What's up, everyone? This is chapter 4 and I can't think of anything to put in this author's note besides the disclaimer, so… yeah… Let it begin! Oh! Thanks to Azertyy for the generous compliment he gave to me! You, sir or madam, are a very good person. Anyways, I will be making a side story to kind of compliment this story at some time or another. It will mostly be comprised of side stories or omakes that I shouldn't put into the main story as they would be completely irrelevant or wouldn't fit inside where I wanted to put it. Anyways, onto the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or the other franchises I subtly reference in this story. I don't even own one of the semblances and I sincerely doubt that I'm the first to come up with some of the semblances I didn't look up. Hell, I don't even own my profile picture and I sure as hell don't own the weapons I've used. I do, however, own the plot this story uses, no matter how bad my writing is. Therefore, I am the god of this story and I will do with it as I see fit, for better or worse! Enjoy!
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Previous Chapter:
Sadie, who thought the weapon looked familiar but didn't want to give it away or interrupt Bernie, asked, "So what's the history of these weapons? I mean, surely the salesman gave you the history of them."
Bernie responded, "Actually he didn't." Everyone's moods dropped a little at that, before Bernie continued, "But, being the smart, and handsome, might I add, guy that I am, looked it up. Turns out the cane has a twin that has quite a history."
"What's the history?" The rest of them asked, curious, intrigued, and contemplative (Sadie), and curious and excited (literally everyone else).
Bernie smile and said, "Sit down, it's a very long story."
(Scene cuts to a museum that has a bunch of guards outside of it about 21 years ago)
Two men are standing in front of a gate of a museum. It was a very high-end museum. It was only for the richest of the rich to see the exhibits inside. It may have been filled to the brim with rich people if the owner of the museum wasn't under suspicion of being a leader in illegal transportation. Of course, nothing was ever proven, but that was only because the evidence was either destroyed or couldn't prove anything solid. It only hinted at his involvement, but since it couldn't be proven he wasn't convicted. The name of the owner of this museum was Mr. Kieth Fallyn. On the other side of the law he was actually a very well-known person. Most of the guests at the museum were criminals that either were in need of his services or were there to 'pay him back' for his services. Anyways, back to the guards!
"Hey," one of them said.
"What?" the other one asked.
"You ever wonder why we're he-" He was interrupted by a mosquito bite. "Ow!" He said as he smacked where the mosquito bit. He didn't feel the mosquito, but it was gone.
The other guard looked over and asked, "You alright?"
Guard 1 responded, "Yeah, I'm fine. A mosquito bit me was all. Hate those things."
Guard 2 sai, "I know, ri-. Hey!" He interrupted himself when he saw someone approaching. The other guard looked up and was immediately alert, even though he was tired. He didn't get much sleep last night, so maybe that was it.
The man approaching looked to be about 70-something years old as he was holding a cane and hunched over. He had a very white beard that reached to his chest and was bald. He was wearing a robe of some sorts. It was black but very loose. The cane he was carrying looked like a standard cane with the exception that it was a dull white with brown trims. The man was walking up to the two guards, looking like he wanted to ask a question.
Guard 2 asked the old man, "You lost, Mr.?"
"Yes. Could you tell me where the nearest convenience store is?" The old man responded, looking around.
Guard 1 was feeling very dizzy at this time, but Guard 1 was too busy giving the old man directions. "Yeah. You go down about three blocks that way, take a right, and it will be the third store on your right."
The old man looked up at him, a pleased look on his face. "Thank you young man. What's your name?"
Guard 2, a polite person who never wanted to be here working for Mr. Fallyn, smiled and said, "My name is Carson Cord. What's yours?"
The old man smiled a sad smile. "My name? My name is…" Carson heard Guard 1 fall and looked towards him. Guard 1 was asleep.
Carson sighed and looked back towards the old man, only to receive a cane to the face. He fell down, groaning, "Ow! Did you really have to hit me that hard?"
