RWBY: Team CRML

Chapter 9

The next night, Chrome and his team snuck back to the docks. "So, Chrome, mind explaining why you were part of the White Fang?"

"You did say you'd explain everything now." Nicci added.

"Yeah." Chrome took a deep breath. "Well, I was pretty much born into the White Fang, seeing as how my parents were the leaders at the time. They were peaceful, but...it wasn't getting any results. Which meant that some Faunus began to see things a bit differently. After days of harassment, my parents stepped down, and a new leader took their place. She wasn't as peaceful. Riots, stealing, you name it."

"So why did you stay?" Nicci asked.

"Because of my sister." Chrome said. "She didn't leave, so neither did I."

"That's rather-"

"This is it." Liam cut Nicci off. The four of them crouched down as the warehouse entered their line of sight.

"That's the place?" Chrome asked.

"Yeah."

"Then let's go." Chrome moved forward and his team quickly followed.

Approaching the building, Liam, again, changed to his avian form to get up to the window to peek inside. Seeing White Fang moving crates, this time Liam noticed three letters on one of the boxes that read SDC. Turning back, Liam flew back down to his team, changing back to his human form and landing next to his leader.

"They're moving crates." he told them. "Schnee Dust Company."

"Yeah...sounds about right." Chrome sighed.

"So, what's the plan, leader?" Marek asked.

"We gotta put a stop to 'em." Chrome turned to Liam. "Think you can get inside without being spotted?"

"It'd be too easy."

"Good. Me, Nicci and Marek will wait for your signal before running in. Just snap your fingers." Chrome added. "Also, is there a skylight by chance?"

"There is actually."

"Great! That'll make things easier." Chrome looked to the roof. "Liam, get inside. You two-" Chrome made a line of glyphs heading to the roof of the warehouse. "-with me."

Chrome ran up the side of the warehouse with Nicci and Marek behind him. Reaching the top, the three of them gathered around the skylight to look inside while Liam changed to his avian form.

Flying around to the front of the building, one of the Fang members entered the building, giving Liam more than enough room to slip inside and fly to the catwalk. Perching on the railing, he watched as the Fang members moved crate after crate.

"Hurry up! We need this dust out of here and ready for pickup!" a rather tall Fang member shouted.

Figuring he was the leader of this little group, Liam flew towards him and changed to his human form, knocking the Fang member onto the ground. Reaching back, Liam pulled his weapon from its sheath, holding it at the ready. "You know this stuff doesn't belong to you, right?"

A few seconds passed before the other Fang members realized Liam's intrusion. Within less than a second, Liam was surrounded by White Fang, all of them pointing guns and swords at him.

"You're going to pay for that!" the leader growled as he got to his feet, drawing a massive two-handed sword.

Raising his free hand, Liam snapped his fingers. Once he did, the sound of glass shattering filled the room as the other members of Liam's team dropped in. "Go!" Chrome yelled.

Liam quickly engaged the Fang leader as the other three members of his team distracted the others.

Slashing his blade at the Fang leader, the two clashed blades. "Finally, a fight!"

"One you won't win." Liam shot back with a smirk. Pushing each other back, Liam charged in once more, swinging his blade with focus, only for the Fang leader to block each of Liam's blows.

Over with Chrome, he was taking down Fang Members with ease. Blocking one of their attacks with one sword, he had to block another's with his second. Stuck in a lock, a third Fang member tried to attack, but Chrome pulled the triggers on both of his weapons, firing a shot into both of the Fang members he was locked with. The two stumbled back, giving Chrome the chance to counter the third Fang's weapon.

Deflecting the Fang's weapon, he stumbled away, giving Chrome more than enough time to knock him out of the fight. Turning to the other two White Fang, Chrome slashed his blades across them both, knocking them out of the fight as well.

On the other side of the warehouse, Nicole was having a much harder time holding her own. Engaged in combat with two White Fang, she blocked one of their swords but with her weapon locked with her opponent's, the White Fang threw her into one of the crates. Losing her grip on her axe, the two Fang members walked over, weapons raised.

As they brought their weapons down, Nicci looked to a crate on her right. Extending her hand, she gripped the crate with an invisible hand, hurling it at the two Fang members and knocking them to the ground.

Picking up her weapon, she finished the two of them off, draining their auras.

Marek, on the other hand, was taking out Fang after Fang with ease, most of them in one or two slashes. They were much weaker than the people he was used to fighting. In his carelessness, a few of the Fang members he was fighting suffered severe injuries.

