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Chapter 11

"So, this one is so big everyone is getting involved, including me," Sebastian said at the dinner table as everyone listened, a week since the gala and that meant returning to business and taking down the Guild and its allies. In front of him was a large blueprint for a warehouse that he had acquired online, everyone standing the newly repaired Schnee manor. The repairmen had finished replacing the front doors, repainting the walls and putting in new floors and everyone had been back in their rooms for the past three days.

"Since no one here is buddy-buddy with the White Fang and they want to help the Guild, I think it's time we sent them a message."

"And you think you can help out with that?" Lila asked

"Hey, a month's training has done wonders," he said, Aero rolling his eyes at Sebastian's confidence as he continued, "The plan is simple. The White Fang are dealing weapons to make a bit of profit to help fund their men and the Guild are going to give them a few bodyguards. They want to move these weapons to a train at 1AM. We are gonna get there at 12 AM, beat em'up and turn the weapons over. It's small, but no weapons means no one can possibly mobilize and the loss of money means they struggle and the Guild loses faith in them. Questions?"

"Points of attack?" Aero said, walking over to Sebastian and looking at the map with him.

"Front doors, side and rear. Surprise and condense them, giving them no chance of escape."

"Who's where?"

"Yang, Scarlet, Ruby and Lila take the front. Blake, Sun and I the back, you and Weiss the side. The three of us will begin the attack, then you and Weiss then the four of you."

"Doing it in steps to slowly drop their morale until it's practically gone. Smart Seb," Lila said, everyone agreeing as he smiled.

"Well at least someone appreciates me," he said, earning a nudge from Aero as he stared down at the blueprints.

"How far away is the train?" Ruby asked.

"About three miles away."

"Why not two teams? You know, send one to the train station and the other to the warehouse? Seems like a better option," Sun said with a shrug.

"He has a point, that way we can cut off any possible stragglers and whatever guns may already be on the train," Weiss added as Aero nodded in agreement.

"That's why we'll move in before the train get there. From what I've heard that train is gonna come in and then leave after 10 minutes. That gives them a short time to load up any gear. They'll be focused solely on the gear to load up."

"Catch them when they're focused on something else," Yang said with a slight grin, "Sounds like a plan, little to no resistance, easy mission."

"We may still wanna send at least two to the train," Lila said, looking around the room, "Hell, Yang and I can do that."

"Not a good idea," Sebastian said as circled the warehouse with his finger, "This place can house at least 150 soldiers."

"Damn… okay, wait… that would leave seven to deal with 150 and two to… let's ballpark it… 30 guards on the train… We could still handle it," Aero said.

"I don't want to risk anything, I'd rather have us all together instead of possibly being isolated and picked off," Sebastian said, looking up at the group, "Are we all okay with the plan?" he asked, everyone nodding and leaving to prepare for the strike.

"What's up with Seb?" Lila asked Aero, the two walking upstairs to their rooms.

"Don't know, he seemed off."

"Like something was on the back of his mind," she said, stopping at the top and crossing her arms as Scarlet and Ruby walked by holding hands.

"You have a problem with it."

"I've just never seen him like that Aero."

"Trust me, I know. I know," Aero said, breathing slowly and nodding his head, "To be fair, he's never planned anything this big before. His mind is just probably locked on the idea, which happens to some people."

"Good point… still though."

"I know," Aero said, patting her back and watching her leave as Weiss walked up to him.

"Everything okay?"

"She's just worried because of how Sebastian was acting during the meeting."

"Don't blame her."

"Same. So, you and me together again," Aero said with a smile.

"You got it. Just try to keep up."

"Just try? Hell, I'll be in front of-" Aero began until Weiss turned around and glared at him, "I'll do my best to keep up," earning a smile from Weiss.

"Everyone in position?" Aero asked over the radio as he and Weiss made their way to their entry point. The stopped at the door and waited until the radio buzzed to life, everyone confirming they were in position. He closed his eyes and clicked his tongue, hoping the echo would give them an advantage but shook his head and looked confused.

"What's wrong?"

"There's… no one in there?" he said to Weiss, who opened the door slowly and peeked inside.

"There's… yeah, you're right," she said, flinging the door open and running in with Aero hot on her heels.

"Guys!" Aero yelled, everyone moving in as he and Weiss looked around, staring at the mass of empty shelves and abandoned vehicles. Everyone moved around, double checking to make sure they were the only ones inside.

"A bomb better not go off," Sun said under his breath as they re-grouped.

"I thought you said they weren't-"

"I know what I said Aero," Sebastian said, rubbing his eyes and sighing, "Let's move to the train station. Can we see if any trains have moved in the past 30 minutes?"

"Yeah, we can check with the Hunter Council, they have those resources," Ruby said, walking away with her Scroll held up to her ear as they followed her to a waiting Bullhead. They boarded and took off in the direction of the station, arriving mere minutes later to gunfire that clanged off the closed doors.

"I think we found them," Lila remarked as they Bullhead hovered and one of the side doors opened. Aero took out five of the little smoke pellets that Sebastian had stolen, activated them and jumped out, throwing them at the shooters, which exploded and covered the team inserting into the fight on the station. Aero quickly clicked his tongue, pointing out guards who were coughing at the smoke or moving their way through it, who were taken down by Lila, Sebastian, Ruby and Blake.

Everyone else pushed forward and a melee ensued, multiple members of the White Fang either meeting their end or being knocked unconscious by the group as they boarded the train. Aero got in front and moved slowly, Lila and Ruby right behind them with their rifles aimed as they moved through a train car. Suddenly the door in front of them was kicked down and two flashbangs were thrown in, going off and seriously stunning Aero and Blake as everyone else closed their eyes, their ears ringing from the high-pitched sound. Weiss and Sun ran to the two as everyone else fought in the cramped car, bumping into each other as they fought off attackers.

