Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of A Lingering Ember. Enjoy the 2500-word chapter. I do not own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Mistral.)
Neo grinned with glee as she realized that something was in front of her that she wanted. She had found it, a friend, a toy she could play with and dance with on strings, a friend who liked her even if she played rough.
"Take him," Neo said, clawing at Trivia's mind. "Make him YOURS." Neo hissed as Trivia tried to shut her out.
She knew it was selfish… But she did not care at all, she had been a good girl, she had played by the rules, she wanted what she deserved, what she had fought for, broken done for.
She pushed it down. Ollie was a friend, she wanted to be his friend, not his master. She was not beyond anything like that as she knew and she knew she did not wish to hurt him.
Ollie hummed as she wrapped her dainty arms around Ollie, he blinked and looked at her with some interest for now, he had been too thrown off by it.
"You, ok?" Ollie asked to which Trivia nodded. "Good… Here is the plan, we are going to set off the dust stockpile they have in the back of the base… Normally I do not want to blow up stuff we can take, yet? we need it blown up if we are going to get off the ground and get out of the way." Ollie stated to which Trivia hummed.
"The second we get it all out of the way? Then we can go for the kill." Ollie stated. "But we are also going to need to get out, we can fly out. However? There is a bit of a problem in trying to fly out of here." Ollie stated to which he seemed to be relaxed for now.
Ollie had been ready to try and deal with something for now. Trivia was too interested for now, she had paused to think of what was coming and what was going on. He could not handle it, could not be allowed to press forwards with the idea he might harm her at some point or another… He acted like he had before.
Trivia tapped on his fingers, gaining his attention the best way possible… It was clear to him that even if he did act? It could have been worse… It would have been worse if he did not act as that meant trying to bear with it in the best way possible.
He was a soldier, he acted as one and he acted as a warrior, he would conduct himself as one to the end of the day. Such options were consuming to him but they helped establish how he acted in the best interests of such a thing… He was to fight through it the best way he could, he would act, he would fight… And he would win.
"I'm going to need your help if that's ok," Ollie stated before he crossed his arms across his chest, pausing only to look over his shoulder… Then realized he could not for now or forever.
If anything? She was going to be thrown off for now, too interested for now, she had been at the forefront of war and she would continue to act like that for the moment.
"Since we need to scare them? I need you to take down the most dangerous members… Which means their boss here, without them? Their fall apart and it will help us get out of here." Ollie stated before he hummed.
"What about you?" Trivia typed.
"You saw all that dust? The big crates?" Ollie asked. "I have an explosive… Going to put it on that, blow everything up… I need you back here when that happens since we are getting in here and flying away, that is how we get out of here." Ollie stated.
Trivia frowned before she went silent and looked to the side. She knew that if she did not act? There would be more chaos for now, something that could not easily be done. She would not be easily handled nor would she be easily dealt with.
"I get it… I am not going anywhere. I am going to follow you around once I am done. I told you if anything goes wrong. You leave, I am not letting you die for me, that ain't how this is going." Ollie stated.
Trivia hummed and grabbed his hands, starting to sign as she had before. She started speaking once again through their tongue.
"Partners, dumb… You are not going anywhere… I will handle them; you make the bomb." Trivia stated.
"Triv…" Ollie stated before he sighed. "Fine, but if anything happens? You get here and run… You can fly a bullhead, I cannot. You are the one who is getting us out of here, got it?" Ollie asked.
He knew she was too brave for her good. This girl would probably charge through fire if he asked. He would not and yet he had no idea if she would do so, the idea terrified him to no end, purely because he guessed she may.
He did not ask it because he was terrified of if it happened and he could not help… For that reason and that alone? He would bear with this.
There was something else to be done for now, something that could not be cut through easily. It could not be done with even for now, even knowing what was coming else… The chaos which would continue to be something insane for now, would end for now and end within fire when push came to shove.
The amusement was written all over his face. It was clear to her that he was trying his best to help her. The problem? She did not want to be helped, not when it came to her, not when he was in danger of dying from it, not even close when all of that was said and done for now.
Perhaps it meant something but to Ollie? There was no better way to have been dealt with for now… And it baffled him to the moment to have seen it over at the time being.
There was something that made him smile as he looked over at her, she smiled at him before he looked at her. He took her hand and signed something for but a moment.
"Be safe." Ollie signed.
"Then don't die." Trivia signed back before she skipped away as Ollie rolled a dust round in his fingers.
"No promises, Triv…" Ollie stated before he loaded it into Phantom, knowing what was going on if he did not act according to his desires.
If nothing else? He had been too ready to die in combat, he knew eventually he would have to pick sides eventually, and even then? His skill left much to be desired… He loaded the round in the weapon, sliding it into place. He knew where the stockpile was and could have made it with a single shot if he wanted to by sight alone.
