Hey guys! I'm REALLY sorry about this extremely late chapter. Writing just hasn't been a priority as of late, what with my college classes and all the new video games that have been out lately. Especially Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, that game is incredibly addictive. By the way, shoutout to KingFrancisX for reminding me to get off my butt and do something with this story.

So, without further ado, let's get into the chapter!

Beacon Academy, Tails' workshop, 8 am.

"So now we know that Eggman's location is somewhere within Mountain Glenn?" asked Amy as Yang finished updating everyone on what she, Qrow, and Shadow did the previous night. "What's so special about that place anyways?"

"Doctor Oobleck spoke about it a few times in class," Pyrrha responded. "It was supposed to be an expansion of Vale that ultimately failed because it didn't have much protection from the Creatures of Grimm. It was abandoned several years ago after many attacks that ended up killing most of the people there."

"Sounds about as cheerful as my home time, except Iblis and his creatures are gone," Silver said grimly. "Your monsters are still around."

Aeromi, who was projecting her avatar from a nearby desk, spoke up. "I've been digging into the information gathered by Junior, and he's done several supply runs southeast of Vale. Someone else takes them from him and sends them outside the kingdom."

The sound of a keyboard tapping away drew everyone's attention to Tails. The fox put his scroll on the desk, which projected a few statistical analyses. "Additionally, Grimm numbers seem to be unusually high in that area, and they've recently increased even more."

"Check out the dates on those estimates," Rouge said, pointing a finger at one of the figures. "That was the day after we attacked Eggman in Forever Fall."

"Eggman could probably attract more Grimm on his own than Torchwick and the White Fang combined," Sonic commented, earning a few chuckles.

"Based on the data collected, the probability that Eggman is located in Mountain Glenn is 93.7% in favor," droned Omega. "Likelihood of Vale criminal network also present, 83.9%."

"So all of our enemies are in one location," Ren concluded. "But how can we act on this information without alerting them?"

After several minutes of pondering, Ruby raised her hand excitedly. "I know! We'll mail ourselves there!"

"Mail ourselves to an abandoned city filled with Grimm, criminals, and robots, all of which want to kill us?" asked Blaze, sweatdropping with the rest of the room. "Well, they certainly wouldn't expect that, but let's try and come up with a better plan."

"Isn't the duty of Huntsmen and Huntresses to keep the Creatures of Grimm in check?" asked Amy. After a chorus of agreements from the Beacon Students, the hedgehog continued to talk. "Seems to me that a mission into those parts wouldn't really be out of place."

"You're certainly right about that… But the teachers would never let us first-year students go to a place that dangerous without a Huntsman," Weiss pointed out.

Yang grinned and crossed her arms in a triumphant pose. "I think Ruby and I can arrange that."

Beacon, Team RWBY's room, 9:30 P.M.

"Let me get this straight… you want me to do what?"

"Uncle Qrow, come on! We know where Eggman and Torchwick is!" exclaimed Ruby. The young Huntress paced back and forth excitedly as she told Qrow about the secret location. The rest of Team RWBY was with her, as well as Sonic and Tails. "We could end this right now!"

The older Huntsman leaned forward in his chair. "You do realize that you're still only first-year students, right? You're not ready for this. You guys, though…" He glanced at the Mobian hedgehog and fox. "You may have fought him on your home turf, but you're on a different world with different rules. Do you honestly think that you can fight him in a full-scale battle without causing widespread panic?"

Sonic thought back to his past adventures. "Eggman's always been the one to cause a panic, but there was that time when everyone thought I was Shadow and arrested me. That did shock the world for a while."

"Wait, how did they mistake you for that emo hedgehog?"

The Blue Blur shrugged. "To this day, I still don't have an answer to that. It's one of life's great mysteries."

Qrow chuckled a bit before continuing his tangent. "So Eggman's always been the first to declare his plans to the public before you step in," he summarized. "That's not gonna fly with Ozpin."

"Statistically speaking, we have a better chance of catching him off guard now than later," Tails reasoned. "In theory, an attack now after losing his base in Forever Fall will be very effective against him."

"Not to mention that the Atlesian army really did a number against his forces," added Weiss.

"Oh yeah? What about Torchwick? What about the White Fang?" Qrow countered. "If I recall, they covered Eggman's retreat from Forever Fall, and they're definitely no pushovers."

"But that's why we need to finish this!" Blake exclaimed hotly. "If they continue to work together, Vale is still in danger!"

"Not just the kingdom, the entire world," added Sonic. "Eggface won't just stop after Vale is conquered."

"Or he'll lose control of Dralux's energy and end up destroying everything. That possibility is not unreasonable," said Tails, remembering the whole Perfect Chaos incident.

"Either way, sitting on this information about where he is right now doesn't seem right to me," said Yang. "Uncle Qrow, Huntsmen and Huntresses are needed to keep the Grimm down around Mountain Glenn anyways, If we went with you-"

"Then our enemies will no doubt recognize you and the Mobians and will act." Qrow lifted his flask to take a sip, but only a few drops of liquid came out. "Damn, need to get a refill. At any rate, you're not ready for something of this scale. And Sonic, you and your friends are too visible. You'll never get close to the base without making some kind of alert."

"So what do you propose we do," Weiss demanded. "We can't just sit here and do nothing."

"You can and you will," the Huntsman sighed softly. "I need you all ready to protect the citizens when it hits the fan. It's not the most exciting part of being a Huntress, but not everything is about adventure and killing Grimm.

"Oh don't worry about nothing being done about Eggman, Torchwick, or their allies," he said as he got up from his chair. "In fact, after I tell Ozpin what you told me, I'll be heading out again."

Qrow gave them an evil smirk. "Seems that Doctor Eggman doesn't know about Qrow Branwen, and it'd be such a shame if I didn't get back at him for attacking my nieces."

A bit of a shorter chapter, I know, but I haven't gotten back into writing that much just yet. I have no idea when the next chapter will be posted, nor do I know how many chapters in total this story will be. But I'll try to do more writing when I can so you guys have a shorter wait.