Hello everyone I did what I could sorry for the wait aside from Writers block I have been looking and thinking this over I really hope it works for ya all and if anything seems off feel free to PM me
oh by the way Star wars belongs to Lucas arts/Disney and RWBY belongs to Monty Oum/Roosterteeth
And lastly I am working on figuring the next chapter out I do hope that everyone that is supporting the story are not worried about me quieting I plan to finish this story fully.
Light in the Black Chapter 7: A low key mission. A breach. A problem arises.
It was the next day since the events of the CCT disturbance Chappy was in Ozpin's office with Packer next to him both at attention to discuss the events then and the actions taken
"The events of last nights.. Break in attempt though being seemingly stopped, there is still there is still the matter of the fire fight that took place in the courtyard." Ozpin said with a stern tone eyeing both men in front of him
"If I may. The green haired girl Emerald I think her name was was able to hide the wound her boss, well at least I am assuming it's her boss. Had with her semblance my scanners showed otherwise when push came to shove all I did was move the kid who pushed me back a little. Though it was just enough to cause pain and break the illusion that Emerald had thus I acted with non lethal takedowns till they got outside then my weapon was on stun." Packer said in his defense
"I see. Than tell me Packer why is it when it came down to the full chase was the shots lethal." Ozpin asked wondering why lethal force was used on school grounds a bit
"To be honest it wasn't all our shots were meant to stun, though when one shot bounced off that Mercury guy's leg it seemed to refocus the shot to lethal from there we aimed high to no effect it seemed." Packer said honestly
Chappy spoke up to try and help "Sir with all due respect Packers been known to improvise should it be needed, if anyone's at fault it's me I should have had a few of my men helping guard the tower, now because of it there could be anything in there from a program meant to hide from every scanning program in the book to something meant to mess with everything when the time comes."
"It is very possible Chappy, but our hands are tied on that note I have a request of you." Ozpin said with a less stern tone
"What is it sir?" Chappy asked a little confused
"The teams are being given missions today, one team I feel will be getting a bigger then they may realize, I need you and a team of your choice to help watch over them, Of course you'll be helping a fully trained and seasoned huntsmen or Huntress but what do you say?" Ozpin asked with a raised eyebrow
"I think we can do that, we are low on supplies though at most we can provide fire support, and help with evacs as we are with them but other then that." Chappy said but left the ending part to hang in the air a little
"Very well once you meet the team that you will be helping, feel free to follow along." Ozpin said with a kind smile
"Sir if I may ask.. How is team CFVY's mission?" Packer asked with a slightly concerned tone
"They are doing fine and should return today." Ozpin said with a kind smile still holding
"Alright sir." Packer said then saluted and walked to the elevator
As Chappy was turning to leave Ozpin said one more thing "If the Queen was there then she may take a different approach be wary Chappy." Chappy gave a node and went to the elevator to gather a squad and the gear they will need for this request
***/**\***
While Chappy and Packer were 'Talking' to Ozpin Team Rwby was heading to get there first mission though when they arrived the one they had picked was.. Not working plainly enough till Ozpin walked over and cleared them saying "Do be careful out there." and with that the team were heading to the docks to see who they were shadowing
Though along the way they ran into some good friends
"Velvet." Ruby said waving over to team CFVY
'Oh hey Ruby you guys heading out to your first mission?" Velvet asked with a slightly beaten look
"Yeah but are you guys ok?" Ruby asked a little worried seeing the look Velvet has
"Yeah it's just there were so many of them.. Thankfully I had Yatashi watching my back. But I'm sure you guys will be fine.. You're just shadowing a huntsmen or Huntress right?" Velvet asked with a kind smile
"Yeah and I am glad you guys are ok." Ruby said with a smile but it was then that Packer walked over
"Velvet how's the rest of your team?" Packer asked as he walked up
"We're fine Packer really we are." Velvet said already getting where he was going
"Just to be sure let Coco know that I will need to see all four of you for a checkup." Packer said with a look that said 'no getting out of it'
"Right.. I'll go tell her." velvet said with a sigh and started walking to find Coco
Packer then looked at Team RWBY "Hey girls you seen team JNPR around?" He asked with a smile
"No why?" Yang asked a little confused
"Well the units splitting into a couple squads with me staying here." Packer said as he sighed and then said "They got Crack shot. Six shooter. hell shot. Switchblade and Preach with them." he then shook his head "I pity them, nora and Hellshot will be their worst enemy."
"Extra safety measures?" Weiss asked a little confused
"No they wanted to see how some of the jobs were and asked to tag along." Packer said bluntly then shook his head a bit "If you see them warn jaune to pack earplugs specially if they talk about explosives.." With that Packer turned and started heading for the building
"Personally I think that Nora will out last Hellshot." Yang said with a smirk as she started walking with the rest
"I kinda agree." Weiss said knowing how nora is
"I don't know I think Hellshot might out last Nora." Ruby said wondering a little on it
"Maybe but it is Nora we are talking about." Yang said pointing that out
"She's right It's Nora how could Nora be outlasted?" Weiss asked a little skeptical
"When packer said if they talk about explosives so maybe then?" Ruby said adding a little to it
"Let's hope not one Nora is enough." Blake said with a small smile
While they were talking they got to the landing pad and there jaws dropped seeing who it was they were shadowing
"Oh there you are girls!" Oobleck said seeing them arrive
"Doc!" Chappy said as he came over holding a clip board and showing him "This is the list you asked for, you sure you wanted to know this stuff?"
"Chappy?" Ruby asked confused
"Ah yes thank you Chappy… Oh my. You really do need help with this issue.. If I come up with a solution I will inform you post haste." Oobleck said handing it back to Chappy
"Thanks doc." chappy said and looks to the girls and said "Guess your wondering why I'm here huh?" to that he got four nodes
Hawk came up behind them and said "We're coming along with ya."
"Yup and all the fun we bring with us!" Player said as he walked past them with his gear
"Not any of that other fun right Player?" Yang asked to which she saw Player trip and drop his weapon stuttering to which she started laughing at
"V-very funny Yang!" Player said and then added "But it ain't only us."
Shadow walked by them to which Blake lowered her head sighing a bit knowing she had not gotten to talk to him about a few things yet as he was getting his gear loaded into the second transport Blake was about to go up to him when Mother walked by and said "Rigs Is gonna be a little late he is making sure his ammo is working right."
"Wha.. don't tell me the power cells aren't holding up well.." Chappy said in slight worry
"I don't know Rigs hadn't told me but if so we'll be in deep trouble.." Mother said and keeps walking to the transport
"Great.. As if I did not have enough on my mind.." Chappy muttered while shaking his head
"What do you mean your.. Power cells aren't holding up well?" Weiss asked a little confused
"Our tech runs off of well power cells for our weapons it's how our blasters work, But if we have no power we are pretty much defenseless side from the weapons forged by Ruby." Chappy explained with a small frown
Weiss took a moment to think then said "If you give me some time to think I might be able to solve that problem."
"Weiss I ain't asking you to." Chappy said checking if she was saying what he thought she was
"I know first we handled our mission. Then I will take a look alright?" Weiss said as the others nodded
Chappy smiled and nodded at her "Roger that. I'll wait for Rigs go on and tell Oobleck that he'll need five more minutes." Chappy said with his smile holding
The team walked over to the bullhead though Yang pointed out "Hey he said to let Doctor Oobleck know.. Does that mean he's coming with us?"
"I guess so Yang." Blake said though she was also trying to figure out how to talk to Shadow and maybe make amends
"What I am worried about is there.. Power cells. I have no idea how they work and if I can get them some help.. Maybe they will have an easier time surviving.." Weiss said as she was deep in thought a bit
"I think I can make them some back up weapons if you need there's for this Weiss." Ruby said offering some help to which Weiss nodded at
"Thank's it should help. When we get back we'll worry more about it then." Weiss said as they made it to the Bullhead
"Hopefully it won't be a problem for them, They don't need another one that's for sure." Yang said with a smirk as the other three nodded and they got got onto the Bullhead though they could see the clones getting into their ship as well once the professor got on the two dropships started out
***/**\***
During the ride to there LZ Chappy was talking with his squad while team RWBY were listening to a wonderful talk by Doctor Oobleck though internally the girls really were just trying to get by.
