Last time we left off with the two groups visiting two different places mistral and meangerie. Both were successful in stopping an assasintion attempt and kidnapping. Lets catch up with the others stuck in vale. RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. I own the OC's, AU. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 27:Family Ties

As the remaining members of Team RWBY, JNPR and CMSN watched the bullheads take off and was soon they were out of sight from them.

"Hopefully they'll all be alright."ruby replied

"Hey don't worry they got Port and an Atlas specialist with them. They'll all be back and we'll ask them how their little vacation went"Yang said assuring her little sister

"Yeah lucky, we'll probably be doing construction work or something"Emerald added

Then Glynda spoke up"alright everyone you all have a job to do. I want all of you to get onto a bullhead and you'll be then transported into the city and you each will be given a place to clean up and once you are done with that spot you'll move on to the next place that needs cleaning."glynda ordered

Emerald sighed at this"why do we have to do this today. Can't we get a break from saving the city."Emerald replied

"Come on Emerald, we need to help fix what we broke"Cinder added to an annoyed Emerald rolling her eyes.

"Come on lets get this done. The faster we get their and started we'll be done before we know it."Jaune added as the two groups split up. Emerald and Cinder went with Ruby and Yang. While JNPR went in their own bullhead then made their way toward Vale city.

Once they had landed in the city they were met by some of the other teams that were already hard at work cleaning up the mess with Team CFVY cleaning up the debris of a clothing store which most of it was gone. In the clothing school middle was Coco with crossed arms annoyed her favorite store got destoryed. Team CRDL was cleaning up what remains of a restaurant and seem they need help.

As the group walked over Cardin noticed them waving them down.

"Hey guys think you can lend us a hand over here!?"cardin asked

"I'll go help them, anyone else wanna join?"Cinder asked with Ren stepping up.

"I volunteer"ren said with Cinder nodding and the two headed over to help team looked a little sad by this but couldn't stop it.

" at it now those grimm did a real number on this place"Ruby said taking in the damage that was done.

"No kidding….lets just hope they can rebuild this place before the tournament."Emerald said then a crewman walked over to them.

"You here to help with the cleanup?"a crew man replied

Yang nodded"yep thats us your wrecking crew"she stated

He looked at the group before nodding"alright we could us all the help we can. All we have to do is clean up this mess so the construction crews can repair the building that were damage. "He stated

Then he looked at the group deciding where they all could be the most effective before pointing to Nora nd Yang.

"You two seem pretty strong. I need one of you to move some the heavier chunks out of the way while the other one smashes them up into smaller chunks so they can be easier to lift."he said

Yang and Nora stared at each other before deicidng on who did what.

"I call dibs on smashing them"nora exclaimed with Yang shrugging.

"Alright, you do have that hammer of yours it'll make this easier."yang said as they headed off toward the building with large chunks.

Then he turned his attention to the three that weren't that impressive to him before he pointed at Ruby.

"I need you to get any loose debris that way when the construction crew get here they won't have to worry about any debris falling on them."he ordered

"Got it!"Ruby smiled and with that she was off like a shot to complete her task.

Then he looked at Jaune thinking about what the boy could do."hmmm go help your friends out at the restaurants for a bit alright"The man said with Jaune nodding walking over.

"And what about me, want me to bust some stone or lift giant rocks"emerald joked

"No, you may not like this but I need you to run water for the groups that are here. The weather today is starting to get hot and we don't wanna have anyone pass out from dehydration."he replied

Emerald nodded smiling, happy she didn't have to lift a bunch of rocks and instead was the person handing water out.

"Alright I can do that"she agreed to it as she headed toward the cooler with wheel on the bottom for easy transport, their were plenty of water bottles chilled and ready to be consumed.

At the restaurants as team CRDL, Cinder,Ren and Jaune were getting to work removing the rubble. They all started some small conversation while they works.

"So this is our grand punishment for destorying a few building…..great"a boy with a green mohawk said.