This time it was the old man's turn to sigh, before he said, "I can't have anyone getting in my way here. I won't kill you, as my gang doesn't kill when we're on heists, but you will not wake up until someone else wakes you up, your boss or the police, who knows?"
Carson looked up and asked, "Even if I don't want to be here?" The old man looked puzzled, causing Carson to sigh and say, "I was kidnapped by Mr. Fallyn's gang and was forced to be here. I was an orphan, but they will kill me if I try to leave if I can't disappear with some help."
The old man sighed again, and said, "Nevertheless, I still must knock you out." Which he proceeded to then do. The old man then put a finger up to his ear, pushed into it, and said, "Alpha, I have a plus one. Kid was kidnapped and forced to work. Looks to be about," the 'old man' looks at Carson and continues, "15 years old. We're gonna need to go down on the work load. Copy?" After he was done talking he took the beard, which was a wig, off and started to go into his bag.
A crackle was heard in his earpiece and he heard, "Wow. The guys we rob are really not getting any more workers, huh? I mean they resulted to kidnapping! Seriously! That's someone who will rat on you the first chance you get!"
"Romeo, shut up! You know we hate it when you butt in before Alpha responds!" 'Romeo' was interrupted from his rant by a second voice. This voice was feminine and sounded very bossy. "Shut up!"
"Well, you are bossy, Sierra." A third voice said over the radio. The voice, while obviously belonging to a man, sounded very timid, but was still certain. He sounded smart.
Sierra, not appreciating the support that she was bossy, retorted to the third voice, "At least I am able to go in the field, Kilo!"
As Kilo was about to respond, a hearty laugh interrupted them. "Hahaha! Guys, stop making me laugh! You're going to make me be caught!"
The 'old man', having changed out of his robes to an all-black suit, sighed and said into his earpiece, "Alpha, I think the rest of us can agree with you that you'll never be caught." Agreements came from all around the gang. "Yep" (Romeo), "Uh-huh" (Sierra), and "Mhmm" (Kilo).
Alpha just laughed again and said, "Well that may be, but it pays to be prepared for anything!"
The intruder hears a silent, "Coming from the guy who can turn himself and whatever's touching him invisible," from Sierra.
Alpha laughed yet again and said to them, "Well, I can't pick my semblance!"
The intruder, having had enough of the banter and needing an answer to his question, asks Alpha again, "So about the kid…"
The radio chatter goes silent, until you hear Alpha respond, "Kilo, make the van get ready for another guest. Bravo, where's the kid located?"
Bravo answers, "The entrance where I was sent to. I'm still waiting for the rope you're going to drop."
There's a few beats of silence then he hears a nervous chuckle and he hears the question, "I was supposed to do that? My bad!"
The other members of the gang groan, knowing that he never pays attention to details that small. Damnit, Simon. All of them think.
"Alpha, you're lucky I have to drive the van to Bravo's position to get the kid anyways. Just wait until I get there so I can toss a rope up to you. Romeo, how long until you have to create the diversion?"
"Eeeeehh… about 2 minutes." Romeo responds.
"2 minutes? That's ahead of schedule!" Bravo hears Sierra say, being worried himself.
"Shit. Alright, Bravo, when Kilo arrives I want you to take the kid in while he throws me the rope. Sierra, get to work on the alarm systems. Romeo, see if you can stall a little bit longer than planned. Alright, go!" Alpha orders, losing all of his jovial words.
Right after Bravo hears him end the orders, a van parks right next to the gate. Bravo picks Carson up and drags him to the back doors of the van. Kilo opens up the back doors and walks out of the van with a cane in hand. The cane is about 3 inches thick and 3'9" tall. It looks like a cane without the curved part. It's a darkish purple with a dark yellow trim. They nod to each other, Kilo having to look down since he's about 5'9" and Bravo's about 4'11", dragging a 5'6" kid. Kilo presses a button on his cane which causes a stock to come out. He presses the stock to his shoulder and looks down the sights of his cane to see an outline of a person on the roof. He aims the cane at the silhouette and presses the trigger, causing a rope to shoot towards the person. Said person catches the rope and holds onto it. Kilo empties the rest of the rope out of his cane and goes back to the van. Bravo comes out of the van and says to Kilo, "Thanks, Kilo. Don't know what we'd do without ya." Kilo just nods and goes back into the van, closing the doors behind him.