When they landed Chappy and his gunship hovered as the six clone troopers came down on retractor cables on the gunship once the last man was down the gunship turned and headed to where the Bullhead was headed
Chappy walked up to the group seeing the dog and the docs reaction to it and said "Do I even want to know?"
"Just Miss rose bringing along a dog to help us on our job." Oobleck said to which Chappy nodded
"Alright well we'll be in support on your mission here though our ammo is good for… about two days. So careful alright?" chappy asked them to which he got nodes and a alright
After the rest of the squad regrouped the good Doctor noticed a lone Grimm a beowulf after explaining a couple things about it before saying
"And theirs it's pack." Oobleck finished
"What?!" Weiss said
"And now they've seen us." Oobleck added as the clones went on high alert
"What?!" Weiss said again in disbelief that they got spotted in less than twenty seconds by Grimm
Oobleck somehow shouted with his head turning bigger then the clones could even figure out "AND NOW THEY'VE SEEN US!"
"How about we just kick there butts save us the trouble?" Yang suggested
"Quite ladies gentlemen I believe it's time to go to work." Oobleck said as he saw team Rwby and Chappy's squad prepare for battle
Team RWBY engaged first with Yang going on the attack giving a good old sucker punch to one unlucky Beowulf with a very high chance of its neck being broken
Blake ended up engaging a group and cutting them to ribbons in quick succession
Weiss ended up charging a group and in a few seconds wiping the Grimm out
Ruby just picked three off and ended up slashing several in half while Zwei the dog just ran in circles
Chappy aimed down his sights along with his squad and waited seeing three about to ambush Blake Ruby and Yang Chappy zeroed in on the one on Ruby and said "Fire!" With that he fired twice hitting the Beowulf in the head Shadow took the one on Blake putting it down with three shots while Mother got the one on Yang with a single shot the three wolves went down and were out once clear the squad started advancing to clear out anything they missed
Team RWBY regrouped as Oobleck came up
"Piece of cake." Ruby said with a smile
"Don't celebrate yet girls this is just the start." Oobleck said as they went on with their trek
Over the course of four hours they had been battling Grimm with support from Chappy's team who were surprisingly stingy in Yang's thoughts on there shots though the ammo supply chappy told them they had would only last if they kept their fire extremely controlled and in low powered shots
Though as they kept going Oobleck asked Yang Blake and Weiss a series of Questions Chappy knew what he was doing and just chuckled a bit to himself as he saw it happen though he heard Oobleck say after he stopped next to Ruby "I believe that will have to do for today." Oobleck then tossed his pack to Yang who caught it easy
"Thinking of setting up Camp doc?" Hawk asked already scanning around
"Yes in that tall building over there, it's got decent sight and good cover, the rest of you please do make sure the camp is set up with out anymore of those nasty creatures, Your leaders and I are going to secure a perimeter." Oobleck started walking and added "Come along Ruby, Chappy."
Chappy shrugged and followed Oobleck along with Ruby while the rest went to set up the camp though Yang looked like something was bothering her
Player leaned over and whispered "Everything ok Yang?"
"Yeah it's nothing I'm alright Player." Yang said dismissively as they walked
***/**\***
While with Chappy Ruby and Oobleck they wandered around till they saw a herd of Grimm big ones
"Woah what are those they look cool." Ruby said awed at the beasts a bit
"Those look to be the size of a Rancor maybe smaller.." Chappy said a little nervous
"Those Ruby are Grimm." Oobleck stated
"Ooh." Ruby then Pulled out her weapon and said "Let's kill it."
"Woah their Ruby think your weapon would do much to something that size?" Chappy said a little worried
"No Ruby I'm afraid your sniper rifle will only agitate the creature." Oobleck started
"Yeah I'd rather not fight something that looks about as large as a rancor." Chappy said to which Ruby looked at him confused
"Ran..cor?" Ruby asked extremely confused
"A creature from where I am from." Chappy said as he shrugged his shoulders
"They sound like interesting creatures!" Oobleck said curious about them
"Don't even think about it Doc they are more dangerous than what you got." Chappy said shutting Oobleck down
"Oh um.. Alright." Oobleck said as they started walking down the destroyed street
"Doctor Oobleck was wondering." Ruby Said only for Oobleck to say
"Wondering why I have been interrogating your teammates all day?" Oobleck Guessed
"Actually I was wondering.. Why did you want to become a huntsmen?" Ruby asked
"Look around and tell me what you see." Oobleck said calmly
Ruby looked around a bit saying "Lots of old buildings um… Empty streets..."
"I see lives that could have been saved." Oobleck said as he continued to walk and added "As a huntsmen it's my job to protect the People, Although I am capable of doing that with traditional weaponry but I believe I can make a larger impact if I do it with my mind, As a teacher I am able to take knowledge the most powerful weapon of them all and put it in the hands of every student that passes through my classroom, I look at this wasteland and I see lives that could have been saved, But I also see in opportunity, in opportunity to study these ruins and learn from this tragedy, and therefore become stronger, I am a huntsmen Ruby because there is nothing else in this world I would rather be." Oobleck finished his story as he started walking away
"That's one heck of a story Doc.. One I believe in all too well ." Chappy said impressed with the good doctor
"Thank you Chappy." Oobleck said with a smile
"Chappy.. What was it like? The war I mean ." Ruby asked a bit curious
"It was a horrible thing that shouldn't have happened.. But it did the only bright side was my team meeting you guys, Remnants been a good place to stay I just hope it stays that way." Chappy said in a happy tone
"I am sure it will Chappy, Now let us return to the others." Oobleck said as Chappy and Ruby followed him
***/**\***
"I can't believe we didn't find anything." Yang said a little bummed
"We've always been Fortunate to be in the right place at the right time, I guess we can't always have luck on our side." Blake said only for Yang to give her a quick hug
"There's always next time right?" Yang said hopefully to which Blake smiled at
"Oi Yang I don't think this is the time or place to get a little Feisty now." Player said to which a block of wood he brought back into the pile nailed him in the head and he fell with in Ack and a thud
"You had that coming." Hawk said deadpanned
"Shut up Hawk." Player stated only for shadow to stare at him and keep maintaining his firearm
"Serves you right." Yang said with a smirk and added "Sides you don't need to be Yanging around now anyway." To which the whole Room Groaned
"Why Yang just Why?" Hawk asked with a sigh which Yang shrugged off
"That's not what I meant." Weiss said off topicly
"Huh?" Blake uttered a little confused
"Earlier, about... upholding the legacy. There's more to it than that." Weiss admitted
"Yeah... No, me too. I mean... I don't know." Yang admitted as well a little nervously
"I don't know, either. I know what I want to do, but I figured I'd always take things one step at a time." Blake said slightly nervous as well
"Well, it doesn't matter. We know why we're here. Right?" Yang said to try and bring their hopes up
The girls merely stare in silence.
"I think you girls whatever your reasons for being here, Are meant for a great cause we just hope that we can see it." Hawk said honestly as all but Player Nodded
"I personally know they are so I want to help make it possible how ever I can." Player said with a smirk
"Thanks guys really." Yang said as Weiss and Blake nodded
Suddenly Oobleck comes rushing into the room saying "Ah, wonderful; a textbook campfire!"
"Fire!" Ruby Said Coming in behind Oobleck and immediately sits next to the blaze alongside Zwei and added "So... warm…"
Chappy walks in last looking behind him and says "I don't think we'll have to worry about anything sneaking up on us."
"Probably not but still!" Oobleck said and said to the girls "Very good! Eat your dinners and hurry to bed. We have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow and we'll need you to take turns keeping watch over our temporary abode. Any volunteers for first watch?"
Ruby Lifts an arm while still looking into the fire, simply answering "Yo."
Oobleck then rushes off, and Ruby gets up to go over to her lookout point
"If you need someone to take over Tap Hawk or Shadow they do alright at these kinds of things." Chappy then turned to the rest of the team and said "Rest of you heard the Doc let's get some chow." Chappy said as he took his helmet off and proceeded to get some food like the others
Yang watches for a moment As her sister passes, stopping Ruby "Hey, did Oobleck ask you why you wanted to be a Huntress? I mean... what did you tell him?"