He was average height with a slender build, his skin was white, his hair was shaved into a mohawk with light green hair. His attire consists of a hoodie with the sleeve cut off. Two bracers on his arms extending from the wrist to just below his elbows. On the bracer their is an emblem printed on them, and its colored silver.

Beneath this hoodie he wears a pale green long sleeve shirt. Along with wearing a brown strap around his chest holding a spiked sapulder to his left shoulder. He also wears a pair of dark gray pants, with boots that go up to his knees colored brown.

Another boy with dark blue hair hair laughed"come on Russel we all did destory a couple blocks or two in the city."he replied

This boys eyes were blue and his hair was long,combed back. His attire consisted of dark gray armor with light gray edges, he wears vambraces of the same style. Underneath his armor he wears a black long seelve v-neck shirt and black pants.

"Hey dove back me up how much does this suck, tell Sky it just some building."Russel replied looking toward another boy.

This boy had dark brown hair combed to the left, he has a very noticeable squint it seems. His skin is caucasian and his attire is that he wears a tan colored chest and back armor. The shoulder have armor on them alongisde a belt that bears a dove on its buckle with four sections of tanned fabric attached to it. He looks to be a little pudgy too and he has on a pair of knee high boots colored tan.

He also has on some vambracers on his arms that are the came color as the rest of his armor. Underneath the armor, he wears a black shirt and black pants with a black scraf around his neck.

The boy known as dove lifted up some rubble to remove it off some posters. They were from the restaurant it seems and some popculture poster as well.

"Yes it does suck, but take this seriously. Were here to fix this, it's the least we could do"Dove replied with Russel groaning, continuing his work.

Cinder and Ren were in the kitchen removing debris off some of the cooking equipment. As they did Cinder seemed trouble about something. She worried about her teammates and especially Team BRAS. With Merucry and Neo gone they could attack her and emerald. Ren took notice of her because she seemed agitated.

He walked over, placing his hand on her shoulder and she looked at him.

"You seem stressed are you alright?"ren asked

Cinder sighed that he hit the mark"yes….i'm just worried about my teammates is all."cinder replied

"Don't worrie they'll be safe, i'm sure when they come back they'll be happy to see you again"Ren added which made Cinder a little reassured.

"Your right…..just that i'm worried that someone could attack them. But with those people with them they'll be alright"cinder replied as they continued with their and Cardin were busy removing some rubble from the restaurant to the outside.

Jaune had a large chunk of concrete in his hands and once outside he threw it into a small pile they had. Once he threw it down he wiped his brow covered in sweat. Cardin came out with a larger chunk of concrete throwing it onto the pile breathing.

"Thew….why does it have to be a million degrees today"Cardin replied putting his hands on his knees.

"Come on….is Cardin Winchester getting tired from moving some….rock"jaune joked to Cardin chuckling at his comment.

"You know I would probably shove you or hit you for that. But…..instead i'll give you that one jauney boy."Cardin replied. Jaune smiled as the two walked back grabbing more rubble repeating the same action.

Cardin looked at Jaune smiling it seems and an eyebrow raised.

"What are you smiling about jauney boy?"cardin asked

Jaune rubbed the back of his neck at his question"nothing….just thinking about Pyrrha, I really miss her"Jaune said with crossed arms smiling.

Cardin walked over putting his arm around Jaune shouler"Don't worrie Jaune i'm sure she misses you too. You've done something no one else could accomplish….capture the heart of the champion of sanctum."Cardin said which made Jaune a little sad.

"Shes not just some trophy Cardin, shes more than that. Pyrrha a great person, she smarts, strong and really generous. I'm lucky to have her"Jaune said smiling

"Yeah I know man…..shes lucky to have get a nice guy like you. Now lets get this show on the road and get this done before were here all day"Cardin added as the two continued to work on clearing the debris.

After about two hours into their work Emerald made her rounds passing everyone some water so they didn't get dehydrated. She passed by Nora and Yang were working. Yang removed her jacket as she moved large stone over to nora. She showed off her toned arms as she placed the stone down. Sweat beated down her face it seems.

Nora ready her hammer brining it up smashing the rocks into pieces smiling. When yang brought another one she busted that one up too.

