Mangle flew the ship toward the destination and hovered it over near the edge of the forest.
"Okay." She said as Hans looked back noticing Qrow walking back in and looked out the window for a moment before running back.
"Mangle land, we are going to give my sister a surprise!" He shouted as Mangle began to hover the ship and its landing gear to settle on a plain field of tall grass.
Qrow looking at those he has chosen to come with this mission.
"This is it everyone, last mission and we all go home." He said and nodded to Serenity who nodded back at him and walked passed him to the elevator to the bottom floor, the shuttle bay.
Once there everyone was locked and loaded ready to go. Jacob is the first to leap down onto the ground followed by Kaiden as their rifles was rose up scoping the area and giving a wave for everyone else to jump down off the ship's hanger bay door now that it was lowered. "
Think your sister is that tough?" Asked Jacob to Qrow who jumped beside him.
"You will see..." Qrow warned.
Mangle on the coms shouted into it to Qrow.
"Reading reading! Krrr! Answer!" She said as Qrow got startled and answered it annoyed.
"Don't do that." He said as Mangle just laughed.
"Okay look, keep Hans safe okay?" She asked as Hans grabbed the comlink.
"I'll be safe babe!" He said as Qrow took it back from him.
"See anything on radar Mangle?" He asked her.
"Yeah, I do. A pocket of red dots to the east." She said.
Qrow looking at his datapad at the same scan.
"Okay, we are heading there that has to be it." He said and turned off the comlink looking at Hans.
"Lead the way." He said as Hans smirked pulling out two long curved daggers.
"Heh, with pleasure." He said and walked toward the direction they were going, toward the east.
"Dude let me touch it!" Lopunny argued with her sister Mienshao who was looking at some ore out of the ground, an Iron ore observing it and both fighting over who would have it.
"Mine!" Mienshao said as Mismagius floated taking it from them in one hand and smirked at them both floating up to the trees.
"So why are those girls so strong?" Jacob asked about the girls to Qrow who as they walked turned to look at him.
"It's a long story but it has to do with our families blood. Black Blood." Qrow said as Jacob blinked tilting his head.
"Care to explain?" he asked.
"Sure." Qrow stated and began to explain as Taliyo also walked in listening walking beside Jacob.
"Both of those girls aren't the only strong ones. Our entire family is strong with Black Blood. Our family's curse." He said.
"Curse?" Taliyo asked confused.
"How's that a curse?" As it was said Qrow gave a nod.
"I shall explain, meaning none of us can die unless killed. We will remain youthful looking until someone kills us then we die. It's the curse of living and being powerful as it has its draw backs. None of them can eat normal food or drink anything normal. Somethings but not a lot as it takes away taste on the tongue except for raw meat." He said to them.
"Raw meat?" Taliyo asked.
"Yes and be glad they aren't hungry right now. It's the shame for them all. Something happened in our history to make us like this into these things this Black Blooded creatures." Qrow said as he sighed.
"Something very long ago to our family as we are a long generation." He said as Jacob added in.
"The Illusive Man I bet wants that type of power, no wonder he took her blood. Right?" He asked as Qrow shrugged.
"Maybe but he won't get nothing but death. Anyone who puts our blood in them will die."
"Die?" Jacob asked.
"Yes, our blood is very strong and with that, it can kill. and trust me, you don't want to die by our blood inside you because it will first torture you and kill you. Slowly and painfully. It would be a pain also to go to the hospital to get it drained out as it seeps into the cells of your body and such." He said.
"I see, so how come they are so strong when they are puny girls. Skinny and all." Jacob said as Qrow chuckled.
"Black Blood doesn't show its strength only in the veins of the muscle tissue. It makes us twice as strong as a normal human. Say lifting a large rock in one hand is hard? To them, its lifting a pebble with one hand." He said to them.
"So they could lift a school bus in one hand?" Taliyo asked.
"No, no but you know what I mean just twice as strong and twice as fast. The girls are a little different, they have agility on their side because of there small stature, they are fast when in the open and pack hunt to kill prey.
They fight together as Dray taught them to." He said.
"So what if its a one versus one scenario?" Taliyo asked.
"I'd hate to be the other guy." Qrow said smirking.
"So do they drink water?" Jacob asked.
"Yes. Few things they can drink, milkshakes and Coffee are the others and that's it." He said.
"Coffee?" Jacob said laughing.
"Coffee huh? So that why they are so hyper?" He said laughing as Taliyo smirked.
"No, they can just taste it is all. They hate Coffee." He said as that shut Jacob up with laughing only to make him even more confused.
"So they are cannibals?" Taliyo asked.