"Hmm... No, he didn't. Weird. Oh, well; good night, guys!" Ruby said cheerfully and Without a second carefree thought, she continues on her way.
Yang looks disappointed in the lack of an answer. Blake is similarly troubled as she unrolls her mat, Weiss tries lying down but fails to sleep, Yang half-heatedly eats her dinner of bread rolls. Soon, all three Huntresses are on their backs around the fire, weapons within easy access, wondering why they are there.
Ruby, meanwhile, is sitting in the vacant windowsill of the room as Zwei goes over to her upon hearing the howling of Beowolves. She pets her pooch on the back.
"Don't worry. Things will be better tomorrow." Ruby said with a hopeful smile as Shadow learns next to the door with his weapon next to him
***/**\***
The scene shifts back to Beacon as night has fallen
"Trouble sleeping?" Glynda Goodwitch said walking up to James ironwood
Ironwood Looking back, gripping his shoulder with the other hand and saying "Arm was acting up."
"Of course, so logically, you got out of bed, dressed yourself completely and decided to gaze menacingly out into the distance." Glynda said as she Approaches Ironwood all the way to his side, then looks at him concerned "What's wrong?"
"I've trusted him for years. We both have. I just... I can't help but feel like he's keeping us in the dark." Ironwood said honestly
"Don't be ridiculous! You know very well that we are not the ones in the dark." glynda replied back
Ironwood Laughs humorously and said "That makes it worse! I refuse to believe that a man that I've trusted for so long would act so... passively."
Glynda Put a reassuring hand on her friend's shoulder and said "You're a good person, James. You've always done what you think is best for the people, even against strong protest. It's admirable. But it's high time you stopped talking about trust and started showing it." Glynda said as she Drops her hand as they stare into the distance together then said "Ozpin has experience that the rest of us lack. And I think that's something worth remembering."
"That he does Miss goodwitch." Packer said walking up to them
"Packer what brings you here?" Glynda said confused
"Was looking at the stars ma'am… Shadow said the stars here were a bit prettier than the ones we all have seen around the galaxy.. He's been right so far but.. What's bugging you two?" Packer said even though he overheard most of their conversation
"Why would you be asking that? These are not your problems so.. Why?" Ironwood asked confused
"Because Ozpin's earned our trust, he and Chappy have been setting up incause something happens, Like anyone else would he has not only the means, but the Wisdom and Will to show he can do what's best for people, Whether they know it or not." Packer said honestly
"Ozpin.. Filled you and him in?" Ironwood asked shocked a little
"Atlas techs a little different but the same as ours, I was asked to stay behind because the pods been acting odd James, Your boys did great I am just making sure your boys hard work and effort does not go to waste." Packer said with a sigh and added "The mess you all are in… It's like we're back in the clone wars.."
"I am surprised Ozpin didn't inform me of this I sh-" Ironwood started but was stopped by Packer
"He wanted you to find out from Chappy or me, Why was because he trusts you to understand from one soldier to another." Packer said to Which Ironwoods jaw dropped
"What?" Glynda asked a little humorously and added "At a loss for words James?"
James Ironwood for once was dumbstruck at those words Packer said
"It happens side's It's not like we are a threat sense we are well… Stuck here, But hey it happens.. But Ironwood I just did a check and everything's fine if you were worried a bit." Packer said as he took out a piece of his rations and snacked on it a little bit
"One question.. Do you think things will work out?" Ironwood asked honestly
Packer Shrugged his shoulders and said "No plan survives first contact with the enemy General, Nothing ever goes as planned, Ozpin knows this so he looked for a helping hand like miss goodwitch said you have a good heart, I just hope you will be able to give him that helping hand when the time comes." Packer said turning to Ironwood
"I.. Believe I will." Ironwood said with a smile
"Then trust in Ozpin he hadn't lead you astray before has he?" Packer asked to which Ironwood shook his head no in reply
"He hasn't indeed… I guess my worries are getting the better of me.." Ironwood admitted as he looked out onto the landscape of vale
"Yeah.. Hey if you need someone to look at that arm I'd be willing to help." Packer offered
"No thanks you have enough issues with the work you have." Ironwood said in reply
"Alright…. Well I best be off gotta check on someone for the night then head to sleep, Night general Good night Miss goodwitch." Packer said with a courteous tone as he turned and started to walk away
Ironwood and Glynda Kept watching in the distance while Packer left saying their goodnights
***/**\***
The full moon is shining over the ruined buildings of Mountain Glenn, and a lone Beowolf is searching through the rubble. It looks up briefly at the young girl who has it in her red crosshair scope, but Ruby Rose just lowers Crescent Rose and sighs in tiredness at she keeps lookout over the destruction. The rest of her team is lying down on their sleeping mats around the fire with weapons nearby, and Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck is higher up, slumped down against the wall next to the hole in the ceiling/floor. The three members of RWBY have their eyes closed, but Yang Xiao Long is the first to stop pretending.
"Blake, are you awake?" Yang whispered hoping she was not the only one
"Yeah." Blake simply answered
"Why do you think he asked us about being a Huntress? Like, what was he trying to say?" Yang asked quietly hoping not to wake Weiss up.. Yet
"Maybe he was just curious." Blake said trying to find a reason
"You think?" Yang asked wondering if that was the case
"No." Blake plainly said very unsure
"Weiss, are you awake?" Yang asked thinking she might get a answer
"Of course I'm awake! You two are talking. And I think he... When I said I wanted to honor my family's name, I meant it. But, it's not what you think. I'm not stupid. I'm fully aware of what my father has done with the Schnee Dust Company. Since he took control, our business has operated in a... moral gray area." Weiss said a little ashamed at the work done
"That's putting it lightly." Blake added knowing how grey it really was
"Which is why I feel the need to make things right. If I had taken a job in Atlas, it wouldn't have changed anything. My father was not the start of our name, and I refuse to let him be the end of it." Weiss said with some determination
"All my life, I fought for what I thought was right. I had a partner named Adam. More of a mentor, actually. He always assured me that what we were doing would make the world a better place. But of course, his idea of a perfect future turned out to be not perfect for everyone. I joined the Academy because I knew that Huntsmen and Huntresses were regarded as the most noble warriors in the world. Always fighting for good. But I never really thought past that. When I leave the Academy, what will I - how can I undo so many years of hate?" Blake said unsure though they did not notice Shadows head turn slightly to them under his helmet a solemn look wishing he could do something to help her
"I'm sure you'd figure it out. You're not one to back down from a challenge, Blake." Yang said in a reassuring tone
"But I am! I do it all the time! When you learned I was a Faunus, I didn't know what to do, so I ran! When I realized my oldest partner had become a monster, I ran! Even my Semblance! I was born with the ability to leap behind a shadow of myself; an empty copy that takes the hit while I run away!" Blake said disheartened by it
"At least you two have something that drives you. I've just kinda of always, gone with the flow, y'know? And that's fine, I mean, that's who I am. But how long can I really do that for? I wanna be a Huntress, not really because I want to be a hero, but because I want the adventure. I want a life where I won't know what tomorrow will bring. And that'll be a good thing. Being a Huntress just happens to line up with that. I'm not like Ruby, she's always wanted to be a Huntress. It's like she said, ever since she was a kid, she'd dreamt about being the heroes in the books. Helping people and saving the day, and never asking for anything else in return. Even when she couldn't fight, she knew that's what she wanted to do. That's why she trained so hard to get where she is today." Yang said honestly though again to them two others were hearing it one being Player who felt a little bit for Yang and Chappy understood what she meant
"Well, she's still innocent to what really happens." Weiss said a little Shyly -"But she will learn sooner or later and I will be there for her."- Weiss silently thought
"Yeah thats true.. Someone could find it funny a bunch of kids like us out here this far." Blake said humorously
"Well, not anymore. I mean, look where we are! In the middle of a warzone and armed to the teeth! With other soldiers no one has the right to call us kids funny it might be, but still." Yang pointed out raising their spirits a lot
"It's the life we chose." Blake said smiling a little bit
"It's a job. We all had this romanticized vision of being a Huntress in our heads! But at the end of the day, it's a job to protect the people! And whatever we want, will have to come second." Weiss said knowing how her life will be though The apparently-sleeping Oobleck has a small smile when she finishes.
