AN: Hullo again! I had lots of fun writing this one, I honestly hope you guys have fun reading it. But first,
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Disclaimer: RWBY is a product of Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. All characters are owned by Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC.
The dropship spun around over the bustling docks, though the dock workers barely thought of it as a surprise; they began to clear space for the hovering aircraft to land. The group of laborers stood and watched as the vehicle descended, they calmly waited for it to make contact with the surface. The bay opened and out stepped a well-kept man in a white peacoat, with a stack of Lin in his hand and a cane in the other, and squad of White Fang troops.
"Like we agreed, you take this, you don't speak a word to anyone." The man tossed the currency to the worker in the front of the ensemble, "If you break that agreement, we'll find and kill you, got it, buster?"
The lead worker nodded; the dockmen turned and sauntered away, dividing their bribe as they walked.
The man in the peacoat smirked to himself, "Finally, out of that cage and now I can get some work done. Secure a perimeter, you two with me." He pointed to the two guards closest to him.
His cane tapped the ground as he moved across the dockyard, approaching a more-than-usually protected Schnee Dust Company shipping container, "Open' er up."
One soldier produced a device from his pocket, to the untrained eye it would have looked like an old calculator or tablet. He pulled a thin cord from the apparatus, plugging it into the console on the technologically secured crate. While his fingers danced across the buttons, the man in white observed the Faunus; who silently lit himself a cigar.
"It's done, Sir."
"Keep guard," The criminal made his way into the armored and well-insulated shipping container.
A steel cube was suspended in the air by four tightened cables to ensure the dust case inside wouldn't be threatened by turbulence. Reaching into his interior pocket, he exposed a small case, in which was opened to reveal a lockpicking set. He fumbled with the tools in his gloved hands as he cracked the lock on the metal box.
After a few seconds, the case creeked wide, allowing the thief to take the contents into his possession. His lips developed as proud smirk as he waltzed out of the crate, though it faded when he found his henchmen unconscious. He checked the sky for any of his dropships; he saw his full crew was still in the air, meaning the attackers had just recently arrived
"Ok...Red! Come on out! I got a treat for ya'" He aimed his cane at nothing in particular.
As if on queue, the a team of six appeared in front of him weapons ready.
"Oh, great, you brought the monkey this time. Now, I'll let you know, Red, I'm currently holding the new dust type. And if my sources are correct, which they usually are, this stuff is as volatile as the Ice Queen here! I'd rather not rattle it!"
Blake stepped in front of her leader, Gambal Shroud unsheathed.
"Blake, what are you doing?" Ruby, Weiss, and Sun almost spoke in unison.
"You all take care of the other troops, I'll take Roman."
"Oh, how sweet," The criminal commented satirically.
Weiss was the only member to continue the subject "But-!"
"We know how this new dust works, and I'm not going to let any of you become like me! Now go!" The bowed girl ordered.
Ruby nodded and split their group to apprehend Torchwick's forces.
"Come 're kitty, kitty" Roman taunted with a vile grin.
"Death From Above!" Ruby called to her sister behind her.
As Ruby leaned forward, head of the scythe aimed at the surface, Yang cocked her gauntlets before slamming them down into the pavement. The force of the Ember Celica launched the team leader into the air, firing her weapon to accelerate, she shot toward the dropship. With a warcry the girl forced her scythe into the hull of the craft, holding onto the Crescent Rose to keep her footing stable. Ruby pushed forward on her weapon, angling the barrel toward the ship's hull; she shot high-impact rounds relentlessly into the aircraft.
The bay door facing Yang opened; a squad of troops jumped to escape their doomed airship, in which was currently exhausting black smoke into the air. The blonde readied her gauntlets, she tracked her targets, deciding her best course of action. Yang pulled her arm back, her weapon resonating it's familiar clanking as it loaded; driving her fist forward, she discharged her weapon. The ball of flame landed at her enemy's feet, the explosion creating a bewildering effect for a short moment.
One soldier received an excruciating blow to his jaw, sending the young faunus across the dock. The other troops observed their ally shoot past them, they glanced at one another before focusing on their prey. The troopers fired their burst-auto rifles in rapid succession at the girl, who simply leaped over the group of radicals, launching fiery projectiles down at her opponents. Yang turned to look back the unconscious faunus, smirking at her success in defeating her targets.
"Yang! Get out of the way!" Ruby yelled
Directing her attention toward the sky, Yang saw the aircraft was descending at a fast rate, but was also aimed directly at the girl. In surprise, the blonde jumped out of the way of the oncoming dropship. Ruby pushed off of the tail of the craft a mere second before it crashed into the surface, sliding into a stack of containers. There was brief moment of silence as the two warriors caught their breath, though was broken by the piercing scream of one of their teammates.
"Blake!"
Weiss, Sun, and Neptune eyed their flying target in the sky.
"Weiss!" Sun commanded
The girl nodded, summoning a group of glowing velvet glyphs underneath the trio and, with a quick gesture, catapulted them toward the airship. The Myrtenaster and Neptune's trident forced their ends through the aircraft's wings, while Sun dangled from an aileron using his nunchaku.
"Sun, take care of the White Fang onboard, Neptune and I will kill the thrusters!" Weiss shouted over the whirring engines.
The simian Faunus swung off to latch onto the side of the dropship, prying its bay doors open. The door popped clear as its hydraulics were snapped, the Faunus inside taking arms quickly. A couple cracks from Ruyi and Jingu resolved the issue of the enemies' presence efficiently. Sun moved up to the cockpit, reloading his lever action nunchaku calmy, seeing the pilots struggle to control their aircraft.
