Here we go, number 2! And some people have actually read the first one so ya, lets keep this going.
Prompt: This is a world of rwby zombies
Ok, so normal rwby universe when a zombie plague hits. The exact cause is unknown for story purposes (White Fang attack, Cinder's forces, rage monkeys what have you)
The Call:
Massive chaos in the city of Vale, Beacon sends out the students to help keep people safe (there has been chatter of some sort of Grim in the area)
Dream Stage:
They have entered the city and, well, zombies. There are a good mixture of still alive humans running from the ravenous zombies and the teams fight. But since they don't know the full extant of the situation they are pulling their punches. And that's when Ruby gets bit. Yang fights them off, in her rage freaking punching their heads off like balloons of gore. As she gets to her sister, she screams that they have to retreat/ get Ruby medical attention
Frustration:
The return to Beacon, and we find out how grim the excursion was. Sure a fair number of civilians we're retrieved but many of the students haven't returned. Yang goes with Ruby to the ER, to watch over her and to get a bite wound she has checked out.. Inside the teams are trying to rest, talking about the whole thing, having bits of character development yadda yadda yadda, when all hell breaks loose again and it's even worse.
The infection has spread to the academy, and many of the hunters and rescued civilians have turned. But worse of all, the hunters who've been affected are intelligent, have access to their semblances, and are hungry. I mean as the survivor team (made up of Jaune, Weiss, Pyrrha, Blake… Coco idk figure out exact team later) they see scenes of carnage. Zombie Oobleck ripping off someones head and drinking the blood like a thermos, zombie Cardin munching on Velvet's ears, a zombie biting off Zwei's head… you know, general nightmare fuel. Theorize that amount of aura affects how long zombie becomes simple feral thing.
The survivors make a plan to head to Ozpin's office since high up, defendable, and communications might help.
Nightmare Stage:
Now its time to that the students are rushing through the school, trying their hardest not to die. There is fighting, other people die etc. An emotional scene where Jaune's arm gets bitten, Weiss sets up her sword to fire to cut it off but can't do it, so Pyrrha does to, taking up and duel wielding Jaune's and her swords as they cut a swath through the zombies.. They are able to get to Ozpin's office where they are alerted that rescue from Atlas is coming and they have to hold off till then. Fighting against the zombies again with more character revealed to be zombified.
Thrilling Escape from Death:
When Atlas military arrives, but as we've seen from the show giant mechs are no match for four teenagers with attitude so while they we're able to rescue our heroes a few ships go down and they escape.
Our heroes are taken away, looking over the ruins of Beacon, despondent, but some filled with a new steely determination.
Epilogue:
We cut to the scene in the basement place where we see a trail of blood. We see a wounded Ozpin looking into the stasis pod at Autumn but we don't see if he is zombified.
Self Impressions: Yes, I got the idea of the zombies from Marvel's Zombies. Come on it makes for a more interesting story with that aspect instead of strictly stupid ones. I can just see zombie Yang making goryius puns as she eats people.
Anyway, ya its zombies so story is pretty basic, exemplified by the 'Overcoming the Monster' plot structure, but just like any good story it'd be more about these characters put in a really stressful situation and seeing how they respond. I mainly imagined Jaune and Pyrrha going through this fighting together and being the only two to escape but had other ideas too so.
Had a really twisted (but kinda obvious) ending idea where Jaune is in the ER on the ship, and he asks for Pyrrha to come in. There is a touching moment where Jaune seems to be opening up to Pyrrha and finally revealing his feelings, and his LUST FOR HER FLESH SINCE HE IS A ZOMBIE NOW OOOOOHHHHHHMMMMYYYYGGGOOOODDDD! Two reasons didn't go with that, one kind of obvious plot twist, and also because I can imagine a sequel story where Jaune and Pyrrha, now members of Atlas military, return to Beacon in a squad including Penny to find out the source/retrieve Autumn. Jaune has cool robot arm and the zombies now have Grimm aspects. So ya, always leave room for a sequel.
