As the gears and their other comrades are awake and ready to see what Baird has come up with to stop the Locust once and for all.

Bejnamin: Any day now Baird.

Baird: Get off my back will ya?

Marcus: You haven't come up with anything have you?

Baird: *sighs* No I haven't, it's difficult for me alone to come up with something, that's why I wish there was another scientific mind here besides me.

Yang: The only other one I can think of is Ironwood, since he likes making weapons.

Ruby: Ya, maybe he can be of some help again.

Clayton: Well what are we waiting for, let's give him a call and see what he says.

Baird:I will do that, you guys should go back out to the Locust Den and see if anything changed.

Benjamin: Alright, we will go scout some more.

Clayton: Everyone gather your guns and ammo, we are scouting again.

Nora: Ahhhh but that's so boooorrriinnng.

Ren: You'd rather have them shoot at us?

Nora:Least I will be able to use the boomshot again.

Blake: I cannot believe the Queen Of The Castle is bloodthirsty.

Yang: What did you do Ren?

Ren glances over.

Ren: Me? I didn't do anything.

Nora: And that's the issue.

Ren: Oh come on, That's not fair, didn't we do that enough be- you mean I didn't make you pancakes right?

Nora: Both.

Ren: Oh gee ya of course you'd say that.

Benjamin: Ah let's leave you two off the scouting party for now, the rest of you let's go.

Members of Delta and Team RWBY head out to the bullhead and go to the Locust Den and approach on foot on top of a hill and survey the area.

Marcus: Still movment down there, but they haven't attacked Vacuo yet.

Blake: Then what are they waiting for...

Cole: Marcus, didn't Baird get captured by the Locust at one moment?

Marcus:...Ya he did..maybe they are taking people instead of attacking, that's how they could be gathering their numbers again..but they don't have a Que....unless.

Clayton:You don't mean Myrrha do you?

Cole: I thought she wouldn't find her way here to this world, why now all the sudden.

Benjamin: Well they might be getting to attack now. look!

They look back at the Den and see Locust troops moving out.

Marcus: Wait something doesn't add up...how wouldn't Vacuo get suspicious of Locust moving around their area?

Blake: That's a good question...I'm gonna go check one of the homes close by and see if anyone is inside.

Benjamin: Be careful Blake.

Blake: I will Ben.

As Blake sneaks her way to a house close by and peeks into the window and see nobody is home and that their items are still in place as if nothing has been touched.

Blake: That's odd..nobody home and there aren't any signs of a struggle or bullet holes.

Blake sneaks to another house and gets the same result, Blake begins to worry a bit and makes her way back to Ben and the rest of the Scouting Party.

Benjmain: Blake, what's the news?

Blake: I checked two houses...nobody insight and their items are all in place as if nothing happened.

Marcus: Then it sounds like they are taking people in their sleep...Ah this is bad.

Clayton: Are they trying to just take prisoners? Or are they gathering their forces?

Marcus:From what I remember, I think they are gathering their numbers.

Cole:How though? I thought they needed to "process" people for that.

Yang: Why did you say it like that?

Cole: Baird was captured by them before and he mentioned that they were gonna process him or whatever they meant by it.

Ruby: This does seem bad but what if they can be saved?

Marcus: Some can be saved but not all of them, we don't know how long the Locust have been here and taking people.

Weiss: We can at least try right?

Benjamin: Yes but we need Ren and Nora, they would wanna take a shot at this as well.

Clayton: Agreed, let's head back and give the news to Baird.

They all nod and get back onto the dropship and fly back to Beacon, as they landed, they make their way to the war room is what Ben likes to call it.

Benjmain opens the door to see Baird talking to Ironwood in person.

Benjamin: Baird, we confirmed that the Locusts are taking people from their homes but are unsure for the purpose.

Baird: Thats fan-frigging-tastic guys, we are hitting that den right?

Ironwood: Is there anything I can do to help with that?

Baird:Actually you could maybe bombard the den, give them a distraction so we can sneak in?

Ironwood: With extreme prejudice.

Ironwood gets the coordinates from Baird and leaves to his dropship and heads back to his command ship.

Baird: Nora, Ren. Lets go, we are hitting the Locust den to see if we can save some people.

Nora:Yes finally!

Ren: Lemme get my rifle.

As they all gear up and head out to the ship to be dropped off before the den, Baird makes a call to Ironwood to start his bombardment.

Ironwood acknowledges it and commands his ship to fire all batteries at the den.

Pilot: Alright Delta, your drop zone is coming up, once you are boots on the ground I am out of here.

Benjamin: Acknowledged pilot, fly safe.

Pilot:Always Benjamin always.

As the team was dropped off the pilot flew off, they watched Ironwood's ship batter the den non-stop.

Benjamin:Quick before Ironwood destroys the whole place.

They all move in to the rear of the den they scouted earlier.

Baird: Ironwood call off the guns, we made it inside, repeat call off the guns and get out of here.

