Well what can I say? I've been on a mission of my own to delivery more chapters to you all. I hope you enjoy and have a pleasant day.


This mission was not what he hoped for, not by a long shot. Jaune and Ilia could hear the fighting taking place all over the ship and even saw some of the crew shoot down some terrorists to save their crewmates. Guns barked loudly and screams of pain and agony filled the night sky as the two raced through the ship, helping anyone in need of it. Jaune saw two White Fang grunts hit a crewman with the back of their assault rifles and laid him out on the ground before pointing their guns down at him. Winter and the rest of his team needed their help but he just couldn't turn his back on those in need.

Unfortunately for these two grunts in particular they were so focused on the kill they were about to make that they never saw him coming. Jaune raced to the left and deployed his shield, holding it in front of him with both hands. Before the grunts could open fire, Jaune slammed his shield into one of the faunus's and pushed the man into his teammate causing them both to miss their shot's. He had been a speeding rhino and sent both the grunts flying several feet away, making them all but lose their weapons mid flight. When the grunts clambered to their feet they ended up screaming in pain as Ilia swooped in faster then they could react and stung them both with the tip of her rapier, lighting lash.

Both grunts dropped to the floor once more, unconscious and twitching from the sudden jolt they received. Once Ilia made sure the two of them weren't going to get back up again she looked over at her teammate to see him lifting the crewman off the ground.

"Are you alright? Can you still fight"? The young Arc asked. The crewman looked a little frazzled but nodded to Jaune's question. Jaune smiled and patted the man's shoulder gently, "good. We're planning to meet up with the rest of our teammates and will hopefully be able to push these terrorist back with any luck. But before that I need you to gather your crew and find your captain". The crewman shook his head as tears began to fill his eyes. "I can't" he sobbed "when those damn animals started this attack they stormed the bridge and shot anyone they could. The captain shielded me because I was closest and he had his aura unlocked but that damn bull faunus cut him down as soon as I made a run for it".

Jaune felt sick to his stomach. Sure, after what he heard about the man from Winter, he natural disliked the man. Even then that didn't mean he wanted the man to die like that. In fact after hearing how the captain sacrificed himself for his crewmate, Jaune felt a great deal of respect for Captain Rick.

The blonde squeezed the man's shoulder gently and spoke firmly. "Your captain was a brave man who sacrificed himself so you may live to see another day. Do not let his sacrifice go to waste and prove yourself to your fallen Captain by living up to his example. Gather your crewmates and abandon ship. Save who you can and leave this to us cause knowing these terrorist they may seem fit to blow up this ship if they can't kill us themselves".

The crewman sniffled and nodded, seeming to gain strength from the blondes words despite being older then the boy. Jaune let go of the crewman and watched as the man raced off towards the part of the ship they just came from. The young Arc hoped he made the right decision in letting the man go alone but unfortunately he didn't have much of a choice if he was going to join up with his team. Jaune turned to Ilia and shared a quick nod with the girl before they set off for the front of the ship where the fighting was more fierce.

/

"RRAAHH"! Adams red blade locked with Weiss's rapier. It was clear to all those present that Adam had the upper hand against the young Schnee. He was faster and undeniable more skilled in combat with a blade then Weiss ever expected. With the young heiress using all her strength to hold the faunus a bay she left her self open to a shot from Adams rifle straight to her knee. Aura flared and Weiss buckled from the pain leaving Adam to deliver a kick to the heiress's gut that sent her flying backwards.

Winter wanted to come to her sister's defense but her opponent - Sienna Khan - was no slouch in a fight. The specialist dodged and weaved her way past Sienna's weapon of choice - the Cerberus Whip - in the hope of landing a direct hit on the faunus. As she thought before, Sienna was no slouch in a fight and seemed to take joy in the fact that a Schnee would dare attack her up close.

Winter ducked under Sienna's attack and jumped forward closing the distance between them in one swift move. The specialist thrusted her saber forward and nearly stabbed the faunus through the eye but Sienna tilted her head to the side and allowed the blade to just barely miss her face entirely. Before Winter could retract her sword Sienna quickly wrapped one end of her whip around the specialist arm and side stepped to the right when Winter tried to stab her with the blade in her left hand. During the specialist second attack the faunus used the opposite end of her whip and looped it around Winter's other arm before quickly stepping behind her and began pulling with all her strength.

Winter tried to resist but was easily overpowered and was sent flipping over the tiger faunus's back and through the air. The specialist created a glyph under her feet to stop herself from falling to the floor but when she looked back at the woman who sent her flying in the first place she received a fire dust blade to the chest. Her aura flared in an attempt to mitigate the damage but the explosion was just too much to handle. Winter screamed in pain and was blasted out of the air and into the wall of a metal container for the defense shield. The large metal container was slightly dented inward and Winter drop to the floor in a heap.

