Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY. RWBY: Twilight Abyss contains dark themes, questionable morals, and some sexual content. Viewer discretion is advised.
A/N: So after a much longer delay than anticipated, I am back with the sequel to RWBY: Darkfall. I wanted to keep this message short so you could get right into the first chapter; but I must talk about the new addition to the disclaimer. So I like having my T rating for most all my stories,it's the one way to get the most view from every audience, however, it also means I have to put restrictions on the details I leave in the story. Thus I have reached the dilemma where the story needs to grow; but if it does grow a lot less people will see it. So what I will do is if there is a chapter that has sexual content in it I will leave a warning below the author's note(this story is not about porn). If that's okay with you guys then I'll get going. Please follow, favorite, and review as it does help me right these chapters and it's also the fastest way to get the new chapter. Adios!
You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows. Its not just that You left. But when You left my eyes went with You. Now, how will I cry?
-Rumi-
RWBY: Twilight Abyss
The wind whipped through the Bullhead as it tore through the sky above a forest in Mistral. Inside was a Sequoia Tree special operations team under the command of Kale Rouge; who's orange hair whipped around violently in the wind. He sat in his seat with his arms crossed; the tall collar of his red and black robe hiding his mouth from view. The soldiers, that were dressed in the black fatigues that characterized the Tree's special forces, were all men that he fought with in the Atlysian war.
Suddenly, two more Bullheads pulled up next to theirs and were painted green. Kale looked at the one on the right and saw the Mistrali crest on the side of them.
"In form Liz; we've rendezvous with the Mistralies." Kale ordered.
"Yes sir." a soldier to his left said; reaching up to his ear.
Kale took this brief moment to survey the land they were currently flying over.
The forest itself was mainly evergreen trees that blocked the sunlight from reaching the ground below. Mixed in with the evergreen trees were sakura trees that were currently in full bloom; they were the staple of Mistrali culture. "From the looks of the trees I'd venture to say that the ground is fairly flat; however, it also means that it probably looks the same in every direction. Probably wouldn't be wise to go inside without a map." Kale surmised, before reaching inside a nearby patrol bag.
He withdrew a pair of glasses with orange lenses. He put them on and pressed a button on the side of them. This generated a HUD in front of his eyes that showed him a map of their destination. A rectangular box appeared in the upper right hand corner of the HUD and a woman with red and black hair appeared inside of it. She wore a soft smile as her orange eyes danced on the screen.
"What's the situation, Liz?" Kale asked.
"Oh, you know nothing major; just a mining team finding an ancient building that dates clear back to the Primal age." Liz replied.
"Oh is that all?" Kale asked; sarcastically.
Liz smirked, "Not quite. They also happened to find a crystal that is believed to contain a Primal Semblance."
"Do you mean that semblance?" he asked.
"That's what I am afraid of. Listen, just get down there, secure or destroy that crystal and get back. If you don't… Well, let's just say being fucked will be the least of our worries." Liz replied.
"I understand, Liz." Kale replied.
She just gave a simple nod before the video cut off. Kale took off the glasses and stored them in an inside pocket of his robe. He let his eyes readjust to his surroundings before he heard the intercom crack.
"Five minutes until drop off." the pilot announced.
Kale looked at the speaker and then looked at his men who were cocking their gas piston rifles. He stood up and bent down to pick up his heavy sniper rifle, Reflection Breaker. Kale shifted the rifle in his hands and inspected it with a keen eye.
Finding no exterior faults with the rifle, he pulled the bolt back and loaded a fifty caliber, high explosive round. Kale then sat down with Reflection Breaker in his lap and stared out of the Bullhead. It took only about another minute before the ruins came into view; and it wasn't what anyone had expected. The building was massive; so tall that the Bullheads were well below its roof. It was made of marble and appeared to be in mint condition.
"Holy shit, how do you lose something that damn big?" a soldier asked.
"We are fifty miles inside the frontier. Anything could have been lost out here." His friend answered.
The Bullheads circled the massive structure before decelerating. They began descending slowly until they reached the ground below. The commanders inside of the three Bullheads yelled as their men jumped out of the airships and took cover behind the abandoned mining equipment. As they pointed their rifles at the structure, Kale, jumped out of the Bullhead and onto the ground below. Reflection Breaker was braced up on his shoulder; its long barrel pointed towards the blue sky.
Kale walked up to the structure and stopped in front of the stairs. From this position he could see that the main hall of the structure went below ground, while smaller stairs went towards the top of the structure. He raised his left hand and motioned for the soldiers to follow him. They got up from their covered positions and followed Kale, their rifles swinging every direction. Kale walked into the darkness that was the main hall and looked down the multitude of stairs to see the faint glowing of white light. He squinted his eyes as he began to descend the stairs. The detachment followed him down; the sound of their boots echoing off the cavern walls.
