Road to Exile Ch. 1: New Employers

Alright, I got this thing up. For those of you who are unaware, this is the second story in the series without a name that I'm doing. It's a sequel to Path to Redemption, so go power through that one real fast. Getting on with this, the timeline is pretty much immediately after Path to Redemption concludes. There might be a few minutes that I leave out, but otherwise pretty immediate. The attention might be slightly taken away from the twins and placed more on some of the others, but I hope to still have them as the primary characters. So let's get going.

The twins were lead down a long hallway by Torchwick. Despite having already met who their employers were to be, the three of them wanted to head back into their room.

"Pick up the pace," Torchwick growled. Melanie quickly jumped ahead of him, while Miltia slid underneath him. "So this is your personality. I think that's what they were hoping for. Now, if you'll let me lead." Melanie and Miltia stepped aside, and let Torchwick step in front of them. They continued to trail along, until they reached a the last doorway on the right.

"Right this way," Torchwick said with a wicked grin. He gestured for both of them to enter in, and smiled as they passed him. "Do not expect an easy time. Oh no that would ruin their fun."

Bullhead

It was a quiet trip back to Beacon for them. Reflecting on what they had just seen, nothing made sense. The twins both just up and left their contract, the one thing that they felt confident that they'd never do. What was worse was that it looked like it was them to kill Wallace, not Torchwick. None of this was easy to erase from their brains, but all of it was going to be difficult to explain to Ozpin.

Unknown Location

The twins entered into the room, and looked across from the table that was laid out in front of them. There were three people standing there, and a single map laid out over the table. On top of that map were papers. Lots, and lots of papers.

"And so you have found your way over to me," the one in red said, her eyes glowing in the light. "Welcome to your new home."

"It's not our new home until we see a contract," Miltia said confidently.

"And despite these papers, we don't see a contract for us," Melanie continued. The woman in red gestured for the man to hand over papers, which he did so readily. The twins looked at the figure at the bottom, and raised their eyebrows.

"Is their a problem?" The woman in red asked teasingly. She already knew the answer she was going to get.

"This figure seems a little high," Miltia said slowly.

"Any reason for it?" Melanie asked.

"Do you wish for me to lower the price?" The woman in red asked. Both of them shook their heads, causing her to smile. "Well, you're ruthless. I've seen your handiwork make headlines, something that is a good thing for us. As personal bodyguards you're more then capable. The only thing that might scare us would be you leaving Beacon for us, but we know that your contract ran out. Ours will be renewed more frequently, have no fears of that. Do you think you can do what it is that we'll ask of you?" Both twins nodded, and the woman handed both of them pens. The twins quickly signed, and handed back the contract to her.

"Thank you," she said easily.

"No, thank you Ms. Fall," both twins said in unison.

"Let us dispense with the formalities. Just refer to me as Cinder."

Beacon Academy: Ozpin's Office

Team RWBY silently entered into the office, and sat down across from Ozpin. The headmaster turned to face them, and sighed at them.

"I take it no one else made it?" He asked sadly.

"Not to here," Ruby replied cryptically. Ozpin leaned forward, and waited for the whole story. "Team ASSN and team WALL both died. The twins, they... They abandoned us at the end of the mission. We have reasons to believe that they aided Torchwick in his escape and killed Wallace." Ozpin just sat across from the desk, and slowly processed the information handed too him.

"So they deserted us basically," Yang said angrily.

"No," Ozpin said sadly. "I should have thought this through a little bit more. The twins contract ran out yesterday. I told them to do this because I wanted a solid reason for a major pay increase. I now realize that I should have known that Torchwick would have another contract prepared."

"Wait, their contract ran out?" Weiss asked angrily. "How could you just let their contract run out? I thought you liked what they did?"

"I did," Ozpin said slowly. "But, I still had no reason for a major pay increase. But now, all of this is irrelevant. The twins have turned from our best asset, to our worst enemy. They know our ins and outs, and I'd be surprised if they weren't already making a move."

Unknown Location

Torchwick stopped outside of the room that he had been pre-designated for the twins, and opened up the door.

"I'm sure you'll be fine with your accommodations," Torchwick said easily.

"So this is your role?" Miltia asked.

"Tour guide?" Melanie continued.

"My role is exactly as your role will be," Torchwick replied with as much ease as before. "I do whatever it is that Cinder asks of me. Right now, that would be getting you to your rooms. Now, I have to go do something else. So my request of you is simple. Remember your place." With that, Torchwick turned away from them. The twins really didn't care, and just entered into their rooms.

It was large, with once again, separate beds. They both had their own dresser, desk, weapons rack, cleaner, sharpener, and a shared bathroom. They took time to inspect the cleaning station, noticing how advanced it was. It looked like they could just place their weapons inside of it, and wait for them to clean.

Next they walked over to their desks, and looked over it again. They both pressed on a button that was laid out for them, and a three screen display of scrolls popped up. Both of them smiled in satisfaction, but then checked the time. It was getting late, thus meaning that they probably had to sleep. Unless they received a message, of course. They quickly climbed into their beds, and turned out the lights.

"This is going to be fun," Miltia said wickedly.

"Even fewer restrictions and more action," Melanie continued. Both of them were thinking of just what they would do.

End: Starting off really short, but I hope to pick up the length. Questions, comments, follows, favorites, and feedback is appreciated.