The Fallen (Fate/RWBY Crossover)

The Fallen XIII

Howdy and welcome back to The Fallen. I've been somewhat iffy on this chapter as its Spooktober and I had thought about doing a Creepypasta fanfic instead for the month but decided against it for now but I may do it anyway. Anyway I'm happy with how the chapter went but I'm not too sure about the dialogue, I'll let you all decide on that one but I do hope you enjoy.

-OtherwiseR00K

Headmaster James Ironwood stood watching the sky surrounded by students standing at attention on the airship platform of Atlas Academy. He and the students were here to be the welcoming party for Special Operative Caroline Cordovin even though he only learned of this a few hours prior. It annoyed James to no end that Captain Slade would simply drop this on him without at least a days worth of preparation.

James wanted to give Cordovin a proper welcome after her decades long absence to defend and run Argus. Instead of soldiers of the Atlas Military he had gathered the 3rd years of the academy and had them wear their dress uniforms to greet the Special Operative. It would have to do.

James finally spotted an airship on approach. It proudly bore Argus' symbol on the front and came in to dock. James adjusted his tie and began walking forward to greet the Protector of Argus. As he walked the outer airship doors folded down into a ramp and once fully extended the inner door opened.

From what James had heard of the woman he had expected Cordovin to have been in her dress uniform. Instead James was greeted by a short woman with graying frazzled hair wearing her combat uniform. She looked stressed as she marched down the ramp with her guards behind her toward James.

Something was wrong.

"Sir!" Cordovin snapped a crisp salute, "I apologize for my state but we have a situation."

James frowned but nodded. He looked back toward the students who were now openly looking on in curiosity, "Cadets! Head back to the barracks, your dismissed." James said. The students nodded and saluted before heading off into the academy.

James turned and motioned for the older woman to follow as he began walking toward his office. The two along with her guards walked through Atlas Academy to his office. Once there Cordovin told the guards to stand outside, they obeyed and took up positions on each side of the door. Cordovin nodded and walked inside, followed by James who had allowed her in first.

"Report." James commanded as he entered. Cordovin, not one to waste time, immediately acquiesced.

"Someone had infiltrated my airship and is now in Mantel." Cordovin said. This made James pause. Someone had infiltrated an Atlas airship?

"Explain." It wasn't a question.

"Yes, sir. At 11:00 PM I had departed from Argus, my team did the usual routine and searched the ship from top to bottom but there was no sign of anyone having been onboard. I've trained my men to as close to perfection as I could get and I know they wouldn't have missed someone unless something else was afoot. They even had orders to double check the cargo bay and still didn't see him."

"Do you have footage of this infiltrator?" James was sure they did but he had a sneaking suspicion he knew who this infiltrator was. He only hoped he was wrong so he could have more time to prepare.

"Yes, sir." Cordovin removed a scroll from her coat pocket and walked over to the table in the middle of the room. She placed it down and the holographic display came to life. The display switched to the security footage James had asked for and both watched.

James watched as the footage rolled on with nothing but an empty cargo bay being visible to them. After a moment James finally noticed movement. From behind a crate walked out a man wearing a black overcoat with the hood up and a case strapped to his back. The man walked over to the door and reached for the cargo bay door release.