Destiny No More

Chapter 24

Pyrrha watched the screen closely, carefully inputting the time to detonation and checking it over before allowing herself to finally hit the priming button and slip the satchel behind one of the crates. She spared a glance up towards Velvet, who was keeping watch through the small window on the door, before moving to the other side of the room and pulling out another explosive from her backpack.

"You're really going to have to explain how you know how to do that." Velvets sent. "I'm sure Coco will want you to teach her." Pyrrha had to resist the urge to chuckle at Velvet's horrified tone.

Explosives wasn't something they taught at Beacon, nor the preparatory combat schools like Sanctum and Signal. She supposed it was possible the third or fourth year students might get such classes, but she had never really spoken to any to find out. The only reason she knew how to operate them was because of the Breach.

The stories team RWBY had told them were awe inspiring. A group of four huntresses in-training had managed to fight off the likes of Roman Torchwick and a small army of terrorists armed with the best and most advanced Atlasian technology. They hadn't quite managed to stop the train of course, but even after the crash they had been able to hold back the Grimm until Beacon and the airfleet from Atlas could reinforce them.

What they said was also cause for alarm however. The explosives on the trains, intended to bring in Grimm behind them, could have just as easily been meant to kill civilians directly; if that were that the case, there would have been very little that the Huntsmen could have done since none of them knew how to disarm a bomb.

The time after the Breach had been filled with optimism and hope. They had been looking forward to the festival and everything that would come with it. They had thought themselves victorious over their enemies, that they were heroes. Despite that, they had still taken time to reflect on their shortcomings.

Ruby had started training on her unarmed fighting ability, the knowledge of how easily she had lost Crescent Rose making her finally accept her vulnerability. Yang had practically doubled her training in the light of her defeat in the train car. Blake had started to actually bond with the rest of her team, and even Weiss had seen the importance of team building and sought to make up for her failures to do so earlier in the year.

One thing that they had all agreed on however, was that they needed to learn how to deal with explosive threats moving forward. Ruby and Weiss had insisted on each of them learning how to disarm a bomb, in the event that they ever had to. That was easier said than done of course, bombs weren't what you saw in movies. There wasn't a single wire that needed to cut in order to save the day or a convenient off switch. Some of them might have that sure, but bombs built by terrorists were usually not so disarmer friendly. They had been forced to get help from the professors as well as countless hours studying information they could find in the CCTS.

In the end however they had learned the basics. Pyrrha had even picked up the other side of the coin, arming bombs and explosives should she ever need to. She hadn't really ever expected it to come in handy, but then again, she couldn't say she had expected anything that had happened to her.

Arming explosives was mundane compared to coming back from the dead.

"Coco and Yatsu just got the last guy out of the building." Fox sent. "Once you guys are out there's nothing to worry about."

Pyrrha spared a glance for Velvet, catching her eyes for the briefest of moments. She couldn't ask her question, not knowing how to actually use Fox's semblance like the rest of them did, but Velvet seemed to get the idea.

"Are you sure?" Pyrrha moved further back to another pile of crates as Velvet asked, again pulling a small satchel from her bag and starting the process of arming it.