Hey guys I apologize to those who were enjoying my previous version of The Black Prince of Remnant before I decided to do another reboot of the story. I thought I could do better with it this time around compared to the previous two attempts. As a way of apologizing until I release the re-updated edition, here is a newly remastered version of the preview chapter I originally posted for the second version of the story but with slight changes and better writing. I decided to do this since today was the day the sponsors got to see what the first episode of RWBY Volume 3 was before the general public got the chance.
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Beacon Academy, Vale
"Wait here while I check ahead," Ruby told the group of students behind her as she readied Crescent Rose and leaned around the corner. A single squad is all that's standing in our way to the landing pad, Ruby thought as she reloaded her scythe with tranquilizer rounds and took aim at who she though was the squad leader.
Hearing the crack of Ruby's scythe firing, the Britannian squad split apart to pin Ruby down and attempt to flank her.
"This is Phalanx Two calling in back up. I repeat this is Phalanx Two requesting assistance, we are under attack by codename: Crimson Thorn," The second in command of the squad said over the radio with his message being received by both another squad and a Britannian VTOL.
Despite being under heavy assault rifle fire, Ruby kept firing until a bullet from the soldiers trying to flank her barely missed. Taking care not to accidently hit a hiding student, Ruby fired her scythe behind her and propelled herself in the direction of the flankers in a mixture of ballistics and her own semblance. Calming herself down so that she would have complete control over the scythe, Ruby carefully swung her weapon to either block or misdirect all the point blank shots taken at her and effortlessly knock out her attackers at the same time.
Realizing that he was the last standing soldier of his squad, Phalanx Two threw a chaos mine where Ruby was, hoping to at least slow the huntress down. Ruby noticed less than a second before the mine would explode but managed to intercept it with a single rifle round.
"Phalanx Two this is Harpy Three we have visual on the target and about to engage," The VTOL pilot stated as the gunner opened fire with the nose mounted machine gun on the lone huntress.
I need to find better cover and get these underclassmen out of here fast! Ruby thought to herself as she moved behind a stone pillar that was beginning to shatter under the heavy machine gun fire.
"The target is hiding behind those pillars," Phalanx Two shouted over the radio so that the newly arriving squad knew where Ruby was hiding. Seeing the reinforcements arrive and no way to take them out without exposing herself to the VTOL, Ruby mouthed to the students in hiding to get out there now. Unforntuately one of the more reckless and idiotic students misinterpreted her order at 'take out the helicopter.'
Unaware of the idiot's misunderstanding, Ruby waited until the VTOL stopped firing and moved out from around the pillar holding her scythe in such a way that she should be able to hit the cockpit with the tranquilizers. I just hope I bought them enough time, Ruby thought to herself as her tranquilizers harmlessly bounce off the reinforced glass and the machine gun fire was about to hit her.
"I am not letting you beat Ruby so easily today," Ruby heard after she shut her eyes to face her inevitable death. Barely opening her eyes, Ruby saw Jaune using his shield to shield Ruby from all the bullets that would have depleted Ruby's and killed her.
How the hell is he lasting so long against the machine gun? Harpy Three thought to herself as a missile lock alarm went off. She only had moments to react before the idiotic underclassman fired a FIM-43 Redeye surface-to-air missile at the VTOL.
Watching in horror as his air support was knocked out of the sky by the missile hitting the tail of the aircraft as well as the arrival or more hunters, Phalanx Two fired his rifle at the center of the underclassman' chest and watching as the student fell over.
Filling with rage at the underclassman being attacked, Ruby launched herself at Phalanx Two with enough speed to send the unfortunate soldier flying away from the landing pad.
"Yeah no need to thank me, I just took who knows how many bullets for you." Jaune said as he leaned on his sword that was jabbed into the ground to support his tired body.
"Where have you been? I thought you would have been long gone by now?" Ruby asked the leader of team JNPR who only pointed in the direction of where the second Britannian squad was supposed to be attacking them only to have been swiftly defeated by Pyrrha.
"I couldn't just leave my team behind and fight while I ran away now can I?" Jaune said while Pyrrha walked over to life him and up and help regain his strength. Their rest was short lived however as one of the doors of the crashed VTOL flew open and a single figured jumped out and slowly started to walk towards the trio.