Ironwood:You got it Baird, calling off guns and withdrawing. Please save as many as you can Delta.

Benjamin: Will do Ironwood.

As Ironwood's ship withdrew, Delta slowly make their advance further in seeing the old prison pods that Baird was stuck in at one point.

Baird:Oh no fuck those pods, stale ass air and gets so hot.

Yang: Marcus can we shove him back in?

Baird's eyes go wide:What? No no don't touch me.

Marcus: No Yang we cannot. We need him.

Yang:Aww we do?

Benjamin: Yang.

Yang:Yes boss, you got it.

As they continue on in, they noticed the Locust are patrolling looking for any enemies or escapees.

Baird: Man they are still ugly..

Cole:You read my mind Baird.

Benjmain: We can either let them pass or engage them, your call girls and Ren.

Ren: Gee thanks.

The girls nod to engage.

Ren: Lets kick their ass.

Marcus: Alright then let's do it.

Ren peeks first and snipes the Drone in front instantly killing him as the other Drones scattered for cover and Delta and RWBY open fire on them.

As the Drones are seeking cover and attempt to fire back blindly, Benjamin moves up and tosses a frag and the frag kills two Drones that were in cover in front of him. Marcus moves up with the others and then he moves out of cover and mantles over the Drone's cover kicking him in the face and chainsaws the other Drone who was surprised by the sudden appearance of Marcus, after chainsawing the first Drone, Marcus focuses his attention to the Drone that was stunned by the kick to the face and he pulls out his knife and stabs the grub right in the forehead and twists the blade left and right and then pulls it out as the Drone falls dead.

Benjamin: Show off.

Marcus: That's how it's done rook.

Baird: Oh joy a training session, can we go now please?

Marcus: Shut up Baird.

Ruby: What are we waiting for? Let's go!

Ruby rushes ahead of the others and a sniper round whizzes past her and she squeals and takes cover immediately.

Ren: I got this one.

Ren joins Ruby in her cover and he peeks out and gets a sight line on the enemy sniper and Ren scopes in and fires earning a headshot on the sniper.

Ruby: Thanks Ren.

Ren: Maybe we should stick together ya?

Ruby: Ya sorry Benjamin.

Benjamin: It's fine but if you get killed your sister would end me if your uncle doesn't first.

Yang: He's right Ruby.

Ruby sighs.

Benjamin: But with that aside let's see about saving these people if we can let's move Delta.

Cole: Ah shit here we go again.

Nora: Aw come on Cole Train, it won't be that bad will it?

Cole: We'll see about that, but I just hope we can get to these people before it's too late.

Blake: We'll make it.

Ruby: Ya we can do it.

Benjamin: As I said before let's move out!

As they head deeper into the den they are opening the metal pods in hopes for survivors but they keep coming up empty.

Clayton: I'm not liking this Ben.

Benjamin: Neither am I...let's check another section and make sure I fear there may be more here too much ground for us to cover.

Marcus: I agree, let's check out that other section and see if we come up with anyone, if we can't then we may need Ironwood to lend some help.

Baird: I don't wanna bother the general anymore than I already have.

Yang: Baird, the general would be glad to help us out, how else would he get to show off his military power?

Baird: True, okay I'm sold. We will see about the general coming back and hitting this place again if we don't have survivors.

As they search the next section and come up empty, they all head out the way they came in and head back to Beacon.

Baird: What if we left someone behind?

Marcus: Baird we checked all we could...that place was huge, and we don't know when they started their "process" of people.

Blake sighs.

Yang: Blake?

Blake: Still feels wrong to walk out of there.

Benjamin: Marcus is right, if we had the man power to search the whole place and find people we would do that, but since we didn't and the Locust are in huge numbers there, we'd be outgunned and outnumbered.

Blake: Ya you're right.

Benjamin: But with General Ironwood's help, we could at least take out a huge number of Locusts before going back.

Baird: Going back? You mean to the den?

Benjamin: Yes, going back to the den and search for survivors.

Marcus: You don't wanna feel like you abandoned their people just like the COG done to theirs.

Benjamin: Exactly.

Marcus: I can respect that, if we go back I'm in.

Cole: Me too.

Baird: Here here *as he waves his hand*

The girls all nod in agreement as does Ren.

Benjamin: Well seeing that it's about that time, I suggest we all turn in and get some rest and maybe train tomorrow before hitting that den again after Ironwood hammers it again.

All of them: Yes sir.

Clayton: I'm older than you squirt.

Benjamin: I outrank you.

Clayton: That may be true but whose bigger?

Benjamin: You.

Clayton: But I will follow your orders Boss, I just gotta give you a hard time little dude.

Benjamin: Ya ya.

As they all turn in for the night, some struggle to sleep as others are *loud snoring* as others are *loud snoring* As others are fast asleep. *peers at Yang and Nora*. Those who are struggling are out chatting in the hallway or by the fountain outside.

As always Lord Death signing off, please do lemme know if you all enjoyed this chapter.