Guardian

Chapter Twenty-Three

"You're sister's really good at coming up with plans," Blake whispered next to Yang as they waited for Nora and Pyrrha to start their distraction.

Yang nodded. "She was picked to be our leader for a reason. Jaune has quite the eye for strategy too believe it or not."

"Bit hard to believe giving his strategy for waking up," Ilia snickered behind them. "But Blake's right. Your sister's plan is a good one. If we pull it off we can get out of here with minimal injuries and have Kali and Ghira out of here long before they even notice."

Yang saw the worried look on Blake's face and gave her hand a squeeze. "We'll get them out Blake. This will work."

"It has too," she sighed.

Yang chewed the inside of her cheek nervously. Once Ghira and Kali are safe I'm letting them know that I'm telling Blake. I can't keep it a secret from her, especially not with Adam going after her again.

And explosion in distance signaled them that it was time to move. The guards around the camp started stumbling over each other and Yang watched as Ren and Jaune crept forward, starting to clear a way for them. They waited a few moments before following them, Ilia grabbing a Fang mask off one of the guards the boys had knocked unconscious.

"Knock knock!" They heard Nora's distinctive voice amidst the chaos followed shortly behind by the sound of her grenade launcher going off.

"Remind me to stay on her good side," Ilia awed at the pink smoke that started to fill one side of the camp.

Yang snickered. "She's got the most brute strength of her team for sure but she isn't the one you should be worried about."

Right as she finished their eyes followed various metal objects from around the camp rise into the air and clash in one area followed by a laugh from Pyrrha. "That's fifteen for me!"

"No fair! Your semblance is cheating!"

"Right, so remind me to stay on both their good sides," Ilia nervously corrected herself.

"We found where they're holding them," Jaune quietly said as he and Ren snuck back to them. "There's a couple guards there no that didn't leave their posts when the chaos started. Ren and I can take them out but it will attract some attention."

"How many guards?" Ilia asked

"Four if I saw correctly," Ren answered.

"Alright so if you four can each position yourselves near one of the guards and wait for me to get their attention then you should be able to knock them out no problem right?"

"Sounds easy," Yang shrugged.

"Just be careful Ilia," Blake worried. "You didn't exactly leave this camp on good terms."

"No but not everyone here wanted to kill me," she winked before sliding the mask she had grabbed earlier over her face.

Following their plan, each of them quietly snuck around the guards until they were close enough to be able to reach them quickly while still remaining out of sight. After giving them time to situate themselves, Ilia ran up the guards, pretending to be out of breath.

"What the hell is going on here?" She gasped.

Two of the guards faced her, weapons drawn. "Ilia? What are you doing here? If Adam comes back and finds you here you're dead."

At the mention of her name the other two guards turned around. "We're under orders to capture you if we see you. Adam wants to deal with you personally."

"Yeah well he never did like me much," she sighed and placed her hands on her hips. "Good thing I wasn't a huge fan of him either or I might actually feel bad for this."