"Look out we have another incoming hostile," Pyrrha said as she and Ruby started to fire at the figure who effortlessly blocked each shot with his hidden sword. "I've got him," Jaune said as he charged towards their attacker. "What in the world?" Jaune asked as the swordsman sidestepped Jaune's swing and smashed his elbow into the younger boy's neck knocking him out of the fight.
"My name is Jeremiah Gottwald and in the name of the emperor I hearby order you to surrender," Jeremiah shouted as the two girls reloaded their guns.
"I will take your silence as a rejection," Jeremiah said as he charged towards Pyrrha. She mostly uses her semblance to redirect attacks from weapons made of metal so if I don't take her out first then this could be a very one sided match,Jeremiah thought as he used his semblance canceler to even the field against the Spartan.
Realizing that she couldn't get a good shot thanks to his close proximity to Pyrrha, Ruby rushed to check on the injured student while Pyrrha took on the cyborg.
"I don't think I am going to make it, that bullet hit several organs and I am probably not going to make it out of the school," the boy moaned only to get a slap from his teammate. "Quit being so dramatic, that bullet only left a minor bruise and your aura kept you from getting into any more serious pain."
Seeing that the student was okay, Ruby quickly rushed back to where Pyrrha was being overpowered by the knight.
Being caught in a daze from being punched in the face, Pyrrha barely had time to redirect Jeremiah's blade from slicing her in half though it did cut her breastplate in such a way that her armor simply fell apart leaving her in only her clothes she wore under the armor.
"Watch out," being shouted by Ruby to warn Pyrrha was enough of a distraction for Jeremiah to grab Pyrrha's arm and twist in such a way to force Pyrrha to stumble in front of Jeremiah exposing her back which was quickly slashed, thus forcing the Spartan out of the fight. So that is the power of the head of the royal guard, Pyrrha though to herself before crumbling unconscious on the ground.
Filling with rage over both of her friends being defeated without the opponent breaking a sweat, Ruby launched into a rage not unlike her sister when she loses a piece of hair. All of her blows were effortless parried by Jeremiah until they both heard a beeping noise and saw a grenade laying on the ground between them. They barely had time to lock eyes in confusion as they were both launched into separate pillars.
"Sorry about that," one of the underclassmen from what Ruby recognized as team RDDD said as he lobbed another grenade while following his other two team members who were trying to provide the huntress with support.
"Us and team BLLE decided to put our rivalry away for a little while to help you lead the others to safety," the leader of team RDDD said as he fired his shotgun and pointed towards where the other team was helping Pyrrha and Jaune off the ground while also firing at the Britannian.
"Team PRFL is trying to figure out how to fly and land one of the Bullheads to evacuate us all," The leader of team BLLE said firing a sniper rifle only to miss Jeremiah but about twenty feet. "Are you sure you aren't blind?" one of the members of team RDDD heckled as he missed with a rocket launcher.
There are just too many of these hunters, Jeremiah thought to himself as he pressed a button that would signal the Sutherland Sieg to pick him up and evacuate.
"Score one for the guys at Beacon," the grenadier shouted after Jeremiah retreated from the school and a large bullhead being piloted by their upperclassmen that was still underclassmen to Ruby landed. "What did I miss?" Jaune asked rubbing the back of his neck since he just now recovered from the blow from Jeremiah.
"We won here against the cyborg guard assassin guy but the fighting in Vale is getting even heavier," Ruby said pointing out where a large explosion erupted from somewhere in the city. "Did you heard from the others before you came to help me," Ruby asked the duo after the underclassmen patched and woke up Pyrrha.
"Weiss is trying her best to try to prevent the cannons on the Caerleon class airships from blowing up the city. Nora and Ren were busy with Glouchesters and other Knightmares. Yang is currently on the warpath fighting way to the G-1 base so she can have a rematch with Cornelia. Blake's location, as well as Sun and Neptune, is unknown." Pyrrha explained as Jaune was still trying to catch his breath.
"I didn't expect for us to be part of one of the first battles of what is looking like the next Great War, especially in our third year," Jaune wheezed trying to unsuccessfully pop his neck.
"Not to mention that it was started by someone we thought we were close to as well." Ruby lamented once the Bullhead with the younger students started to take off.
