"So where are we headed exactly?"

Qrow:"To the kingdom of Vacuo. A city called Dark Meat City. It's also called the DMC. As in depression, murder, and crazy-ass motherfuckers."

This made me raise my brow.

Qrow:"It's a city of thieves, crooks and scumbags alike. The police there have been forced to do nothing because of all the crime that goes on. Even heroes are afraid to step foot into the city."

"Damn."

Qrow:"Yep. Which makes it a good hiding place for this guy."

"So why are we going after this guy?"

Qrow:"Well, he killed an old friend of ours and stole a flash drive with important info on it."

"I see."

Qrow:"The trip is gonna be another five hours so get some shut eye while you can."

He laid down and began to drift to sleep. I nodded and laid down as well and began to close my eyes.

Later

I was brought out of my slumber when I heard someone screaming. I got up and saw the pilot freaking out.

"What's going on?!"

Pilot:"We're under attack!"

The bullhead was then knocked to the right but I remained standing. The pilot tried to steer back onto course back couldn't. I shook Qrow awake and he groaned.

Qrow:"What?"

A loud bang was heard on the roof and he sighed. He grabbed his weapon and I kicked the door open to see a flock of Nevermore flying near us. There was someone standing on the back of one with his left hand gripping a chain.

I jumped out and a Nevermore flew at me. I sliced its head off and floated in the air which made the attacker confused and intrigued. Qrow began to shoot down any of the Grimm that got near the ship.

"I don't know who you are exactly but you ruined my sleep!"

He said nothing and motioned for the Grimm to charge at me.

I didn't react but instead pointed my finger at them and started blasting.

The Grimm were instantly vaporized and I blasted the Nevermore he was one. He began to free fall but I flew after him and grabbed him by the ankle. I flew back to the ship and tossed him inside. Qrow hit him with the butt of his weapon.

Qrow:"Just who are you?"

Man:"I'm just a guy trying to make some money. That's all I have to say."

"So someone's paying you?"

He said nothing so I grabbed him by the head and began to lightly squeeze. I was holding back by a significant margin and my grip wasn't that tight... to me at least. To him, it felt like his head was caught in a vice grip.

Man:"Gaaaahhhh! I'll tell you! Just let me go!"

I let go and he panted.

Man:"The new mayor of DMC wants to make sure no one steps foot in his city. And that also means visitors from the air."

Qrow:"Oh? Why's that?"

Man:"He said he's got big plans. That's all I know, I swear!"

Qrow:"We can worry about that later. What do you know about an ex-huntsman named, Chase Case?"

Man:"That's... the new mayor."

Qrow:"Oh find me right in the Alps!"

He sat and began to think.

Qrow:"He's free to go."

"Alright."

I picked up the man and tossed him out the bullhead. He began screaming as he inched closer to the ground. I teleported to the ground, caught him then tossed him on a tree stump.

"See ya!"

Man:"B-bye..."

He then fell over and passed out from the shock. I laughed and teleported back to the ship.

Qrow:"I guess we can look into what his big plans are."

"Yeah. If it's some world domination scheme I'm gonna scream."

He just chuckled.

"Which actually is gonna be a change of pace, the dudes I fought just wanna blow up Earth and conquer the rest of the universe."

Qrow:"Holy crap."

"Yeah, it's scary the first time but you get used to it. Just keep that factoid between us."

He chuckled a bit more as we were nearing Dark Meat City.

Pilot:"We're here. I'll find a rooftop to set you down on."

I looked out the window and saw some buildings were crumbling, others were burning down and practically there was no sense of order down there.

"I wouldn't recommend that. We're good right here."

He just nodded and Qrow took a sip of his flask and grabbed his weapon. He jumped out first then I followed after.

We were nearing the ground but I caught him by the back of his shirt and flew gently to set him upright.

Qrow:"Ugh, this place fucking sucks."

"Yeah. The first resident we met was a complete asshole."

Qrow:"Let's get a move on."

I nodded and began to follow him through the city. We walked through with a bunch of shady guys looking at us and some following us. A few cars slowly drove by us.

"We headed to city hall first?"

Qrow:"Yeah. We might need to be on our best guard though."

"Makes sense."

We continued our walk as a few hookers tried to ask if we wanted to do anything freaky. We ignored them and kept going. I then pulled Qrow back as a car swerved in front of us.

It was a lowrider and a few dudes wearing bandanas hopped out with guns aimed at us.

Thug 1:"Where the hell you going homes?"

Qrow:"It's really not important."

Thug 2:"I think it is, you fucking bitch!"

"Easy there."

Thug 3:"Aye, something spooking ya? Whatchu scared for lil' pussy?"

"Who said I was scared?"

He aimed a gun to my head.

Thug 1:"Aye, look at his fit. Bum ass bitch still in his fucking pajamas!"

They shared a laugh and I looked at Qrow confused.

Thug 1:"So back to what I was saying, where is y'all headed?"

