Holy crap! How did we manage to make it to 50 chapters? It's all thanks to you loyal readers, and especially loyal reviewers, that this story presses on and will continue to press on. I hope you sincerely enjoy this chapter, and you can expect another one in the near future. Yeah number 50! Hell Yeah!
Weiss looked around disgusted and completely unable to keep her high class upbringing at bay as Yang lead her deeper into the seedy area of Vale. Weiss kept close to her partner as she turned into a small alley.
"What are we doing here?" Weiss asked, her voice slightly uncomfortable.
"We're here to meet a good friend, and coerce some information from him." Yang explained.
"Are we gonna start torturing people now?" Weiss asked. Yang shook her head.
"Nothing more than a little physical persuasion." Yang suggested.
"Oh dear." Weiss sighed, checking her belt and ensuring she had brought a lot of dust, and that Myrtenaster was stocked to the brim with dust. She shook her head as Yang started pushing in the door.
"What's up boys." Yang called out into the club as she stepped through the large doors. Yang barely flinched and Weiss looked concerned as the employee's of the club immediately put their guns in Yang's face.
"Nice friends, huh Yang." Weiss quietly scolded her friend, her hand gently wrapped around Myrtenaster's hilt.
"Nah these guys are cool aren't you guys. Yes you are yes you are." Yang teased, causing the employee's to give her angry stares and click off their weapons safeties. Across the room Melanie and Miltia sat at the bar, rolling their eyes that the giant blonde bimbo had rolled back in.
"Junior! Titzilla is here!" Melanie shouted out. Turn back to smile smugly at a glaring Yang.
'Oh fuck!" A shout and and a crash rang down from the top floor of Junior's club. A moment later Junior came running down the stairs, almost in a state of panic. "Put the damn guns down!" He yelled. His employee's eventually and reluctantly lowered their weapons and scattered around the room, still keeping their eyes on the two new visitors.
"We are going to die here." Weiss muttered to herself, head hung in shame and disappointment.
"Cheer up Weiss. Let's get a drink." Yang suggested, patting her on the back, and leading her over to the bar. The two of them sat at the bar, next to Melanie and and Melanie gave each other hostile stares. Yang banged on the bar.
"Some strawberry sunrises over here." Yang called out to Junior, doing everything he could do to possibly ignore her while not inciting her wrath.
"What White out?" Yang questioned Melanie, the two still staring at each other. Melanie rolled her eyes and started walking away with her sister.
"Whatever." She threw back, walking away. Yang sighed and turned back to the bar.
"Hey! Drinks!" Yang yelled, scaring Junior into action.
"My you really run things around here." Weiss noted.
"We've grown close in the past few years." Yang explained.
"Whatever you need Yang." Weiss chuckled, sipping from her strawberry sunrise. Yang quickly downed hers and placed it down before Junior.
"How can I help Blondie? I don't need a pain in the ass, between you and Darron busting in here I finally got the stage fixed for reopening." Junior asked, more defeated than anything.
"Just looking for some more people." Yang said.
"Dammit woman I don't know where Roman or his shit is!" Junior yelled, facepalming.
"Excuse me, but that's not who we are looking for, We are wondering if you gave any help to some students who looked like they came from Atlas." Weiss spoke up. Junior turned towards her and sighed.
"I think so. Some military looking bastards showed up a few days ago, sat quietly in the corner, and bolted the next day." Junior explained.
"I thought you were closed?" Weiss pressed.
"They had money." Junior explained.
"He's a simple man." Yang added.
"Did they say where they were going?" Weiss asked, sending Yang a quick angry glance.
"They didn't say. They didn't say much of anything except to one another." Junior said.
"Did you over hear anything?" Weiss continued.
"Just that they were heading north. Formula is the city the mentioned. I think it's a city at least."
"Thank you. That is actually useful." Weiss said, pulling out her scroll, and marking the town on her map.
"Come on Yang we're done here." Weiss stated, standing up. Yang eyed Junior and followed her teammate. As Weiss walked up to the club doors she pushed on them but the refused to budge.
"Stupid door." Weiss insulted, pushing harder. She stopped when Yang tapped her shoulder and pointed to the small sign labeled pull on the door.
"Hilarious ice queen." Yang joked, reaching for the door.
"Kidding me." Weiss scoffed, stepping back embarrassed. Yang grabbed the door and tried to pull it. It still refused to budge.
"Uh oh." Yang said, staring at the door. Weiss looked behind her, and saw all of the employee's staring intently at the girls.
"Yang." Weiss said, causing Yang to turn around.
"Hey fellas." Yang commented. "Whatcha doing?"
"Earning our money and getting revenge." Junior explained, waking up the stairs. The other employee's started to gather around.
"Told you he's a simple man." Yang explained.
