With Friends Like These

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"Ironwood’s declaring martial law and abandoning Mantle! Salem is coming, and he’s going to use the Staff to move Atlas. If we don’t stop him, Mantle’s going to be de-"

Inside a flying Manta, Robyn and Qrow are looking at Clover, who is sitting beside a restrained Tyrian. "Declaring martial law? We can not let him do this."

"Ms. Hill, I’m sure the General understands the enormity of his-"

Clover’s Scroll makes a noise, and he brings it out to check it. The screen shows mugshots of Team RWBY, Team JNR, Oscar, and Qrow. There is text above the mugshots, reading: ”!WANTED! Detain on sight”

Clover puts his Scroll away, stands up with a sigh, and begins approaching Qrow, who grips the hilt of his weapon, "Clover…"

Robyn’s Scroll vibrates, and she brings it out to see the same Wanted notification, "Qrow, you should know that I’ve been asked to bring you in."

Tyrian laughs, "A free ride and a show!"
"There’s also an alert out for Team RWBY’s arrest."
"What? Has James lost his mind!? We even sent (Y/n) there."
"He’s trying to stop anybody who might get in the way of this inhumane plan." Robyn stands up from her seat and deploys her, crossbow, "Looks like he underestimated me." Robyn aims at Clover, "Again."

"Only Qrow is under arrest. After everything we’ve been through tonight, please don’t make me arrest you too."

Robyn clenches her teeth and glares at Clover, the bolt-on her crossbow being pulled back against the string. In response, Clover draws his fishing rod, "Cut it out! Both of you. We’re almost back to Atlas. Let’s talk to James personally and see what's going on-"

Another ringing appeared on the scroll; it had a picture of you with red bolded word; '!GODDESS OF GRIMM CONTAINED!'
Robyn glares at the notice, "If she's contained, that means that the General has really done something he shouldn't have."

Qrow stared at your image; he was concerned, without a clue if you were with the others, let alone safe. If any harm had come to you, he wasn't going to go down so easily. Clover also looked at the message and soon felt as if he was on a line. It was either to follow what he is told or to find where you were. If you were contained, that meant you would be with Ironwood, but that also meant that you were a threat to Atlas.

"It’s taking a very long time for this show to get to the good part."
"Shut up."
"He’s right. Let’s get this over with."
"Robyn!"

Robyn fires the bolt, but Clover casually blocks it with his fishing rod. She shifts her crossbow into bladed shield form and charges at Clover, who blocks and then immediately shortens the rod, hooks the crossbow, and pulls on it, knocking Robyn to the floor.

"Fine." Qrow gets up, drawing his sword and swinging it at Clover, who jumps out of the way. He swings again, and Clover blocks with his rod, locking weapons with him, "I wish it hadn’t come to this."
"It doesn’t have to!"

Robyn hops back into the fight, swinging her shield down on Clover’s rod, and Clover jumps backward away from the two, "You can hug it out once we’ve taken him down!"

Clover sends his fishing hook at Robyn, who deflects it with her shield, accidentally sending it toward Tyrian. Tyrian lifts his leg out of the way, allowing the hook to break a bar beneath his seat, which the Gravity Bolas securing his wrists is hooked onto with a metal ring. Qrow and Robyn swing their weapons at Clover, who blocks with his rod, and Tyrian slides the ring on his bolas off of the broken bar and hurries toward the pilots, excitedly snickering to himself. Clover continues blocking strikes and a crossbow bolt from Qrow and Robyn.

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