Ricky went smashing through a window and two other people were with him. It was Blake and Sun they where at the meeting for some reason.
"Who the heck are you!?" Sun asked. Then the mech from inside came smashing out the wall and chased them.
"Doesn't matter just run!" Ricky called out.
The three of them managed to jump to the rooftops and keep running while the mech followed them on the streets.
"So you wouldn't happen to have, oh I don't know, some form of backup!?" Sun asked between his jumps.
"On it!" Blake called back.
"Ricky what happened?" Cyrus asked over comms.
"Currently being chased by Torchwick, he's in the Paladin, Harper, Iris move to Cyrus's location and stay hidden!"
Harper got on the comms, "Ricky three more Paladins just came out of the warehouse and are heading your way."
"Try to divert their course for as long as possible then!"
Ricky, Blake, and Sun jumped from the roof onto a highway. They all landed on different cars and jumped from one to another. They looked back to see Torchwick follow them, pushing away any cars in his way. They continued jumping until they stopped to see Neptune with his trident stuck in the Paladin.
"Neptune, hang on!" Sun said and he put his hands together. Two hologram like figures appeared and charged the Paladin. Both attacked and instantly disappeared once they came into contact with it. Sun jumped up and was about to strike with his Bo-staff when Neptune was shaken off and collided with Sun in midair. They two went flying over the highway barrier. Ricky heard someone call out, "Blake I'm in position!" Weiss came down from the higher bridge and took a stance in the middle of the road. With one move she froze the ground around her and when the Paladin came close it slipped and slid breaking the barrier and coming off the highway. Blake jumped down to the ground to fight while Ricky stayed on the edge to look down. Team RWBY was all there facing the Paladin.
Ricky was about to jump down to join when Iris got on the comms. "Ricky watch your back one Paladin went after you, we're try to distract the other two."
Ricky looked back down the street to see another Paladin making its way to him. He unsheathed his bow and took out a white tipped arrow. He aimed for the foot of the mech and shot his arrow. Direct hit, as the Paladin stopped in its tracks with a frozen foot. Ricky jumped back on to the cars and kept moving towards the stuck Paladin. It noticed and shot a large barrage of missiles. Moving quickly Ricky dodged, jumping from car to car until he jumped over the Paladin. With his sword he slashed the top, but it had little to no effect. He transformed it back into his bow and drew a green tipped arrow. He shot and it sent the Paladin flying down the street. He quickly took out a yellow tipped arrow and shot as well. Once it made contact sparks could be seen around the Paladin. Then Cyrus, Iris, and Harper appeared by his side.
"And the others?" He asked them.
"We don't think they know where we, or you are" Iris answered.
"Think?"
"Enough let's focus on one problem at a time" Cyrus said. They all readied their weapons. The Paladin stood back up and once again charged them. Once it came close a large cloud of smoke appeared and Ricky and his team were lost in the smoke. No where to be seen the Paladin rotated in a circle. A boomerang from behind got its attention as it turned around. Then Harper came from behind and slashed downward with his sword. The Paladin turned and stomped, but Harper wasn't there. Ricky and Cyrus came flying in and sliced the Paladin at full speed, but all that got them was a knock back. Then another green tipped arrow came out and the Paladin was sent flying off the highway and down bellow all the bridges.
It landed in front of team RWBY who were just about to leave. Ricky and the others landed by their side ready to face the Paladin once more.
"Who are you?" Weiss asked.
"Just be ready to fight" Harper replied.
They all reloaded and were about to fight when Yang said. "Could be worse."
Then two other Paladins landed next to the original one.
"You had to jinx it" Cyrus said.
"It can't get any worse."
Then a large group of white fang infantry landed surrounding them all.
"It just did" Ricky said.
A member called out and said "Surender now and maybe we'll let you live."
"Yeah right" Ruby said.
"Do as he says" Cyrus told them. They were all in a circle back to back.
"You must be out of your mind" Weiss said.
"Just do it!" Ricky said activating his semblance. They all put down their weapons even Yang took off her gauntlets. Ruby was the last to put down Crescent Rose. They all put their hands up and members slowly moved in.
"I hope you have a plan" Ricky whispered to Cyrus.
"Wait for it" he replied. The members were getting closer.
"Wait for it" he said again. The members were now almost within arms distance of them.
"Now!"
"Now!" one of the hooded guys screamed and Ruby found herself surrounded by smoke. She could hear large explosions and slashing all around her. She kept her hand on her mouth as she tried not to breath in the smoke. Then she felt a sharp pain in her left arm. She looked and saw a dart in it. She took it out and began to feel drowsy. After a few seconds she passed out on the floor.
She woke up on a roof top to the sound of arguing. She kept her eyes closed and could hear two people in an argument.
"I can't believe you called in more assassins!"
"You had a better plan!?"
"You put their lives at risk!"
"They handled the situation better than we could've!"
Ruby slightly opened her eyes, just enough to let her see but little enough to give the impression she was still asleep. She saw two hooded figures the same ones that appeared before the smoke arose. One had wolf ears sticking out of his hood the other had his mouth covered with something. They continued to argue.
"Your just mad cause you couldn't protect your little 'girlfriend'."
"She's not my girlfriend!"
"Then what is she!?"
"Stop fighting, both of you!" Another person called out. A figure got in between them and pushed them away from each other.
"You sound like a bunch of kids fighting" she continued. They both stood in silence staring at each other.
"Now let's come up with an explanation and tell them before they start asking questions" she said again.
"Just go along with what I say, they'll buy it" The one covering his mouth said as he pulled down his hood. It was Cyrus from Ricky's team. The girl also pulled down her hood, she was Iris. Another hooded figure went next to them. He pulled down his hood, he was Harper. Finally the one with wolf ears took of his hood and it was Ricky.
'Whats going on?' Ruby wondered still pretending to be asleep. 'Assassins?' she questioned in her head. She heard her sister Yang wake up.
"Ugh, where am I?"
"Safe." Harper had woken her up.
Ruby saw Ricky approach and closed her eyes completely. She felt a hand on her shoulder and a small shake. She slowly opened her eyes to see Ricky's face, "You okay?" He asked.
"Ricky, wha, what are you doing here, where is here?" She asked acting innocent.
"We managed to pull you away from the fight in the smoke that appeared, Cyrus any ideas on what that was?"
"Non" Cyrus answered while waking up Blake.
"What where you guy doing?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah?" Yang also got in on the question.
"Tell you the truth, me and Iris have been after the white fang for a long time, it's what lead us here to their meeting." Cyrus answered.
"We've been trying to find out what all those robberies are for and why so much dust is needed."
"Why?" Weiss asked. Ruby kept quiet as she was still sitting with Ricky kneeling in front of her.
"Because our father went missing during his investigation, we want to know why."
"Seems like everyone's after the white fang these days" Ricky said.
"With the damaged they've caused I'm not surprised" Blake replied.
"Why where you guys at the meeting?" Iris asked.
"Same as you, find out what the white fang are planning" Yang answered.
"Wait so were you the people in those hoods?" Weiss asked.
Cyrus nodded and they all stood up. "Keep ourselves hidden and they don't know who's after them" Ricky gave a reason.
"It's been a long night let's head back" Harper said they all agreed and began to make their way back. Ruby kept wondering what they were talking about. She knew Cyrus's story was a lie form what she heard, but now wouldn't be the best time to point that out. Was Ricky hiding something again or was this Cyrus's secret he dragged the rest of the team into like Blake had done. Asking May give her some answers, the only thing is when does she ask?