Seems that the group have just started on their journey to find this grimm faunus. Along with that hassan seems to have a mysterious employer, wonder what will happen?RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. I own the OC's, AU. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 15:Misunderstanding and Mercenaris

The group had loaded up on supplies and started to make their way near the forest. Zane checked his revolvers loading them. While Eria checked her pouches for ammo and dust caritages. Rogue had her submachine gun out checking the clips to make sure they were full. Then before she loaded them in she tapped the magazine on the side before putting it in her gun. Onxyia flipped her scope on her rifle then aimed down it. While Port ready his blunderbuss with an axe on the end.

Soon they ventured into the forest but behind them two figures were following them. Both were in miltary gear with the same patches as seen in the village of a crimson talon. As the five contineud venturing into the woods they were meet by grimm. With Port instructions Rogue slowed the down with her lava then Onxyia took them out quickly with her rifle. Port didn't have any trouble fighting grimm because he easily took care of an uras that tried to charge at them.

Eria froze over her hand slightly before icicles form on her finger tips then she launched them back at a grimm behind them. Zane grabbed one of his falcata swords and revolver. He shot his revolver into the grimm head a few time. Ultimately it fell down dead to the ground.

"Okay I thinks thats all of them for now. Lets keep moving."Eria reminded

"Yes but the further we go in the darker it'll get. I suggest we find some shelter before it gets dark. Grimm at night are more vicious and powerful at night."Port added

"Great idea we should look for some shelter."Zane replied

"Yes but it can't be in the open, it wouldn't be safe"Onxyia added as they started to look for some shelter while keeping an eye on the sun as it began to lower.

Four hours have past and they weren't even close to finding shelter for tonight. However Zane noticed a nearby cave that looked to be an old campsite it place had some tattered clothe in front of the entrance and what looks to be an old campfire. Their were logs arranged like chairs around the campfire. It doesn't look recent, and its looks to have been here for a while.

"Hmmm this will work looks like someone was here before us though….hassan men?"Rogue said

"Maybe lets check to see if its safe to use before we claim it for tonight children."Port added. Rogue went in first then Zane checking to see if their weren't anyone else lining in these caves. With nothing else in their vicinity they decided it was safe enough to use.

"Alright lets get set up for tonight."zane said taking some supplies they had into the cave.

However Eria stood their anxious and nervous it seems."umm….can't we just find another place that isn't so….dark."eria replied not wanting to go in their.

"Their aren't any other places nearby and it'll get dark soon. Also Mr. Port said grimm are more active at night and more vicious."Onxyia replied helping with the supplies.

Eria gulped nervously trying to keep herself calm and not go into full blown panic mode. She didn't like the dark that much because when she was little. Eria got trapped in a storage closet with a broken light. After she got out she was afraid of the dark for years still. The only reason she didn't freak out at their dorm was she left a lamp on sometimes at night before falling asleep.

Then she left the cave rushing to a nearby tree trying to calm herself down. Zane took noticed of this action and checked on her."You okay Ice Queen?"he asked

Eria breathed a little heavy"I just need…..a minute me and the dark don't go well together."Eria said standing near the tree.

Port took notice of this with a worried look"will your sister be alright Rogue?"Port asked

"Yeah…just when we were little she got trapped in a room with a light that didn't work for a few hours. This made her have a slight fear of the dark."

"Well lets hope shes alright them for the tonight."Port said as they continued to set up.

After about fifteen minutes the group had set up a small campsite outside the cave with a fire burning bright keeping them warm.

They all sat together while eating the food Port brought. "Guess Ozpin wasn't kidding about a hands on experience."Rogue said getting some food

"Yes this'll be what it'll be like when you graduate. Foraging for food and building shelter to fight against nature and the forces of grimm."Port said

Then from Rogue side ember emerged after being asleep for so long."Morning kiddios whats happening?"the fire spirit said

"By jove is that could it be…."Port said bringing out a pair of old time glasses looking at the fire spirit.

"Ah ha it is Oobleck told me about this. You must be Ember Hayley spirit of the infernal Guanlent pleasure to meet you miss."Port said which surprised Ember.