"Hey have you guys heard from Team CVFY," Ruby asked unaware of what has become of the upperclassmen.
"They vanished a few days ago though they might have defected over to the HBE since there are rumors that Coco is a duchess or something else now." Pyrrha said giving her guess for what happened to the elite team that was nowhere to be seen or heard from.
"The fighting is the heaviest in the city so that's where we should be headed," Jaune said as he guided the trio over to the last bullhead that hadn't evacuated yet. As soon as they were in the air they were horrified to see three Caerleons move away from the city and fire at the school they have lived at for the past few years.
G-1 Forward ground operating base, Vale
Yang Xaio Long usually enjoyed a good street fight during the day on a Sunday afternoon, but what Yang didn't like was when the thugs were the personal guards of the Britannian Royal Family. There was one good thing about this though, these guys belonged to Cornelia so if she can beat these losers, she then might have a chance to take out Cornelia. If that happened then she might be able to give Vale and Atlas and edge in this battle.
If I don't stop her before the Mistral forces come to help us, they might just fall for a trap she or the emperor could have placed. Yang thought as she pummeled the last of the Glaston Knights into an unconscious state.
"Hope you sleep well," The blonde boxer said as she gave the last knight a swift uppercut launching him a few feet in the air and several yards away. "Well I hope I get a better welcoming party then that," Yang jokingly complained as she proceeded down the hallway leaving a trail of groaning guards behind her.
Once she reached the room right before the command center, she groaned as she recognized the sole occupant of the room, Gilbert G.P. Guilford.
"Didn't you learn your lesson last time we fought and I even went easy on you," Yang inquired as she slowly strutted towards the older man.
"I will not let you get past me and challenge my lady." Guilford said as he quickly dodged the first punch of Yang's before slamming the hilt of his sword, a replica of his Knightmare Frame's MVS, into Yang's gut. Yang reeled back from the pain in her stomach. Using the anger that was building inside her at how Cornelia is so close but her knight of honor is blocking her path, Yang reloaded her gauntlets and charged at the knight.
Realizing what her plan was partially, Guilford pushed Yang's arms in different directions right before they fired and tried to slash her before Yang revealed her true target. What Guilford didn't realize until then was that Yang was trying to shatter the knight's sword leaving the man defenseless.
Swiftly trying to dodge what he thought was a punch, Guilford ducked his head down only to feel severe pain when Yang used both gauntlets to smash her elbows down on the knight's back forcing him into an unconscious state.
"I think he was more of a push over this time around," Yang thought as she walked up to the door before 'knocking kindly.' "Anyone home?" Yang asked as she smugly walked into the room after launching the door against the opposite wall.
Standing in her regal purple and white outfit was Princess Cornelia li Britannia, Chief General of the Britannian Armed Forces. If I can take her down now then not only will I have payback but also be able to lend a hand to the others, Yang thought once Cornelia noticed her.
"So it was you who was wiping the floor with my men. Well I'm sorry but the princess will be capturing the dragon this time around," Cornelia said as she pulled her sword-gun out of the holster.
"Well you know dragons like to collect and steal what interest them. For me it is the victory for Vale," Yang replied as she barreled towards the Second Princess. Narrowly avoiding the other girl's fists, Cornelia stepped to the side and tried to slash Yang's arms who twisted out of the way.
The two continued to trade sword blows for punches until Yang started to use her semblance to hit harder and faster. I can't last much longer like this, Cornelia thought before getting an idea. Unfortunately that idea came a tenth of a second before Yang bent over beneath the princess and launched out of the closest window and onto the ground outside the G-1.
"Let's see here, if I was some kind of general like Ironwood or Cornelia, where would I hide the maps?" Yang asked herself as she moved over to a control panel and randomly started to press buttons. Suddenly a large projector slid out from a panel and showed holograms of the city of Vale with the Atlesian-Vale forces colored red and the Britannian forces blue.
Why are the forces from Mistral that is about to arrive at the docks blue? I thought things have changed between the kingdom and the empire? Yang thought to herself as the roof shook above her. Yang looked up and saw the shake was due to a pair of slash harkens being imbedded in the ceiling. "You have got to be kidding me," Yang yelled as she turned her bruised body in the direction of where she launched Cornelia to see the princess' personal Knightmare Frame rise to the window with an assault rifle in one hand and the jousting lance in the other.
