DOOM: A raven out of hell

chapter 2 part 3: standards

"Rage must be tempered for it to be a weapon of your will"

The day went by and Raven was about to request a portal to the Fortress of Doom until she ran into the last person she never expected to see again.

Raven: Ignis?

Ignis Fall, Cinder's twin sister, and a rather closed person who did everything she could so that no one would recognize her as Cinder's twin despite their obvious differences in their voices. She never expected to see Raven again... The girl who her grandparents took in when she was a child.

Ignis: I've heard what happened in the cafeteria... Me and Qrow tried to make him come to his senses but... Well I think you saw it.

Raven: yeah...

Raven's voice was full of disgust at Tai... She failed when choosing a father for her children and it hurt her worse than when she died back in Phobos before reappearing on Deimos.

Raven: I need to be alone... I'm not in the mood for anything else.

Ignis: I know but... Qrow asked me to look after you

Raven: should have figured... Just like I used to ask you to do that.

The silence was uncomfortable until the sounds of at least four boys bullying a bunch of faunus was caught by Raven's ears, she made her approach as Ignis followed her and found yet another disappointing sight. Tema CRDL bullying a bunch of faunus for the news about Adam Taurus joining the demons.

The head of the group, Cardin, was Yennefer's nephew and she was probably disappointed about him as she was caught by Raven's sight. And did nothing as Raven acted way more bluntly than she would to Cardin.

Raven: HEY, DIRTBAGS

Cardin turned around still with a smug on his face.

Cardin hey boys go take a lo-

Cardin wasted too much time telling the rest of his team to take a look that he got Spartan kicked towards said group, the faunus moved away and Raven... She was just getting started.

Raven: get up.

Cardin: who-

Raven: Get. Up.

Cardin and his team of morons got up thinking they could surround her... Oh how naive they were.

Sky: we're 4 and you're just one.

Sky Lark, a relatively typical compliant coward, Team CRDL survived on sheer luck alone and due to that Ironwood thought putting them on guard duty would give them enough time to get some skill... And it seemed his judgement was wrong.

Raven: oh really?

Raven let out a brief laugh that made Sky already be afraid to take the first move.

Raven: do you know who I am?

Dove: a cry baby bitch who can't accept that her husband is an asshole and her daughter a bi-

Dove Bronzewing, he hailed from a family of war heroes and what is he? A coward. No room for debate. Especially after Raven grabbed his throat with enough strength to barely let him breathe.

Raven: if you ain't got the guts, fuck off before I give you something worse than Tai's beatdown.

Raven then dropped Dove who much like Sky was already backing off.

Russel: hey come on, it's just one stupid bitch who only knows how to scream, shout and whine.

Russel Thrush, the equivalent of a nobody special and a coward like the rest of his partners.

Raven: because you don't know jack shit how to carry your sorry ass, let alone fight a simple Imp. I bet you almost got swallowed whole by a Pinky.

Russel was about to go for a punch but Raven grabbed him by his arm and tossed him towards some of the nearby boxes putting him out of the fight.

Cardin: you think I'm scared of you?!

Elena: you should be

In Cardin's distraction Raven went straight for a punch right at his nose, not enough to kill him but enough to dislocate it. Instead of relocating his nose Cardin went on the offensive which only got him to be repeatedly hit in the stomach by Raven's knees and due to his lack of equilibrium and training he immediately got down on the ground.

Raven: if I see your sorry asses harassing our allies again... You'll beg for Ironwood's punishments instead.

Cardin: who... Do you think... You are???

Raven: your worst fucking nightmare. Now get out of my sight worthless scum.

Cardin was carried away by Yennefer with his team following close behind.

Yennefer: let me give your pathetic ass a better answer to you my nephew, that is Raven Branwen the world's greatest fear of all bullies. You dumb little shit.

The faunus workers approached Raven, cautiously but optimisticly.

Worker: thanks, any longer and we wouldn't have been able to get out of that.

Raven: I'm going to guess you haven't unlocked your Aura.

Worker: unfortunately for us, yes, we aren't that good at fighting either... Some of us only have prosthetic limbs and well... They're not durable enough to be used for combat or weapon training...

Raven: have you reported these incidents?

Worker: yeah but they just wait until the coast is clear to get back at it again.

Raven: I figured as much.

Worker: anyway thanks for the help miss-

Raven: Branwen, or better yet just call me Raven. I'll leave Elena with calling me by title if she insists.

The workers nodded in agreement before getting back to work.

Ignis: you haven't changed...

Raven: you're half-right.