"Hmm well at least someone has some common sense on my greatness."Ember added

"Oh my god there are two of them now.''Eria said while eating her food.

Rogue seemed troubled by something and wanted to ask a question.

"um…. you seem to have been at this school for a while. I have a question for you?"Rogie asked

"Ask away my dear"Port replied happily that someone wanted to hear a story from him

"Why did you become a huntsmen and did you know my uncle and Ruby mom?"Rogue asked which surrpsied grimm teacher paused for a moment as he thought of an answer for the girl.

"I became a huntsmen to protect those I care about along with everyone else in remnant. Huntsman are glories warriors against the grimm. I did join for that at first for fame and money. But I relized…..there was more to it than that."he said which surprised them.

The man who talks about himself so much didn't become one just for the glory and fame. But for a completely different reason.

"What would that be sir?"Eria asked

"I relized how important we are to our world. Were the last line of defense agaisnt these creatures. By god no matter what every huntsman will hold till their last stand against these vile creatures."Port added

"Ok but what about the twins' uncle and Ruby mom?"Onxyia asked, huddling near was busy eating some food and then leaned against her.

"Ah Dravan Hayley that boy was prime huntsman material. Your father was too but he became someone who worked with weapons. Still in my opinion an admirable profession to fight against had the hands to break down anything and rearrange it in a matter of seconds. Then there's your uncle, the man would always be smiling. No matter the occasion he would always look to the positive in any situation. I actually went on their first expedition for their team just like you two."Port said motioning to the two girls.

"Really…..what did you do?"rogue asked smiling.

Port laughed a hardey laugh that bellowed.``Our little expedition took us deep into a mountain to eliminate grimm. There were probably a hundred of them there. But we fought through it, killing every last one of them with a smile on our face."Port finished putting his foot on a log he was sitting on.

Everyone laughed at the pose he made and the old man sat back down dusting himself off.

"Alright what about Rubys mom…what was she like?"Zane asked eating some jerky.

Port tried to recall the best of his ability"ah Summer Rose and team Stark….an interesting bunch. They seemed like a solid team, along with good old Glynda teams bickering with them."port said laughing

"Wait Glynda went to Beacon…..i'm not surprised kind of."Rogue said

"Yes indeed but her daughter…she worries me"Port said looking into the fire with a serious expression. The atmosphere felt cold now with how quiet it got.

"What makes you worry about Ruby, that girl is all sunshine and rainbows"Zane said

"Indeed she is but you know about her silver eyes…yes?"he asked

"Umm yeah kinda hard not to miss. Are they rare or something."Eria added

Port just nodded"it's not a rare trait its genetic you see, not many have it. Along with a tale of no other behind these sliver as the sliver eyed warriors."Port added

"Wait…theirs a legend behind silver eyes?"Rogue asked, messing with Ember gauntlet which annoyed her.

"Yes child there is and stop moving me around so much. And the old man right you should be worried about those eyes"Ember replied

"Why should we be worried about them?"Onxyia asked

"While grimm are terrified of them…..they are extremely terrifying."she began

"It works as a double edged blade you see and I've seen it in action. They can erase grimm in a flash if their feelings are pure. But if they're darkened and full of hate they'll go into a blind rage attacking anything or one in their place. Whether they be a friend or foe.''Ember said which creeped everyone out.

Zane seemed to be processing something right now which got Onxyia's attention.

"What are you thinking about Zane?"she asked

"Hmm i'm just curious why aren't they around anymore if they're so powerful. "Zane said

"That is a good question my boy and a hard one I don't know. But instead let's talk about something else….would you like to see my leg."port said which made them confused

"Ummm what?"Eria said tilting her head.

Then Port stood up pulling up his pant leg to reveal a metal prosthetic on his right leg. It was marron in color with black lining it seems. They were a little amazed by this because he never mentioned which surrpsied them.

"Whoa what happen their?"rogue asked

"Ha wreslted an uras major one time. Blighter took my leg clean off but I showed him by defeating the beast. But I couldn't save my leg since he gobbled it up in an instance. Then I had to slowly make my way back to my team which took days."port said then stopped for a second to laugh a little.

