Ch 26: Fort Winter

"Absolutely not! I will not let you risk The Horn of Grimm like that my old friend!" Ozpin's voice screamed from my tablet at Professor Port, since we were still in the dropship. "You all will return back to Fort Winter immediately, then we will consider taking back Beacon."

"Fine, whatever you think my dear old friend. I guess we will head back to Fort Winter then." Replied Port. "Pilot, my dear sir, take us back to Winter!" And with that order our dropship changed direction and headed back to the Mistral Region. I guess we will head back to Fort Winter, it makes more sense anyway.

"Guess we should attempt to sleep during the flight back." I explain to everyone in the dropship. "We don't have the slightest clue if Ozpin will either send us directly back to attack Beacon or if we will plan something out and stay at Fort Winter a little bit longer." Everyone acknowledged what I said as I glanced around the hull of the ship. Paying close attention to Devin and Weiss who appeared to be chatting with each other in depth. I guess they weren't kidding, they must have actually been really close once. Too bad they are meeting each other in a situation like this. I took a last glimpse at the two soldiers who made it, Ren, Weiss, Devin, and Professor Port as I closed my eyes. Something big is about to go down.

- Later, At Fort Winter's Hangar-

"Glad to see you all made it safely back to us." Ozpin greeted us as we all stepped out of the dropship.

"Not all of us, six of the GICD soldiers that accompanied us perished during our standoff with the WF." Devin quickly added, cutting Ozpin off. "What's our next move? The longer I work for you, the more it will cost you."

"Relax Devin, you will get your money soon enough. We will strike back and take Beacon back from the WF soon. For now, I want all of you to get some rest for a few days and catch up with your friends. I can't guarantee we will all come out of this one in one piece." Ozpin quickly responds to Devin's question. After which, Port follows Ozpin with a black case of some sort, which I was guessing contained the horn. Ren, Weiss, and Devin followed me out of the hangar, back towards the living quarters where we were surprised by energetic Nora, and a seemingly relaxed Blake.

"Ren! You are back!" Were all the words that came from her lips as she jumped into his arms. "I missed you sooooo much" She added.
"As did I." Ren responded with a kiss on her forehead. Awh how cute. This thought of them seeing each other was broken by a sudden hug around my waist from Blake.

"Hope you didn't think Nora was the only one missing someone." She says as I too wrap my hands around her waist. "Real fast Mako, before you tell me what's going on, who is the shady guy with the white hair and trench coat?"

"His name is Devin, a mercenary, used to provide protection to Weiss before her father thought they were getting too close to one another." I whisper into her ear. "Luckily nobody has a problem with the two of us getting closer to each other." Blake smiles when the last part of my phrase leaves my lips. "Blake before we go "catch up", I need to go talk to Devin."

"Sure, whatever you think you need to do before then." She giggles a little bit and heads towards her room. Man, I can't wait to "catch up" with Blake. I've really missed her. I turned around to see that Weiss was heading towards the showers and Devin just seemed to be standing there. Guess he is thinking or something. I approached him and got his attention.

"So Devin, why do you want to help us retake Beacon?" I ask him, you could practically feel the curiosity coming from my words.

"Originally it was just for the money. Hard to make a transition from protecting a girl, someone you were close to for so long, then all of a sudden being cut loose, made into a lone wolf. Yet I have found out over the years that I work great alone. Some guys in the GICD say I'm a legend on the battlefield, a spirit if you will, out to get his paycheck. Yet after what Weiss told me on the ride back I feel it is my duty to see that she gets through all of this in one piece." He responds thoroughly to my question.

"Which means you will help us take back Beacon?" I ask him, curious about his intentions.

"If it takes doing exactly that, then yes. So I guess the answer to your question is I'm doing this for her. By the way, you should watch out for your little lady friend. Ozpin is right when he says we might not all come out of this in one piece. Now if you excuse me, I need to go find Weiss." And with that Devin strolled his way over to the girls shower room. He is persistent, I will give him that.

