Chapter 15: Mountain Glenn
It was the middle of the knight at Vale and outside of Beacon Ironwood was just staring out into the city of Vale. Glynda was walking up next to Ironwood.
"Trouble sleeping?" Glynda asked Ironwood who turned his head and saw her coming up to him.
"Arm was acting up" Ironwood said as he was holding up his left arm.
"Of course, so logically you got out of bed dressed yourself completely and decided to gaze meanciacly out into the distance" Glynda said as she was finally standing next to Ironwood.
"What's wrong?" Glynda ask as her face soften up in concern for the general of Atlas.
"I've trusted him for years we both have I just..." Ironwood stopped speaking for a second so he could gather his thoughts.
"I can't help but feel like he keeping us in the dark" Ironwood said.
"Don't be ridiculous you know very well we are not the ones in the dark" Glynda said.
"That makes it worse I refuse to believe in a man I trusted for so long would act so passevly" Ironwood said.
"You're a good person James you've always done what you think its best for people even against strong protest its admirable" Glynda said.
"But its high time you stop talking about trust and started showing it" Glynda said as she put her hand on Ironwood shoulder.
"Ozpin has experience that the rest of us lack and I think that's something worth referring" Glynda said as she slowly took her hand off Ironwood and she looked out into the distance as well.
Meanwhile back on Mountain Glenn Batman was keeping watch on a top floor so far there only a few Grimm lurking around but nothing out of the ordinary. At the same time team RWBY and Oobleck was currently sleeping.
Yang slowly opened her eyes and she looked at her faunus partner.
"Blake are you awake?" Yang asked her partner.
"Yeah" Blake replied.
"Why do you think he asked us about being a huntress like what he was trying to say?" Yang said as she turned to her side to face Blake.
"Maybe he was just curious" Blake replied.
"Ya think?" Yang asked.
"No" Blake blunty replied.
Yang sighed as she went back on her back and looked at Weiss direction where she was currently sleeping.
"Weiss are you awake?" Yang asked the Wayne and Schnee heiress.
"Of course I'm awake and you two are talking" Weiss said as he sighed a bit.
"I think he wanted us to try to focus on the task in hand the main reason why we are huntress in the first place" Weiss said.
"What do you mean?" Yang asked.
"I ment what I said I wanted to create a legacy that's a bit separate from my father and grandfather something that even they would be proud of. My grandfather basically built the Schnee Dust Company from the ground up and my father took it to even greater heights I mean look at how much he done for the world even if our relationship hasn't been the best because of how busy he is with work I just can't help but admire him for how much he done for the world" Weiss said.
"That's true your father has really done a lot for the faunus community he even has so many faunus that work under him and as far as I know no faunus has said a bad thing about your father...I really want to meet him" Blake said.
"Remember Blake he married" Weiss said as Blake blushed a bit and turned away causing Yang to laugh.
"Shut up Yang" Blake said.
"Anyway besides creating my own legacy I wanted to be a huntress to help to people so that they won't go through like my father went through when he was young" Weiss said.
"Your talking about when his parents were murdered by a gunman" Blake softly said as Yang frowned a bit.
"Yeah..father doesn't talk about grandma Martha nor grandpa Thomas that much I think to this day he is still effected by their deaths...I don't want anybody to go through that pain loosing love ones and not being able to fully recover like my father no one reverse desverse that in a way I wish I could help my father ease the pain more but he just always so busy with his job its frustrating its almost frustrating in not being able to see and talk to Winter" Weiss said.
"Well the Vytal festival is coming up you have plenty time to spend time with your old man soon plus I actually kind of want to meet him do you think he will like us" Yang ask.
"I'm sure he will like all of you guys" Weiss said as she smiled a little.
"Helping people is that what you mean Weiss?" Blake asked and Weiss nodded.
Blake sighed "all my life I fought what I thought was right I had a partner named Adam" Blake said.