Bravo goes to the rope and climbs up it, going slowly on purpose just to make Alpha sweat more from fatigue. When he got to the top, he started rolling the rope up. Alpha, panting, asked Bravo, "How can you be so short yet so heavy?! Where is the weight at?!"
A tick mark could be seen on Bravo's forehead before he took a breath and said, "Phase 2 needs to be completed now. To the balcony."
Alpha nodded, knowing the seriousness of the situation, but still said, "This conversation isn't over, ya know!"
They then headed over to where the balcony was… or where it should be.
"What the-? Where's the balcony?! The blueprints said it should be right here!" Bravo said, getting his backpack out so he could take another look at the blueprints.
Alpha looked around for another place to enter the building and saw a conveniently human-sized ventilation shaft about 20 feet away. He tapped Bravo on the shoulder and pointed to it, causing Bravo to look at the vent and say, "Good eye with the improvisation. I'll go first, you follow behind me." Alpha nodded and they walked over to the vents. He then proceeded to take the cover off with his cane.
His cane was the twin this story was about. However, instead of red on top and black on bottom along with being metal, his cane was a gold colored metal on top with a brown wooden handle and didn't transform.
Bravo then crawled in and said to Alpha, "We're going in blind taking these vents, but get Sierra to guide us to our destination and we can save a lot of time."
Alpha nodded and said into his earpiece, "Sierra, the balcony was a bust, but we found a ventilation shaft about 20 feet from where the balcony was supposed to be. Can you guide us to our destination?"
They hear a crackle and then Sierra saying, "There wasn't a balcony? But it was on the blueprints!"
Bravo interrupts with, "That's what I said!"
Alpha rolls his eyes and reminds Sierra, "Well, can you guide us through the vents at least? You are on overwatch duty, after all."
They hear Sierra say, "Yeah yeah yeah. I'm on it. I'll be back with instructions in 20 seconds. Out."
Alpha then proceeds to ask Kilo, "How ya doing with the kid, Kilo?"
They hear Kilo tell Alpha, "Well, he woke up, but he's fidgeting around like he's uncomfortable, even though this is the most expensive mattress we stole. And it's a very high-end mattress!"
Alpha starts to say something, but is interrupted by Sierra saying, "Well, there are no plans for the ventilation shaft either. Can we ask that kid if he has any idea if he knows his way around the place? Or at least if he knows where some plans are?"
Alpha looks at Bravo, who nods, then says to her, "Yeah, sure. Just make sure it's dependable info, got it?" He hears a "Yep!" then proceeds to say, "Kilo, blindfold the kid and tell him that we're gonna need his cooperation, got it?" He hears another confirmation. He then looks at Bravo to say something to him, but realizes something and says into his earpiece, "Do we have Romeo in the dark, Sierra? We can't be distracting him from talking to the guests if we're doing the heist."
They hear some static, then they hear, "No, I'm not in the dark, but I'm in the bathroom right now so I can tell you guys some information. He knows something's up since he found out that the kid disappeared and one of his guards was asleep on the job. Requesting orders, Alpha!" Romeo then stops speaking but they all know that he's listening to what Alpha says next.
Alpha was in a dilemma. They had been planning for this for around two months, but things had gone wrong before they'd even gotten in. He looked over to Bravo who told him, "You're the leader, Alpha. I can't tell you what to do in this, though."
Alpha was in deep thought. He then said into his earpiece, "I'm calling a vote as I'm in a dilemma. I've already voted, but this one will be on you guys. Romeo, you first since you're the one in the hot zone right now. What do you wanna do? Abort, or keep going with the mission?"