"You two look tired need something to drink?"Emerald said as she brought out two water bottles and tossed them toward the two girls.

After they caught them they decided to take a few minute break as they drank from the water bottles.

"Thanks. This is what we needed"nora thank setting her hammer down leaning against it.

"anytime"Emerald said back however Yang seemed to be deep in thought about something concerning her.

"Something up yang?"Emerald asked

"Yeah"she stated

"Do you girls remeber what happened to torchwich?"she qustioned

"Last time I heard about him was that he was at that White Fang rally you guys went to"Nora added, remembering how they told them about it.

"Yeah….why bring him up now?"emerald asked

"i' m just saying he hasn't been around much or heard anything from him or that Swan girl with him for a few weeks now. Like they just disppaered or went off the grid."yang said

"Maybe they like their privacy or something"emerald suggested

"Maybe or hes planning on blowing up Vale with a confetti bomb"Nora suggested with Yang and Emerlad looking at her.

"No…..but didn't Onxyia say her brother is with him?"Yang added

"Hmmm what do you mean?"Emerald questioned

"Oh Onxyia brother joined the white fang, and they found him at the rally. They tried to make him leave but he couldn't, so Roman apparently decided to help them out by making him his liaison or something"Yang replied

"Interesting, we'll lets stop worrying about it. The faster we can get done we can get back to Beacon"Ermerald said to the annoyance of yang and nora. Who were doing heavy lifting while emerald delivered water.

"Ughhh shes right lets get this over with"Yang said as they continued with their work. Nora took a swig of her water before smashing another piece of stone yang brought over.

Then emerald, ruby,yang and Jaune met up with each other being finished with their work. Nora went to hang out with Ren since she hasn't seen him in a while.

"Man this was such a long day. My sores even have sores"ruby replied rubbing her arms.

"Well we can get back to beacon to relax."Emerald replied

As they walked Jaune wasn't paying attention looking around but near an alleyway he someone running through them suspciosuly. He narrowed his gaze before running over to an others looked at him weird as they followed him.

"Hey Jaune whats up?"Yang asked vomit boy

"I think I saw someone spying on us?"Jaune replied

"What….who would be doing that?"emerald qustioned to their confusion. Soon they reached the alleyway to inspect who was their. As they got close to a dumpster coughing could be heard from the other side.

The group turned the corner to the person and they see a Lynx eared faunus boy breathing with his nose bleeding. He looked daze and everyone was shocked to see him their.

"Oh my god are you okay?"yang said kneeling down to the injured went over along with Emerlad examining looked a little dazed and seemed to be exhausted judging from his movements.

"Hold on, let me grab a teacher,"Jaune said but the boy spoke up.

"No! Please just help me get back home"he said which surprised them.

"You sure, we could take you to a doctor…"emerald began but he stopped her.

"No…my semblance just ran out is all. Been tyring to get back home but some thugs jumped me. I took care of them…"he said

"Ok….where do you live?"ruby asked which surprised the group at her question.

"Ruby hes hurt bad, he needs to go to a doctor we should…"yang began but the boy interrupted her.

"Alright i'll lead the way my place isn't far just make sure to knock when we get their"the boy said

The group looked at each other with concern then Yang helped him up carrying him to their designated location.

It took them a good twenty minutes to get to where the boy was leading them or more like Yang to make sure he didn't fall over.

"You know where we're going?"Jaune asked

"Don't worry just please don't attack my dad….he very protective"the boy replied confusing them.

Then they soon where lead to a three story warehouse that seemed abandoned. But in the windows their was electricity along with shadows moving through them. A man in a bowler hat moved around through the first floor pacing it seems.

"This the place?"yang aksed with the boy nodding. This building seemed familiar to Emerlad but she couldn't quite place it. Soon they got to the front door that was metal in appearance. The boy lifted his arm up slowly knocking on the door. Then someone could be heard unlocking it from the other side.

Their stood a boy in white fang attire surprised by them. He reached for his side but Jaune tackeld him to the ground. Inside two other people were surprised by this.