"Now we should be getting to bed finish your meals. I'll take first watch."Port rpelied as he got up proceeding to check the perimeter of the cave for any unwanted guest.

Finsihng their meals and heading to bed the team began heading into the cave for shelter….well except for Eria who was still near the fire still flickering.

"Eria c'mon will you. Its better in here that out their."Onxyia said with Eria shaking her head.

"nope . I'm not going into some dakr and spooky cave…nope."Eria exclaimed arm folded under her bust turned away.

"Oh my god Princess Ice queen you may be cold but you can still get sick now get in here."Zane replied trying to coax her in which didn't work.

Then Rogue had an idea bringing ember out of the guanlent. The fire spirit looked at the girl staring her down.

"What is it kid?"ember asked arms crossed looking with narrowed eyes.

"Could you maybe light up your gem a little to create a sort of fire for us. Please…..i'll ask you about your glory days."Rogue asked which made the fire spirit think.

"Alright but bring the Port guy he seems like an interesting fellow."ember said

"Please don't hit on our professor"Zane said hearing this

"No promises kid."ember replied making Rogue disgusted a little sticking out her tongue gagging.

Then she walked over to Eria"Sis we can use Ember as a light source would that make you feel better?"Rogue asked holding the looked back thinking for a second before going over into the cave to join them. Then she sat close to Ember with her bed roll.

"If you tell anyone about this I'll freeze you into the ice age."Eria said looking at her team.

"Don't worry we won't we understand….although we'll mess with you at the dorm about it though"Zane playful said with a dirty look from Eria making him back off.

"Alright lets get some sleep i'm exhausted"Onxyia exclaimed stretching her back laying onto a bedroll next to Zane's. Then Eria and Rogue got on one near Ember in the middle of the cave. Zane then put his weapons to the side of his bed roll because they're pretty uncomfortable to sleep with. Then he went to his bed role lying down next to Onxyia.

As he layed next to her she was almost falling asleep but when he got close she grabbed him with her arm over his body. This surprised him a little but he didn't care but slowly fell asleep.

Port returned after he returned from scouting the perimeter with a smile forming on his face.

"Sleep well children. You're going to need it for tomorrow just incase."Port added as he took watch with his weapon at the ready.

Later on in the night Zane moved a little in his sleep having a nightmare. His face moved around a little and their was some sweat on his forehead.

In his dream he was in the lab again inside the glass tube begging to be let out with tears on his face. As he did the same man from previous dreams walked over placing his hand again on the glass tube.

But compared to last time he saw his face clearer and he heard a name this time.

" the subject appears to be ready for the next test."a women said in doctors scrubs.

"Excellent with this we'll be able to help our mistresses create an army that will aid her in her conquest."the man exclaimed

"Ummm yes…sir."the women said looking away.

Then he looked back at the tube smiling, it seems at Zane."You better not be a failure subject omega or else."he said then the needle came back stabbing him in the neck.

Zane jolted awake breathing heavy with sweat on his head. He looked toward the cave and morning came. Zane looked at the still sleeping Onxyia and he gently took her arm that was wrapped around him off. Rogue was still asleep and Ember wasn't seen anywhere.

He went outside the cave and the sun was out and Port and Eria were already awake making something it Ember by them talking to them it seems.

"Oh morning Zane how'd you sleep?"Eria asked

"Decent… except for the nightmare again, but i'll be and Rogue are still asleep though"Zane said

"Well we better wake them up so they can eat. Breakfast will be ready then'll we'll be heading out and continue our search for our prey."Port added

Zane nodded before going into the cave putting his hand into his mouth then whistling. It echoed, it seemed waking Onxyia up due to her ears and Rogue woke up too.

"arghhh …why'd you have to do that?"Onxyia said, rubbing her ears with her tail wagging.

"Yeah…..hey where Ember?"Rogue said, noticing her gone.

