Chapter 38:

The Soldiers weren't actually in the forest. One dozen Faunus and one dozen humans were situated on the roof. The third dozen were inside RWBY dorm, the ones on the roof hid themselves with simple cloaking devices, and they were only hidden from sight not other senses. The Soldiers inside the dorm room were completely invisible; the suits the soldiers wore made them undetectable from all senses, except touch. To solve this problem the 12 Soldiers inside the dorm room had stuck themselves to the ceiling in rows, they weren't laying down on the ceiling. The Soldiers were positioned in rows yes, but they were crouched. This way they could observe the room and still remain, literally unseen.

The Soldiers had come together only 10 minutes before, and it was good they executed the first phase in their plan; 2 minutes later Yang and Blake walked into the dorm room. The Soldiers saw the headmaster of the school enter shortly after the girls. By their reaction to his voice, the girls hadn't been expecting him. The man's name was Ozpin. Blake sat down on the trunk sitting at the foot of her bed, and began to listen to Ozpin speak. The headmaster wasn't being clear at all; even the expertly trained Soldiers couldn't understand him.

After a while it became apparent that Blake didn't understand him one bit either. Yang, before Ozpin had finished, suggested she go get coffee. As the girl left Ozpin continued to explain; neither Blake nor the Soldiers could understand him. The Soldiers suspected he was speaking Elvish, but they couldn't be sure. Their suits were telling them that Ozpin wasn't speaking the common tongue of humans but of Elves. Blake was utterly confused; one of the Soldiers felt sorry for her and expressed his concern. The streamline helmets of the suits allowed for silent, but coherent, communication between Soldiers.

The other Soldiers reminded the one Soldier of their mission, and about Blake. Blake was ranked 3rd strongest person in the entire school of Beacon. The only people more strong were a girl named Pyrrha and Yang. Yang came back with the coffee, after hunting down two cups she pored some for herself and Blake. Now all three, Ozpin Blake and Yang, were sitting down. Ozpin was in a very uncomfortable looking chair. Yang had seated herself down next to Blake.

A system inside the suits helmets was called Bio Scan. This system allowed the Soldiers to scan anyone they wished, and collect any information on their chosen subject on a strictly biological level. Just by scanning Ozpin, they knew he was the headmaster; the man had marked himself with tattoos that revealed his identity. Just by scanning both Yang and Blake, as they sat together, the Solders reached a conclusion; the two girls were obviously in love, and in a relationship.

When Yang came in, the Soldiers were bewildered when they heard this, she somehow translated what Ozpin was saying. Yang told Blake that supposedly 3-dozen heavily armed mercenaries were going after Ruby, the one they called the 'terrorist'. After that the 3 people began having a discussion on how to deal with these infiltrators. Unfortunately for them the very people they were planning to thwart, were hearing every word they spoke.

Weiss

I walked beside Ruby along the forest path. I wanted to go faster, hell I wanted to kill more of those Soldiers. And yet Ruby had told me that the Soldiers we would soon be facing were armed with more sinister things that katana. This disturbed me, and I had told her it did. But she insisted we go forward and face the challenge. Ruby's footsteps were light, despite her being of such…epic leader stature.

"Weiss don't walk so fast, and don't run or jog. We don't want to alert them that we are coming." Ruby said. I had apparently, subconsciously, started jogging. I stopped and turned around. Damn. Instead of jogging I had sprinted; my girlfriend was standing so far behind me.

"What's holding you back? As you said they are heavily armed. I don't want them threatening Blake or Yang. Do you want your sister and friend to get hurt or killed?" I asked in retort.

In what seemed like no time at all Ruby caught up with me. She put her hands on my shoulders, and looked down into my eyes. "All I see is anxiousness in your eyes. That won't go over well in a fight. Calmly go forward, don't rush. If we hear anything then we will use any means necessary to reach the dorm room quickly. Don't just go rushing into battle, listen Weiss. I mean it; you may not be Yang but your anxious. That may be good in some situations, but not know. Your friends need you, I need you. Yes I did take care of most of those Soldiers back there, but that's only because you helped me beforehand."

