Hello my faithful viewers and welcome to the next chapter. So first off just answering a few questions that were asked. Harbinger the Reaper asked about if the Lieutenants and Dr Grey will make an appearance. Perhaps as a cameo in a later chapter, I think something a lot of good Fan-Fictions fail at is that they just overcrowd the roster with characters and it just becomes a huge mess. Thaqif also made a point that Ruby and Simmons have similar traits and personalities. I'll admit, it's an interesting analysis but one I don't agree with. Ruby I feel while she is nervous, is nearly not as nervous as Simmons in some cases. Also while Simmons is just a huge nerd, Ruby is just a weapons nerd really. One final point before we begin, the story has now hit over 100 follows! Yay, triple digits! Now, on with the show!

Chapter 11- A Moment Of Your Time Please?

The first thing Blake heard was a loud ringing noise. Constant, unending and giving her a huge headache. Then her vision turned from black to white, her eyes narrowing as they attempted to adjust to the sudden change of light. The ringing began to dull as she began to make out the sound of a heart-rate monitor and her vision became less blurred. She was in some sort of hospital dorm, a heart-rate monitor attached to her whilst multiple bags of anaesthetic were also connected to her arm. She looked down and saw she was still in her usual attire, though it had obviously been resown where it had caught on stray branches and cleaned where there had been dirt, grass stains...blood. She looked down at her leg where Locus had shot her and saw that the legging had been resown as well, though the faintest stains of blood were still present.

"BLAKE! YOU'RE AWAKE!"

Blake turned her attention to the noise and was nearly knocked out of her bed when something red and black rugby tackled her, squeezing as hard as it could whilst flailing its legs wildly.

"Ruby?" Blake managed to say as she gently pushed the young huntress off her.

"I'm so glad you're okay! We've been worried sick about you!" Ruby said, sliding off Blake's bed as she stood at the side, a wide grin on her face.

Blake turned her head and saw Weiss and Yang standing near the doorway, content smiles on their faces.

"Well, looks like the gang is back together again!" Yang announced, repeating her statement from earlier.

"Please don't say that sis, the last time you did we ended up getting separated...again!" Ruby quietly said, earning a nervous chuckle from Yang.

Blake let a small smile appear on her face as she watched her team-mates get up to their usual antics. The gang really was back together it seemed. That was when Blake appeared to notice something odd. A large window was on her left side, most likely an observation window for guests to use when medical staff needed space to operate in the room. But that wasn't what Blake found odd. What was odd was the fact there were seven people dressed in futuristic armour watching her.

"Don't move...their senses rely on movement..." the red one said, at least she thought it was the red one seeing as how his head bopped up and down.

"Err...this is mirror glass...right?" the maroon one asked, turning his head to the red soldier.

"Guys, who are those people?" Blake asked, causing the rest of her team to turn their attention to the window and let out a collective sigh.

"Crap, she can see us! Hide!" the orange one shouted, causing all the soldiers to duck out of their sight, save for the blue one who simply turned around.

"Caboose! Get down!" one of them shouted, which one it was she couldn't be sure.

"If I can't see them they can't see me!" the blue soldier, which she theorised to be Caboose, shouted before a turquoise hand grabbed his back and pulled him down with an audible grunt.

Blake just stared in shock at what she had just witnessed, unable to put the words in her mouth. She just blankly stared at the rest of her team, silently demanding an explanation for what she just witnessed.

"It's a long story..." Yang replied, rubbing the back of her head as she tilted it slightly. "But never mind about those morons, where have you been?"

Blake visibly faltered slightly as a nervous frown appeared on her face. She looked at what little of her skin could be seen and saw that the cuts she had received were nearly healed, though she was confident a majority of her wounds would scar. The others appeared to notice the sudden mood change and the care-free smiles were replaced almost immediately.

"We're sorry Blake, we didn't know about..." Weiss managed to say, though she couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence.