"He was more of a mentor actually he always assured me 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 Huntsmen and Huntresses were regarded as one of the most noble warriors in the world always fighting for good but I never really got past that" Blake said as she turned her head to the side for a bit.
"When I leave the Academy what will i-" Blake stopped herself before speaking again.
"How can I undo so many years of hate?" Blake said.
"I'm sure you'll figure it out" Yang said trying to cheer her partner up.
You're not one to back down from a challenge Blake" Yang said.
"But I am I do it all the time when you learned I was a faunus I didn't know what to do do I ran when I realized my oldest partner had become a monster I ran even my semblance" Blake said as she stopped as she spoke again.
"I was born with the ability to leave behind a shadow of myself an empty copy that takes the hit while I run away" Blake said.
"At least you two have something that drives you I've just kind of gone with the flow you know and that's fine I mean that's who I am but how long I can 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 brings and that'll be a good thing being a huntress happens to just line up with that" Yang said as she turned to the side.
"I'm not like Ruby she always wanted to be a huntress its like she said ever since she was a kid she always dreamt about being like the hero's in those books helping people and saving the day and never asking for anything in return that's the reason why she likes or admire Batman so much. Even when she couldn't fight she knew that's what she wanted that's why she trained so hard to get what she is today" Yang said.
"Ruby really does have a mind of a child sometimes I envy that" Weiss said.
"Even though she only two years younger then us even but then we are still kids" Blake said.
"Well not anymore I mean look where we are in a middle of a war zone and armed to the teeth not to mention bee are teaming up with Batman again" Yang said.
"Its the life we choose" Blake said.
"Its a job I guess everyone even myself at one point had a romantinzied vision of being a huntress in our heads but at the end of the day its a job to protect the people and whatever we want will have to come second" Weiss said as Batman who overheard everything while keeping watch and Oobleck as well both smiled a bit as Weiss and mainly Blake and Yang figured out what they suppose to do as Huntress.
Later on Zwei woke up witch in turned caused Ruby to wake up as she looked at her dog "Zwei its late go back to bed" Ruby said as she yawned a bit.
Zwei simply ran off "Zwei? Zwei!" Ruby said as she called after the small dog.
She slowly got up and saw that all of her teammates was sleeping "ugh" Ruby said as she grab her weapon and went outside the building.
"Zwei, Zwei where are you Zwei!" Ruby said as she looked around and she saw Zwei using the bathroom.
"Zwei this is a wasteland you literally could have done that anywhere" Ruby said as she grabb Zwei.
"What was that?" somebody said causing Ruby to pick up Zwei and slowly back away and hide.
"What was that?" the voice said as Ruby hid and saw two white fang soldiers.
"I thought I heard a beowolf or something" the soldier said.
"Lets just finish our patrol and head back to base" the other soldier said as they started to leave.
"This place gives me the creeps" the soldier said as they were walking Ruby was quietly following them she almost tripped until she gathered her balance and hid behind a wall.
She then used Zwei as a lookout "did they go in one bark means yes" Ruby said as they heard something closed and Zwei barked.
"This is it" Ruby said as she pulled out her scroll but she saw that her signal was low "ah man..can I use that device to call Batman I doubt that since the signal so low come on we gotta get the others" Ruby said as she and Zwei started walking and once they did the street collapsed causing Ruby to fall but she managed to hang on with Zwei she then threw him back on the main road.
Ruby could feel the street collapsing again "go!" she yelled as Zwei barked as he was concern for its owner.
Ruby fell and landed on top of a ruin building and she stood up and she looked up and she saw ruin buildings everywhere undergroud she then saw a light as she turned around.
"Freeze" a white fang soldier said.
"Where did she come from" the second soldier asked.
Ruby backed up until she almost tripped and realize she had no where else together "your a long way from home little girl" the soldier said Ruby tried to grab her weapon but she gasp in surprised realizing that she didn't have crescent rose with her.