After a while more Yang has taken up watch, allowing for Ruby and Zwei to sleep on the sleeping bag Yang had been lying on. Zwei suddenly wakes and stands up, causing Ruby to wake up.
"Huh? Zwei, it's late. Go back to bed." Ruby said as she turned over a bit though as she did Zwei runs off Ruby noticing this tried to call him back "Zwei! Zwei! Ugh!" Ruby wanders out of the building, looking for Zwei."Zwei! Zwei, where are you? Zwei! Huh?" Ruby paused as she saw Zwei urinating on some ruins she walked over to him and said "Zwei, this is a wasteland! You literally could have done that anywhere!"
Zwei just Barked but as he did that Ruby heard a few Voices and quickly grabbed Zwei and took cover she peaked over a little bit to see White fang grunts and stayed hidden
"What was that?" The first grunt said looking around a bit as the second one came up
"What was what?" The second one said thinking his partner was a little paranoid
"I thought I heard a Beowolf or something." the first grunt said keeping his gun ready
"Hmph. Let's just finish our patrol and get back to base. This place gives me the creeps." the second grunt said very creeped out
As the WF Guards walk away, Ruby and Zwei sneak around in the background, following them. They eventually reach a ruined building with a pair of metal doors, and Ruby hides behind a corner, holding Zwei out to watch them.
"Did they go in yet? One bark means yes." Ruby said using Zwei as a spotter and camouflage at the time
The sound of the door closing echoes out. And then Zwei just barked once
"Oh! This is it! This is it!" Ruby said bringing out her scroll to call the others only for it to say low signal she then said "Aw man! Come on, we gotta get the others!"
Ruby and Zwei hurry off down the street. However, the asphalt beneath them suddenly sinks before caving in. Ruby grabs onto a ledge and catches Zwei. She tosses him up out of the hole and begins to attempt to pull herself up. However, the ledge she is holding onto breaks off, and she plummets into a huge cave filled with ruined buildings, far below the surface. She lands on a building up against a cavern wall, and as she gets up, a nearby door bursts open to reveal two other WF Guards, one of whom is Perry.
"Freeze!" The first guard said aiming right at her
"Where did she come from?" The second one asked
As the WF Guards walk forward, Ruby backs away only to end up on the very edge of the platform.
"You're a long way from home, little girl." The first guard said
Ruby reaches back for her scythe, only to realize that she doesn't have it. Both guards approach her, and one of them grabs her arm.
"Hey! Hands off!" Ruby said jerking her arm out of the first guys hold and starts punching him. It has very little effect, and he punches her in the face hard enough to knock her down.
"The boss is gonna want to see this one…" the second guard said as he then kicks her in the head hard enough to knock her out.
***/**\***
Meanwhile back at camp
"Hey Weiss, it's your... Ruby? Hey, where's Ruby?" Yang asked seeing Ruby gone
Weiss turned her head to see her gone and sat up in a few seconds
"What?" Oobleck uttered as he came over as well
Just then Zwei came running into the room, barking
"Zwei?" Yang said confused
"What's going on?" Blake asked as Chappy walked up
"I think we should get geared up." Chappy said feeling really uneasy about this
"Agreed Grab your weapons! Your leader may be in trouble." Oobleck said as everyone grabbed their weapon and followed Zwei
***/**\***
Ruby awakes to the two WF Guards who caught her dragging her by both arms through the underground city. All around her, White Fang members are at work, doing various things such as piloting a Paladin to carry large shipping containers. There is a loud sound nearby as one of the White Fang members drops a large device.
"Hey, be careful! What are you trying to do, blow us to the moon?" One WF grunt said trying to make sure the rest are careful
"Sorry sir!" The one that dropped the device said a little spooked
"Hey boss! Found something you might want to see!" One guard said though the Voice that came out Ruby knew instantly
From Inside of a railcar the voice said "Is it good or bad, Perry? Because let me tell ya, I have had a day."
"Uh, it's a little girl?" The guard known as Perry said slightly nervous
The person leans out through the doorway and sees Ruby and Ruby sees Roman right there and then as he says "That would be bad. Really bad."
-"Aw no Roman torchwick.."- Ruby thought as she also tried to figure out a way out of this
Roman torchwick steps out of the car and slowly walks over saying "Last time I saw her she had a few weird friends.. And some that shot through Aura… So tell me red Where are your friends."
-"This is going to be a tough day."- Ruby thought as she refused to answer
***/**\***
Zwei leads Oobleck and Ruby's teammates to the hole that Ruby fell into, and Yang spots Crescent Rose next to the hole.
"Ruby's scythe!" Yang said as she rushes over and picks it up
"Blast it you don't think?" Player said hoping he was wrong
"Do you think she fell?" Weiss said Guessing what Player was gonna say and getting a node saying she was right
Oobleck Rushed over looking around on the roofs in case of trouble saying "Fell?"
"Down there." Weiss said looking down in the hole with player
Oobleck Looks down at the hole then it hits him "Oh my. Of course! Of course, OF COURSE, OF COURSE!"
"What is it doc?" Hawk said looking at Oobleck
"How could I be so stupid?!" Oobleck said shocked
"Dr. Oobleck, what's wrong?" Yang said confused at what the heck was going on
"Mountain Glenn! Yes, an expansion of Vale that was inevitably destroyed by creatures of Grimm! Previously home to thousands of people! Working people commuting to the city, the main city! Developed a subway system to the inner city! Grimm attacks increased! Population in danger, now desperately searching for shelter! City evacuates into the metro tunnels and what do they find? The southeast quadrant of Vale is known for wild forests and deep caves!" Doctor Oobleck started to explain
"What Are you saying Doc that we've been looking for looking for a Network working in caves?" Mother asked starting to get where he was going with this
"No, no, Mountain Glenn was Vale's first serious attempt at expansion. It worked for a short period of time, thanks to an aggressive perimeter defense, and unique transportation; the city developed an elaborate subway system to carry citizens safely from the new territory into the main Kingdom! Sadly, without the many natural barriers Vale had to protect its borders, Mountain Glenn was doomed from the start! As the end drew near, the citizens of the territory made one last attempt at survival: They took up shelter beneath the city! In massive caves that they had cleared out for the subway. And they had cut themselves off from the surface!" Oobleck said next as Mother was getting where he was going with it
"So we are looking for in Underground City or Village." Shadow said getting it now
"In a matter of speaking, yes. A safe haven. Until... an explosion opened the mouth of another cavern, filled with subterranean Grimm. After that, the Kingdom officially sealed off the tunnels, creating the world's largest tomb. If Ruby is down there," Oobleck said as he deploys his weapon and added "we must find her…"
"Alright.. Player hawk find me in entry from there we'll go in… No one gets left behind move!" Chappy ordered to which Player and Hawk did just that
***/**\***
Roman torchwick was laughing and he hits Ruby again sending her to the ground saying "Wow! You are much more manageable without that over-sized gardening tool of yours."
Ruby gets up and charges at Roman, which he simply sidesteps, sending Ruby stumbling across the floor.
Roman just laughs and says "Oh man. You know, Perry, I really did need this."
Perry raises his thumb in agreement as Roman laughs.
Roman walks over to Ruby and aims Melodic Cudgel at her saying "But seriously. How'd you find this place, Red?"
Ruby growls and uses her Semblance to escape Roman and start running for an exit causing Roman to looking around, briefly startled "Whoa!"
After spotting Ruby he starts Smiling, Roman stands up, spins Melodic Cudgel in his hands, and aims the handle at Ruby. He fires the handle, which doubles as a grappling hook, at Ruby, catching her by her hood and allowing Roman to pull her back.
"I see you've got some tricks up your sleeve! Let me make this clear: We're not through here yet." Roman said glaring right at Ruby
A massive explosion sounds, causing Roman to look up.