"Oh let's deal with this problem." Weiss said, drawing myrtenaster. Yang unveiled Ember Celica and took a stance.
"Let's dance." Yang said, as DJ Bearington started the club music. The first thug rushed at yang with a red sword.
"C'mon blondie." He growled, swiping at Yang. She smiled and casually dodged each of his swings.
"Careful what you wish for." Yang warned, grabbing the man's wrist. Yang swiftly kicked out his legs, and fired a shot from Ember Celica to accelerate her elbow straight into his nose, breaking it. As the man rolled over, unconscious, Yang jumped over his body and onto the next soldier. He pulled his pistol out and pointed it straight at her face. Yang snatched his wrist and pushed it downwards, forcing his bullets to pierce the floor. Yang spun around, elbowing the thug's ribs, and kicking out his knee. Yang stepped on his shoulders, and yanked up his arm. Yang placed one foot on his elbow and another on his head, Yang let herself fall back, placing pressure on the elbow. Yang rolled back and the thug cried out as his elbow snapped. Yang quickly popped back up, narrowly avoiding another thug. Yang stepped in, kicking his leg, almost forcing him to do a split. She wrapped her arm around the thug's arm, and used it to hoist him off as she punched his ribs repeatedly. Once she was satisfied that she had broken a few of his ribs, she lifted him over her head, and tossed him into one of the booths. Yang turned around and felt her head get jerked back to the side, as one of the employee's punched across her face. Yang growled, and snapped back with a heavy punch. The thug, luckily, side stepped her attack, and punched back. Yang felt her head snap back, and took the opportunity to kick out, smashing his testicles. The thug fell to his knees, totally immobilized. Yang finished him off with a vicious headbutt. Yang stood up, checking her forehead and nodding pleased. Yang turned at two more thugs who looked at her nervously. Yang beckoned them, holding up her fists. The two thugs nodded at one another and rushed at Yang. The both swung at Yang with their swords. She casually jumped over their weapons, split kicking the two apart and landing on her feet.
"Ole." she mocked, keeping one eye on each thug. One thug drew a gun, while the other rushed at yang again. Yang used ember celica to block the bullets from one side, and ducked under the other thugs slash. Yang spilled behind him and pressed up behind him. Yang slid her arms under his and used Ember Celica to fire off rounds at the other thug. The thug started running, dodging Yang's explosive rounds. The thug she was pressed against violently stamped on her foot. Yang seethed and stepped back as he followed it with a sharp elbow. The thug turned and delivered a sharp elbow straight across her temple. Yang momentarily lost her balance and fell on all fours. The Thug raised his sword to strike at Yang, but she angled Ember Celica up, grazing his face with a shotgun blast. The thug fell backwards, and Yang started rolling across the floor, as the other thug had regained some confidence and started firing at her. Yang rolled and took refuge under one of the tables, She looked out cautiously, getting a bead on where her attacker came from. Yang smirked devilishly. Yang reached down and firmly grabbed a hold of the table, lifting it into the air. The thug that was shooting at her stopped, and just stared in disbelief as Yang heaved the table across the room, crushing the thug and knocking him unconscious. Yang turned towards her last attacker, who pressed hard with his sword, limiting Yang's movement by keeping her in the booth. Yang stepped up on the chair and launched herself into the air. Yang grabbed firm hold of the enemies head and pulled him down, pushing his face with Ember Celica as the kicker. Yang pulled herself off the ground and looked across the bar, checking to see how Weiss faired.
Once the first Thug rushed at Yang, Weiss jumped down to the club floor, swinging Myrtenaster with a flourish. It only took a moment for the first employee took a shot at her. Weiss blocked his sword easily, stepping back as he pressed his attack. Weiss sidestepped his blade, and cut down on his wrist, forcing him to drop his weapon. Weiss slapped Myrtenaster against his face, and jabbed at his chest a few times. The thug staggered back and fell over. As she finished three thugs took the opportunity to surround her. Weiss spun Myrtenaster's barrel loading her fire dust into the blade. Weiss waved her hand over the top of her blade, lighting it like a lighter. Weiss stood there as the thugs encircled her, waiting for them to make the first move. Sure enough, they did. Weiss, with a flick of her wrist she created a large red glyph below her feet. Once the enemies stepped on it, Weiss ignited the glyph and it exploded. The glyph singed their skin and sent the enemies flying across the room.
"Too easy." Weiss said, spinning Myrtenaster to its ice slot, and pointing it at more thugs. Neither of them were stupid enough to approach the heiress but drew their guns instead. Weiss's eyes widened and she instinctively used a glyph to create a wall of ice, shielding her from the bullets. Weiss smiled, and created 6 smaller glyphs around her. She motioned forward with Myrtenaster and the glyphs shot through the air. The glyphs danced around and slammed into the thugs, piercing their skin and filling the space with ice. They shouted painfully before falling to the ground. Weiss dispelled her shield, staring smugly at the rest of her enemies. Weiss waited until another guy shook his head and approached her.