"Let's see how you do against this," Cornelia said spraying the command center of the G-1 with her assault rifle as well as some explosives. Even with her aura to protect her, Yang's left arm broke from her being flung across the room by an explosive.
"Contact Schneizel and tell him we need him to dispatch a Caerleon to pick us up since the G-1 was destroyed," Cornelia said once she stopped firing. "I am not through yet!" Yang screamed as she tried to use her only good arm to propel herself towards the machine only to be caught by the outstretched prongs of Cornelia's lance. "It's time you learn your place," the purple haired princess said flinging Yang to the edge of the woods with several patrols worth of soldiers on her trail.
I have to get out of here and warn the others, Yang thought as she cradled her broken arm and ran into the woods praying that the Grimm would get the Britannians before they reached her.
Streets of Vale, Vale
Nora was having fun beating the crap out the Britannians that were marching down the street to where she and Ren were trying to hold a barricade along with some Atlesian Knights. "Ren when we graduate do you think we could talk Weiss into buying one of these for me," the ginger asked as she fired a missile barrage at a trio of Gloucesters while inside her 'borrowed' Atlesian Paladin.
"Nora now is not the time to be wondering such things," Ren shouted as he used his aura to blast a hole through one of the recently released Vincent Ward model Knightmare Frames. "Come on Ren if I asked nicely do you think she would get me one?"
"Nora can we talk about this later and give me a hand here?" Ren asked as several Glouchesters barely missed him with their slash harkens. "Sure thing and boop," Nora said slamming the fist into one of the first of the Knightmare frames so hard it caused a domino effect with the others.
"Well I think we are in the clear for now," Nora said as several dozen Atlesian knights and Atlesian soldiers via VTOLs and Bullheads to provide support.
Before Ren and Nora could relax because of the additional support, Nora's Paladin flashed an alert saying something about an energy chain reaction. Without warning Ren, Nora scooped up her partner and rushed down the street away from the reinforcements as a massive black and red beam destroyed the Atlesians.
"Tag you're dead," Anya said over the speaker of her Knightmare as she piloted the Mordred to chase Nora. So that's the power of the Knights of the Round on the battlefield, Ren noted as he opened fire on the Mordred hoping that Anya would keep the shields up. "See if you can find a hole in the armor," Nora said as she cursed Atlas for sacrificing their machines' flight opportunity in exchange for weaponry.
"I only have a few magazines left before I'm out," Ren said secretly thanking Atlas for making the paladins fast compared to the Mordred and some other flight enable Knightmares.
"I've got an idea but hang on and take cover," Nora told her partner with a wicked grin and took a turn sharper than even Gino could do in the Tristan. Anya wasn't as lucky since the Mordred couldn't maneuver as well and smashed into a skyscraper which slightly damaged the float system and trapping the machine and pilot in the building for now.
"Now's our chance," Nora said unleashing most of the remaining missiles to destroy the Mordred once and for all. "Not so fast there," a voice said as machine gun fire could be heard intercepting the missiles before they could hit. Realizing before Nora what just happened, Ren quickly jumped off the Paladin and rushed to somewhere safe but close enough to help possibly.
"Have you no sense of pride, Nora - attacking a defenseless, imprisoned woman?" Gino commented as he did another flyby in the Tristan's fortress mode. Nora tried to shoot the Knightmare out of the sky only to have the left arm shot off by the machine guns.
"We both know the only honor I have is that of being the biggest eater of Ren's pancakes," Nora declared launching the last of the missiles at the transforming Knightmare. Gino quickly switched out of fortress mode and vaporized the missiles with the Tristan's energy beam.
"Come me fight me like a man so I can actually have the chance to break your legs," Nora shouted as she fired the arm cannon at Gino's float system to try and level the playing field. "Nora if I come down there it wouldn't be nearly as fun," Gino taunted without lowering the altitude of the Tristan.
"Yang may be able to punch a bird out the sky but I can at least drag a cocky one down to the ground," Nora said rushing the Knightmare and jumping just high enough to grab hold of its leg and bringing the machine down to earth with it.
"I never did like the architecture of this building," Anya said as she fired the Stark Hadron cannon in the structure she was in, causing the building to collapse and the Mordred to rotate mid fall and blow up a Caerleon Airship.