It took them a full minute to descend the multitude of stairs that lead to the stone altar that they currently were standing in front of. On the altar sat a white crystal that resembled a Dust crystal in appearance. Kale hovered his hand over the crystal and felt the immense power it held; his Primal Semblance shuddered.
"This is it." Kale announced; grabbing a small box out of his robe.
He picked up the crystal and placed it in the high tech box that could only be opened with a finger print. He then hooked the box on his belt and turned back towards the entrance. However, he stopped when he saw a figure standing at the top of the stairs.
The figure was dressed in a black combat suit that was form fitting enough to tell that the person was undeniably female. On her head she wore a large, black, helmet that had an equally large visor on the front of it. Her thighs were adorned with a pistol holster for each of them; large silver pistols sat in each one. Kale squinted his eyes at the woman before calmly walking up the stairs. His men looked at him before two soldiers followed him up the stairs; their rifles pointed at the figure. Their footsteps echoed throughout the cavern like a clock ticking down. Kale got about halfway up the stairs when the woman took action. She drew her left pistol and shot the two soldiers, but not Kale. As the two of them fell to the ground the rest of their comrades opened fire on the woman.
She holstered her pistol and jumped to the ceiling. She pushed off of the ceiling and hit the adjacent wall where she pulled her right pistol out this time. The soldiers saw this and braced themselves; pointing their chests towards the incoming fire. The unknown attacker shot three more rounds towards the men, however, none of the rounds did any damage because the rounds shattered on the soldier's plate carriers. The figure fell to the floor and rolled out of the way of the rounds that shredded the ground beneath her.
Kale took advantage of the moment and inspected the wounds on the now dead soldiers. He found that they had been shot in the arms and legs; all non vital parts of the body. He saw that they hadn't been shot by bullets either; instead they had been hit by pink, and blue needle like crystals. He reached for the one sticking out of the left soldier's arm; but stopped when he felt his aura being drain into them. "I see these needles have the power to siphon aura from someone." Kale thought. He looked the soldiers over once again and grabbed a pistol from one of their holsters. He pointed it at the woman and squinted as he took aim. Kale squeezed the trigger and sent a round down range. The bullet hit her in the left arm as it reached out to grab the wall. The wall was spattered with blood as the attacker began to fall to the ground. Kale then grabbed Reflection Breaker and pointed it at the falling woman. He took aim and fired the fifty caliber rifle with pinpoint accuracy. The round hit the woman in the side and exploded on impact sending the woman to the ground with unbelievable force.
She hit the ground, head first, and cracked the visor on her helmet. She groaned as she used her arms to push herself up; smoke coming from several places on her combat suit. She suddenly heard footsteps coming toward her and looked up to see Kale walking towards her. See no other option she quickly activated her semblance and within moments blue electricity formed around her body. It charged until there was a blue flash and the female attacker was gone. Kale looked around for a second before dropping down to where the woman was. He looked around and saw that small pieces of dead grass were burning in the shape of the woman's boots. Kale also noticed that she dropped one of her pistols. He picked it up and ejected its magazine. The first thing he noticed was that the 9mm bullet of the round was glowing pink and blue. "This is interesting. Liz will want to examine this." Kale thought; putting the pistol's safety on.
While he slipped the pistol in his belt a Mistrali soldier dropped down next to him.
"Who was she, sir?" he asked; hanging his rifle in front of him.
Kale made sure he still had the crystal on him, "I don't know; but whoever she was; she wanted this.
The soldier looked toward the crystal, "I see, what is it anyway?"
"That's classified." Kale grabbed the glasses from his robe. "I suggest we get out of here."
The soldier nodded and started to climb back to the stairs.
Outside the woman had run to a nearby tree and had climbed it. She reached one of the tallest branches and sat there breathing heavily. The gunshot wound in her arm had already healed thanks to her aura; but she still felt the effects of the HE round. She reached up and grabbed the chin of her helmet with her gloved hands. She then pulled the helmet off to reveal a mess of curly white hair that cascaded down to the small of her back. She looked at the crack in her helmet; and the setting sun's last rays cast the reflection of her yellow eyes like a mirror.
"He really doesn't show any mercy does he? Just like someone who would follow my brother." she muttered; brushing her hair behind her ear.
This action revealed a black earpiece.
"This is Volta. I need extraction." There was a pause. "Mission aborted, they sent a Primal."