"They just never learn." She said, creating a glyph below her. With blinding speed she accelerated forward, using her rapier to leave a sizable slash across her enemies chest. The thug rolled across the ground. Weiss slid to a stop, just in front of other enemies stab. Weiss promptly slapped away his blade, and the two began in some rather vicious sword play. Weiss and her opponent kept batting away each other's blade, neither gaining any upper ground. Suddenly, Weiss grimaced as her foe's blade grazed her shoulder, slashing her snow pea outfit and leaving a small blood trail to run down her arm. Weiss sneered for a moment, spinning Myrtenaster to lightning. Electricity cackled up the blade as Weiss, stepped close and jammed it into the man's ribs. he convulsed as the lightning dust coursed through his system, before falling over. Weiss Slashed downward with Myrtenaster, sending a wave of lighting down the room, encouraging the thugs at the other end to jump out of the way. Weiss took a deep breath and multiple glyphs in the shapes of clocks appeared around the room, and disappeared. The thugs who had just taken cover looked confused. Weiss smirked and propelled herself forward, hitting the first acceleration glyphs as it's time dilation ended. Using her carefully calculated set up of momentum glyphs, Weiss bounced across the dance floor, slipping in behind an enemy's cover, giving them a slash or two, and moving on to the next enemy. Within a minute, every other enemy hidden on the dance floor was defeated. Weiss landed and looked over at Yang, nodding.
"That sums it up." Weiss said, Yang shook her head.
"There's still one left." Yang explained, pointing up at the dj stand. Dj Bearington stood atop it, bouncing his head to the music as he pulled an LMG from under his stand and braced it on the table.
"That's new." Yang commented as Bearington started firing. Yang and Weiss ran to opposite sides of the room, hiding in the booths.
"Yang! I have an idea!" Weiss called out to Yang across the way.
"Go for it!" Yang yelled back. Weiss took a deep breath and summoned a large black glyph before Bearington's LMG. Weiss grit her teeth to maintain the glyph as Bearington's bullet tried to pierce it.
"Go now!" Weiss commanded. Yang smiled and sprinted across the dance floor, keeping her eyes on her target. Once Weiss was sure Yang had cleared Bearington's line of sight, she removed her black glyph and created a series of glyphs running up the stage. Yang hit the wall hard, running vertically upwards. At the top, Yang kicked away Bearington's gun, and launched herself into the air. Yang came down and punched Bearinton's face so hard that it actually crushed a large part of his mask. Yang stood up on the Dj booth and did a little dance.
"Perfect teamwork." Yang said, Weiss and her giving each other thumbs up.
"Don't count us out yet bitches." Melanie sarcastically remarked, followed by Miltia and Junior. Yang and Weiss looked at each other.
"You want the wonder twins or the johnny no nuts?" Yang asked, earning her a scoff from so called wonder twins.
"I'll take the girls." Weiss answered, not dignifying Yang's insistent insult.
"Johnny no nuts for me." Yang smiled, jumping down from the stage and running at Junior. The Malachite twins walked towards the center of the dance floor where Weiss was standing, waiting for them. Weiss raised Myrtenaster and pointed it at the twins, spinning it to it's ice slot.
"Sister?" Melanie gestured towards her sister. Miltia nodded and sprinted forwards, claws sharpened and ready. Miltia lunged forward, slashing at Weiss. Weiss stepped back, blocking each of her strikes. As Mltia pressed her assault Weiss created a small glyph behind her. Weiss used her glyph to try and form an ice projectile, but her effots were stopped as Melanie used her heels to shatter the glyph. In that moment though, Weiss lost her focus and Miltia broke her block, landing a number of slashes across her chest. Weiss grunted as she felt her aura strain as she staggered back. Melanie found the chance to irresistible and ran in, kicking Weiss's head with her bladed heels. Weiss felt her feet lift off the ground, before she crashed down. Weiss rolled on the ground and rose to one knee, catching another kick from Melanie with her blade. Weiss through Melanie's heel to the ground and tapped it with her blade. Weiss activated her ice dust, restraining Melanie's foot, and holding it to the ground. Melanie lashed out with her other leg, but Weiss quickly skipped out of range. However, her victory was short lived as Miltia started up her assault again. Weiss narrowly dodged one of Miltia's claws and summoned a small glyph right under her feet. Weiss smirked as her glyph knocked Miltia off balance, and shifted her Myrtenaster back to lightning. Weiss repeatedly struck Miltia, sending electricity over her body. Weiss's counterattack was cut short as Melanie kicked her in the face. Melanie continued with two more strikes to Weiss's chest. Melanie reared back for another kick, when Weiss caught it in a small glyph. Weiss used the glyph and tossed Melanie into her sister. The two girls rolled across the floor and Weiss stabbed Myrtenaster into the sky. A large yellow glyph appeared above her head and coursed with electricity. Weiss pointed her rapier at her enemy and lightning streaked down from it. The Malachite twins managed to untangle themselves and roll out of the way as the large bolt of lightning struck the ground, blasting the floor apart. The twins stood up and ran at Weiss, avoiding each lightning bolt she threw at them. At the last second Weiss switched and threw up a shield glyph, defending herself from both of the girl's blades. Weiss spun Myrtenaster to its fire setting and spun around, unleashing a wave of fire, stopping the twins in their path. Weiss stepped back, examining her dust supply. Melanie and Miltia rose to their feet and glared at Weiss angrily. Weiss created a time dilation glyph below her, and it spun wildly. Weiss clenched her fist as Melanie and Miltia rushed at her again.
