Everything Stays: Frederic Scorch X Yang Xiao Long

Work Force

The sun rises over Atlas Academy while Team RWBY snores in their beds.

Penny: Salutations!

Team RWBY are startled awake by Penny shouting her greeting in the middle of their dorm room.

Penny: (in a sing-song voice) Good morning, Team RWBY!

Yang: FRED!

Yang glances around and sighs as Ruby and Penny head out of the room. Blake looks over to Yang and raises an eyebrow.

Blake: What was that all about?

Yang: Sorry. Just...not use to having a bed to myself again.

Yang frowns slightly before getting out of her bed and going to get ready for the day.

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Jaune walks into a briefing room with a coffee mug and heads over to where Team RWBY, FLME, the Ace-Ops and his teammates are sitting. He takes a seat and cheerfully prepares to sip his steaming hot coffee, only to notice Marrow Amin staring and wagging his tail. Jaune frowns and hands the mug to Marrow.

Jaune: (sighs) Sure, take it.

Marrow drinks the coffee, while Jaune hangs his head.

Clover: Eyes up, Huntsmen. Time to get used to the new normal in Atlas.

Sometime later, Ruby and Qrow Branwen are riding in a truck that is being driven by an Atlesian Knight-200. Qrow has fallen asleep, so Ruby looks annoyed and elbows him awake.

Clover: Your top priority is Amity Tower. That means protecting supply runs from Grimm and bandits. And protecting the site itself.

Ruby and Weiss drop down from the sky toward a Manticore outside the Abandoned SDC Mine. Weiss severs its tail, and Ruby cuts it in half. Weiss then levitates a group of Beowolves into the air to allow Ruby to more easily kill them, then turns her attention to a group of Sabyrs. Weiss forms a replica of her Arma Gigas' sword out of ice and uses a glyph to swing it, instantly slaying the Sabyrs. With the Grimm in the area killed, Ruby gives a thumbs up to three Mantas as they fly overhead.

Clover: Diverting all construction resources to Amity Tower means there are going to be gaps in Mantle's defenses against Grimm. They'll need help on the perimeter.

Nora Valkyrie follows Lie Ren along the top of Mantle's outer wall, playing with his braid. Ren hears growling below and stops to look, causing Nora to bump into him. The two of them look down at the Sabyrs approaching the wall and draw their weapons.

Clover: Of course, some of you will have higher priority work to be done.

Clover opens a door with Leia by his side. She gasps and runs inside, a full stocked physics lab just for her. Clover types something on a holopad and places it next to the door. Leia turns back and Clover shows her the sign, saying "LEIA BURNS: CHIEF ENGINEER". A hologram of space and the Amity Arena is shown.

Leia smiles as the scene changes.

Clover: And some of you will be working in the lower levels of the Mantle.

Ember and May are on a rooftop, scoping out a shady bar. They see someone step out in a cloak and quickly turn into an alleyway. May and Ember nod at one another and intercept the man, with two Ignis PI badges, one from each as the man cowers in fear for a bit.

Clover: And then there are some with the heavy lift options.

Fred lands in front of a mine with the Guardian armor on full. He creates a fire ball and throws it into the dark shaft to show dozens, hundreds of Grimm inside. He smirks a little and yells as he runs inside.