Qrow:"Still ain't telling you shit."

He pointed a gun to his chin.

Thug 1:"Oh, you getting smart with me?"

Qrow:"One of us has to be the smart one."

Qrow smirked and I did too. We shared a glance and acted quickly. Qrow elbowed the guy and took his gun and shot him in the shoulder. I grabbed the guy's gun and broke it over my knee. I then slapped him upside the head and knocked him out. The second thug looked at us and chuckled nervously.

He hopped into his car and tried to drive away but I grabbed the rear bumper and threw the car around to a nearby building.

"I can tell this is going to be quite the hassle."

Qrow:"Unfortunately."

We made it to the city hall in about five minutes and I kicked down the doors. Guns were instantly pointed at us.

Qrow:"Where's the mayor?"

Thug 4:"Sorry, no one sees the mayor without wearing the proper attire!"

"And what's the proper attire?"

Thug 5:"A bodybag."

They opened fire on us but I stepped in front of Qrow and kept the bullets away.

They stared wide eyed and one spoke up.

Thug 6:"Oh my fucking God... that's the kid from the tourney! I am not getting paid enough for his!"

He ran to the nearest exit and as did many others. Qrow grabbed one and asked where the mayor was. He told us where he was and we nodded. I threw the guy out a window for the fun of it.

We walked down the hall and found the mayor's office. Qrow kicked the door down this time and he jumped in his seat. He tried to run away the moment he saw Qrow but I teleported behind him and slammed his face on the desk.

Qrow:"Where are you going Mr. Mayor? I'm just a concerned citizen here to share my thoughts."

Chase:"Damnit Qrow! Grr... and you're the kid from the tourney."

I let go of him but stayed close to him in case he tried anything funny.

Qrow:"Why? Why did you kill her?!"

Chase:"I was given a handsome reward! You would too if you knew what was good for you!"

Qrow looked at me and I slammed Chase's face into the desk again.

Chase:"What the fuck is wrong with your boy?!"

I slammed his face again.

"Sorry, just had so much fun doing it the first couple of times."

Qrow:"Who paid you?!"

Chase:"She did!"

Qrow:"You mean...?"

Chase:"Yeah! But at least, that's what everyone thinks!"

Qrow:"What do you mean?"

Chase began to chuckle to himself.

Chase:"She simply said to take care of her in any way I see fit. And I did just that."

He began to do a full on evil laugh.

Chase:"She's part of my big plan! Join me Qrow! Together we can end the war between Salem and Ozpin! All the huntsmen will be free! Do you really want your nieces to be a part of this?!"

Qrow:"DON'T YOU FUCKING BRING THEM INTO THIS!"

That was my cue to slam his face into the desk again and when I did, I did it with enough force behind it to make it break and give him splinters. Qrow huffed and drank from his flask to calm his nerves.

Qrow:"Thanks for the backup."

"No problem."

I walked over to Qrow and Chase managed to get up.

Chase:"Qrow, my plans are the gods' wishes! You can't just bring me in without seeing where she is."

"I'm a little confused. Who is Salem and who is this lady you didn't kill?"

Chase:"You haven't told him?"

Qrow:"We were planning on it!"

Chase:"Well boy today is your lucky day. Ozpin's ex-wife is the Queen of Grimm!"

"Oh really? That's cool."

Chase:"And they had four daughters called the Maidens who wield magical powers."

"Neat."

Chase:"Don't you care?! This is groundbreaking news!"

"I've been around weirder and more dangerous things. Like a handful of planet-busting monkeys."

He looked at me like I was dumb.

"It's a lot to explain."

Chase:"Whatever. And the woman I was tasked to kill is named Amber! She is one of the Maidens!"

Qrow grabbed Chase by the collar and grit his teeth.

Qrow:"Where is she?!"

Chase:"Let's play follow the leader."

He touched something on his watch and a trapdoor opened beneath him and he fell through it.

Qrow:"Damnit!"

He fell to his knees and punched the floor.

"Qrow, hold onto my shoulder and I can teleport us to his location."

He quickly got up and held my shoulder. I placed two fingers on my forehead and traced his energy. It was currently moving as if he was on a slide.

"He's currently moving. I'm gonna have to wait for him to stand still."

It finally stopped and I used Instant Transmission to get us there. We were on a catwalk as we looked around for him. Suddenly, spotlights shined on a large robot suit. It powered on and Chase spoke through a microphone.

Chase:"How the hell did you get here so fast?! Oh well, it doesn't matter. None of you can stop me now. This robot is holding her Qrow."

Qrow:"You're lying!"

I sensed an energy within the center of the robot.

"He's not. I sense another energy source in there but it's faint and a bit weak."

Qrow:"You bastard!"

Chase simply laughed and Qrow tried to jump off the catwalk onto the robot but I held him back.

"We can't rush in until we know a certain way to get that Amber lady out of the robot."

He growled as we were currently stumped.