They hear static, then they hear Romeo say, "Let me go last on this one, Alpha. I also need time to decide."
Alpha replies, "Alright then. Kilo, what will you choose?"
They then hear Kilo humming, "Hmmmmmm." He then tells them, "I wouldn't risk it on this one, guys. There's always a next time if we don't retreat, but if we get found out, then Fallyn will know what procedures to put up the next time we come back. Retreat for now and come back another time if we can."
Alpha responds, "Ok, Kilo. Thanks for the input. Sierra, what about you?"
Sierra answers, "We can always come back and rob him blind another time. Plus, we don't have any plans at all for this place. I say, see if you can rob some plans from here then pull out."
They hear Romeo snicker and say, "That's what she sai-"
"NO!" The rest of them interrupt, making Romeo whimper and whine.
"Well, poor jokes aside. Bravo, what do you think?" Alpha continues, completely brushing Romeo off.
Bravo answers into his earpiece, "I agree with Sierra. Steal some blueprints then retreat. We'd have more intel than we have now."
Alpha nods and hears Romeo say, "Well then, you're in luck, Bravo and Sierra!"
The people in question respond, "Hm?"
Romeo chuckles then answers, "Well, I managed to pickpocket the plans from one of the general contractors that was invited here after they, and I quote, 'did a tremendous job on this museum'. And yes, I checked them to make sure it was of the museum, and they are. You can thank me later."
"Good job, Romeo, but you might wanna be a little modest." Alpha says, already feeling the temperature drop from Sierra even though she's about half a mile away.
Romeo, being a bit dense, asks, "Why's that? I what she and Bravo were talking about and I wanted to showboat."
Alpha, now sweating, answers, "Because you're the one that lives in the same room with her."
He hears silence coming from the other end, knowing that Romeo is now frozen in fear too. He then hears Romeo say to Sierra, "H-h-hey there, S-s-s-s-sierra! I didn't mean to showboat, it just, uh… came out?"
A pause, then Alpha hears, "Oh, Romeo!" in Sierra's singsong voice, and that's when they know that Romeo fucked up.
They hear Romeo timidly respond, "Y-y-y-yes?"
"Can you do me a favor and get here quickly so I can beat you into the ground?" Sierra respond, making sure that the ice was heard in the last few words.
Alpha then chuckles and interrupts, albeit timidly since he doesn't want to draw her anger towards him, "Alright, alright, we get it. We're on our way. Romeo, get outside, and make it to the getaway car. Got it?"
"Roger that."
"Kilo, make sure that you pick Sierra up from the hideout and that the kid's blindfolded when you make it there. Got it?" He says as he and Bravo hurriedly make their way back to the roof.
"Yep."
"Sierra, start packing up so that you can get into the van immediately when Kilo gets there. That means we're going dark. Got it?"
"Surely, I can keep going so that you can communicate with Romeo and Bravo, right?" Sierra responds, but immediately regrets it as she hears Romeo interrupt, "You heard his orders… and his name's not Shirley!"
She immediately says, "Packing up. You'll be dark in 20 seconds, but I cut Romeo off already so we could have some silence."
Alpha responds, "Thank you, Sierra. Bravo and I will be leaving a present behind for the police and/or hunters to find, so call the cops before you get out of there." He then looks towards Bravo and says, "Let's go."
Bravo nods and they start running towards the place that they thought held Fallyn's private study, but since the blueprints were faulty they were guessing at this point. Once they got there they looked into the window and they had hit the jackpot. This part of the blueprints was right, at least. Alpha then lowers Bravo towards the lock so he can lockpick it. It took about ten seconds before the lock was open. Bravo then tugged on the rope to signal Alpha to pull him back up.
Once Alpha pulls him back up he brings back up, "Seriously, how can you be so heavy when you're so small?!"