"It's okay, you didn't know..." Blake quietly replied, earning a quick sigh from the others. She looked around for her precious weapon, only to find it was nowhere in sight. "Guys...where's Gambol Shroud?" Blake asked. Her mind raced franticly, had she dropped it when she was fleeing? She didn't even remember carrying it when she appeared in the city!

"Your weapons fine, it's in the armoury." Ruby reassured, earning a sigh of relief from Blake. "We'll take you to it when you're ready to get up."

Blake nodded slightly and let her eyes close. She laid her head back on the pillow and allowed herself to drift off into sleep. She was just as quickly awoken however by the familiar sound of a door hissing open. She sat up immediately as she saw two figures walk into the room. One she recognised as the man who saved her, Washington, though she did not recognise the other figure. They wore armour that was eerily familiar to what the female Space Pirates wore save for a different colour scheme and judging from their build, was also female.

"How are you feeling?" Washington asked, tilting his head slightly as he spoke.

"I'm okay..." Blake replied. She was too tired and worn out to have noticed it earlier, but the guy sounded a lot like Ozpin. A little too much like him.

"That's good to hear," the woman stated, causing Blake to blink in shock. She certainly sounded like Pyrrha, perhaps even looked like her under the helmet. "We need to ask you a few questions about your captors."

"Look, she needs some rest, can't you ask questions later?" Yang asked, her voice dangerously low.

"Look, all we need is some information on the Space Pirates, that's all." Washington replied, raising his hand slightly before continuing. "We just need to ask Blake some about-"

"All right." Blake interrupted, catching everyone present off guard.

"What?" all present asked, looking at Blake with bewilderment and confusion present on their faces and in their body language.

"Those...monsters did things to me. Things no one should have to endure," Blake replied, hesitating slightly as she remembered the things the Pirates did to her. "I'll tell you everything I can."

Washington and the other soldier simply looked at one another before turning to face Blake again.

"Okay then...that's good I guess..." Washington warily replied.

"Your friend is right though, you need some rest." The woman stated, turning to leave the room before continuing. "When you feel like you're ready to talk, meet us in the War Room. Your friends know the way."

The two soldiers then left the room, leaving only Blake, Ruby, Yang and Weiss in the room. After a few seconds of silence, Blake finally turned her head to the rest of her team.

"So...what have you been up to?"

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A few hours after her team told her everything that had happened since their arrival, Blake finally felt as though she had enough strength to get out of bed and have a look around the city. It reminded her somewhat of a combination between Vale and the ruined city she had found after her escape. Also present were the multiple soldiers who's bodies littered the streets of the latter city, though in this case both forces were very much alive. She could also sense a large amount of tension between the two groups, with both forces preferring their own company rather than that of the other faction. From little information her friends had been able to gather, the two faction had been at war until only recently and there was still a lot of hatred between the two.

After retrieving Gambol Shroud from the armoury, Blake was led by the rest of her team to what she believed to be the War Room. She was, however, caught off guard by the large amount of guards present. Apparently, she wasn't the only one.

"Why are all these guards present? The last time we were here there was not even a single soldier?" Ruby asked, tilting her head slightly.

"There were guards here last time you dolt!" Weiss sighed, shaking her head slightly. "It's just that there are a lot more present."

"Why though? What's so important about this place now?" Yang asked, shrugging her shoulders slightly.

"Only one way to find out..." Blake replied, walking towards the entrance with her team-mates close behind.

As they came closer, the two Federal Guards outside the door noticed them immediately and walked forward.

"Halt! No unauthorised personnel are allowed access to the War Room currently!" one of the guards ordered, holding his left hand out in a stopping motion.

"We're not here to cause trouble." Blake reassured, slowly stepping back as the two guards stood no little then a metre from them.

"Then turn around and walk away. Best way not to cause trouble, right?" the second guard said, a woman judging from her smaller frame.

