I," the big man agreed.


Qrow shifted in the seat he was forced to sit in facing his sister. The two of them had been sitting like this for almost an hour as the senators droned on about Summers little adventure in the Jedi Temple. So far Longshanks hadn't even been called on to give an explanation as to why the young woman had done it. To Qrow all of the talking was a huge waste of time. Glancing at his twin sister, he couldn't help but wince slightly. Her blood red eyes were glaring at the twig of a Neimoidian that was spewing nonsense at the moment. He had no doubt that his sister was contemplating killing the little prick to get the meeting over with. Judging by some of the looks on the faces of some of the senators that he could make out they were thinking the same thing as she was.

"…and furthermore, the United Remnant Government has no say in Republic affairs," finished Lott Dod of the Trade Federation, finally.

Poor Chancellor Valorum looked like he almost fell asleep from the nearly hour long tirade that the Neimoidian delegate had gone on. No doubt the man was contemplating why he wanted to become Chancellor again. He just managed to suppress a yawn that would have been embarrassing and turned his attention to Longshanks, who had been doing his best to not nod off during the pointless speech.

"The chair recognizes the Ambassador from the United Remnant Government," he called out in a tired voice.

"Thank you Chancellor. Members of the Galactic Senate, many of you do not know much about the United Remnant Government. None of you have ever even been to it. To you it is a small lose nit federation of planets in a backwater part of the galaxy. The fact is that our government has been holding back the destructive forces of the Grimm for thousands of years; protecting your civilization from them…"

"How convenient that you are the defenders of the entire galaxy. You primitives couldn't even defend yourselves," snapped Dod.

"You're the ones who can't defend themselves so shut your mouth frog face," Raven yelled jumping up in the pod.

There was a general out cry from the other senators at Ravens outburst and Qrow stood up to try and calm his sister before she got them all kicked out. Vice Chancellor Mas Amedda slammed his staff down several times to gain order, when the ruckus had settled down somewhat the Chancellor spoke.

"The chair does not recognize the Senator of the Trade Federation at this time. Ambassador Longshanks, I advise that you keep your escorts under control," Valorum said in a calm voice.

Raven opened her mouth to protest, but snapped it shut with a click when Edward Longshanks shot her a glare that would have sent a full grown Ursa running for the hills. Qrow gentle pushed his twin sister back down into her seat and gave her an admonishing look. The raven haired beauty looked away in embracement and decided to meditate in order to calm down. She couldn't understand why she was so easily agitated recently and it was starting to worry her. Meanwhile, Longshanks decided to continue with his speech.

"As I was saying. The Grimm are a very destructive force that would like nothing more than to kill us. For that reason the Hunters were created to protect our people from the Grimm. Therefore, with that idea in mind the Headmaster of one of our Hunter Academies wanted to establish a working relationship with the Jedi Order. The Order would not even accept the letter that the Headmaster had written, and Ms. Rose felt that drastic measures needed to be taken in order for the Jedi High Council to read Headmaster Ozpin's letter. Though her actions may have been unnecessary, Ms. Rose meant no harm and has already apologized to the Jedi Order for her actions. Therefore, there is no reason for the Senate to get involved with this issue," Longshanks ended his brief speech.

Longshanks speech had been quick and to the point, which was much appreciated by most members of the Senate. His speech had lasted barely six minutes, but the debate went on for almost an hour more. When the group finally made their way back to the parked air speeders they were all tired. Qrow and Raven thought that their butts had slipped into a coma, while Summer and Taiyang had sore feet. Longshanks looked like he was sleepwalking as the group walked back to their parking spot.

"Sorry for all the trouble sir," Summer said.

"It's alright my dear, after all you did manage to get me into the Senate finally," Longshanks pointed out.

The air speeders finally came into view and the group picked up their pace slightly so they could finally leave the torture chamber known as the Senate Building. Team QRTS assumed that the feeling of foreboding that they had earlier was just a false alarm as they climbed into their air speeders and took off. It was still a beautiful afternoon and the Hunters were hoping to get some more sun on the roof before the day was out. Qrow was looking out the window to the left when a faint flash caught his eye. His heart froze when he noticed a faint trail of smoke coming toward them before he shouted out a warning.

"RPG, BREAK…" BOOM!

Cliffhanger! Sorry for not updating this story and all my others in a while, I've had work the new RWBY volume to watch and a general lack of motivation. As I promised, the action is finally picking up, but the next chapter will probably be a while since its kind of hard more me to write action scenes. Until next time folks.