As he went to finish off another Fang, one got the jump on him, slashing through Marek's bandanna and causing it to fall off. As Marek recovered, he saw his bandanna lying on the floor. Turning to look at the Fang member, his face contorted to one of pure anger.

Seeing Marek's face, the Fang member gasped sharply as he backed away in fear. "What the hell are you?!"

Marek twirled his spear. "A monster." thrusting his weapon into the Fang's chest, he pulled the trigger, shooting a rifle round into his heart.

Yanking his weapon free, he lowered his head as he looked around the warehouse to see if anyone else noticed his face. Seeing no one had, Marek made a run for the exit.

Back to Liam, he was still engaged in combat with the leader. Trading blow after blow, the Fang leader swung his massive blade against Liam's causing him to stagger back. Swinging again, Liam stumbled. Swinging a third time, the leader managed to knock Liam's weapon out of his grasp.

Going to finish him off, multiple shots from Chrome's weapons caused the White Fang leader to stumble. Taking advantage of the opening, Liam grabbed his weapon while activating his semblance at the same time, spawning two exact look-a-likes from himself.

As the leader turned back to Liam, he was taken back by there now being three of him. Having his two copies run forward, they both went for an attack but disappeared as they reached the leader, faking him out.

Running in himself, Liam took advantage of the leader's distraction, slashing his blade across his chest as he shot a sniper round, speeding up his attack. Draining his aura, the leader fell on his back as Liam pointed the tip of his weapon at the leader's neck.

Wiping his lip, Chrome walked over just as the doors to the warehouse burst open, half a dozen police officers rushing in.

Minutes later

Walking over to a police car, Liam noticed a few other students by one as well, Ruby, Yang, Blake and Weiss. Along with a monkey Faunus he didn't recognize. Walking over, Liam crossed his arms. "Hey, where's Penny?" Ruby asked, looking around a bit before noticing her cousin. "Liam!"

"So, there was a fight out here, huh?" Liam asked.

Ruby began pressing her index fingers together, nervously. "I actually...only caught the end of the fight... Blake was the one who fought. Along with Sun." she gestured to the monkey Faunus.

"Chrome?" Blake looked over Liam's shoulder to see him standing a few feet away. Rushing over, she pulled her younger brother into a hug.

"Hey, Blake." Chrome returned the hug. Pulling away, he looked to the monkey Faunus. "Is he your friend?"

"More or less." she shrugged.

Looking passed her, he saw Weiss staring at the two of them. Moving his eyes to the ground, Weiss walked over. Standing in front of him, Weiss had her hands clasped behind her back. "Chrome, I, uh, I want to apologize." Weiss said. "I acted out of anger and it wasn't fair without hearing your side of things. I'm sorry."

Taken back by her apology, Chrome rubbed the back of his head. "It's fine. I understand."

"If there's anything you need, feel free to ask. It's my way of making it up to you fully." with that, Weiss went back to her team.

"I assume you told her?" Chrome asked as he looked to his sister.

"Actually, no." Blake replied. "She said she doesn't care."

"She doesn't care?"

"Apparently." Blake glanced back at her. "She does seem sorry, so that's something at least."

"Yeah." Chrome rubbed his head. "Anyways, I'm beat. Me and my team are gonna head back to Beacon."

"Speaking of teams, we're missing one." Nicci pointed out. "Where's Marek?"

Back inside of team CRML's dorm room, their missing teammate stared at himself in the mirror. Instead of a human face staring back at him, a monster stared into his dark red eyes. This thing had snow white skin with dark red veins. It's hair: pitch black. It didn't look human at all but more like a Grimm.

And there was one more thing.

A Beowolf tail swayed back and forth slowly behind him.

Looking down at his new bandanna, he put it on before pulling his hood back over his head to the point where it hid most of his eyes. Reaching back, he tucked his tail back into his jeans before heading over to his bed.

In another part of Vale, however, trouble began to rise inside of another massive warehouse. A man with orange hair and a bowlers hat sighed as he leaned on a table.

"You disappoint me, Torchwick." a man said as he and four other people walked into the warehouse. This man, he is quite dangerous. Kin to one of the most powerful beings in the world. His name is Shadow. And with him are Emerald Sustrai: thief. Mercury Black: assassin/mercenary. Cinder Fall: maiden. And his younger sister Mist: hunter.

"Whoa! Heheh. Wasn't expecting you guys so soon." Torchwick said.

"And we were expecting more from you." Shadow crossed his arms.

"Heheheh hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang."

"And you will continue to do so." Shadow and Cinder both raised their right hands, a flame coming from their palms. "We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is a little cooperation."

End of chapter 9