Blake looked around and saw that they were attracting the attention of more then one of the guards. She took notice of how their armour was different to the standard soldiers, even though only slightly. The New Republic soldiers wore the standard uniform only it was bulkier and looked more uniformed than the other soldiers. The Federal Army soldiers armour was also bulkier and had a back-pack attached to it, it was also pure white rather than white and green. Just what was so important about these people?

"We're here to speak with Washington and Carolina, they invited us here." Yang stated, raising her arms slightly. The two guards looked at one another before turning back towards the group.

"I'll contact them, see if their story checks out..." the male Fed said, the female nodding in response. After a brief conversation on the radio, the man turned back to face the group. "All right, story checks out. In you go."

The huntresses looked at one another before entering the building, ascending the stairway that led to the main War Room, taking note of the multiple soldiers present.

"What's with all the beefed up security?" Ruby whispered, leaning closer to the rest of her team-mates.

"No idea, perhaps someone important is here." Weiss replied, though her guess was as good as any.

Eventually, they made their way into the main room and saw Washington, Church and Carolina present with two people they didn't recognise. One from the look of their armour was of the New Republic, but their armour was slightly different, with light blue camouflage instead of green. The other was of the Federal Army, his armour being slightly bulkier around the shoulders and with a gold trim.

"Good, you're here." Carolina said, turning to face the huntresses. All others turned to face the group as they entered the room.

"Ladies, allow us to introduce the leaders of Chorus," Washington announced, gesturing towards the two other soldiers present. "This is General Vanessa Kimball of the New Republic and General Donald Doyle of the Federal Army."

"Ladies, it's a pleasure to meet you." Kimball said, nodding her head slightly as she spoke.

Yang blinked slightly before looking back and forth between Ruby and Kimball, causing Ruby to stare at her in confusion. Maybe it was her mind playing tricks on her, but she sounded kinda like her sister for second. Rather then let her mind linger on the thought, she turned her attention back to the conversation.

"We've heard a lot about you all and I must say, we're both rather impressed." Doyle continued, his hands clasped behind his back.

The huntresses visibly faltered at the sound of his voice. They'd met their fair share of people here that sounded somewhat like people back home, but this guy sounded nearly identical to Torchwick. Everyone present seemed to notice this and looked at each other in confusion.

"Is it something I said?" Doyle asked, clearly confused.

"Not what you said, but more who you sound like..." Ruby replied, causing the General to appear even more confused.

"I would say you'll get used to him...but that clearly isn't the case!" Kimball said, a large amount of hatred in her voice.

"Oh don't start that again..." Doyle retorted, his voice dangerously as the two leaders stared daggers at one another.

"Enough!" Washington barked, causing the two Generals to look towards the Freelancer. "I know you two don't like each other, but if you want to survive this war, you need to start working together!"

The two Generals simply grunted at one another before turning back to the huntresses.

"Now Blake, we need you to tell us everything you remember. Understood?" Church asked, looking up to the faunus as he spoke. Blake simply nodded at the A.I, prompting him to continue. "All right then, start from the beginning..."

"It all started about a day or two ago. Back home, me and my friends were tracking down a criminal named Roman Torchwick. We tracked him to an unidentified temple where he was planning to unleash an E.M.P blast through out the city."

"I'm pretty sure it's pronounced EMP..." Washington interrupted, causing all to look at him in slight confusion. "Just...thought you should know..."

"Anyway..." Blake said before continuing. "We managed to stop him, but the resulting explosion transported us here. I was caught in the first blast and I woke up later. Torchwick and the White Fang captured me, before the Space Pirates captured them."

"Who are the White Fang?" Carolina asked, turning to the other huntresses in the group.

"Terrorists, group of freedom fighters that resort to unlawful ways to get what they want." Yang responded, causing Doyle to grunt slightly.

"We're all very familiar with terrorists, aren't we Kimball?" Doyle said, a hint of venom present in his voice.

"What did I just say about getting along!" Washington snapped, causing Doyle to growl slightly. Washington turned back towards Blake and nodded for her to continue.