Volta let her hand drop; and only then did she realize one of her pistols was missing. She balled her left hand into a fist and smacked it into the side of the tree; its bark splitting off from the force.
Her yellow eyes clouded from the rage, "Damn you, Hidden One."
Meanwhile, the sun had already set in Vale and a spectacular light show was the result of it. The city itself could be seen for miles just by its commercial district alone; however that wasn't the brightest place by far. The brightest place was a house in the middle of the Frontier; a house that barely had any lights on.
The spring wind lightly blew through the windows of the small house; sending the translucent blue curtains flying like ghosts on a Halloween night. The curtain would fall back down and lightly brush the arm of a sleeping woman, who was lightly snoring. Her black and brown hair hiding her eyes from view until the curtain lightly tickled her nose. Her snoring ended abruptly as she groaned; her body having sunken into the brown recliner it had been sitting in. She brushed her hair out of her eyes to reveal two silver orbs that sparkled in the moonlight.
Ruby's eyes quickly adjusted to the soft glow of a single lamp and looked around the room. She had apparently fallen asleep in the living room, whilst reading a book that was currently lying face down on her lap. She picked it up and found that it talked about more than several parenting tips. This jogged Ruby's memory as to exactly what she was doing before falling asleep. She looked towards the couch, which was on her left, and saw a bunch of long white hair rolling off of it. A soft smile grew on Ruby's lips as she got up from the chair and placed the book down on a table next to it. She slowly moved over to the couch; trying as best she could to not make any noise.
The next thing Ruby saw, filled her with love and pride. Lying on the couch was the former SDC heiress: Weiss Schnee. However, that name had been changed for over three and a half years now. Weiss wasn't going to complain. Ruby looked at the titanium wedding ring she sported on her left hand and gently rubbed it with the robotic fingers of her right one. Her right arm was another casualty of the Atlysian War; but Ruby figured she could be doing a lot worse.
Weiss shifted a little and interrupted Ruby's train of thought. Instead of putting her thoughts back together Ruby noticed that Weiss had her arms over her stomach in gentle, protecting manner. A blush formed on Ruby's cheeks as she felt an odd sense of satisfaction when she thought of the reason Weiss was doing this.
It had taken a lot of patience from both of them, especially since it took almost a year longer than it was suppose to, but with a lot of help from their friends, Ruby, was able to get Weiss pregnant. This fact alone was a miracle in of itself since, Ruby, did not have to modify her body in anyway or have a sperm donor. Thus Ruby felt a certain comfort in knowing the baby would be fifty percent her, and fifty percent Weiss. As Ruby sat there thinking about the times to come; a chime alerted her to the space of reality around her once again. She looked towards the clock and smirked when she saw that it was the black and white cat clock that had alerted her. Ruby chuckled at the thought of Weiss actually liking such a stupid looking clock; but it's what she said, so Ruby just went with it. She looked at the time and found that it was half past one.
She bit her lip, and silently wondered if it would be a good idea to get Weiss up so she could sleep in their bedroom. Ruby eventually made her decision and gently poked Weiss in the shoulder.
"Weiss, baby, it's time to get up." Ruby said; continuing to poke her shoulder.
She did this for a few more seconds before giving up.
Ruby put her hands on her hips, "Okay, Princess, I see what you want."
She crouched down and slipped her hands underneath Weiss. She slowly and gently raised her off the couch and proceeded to carry her up the stairs bridal style. Ruby eventually made it to their bedroom door, which was half open. She carefully turned around and opened the door with her back. She swung around and carefully laid Weiss down on their king sized bed; the snow haired girl not stirring once on the way there.
Ruby smiled before sitting on the bed and taking off her boots. She laid them beside the bed before standing up and walking towards the closet. She opened the door and grabbed a black tank top and a pair of red panties. Ruby walked back over to the bed and threw the clothes on the bed. She then undid her belt and slipped her jeans down her long legs; revealing her green panties. She then bent down and slipped her panties down a ways, until she let them slide down her legs. Ruby stepped out of her pants and panties before grabbing her red panties off the bed. She stepped into them and bent down to pull them up her legs. Ruby left the waistband in an area roughly around her hips; the red lace hugging her butt perfectly. The red themed girl then moved her to her shirt and crossed her arms; her fingers hooking underneath the bottom of her shirt. She pulled the shirt from her body and threw it down to the pile of clothes currently sitting on the hardwood floors.
Underneath the shirt Ruby wore a green bra that would have matched her previous panties. Ruby started to reach around to unclasp her bra; but stopped when she heard the covers rustle behind her. Ruby dropped her hands down and looked back with questioning look on her face. Behind her Weiss was watching her intently with a soft smile on her face; her ice blue irises shining in the light.