"Oh, what the... Perry, if you and the boys could take care of that? Kinda in the middle of something." Roman asks nicely to Perry
Perry nods and goes off to investigate the explosion just as another one sounds.
Roman annoyed now says "WHAT is going on here?!"
A third explosion sounds and multiple White Fang members come running around the corner, some firing at an unknown enemy. Weiss, Blake, Yang, Zwei and Oobleck run around the corner, with blue lights around them much to Roman's annoyance.
Then Several White armored soldiers and one Black armored come out around the same corner and Roman just groans frowning at this saying "This ain't my week."
Ruby decides to take this moment to try and escape. She jumps on Roman's shoulders, pulls his hat down over his eyes, and then flees towards her friends.
Roman after Readjusting his hat and glaring after Ruby says "Somebody kill her!" and Roman and the White Fang members around him open fire on Ruby, which she dodges and weaves between. He then turns angrily to the White Fang member next to him and says "Attach this cart and spread the word: We're starting the train."
"But we're not finished!" The white fang member said though Roman looked a little more angry
Roman then pins the White Fang member up against the wall with Melodic Cudgel saying "Do it or you're finished!"
***/**\***
Ruby still fleeing from Roman and the White Fang, but screeches to a halt as she realizes she's running towards a group of White Fang members. Though they didn't care and just kept running right by her as one takes a shot to the back and hits the ground
"Huh?" Ruby Uttered till Yang Rushed over and gave Ruby a practically bone crushing hug
"Set up a defensive line!" Chappy ordered as he mother hawk player and Shadow did just that
Oobleck Weiss and blake caught up with Yang and Chappy's team as they were happy to see her
"Ruby I am so glad your ok!" Weiss said Happy and joined in the Hug
"G-guys i-i-i c-can't Breath!" Ruby got out as she was losing all air in her lungs only to gasp as Yang and Weiss let go
"Sorry!" Weiss said as she Helped Ruby up and added "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine! But listen! Torchwick's got all kinds of weapons and robots down there." Ruby said filling them in
"What?!" Blake said as she handed Ruby her weapon
"Androids, mechs, they're all loaded up on the train cars!" Ruby said as Chappy turned to her
"Droids and mechs? This is insane.." Chappy said wondering what the is going on
"Ahhhh, that's ridiculous. These tunnels are sealed, the tracks lead to a dead-end." Oobleck said well assured
Roman then spoke up across a speaker system "Get to your places, we are leaving now!" and then The train starts moving towards the tunnels.
"I ain't no professor or doctor but their going somewhere!" Player said seeing the train moving
"We need backup. Let me call Jaune." Ruby said as she takes out her scroll only for it to say again Low Signal and adds "I can't get through!"
"Well looks like we got one thing left to do." Shadow said grinning under his helmet
Ruby Turns to the train determined and said "We're stopping that train!"
"Roger that alright everyone let's move!" Chappy said as they all charged to the train
***/**\***
the train rushing through a tunnel, loaded with mechs. A White Fang member standing on the train hears a noise and looks outside the train to see rose petals. He brings out a communication device. And says "I think they're on the—"
The White Fang member falls down as Oobleck hits him in the head with his weapon. Holding a slightly crazy smile
Chappy approaches and nodes moving ahead with Hawk
Getting on the roof everyone was checking their gear apart from Weiss
"Hurry, children! And Soldiers! We must get to the front and stop this train!" Oobleck said confidently
"Err... Professor?" Weiss said nervous
"Doctor…" Oobleck corrected
Weiss pointing down a hatch into the train asked "What's that?"
Oobleck kneels down to take a look and says "That my dear... appears to be a bomb."
Team RWBY all cringe away from the hatch.
"Great and Hell shots not here to disarm it." Player said already knowing this will be bad
Ruby pointing forward on the train saying "We've got baddies!"
"Crap what else will go wrong!" Player said as Hawk glared at him
"Great work Player now it will!" Hawk said as he took aim at the White fang members climbing up
"Well, I didn't expect them to go—" Oobleck was saying till The bomb underneath them charges up and starts beeping. "—easy on us." he finishes then adds quickly as he Stands up "Time to go!"
As Team RWBY Chappy and his team start running away While Hawks berating Player, Oobleck stops Blake.
"Blake! Detach the caboose! It will kill us all!" Oobleck said as he went with the others
"Wolf Runners start Stunning the enemy Buy time!" Chappy ordered as he and his men started firing at the White fang
"On it." Blake said as she Jumps down onto the connectors and gets ready to cut the connection, but as she does, the connection comes loose on its own.
"Huh?" Blake uttered Confused and turned to look up at Oobleck and said "It decoupled itself!"
"What?!" Oobleck said in shock
"I guess he really doesn't want us on this train." Yang said as she fires a round from her Ember Clie hitting a White fang member sending him flying
As Oobleck looks back at the detached cart, it explodes in the tunnel. He says "That's not good…"
Ruby standing next to another open hatch says "Err, neither is this!"
"Another bomb?!" Blake said in worry
"Player Blast it you Jinxed us!" Hawk said as he kept shooting
"Shut it hawk!" Player shouted over the blaster fire
Oobleck looks around and runs to the next train car "No. No. No." He mutters getting to it as Chappy's team stops next to him keeping up the fire and he opens the hatch and looks in, then yells back to Team RWBY "They ALL have bombs!"
The bomb under Team RWBY charges up and starts beeping and the cart they're on detaches itself, forcing Team RWBY to run to the next cart.
"This doesn't make sense!" Yang said while Chappy figured it out
"It's not to throw us off! It's to make openings for someone or something!" Chappy said as he kept shooting
Oobleck turns around and watches the detached train car explode. Only this time it creates a hole allowing multiple types of Grimm to emerge.
"Oh, dear…" Oobleck said as he saw The horde of Grimm begin advancing quickly toward the runaway train. He turned and said "He's leading Grimm to the city!"
"Blast it! This guy's crazy we gotta stop the train!" Hawk said knowing how bad this just went
"The cars detach and create openings for the Grimm? This guy's nuts!" Player said shocked at this
"That's insane!" Blake said shocked as Another train car detaches itself
"We gotta Hurry, otherwise the City will be in danger Let's make a whole people!" Chappy said as his team started to push forward hard
"I have in idea Chappy I need three of your best men!" Oobleck said thinking of how to get them through
Chappy Went over to Oobleck to hear him out "Alright what's your plan?"
Oobleck then said "Yang Blake Weiss go below with Three of chappy's men and stop those bombs! Meanwhile Me Chappy any of his men remaining and Ruby will try to stop this train."
"Right. Player Mother Shadow you three got a job you're with Yang Blake and Weiss move it!" chappy said as he went next to Hawk and gave firing support
"Copy that Boss!" Player said as he went over to Yang
"You got it!" Mother said as he went over to Weiss
"Right." Shadow got over to Blake
Yang Blake and Weiss nodded and went down below with Mother Player and Shadow
While they do that Ruby and Oobleck engage the White fang members that got too close all the While Zwei staying close to them
"Incoming!" Hawk said as A Paladin is charging towards them
"Crap! Ruby Oobleck we got nothing to take that thing out!" Chappy said as he saw Ruby and Oobleck stop as Oobleck said "We got a problem!" He then takes a sip from his thermos before transforming it into its weapon mode, a small flame burning at its tip. Zwei barks, prompting he's ready for an attack. He jumps and flips in the air, and Oobleck bats him, turning him into a small fireball. The Paladin is seen shooting, only for it to get knocked off the train by the combination attack. The Paladin tumbles on the train tracks, and explodes when it hits a barricade. Another Paladin appears in front of Zwei, its guns aimed at him. Suddenly, multiple fire attacks hit it, and Oobleck swiftly knocks it off the train as well.