The soldier then grabbed her.
"Hey hands off" Ruby said as she forced the soldier off of her.
Ruby gritted her teeth as she punched the soldier in the stomach but it didnt even effect him she tried punching him again but he blocked it and punched her knocking her down.
"The boss is gonna want to see this" the soldier said as he kicked Ruby knocking her out.
Meanwhile back at the camp Yang was stretching as she took watch for a bit " hey Weiss its your-" Yang said as she looked and saw that Ruby was missing.
"Ruby?" Yang said "hey where Ruby?" Yang said as the other woke up and Batman appeared "what" Oobleck said as Zwei went to Yang.
"Zwei?" Yang said.
"What's going on?" Blake said.
"We to leave now Ruby may have found something" Batman said.
"Not only that but she may be in trouble" Oobleck said.
Ruby woke up and she saw that some white fang members were dragging her.
"Hey can you give me a hand in this" a member said as Ruby looked and saw a mech moving something.
"Thank you just put it over there" the member said.
"Hey be careful what you want to do blow us to the moon" another member said as a soldier dropped a white device.
"Sorry sir" another member said.
"Hey boss we found something you might want to see" one of the soldiers that dragged Ruby said.
"Is it good or bad Perry because let me tell ya I have had a day" the "boss's said.
"Uh its a little girl" the soldier said.
Torchwick came out and he looked and saw Ruby "that would be bad" Torchwick said as he threw his cigar down.
Meanwhile the others had found the whole where Ruby had fell through "Ruby scythe" Yang said "oh no" Blake said as the others went around the whole.
"Do you think she fell?" Weiss asked as she and Batman looked at the whole
"Fell!" Oobleck said as he was quickly next to the father daughter duo.
"Down there" Weiss said.
"Oh my" Oobleck said.
"She must have fell down there" Batman then gasp as he figured it out.
"So you figured it out as well Batman" Oobleck said.
"Figure out what" Blake asked.
"How could I be so stupid!" Oobleck yelled as he walked around.
"Batman what's wrong what did you two figure out" Yang asked as Oobleck appeared in front of her.
"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 desperatly searching for shelter city evaluates into metro channels and what do they find!" Oobleck said as he looked at Zwei and then to Batman.
"The south east quadrant of Vale is know for wild forest and deep caves" Oobleck said.
"Doc what are you saying?" Yang asked.
"The White Fang have must have been doing their operations underground" Batman said.
"They been working in caves?" Blake asked.
"No no Mountain Glenn was Vale first serious attempt at expansion it worked for a short period of time thanks to an aggressive perimeter defenses and unique transportation the city developed an elaborate subway system to safely carry citizen safety from the new territory into the main kingdom sadly without many natural barriers that Vale had to protect it harried Mountain Glenn was doomed from the start" Oobleck said.
"As the end drew near the citizen of the territory made one last attempt of survival they took up shelter beneath the city in massive caves that they cleared out for the subway and they had cut themselves off from the surface" Oobleck said.
"An underground village?" Yang asked.
"In a manner of speaking yes a safe haven until an explosion opened the mouth to another cavern filled with subterraneran Grimm after that the kingdom official sealed off the tunnels creating the world largest tomb" Oobleck said as Blake and Weiss looked at each other a little bit disturbed that thousand of people died underground because of the Grimm.
"If Ruby is down there" Oobleck said as he pulled out his weapon witch was a coffee like staff gun "we must find her" Oobleck said.
"Then let's get going" Batman said in a tone that left little room for argument as he and the others began their mission to rescue Ruby.
A/N: Hey guys been awhile haha sorry about that anyway Ruby has gotten kidnapped by the White Fang and its up to Batman and the others to save her will they be able to do it well find out in the next chapter only two more chapters until we are finished with vol 2. Anyway thank you guys so much for reading my story it really means a lot don't forget to read review and follow the story until next time guys see ya.