Devil Bringer (working on revisions)

Part 12: Breach

"I'm sure they're fine."

Team JNPR had just woken up at sunrise and were headed out for the airships for their mission. Pyrrha was reassuring their leader while Nora skipped along happily behind them and Ren kept to a simple walk.

"You think so?"

"Yeah, probably just a butt dial or something," Nora continued to remain jovial.

"Team RWBY has always performed exceptionally in the field," Ren pointed out, "We should be focusing on our own mission."

Nora suddenly whipped around to look at him with an excited expression and her hands in the air, stopping him in his tracks as she shouted, "We're gonna be deputies!"

Nevertheless, Jaune still remained apprehensive as he stopped walking,  "I just got this feeling...I don't know."

"Jaune..." Pyrrha came to a halt next to him and laid a hand on his shoulder. However, whatever advice she was about to give was cut off as a siren pierced the early morning quiet, drawing JNPR's attention. On the horizon was the city of Vale with smoke rising from numerous areas as the alarms continued. Despite the apparent danger, Jaune's face now held a look of resolve as he ordered to his team, "We're changing our mission. Everyone on board!"

As they headed to the Bullhead, Jaune did a quick headcount before hopping in and saying to the pilot, "We'll be heading to that village another time. Take us into the city!

The Bullhead departed, leaving behind three "students" whose prescience remained unknown to the team. Emerald, Mercury, and Cinder looked off at Vale. The green-haired girl's eyes widened, "You don't think..."

"Sure looks like it," Mercury crossed his arms and shook his head.

"That's still days away!"

Mercury remained calm as he turned to their leader, "So? What do we do?"

Cinder looked to the ground, mulling over the newly developed problem. Roman had, without warning, started his part of the mission, throwing things into disarray. But perhaps this can be salvaged, Cinder smiled as she nodded, making her decision.

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"Well. This doesn't look too good," Yang commented.

There wasn't a better way to describe the situation. After the team left the entrance of the tunnel and made it to the center of the plaza, the Grimm in the area decided that was the time to focus all of their attention onto the group. Needless to say, team RWBY(V) were now surrounded by Beowulves, Ursai, and a King Taijitu. Ruby and Weiss exchanged nervous glaces while Yang was giving a...Yangry glare at the Grimm. Blake looked over to V to find him withdrawing his book of poetry.

"'Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul,/And sings the tune without the words,/And never stops at all,'" V quoted, as Griffon flapped his wings and hovered next to him, crackling with electricity while Shadow growled at their opposition.

"Quoting poetry at a time like this," Blake gave a playful grin despite the situation which V returned.

"It's always a good time to quote poetry," V replied before adding, "And I'm not particularly good at making motivational speeches by myself."

As the two refocused on the horde, the large snake Grimm unleashed a mighty roar, prompting the assembled Grimm to charge.

Ruby was the first to charge, hopping into the middle of a group of Beowulves and slamming the tip of her scythe into the ground before pulling a Neo v. Agent Smith and swinging herself around in a circle, kicking each Grimm that approached away. Yang leapt down and spring boarded off the skull of a Beowulf, launching herself backwards into the air. She proceeded to rain fire with Ember Celica, taking out quite a few Grimm with the blasts. However, her flight was cut short as a trio of Nevermores sent her crashing back down to the earth, making a crater from her landing.