"Right into my trap." Weiss said, making the twins eyes go wide. Weiss poked out rapidly as the twins tried to stop. The twins stopped moving, and looked at each other. They were confused at the lack of injury they received when small dots of blood appeared and littered their bodies. Suddenly, both girls were struck by a massive force and were blasted backwards by the combined force of all of Weiss's strikes. They landed on the floor and just laid there, defeated. Weiss swung her blade around, cleaning the blood of the tip, and, confident she hadn't killed her enemies, sheathed it proudly.
Yang jumped down from the stage and landed on Junior's chest. The two rolled across the ground until Yang used him as yet another springboard, launching herself off him and back to her feet. Junior rolled over and pushed himself to his feet.
"You just can't help being greedy can you?" Yang asked tauntingly.
"Believe me, I'd enjoy getting revenge either way. The money is just the icing on the cake." Junior shot back, swinging his bat. Junior pulled back, and glared at Yang. Yang took the momentary pause in the action to reload the ammo belts in Ember Celica, knowing they would get good use today. Yang decided to take the offensive and ran forward at Junior. Yang opened up with a one two combo, which Junior easily blocked. Yang tried to follow up with a kick, but Junior grabbed hold of her ankle and kicked out her other leg. Yang fell on her ass, and Junior tred to bring his baseball bat down on her head. Yang raised her arms in an x, using Ember Celica to block Junior's bat. Yang threw up Junior's bat, kip upped to her feet, and jumped, landing a full uppercut to Junior's chin. Yang blasted a round from Ember Celica, lifting Junior off the ground. Junior flew back slightly and landed hard. Junior lashed out with his bat to cover his return to his feet. Yang bounced on the balls of her feet, finally warmed up. Junior stepped to Yang with a heavy overhead swing. Yang rolled her eyes, not impressed by his attack. Yang blocked it with her wrist, and punched his side. Junior grunted, feeling the bones in his chest strain against Yang's strength. As Yang pulled back to punch his ribs again, Junior slid his bat down her arm, and slammed it down on her calf. Yang fell forward, using her arms to prop herself up. Junior took the opportunity and kicked Yang hard in the side. She rolled across the ground and ended sitting up, where Junior hit her upside the face with his bat. Yang felt her head hit the ground and the taste of blood fill her mouth. Yang pushed herself to her feet and glared at Junior. Her glare suddenly widened as she realized his bat had transformed into its rocket launcher form. Yang watched as Junior fired his volley of rockets. Yang popped to her feet and fired off shotgun round, blasting the rockets out of the sky. In a daring move, that could have only vaguely been suggested at some point by Allister, Yang grabbed the one remaining missile and pulled hard, aiming it back towards Junior. Junior freaked out and desperately jumped over the missiles. Junior looked back in horror, seeing his bar blown up. His momentary horror was broken, as Yang punched across his face. Yang followed up and grabbed his head, kneeing his face. Yang used her shotgun to elbow Junior right in the ribs. Junior staggered back and switched his weapon back to a bat. As Yang turned around to continue punching, Junior smashed her face over and over with his bat. Yang spit blood onto the floor, and her eyes turned blood red.
"Oh fuck." Junior said, watching Yang catch his bat mid swing. Yang stepped in and punched Junior in the jaw, breaking his jaw. Junior flew across the dance floor and hit the ground, unconscious.
Yang and Weiss walked over to each other and high fived.
"Info and butt kicking. Solid day." Weiss said. Yang nodded in approval.
"Let's go meet the team." Yang suggested, draping an arm over Weiss's shoulder. The girls smiled as they broke the lock, and walked out of Junior's club, victorious and mostly unharmed.