Bravo glares at Alpha then proceeds to lower Alpha to the window. Alpha slides the window open then swings into the study quietly. He looks around, finding a bookshelf filled with books. He picks up the book that he thinks the cops will check out and places some 'incriminating evidence' into it, then puts it back exactly how i was. He then turns back towards the window and gets back onto the rope. As he shuts the window the doorknob to the study starts to turn. Alpha then goes invisible, which then turns the rope invisible.
Before he could get a look at the person who was coming into the study his head is over the windowpane and he's on the roof again. He looks at Bravo and tells him, "We really cut it close there. Someone was just entering as soon as I left."
Bravo nods and responds, "Well, we better get to the car before Romeo decides to leave without us." Alpha nods back and they proceed to head towards the south entrance, where their Shevrolé Caspian was parked.
When they got to the south entrance they started to hear the sirens. They quickly climbed off the three-story museum and got into the Caspian.
Once they got in, Alpha says to Romeo, who's in the driver's seat, "Go, go, go!"
"Roger that!" Romeo switches the car from park to drive, then proceeds to drive.
They go through many alleyways to get to the rendezvous point, but once they got there, they waited for the van to show up. The van was basically their mobile hideout. Alpha turned to Bravo and Romeo and said, "Well, now that we're out of the hot zone we can use our real names!"
'Bravo' turned to 'Alpha' and responded, "Simon, we know that. We have literally done this on every heist we've been on, which is around…" 'Bravo' starts to tap his chin.
'Romeo' guesses, "200?"
'Bravo' says, "Yes! Thank you, Roman. I was forgetting what the count was!"
Roman takes a mock bow and responds, "Anytime, Oscar."
It was at that point that the van pulled up. 'Kilo', 'Sierra', and Carson walk out, Carson still blindfolded for some reason.
Simon, Oscar, and Roman all look towards Carson, then at 'Kilo' as Simon asks, "Why does he still have the blindfold on, Em?"
Em looks puzzled, then looks towards Carson and gasps, surprised. "I am so sorry! I forgot to take it off!" He then proceeds to take the blindfold off of Carson, who in turn squints so his eyes can adjust to the sudden change of light.
After his eyes adjust he looks around to see a raccoon faunus with an unusual cane on his back; a turtle faunus (which is pretty weird to him since it's a turtle) with a usual cane on his back; a bear faunus (the way he can tell is because of the fur and the ears on top of his head) with a straight cane on his back; a regular person that looks to be about 2 years older than himself with orange hair and a regular looking cane on his back; and a girl that also looks about 2 years older with two different colors of hair on her head: pink and brown. She also has a cane on her back, except it looks a lot like the one the person with the orange hair has. The color scheme of it is a bright white with a pink trim.
The girl decided to introduce herself first, telling him, "Hi! My name's Gwen! Currently, we're not in one of our hideouts, but we'll help you get a new life in order before you know it!"
Carson looks at her, shocked that they would help him with that. He then asks them, "Why?"
Roman answers him, "Believe it or not kid, we're actually criminals that fight for the greater good. We help anyone that doesn't or never wanted to be in the criminal life."
Simon continues, "We only steal from other thieves, for one."
"We also fight Grimm when we can," Oscar chimes in.
Em tells him, "We also try to bust criminals like Fallyn who do despicable things yet still avoid arrest somehow."
Gwen then finishes, "And to top it all off, we haven't even been on wanted posters yet! Pretty neat, huh?"
He blinks twice… then faints. The gang all looks at each other before they shrug and put him back in the van before they go on their way.
What's up guys and gals? I know this is long and it looks like it doesn't belong, but it will be important to the plot in the future! Never fear, for the most awesome person ever is here!
Also, I am bringing this back up as I didn't get any responses to it in the last chapter: do any of you know any artists that can draw me a personal profile picture? Or can one of you draw me a personal profile picture? I can't pay for it, so I'm literally asking for charity here. Or I can give you a shout out! I can't vouch for how effective it will be though. Please respond to this with either a yes or a no. I don't want to get by with just pictures I downloaded from Google for too long.
Anyways, we're going back to Jaune and Team JRVS next chapter. Later, folks!