A/N: Chapter 12 of REKT. Enjoy!

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Chapter 12: Black and White (II)

Pier...

Roman was ready. The moment Blake jumped in to protect Sun was the moment the smile on his face grew wider. His initial opponent was the female Faunus herself so having her come at him with such ferocity made his blood boil. The two of them fell into what looked like a rhythmic dance as their weapons clashed against one another; the Faunus repeatedly uses her shadows in quick succession to confuse him. While dual wielding Grambol Shroud she continuously jumped around him in hopes of finding an opening but he was able to keep up with her speed and deflect most of her attacks expertly.

"Hahaha!" He laughed out loud once he managed to land two solid hits on the girl, a punch to the face and another to the ribs before knocking her to the ground with a third physical attack.

"Hyah!" Without missing a beat, Sun jumps in and fights Roman with the nunchuck form of his two gun weapons. The man craftily swung his cane to block all of the incoming attacks which included the shots fired from the nunchucks themselves at close range and he laughed maniacally.

"There!" Thanks to Sun's intervention, Blake managed to recover her strength and lunged forward for a surprise attack that knocked Roman away from Faunus boy.

"Grrrr..." The man in white growled angrily before his eyes glanced up to where a nearby crane was, still holding onto a shipping container in the air. Taking aim, he fired a red flare which destroyed the wires, sending the container spiraling towards the two Faunuses.

"Woah!" Both of them looked up at the exact same time before diving out of the way, the crate landed loudly upon impact. Turning around Sun realized that Roman had his cane aimed at his head, his finger already on the trigger.

"Hey!" Roman looked up to see Ruby arriving on the scene, twirling Crescent Rose over her head as she stood on top of a nearby building. I stood right next to her, quietly surveying and analyzing the battle in my mind.

"Oh, hello Red!" The man exclaimed when he recognized her. "Isn't it past your bedtime?"

"Ruby? Are these people your friends?" Penny asked as she approached us from behind.

"Penny, get back!" Ruby ordered however thanks to the distraction Roman took the opportunity to fire a shot. She flew back and Crescent Rose landed out of her reach as landed heavily on her back. Seeing her friend down angered Penny and she moved forward, glaring at the laughing Roman.

"Wait Penny!" Ruby shouted after her with worry, grunting as she sat up with her ears still ringing. "It's dangerous!"

"Don't worry Ruby. I'm combat ready!" She assured her as she unleashed a multitude of swords from her back. Leaping off the rooftop she landed in a crouch and displayed a mix of martial arts and acrobatic talent that knocked most of the White Fang members off their feet.

"Woah!" Sun exclaimed when he watched Penny take out a large squad of White Fang warriors without much effort. From the air a couple of Bullheads flew in with guns blazing, embedding bullets into the ground by our feet. Using the swords to block the gunfire, Penny somersaulted backwards to create some distance and smiled. Taking aim at her new targets, she used the same circle of blades to fire a massive green laser which sliced two of the Bullheads in half. The dismembered vehicles soared through the air and crash landed in the harbor with a sickening thud, sending water up into the air like a geyser.

Noticing that one of the Bullheads was trying to escape, she impaled the side of the transport vehicle with the swords and started to walk backwards. Wires that were attached to the swords became taught and the engines started to groan in protest, straining hard to depart. Clenching her fists tight, Penny pulled the vehicle straight towards the ground and observed the fiery explosion that occurred afterward without too much emotion.

"Damn!" I whistled with amazement as I observed her fight. I was going to step in if necessary but since Penny had it under control I decided to step back and let her take care of it. "She really is combat ready!"

"These kids just keep getting weirder!" Roman commented sourly, managing to slip away and escaped on a fourth Bullhead that came to pick him up. Lowering the door he ordered the pilots to flying him out of the area as soon as possible.

"It seems like he's getting away...is that okay?" I said as Ruby and I turned to the departing vehicle flying away through the air.

"Leave him be." Ruby answered calmly as she watched her enemy disappear into a tiny speck. "I have a feeling that we won't be seeing the last of him." Soon the police were on the scene and taking down notes on their Scrolls about our report. After they thanked us for our assistance in the case and continued their investigation the five of us sat together in a circle to see if there was anything else we could do.

"You guys started the party without us!" We looked up to see Yang and Weiss approaching us with concerned expressions on their faces.

"Look Weiss it's not what you think." Ruby started to say as she tried to resolve the difference between her two friends. "She explained the whole thing you see. She doesn't actually wear a bow she has kitty ears and they're actually kinda cute." Weiss just breezed past her and stood before Blake in silence.