"Well sorry for the whistle but…..Ember out here with Eria and Port. They made breakfast by the way. Once were done were going to keep moving forward."Zane replied as they headed out of the cave

After they quickly had breakfast they had set out again looking for their potential target. Along with hopefully not running into anymore trouble on the way and finding the people they took. A couple hours into their search and nothing was coming up except for some minor grimm they dispatched quickly.

"Is this starting to feel like a wild goose chase to you guys. We've had not luck finding that girl with the uras or signs of those people."Eria said getting annoyed

"Well the mayor and Hassan said they were deeper in the woods. Guess were not that deep in just yet."Rogue remind

"Hmm yes but something parcuiliar was going on between those two"Port added which made the group curious what he meant.

"What do you mean?"Zane asked revolvers out.

"The man seemed to be afriad of something…and that Hassan fellow kept looking at him strangely. But we best keep quiet now, we've being followed."Port said which surprised them but he motioned for them to relax.

"Wait what by who?"Eria asked quietly

"Three people two of which are his men and the other a faunus boy….with lynx ears."Port replied which surprised them.

"Ok why are his men following us then?"Zane asked quietly

"They may want to make sure we get there safely or something else. But that faunus boy I noticed him when we first got here. I may be old but I still have decent hearing and sight."Port replied serious

Onxyia stopped for a moment noticing something on the ground going to examine she did it was some grass prints and what seemed to be a locket. She picked it up and inside the locket was a small bear girl faunus with three other people. One was an older girl with ears like her along with a woman. Then there was a normal looking man in the picture as well.

"Hmmm this girl."Onxyia muttered as the group came to look at what she found.

"What did you find wolfie?"Zane asked, watching their backs.

"A locket with a little bear faunus and her family. Although she seems similar…."Onxyia stated

"Wait a minute, that's the grimm faunus see look at her face. She looks exactly like her"Rogue pointed out.

"Your right but wouldn't that mean she wasn't always like this?"Eria added

"Yes it does seem so and it seems our dear faunus friend left some tracks it seems. Those prints seem to be uras but along with four other prints of humans."Port said examining the tracks that were flattened in the grass.

"Your right. Something must have been here not too long ago."Rogue replied

"Ok what about you know who following us?"Zane asked watching their backs still.

"Leave them be for now first we must continue on our way to our target. Although that faunus following us seems to be on our side"Port said as they kept moving ahead.

Behind them the two soldiers of Hassan nodded to each other before radioing something in. A static nosie could be heard from the other end and someone picked up.

"Yeah what is it they find were those people are hiding with the bosses pet."Hassan said on the other end.

"Yes sir….seems to be really deep into the forest. What should we do?"he asked

"Just tail them for now and confirm my suspicions. If they come back i'll make sure the mayor won't give them any info and if he does he'll know what happens."Hassan said as he turned the radio off.

Then as the two continued to follow them the Lynx eared faunus watched them from the tree. "Looks like this job got a whole lot harder now."He said continuing to follow them.

After a bit of following the track they emerged into a large clearing to see a large building. It looked to be an old saw mill it weren't expecting something so big to be in the what was strange was several wooden defense around the building. Along with some people standing guard it seems.

"Ok what the heck is going on why are a bunch of people standing guard at an old saw mill?"Eria asked confused

"Hmmm, it seems they made themselves a little home here,"Port said, watching the building.

Then from the front entrance emerged a familiar face emerged for them. The grimm faunus girlon the major with the minor emerging by her. But what was strange was that the people didn't seem to bother her or mind her at all.

"Hide"Onxyia whispered as they hide back into the forest but near the edge to watch them. The girl was greeting everyone outside with wave and a smile. They greeted her back with smiles as well.

"I guess you were right about a grimm faunus. Though her behavior is strange."Port whispered

"Belvie us when we saw a bunch of uras in clothing we were freaked out."Rogue whispered

"So what do we do now dear leader"Eria asked

Zane pondered for a moment"Like last time but instead we talk without our weapons."he whispered

"Are you insane she could kill us?"Eria whispered back confused

"No the young man has a point….you said she only attack you before because of you threatening her. Along with people in white coats, proceed with caution when approaching her and reason with her. "Port added

They all nodded as they all got up slowly walking toward the sawmill. The girl sniffed the girl and growled a little. Then the people outside ready their weapons for a fight. The girl looked at the field where the group were coming from. But they had their hands up weapons hosltered.