I blushed. Stuttering slightly I said, "You…you don't mean what I did in the tree?" I couldn't believe I was asking this question. I really wasn't a dirty person, but with Ruby? Well i still needed to…

"Yes. That's exactly what I mean." Ruby stated, interrupting my thoughts. I stood there staring at her so she explained, "Your work in the tree really helped me concentrate. It relieved all the stress I had pent up. What with the Grim Sphere, figuring out a way to kill Dragon, and curbing my addiction which could turn to actual drugs."

"Well I don't call myself your psychiatrist for nothing." I admitted. Without saying anything, almost if we had understood each other's thoughts (which was impossible), we continued to walk to the dorm room.

Third person

The Soldiers couldn't take it anymore, and besides they had received the call from upside. The 2 on the roof had informed the 1 in the room that Ruby was approaching, with her girlfriend Weiss. All 12 Soldiers fell to the floor, and they weren't silent about it as they had disengaged their invisibility. As soon as they thudded to the floor, Yang and Blake sprang up preparing to defend Ozpin. The Soldiers had the sense however of landing on top of the girl's weapons. The Soldiers all drew their weapons of choice, aiming them at Yang Blake and Ozpin.

"Put your hands up, we do not wish to harm you." The sentence was spoken in the normal human tone. But all 12 Soldiers, simultaneously, spoke the words as If they were utterly in sync with each other.

"Of course we will. Yang, Blake, do as they say. We don't want casualties." Ozpin said raising his hand above his head. Yang and Blake did the same.

"Link you hands behind your heads." The 12 Soldiers said, again at the same time. The three people complied. "We will be addressing you like this, all at once and in sync, because it's…well it's more efficient."

"Now that we've complied…what is the meaning of this?" Ozpin asked who despite having his hands linked behind his head, was still sitting in the supposedly uncomfortable chair.

"We are here to arrest a terrorist? The local police department told us that Ruby was 'disturbing' the peace. And we naturally wanted to help restore peace. If however we see proof that Ruby isn't a terrorist, we will lend our services." The 12 Soldiers said.

"Well that's good because I already have an assignment for you." Two of the Soldiers walked back toward the entrance. In the doorway stood Ruby, in all her rightly earned glory. "As for proof, well let me explain." Ruby said.

Ruby went on to explain to the Soldiers, who were all now paying attention to Ruby, about the assignment. When Ozpin started to object, Ruby reprimanded him. "If they're going to lend their services, they need to be up to speed. In fact, gentlemen have the rest of your party meet me outside, so I can address you all."

In less that 2 minutes the entire delegation of Soldiers stood before Ruby. Ruby stood on the steps providing access to the team dorm rooms. Ruby then explained, as best as she could, all about the assignment. The Soldiers only asked clarification questions, beside that they didn't interrupt, letting Ruby tell them all she needed to. In fact Ruby explained everything concerning the Grim Sphere, even it's current location including its effect it was having on her.

"Well we sure do appreciate you telling us all of that. We will assist you taking down Dragon. If you decide to do this alone, you are foolish. There are many more of us, 100 to be exact." The 36 Soldiers said.

"Oh he, yeah only 76. Me and Weiss ended up killing about 2 dozen, sorry." Ruby apologized.

"That is alright, for now we know you are not our target. Dragon is our knew target, and we will carry out any mission you give to us." The 36 Soldiers said.

"UH I have a question." Weiss said speaking up from beside Ruby, "What are you guys?"

"We are 12 Faunus and 24 Human. We have been given suits of mythical power. We now serve whatever leader we are given to. Since you Ruby are an Elf, we sill serve you. You are not half Elf, that would be Yang." The 36 Soldiers said.

"Wait really? I'm half Elf?" Yang exclaimed excitedly.

"Yes Yang your father was an Elf, but your mother was human. Ruby…you're an Elf through and through. 100% in fact, both your mother and father were Elves. We live to serve any Elf leader who is willing to associate with both Faunus and Humans." The 36 Soldiers then knelt on one knee and bowed their heads. Together in a collective solemn voice they said, "We pledge our loyalty to you, iriador cartel lle ier i' Cora en' quessir ar' apanonar. Ruby rose you are the leader of elves and men."

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A/N: Thank you for reading Chapter 38. Nothing much else to say here, hope you enjoyed it...although I do apologize for any grammatical errors, if there are any of course.