Chapter 14: Phantoms Burn

Royce sat on a wooden log as he drank water from his flask. Next to him Lindsey played with Teddy. Captain Price and the others left him on watch of her. "So Lindsey, how are you feeling?"

"I'm alright… I just want to see mommy and daddy again." Lindsey replied as she looked at Teddy. "When can I see them again?"

Royce let out a long breath "You may not be able to see them for a while. Lindsey."

"Why?"

"Because you can't. Ok?"

"Ok." She smiled at him and hugged teddy "At least I have teddy."

"Yeah…" Royce said as he started at his flask.

"Phantom? Phantom can you read?" Captain Price said over the radio

"I'm here sir." Royce stated

"We may have found something. So get over here, and bring Lindsey. We can't leave her alone in the wild."

"Got it sir." Royce said as he stood up. "Come on Lindsey, we got to go see the others."

"Okay dokay." She said as she jumped off the jog with teddy in her hand.

Royce looked over the small cliff to see what was below. A large factory like building stood in the middle of the forest. It was quite camouflaged but not enough. "So what is it?" Royce asked, Lindsey holding on to his hand.

"Don't know, but we're going to check it out." Close-up said as he stood up. "So let's get on with this." Royce went to walk away but Lindsey pulled on his arm.

"I don't like this. There's something bad, very bad." She stated

"Don't worry. You got us to protect you." Ripper stated as he followed Close-up

"Sir, I agree with the girl. There's something wrong with that place. It just doesn't feel… right…" Angel reported

"I know, I can feel it too. But it's the only lead on where we are at the moment. So it's all we got."

Royce stood next to a metal door, his back against the wall and Lindsey right next to him. On the other side of the door the others had stacked up. Royce opened the door and Close-up quickly walked in with his shotgun at the ready. The others following quickly inside. Inside it looked like a massive warehouse full of large cargo containers. They followed along the alleyways of containers until they reached a large open area. Multiple people stood in the middle of the room. One had red hair and a weird looking suit. Another was a ginger with a classy get up. "Cinder. Phase 3 failed. How are we going to go through with the other phase?"

"Patience Adam, everything will go smoothly. We'll just skip phase 3 and go to phase 4."

"Cinder, you can't be serious…" The man with red hair stopped and looked around. "We're being watched."

"Shit…" Price whispered "Time to bug out." they quickly started to move back down the corridor until they turned and were faced with a young girl with pink and brown hair. "Screw it!" Price shouted as they sprinted into the clear area where everyone could see them. "Phantom! Protect Lindsey!" he ordered. Adam and Cinders attention turned to a young girl hiding behind one of them.

"And who are you people?" Cinder asked

"RUN!" Angel shouted as they turned and sprinted. Roman lifted his cane and fired it at a container. It fell down and trapped most of the squad with him, Cinder, Neo and one of Adams lieutenants.

"Adam, go get the one with the girl." Cinder asked

"Fine." Adam nodded and quickly darted over the container.

Royce was lost. He couldn't find anyone in this maze of containers. Until he heard the scream. A scream that was quite easily recognized.

One of a little girl.

Royce sprinted through the pathways of containers, his breathing ragged from the constant sprint. He turned one corner into a small clearing. Lindsey was on the floor while man known as Adam stood over her with his blade poised to strike. Royce pulled out his combat knife and darted forward. Adam brought down his blade…

CLANG

The blade stopped a few inches above Lindsey. Adam was surprised to see the one known as Phantom holding is sword off with only a knife. "You leave her…" Phantom said

"ALONE!" he screamed as flicked his blade up, sending Adam staggering backwards. Royce didn't give him a chance. Adam sent a sideways slice across his head but Royce ducked stabbed his knife into Adams right arm. Adam yelled out in pain as Royce elbowed him in the face. As Adam went back Royce pulled the knife out and swung it around sending a stab into Adams leg. He screamed in pain as he fell to the floor. Royce stood up and smiled

"What… are you…?" Adam asked weakly.

"I'm British." Royce stated as he was about to plunge the knife into his chest.

BOOM

Royce felt a massive force hit his chest as he was sent flying backwards. He landed on his back with a thud. He looked towards Adam to see the woman known as Cinder standing next to his lying body. A fireball in her hand. "I thought you could deal with him Adam." She said

"I underestimated him." Adam said as he wiped blood from his face.

"Well I didn't. And now we have the girl and him." Cinder smiled as she looked towards Lindsey who ran over to Royce and started to cry.

"Don't go to sleep! Don't go to sleep like mommy and daddy." She screamed

"Roman. Take her away." Cinder nodded towards Lindsey. Roman walked over and grasped Lindsey's shoulder. She screamed as Roman started to drag her away

HONK HONK

Cinder looked to the left wall just to see it destroyed as a large armoured car crashed through it and slide along the floor. Roman was sent flying by the car. Out of the sun roof Ripper appeared "TIME TO SAY GOODBYE!" he shouted as he fired his machine gun around them. Lindsey sprinted over to Royce's side. Captain Price and Angel jumped out of the car and picked Phantom by his arms and put him inside, along with Lindsey.

"CLOSE-UP! PUNCH IT!" Price ordered as Close-up put it into gear and floored the gas. They drove out of the hole they made and drove down the nearby road. A sign told them where they were heading

50 MILES

VALE

AN: Hello and thank you for reading this chapter. i hope you like it. by the way, there is a RWBY Easter egg in this chapter. if you can find it just PM me or put it in a review.

Also, i know he didn't ask for this but he's awesome I would like to recommend a story to you all. its a RWBY/ X-COM crossover called XRWBY A Brave New World. its only 3 chapters as of me writing this but each chapter is excellent. and the character and story telling is amazing. its written by Golden Sheath.