Weiss's head shot in the direction of her sister's scream as fear flooded her being. Her biggest mistake was that she took her eyes off her opponent which Adam took full advantage of by knocking Myrtenaster out of her hand before sweeping his blade back around to deliver a semblance enhanced slash. The searing pain Weiss felt was hard to describe, it was like getting a cut but being burned at the same time. Luckily for her her aura withstood the attack and she remained in one complete piece. Weiss's feet skid across the deck before she lost her balance and tumbled to the flow where she curled up into a ball in an attempt to stop the pain in her chest.

Adam chuckled at the site of his prey being so helpless before him. He purposely held back on his attack because he wasn't looking to kill her quickly as one might have expected. No, he wanted the Schnee to be beaten and broken like the faunus they used for cheap labor in their camps. What he wanted was for the Schnee heiress and her sister to beg for their lives on live television so he could refuse and execute them there for their crimes against his race. It would be glorious and would show those too weak to stand up for themselves that they the faunus could win against their keepers.

The bull faunus walked across the deck with such arrogance and confidence in his win that he didn't even think for one second that anyone would interfere with their fight.

Several blades dropped from the sky and stabbed into the deck where Adam was, only for the faunus to quickly jump back and sheath his sword in preparation for a follow up attack. The wires connected to the top of the swords went taut and the owner of the swords was pulled from their spot on the ship to the space between him and the heiress. Weiss looked up, wide eyed to see her savior was none other then her teammate Penny Polendina. The swords stabbed into the deck pulled themselves out all at once and began to spin slowly behind the red head as she stared down her opponent with an innocent smile on her face.

"Teammate Weiss I hope you do not mind my interference but I could not sit back and allow you to become a casualty of this mission". Penny turned to the heiress and held out a hand for her to take. Weiss grabbed it and was pulled to her feet before she realized the red head had left herself open to the bull faunus just as she had done prior. Just like before Adam wasted no time in closing the distance between them but just as he was about to pull his sword from it's sheath Penny raised her free and summoned two of her blades to defend her.

Two of the swords behind her back flew forward and formed an X in front of her hand that stopped the bull faunus's attack with ease. Penny released Weiss's hand and swung that same hand around causing the remaining blades she controlled to follow along as slash at the bull faunus. Adam pulled back and used his sheath to block the girls weapons before pushing of the floor and opening a good amount of space between them with one good leap backwards. Penny wasn't about to let the faunus get away so she sent three blades flying after Adam. Of the three, only two found their way to the faunus while the third shot in a completely different direction.

Adam smacked one of the blades away with his katana before doing the same with his sheath. Although he had deflected the two blades aimed at him away his eyes still followed the third in case it came to strike at him from the side. The bull faunus would have actually preferred that to happen instead of what he was about to witness.

Penny's third blade dived into the small open space between the blade, Myrtenaster's dust chambers and the floor. In one fell swoop with a careful flick courtesy of the red head the rapier found it's way through the air and back to it's owner's hand. Weiss's hand squeezed the grip of her trusted rapier and with a quick twirl that placed the heiress behind her savior, she released several icicles that flew out and struck the grunts that surrounded them. The White Fang grunts had remained out of the fight because they didn't want to get in the way of their sub leader but that just left them as easy targets to get picked off.

Adam snarled angrily at the sight of his troops being shot down without warning from the Schnee. "Don't just stand there! Attack"! The bull faunus ordered "kill the red head but take the Schnee alive".

The two girls readied themselves as the troops from the White Fang rushed in to carry out Adams orders.

/

Jaune's heart beat wildly in his chest as he and Ilia ran through the ship. There had been several others in need of their help and with each second spent saving a crewmates life meant another second his team had to fight alone. "Jaune over there" Ilia yelled at she pointed over to the right. The blonde followed where her finger was pointing to, to see Winter laying on the ground, bleeding from her forehead while several White Fang grunts were trying to pin her down and restrain her. Any ideas or plans that he might been able to come up with suddenly went out the window as he raced forward to help his teacher.

The young Arc was blinded by his anger and didn't see the surprise attack coming from his left side. Sienna's attack would have hit it's mark if it wasn't for Ilia rushing in and deflecting the attack with her lighting lash.

"Well, well if it isn't the deserter who turned her back on her own kind and sold out the White Fang branch in Atlas to the military". The disdain in the Sienna's voice had Ilia's instincts telling her to run away if she wanted to live. Jaune was shocked by the sudden bomb drop but he was quickly shaken out of it when Winter yelled to them. "Jaune, Weiss needs your help, take Ilia with you and get my sister out of here"!

