Reaper of Remnant Volume 3 (A RWBY Fanfiction)

9.

The morning after Jacques Schnee closed the Schnee Dust Company's nonessential facilities, the Mantle rioters are sitting on sidewalks and in police airships with their wrists bound by bolases. A soldier escorts one of the rioters along a sidewalk while Atlesian Knight-200s patrol the area. Drunk Mann stands in line with other Mantle citizens outside a polling station. The outside walls have campaign posters for both Jacques and Robyn Hill, and Jacques' posters have been spray painted over.

Newscaster: Although rioting in Mantle is finally under control, how does it feel to know that the majority of those involved were your supporters?

In a building somewhere, a reporter from the Mantle Daily is interviewing Robyn.

Robyn: I don't condone rioting, especially when our city is being denied aid for the hardships we've already had to go through, but Jacques Schnee's latest stunt is holding the city hostage for his own political gain.

Drunk Mann approaches a voting booth and begins his vote. His hand hovers over the screen as he hesitates.

Robyn: So I understand their anger, but ask that they show it not in the streets but at the polls today.

~Up in Atlas~

Reaper was watching the news from his scroll in a hallway near the training room until he hears Ironwood and Clover walking up to him.

Reaper: Ah, morning you two. Had fun with the riot last night?

Clover smirks as him and the General stop in front of Reaper.

Clover: Very funny, Reaper.

Ironwood: We're heading to the training room to tell everyone they have the night off.

Reaper: Oh, they'll like that, I'm sure.

Clover: We thought so too. However, it's good we ran into you first.

Ironwood: I've talked with that scientist I told you about. She says that she's willing to step out of retirement to help restart Project Phoenix. And...

Reaper tilts his head as Ironwood chuckles a little.

Reaper: "And"?

Ironwood: She said she looks forward to stabbing you in the gut... for tissue samples of course.

Reaper: *sarcastic* That totally doesn't make me concerned for my safety.

Clover laughs while Ironwood smirks.

~

In the Atlas Academy training room, Blake uses her Semblance and jumps from pillar to pillar while Yang follows and attempts to catch her.

Below Blake and Yang, Winter sends her Beowolf Summon to attack Weiss, who creates black glyphs above, below, and to the left and right of it. Weiss then uses the glyphs to throw the Beowolf Summon around, slamming it against the glyphs. She creates a white glyph in front of her and uses it to send the Summon back toward Winter, who creates her own white glyph to stop it. However, Winter suddenly winces in pain and drops to one knee. She then discovers that a small version of Weiss' Arma Gigas Summon snuck up to her and cut her ankle with its sword. The Arma Gigas strikes a pose with its sword on its shoulder, and Winter glares at Weiss, who gives a smug smirk in return and giggles.

Behind Weiss, Jaune is using his shield to deflect a rubber ball, while Nora keeps hitting it toward him with her hammer. Nora activates Magnhild's upgrade, charging herself up with electricity. She swings Magnhild around and sends the ball rocketing toward Jaune, who blocks it and slides backwards several feet before dropping to one knee. The emblem on his shield glows cyan while he blocks, and the ball eventually turns to ash.