"Are you okay?" Weiss asked, Aero's eyes closed in pain. She looked up and saw his bat ears bleeding, causing her to look down at him with concern. Aero could still hear just fine, but his enhanced hearing was damaged.

"I will be," he groaned, getting up and rubbing his bat ears before moving to Blake.

"I'm fine," she said, waving them off as the group moved to a much larger car full of weapons.

"Damn," Scarlet said.

"You got that right," Ruby said as they continued on only to be stopped by more White Fang members and a couple of assassins. The two groups met, with Aero, Yang and Weiss fighting the assassins and everyone else easily taking down the guards. Aero dodged a couple of predictable moves, punched the assassin in the gut and brought his hidden blade up like a uppercut. Instead of impacting their chin, Aero's blade went from the bottom of their jaw through the top of their head, killing them instantly as Yang threw her opponent across the car while Weiss encased hers in ice.

"Wow Aero, little too much don't you think?" Yang asked.

"Not enough," he replied with a smile as they finally reached the engine and stopped the train, which slowed then lurched forward to a grinding halt. Weiss called the Atlas police and everyone stood near the stopped train at the base of one of the mountain ranges, catching their breath and congratulating each other as the forest in front of them stood silent.

"Seriously, it's weird how good you are at just taking a life," Yang said as she described what Aero did to the assassin he fought, a few flinching at the killing blow Yang detailed.

"You get used to it honestly. It becomes a sense of 'I'm not dying today, so they're going down'," he said with a shrug.

"I see what you mean," Scarlet said as Blake and Ruby agreed.

"Yeah, so it's not weird, geez. Thanks for making me the odd man out Yang," he said with a shove to her shoulder, everyone laughing. Just as Yang was about to retaliate, they heard an explosion at the end of the train. They all looked down and saw the last car had somehow exploded, confusing them until the one in front of it exploded. All of a sudden the cars in front of each other began exploding at a rapid rate.

"Oh shit!" Blake said as they moved, trying to avoid the blast but couldn't as the engine exploded, pushing everyone through the hair and onto the ground hard, knocking all of them unconscious.

Aero groaned, his body throbbing in pain as a small explosion sent bits of hot metal around him, some glancing off his face along with light rain that fell from the clouds as he sat up and looked around. The train was a burning, hulking, mangled twist of metal that barely resembled what was there mere minutes ago. He stood up slowly, his legs wobbly and his lack of balance causing him to fall back down.

"Guys…" he said, barely audible, a low, raspy voice that Aero could not believe was his.

"Guys," he said louder, standing up and looking around, trying to spot anyone and did, stumbling over to Yang's body, her face pale. He crumbled next to her and felt her neck, getting a pulse that was getting weaker. Aero looked at her confused until he looked down her body and saw why: while her left leg was intact, halfway down the thigh of her right leg there was no more leg, only skin and arteries. Aero quickly looked away to not puke, looked again and shook as tears formed in his eyes. He moved down and inspected the wound, noting the massive blood loss she had probably endured. He took out a short blade and cut the lose skin and dangling arteries and then took his shirt off and wrapped it around the stump of her right thigh to try and contain the blood loss. He stood back up, his breathing harsh as he looked around the forest scenery.

"GUYS!" he yelled, hearing movement ahead and running forward on pure adrenaline. He happened upon Lila, who was being used as a crutch by Sebastian.

"What happened?!"

"I'm fine, just my leg is fucked up."

"Where's everyone else?"

"They're not with you?" Lila asked in response with concern. Aero turned to the forest and spotted movement, running towards it and finding Blake and Ruby.

"Oh thank goodness," he said, hugging the two of them, who looked with confusion as tears went down Aero's cheeks.

"Why are you shirtless?" Blake asked, yet as Aero opened his mouth to respond but was cut off because of a horrible scream that rang through the air. They ran back to the destruction and found Weiss, Sun and Scarlet with Yang, Lila and Sebastian, who was tending to her.

"YANG!" Ruby yelled as she scrambled forward, grabbing her shoulders and shaking them violently, "Yang wake up!"

"She'll be fine Ruby," Sebastian said, Lila applying pressure as he tended to her smaller wounds.

"Lila, with me, everybody else hold on to a limb of hers and don't move," Aero said, everyone moving to a position. He and Lila ran to the carnage, the latter curious as to what her friend was looking for.

"Just a hot piece of metal," he said, finally spotting a sheet metal that was majorly in a fire. He grabbed the edges and pulled it out, running back with it and telling Lila to pull his shirt off Yang's wound.

"Okay, just hold her steady," he said. He counted to three then pushed the searing hot metal on the wound to cauterize it. Yang's eye's shot open, their color matching the fire as she wrenched around and let loose a blood-curling scream, everyone holding on as she tried to push them off. After nearly a minute, she calmed and closed her eyes again, allowing Aero to remove the sheet metal and look at the wound as police and paramedics made it to them. Everyone found someone to be with as Yang was loaded into an ambulance, her half-sister tagging along with her boyfriend, leaving everyone else at the scene of the carnage.

"You ever wonder why we're here?"

"Fuck off Randy, it's every damn day with you," the assassin said to the other. The two on guard stood on a catwalk overlooking the large area below. In front of them was a door that seemed to be the front door of a house, yet instead led to a five story underground fort of the Guild, where assassin's trained and rested.

"Just saying man," Randy said with a shrug as the knob on the door jiggled. The two looked in confusion until the door was kicked down, the two being greeted with a headshot each from two pistols.