"REN!" Nora screamed as the rubble fell around where Ren was hiding but she was relieved when he crawled out from hiding and fainted like how he usually does after battles. At least he is safe, Nora thought before the Tristan skewered her Paladin on his polearm.
"Goodbye," Anya said as she fired the Stark Hadron Cannon at where the Paladin stood, blowing the machine up. Unbeknownst to them however, Nora managed to escape the explosion by getting out of the cockpit and propelling herself into the air with Magnhild.
Unfortunately the landing wasn't nearly as subtle as the escape since Gino and Anya both detected Nora crashing into the middle of a warehouse at the end of the street. "I hope she had a soft landing," Gino said sincerely before hearing what sounded like an energy weapon charging up. Anya and Gino barely had time to move out of the way before the warehouse doors flew off their hinges and a red and black walker exited.
"Is that one of those old Atlesian spider tanks?" Gino asked before he had to put the Blaze Luminous shields to max to counter the barrage of blasts from Nora's Spider tank. "How do you like me now," Nora jokingly asked as she had the machine slowly walk towards the Knight of Three and increasing the rate of fire.
"Which is stronger: you tank or my cannon?" Anya asked as she prepared the cannon to relieve Gino of pressure. Nora managed to have the cannons combine for one giant shot that even though it didn't overpower the Stark Hadron Cannon, it managed to disrupt the blast enough to scatter it instead of impacting her.
Gino tried to take advantage of Anya's distraction of Nora only for the girl to remember what Blake said the last time she fought a spider tank. Right when Gino was about to slash the machine with the MVS Polearm, Nora did something that the Knight of Three would never expect: Nora's tank head butted the Tristan and actually damaged the Knightmare's head and targeting system.
Taking advantage of the confused state Gino was in, Nora had one of the legs kick the Knight into the building down the street with enough force to disable the Tristan for the rest of the battle. "I will have to commit this battle to memory," Anya said firing the Stark Hadron Cannon again but missing.
Seeing if she could repeat the same trick on the Mordred from earlier but slightly different, Nora fired at the building behind the Mordred in an attempt to collapse it on top of the Knight of Six. That building isn't going to come down in time before she can fire again I am going to need a new angle of approach, Nora thought before an idea came to mind.
Nora had all the cannons combine to fire one large blast right at the center of the Mordred hoping Anya would fall for the bait. Not realizing that it was a trap, Anya raised the Blaze Luminous and was flung into the sabotaged building that came crashing down on top of her and the Mordred upon impact.
Priding herself in single handily beating two of Britannia's most elite Knights, Nora went to where Ren was and brought him inside it after exiting the cockpit. "I hope Weiss isn't afraid of spiders," Nora laughed as she piloted the stolen walker towards the buildings where Weiss was attempting to hold off the Caerleons.
Rooftops, Vale
Weiss almost forgot why she hated working with the android they called Penny before she went on another friendship lecture and how she was combat ready. "We are all fully aware that your weapons and programming makes you ready for combat so can you please stop saying 'I am combat ready.'"
"Well how else am I supposed to express how I am ready for combat Ruby's friend?" Penny asked as her blades dragged a Britannian VTOL into a nearby building that was abandoned.
"I don't know but sometimes you are more annoying that Ruby, my annoying dolt of a partner."
"Please don't talk about my best friend in such a negative way, Ruby is my best friend." Penny asked with a concerned expression as Weiss froze the cannon on a Caerleon.
"I can talk about her however I want Penny, she is my partner and that gives me special privileges," Weiss countered as Penny picked them up and jumped to another rooftop to avoid being smashed by the debris of an exploding Bullhead. "You're welcome friend," Penny said before Weiss could thank her.
"HMS Gallant is locking onto our position," Penny said as a Caerleon airship opened fired on their roof. Right as Weiss put up a shield glyph, the Airship exploded leaving both Weiss and Penny puzzled since most of the Atlesian fleet was busy downtown and combating the Britannian air fleet surrounding the Avalon and Ikaruga.
"So I was going to ask Ren if you could buy me an Atlesian Paladin for my birthday in a few months or maybe for Christmas. Oh and can you get me a pink one of these instead with a built in pancake maker?" Nora asked as smoke rose from the spider walker's cannons and it continued to climb a skyscraper.