"Aghhh get off me!"the white fang member said as he tried to push Jaune off him

"He lead us into a trap!"Jaune yelled with Ruby and Emerlad bringing out their weapons. While Yang aimed her guanlents at the boy barely conscious. They went inside and they saw two familair people. Roman torchwich the infamous criminal and his accomplice and bodyguard Swan.

Swan looked at them before aiming her wrist mounted crossbow at the two with a narrowed gaze. While Roman readied his cane aiming their weapons at them.

"How'd you find my hideout?"roman asked as he aimed his weapon at them with a narrowed gaze. Jaune still had his grip on the white fang grunt looking at them. Swan then moved her way slowly over to them but then switched her gaze over to the boy in her arms.

"Vance!"Swan said dropping her wrist running over to him. The group just stood their as the girl rushed over to the faunus boy half pulled his face up looking at him as blood trickeld from his nose.

"Dammit you idiot we thought you were still on that mission of yours and you came back busted."Swan said as she examined him. With Romans eyes going wide as he put his cane down walking over to them. Yang lifted an arm up but Ruby motioned for her to stop.

The lynx known as vance laughed a little"love you too….sis, don't worrie i'm fine. I also saw that surprise you mentioned"Vance said smiling at the girl. Swan smiled, it seems then looked at Yang who held her brother.

Yang looked at her sighing"where do you want me to put him"yang asked

Roman looked around then saw an empty bed near the corner of the room."Over here and hurry up blondie"Roman orderded which annoyed Yang. But she brought the guy over while Jaune and Emerald kept an eye on the White Fang grunt.

He kept trying to move but couldn't move still with Jaune's knee still on him.

"Quit squirming kid you won't be able to get out"Emerlad said

Then the white fang bite Jaune on the leg and Jaune winced jumping up holding his leg. As the white fang grunt looked at them with hesitation ready to reach for his weapon.

"Xander stand down!"Roman said as he was trying to treat his son.

"Wait….Xander?"Jaune asked, hoping still around.

"Uhhhh yeah…..what do i know you?"the faunus boy asked with his ears twitching revealed to be wolf ears.

Ruby who was helping Yang and Torchwich looked over"aren't you Onxyia brother?"she asked surpsing him.

"You know my sister?"Xander asked with Nora and Emerlad shaking their heads breathed a sigh of relief before sitting back down on a couch close by. Meanwhile the others were busy helping vance out.

Roman exmained the boys injuries concluding he must have overused his semblance. He sighed after realziing this pressing his finger on his temple. Along with noticing the brusies on the side of his face that left swelling and it was purple.

"Son, what did you do?"roman muttered to himself with worry.

Ruby was surprised to hear this and looked at him"Son….wait is he your.."Ruby began as Swan cut her off.

"Son yeah and i'm his daughter, keep focus on helping him instead. We'll prove it later if we have too."the girl said with worrie in her voice.

"Go grab the medkit upstairs, red riding hood, then hurry back down here"Roman ordered as Ruby turned into her petal form rushing upstairs. She looked around for a bit until finding it. Ruby grabbed it and made her way down but knocked down a picture frame. Ruby winced because it made a large crashing noise.

"What was that!?"emerald yelled

"sorry …..I knocked over a picture frame!"Ruby replied

"Don't worrie about it hurry up with that medkit!"Roman replied. Ruby then made her way downstairs but looked at the fallen picture frame. It was cracked but it showed a younger roman with women with tiger faunus ears. Along with a bunch of younger looking kids and one teenager. She looked a little surprised because a couple of them stood out. One being a girl with ice cream swirled hair and another boy who looked similair to Zane in the picture he showed her.

Ruby thought about asking him now but they needed to focus on the task at hand. She rushed down handing the medkit over to Roman and he began to get to work. He removed the boys shirt revealing a couple brusing and a small stab wound on the side.

Roman looked anger at this and clenched his fist"who did this?"he asked as he got the medical equipment out.

Vance rubbed his head"some muggers….don't worry pops. I dealt with them they won't be robbing anyone for a few weeks…on account of broken wrist and legs"he replied.