I walk down the corridor towards Blake's room, near the end of the hallway I find a distressed Yang. "Hey, are you alright?" I ask the blonde haired brawler.

"I guess, I'm just worried about everyone. Word is going around that Ozpin is planning our final push I guess to retake Beacon with Commander White." She responds as she looks me in my eyes.
"That can't be it Yang, there has to be s

omething else." I respond, knowing something else is on her mind.
"Fine, you got me. It's Ruby. I just don't want anything to happen to her when we attack Beacon. I'm her big sister and I need to be there for her, but if I don't make it. I feel she will be lost without me." Yang begins to tear up as she says this. "I know this is weird to ask you Mako, but if I somehow don't make it out of this, will you watch over Ruby?"

"Sure absolutely, I hope that never will happen though. I hope we all make it out just fine. Better yet, I will watch over both of you during our assault. And I can promise you that I will do my best to protect not just Ruby but you as well." Yang hugs me when I say this.

"Thanks Mako, and I hope it won't come to that either." She turns around and heads into her room. I then reach for the doorknob to Blake's door. Finally, we can "catch up" before tomorrow. I open the door to find Blake already lying on her bed with the lamp on and a book in hand. Her ears twitch as she notices me enter the room and close the door behind me.

"Bout time you came in here, what took you so long?" She asks me as she pulls back her sheets so I could strip down into my sleepwear and get into her bed.

"Just Yang, she is worried about the attack and for the safety of Ruby. Ozpin made a good point that we might not all make it out of this one in one piece." I tell Blake this as I run my hand through her silky, black hair.

"So don't be surprised if I get hurt or worse Blake."

Her expression changes to a calm one as she answers my statement, "You will pull through Mako, in the end you always do… WE ALWAYS do. And if everything goes to plan, like Ozpin is hoping, we won't have to worry any more about our safety Mako."

"I guess you are right, this time however, I want you to promise me something instead of me promising you something." I declare as I begin to kiss her neck.

"And what is that Mako Scatterfall?" she responds seductively as I begin to move up her neck until I am face to face with my beautiful girlfriend.

"Don't make me be the one beside the hospital bed, I can't stand to see you get hurt."

"Aren't you forgetting that the first time I ever shared a bed with you was when I was recovering from an injury? Good things happen to you when I get hurt temporarily." She counters my proposal.

"But better things happen when you aren't hurt, remember the hotel?" I remind her of the first time we truly embraced each other.

"Oh shut up" she jokingly mutters as our lips become locked in to one another.

"Guess it's time to "catch Up" Blake" I say to her as I break away from her lips. Yet as we settled down and started to get ready to "catch Up" we began to hear something.

"Is that-. Moaning? Coming from next door?" Blake asked me with a confused expression on her face.

"Ohhhh Devin, I missed you so much!" the screams came from through the walls.

"I guess Devin and Weiss are getting to know each other again." I say to Blake. We sit there in silence and wait for their yells to stop.
-15 Minutes Later-
"Finally, I thought she was never going to stop." muttered Blake, she then locked her eyes with mine, "Now where were we?"

Next Chapter will contain Lemon, one last time before the assault on Beacon, you all can either expect to see it posted by either the night of the 10th of July or on the 14th, depends on how I want to release the final couple of chapters. I also wanted to inform everyone that I'm working on a short spin off about Devin Cross, which will be released at the same time as my first entry to my new fanfic that will be cannon to volume 2. So expect that soon. I have had a blast writing my first Fanfic but are looking for reviews, comments if you will to further increase my writing, which i turn will make the next to projects seem atleast twice as good as this one. I also wanted to tell you all that I'm planning on ending this at Ch 31, and just to give everyone a heads up, im not going to pull a george RR Martin but some people are going to die...

Message me with ideas, if they are good enough I might change the outcome of the story.