"If you can be of help with that thing I will personally buy you three custom made ones that are reasonably priced," Weiss said as Nora started blasting VTOLs out of the sky as well as Knightmare Frames equipped with float systems.
"Don't worry I won't forget because Ren always did point out I have really good memory," Nora squealed in excitement as she barely missed another Caerleon due to almost falling off the roof thanks to recoil.
Looking at his holographic map in the Avalon, Schneizel's attention was caught by something that was on the rooftops by the warehouse district. If that relic isn't destroyed our sleight of hand at the dock could be in trouble. "Have the Victory, Harbinger and the Dominator disengage combat with the Atlesian Command Ship and target the Atlesian Spider Walker by any means necessary. The walker must be disabled and pilots captured if they are on the list." The Prime minister ordered as three of the largest Caerleons ever built were beginning to move for engagement against the hunters.
"Penny if that walker gets damaged to where it is in critical condition, or it comes crashing several dozen stories to the ground, get Nora and Ren out of there without worrying about me ok?" Weiss asked upon recognizing the three airships heading in their direction.
"I will try but what if you are in danger?" Penny asked concerned about the heiress and unsure if she was about to lose a friend since Weiss was talking unusually weird.
"Pretend I am not here and just keep those two safe no matter what," Weiss told the robot. I know what your secret you are hiding from the rest of us is Nora and I will make sure nothing happens to you, Weiss thought as the Dominator got within firing range first and opened fire.
Penny blasted the Dominator in a large explosion using her beam cannon while Nora and Weiss double teamed Harbinger before it could cause any damage. The group's winning streak ran out when the Victory managed to blow up the roof that Ren and Nora's walker was on. The instability of the roof and the weight of the walker caused the machine to plummet down to the ground before Weiss could take out the cannons.
Obeying the order Weiss gave her, Penny leapt off the roof and onto the falling walker trying to make her way to where the cockpit is supposed to be. "Salutations friends," Penny said as she sliced open the cockpit like a can of sardines and threw Ren and Nora safely into the building they fell from. Penny wasn't as lucky since the walker suddenly rotated mid-air and crashed into the ground in a massive explosion catching Penny within it.
Angry at what happened to Penny, Weiss used Glyphs to move to a different rooftop and bombarded the Victory with enough glyphs to kill a herd of Goliaths. The captain of the Victory realized that death would be a better alternative than facing Schneizel's wrath for failing him for accidently killing a target, or so he thought he had. So in an attempt to take out the huntress attacking the Caerleons, the Captain of the airship ordered the helmsman to crash the ship onto the roof where Weiss was.
Being exhausted from the extreme use of her semblance, Weiss was unable to move off the roof as one of the largest Caerleons in the Britannian Air Force came crashing down onto her location with her fate being unknown to Ren and Nora who helplessly watched the battle between the lone huntress and the flying fortress.
"We have to get out of here and find the others," Ren said grabbing Nora's arm and led her to the stairwell to exit the building.
Ikaruga, Above Vale
Blake sneaked through the flagship of the emperor and became increasing suspicious by the fact that she had yet to encounter a guard while she is almost to the bridge. She tried to open a door with what was supposedly the master code but an alarm went off instead.
Realizing her infiltration had failed, Blake rushed down the hallways taking turns that would take her in the opposite direction of the guards until she walked into the hangar and barely avoided being decapitated. If it wasn't for her semblance, Blake's head would have been rolling thanks to the Knight of Zero's sword.
"So you're Suzaku's replacement," Blake growled at the imposing figure in front of her. The man before her was a robust figure fully clad in midnight-black armor and a helmet with a thin slit showcasing the haunting glow of possibly red mechanical eyes.
Blake tried to find a way to escape the battle but the black knight continued to slash through her clones including the explosive fire one. Maybe the trick I played on Torchwick in our second fight will work, Blake thought as she willingly got hit by the crimson MVS modeled sword so that the blade would be trapped within the freezing ice clone.
Realizing that the ice is preventing the blade from being retrieved and sensing a dust reaction charging up in Blake, the black knight activated a protocol within the suit that would transform the sword into a bullpup version of the V.A.R.I.S. rifle. So they gave the knight Suzaku's weapon, Blake realized with growing anger at how the Britannians rebuilt the former knight's weapon with slight variations.