"Huntsmen and Huntresses can take on Walkers… I like that." Hawk said as he advanced with the two
"You ain't the only one Hawk. also Zweis a cannonball." Chappy said as he got up to Oobleck
***/**\***
Down below, Yang, Weiss, and Blake with Player Mother and Shadow enter the train car
"Ok now to turn the bombs off!" Player said with a smile
"I guess this is what we trained for." Yang said as Blake is given a Clip of different colored dust to help then they headed out only to be stopped by Neopolitan dropping from the ceiling and blocking their path
"You five go on ahead. This one's mine." Yang said angry only for Player to say
"No can do I am sticken with ya Yang, Can't let something happen." Player said with a smirk receiving a sigh from Yang
"He won't back down from that.. Trust me." Mother said knowing how he is
"Alright fine but you four get going." Yang said to which They charged to pass by
Blake Weiss Mother and Shadow proceed forward. As Neo prepares for their attack, Yang fires a round to distract her, allowing Blake Weiss Mother and Shadow to continue. Yang steps forward toward her opponent, staring down as Neo gives a sinister smile. The two begin their fight.
***/**\***
In the next train car, Blake and Weiss are running, and then look at each other when they hear the sound of revving up ahead to which Shadow and Mother go on guard just as A figure is seen dragging a chainsaw along the floor as it turns out to be the White Fang Lieutenant
"You go on ahead!" Weiss said as she readied her weapon
"I am backing you on this Weiss." Mother said as he aimed his weapon at the guy
"Got it!" Blake said as they kept going on
"You two watch your backs!" Shadow said going along with her
The Lieutenant chuckles menacingly as he holds up his chainsaw The two Huntresses-in-training and Clone soldiers charge forward with Blake deflecting an attack as Weiss flips backward. Weiss delivers multiple strikes at the Lieutenant knocking him down She then smiles at Blake and Shadow as they proceeds to the next car Mother goes over to a create to provide fire support as The Lieutenant gets back up again chuckling menacingly.
"Finally, I get to kill a Schnee…" The LT said as he glared at her
"Not today Pal." Mother said Threateningly knowing full well this will be tough
Weiss holds up Myrtenaster on guard.
***/**\***
In the next train car, Blake stops and grits her teeth when she's greeted by a familiar foe.
"Hello, kitty cat. You miss me? You know, we really gotta stop meeting like this. People are gonna talk…" Roman taunted twirling his Melodic Cudgel
"Hey Bowler Guy remember me?" Shadow said as he Aimed his Blaster right at Roman
"Oh the Blake armored Atlas reject." Roman said nonchalantly
"Guess you didn't hear about the girl who broke into the CCT, and tried something before she meet my DC-15." Shadow said trying to scare Roman a little
"Oh.. Wait that was you?" Roman said seeming to know
"Nice work you just told us you know her good so you're her lackey now then." Shadow's Blaster hummed to life and he said "Tell us more and turn the bombs off."
"No can do gonna be a fight." Roman said as he aimed his Melodic Cudgel at them
Blake and Shadow charge forward to attack, starting their brief battle. Blake soon knocks him down, and when he attempts to get back up, Blake steps on his chest and points her sword at his throat.
Roman chuckles nervously before his voice gets a dramatic change in tone saying "Why are we fighting? I saw you at the rally, we're on the same side and you know it…"
"Wrong Bantha shit. This girls on the right side of the law, and strong enough to pull the ears off a gundark. You just happen to be on the wrong side of the law, and are trying to take down what these people have built." shadow said walking next to her aiming his weapon at him and added "Think some time behind bars will do him well."
"Crap." Roman stated looking at them
***/**\***
Meanwhile, Weiss is fighting the Lieutenant. Things take a turn for the worst when time suddenly seems to slow down.
"C'mere, princess!" The White fang LT said before grabbing Weiss' face and slams her into the floor, knocking her unconscious. He then throws her in the air, readying to hit her with his chainsaw...
Mother at this time was on the other side of her and trying to get her out of the way saying "You won't be hurting her you Damn Piece of Bantha shit!"
***/**\***
Yang's fight is still going badly and soon ends when Neo manages to throw her into the ceiling, knocking her unconscious. Neo turns around to approach Yang...
Player seeing this charges Neo and tries to Bash her with his weapon Butt saying "YOU WON'T TOUCH HER!" Neo Blocks it and tries to punch him but Player teleports behind her and Back hands her landing a good hit as Neo glares at him
She then opens her umbrella and then smiles evilly
Player aims and fires a single shot surprising to both Going right through part of her Umbrella and into a crate behind her saying "Think this dance is over."
Neo noticing the hole Teleports behind player and Bashes him in the back with it knocking him out next to Yang his weapon sliding to the Crate just three feet from them
Neo then walks over to both of them with an evil Smile knowing just what to do
***/**\***
Back with Roman Still being held down by Blake he grunts as she points her blade at his throat Saying "Oh, still feisty. Soooo, what are we gonna do now? You think a little bow on top is gonna make people forget who you were? What you've done...?"
As she grits her teeth at his words, Blake hears the door from the previous train car open behind her. An unconscious Weiss and Mother are thrown to the floor, with the Lieutenant emerging from the doorway, holding his chainsaw.
"Weiss! Mother!" Shadow Said as he Aimed at the White fang LT and added "Blake ideas here?!"
"So what's it gonna be, Blake?" Roman said with a cocky smirk
Blake sheaths Gambol Shroud and kicks Roman in the face, knocking him unconscious Blake then says "We go help." and goes over to Weiss's and Mother's aid, and flees immediately before the Lieutenant can reach them.
Shadow laid down a layer of cover fire with Stun rounds to his shock are not affecting the White Fang LT as he said in a low voice "This could be a problem."
***/**\***
Meanwhile, Neo pulls a hidden blade from within her umbrella and approaching the unconscious Yang and Player She prepares to deal the finishing blow, grinning sadistically while doing so. Suddenly, a masked warrior - raven-haired and clad in red and black - comes out of nowhere and knocks Neo back. Neo's eyes change from brown and pink to white, mirroring her fearful expression. The mysterious swordswoman slowly draws her sword again - long and crimson red - and holds it up intimidatingly. Neo, realizing the imminent threat before her, wastes no time and disappears in a flash. The swordswoman looks down at the still unconscious Yang and Player and slashes her sword to the side, opening an eerie red portal. She walks away from Yang and Player and into the portal. At that moment, Yang and Player regains some consciousness and slowly gets back up. As they opens her eyes again, they gets a brief glimpse at their rescuer before the woman disappears. Yang rubs her head, still reeling after just regaining consciousness, and Player goes over for his Blaster groaning a bit before standing up and leaving the scene.
Saying "I think I need the number of the Truck that hit me."
"Think I was hit by a Droid cannon with that.." player said as he follows her and added "Think the others are Ok?"
"Yeah I'm sure they're Fine." Yang said with a half smile
***/**\***
Back to Ruby and Oobleck, and Chappy as well as Hawk the Doctor dodges a couple swipes from the Paladin, and then runs to the top of its head, and shoots it in its engine before jumping back down. Ruby twirls Crescent Rose around a few times, and then she and Oobleck fire simultaneously at the Paladin's feet, knocking it off the train. The both of them switch positions.
Chappy in the meantime Kept fire on a set of White fang Grunts with Hawk Though hawk stopped firing as he checked his cell however it shocked him
"Blast it!" Hawk said as he swapped to a different one but found it to be dead too and he started checking his current cells to find only they were mainly dead "I'm OUT!" he shouted and took out the knife Ruby made them
"Hawk! Are you really out?!" Chappy said shocked as all hell
"Yeah!" Hawk said as he punched one grunt hard enough to send him off the train "Even my back up cells are dead!"
"Blast it!" Chappy said as he stunned the second guy and kicked the third to the ground and hit him with a stun round -"I need to check my ammo.. If hawks out.. And it hasn't been a day.. Some of the cells might be bad.."- Chappy then checked his current cell and his backup ones seeing only the one he has and a second one are working his pistol only having one left and sighed "I am down to two clips for my carbine one for my pistol." Hawk looked at chappy shocked then back at Oobleck and Ruby who heard and walked over
"This is going to get worse." Oobleck said not to happy about this
"But you said they were fine before we left Chappy." Ruby said shocked at this
"Yeah but some seemed to have gone out. Hawk is completely out so his rifles useless to him only your blade is good." Chappy explained as he kept at the ready
"When we get back we'll need to address this issue." Oobleck said
"Weiss said she will try to help find a way, think you two could do it?" Chappy asked unsure slightly
"Of course and she'd have professor Peach's help as well." Oobleck said as he heard something and turned his head to see more paladins incoming he then said "Ruby! You go on ahead! Take Hawk and Chappy with you!"
