41Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.
(Port city of Argus.)
Skyler would go on record stating how much he HATED his idea to break into Atlas. Skyler had decided to board his flagship rather then fight Cordo head on for 2 reasons.
One? He wanted to make sure if defeating Cordo didn't work, that he could get at least a handful of people to Atlas. They needed the relic; it would be the only thing capable of defeating Salem besides Ruby.
If the girl hadn't volunteered to fight Cordo after being informed she would be a problem? She would be aboard and Skyler would be taking her to Atlas.
Skyler wished they could just plant an ice Dust Crystal near the woman and let the ice deal with Cordo. He didn't have time to deal with the manic officer. He knew if they simply knocked her out and fled, she'd report all of Atlas and then complain about him not helping her.
The other reason? he just really wanted to shoot Cordo's mech. He looked at the rest of the bridge crew. He had been told the rest of his fleet wouldn't join him in his attack, but they would follow him to Atlas.
"I want to remind you we risk being discharged from the military at best and executed for attacking an officer at worst if this goes wrong. I won't fault anyone who wants out." Skyler looked at the rest of his crew for any dissenters who wanted to leave then alert Cordo what would be coming.
"With all due respect, sir? We all kind of hate Cordo... and we all saw what happened at Vale, we're going through her no matter what." Skyler heard from one of the bridge staff.
He smirked and nodded before keying the console to talk with the ground group.
"Qrow? I'd go and talk to Maria; you're only going to have one shot at breaking into Atlas if this goes south. I'll distract Cordo if the stealth plan doesn't work." Skyler turned to the main console.
He had heard Ruby, Weiss and Oscar come up with a plan to 'steal' a Manta.
It wasn't really stealing as the craft belonged to the military and in Skyler's mind? They were as much soldiers as anyone.
Plus, Yang was among them and she was a member of the Atlesian military, which made it a sanctioned military op as far as Skyler was concerned.
"Blake, I'd recommend disabling the tower within the forest, that feeds the military base their intel, don't disable it permanently, just enough to sneak a Manta away." Skyler stated. He hummed as he looked over the rest of the operation.
The cruiser had the firepower to combat a Colossi, but not enough to disable it. He planned on not having to put the ship down in the Grimm infested ocean if it could be helped.
That was before an explosion was heard and cut them off as alarms started to blare below in Argus.
"What the hell?" Skyler asked as he turned to his staff.
"Get me a camera feed, now!" He yelled as the cruiser launched a camera drone into the city.
There were androids unleashing crates of glowing Green Beowolves which let out war howls and started to rampage through the city.
"Merlot. You have to be kidding me!" Skyler keyed the console again as he contacted the others.
"Yang, Qrow, Blake? Merlot is attacking the city. I'm calling the mission off for now, let's take care of the Grimm and Androids first." Skyler ordered before sighing.
Skyler turned to his bridge staff as they awaited his orders on the situation.
"Deploy AK-200s and secure the permitted, I don't want anything spreading past the city. I'm headed down there myself to deal with them." Skyler walked off the bridge.
He had no idea why Merlot would target Argus besides it being a port side trading city… he rubbed his head at being stupid, people were going to get hurt because of his inability to see Merlot following them.
Skyler contacted Yang; he could hear the sound of her activating Ember Celica before Skyler spoke up.
"Yang, I'm coming down there. You think you guys can corral the Grimm while I deploy reinforcements?" He asked his fiancée while he heard gunshots.
He grabbed his weapon and then walked towards the hanger. Skyler brushed off his clothing while he prepared to go and fight Merlot's forces.
He twirled his blade on the ground before boarding an Atlesian Manta which was dispatched towards the city. He cracked his neck and looked at the AK-200s that buzzed with power.
They'd be in the city soon, and they couldn't afford to hold anything back in the battle.
Skyler wondered where Yang would be. He guessed she'd be blowing up all the Grimm she could find. He smiled at that.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out I'm not doing the Colossus fight and Merlot is still the main enemy. Next chapter will be on next Saturday or so and will show the battle of Argus and set up the final arc. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Yang is 1500 words next week, Winter 1200 words Saturday, Ruby 1500 words tomorrow. Glynda is 1200-word Thursday, and Raven 1200-word Tuesday. I am also making Star Wars, Mass Effect, Naruto and X Com Stories.