Roman smiled knowing his son dealt with his attackers, then he took some alcohol out and a cotton ball in hand. Opening the alcohol and placed the cotton ball on top of it. Then he quickly titled it to dampen the cotten ball.

Then he took the cotten ball placing it on the wound and it started rubbing the edges of the wound which left a burning sensation on it. Vance winced at this but gritted his teeth because he knew it would be helping. Then he took a medical pad cutting it long enough to cover his he wrapped the wound with a bandaged securing it so no bleeding ocure.

"Their we go my boy, now don't move and get some rest. Hey Xander go get some ice packs"roman said with Xander getting up heading to the fridge to grab some. As he did he walked back over with someone handing it too Roman. Swan was busy stuffing some cotten in Vances nose to his annoyance.

"Dang it sis….your suffocating me here"vance said

"Shut up, your lucky to be alive…..how'd you like the surrpsie?"she asked

Vance laughed as Roman and Ruby placed icepacks on him. As they did he shivered because they were cold."alright…..buts he's ugly as heck now"vance said which made the girl laugh agreeing with him. Soon they finished up with patching Vance up and had a new problem to deal with.

"Hmm now what do we do with your four?"Roman asked looking at the young huntresses.

"Ummm question are they really your kids legally, did you kidnap them"Jaune asked

Roman and Swan looked at each other with them doubting them. "Kid I got the paper work for my son their but you aint getting her. Gotta keep my daughter safe from harm's way or you four will rat her out."Roman said as he walked over to a filing cabinet. As he shfited through the files Ruby looked at Swan with a narrowed noticed this looking at the young huntresses.

"What are you staring at kid?"Swan asked

"Oh nothing….Lazuli"Ruby said, surprising her and Roman. As he finally found Vances file for his adoption papers. Everyone looked at each other stunned at what Ruby said looking at her.

"Ummmm sis what are you talking about?"Yang asked her little sister.

"Yeah Ruby that isn't her she's not some criminal, she's Zane cousin."Jaune added

Swan sighed laughing to herself as she went to remove her mask. As she did their standing infront of them in a body suit was Lazuli smiling.

"Really what gave it away red?"she asked holding her mask

Ruby stepped forward with her arms behind her back"The picture I knocked over….I got a good look at it. I noticed two familair people in it. Neo and Zane….i'm guessing Neos your daughter"Ruby simply said looking at Roman.

Roman sighed at this, walking over to his desk grabbing a cigarette. Then he took a lighter out from his chest pocket before lighting it. He took a long puff before blwoing it out.

"Yes….what are you going to do?''Roman asked, holding his cigerette.

"Nothing….we just did our duty as huntresses to help others in need"Ruby said which surprised Jaune,Yang and Emerald who stared at her. While Roman,Lazuli and Xander did the same.

"Wait so we're not going to jail?"xander asked

"Yeah sis they're all criminals no offense"Yang said with Roman waving his hand.

"Their wanted for multiple dust robberies around remnant and several other crimes."Yang added

"I know…but they haven't killed anyone. If he was no good he would just kill us now and be done with us."Ruby replied

"Hmm yeah…. but why are you even invovled with the white fang?"Jaune asked looking at Roman.

Roman sighed then looking at them"Wolf ears and Cat ears didn't tell you?"he asked which all them tried to remeber what Blake and Onxyia told them. But it wasn't coming to them at all.

"No….what was it again?"Jaune asked, scratching his head.

"Their threatening me, Neo and Vance over there. If he steps out of line were dead."Lazuli repsonded

"What?!"The three hutnresses and huntsman said in and vance groaned after hearing them yell because of their sensitive hearing.

"So wait your being threatened to work with a terrorist organization."Emerald asked with crossed arms under her bust. Roman nodded then looked at Xander who was watching the group.

"But I got a little friend on the inside over their"roman said motioning toward Xander. They all looked at him who was looking away.

"Him…..why would you be going back against the white fang?"yang asked the wolf faunus.