"Don't stop on my account." Weiss said; wiggling her eyebrows.
Ruby laughed, "This isn't a peep show, Weiss."
"Oh? Then why are you wearing your panites so low?" Weiss countered.
Ruby grabbed the sides of her panites and lowered them to the point that Weiss could just begin to see the beginning of her southern region.
"Maybe, because I love to tease you." Ruby said; with a sinister smirk on her face.
Weiss smiled back at her, "Speaking of teasing, are you going to stand there in two different colors all night?"
Ruby looked at her bra and then back up at Weiss. She reached behind her and unclasped the garment. She let it fall to the ground, revealing her bare chest to her wife, who gladly appreciated the sight.
Unfortunately, the image was hidden from view all to soon by Ruby's black tank top. Ruby chuckled a bit when she saw Weiss' frustrated expression as she pulled her panties up. Ruby crawled onto the bed and when she had reached the former heiress; she kissed her with all the love and affection her heart could muster. Weiss closed her eyes and happily returned the kiss; matching the love engrained in Ruby. When the kiss finally broke Weiss slowly buried her head into Ruby's shoulder; tears streaming from her eyes.
Ruby was confused yet held Weiss close trying to silence her sobs.
"Weiss, what's wrong? Did I do something wrong?" Ruby asked; her voice full of concern.
Weiss stopped crying for a moment and pushed herself up, "No, you've done everything right. It's just I feel sad knowing that you'll be gone again tomorrow."
Ruby's eyes widened and fell when she realized what her wife was talking about. She had been on leave for about a month and now it was once again time for her to return to the Sequoia Tree; where she would be for the next six months.
Ruby grabbed Weiss and held her close. She raised Weiss' left hand and brought attention to the wedding band and engagement ring on her finger.
"Weiss, when we said our vows I promised you that night; that nothing would ever stop me from coming home to you. Even if the worst should happen I would always come home to at least say goodbye." Ruby said; kissing the rings on her hand.
Weiss looked up at her and kissed her before falling back onto Ruby's arms.
"That's my girl. Now we should really get some rest since you want to see me off in the morning." Ruby said; reaching towards the light.
Weiss smiled, "I agree."
Meanwhile, in a old Atlysian stronghold high up in the remote mountains of Mantle; a heavily armored soldier walked through the dark hallways. His head was shaved and his left eye was missing; but these were not the biggest things characterizing him. No, the biggest thing was the great shield he had on his back that almost touched the ground when he walked. It had a black, scaly, texture as it was made from the Grimm dragons he had once killed.
He thudded his way through the hall before stopping in front of two double doors; there white paint beginning to peal away. He moved towards them and opened the door to see Volta using an arc welder on a bench in the room.
"Volta!" He yelled; his voice echoing in the large room.
She stopped welding and raised her face sheild, "Have you ever heard of knocking, Arthur? I could be doing some pretty interesting things in here by myself."
Her expression was cold and dead as she said this; but it did not faze him. Arthur started to walk towards her.
"Don't be coy with me. I heard about your mission; how you failed to retrieve the 7th Primal. Now give me a reason why I shouldn't kill you right now." Arthur demanded.
Volta turned back towards the bench and slowly grabbed the item she had been working on. In a flash Arthur found the object stuck in his arm; a pink bladed knife that made his muscles lock up. He fell to the ground like a statue; the knife grabbing ahold of even his aura.
"Cool knife isn't it?" Volta asked; walking over and crouching down. "I'm sure you heard that I lost a pistol today; and I just finished building my replacement."
Volta stood up and placed her boot on the end of the knife and slowly started pushing on it. THis resulted in several pained grunts from Arthur as blood started to drip onto the floor.
"The blade is made from the same material as the bullets in my pistol." Her white hair covered her eyes; as a smile spread across her lips. "However, it can only paralyze a semblance instead of directly destroying it."
Arthur just stared back at her with anger in his eyes.
"You dared to threaten me when you lacked the power to even fight me? You're a goddamn coward, now get out of my sight. You're getting blood on the floor." Volta said; ripping the knife from his arm.
Arthur immediately felt the feeling in his body return as well as the pain from the stab wound in his bicep. He groaned as he put his hand over his arm; and then began to get up off the floor. He got to his feet and walked towards the door.
Volta watched as he opened the door and let it slam behind him. She went back over to her work bench and set the knife back on the table.
"That dumbass thinks that resurrecting the 7th Primal will be easy. He's a man who only thinks about results and not about how to get there." Volta muttered; looking at a picture on the desk.
"However, he's a lot better than you… brother."