RWBY: Team CRML

Chapter 36

Liam

Walking around the camp, Raven approached her nephew. "Liam."

"Yeah?" he asked as he turned to face his aunt.

"Me and a few of the tribe are going out scavenging. While we're gone, I'll be leaving Vernal in charge. If you need anything, go to her." Raven said.

"Yeah. Sure thing."

"Okay." Raven raised her hand as she looked back, signaling for a few of the tribesmen. They all gathered behind her. "We'll be back soon."

Raven and her group left the camp.

"See you when you get back."

Marek

Woken up by loud talking, Marek walked out of his room while rubbing his eyes. Walking into the living room, he saw everyone standing around some kid. "Can you guys keep it down?" as he said that, he and the kid made eye contact.

Seeing Marek without his hood or bandanna caused the kid to reel back in shock. Seeing his discomfort, Ruby quickly eased him. "No no! That's Marek. He's a friend of ours."

"Who's the kid?" Marek asked, crossing his arms.

"Oscar Pine." Jaune told him. "Also the reincarnation of Ozpin."

"Hm." Marek turned around to head back to his room. "Keep it down will ya?"

The others stared at him. "You don't have any questions?" Ren asked.

"Why would I?" Marek glanced back at them. "From what I've experienced, reincarnation isn't exactly shocking."

With that, he went back to his room.

Hours later, Liam

Reading a book inside of Raven's tent, the flap parted as she walked inside. "So, what'd you get?" Liam asked as he continued reading.

"Do you really wanna know?" Raven asked. "I know you're not exactly comfortable with how we do things."

"Hm." Liam turned the page. "Was it anything good?"

"It was something from Atlas that we're going to return for some payment." Raven replied.

"Oh." Liam placed a bookmark before closing the book and putting it away. "I'm gonna get some sleep."

"Goodnight, Liam."

The following day

A loud blast of thunder tore Liam from his sleep. Rubbing his eyes as he got to his feet, he approached the entrance of the tent. "If you're really going after your sister, then you need to know the truth." he heard Raven say before she entered the tent.

She didn't even acknowledge her nephew as she walked to the table and sat down. "What's going on outside?"

"Feel free to look." Raven told him.

Hesitating as he reached for the flap of the tent, Liam looked back to his aunt only to see her sitting at the table, avoiding eye contact. Turning to the exit of the tent, he pulled the flap away as he exited the tent.

Blocking the sun from his eyes, it took a second before his eyes adjusted. And once they did, he was shocked at the sight before him.

Standing in front of the tent was Yang and Weiss, hugging each other after being reunited.

Once the two parted, they turned to enter Raven's tent only to stop as their eyes locked. "Liam?" the two said softly.

After a beat, Liam rushed over and hugged the two of them. Pulling away, the two had questions for him. "What happened to you?" Weiss asked. "The night Beacon fell."

"Raven saved me." he replied. "I fell off Beacon tower and she used her semblance to save my life. That's what she told me anyways. I was knocked out cold when it happened."

"That was you?" Weiss asked. "I saw someone falling and was about to use my glyphs to slow your descent but I guess Raven beat me to it."

"You've been here this entire time?" Yang asked.

"Yeah." Liam glanced back at Raven's tent. "She took care of me. Helped me recover."

"Recover?" Weiss asked.

It was then Liam moved his cloak to the side to show his robotic arm. Upon seeing it, Weiss covered her mouth while Yang raised her robotic arm. "Guess we have another thing in common now."

"Funny." Liam shook his head as he smirked. "What're you doing here?"

"Mom is going to take us to Ruby." Yang replied.

"Wait, Ruby isn't at home?"

"She left months ago to go to Mistral." Yang told him. "I'm going to go make sure she's alright."

"Let's go then."

"You're coming with?" Weiss asked.

"Yeah." Liam nodded. "There's a few things I need to tell her."

Yang and Weiss both smiled. "Let's go, then."

End of chapter 36