"Sort of but they don't mean to be at times. It's black blood." he said.
"What about you?" Taliyo asked.
"I learned to suppress it through life, something the girls will learn to do later when they are older or such." He said.
"Medusa Gorgon ever eat anyone?" Jacob dared asked.
"No, again our family learns to suppress it through life, the girls are just new generation they will learn." Qrow added in until stopping and putting a hand up and listening to a nearby metal being clicked together in the distance and a few other noises mixed with it.
"We are nearing my sisters base." Qrow said.
"One last thing. Are you guys in pain?" Jacob asked.
Taliyo remained silent looking at Qrow awaiting the answer as well.
"Yes... We never talk it or show it but think of it like a cancer. This curse makes us want to kill out of anger and rage, yet I guess through the lineage we aren't as effected as our ancestors. Yet only one of our ancestors truly is a monster and wanted to be from what I know... her name was Echid-" Qrow began to say until Taliyo held his hand up.
"We are getting close, how about you tell us this later." Taliyo suggested.
They traveled a little further until resting up on a ridge of a hill and overlooking a nearby small settlement. Qrow with binoculars finding out it was his Sisters base of operations as they were making bombs outside, the same ones they seen in the town.
"Damn it." Qrow said handing the binoculars to Serenity who looked.
"They sure are making a lot, enough for a city size scale." She said frowning.
"Is your sister a terrorist?" She asked.
"She's something alright." Qrow said sighing and taking a swig of whiskey.
"Let me kill her uncle." Serenity said as Qrow patted her head. "No, I will handle her alone."
Serenity blinked looking at her Uncle.
"You're going to kill her, your own twin sister?" She asked.
"Yes kid I am, no one else can do it but me anyway. I know her more than any of you." he said picking up his broadsword as Serenity sighed frowning.
"I don't want you to do this alone." She said as Qrow looked at her.
"Kill the others in the village but let me handle my sister." He said to her.
"Why not capture her?" Serenity asked.
"Because she won't let me capture her, she would rather fight than be caged and I know this for a fact." Qrow told her.
They both walked up to the group and he looked at Taliyo.
"You got a stealth field belt right?" He asked as Taliyo nodded and turned it on as he was cloaked in front of them.
"Go to the camp for me and be ready to attack the tower guard, one tower at the front gate get rid of him and it should be easy to invade." He said as Taliyo's arm swung up while cloaked and saluted him and then truly did vanish as they couldn't see his outline anymore.
"Creepy." Jacob said as Kaiden smirked.
"I think its impressive." Kaiden suggested and thought.
"Yea, stealth kill... nice." Kaiden said to himself as Serenity blinked turning to her Uncle to what else he was saying.
"Now everyone, we move out and hide behind the large rocks scattered before hitting the base." He said and noticed a nearby storm cell coming from the south.
"This ought to help us with the sweat." He said as Serenity sighed noticing the storm coming.
Taliyo wandered into the edge of the village toward the only tower. Above were two men with long blaster rifles. Both wearing animal skin clothing of grizzly bears and both talking about sports. Taliyo finding an advantage got his weapons ready and slowly lurked up the ladder step by step. Once he got up to them and still in stealth he knew once he made the attack he'd have to take the other out next immediately.
He only had one vibro knife and held it tightly thinking. He then noticed one man walking over to look out to the south and the other to the north. Taliyo took his time and waited for the right moment as one neared the ladder. Taliyo grabbed his leg and threw him down off the tower down into a few spikes below the tower ending his life, Taliyo quickly jumped up the ladder and stabbed his knife into the last man who was staring at the north and killed him quietly. Taliyo then got on his comlink and spoke into it.
"You have five minutes before a patrol comes and see's the body below the tower." He said and picked up one of the rifles and waited standing like a guard on the top putting on the bear fur over him but kept his hood over his head.
Qrow on the intercom spoke back.
"We are coming now." He looked at everyone around.
"Everyone, we are going to be facing dangerous terrorists under my sister's control. We must band together and fight together. I will sneak around while you guys take the front gates. Taliyo will attack after awhile at the enemy so they are distracted by you guys first. Be ready and be ready to die." Qrow warned them as one alliance soldier gulped.
"We can do this everyone! For Canada!" Kaiden shouted and soon everyone else raised their guns and whispered.
"Hoorah!" Soon everyone got down the hill and ventured behind the rocks and waited for Taliyo's signal.
Soon they saw in the watchtower a white rag raise up and wave giving them the signal to attack. One Alliance soldier got into position and launched a grenade at the front of the fortress wood log gates.
The grenade hit and soon exploded wrecking the front gates down and running out was the terrorists of Raven.