"Weiss. I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang." Blake said hesitantly as she tried to read what the white-haired princess was thinking. "Back when I was with-"

"Stop." Weiss finally opened her mouth to cut off Blake's rambling. "Do you have any idea how long we've been searching for you?" When she didn't get an immediate answer she continued speaking. "Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this situation. And in that twelve hours I've decided...I don't care!"

"You don't care?" asked Blake, a bit confused at what the ice princess was getting at.

"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?"

"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-"

"Upupupupupup!" Weiss held up her hand to stop another flow of word vomit. "I don't wanna hear it. All I want to know, is that the next time something this big comes up you'll come to your teammates, and not some...someone else." She smiled, indicating with her eyes towards Sun's direction. The boy just shrugged his shoulders when Blake glanced at him as well. Looking around she also noticed that Ruby and Yang were also smiling at her. I gave her a thumbs up.

"Of course." The Faunus agreed before lightly brushing away a tear that fell out of her eyes.

"Yeah!" Ruby cheered as she threw her arms up in victory. "Team RWBY is back together!"

"I'm still not quite sure how I feel about you!" Weiss admitted, pointing a finger at Sun which caused him to laugh nervously.

"Hey, wait a minute. Where's Penny?" asked Ruby. We all looked around but the girl was nowhere to be seen. Not too far from the pier Penny watched the scene from inside a car with a small frown on her face.

"You should know better than to go running around in a strange city." The driver's voice calmly admonished the girl before reviving up the engine.

"I know sir." Penny replied solemnly, glancing out of the window one last time as the car drove away.

"Don't worry Penny." The driver added as he glanced at the girl through the rear-view mirror. "Your time will come."


Back in Beacon...

Ozpin watched the entirety of the event from his office on a Scroll before getting a message from Qrow. His eyes narrowed with uneasiness at the content which states that the "Queen has pawns".

"Oh you're back." When I returned to the room after bidding team RWBY good night I noticed Kairos laying on her back in her bed, one leg propped up over the other with a book in hand. The boys were already tucked in their beds doing their own little things. "Did you take care of everything you wanted to today?"

"Yep." She replied before opening her mouth with a yawn, putting a bookmark to mark her place and got ready to sleep. "Everything is under control."

"That's good news." I said before glancing at the clock and realized that it was getting late. "Okay, light's out!"

"Roger that." Efram replied as he turned off his little light that was located near his desk. Timber dove underneath his sheets and turned to face the wall, his hair peeking out just a little bit.

"I'm beat, hopefully tomorrow's not a stressful." Kairos murmured as she fluffed out her pillow a bit. "Good night Reina."

"Good night." I replied and reached over to turn off the little light on the night stand. Everything was quiet and serene but I knew that the girl above me was still awake so I whispered, "...I think your Faunus ears are cute." Immediately I heard the rustling of bed sheets.

"H-How did you know?" She asked, leaning over her bed to peer at me through the dark.

"I thought about it for a while. You know how Blake has her bow? Well I assumed that you had something too." I smiled before drawing the covers over my body and got ready for some shut eye. "Besides...it's not the season to wear earmuffs."

"Humph. I could say the same thing about your scarf." She huffed but smiled nonetheless. I returned the smile and soon we found ourselves falling asleep. Elsewhere, Roman walked into an abandoned warehouse with a suitcase in hand. Placing the item on a table he released a heavy sigh, hanging his head as he tried to think about how to proceed with his plans.

"How very disappointing, Roman." A voice spoke behind him, jolting him out of his thoughts.

"Woah!" He spluttered, turning around to address the visitor...or in this case visitors. "Haha...wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon."

"We were expecting...more from you." The one who spoke first was a woman with ashen-black hair and bright amber eyes. Thanks to a little bit of moonlight, Roman could she that she was wearing a dark-red, off-the-shoulders, mini dress with yellow designs. There was a blue feather-like accessory on her right hip and the dress ended in an upside-down triangular tail just above the knees.

She had black shorts underneath the dress and a black choker around her neck. Gold loop earrings adorned her right ear and there was a jeweled anklet on her right leg while dark, glass, high-heeled shoes kept her toes snug. On her upper back she had a black tattoo of what appeared to be a pair of high heel shoes placed sole to sole and formed a heart. There were two more people behind her but Roman couldn't see them quite clearly since they were hidden by the shadows.

"Hey, you were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang." The man argued with a nervous chuckle.

"And you will continue to do so." The woman snickered, producing a small flame in the palm of her left hand, making her amber eyes flash dangerously through the dark."We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is a little cooperation."


A/N: Volume 1 end.