"And you're sure?" Cinder was pacing back and fourth. She was uneasy a certain huntsman who they had meet before was here. Crimson was lying on the floor, Mercury was sitting in a chair in the middle of the room, and Emerald was sitting on one of the beds in the room.
"Bad hair, used a scythe, and smelled like my dad after a long day. It was him." Mercury while spying saw two huntsmen fighting. One was Winter Schnee and the other was some one he didn't know. Apparently his name was Qrow Branwen, one who fought drunk and never was seen sober.
"What do we do?" Emerald was sitting on her bead.
"Nothing. We stay the course. They have no idea who we are. So we have no reason to worry," Cinder walked over to her table and picked up her large scroll. "Besides the last of the heavy lifting is being taken care thanks to our little friend. Ah, speaking of which it appears that we have a new access point."
"Is it anywhere good?" Emerald looked up to Cinder.
"You could say that. Go to your rooms, I'll prepare everything for tomorrow."
"Yes ma'am."
"Got it." Mercury and Emerald walked out of the room. Crimson just lied on the floor.
"Aren't you going to leave Crimson?" Cinder walked over to Crimson and sat on the floor next to Crimson.
"Nope. I'm too lazy to get up. Besides there are a few things I want to talk about." He sat up and looked over at Cinder. His blood red eyes meet her amber eyes.
"Well what is it you wish to talk about?" she leaned back a little giving one of her smirks.
"Who will be going on to the one-on-one fight? It'll be close courters. We can't have me be out there." Cinder looked as if she was thinking then pulled out her scroll and put up schematics for a robot.
"Penny?" Cinder smirked using her power to make her eye's glow. "So you want me to go against the robot?" Cinder smiled one of her wicked smiles
"I want you to give the crowd a good fight." Crimson knew what Cinder was talking about. He smiled and got up.
"You've got it ma'am." He walked to the door. He was stopped by Cinder's hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see Cinders face. The raven haired woman creeped him out some times.
"Oh Crimson you're the most loyal associate that I have. I wish that once this is all over with, that we may work together again." She pushed Crimson out with a smile and closed the door.
Crimson put his helmet on and walked down the hall way, for some peace of mind. Of course he didn't get any when he heard a commotion coming from down the hall way.
He turned the corner and saw the one thing he didn't want to see. Teams RWBY and 'JNPR' were walking down the hall way.
He stopped and almost fell backwards. Ruby was the first to notice him.
"Crvena right?" Crimson nodded and held his head as if he had a head ache.
"What brings you down here to the student dorms?" Yang stepped forward.
"My head was keeping me up." His voice was distorted sounding robotic. Crimson faked a head ache again putting his hand up to his head.
"Would you like to take off you're helmet?" Pyrrha stepped in now.
"It keeps him alive." Weiss looked over to Pyrrha who grimaced.
"Yes, if I were to take it off I would die a painful death. But it also acts as an advanced scope for Reaper." He pulled out his sniper in travel mode from under his coat. He activated it into sniper mode. Ruby was almost drooling over it.
"Is that an AGR-76?" Crimson nodded and Ruby looked happier than ever. "I've always wanted to use one." Crimson put Reaper into its travel form and put it into it's holster on his side.
"I would wait till you're older. This thing has the kick of an Ursa," Ruby pouted and walked back into her group. "So what are you guys doing right now?"
"We were celebrating our victories in the tournament." Ruby pointed to her team and his old team.
"Yeah we were partying in the dinning hall." Yang pumped her fist in the air.
"What happened there?" Crimson pointed at Yang's scar from his blade. She looked down and felt the scar.
"Oh nothing just something I picked up during the breach. An Ursa spine hit me." She spoke with confidence, but Crimson knew she was cursing her self inside for having lost to her 'dead' crush.
"Well I must get going." Crimson brushed past between Yang and Nora. He was stopped when some one grabbed his arm. He looked behind him turning his head slowly. Giving the effect that who ever dared touch him would suffer. He saw Blake looking at him with hatred.
"Blake what's going on?" Ruby stood next to her team mate looking at Crimson and Blake back and fourth.
"He's lying. He doesn't have a head ache, he can take his helmet off," She reached up and fumbled for the release switch on the helmet. Crimson jumped back and drew Reaper pointing it at her head.
The black flash suppressor glinting in the light. Blake wasn't phased, she just looked even more angered. She held her hand on Gambol Shroud.
"Blake you could kill him!" Yang stood in front with her back to the barrel.
"He's perfectly fine! He doesn't even need to wear it!" Blake drew Gambol Shroud and pointed it at Crimson.
"You just want to get rid of the competition don't you kitty." Crimson stepped back still aiming Reaper at Blake. Everyone looked at Crimson, shocked looks on their faces
"What are you implying Crvena?" Blake became enraged by him seemingly able to tell she was a faunus.
"Oh, Blake was it, the sensors in my helmet can detect that you are a faunus," Everyone including Blake were left slack jaw. "What, cat got you're tongue?" Yang snorted at his pun, but quickly went back to shock.
Crimson took the opportunity to leave. He closed up Reaper and put it back. He walked off down the hall way, leaving the teams standing around wondering what they would do.
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Crimson walked through the arena. He was heading for the locker rooms where his gear was stored.
Emerald was already there getting ready. She was over looking her pistols, checking the release levers for the Kusarigama form.
"Are you ready Emerald?" Crimson pulled out Reaper and looked it over making sure there wasn't a hitch in the transforming process.
"As ready as I'll ever be. Are you ready?" She got her response in the form of a grunt from her partner for today.