"because…I don't even wanna be apart of this group anymore. Lately without Ollie or Adam, some people have tired to leave. But some of the other captains told us if we leave we'll be killed. Like the guy at tucson bookstore."Xander replied quivering.

"Wait that bookshop that blew up on the night of the harbor…..he was ex white fang."Emerald replied knowing this already but didn't wanna look suspicious.

"Yes….but me and a few others have been thinking about leaving. But right now its hard with everyone move being watched. Except for me i've discussed it with torchwich and he says he could help some of us escape."Xander replied

"The boy is right, although it is beocming harder to keep the ruse up. I made him my liason because he reports back to his captains to make sure I don't go back on the deal. At first he was hestiant to compal. But that was after I provided some closure."Roman said confusing the four.

"What do you mean by closure?"Yang asked, arms crossed under her bust.

Roman then walked over to a medium size tv before turning it on. Then he picked up a disc inserting it, and then played something. It showed a dust robberie with white fangs. It was a DJ shop when it was getting robbed.

"Wait, that's DJ place"Ruby added with Roman nodding motioning for them to continue to watch. The video showed DJ aiming toward Ben but it was slightly off to the right. This confused them as a flash went off showing someone shooting DJ. But where DJ was pointing another flash went off toward Ben hitting him in the throat.

The video stopped as they all looked at Xander looking down ashamed."I crippled a poor man…..for something he didn't do"Xander replied clutching his arm.

"You didn't know, kid, and if you're wondering how I got this. I have my connections and it seems someone in the white fang is killing any cowards who decided to turn tail"Roman added

"I think we know who might have done it…"ruby said somberly with Xanders ear perking up.

"Really? Who was it…seth, lily, morgan,trifa? "Xander said a few other names before Ruby sighed, not wanting to say the answer. She didn't want to have another person go on a rampage like Onxyia did. Ruby calmed herself before replying with the answer.

"Ollie Weaver shot him…..i'm sorry"Ruby replied which shocked removed his mask on his face looking at it. His eyes narrowed as he placed it on a near by table. Xander took a deep breath before walking over hugging Ruby surprising everyone.

"Thank you…..now I know who to be careful around."xander replied letting Ruby go and backing up a bit.

"Ummm are you going to go full revenge mode on him like your sister did?"Jaune asked.

Xander shook his head"no…it wouldn't be worth it. My grandfather had a saying, and its to never seek revenge against someone. If you do, the cycle of revenge will just keep on going and going forever. Ollie deserve to die for it but….I have to be a better person or someone will come after me"Xander replied

Ruby smiled at this then looked over at Roman who was still thinking about something"So were going to keep this place a secret along with your identities alright."ruby said with her arms behind her back. Then she looked at everyone with her who groaned and decided to agree with her.

"Fine….but this better not come back and bite us in the butt later."Jaune added

"Don't worrie kid it won't but if you want we can do a favor for you sometime as thanks"Roman said looking toward the group.

"Really hmm well we could…"Emerald began but Ruby stopped her interupting her.

"Well think about it, Xander"Ruby said with the faunus looking at her.

"Do you know anything else that the white fang are doing right now? We haven't heard about them for a while."ruby asked

Xander thought for a moment with his hand on his chin rubbing it, then he shook his head"no nothing, I haven't been in the loop much lately since i've kept an eye on them. But all I know is some of the people I know who are willing to defect will be leaving soon and Roman agreed to hide them."Xander replied

"yeah….I can't stand it seeing people being threatened with violence for a cause they don't beleive in anymore. The only reason I help them was for some quick cash but I relized something bad was going on and it was too late to back out."Roman added

"Depsite that you four should head back before they get worried about you. "Lazuli mentioned which the four agreed on.

After finding an airship to take them back toward Beacon thr gorup thought it would be time to call it a night after the night they just had. As the teams settled in for the night Ruby was thinking about something. If Roman would do anything for them maybe he could find someone shes been wondering about for years.

It seems they formed a pact with torchwich along with telling Xander who actually killed his friend ben. Along with learning of a friends family ties to a group of criminals. I wonder how they'll react with the guest coming. Thanks for reading.