Jaune's squeezed his sword in anger, "I'm not leaving you here with them"! Winter tried to glare at him but one of the grunts grabbed her by the hair and slammed her face on the floor. The moment Jaune saw the brutality the faunus were treating his teacher with he moved forward to attack them once again. A yelp came from his left and this time the young Arc was prepared for Sienna's attack. Ilia had been knocked aside fairly easily. How? he had no idea but he soon learned the hard way when Sienna ran up to him with her whip wrapped around her fist and punched him with all her strength.

Jaune's shield came up in time to take the blow but the force behind her punch was far greater then he ever expected. He couldn't even offer up a resistance as he was launched off the ground and into the nearest storage unit. The air in the blondes lungs were forced out the moment he crashed and he fell to the ground in a heap. Jaune didn't even have time to let the pain he was feeling resolve before he was forced to roll to the left, out of the way of Sienna's whip that turned the spot he used to be in to ice.

Ilia rushed to Jaune's side but made sure to keep her old leader in her sights at all times. Sienna swung her whip around at her side but made no move to attack them so long as they allowed Winter's capture.

"What do we do"? Ilia whispered to the blonde. Although the faunus would never admit it she was in fact truly scared at the moment. This fact was apparent to the blonde because he could hear it in the way she spoke and how she held her weapon up with a trembling hand. Jaune already knew what he had to do but knew in doing so he'd have to cake his hands in blood. It was not a pleasing thought but the alternative was far worse. "Ilia I need you to go find Weiss and help her like Winter ordered". Although it was a terrible request to ask of her, he just didn't want her around for what he was going to do to her people.

unaware of the blondes real plan the faunus was shocked by the request. He'd just learned that she use to belong to the White Fang and now he was trusting her to save the heiress of the despised SDC. Was he crazy or just that desperate? Then there was the fact that he all but suggested that he was capable of handling their current situation all by himself. The blonde obviously didn't know squat if he thought he could take on Sienna Khan, leader of the White Fang and walk away unscathed. Heck, Winter laying there defeated was proof of how strong the tiger faunus was.

Jaune placed his left hand on Ilia's shoulder and snapped her out of her mental conversation. "Look I know I'm asking a lot but I don't care about your past right now. Who you worked for before doesn't change that your here with us now so please trust me a little and do as I say".

Ilia bit her lip and reluctantly broke off from the fight, leaving Jaune alone to face Sienna and her troops. Sienna couldn't help but smirk at the sudden development, "a traitor that ran away from the cause now run's from a fight and leaves her new teammate behind. Why am I not surprised". Ilia ignored the woman's words and ran as fast as she could. Jaune stood and held his shield in front of him while hiding his blade blade behind it, away from the faunus's field of vision. "You may have worked with Ilia before but I guess you didn't know her as well a you thought you did or you would have seen her betrayal coming".

The smirk vanished from Sienna's face and she lowered her stance slightly. "Perhaps your right but the same goes for you. I doubt you've known her for long so here's a little bit of friendly advice though I doubt you'll get a chance to use it, if she can turn her back on her own race so easily what's to stop her from doing it to you to further her own gain"? There was definitely some truth to the faunus's words but he couldn't afford to second guess himself at the moment. He forced what confidence he could to the surface and smiled in the face of such truths. "I'll take my chances" he answered.

Jaune pulled his sword out from behind his shield to reveal the blade cloaked in a bright white hue before stepping forward to attack. Sienna felt all the hair's on her body stand on end as her instincts screamed at her to dodge. When Jaune swung his blade as he boosted the aura in it with his semblance and enhanced his aura slash. The tiger faunus jumped out of the way but realized too late what she had just done. By dodging out of the way of his attack she'd left those under her command unaware and unguarded in turn.

They never saw it coming but surely felt it in the last moments before the end claimed them.

Winter's eyes widened as blood and body parts fell all around her. Jaune had never killed before and here he willingly did so to save her life. The specialist moved quickly and felt her way around and over the faunus's bodies until she found what she was looking for. "Yes" she cheered internally as her hand felt a long thick knife strapped to one of the faunus's legs. She quickly pulled the blade loose from it's scabbard and started working on her restrains as quickly as possible.

While the specialist focused on getting herself free, Jaune focused on trying to stay alive. Sienna was incredible furious, and from the way she tried to rip him apart she was out for blood. His blood specifically. The blonde knew letting the tiger faunus land a hit on him would result in incredible pain so he put his shield away and focused on dodging rather then tanking. Sienna was fast and the way she dance with her whip was a site to behold but Jaune had faced faster and that is what gave him the edge as he bobbed and weaved his way out of harms way.

The blonde ducked under the tiger faunus's whip then rolled to the right when she tried to stomp down on his head. "Thank you Harriet" Jaune cheered internally as he jumped over Sienna's whip and landed on the ships railing. With each miss Sienna grew angrier and and angrier and when she finally thought she had him cornered, Jaune dived forward and swung his blade for her neck. Sienna side stepped and leaned away from his attack but was caught by surprise when he released another aura slash to cover the distance.