"They took us to a base hidden in the mountains, lots of guards present, and two of their leaders I think...Locus and Felix." Blake continued. Judging from the shared reaction of everyone present, her judgement was correct. "They then began interrogating me and..." the words caught in Blake's throat as she attempted to recall the events.

"It's all right, you don't have to tell us that if you don't want to..." Kimball reassured, causing Blake to nod before continuing.

"After they were...done questioning me, they tried to kill me but I managed to escape. And I think you're all aware of the rest..." Blake said, looking at the group to see their reaction to her story.

"Do you have any idea where these mountains might be?" Carolina asked, turning to face Blake as she spoke.

"No...but I remember seeing this city when I woke up." Blake replied, her mind going back to the memories of her arrival.

"Are you sure?" Washington asked, leaning forward as he spoke.

"Yeah, do you know where it is?" Blake asked.

"Maybe..." Washington said before he turned his attention to the A.I on the table. "Epsilon, can you get a map up of this area?"

"On it!" Church replied before disappearing. Moments later, a large holographic map of the area appeared on the table, Church appearing next to Carolina soon after. A large section of the map began to pulse red, perhaps indicating a danger zone.

"According to the men that spotted your arrival, there were two pulse beams. One outside the city gates," Washington said, a small white orb appearing near the cities border. "And one here." he continued, another orb appearing outside the pulsating red zone.

"We've lost contact with a lot of squads and drones in that area, you think they might be related?" Kimball asked, observing the map before looking up at Washington.

"Maybe, it would certainly make a lot of sense..." Washington replied before turning to Blake "I know it's a long shot, but do you recognise any of this terrain?"

Blake looked over the map, understanding almost immediately how much of a long shot it was. The map was basic in design, the majority of her analysis being nothing more but pure guessing. But one of the mountain clusters did look familiar, and she saw the ruined city nearby.

"That cluster there," Blake said, pointing to the mountain cluster which she now realised was in the centre of the pulsating red area. "I'm confident that's the place."

"Are you sure?" Carolina asked, taking a step forward as she spoke. Blake nodded in response, causing the group to look at one another in realisation.

"I think we have a major opportunity here." Carolina stated, leaning on the table as she spoke.

"If by opportunity you mean a chance to capture another outpost AND potentially kill Locus and Felix, then I think you're right." Church replied, causing Carolina to nod in agreement.

"I can gather a small force from the New Republic to accompany you, led by my best soldiers." Kimball stated, stepping forward slightly as she spoke.

"As can the Federal Army, it won't take long I can assure you." Doyle said, stepping forward as well.

"Great," Washington replied as he turned his attention to the two Generals. "We'll gather a task force so we can-"

"We're coming too!" Ruby announced, nearly everyone in the room save for Blake having forgotten the other huntresses were present.

"What?" Washington asked, clearly taken back by the sudden volunteering.

"We're coming with you!" Yang repeated, stepping forward along with Weiss.

"Look, you want payback for Blake, we get it!" Church stated, hoping to perhaps dissuade the huntresses choice.

"It's not just that," Ruby replied, catching even Church off guard. "These...Pirates or whoever they are, are bad people. They go around hurting and killing the innocent, and it's our job to protect the innocent. And if that means we go with you to this temple place, then so be it."

Everyone present merely looked at one another in surprise at the small speech Ruby just gave.

"I guess there's no stopping you, is there?" Carolina finally asked, tilting her head as she awaited a response.

The four huntresses shook their heads causing Carolina to let a reluctant sigh.

"Fine, you can join us." Carolina said, before pointing at the four huntresses. "But be aware that we can't guarantee your safety, is that understood?"

Ruby turned to the rest of her team, determined grins on their faces.

"Don't worry, I think we got this..."

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The big climax is just on the horizon, people. Until then, stay tuned for updates on my stories. Liked it? Don't forget to review and if you have any questions, feel free to leave it either in your review or PM me.

Raging Archon out.