"But-" Ruby tried to say but Oobleck cut her off
"Don't worry, Ruby. It's time... I teach them a lesson…" Oobleck said as he goes to take on two oncoming Paladins.
Before they leave, Ruby notices the saddened Zwei looking up at her. She smiles and motions for him to go join his new friend "Go." she said
With that, Zwei expression changes dramatically and barks happily before running off to fight alongside the Doctor. Ruby Chappy and Hawk hurry to the front of the train. The remaining members of Team RWBY reemerge from the train cars with Player Mother and Shadow to rejoin their leader and other comrades. Ruby looks on worriedly as she realizes the train is on a collision course with a thick concrete wall.
"What do we do?" Blake asked seeing what's coming
"This isn't good." Shadow said not getting any ideas
"Boss any idea?" Player asked as Chappy shook his head no and he sighed "Blast."
Ruby and Weiss smile at each other, and the latter forms an ice shield to protect her teammates, bracing themselves for the impending crash. The train crashes into the wall, the explosion causing their vision to go white
The first one to come too was Ruby as she looks around to see her team and Friends coming to and recovering
Ruby and the others hear the sound of an emergency alarm blaring as their vision comes back with buildings into her view. Ruby turns her head to the lower right and sees Blake and Yang Player and Shadow slowly getting back up, Ruby's sister coughing as the dust settles. Ruby turns her head again and sees Weiss sitting up against a large piece of debris and Mother who is starting to get to his knees shaking his head slightly Chappy just starts getting up while Hawk is laying off one of the Debris and getting up, all of whom also gives a thumbs up at Ruby signaling they are okay. Then Ruby sits back up. The team of huntresses then notice, much to their chagrin, that they have returned to the central part of Vale, and multiple civilians in the area notice them among the debris. Ruby hears the sound of low rumbles and growls from behind her. Suddenly, a giant King Taijitu emerges from the hole, and multiple Grimm start pouring into Vale. The civilians scream as they attempt to flee the chaos. The sounds of screams and roars fill the air, and all Team RWBY can do is watch in horror. Ruby's expression changes from worried and scared to angry and determined. The alarm continues to blare
"Looks like we got work to do! Let's save some people's lives!" Chappy said to Which Ruby Nodded
***/**\***
59 minutes before the train Team JNPR walks at dawn towards their Bullhead. With the team of soldiers from The wolf runners
"I'm sure they're fine." Pyrrha said as they were walking
"Pyrrha's right they got Chappy with em there's nothing to worry about man." Crack shot said trying to help ease Jaunes mind
"You think?" Jaune asked a little unsure
"Probably a butt dial…" Nora piped up with to which Hell shot nodded and went back to checking his blaster still grunting slightly
"Blasted piece of." Hell shot said changing the cell for the fifth time and checking the new one he put in
"Hey Hell what's wrong?" Nora asked a bit confused
"The power cells are not all showing full charges… odd they were fine yesterday." Hell shot said confused
"Is that normal for them to do that?" Ren asked slightly confused
"Think of it as going in with half a clip of dust rounds, or half a blade." preach said with a shrug and added "Hell Shot you bring grenades when we don't need them?"
"No I packed them incase we need them." Hell shot answered much to Crack shots pain
"Team RWBY has always performed exceptionally in the field. We should be focusing on our own mission." Ren said to help ease Jaunes mind a little more
"We're gonna be deputies!" Nora said happy and added "Don't worry Hell Shot those grenades will come in handy, and who knows maybe you won't have to shoot anyone."
"I just got this feeling... I don't know." Jaune said still a little uneasy about it
"Jaune…" Pyrrha started to say but was interrupted by alarms ring out as they see the city up in smoke.
"We're changing our mission. Everyone on board!" Jaune ordered knowing they need to check it out
"Well what do ya know." Hell shot said as he did just that
As the team heads toward their Bullhead, Jaune does a headcount.
"Ren, we'll make it to that village another time. Take us into the city!" Jaune said as he boarded the Bullhead
As the Bullhead takes off, Mercury Black, Cinder Fall, and Emerald Sustrai watch from under the platform keeping a low profile trying to get a few things in place to handle the Clones transport
"You don't think…" Emerald started to say
"Sure looks like it." Mercury said nonchalantly
"That's still days away!" Emerald said still confused
"So? What do we do?" Mercury asked
Cinder staring out into it thinking carefully on what to do now knowing the Clones had a hand in this first her plans at the CCT now this she will not stand for these strangers interfering in her masters plans for much longer
***/**\***
Back at Ground Zero
Team RWBY and Chappy's team are surrounded in the middle of the pavilion by Beowolves, Ursai, and a massive King Taijitu. The King Taijitu unleashes a mighty roar, signalling the Grimm to attack. Ruby Rose plants Crescent Rose on the ground before kicking away the Grimm, Yang Xiao Long propels herself upwards, performing aerial bombardments with Ember Celica on the Grimm before three Giant Nevermores send her crashing to the ground. Blake Belladonna slashes a Beowolf with Gambol Shroud before firing on the other approaching Grimm. Weiss Schnee slashes three Beowolves, before summoning a glyph to conjure up an ice blade. Yang, back on the ground, sends several cars flying towards the Grimm. Chappy and his team kept firing and slashing at the Grimm trying to support as they can with there very limited supplys then Chappy looked to Ruby
As Ruby finishes slashing at a Grimm, she notices the King Taijitu ready for the attack "RUBY" She heard chappy Yell as he rushed to her side and tried to use his own body as a shield with his weapon raised until they also sees Nora Valkyrie flying on her Magnhild hammer towards the King Taijitu, slamming it on the head and killing the beast
"Nora Smash!" Nora said happily as she crushed the beast
"AHAH NORA YOU CRAZY GIRL GREAT TIMING." Chappy shouted happy at her timely arrival
Jaune, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren soon follow. With Crack shot and his team
"Let's move!" Pyrrha said as they sprang into action though Jaune looked at her sighing a little bit
"Okay, who's first?" Jaune said as he walked forward a bit only to hear something behind him Jaune then turns around to notice a giant Ursa standing behind him
"Oh-oh-okay, you're first, huh? Okay, no, that's fine. Totally fine, done this before, done this before…" Jaune said to himself to boost his own moral and he With a mighty scream, Jaune slashes the Ursa several times before it falls. Pyrrha smiles, as she notices his improvement
"EAT LASER YOU BEASTS!" Six shooter shouted as he just unloaded with his Z-6
Crack shot just took well aimed potshots nailing one at a time
Hell shot was blasting any that got close and leaving a present grenade for them when he had to move back
Preach was taking some decent shots as he kept the Grimm away from him
Rigs was watching Preaches back though he kept the Grimm on their toes with his shots
Switchblade was doing decent till his weapon died out on him but that didn't stop him as he pulled out his knife and became the Grimms worst nightmare as he got within their defense rang and slashed around their necks with quick movements and stayed back away from their attacks
A few feet from the fallen Ursa Jaune had slain Sun Wukong and Neptune Vasilias arrive, flashing their badges
"Nobody move! Junior detectives!" Sun shouted out
"We have badges so you know it's official!" Neptune said with pride
A fleet coming from the Atlesian Military, consisting of dropships deploying Atlesian Knight-200 units and the flagship of James Ironwood. Sun and Neptune react in awe of the fleet as Sun drops his badge to the floor. As Team RWBY looks up in the sky, an Ursa takes the opportunity to attack Ruby from behind. However, it is gunned down by a dropship's machine gun. As the robotic Knights deploy, they start gunning down the Grimm. Two of the Knights are stampeded on by a Boarbatusk, but a separate group of three Knights fire on an Ursa, and another Ursa has fallen from a Knight's punch.