Unable to break the ice enough to fire the mini Hadron Cannon to melt the surrounding ice, the black knight resorted to firing fast enough to overheat the gun instead. The Knight of Zero managed to break free right before the large energy slash blew up the rest of the ice clone and kept going until it sliced a glouchester, on the other side of the hanger, in half. The knight was about to fire the hadron cannon at Blake but felt a few bullets bounce off the armor and weapon.
"What are you doing Knight of One," The Knight of Zero asked in a heavy synthesized voice to the assailant up on the catwalk. "Hear my decree Knight of Zero, I am hereby stripping you of your title for the emperor's safety," Aigis replied firing at her superior from her elevated position. Blake was shocked to see Aigis side with her for once and tried to use the distraction the Anti-Grimm Suppression weapon made to get in close but was unaware of the knight's blaze luminous shield.
"I am unaware you gave yourself with a shield, it's time to get serious," Aigis said firing a few rockets at the black knight and jumping down from the catwalk. The knight managed to avoid the missiles but Blake wasn't as lucky as the explosion of one caused her to do summersaults across the hangar floor and into some sakuradite fueled batteries.
If only they were dust fueled then I could use these to fight against that guy, or maybe I actually can. Blake thought as she remembered something from earlier that year.
Aigis continued to hold her own against the Knight of Zero by using the force from the two Gatling guns she equipped to slowly push the knight back despite being nervous of running out of ammo eventually. Aigis tried to jump away when the guns overheated but was too slow in that the knight managed to slice the guns in half and punch Aigis in the face. Despite being one of the most dangerous beings alive, Aigis' reaction time was far slower in that she only hit her opponent once for every three punches and kicks she received.
"It is finally time, Palladion!" Aigis shouted loud enough for Blake to hear as the android activated Orgia Mode and summoned her giant cannon which she promptly fired it at her opponent's feet sending them flying against the wall. "Keep him pinned down for a few more seconds," Blake told her unlikely partner who sprinted to where their opponent was and started to become a hurricane of hits.
The Knight of Zero managed to get one good punch in that sent Aigis sliding on her feet a few yards back before she jumped into the air to avoid a large cart of energy fillers which pinned the Knight of Zero against the wall it was previously launched into.
This is for what you did to Adam, Blake thought as she sent a large energy slash towards the energy fillers. With this you are avenged Metis, my sister," Aigis thought to herself as she focused all her power away from unnecessary functions and into the largest blast ever fired from the Palladion cannon.
The entire ship shook and rumbled when the two attacks made impact with the sakuradite filled energy fillers and detonated the cart with enough force to blast the Knight of Zero out of the ship and crashing somewhere on the ground in Vale. The blast was also enough to cause the mounted Hadron Cannons to miss the Atlesian airship the gunner had targeted causing the AAS Contender from destruction.
Before she could relax about the defeat of the Knight of Zero, Blake was kneed in the stomach by Aigis who attacked the faunus relentlessly. "What happened to that unofficial truce we had back there?" Blake asked using Gambol Shroud to parry Aigis' attacks. "The Knight of Zero was my primary target with you being the secondary objective," Aigis replied giving Blake an uppercut like how Yang taught her. Next time I see you Yang ,I am going to beat the hell out of you for teaching a robot how to box.," Blake noted in her head as she fired Gambol Shroud's pistol form at Aigis.
Just as Blake prepared herself for the end as Aigis charged up the Palladion cannon but the blast never came. It took Blake a moment to realize that Aigis' Orgia mode froze the android upon running out.
Now is my chance to finish this, Blake thought to herself as she ran towards where the bridge was supposed to be and stopped upon reaching the door. "If arriving on this airship wasn't the point of no return then this doorway is."