Dust smelled, any idiot who did not know this would have been killed if he had overseen them. However? he did not dare fire it for fear of knowing that if he did? Half the base would go up in smoke along with Trivia herself.
She would be the only thing he could not worry about when it comes down to it as he cracked his fingers.
(With Trivia)
Trivia skilled through the base, Hush in her hands as she spun the umbrella around her fingertips. She would not be ready to kill but she would find this man… There was a lot more to see and do, something which made her giggle.
She wanted to kill the man who had been too interested to try and figure out something if they wanted to kill her so badly. They could try, she would beat them.
Even then? It would not matter… Not to her, not when it could be easily done. She would continue to cut, to rip through them like they were toys.
She wanted them dead; they had tried to kill Ollie; they had tried to kill her. She would accept nothing less than the death of him for what they had tried to take from her… She would see him die in pain, she would try and make do with it.
There was something on the moment, the chaos which had been too thrown off by everything for her to just lay down and die… And she would accept NOTHING less than the destruction of their enemy… Something she could be handling with.
There was something that she had to bear with for now, it would keep coming down for now as it came down to it.
She wanted to try and dealt with it for now as it came crashing down. There was something else to be sawed through like cattle, she would let nothing be too horrid to be relaxed, there was a lot more to try and figure out as of now as it came.
There was so much left that had not yet been done, it could have been done for now. Too much had been written across the line when it came down to it.
There was a lot more to this, within it all at the end of the line. She unsheathed her blade from Hush, she wanted to kill several people, but she would be too interested in what would be like for now.
She would be too interested in what was going on, she could fight she could kill and she wanted to. They had tried to hurt the one friend she had in the world. They had tried to kill what she wanted to have to try and figure out.
She turned and stabbed one of the King members approaching her, she swept her leg up, kicking another to the side.
She would not be able to relax, she would not be willing to fight but she would relent once again.
(With Ollie)
Ollie looked over to her, well… He could hear fighting which made him snort. These idiots had known that Trivia was too powerful in a sort of way to fight head-on.
She had been willing to rip through these soldiers, there were a lot of things that would continue to be something that needed to be done for now.
"She's going to be killed either way," Ollie said before snorting with stupidly. "There's a lot more to try and deal with, I'm going to be killed off one way or another, the more of us and more way," Ollie stated before he seemed to try and make peace with something.
He had been too interested in what was going on as he clicked his fingers before he seemed to think of what to do when they escaped towards their enemy. He had been too prepared for now; she was a lot more to try and handle for now.
She seemed to be too interested in cutting through the rest of the soldiers as she seemed to be too prepared for killing them all at the end of the day, this was a lot more fun than he thought.
He was cracking his fingers, ready to cut through them like a knife into butter. She would continue to surprise him, she would be prepared to see it all come to an end at the end of the day, there was a lot more to see and bear with for now.
Now? There was something, something that could keep growing through for now, it made him want to laugh for which he had been to the end of the road with each little crank upon the mind… Even then? They could not be willing to relax more and more with each little turn toward it all for now.
Such a thing would be too interesting which she had been unable to try and deal with for now as she paused to try and manage it for now… Such a thing was a lot cooler.
Trivia seemed to be prepared for such a thing as she paused to try and think of it for now. She had been too interested in the plan, in the destruction caused by her tricks for now.
It had been something for now and she seemed to think of something to have been cut for now. She had been something to manage with.
It had been something which he had been too interested in what was coming down the line. She was a lot more to this as she clicked her fingers.
Ollie paused only to click his tongue before he tapped the rest of them for now as he looked to the side.
He had been able to pace with it and seemed to be interested in firing the round. He took a deep breath, his ears appearing to flinch as he looked around.
"Triv? We need to go. We are heading off… Wrap it up, there is a lot more to this, a lot more than usual." Ollie stated before he paused to think. "We are going up in smoke… The sooner we learn to escape… The better." Ollie stated before he sighed as he cracked his fingers.
He had been unable to try and bear with it for now as he looked around, too unable to have been able to crash it all down.
She was relaxed, he was relaxed and she did not know him at all. She would keep being able to deal with it all to the interest.
"Ok, time to fire another round," Ollie stated before he relaxed.
He slotted the bullet in then another behind that one just ready to have fired it just in case. He relaxed for now as he paused to do such a task.
He had been unable to try and bear with it… Such chaos would be beyond it, for now, such a thing would make due for now… Such was chaos as he could have been dealt with.
He had been too unable to try and deal with it, for now, he had been unable to have managed for the time being… He was too thrown off at the end of the line. He would not be chaotic enough to have tangled with her. And even then? He knew what was coming down the line.
He was too distracted as he cracked a finger and then fired at the rest of them.
Author Note
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out next chapter will be in 2-10 months for now. The next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will be showing more and more of both Neo and Ollie dealing with the base, until then, Lighting Wolf!