We Are Stronger Together (RWBY x OC's)

Lighting the fire

*Bandit compound*

Early in the morning Cri sat at a table outside eating rabbit stew, Weiss walks out of Cri's tent while rubbing her eyes

Weiss: How do you people do this?

Cri: After staying at beacon, I honestly don't know how to answer that

Weiss sits on the seat in front of Cri, She peers over to vernal that was eating some pieces of chicken far across the camp

Cri: Don't worry about her, if she says anything i'll knock her on her ass

Weiss: What about the leader of these people?

Cri: She'll definitely be bothered but she'd rather have power than resources... So your out here looking for your sister? How's that going?

Weiss: She got stationed out here for things going on in mistral, i figured she was the only person in my family i could turn to... So you asked me a question. Can I ask you a question?

Cri: hit me

Weiss: Why are you out here with these people, it doesn't look like they like you very much so why you here?

Cri: My father is Xeno Yumiko, The leader of yumiko clan who runs the crimson dragon... He married their leader raven also known Yang's mom for-

Weiss: Wait? Yang's mom is a bandit leader? I always thought she was a deadbeat...

Cri: Anyway, as i was saying he married Raven for an alliance between my family and their tribe, things have been crowded out here considering that Strand's forces have been moving out across this side of anima

Weiss: Strand's out here?

Cri: No one has seen him yet but if his men are out here, then he's probably lurking behind

Cri finishes the rest of his soup and Weiss watches in slight disgust as he slurps the broth straight from the bowl

Weiss: Cri... I wanted to ask you about... Well how are you dealing with Aqua's passing?

Cri's expression drops to a sad one, he wipes his face with his arm and he looks up at weiss, She gives him an apologetic look

Weiss: I'm sorry i didn't mean to touch up on that subject so soon

Cri: No... i need to get it out of my system, My brother or well Aqua... He was a great guy, He wanted the best for people and wanted to end conflict... He wasn't my brother by blood but I sure as hell loved him like one... He's gone now, he went down fighting for the people he cared about which how i'll always see him as... If it hurts me, i can only imagine how much it hurt pyrrha to watch him die...

Weiss bows her head and looks into her lap

Cri: We can only keep moving forward, there's no going back now...

Cri deeply sighs

Cri: I think that's enough talking for now, I'm gonna go bother raven until she drops the thought of getting you back to your father

Cri walks off and Weiss's eyes follow him, After Cri enters raven's tent her eyes fall on vernal who was cleaning mud off her boot, Weiss lets out a low growl and crosses her arms before laying her head down on the table.

*Anima forest*

Coda and Yang were riding bumblebee down the path that the man from the gas station had instructed them to follow, Down the road they noticed a roadblock with several armed gun men waiting for them, As they got closer Coda and Yang noticed that they were arrowhead soldiers. Yang hit the brakes and she came to a stop in front of them