"Your Majesty, Schneizel has just reported that targets: Heiress, and Coin have been defeated but their deaths have not been confirmed though the HMS Victory sacrificed itself to destroy the skyscraper Heiress was in. Lotus and Viking are presumably dead but according to reports from Gino, Anya, and Schneizel, the Spider Walker they stole was destroyed. Whether they escaped the destruction or not is being looked into. Additionally Cornelia reports that she has all but captured codename Dragon with several squads searching the forest near the ruin G-1 base for her. Crimson Thorn, Hoplite, and Crusader are still on the loose though Lord Bradley and the HMS Vanguard is currently searching for them." Blake recognized the voice of Cecile which confirmed that the Emperor would be on the bridge. "Master I have just heard from the leader of the Mistral Britannian forces that targets: Monkey and Poseidon, were captured at the docks upon their arrival and being transported to a holding facility."
"Drop your weapons and tell your forces to retreat back to the prewar borders," Blake demanded as she stealthily snuck into the room and put her blade up to the neck of the person sitting in the chair that was previously used to command the ship's bridge from but now was where the Emperor gave commands to the invasion force.
The royal guards and other members of the bridge looked livid at Blake's infiltration and hostage taking before the figure in the chair kicked her in the face making the former White Fang member reel back in pain. Sitting there in the seat that was supposed to belong to the Emperor was Coco Adel. "Miss me Blake," Coco asked as she rose from the seat and disarmed Blake with blinding speed causing the younger Faunus to step back in shock.
Blake was still trying to figure out how her plan went wrong when the door she entered from slid open with the actual emperor walking through.
"You lost the moment you decided to rise up and fight against me," Lelouch said as Coco messed around with Gambol Shroud trying to figure out how it worked and to be more fashionable. "Why would you do this, I thought we were friends?" Blake asked the Britannians who now had her cornered.
"Simple the reason I am doing this is for a more peaceful future. I already know the answer to the question but when there is evil in this world that justice cannot defeat, would you taint your hands with evil to defeat evil? Or would you remain steadfast and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil? I am creating a greater evil so that peace can finally be achieved," Lelouch explained.
"So why are you helping him," Blake asked Coco still unsure what her relationship with the emperor was.
"I have always been loyal to Lelouch as well as my team and nothing will stop that," Coco replied. Blake just looked at the older girl with an unstoppable rage in her eyes until she heard the click of Lelouch's pistol.
"Why would you risk you and your friends' lives when you know that if you succeeded in killing me that there was no way you would have left the ship alive and they would all be executed upon capture," Lelouch asked pointing out the flaw in Blake's plan.
"I thought that if I could kill you that the war would come to an end," Blake tried to explain. "Had I died then Schneizel would be made Emperor and you would have had almost no chance of victory with him in charge," Lelouch pointed out as he lowered the gun from Blake's head to her chest.
"Prepare the Hadron Cannons to fire upon the CCT," Lelouch ordered as Coco took her purse off her shoulder. "I hope you can find it in you to understand what I am about to do," Lelouch said as he had the cannons fire on the CCT destroying the tower and disrupting all communications between the kingdoms. Once the tower was destroyed, Blake felt a sharp pain in her back as Lelouch fired the gun and Coco smashed her purse Into Blake's head stealing her consciousness from her.
City of Vale, Vale
Ruby, Jaune, and Pyrrha helped Ren and Nora onto the Bullhead once they tracked the two down. "We managed to knock Gino and Anya out of the fight but I think Penny got crushed by the walker Nora 'borrowed' and we don't know what happened to Weiss except the building she was on the roof of collapsed when the HMS Valiant crashed into it." Ren said recounting what happened with him and Nora. "We haven't heard from Yang, Sun, Neptune or Blake either. Team CFVY still hasn't revealed where they are as well," Ruby said once the bullhead took off.
"From what I heard Sun and Neptune got attacked when the Mistral forces turned out to be members of the Mistral Britannia military that led a coup a few days ago," Pyrrha said revealing her home's treachery.
"We need to get to a safe location first before we plan any action and we need to rest," Jaune said as the pilot took them to the refugee camp housing most of Beacon Academy and some of Vale's citizens that were displaced by the invasion.
"Do you remember before when we were all friends instead of warriors on opposing sides of the same battlefield?" Ren asked Ruby who began a flashback to two years before when they first met Britannian royalty.
So there you have it. I plan on having this reboot be switching between flashbacks and present day with the flashbacks leading up to this point where Britannia is invading Vale. This chapter presents with some secrets I won't reveal until the flashbacks get closer to the present time as well as some twists I have planned will become more apparent as the story progresses. So let's see the rise of the Black Prince of Remnant.