"That's what I'm talking about finally some back up!" Player said as he used his pistol to down another Beowolf
"WOLF RUNNER's Support the Atlas troops, and the Huntsmen and Huntresses in training!" Chappy ordered as they answered in course and did just that through fire or melee support
Cinder Watching the fight unfold from the roof tops with Mercury and Emerald to Gauge the strength of these New soldiers as she does she sees three of them take on group of Ursas of Which charge them only to meet Blaster fire Emerald Examining the weapons just does not believe there weapons can cut through aura so easily yet she wants a set the Ursa fall while charging at the clones one however tosses something at the remaining one as Emerald Watch's as it blows up and turns the Ursa into a pancake Emerald's eyes quickly widen at that when Grimm normally tank grenades that was no normal grenade she looks to her boss who just stars on at this
Near the entry point Out of the opening comes Zwei, followed by Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck in a damaged Atlesian Paladin-290
"DOC IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU" Chappy shouted as he saw Oobleck come out
"Indeed!" Oobleck replied as he sees An airship arrives, dropping off Team CFVY and Professor Peter Port. As Yatsuhashi Daichi is surrounded by a pack of Grimm, he swings his mighty greatsword on the ground, unleashing a shockwave. Velvet Scarlatina and Fox Alistair respectively kick and punch the Grimm, and Fox unleashes a combo of slashes and punches that make a spiked Ursa explode, impaling the nearby Grimm with its spikes.
"HOLY crap! That's what I'm talken about!" Crack shot said as he picked off another Grimm trying to get near them
"Glad to see you guys join the party!" Hawk said as he stabbed another Beowolf while Panting a little
Six shooter just marched forward down a street parallel to team CFVY unleashing death with his Z-6 cannon
Coco Gives Fox a light pat on the butt saying "Nice hustle, Fox. Good job." she also notices Six shooter going to town and could swear he was humming a tune to it but shook it off as she walked forward Coco approaching a large Beowolf. And says "You just destroyed my favorite clothing store." she spits to the side and adds "Prepare to die." Coco, after swatting away its right hand, kicks the Beowolf in the crotch. She, as it falls to the ground and looks at her, leans down and slams her bag onto its head. She effortlessly swats away more beowolves, and the rest of Team CFVY resume fighting. Velvet steps forward, about to open her box.
Coco Looks to Velvet and says "Hey, come on, you just spent all the semester building that up. Don't waste it here."
Six shooter still firing then hits a snag as his Z-6 stops shooting "Blast it! I need some support here!" He shouted while trying to get his Z-6 to work right and sees the cells empty and scrambles to replace it
"Six shooter Move!" Coco yells as she transforms her handbag into a giant minigun Six shooter seeing that books it making it out of her firing line as she starts firing, slaughtering the advancing horde of Grimm, including a Death Stalker and three Nevermores. Port and Oobleck regroup at the opening, nodding their heads. They fire their weapons at the approaching Grimm, while Glynda Goodwitch mops up the remnants and immediately closes the opening with the power of telekinesis.
Chappy seeing this nodes and shouts "REGROUP!"
To which every one of the Wolf runners there moved to Regroup on Chappy who stayed near the center of the fighting
"Good to see you all here, Anyone hurt?" Chappy asked getting a head count of everyone
"I'm good boss." Player said as he was breathing a little hard
"Just a scratch on my helmet." Hawk said as his helmet had a claw mark a small one on his right side
"I'm good just ran outta ammo." Six shooter said a little saddened
"I ran out too made it harder to fight." Preach said as he sighed and added "Near the end though but still."
"I used all but three grenades and ran outta ammo." Hell shot said shaking his head a bit
"Just was punched but that's as far as they got." Switchblade said with a shrug
"Other then feeling like a truck hit me fine." Mother said as he takes his helmet off rubbing his head
"I am surprised we held that.." Rigs said panting a bit
"Just about was out of ammo." Crack Shot said shouldering his rifle
"I am alright." Shadow said as he walks up
everyone meets in the pavilion as Roman Torchwick is escorted by two Atlas troopers towards an Atlesian airship.
"Oh, I can't believe that you caught me, you've really taught me the error of my ways." Roman said then turns to an Atlesian Knight who grabs him by the arm and says "He-hey, watch the hat!"
Ruby smiles at her team and Team JNPR as they an exchanging smiles, Sun and Neptune bump fists, Team CFVY likewise smile at each other, the Wolf runners node and a few give a friendly Fist bump to each other while Six shooter gives Coco a high five and Port and Oobleck do the same while Glynda watches from behind.
Afterwards and everyone's back at the school, Team RWBY Chappy and Zwei are sitting on the edge of Beacon's landing platform, overlooking the City of Vale from across the lake.
"Well, we did it." Yang said tiredly
"We did it." Blake said little more happily
"If we don't get extra credit for that, I'm gonna be seriously disappointed." Weiss said hoping they earned something after all that thinking they at the very least earned that much
"Weiss, a two-headed snake literally crushed a bakery. I wouldn't count on it." Yang said deadpanned a bit
"You girls did save a lot of lives today though." Chappy said to give a little hope
"That's true." Weiss said knowing what Chappy means
"Plus, I mean, we didn't solve everything. A lot of people were hurt, and we still don't even know why they did this, or who that mystery girl was." Ruby said pointing out some of the things they were trying to figure out
"People were hurt yes, but it could have been worse if you girls didn't do something, and you did." Chappy said with a smile at them
"True though even if we don't have the answers or have a neat and tidy ending. We did alright." Weiss said confidently
"Yeah and we will find the answers some day, and we do have a lot of dangerous people behind bars. And I think that's something we could be proud of." Blake said with some hope
"Yeah! And if anyone tries something like this again, we'll be there to stop them." Ruby said happily
"You girls won't be alone aside from Teams JNPR and CFVY you got my boys with ya, Till the end." chappy said happily
"Alright Yay teamwork, camaraderie, good guys, go team, alright, good job... So, what now?" Yang said lying down on her back
"I suggest training for the tournament, but I guess we have that covered at this point." Weiss said then added "And fixing Chappy's problem of ammo and that, To which I will work on as I can."
"Thank you Weiss." chappy said with a smile
"So then…" Blake started
"Uhh... Time for bed?" Ruby finished a little unsure
"Please." Yang agreed
"Absolutely." Blake agreed next
"Yes." Weiss agreed thirdly
"I'm down for that today was tiring." Chappy said as they got up and went to get some rest
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Meanwhile though in Ozpin's office
Vale's Government Council calls on Ozpin, who responds in his office. The headmaster aloofly stares outside his window.
"Ozpin?" the first council member asked tono response "Ozpin!"
Ozpin merely turns his chair towards his desk then said "Yes, Councilman."
A video feed of the councilmen is shown on a holographic screen with Ironwood's video feed in the corner.
"You've left us no choice! The Vytal Festival tournament cannot be broadcast, let alone held, if we are unable to ensure the safety of the citizens." The first councilman begin
Ozpin merely sips from his cup.
"Ahem... Therefore, we have reached out to the Atlas Council and together have decided that the best action is to appoint General Ironwood as head of security for the event." The first councilman continues
"Thank you, Councilman. Our Kingdom is happy to lend as many troops as it takes to ensure that the event runs smoothly and safely as possible." Ironwood says honestly
"And we thank you, General." the councilman replies back
"Will that be all?" Ozpin asked already knowing how this may go
"For now. But after this festival comes to a close, we are going to have a serious discussion about your position at Beacon Academy. General Ironwood's reports over the last few weeks have left us somewhat... concerned. I am sure you understand." The councilman said as the faceless councilmen's video feed disappears, leaving Ironwood's video feed alone with Ozpin. They silently stare at each other for a moment.
"This is the right move, Ozpin. I promise, I will keep our people safe, you have to trust me. If anything seems off you'll be first to know, After all you have given me a great deal of trust. I'll do what I can to support you through all this." Ironwood says with a tone that shows he means it before Ironwood hangs up the video call. Ozpin then turns his chair around to look at the large Atlesian Airship outside his window.
"I just hope that it is that simple James.." Ozpin said to himself
End of Light in the Black Chapter 7:A low key mission. A breach. A problem arises.
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