The attack was much weaker than before which was why it surprised her so. Before the aura slash could hit, Sienna jumped back, buying herself just enough time to bring her whip with both ends in hand to block the blondes attack. Sienna blocked the aura slash but felt the force behind the attack dragging her away from her opponent. With teeth clenched her heels dug into the deck as she slowly forced herself to a stop. The aura slash was weakening by the second and when she finally had the strength and footing to counter she hit the blondes attack from both sides, ripping it in two.

The tiger faunus then readied herself for Jaune's follow up attack only for it to never come. Her eyes scanned the part of the deck they used to be to be on saw that he and the Schnee specialist had in fact ran away while she was occupied. She snarled in anger and gave chase, knowing that the two would be trying to save the heiress from Adam and the men he had with him.

/

Winter and Jaune ran towards the sounds of gun fire and combat as fast as they could without looking back. "You should have done as you were told and left me there, I can handle myself just fine" Winter said angrily. It might have been her pride talking but underneath that she was truly grateful for his intervention. "Sorry but I wasn't about to leave you behind like that. Be angry if you want but at least now you can do so in safety after we get out of here" the blonde said, not at all fazed by the specialists tone of voice.

Winter let her displeasure go so she could focus on more important things. "I hope you have a plan to get us off this ship because without my aura I can't create a summon and I'm positive that the fang won't let us escape by row boat". Jaune chuckled at Winter's point, "you forget that aura is my specialty". Winter caught on as Jaune slowed his run so that he was right behind her with his arm out stretched. The feel of his aura boosting hers was a unique experience to say the least and after a minute before they arrived she started to cast a glyph on the floor.

Weiss, Ilia and Penny were so focused on the fight and trying to keep Adam back that they felt the claws of the nevermore before they even laid eye's on it. Adam and many of the other White fang grunts ducked their heads in case the nevermore came for them. When they realized that the beast was being controlled by the enemy for a get away they leaped back into action.

"Shoot it down"! Adam ordered as he pointed at the white nevermore that was taking his prey away. The White Fang grunts that hadn't been knocked out of the fight raised their rifles and open fired as best they could only for the nevermore to start taking evasive maneuvers. Rolling to the left and then to the right it evaded bullet after bullet until it reached well out of range of the White Fangs reach. Adam turned away from the scene and rushed over to the closest bullhead available. With one good jump he threw himself into the airship and poked his head into the cockpit, "follow that Grimm".

The pilot nodded and gave chase, pushing forward on the control stick the bullhead leaned forward and started to gain speed. The nevermore was fast but the bullhead was faster. As the bullhead got closer the White Fang pilot open fired on them. Winter commanded the Grimm to dodge and the large bird obeyed by barrel rolling to the left. Penny's weight caused the red head to slip from the nevermores grasp and she ended up freefalling towards the sea below. "Penny"! Weiss yelled as she watched her teammate plummet to the waters below.

Jaune looked over and saw Penny falling before turning around to the bullhead chasing them. They wouldn't be able to save her with that mechanized monster chasing them threw the sky like this he thought before hoisting his sword to eye level. "Arc 001" the blonde spoke to the hilt of his sword before a low click sounded off and the limiter on the bottom of his pummel slipped off. Jaune quickly pocketed it and crouch on top of the bird, "go get Penny" he said. Winter looked back and saw the blonde crouched over. "What are you about to do"? she asked, voice full of concern over his well being.

Jaune looked back and smiled but didn't answer before he jumped off the nevermore towards the bullhead. The pilot wasn't stupid and knew if he allowed the human to land on his ship he'd do immeasurable damage to it. By shifting the control stick downward he allowed the blonde to fly passed them without trouble. Or so he had thought. As soon as Jaune had gotten halfway past the bullhead he used his semblance to enhance the aura within his blade before swinging with all his might.

/

Back on the ship Sienna had finally rejoined the rest of her men and was informed about the chase Adam was on. She smiled when she saw the white nevermore losing to the bullhead in a contest of speed but immediately felt an incredible amount of dread when the bullhead was cut in half by a giant white aura slash. The bullhead flew for a short distance more before it exploded, killing everyone on board in a fiery blaze.

"Retreat" Sienna whispered at first before she glared at the grunts who stood around shocked at what happened to their lieutenant. "I said retreat at once" she yelled loudly. The grunts quickly ran for their Bullheads and pulled out with Sienna being the last to board. Her eyes were still fixed on the nevermore that flew down low for some reason before returning to the sky to catch a person who was floating down on what looked like a glider. "This isn't over" she whispered as the bullhead began to fly away.

"Not until we have our revenge".


Boom! Good-bye Adam it's been a blast if you catch my drift. Lol terrible of me I know but here's hoping it wasn't too soon.