Hello again! SlipperyDishpit here, and for those who saw the first chapter when it was new, sorry for the wait! Also, I'm not making this sequential. Sorry. But, I have more tears for you, this one set in a zombie apocalypse AU. Thanks for staying with me and for those just now joining, Welcome! Anyways, enough with my ranting, lets get some crying in shall we?
A group of three, leader down for the count, thinking of a solution to a nasty bite. The Dust virus plagues the world of Remnant with no hope of a cure. The name stems from the lab it escaped from. The Schnee Dust Company.
"It'll be fine right? It's, it's just a scratch...right," cried a pleading Yang, "I mean, it could just be a bug bite. There are plenty of bugs around here."
"Yang. Cut it out," Blake said, trying to reason with the exasperated Yang. "you know what needs to happen."
"NO! Nothing needs to happen. Nothings wrong with her!" Yang said, her eyes quickly shifting from the loving lavender to the fierce fiery red.
"You know that's not true." Stated a broken heiress. After the virus escaped the Schnee Labs in Atlas, the only people who didn't turn against her were the team she had spent her three training years with.
"AND WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW HUH? LOOK AT YOU. Just a pathetic little snob with not a care in the world. YOU DON'T EVEN LOOK UPSET," Yang cried out in pure, unadulterated rage.
"I've already come up with my solution." Weiss said dully as she sat herself down.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Questioned the curious faunus.
"Well, it's what I'm going to do after Ruby-"
"DO NOT. SAY. HER. NAME." Yang blasted across the room, having retreated to the other side to punch some fresh holes in the wall.
"Don't you dare think about suicide Weiss. You may be the Ice Queen but don't leave us like this! Yang wont last much longer after this. I don't want to be alone again!" Blake pulls Weiss into a deep hug with no intention of letting go. She sobs and weeps while Weiss comforts her.
"Hey guys," uttered a raspy voice, "sorry to break up such a touching moment, but I'm about to be off here."
"Don't you say that Rubes. Don't you EVER SAY THAT." Cries Yang who is already supporting the pale and drained figure that was once Ruby Rose.
"Sorry to say Yang," Ruby coughed out, "but that's kinda whats happening at the moment."
"No. You can't. Can't we cut the stuff out? Blake, Weiss go get the suturing kit," They remain still as statues, "What the hell guys! GO! HURRY!" But then, a weak atempt at a slap from their broken leader.
"Shut up Yang."
"Wha-" Another slap.
"I SAID SHUT UP!" The team stared with tears running down their faces as their leader put on one last act of bravery.
"Yang, I have known you for many many years. In all these years, I have never seen you more pathetic," She turns her head to Blake and extends her arm. "Give me your weapon," Blake hands it over and Ruby changes Gambol Shroud to its pistol form. Then pushes it to Yang. "Do it. You know it has to be done Yang."
"No, I-I-I can't. You can't ask me to do this Ruby!"
"Give it to me," Says the weeping snow angel. "I'll do it."
"No."
"W-what do you mean no?"
"I mean I asked Yang to do it. I cant feel my arms anymore so I can't really put up a fight about it, but I want Yang to do it." Weiss just nods and steps back, respecting her team leader's decision. Yang looks desperately at Blake.
"Help me. Please Blake! Don't make me do this Ruby! PLEASE! Blake looks away with tears rolling down her face. A defeated Yang looks down to her fading sister.
"I love you Ruby, I don't want you to be one of them, but i can't do it while you're still here. Don't make me."
"It's okay Yang. It'll be okay. I promise," The dying leader turns to her team. "Well, it was a good run you guys. I'm glad I met you all. Lets hear it for Team RWBY. BANSAI!"
"BANSAI!" The three said in unison as their leader collapsed. Lifeless and at peace knowing that her team was there. Everyone broke down in that moment. The facade they laid down broke from under them and they cried together. But they were pulled back from their world of release by the sound they have heard too many times. The sound of the dead. Yang then knew what she must do.
"I'm sorry Ruby. I'm so sorry," She wept as the creature that was once loved by many started crawling towards the girls. "It'll be okay now Ruby. Everything will be okay now. I promise."
And with that, a single shot was fired.
I hope that wasn't too bad, but please review! Anything helps me improve on my technique! Thanks again for checking out my trash!
