Team ATMC: the big reunion

Chapter 4: Pride or Shame

(Note: I do not own RWBY, all rights to RWBY go to Rooster Teeth in honor of its creator, Monty Oum)

Paris and Tyler came along with me and Angel to the domain while Chris and Makayla were too busy to come.

Paris: "We'll stay out here at the entrance and keep guard."

Tyler: "We understand if you need to do this alone."

Angel: "Just... be safe. Ok?"

Aidan: "Thanks guys... Alright... I'm going in." I go in and walk in the caves direction and eventually arrive at the same spot I fought Connor and surprise, surprise! He's there. "Ah I tell ya. It must be destiny that we fight here, huh brother?"

Connor: "So, you've come back for more, huh?" I then draw my new Sword and point it at him.

Aidan: "You bet I am!"

Connor: "You think you can defeat me just because you have a sword now?! How pathetic!"

Aidan: "Oh! Morganna's no ordinary sword! Just come at me and find out what she does." With a cocky smile on my face.

Connor: "Grr!" Drawing his Katana and coming right at me. I block his attack, we break our hold immediately and start clashing our swords with him using his cheap ice swords he makes but Morganna's powers shatter them instantly and I hit him with a disorienting strike to use an art.

Aidan: *Ren Geki!* "Sword Flash!" The blade is glowing light green which my Aura color, which means that the blade will glow the color of each guardians owners Aura. "Whoa!"

Connor: "Hmph! New trick, huh? Well that won't stop me!" We keep clashing and I keep destroying his ice. And he uses an art. "Lone Wolf Charge!" Two slashes with his Katana and a final punch that brings out a wolf head made from energy that knocks me back some and I use an art back.

Aidan: "Ogre Sword!" The blade glows orange since that was Tyler's Aura color. We go back to clashing and break ice and he uses another art but I counter.

Connor: "Heavens Charge!"

Aidan: *Han Geki!* "Disaster Sword!" Glowing light blue for Chris' Aura and I can still use the Dual Guns double trigger. "Judgement!" We keep clashing with my Dual Guns blades this time and he gets me with a...

Connor: *Ren Geki!* "Azure Edge!" An uppercut slash that knocks me into the air, the a horizontal slash and finally a punch towards the ground when he lands but I recover quickly and switch back to Morganna and thrust towards the ground while getting back down and that caused a massive shockwave in the ground. When the resulting dust clouds cleared up both of our Auras were out.

Aidan: *huff, huff* "Had enough yet?"

Connor: "I'll never give up as long as there's some breath left in me!"

Aidan: "Look I don't have for this do I'll make this quick. Your doing this because you wanna prove your better than me but do you really wanna compete with me? Or do wanna fight along side me?"

Connor: "Mph!"

Aidan: "Look, I've got a job to do so stay out of my way and think about what you wanna do next. Continue to be a bad guy? Or start being a good guy?" I walk away in the caves direction leaving him behind and as I'm walking it's giving me some time to recharge my Aura and I make it to the cave, walk inside and draw Morganna to free him. "Masters... Wake the heck up!" I go in for a large barrage of strikes and slashes and then I end it with a charged up sword thrust and that was what finally shattered that crystal to pieces. He fell out and I caught him and laid him on the ground. "Masters!" His Guardian Bracelets then starts up and makes his Aura glow and he starts floating in the air while his Aura heals up his body and he finally wakes and lands on his feet. "Masters!" Excitedly.

Masters: *sigh* I just looked confused at his troubling sigh. "Aidan..." He looks around at the shattered pieces. "So It would seem that you have woken me up... *sigh*...back then, when I activated Rebirth, I left behind no regrets and as I hoped Gretel's recovery proceeded smoothly and I got to watch you grow into the man you are today. I chose to come here, I wanted to spend my final moments in Grimm's habitat after coexisting with one for so long... For me, that seemed the most fitting." At that moment my eyes glow red again because I was tired of hearing him say stuff like that.

Aidan: "Grr! You! Freaking! Idiot!" I grab him by his suit and punch him in the face with my bionic arm which made him fall to the ground. "Are you ready to cut the crap now? You know that's not true! Maybe saving your daughter this way made you happy! But do you think anyone else would be ok with this?!" He just stares at me with a grumpy look. "You don't really want to end yourself like this, I refuse to believe it!" He now looks at me with a shocked look. My eyes change back and I speak more gently. "It's not you is it? It's that mutant Grimm wing you had. You had it for so long that it's voice whispering in your ear has been carved into your mind, isn't it?"

Masters: "Hmph!" That's about all he can really say about this. I then put my fist out in front of me.

Aidan: "Masters, there are two paths before you. One leads to safety and shame: the one where you conceal yourself in that crystal and let yourself die here. The other leads to peril and pride: the one where you face reality again and keep moving forward... So... which is it gonna be?"

Masters: "Heh. You really know how to twist my arm... So, I'm in for a struggle, huh?" I raise my hand up and lower it back down with my hand open this time offering him my help up off the ground.

Aidan: "Heh. So... welcome back to Remnant." He takes my hand and I help him up but then the ground starts shaking. This can't be good.