"You four again your here take me and everyone here back to the white coats."She exclaimed growling.

"You also brought some old man who is a ….huwnmans" she said trying to form a word.

"Oh my god that was adorable despite her threatening us."Eria commented

"Your here to hurt us all again like the mean men with red bird claws did."the girl said with her uras roarings by her side.

"What are you talking about? We're not here to fight or anything. We were sent to locate the one responsible for stealing supplies and people from the town."Rogue said trying to explain

"We're not going back to that place with those men there,"a man said, pointing his rifle at them.

They all looked at each other confused for a moment. What do they mean that they don't wanna return to town? They rather stay with a grimm faunus than be with their own people.

"Is there something else going on here on this village?"Eria asked walking forward with the uras growling. The men aimed their weapons at her keeping their hands steady on the trigger.

"Why should we tell you you're probably on their payroll? "Another person said

"But the mayor sent a request out that he needed help with some trouble in his village. He's worried about his people going missing."port added

The people looked at each other lowering their guns for a bit. Then they aimed them back at the group again. Then a man who looked to be in his thirties stepped forward. He had green eyes with black hair that was medium and wore a long sleeve flannel opened with a black henley shirt underneath that was dirty with blue jeans. Along with a pair of boots that were brown.

"So that old bastard finally sent for help bout time."he said

"Okay explain to us what is going on exactly, maybe we can…"zane said, stepping forward before a shot whizzed past his head.

"Move again and it's your head next time."The man yelled

Onxyia then thought of something before rummgaing through her pocket making them all hostile. Then two of them advanced on her as she kept rummaging through them. Then she finally found the locket she found early presenting it. The grimm faunus eyes went wide getting off her Uras majors back running over to it.

The people were surpsied and the little girl looked at the locket in Onxyia hand taking it then running away far enough. Then examined it closely wondering where they found it.

"You found my locket?"the girl asked

"Yes we found it on our way here….it you and your family isn't it dear"Port asked with the girl nodding. But the people still didn't move their rifles away from then thought of something and he started to remove his shirt. Onxyia looked confused at him and so did everyone else.

"What are you doing kid?"the man with green eyes said

"Hold on, I think we can show you something to make you trust us. "Zane said, removing his shirt and walking over to the little girl. As he did the girl stared at him confused and as he got close he turned around. On his back were his scars and he pointed at them on his fanus grimm looked at it relizing they were smiliar to her it seemed.

"You have same scars like me."she said

"Yes despite Zane being a clown we think we know what your dealing with?"Eria said with the faunus grimm running over with her little legs. As she got close she looked at Eria and Rogue examining them.

"You two are sister….you called out to each other."the girl stated with Eria nodding.

The man lowered his rifle slowly then walked over to the group looking at them."seem you lot may be trustworthy. Why don't yall come inside and we can answer some of your questions."the man said as they all followed them inside to the sawmill. The faunus grimm roared signaling for the minors to stand guard outside along with the major.

But from the woods the two men were shocked at what they just saw. "Call Hassan and make him get ready for dealing with these pest. Fianlly found where their living now we can deal with them and get our property back."the man said

The second man nodded then picked up his radio Hassan"sir we found them there at the old sawmill mobilizing their forces. We'll stay here and let you know if anything else happens."the man said

"Good let me know if their on their way back, I want to finish this but I still need to confirm something with our client."hassan said sighing off.

The lynx boy from above again just narrowed his eyes at the two men wanting to strike. But he thought to himself"not yet…be patient these guys may just kill the folks in town if these two don't report back.

Back with the others they were soon going to get some answers about this particular grimm faunus. Along with what is exactly going on in this town.

The group made contact with the grimm faunus it seems and hassan men seem to be spyng on them. Along with this mysterious stranger following the group, what answers will they get from the faunus? Hope you enjoyed the chapter!