"Pull left! Pull left!" One aviator ordered
"Wow, nice bird you got here." Sun rested his hands on the headrests of the captain chairs, "Where'd you steal it?"
"What the? How'd you get in-Oof!" The navigators' skulls were clanked together with a loud thud, both faunus sank in their seats, unconscious.
Sun knocked on the metal plate above him, "Kill the engines!" He shouted.
The duo on the exterior of the craft raised their weapons, they hammered the sharp blades into the engines' intakes, struggling to keep grip of their thrashing armaments. Weiss, with grace, leaped off of the airship before the thrusters exploded in a spectacular ball of fire; Neptune was kicked off by the detonation of his engine, sending him airborne; thinking on his feet, the young man ice-axed a shipping container with his trident.
Wukong dived out of the critically damaged transport, landing with a roll. The faunus chipped up with a smirk of success, though his celebration faded, hearing angsty scream calling for Blake.
Roman parried a grunted attack with ease, "Getting sloppy there, whiskers? This a fight, not a sparring match, kitty."
Blake exponentially grew frustrated at her opponent, forcing more power and stamina into her strikes. The criminal in white lazily deflected her swings, seemingly wearing an expression of boredom.
Torchwick dawned a devilish grin, "Do you feel guilty yet? Knowing what you did? Having that Schnee around you as a constant reminder?" He toyed with his prey.
The girl responded with a cry of rage, her uncoordinated attack was dodged and she was given a slash to her back. The cigar smoker attempted to repeat this action, though found himself clubbing an empty clone; Blake crashed her heel into the rear of Roman's knee, causing him to buckle. He felt the barrel of a pistol press itself to the back of his head.
"I've been fixing things, if it's anything for you to know."
Roman chuckled, "Don't you know, bandages are easier to break than bones?"
There was blast at Belladonna's feet, it tossed her and her Gambol Shroud a few meters away. She laid there in a daze, doing her best to keep her eyes open, trying keep the white peacoat in her view.
Torchwick blew the smoke radiating from the end of his cane into the air; he turned toward the case of the newfound dust he had set down earlier. He flipped the locks, lifting the top free and stared at the five vials of the ventablack grain. Reaching into his pocket, he produced a single red dust cartridge, in which he proceeded to empty. The don smirked at his work as he filled the slug with the evil dust, sealing the round shut, he loaded it into his cane.
"Though, let's see how much your bandages can take." He fired the corrupted firecracker.
Blake observed her end approach her with a scraping whistle. She felt her sheath near her fingertips and gripped the cleaver with all her available might. Delivering one powerful hack to the incoming projectile. The heavy blade struck the cartridge, releasing a gas cloud.
The faunus instantly dropped her weapon, feeling her insides begin to burn as the dark particles flooded her lungs. Molten lava poured into her veins and her skin felt as it were being peeled off her body. Her hands wrapped themselves around her throat, she gasped for uncontaminated air. Blake tried to scream in her agony, but her attempts lead to no sound and more pain. She began to spasm slightly as she inhaled the last of the dust; her vision was splotched by blackness before being completely blind. The girl fell onto her back, limp and lifeless
The group of students converged onto Blake as Roman ran off with his treasure. The sisters arrived first on the scene, they remained a few feet away from the body.
"Oh no..." Ruby uttered to herself, she turned her head around, seeing the trio a few paces behind them.
In unison, Sun and Weiss ran towards Belladonna's drained form. The girl cut off the Faunus, who stood in shock at the Schnee's next words.
Weiss crumpled onto the ground, lifted her partner's head, "No, No, Blake, don't do this! Please do this!" She begged, tears rolling down her face.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, Blake, please come back! Come back! I need you! Blake! Blake!" Her forehead rested on Blake's cold one.
"I need you, Blake! I want you! I love you! I love you! Don't leave me, please!" She kissed her lover's ice lips, her voice slowly reducing itself into quiet whispers.
"Don't...leave me, Blake. I-I love you. I-I'm sorry..." Ruby's hand fell on her shoulder, trying to comfort her.
Blake gave a couple wheezing coughs as she came back from the dead; Weiss' tears of sadness transmuted to joy in response to the miracle.
The sobbing girl hugged her tightly, "Blake!"
"W-Weiss..c-can't breathe!" Blake choked out.
Weiss pulled back, loosening her grip "Don't do that again! I thought you were gone!"
"Do you think I'd let a bit of dust get in the way of us?" The weak girl developed a bold smile, before being attacked by a wave of coughs briefly
"Uh, guys, hate to spoil the moment...but I think you broke the guys..." Yang poked the statue-like Sun, who had eyes the size of small moons and a lower jaw hanging to the ground much like his blue-haired friend.
"We'll fix them later...but first," Blake clawed at her stomach and grimaced in pain.
Weiss took the initiative, "You've said enough, Blake, save your energy. Come on, we got to get out of here."
Ruby, Weiss, and Yang sat in the waiting chairs, while the frozen Vacuo students were propped up against the wall. The setting returned torturous memories to Weiss.
Blake had been admitted to room 322, the same room when she had stabbed the Faunus. They sat in the same chairs when they waited to see if their friend would pull through. Weiss blinked hard, trying to detour the oncoming images from that time. She attempted to find some positive aura in the area; she finally surmised that this was the birth of their relationship. This was where they exchanged their feelings for one another, this was where they planned their first date.
Her train of thought was broken when a doctor, holding an overused clipboard, approached the group.
"She's stable as of now. Those this exposure hasn't helped her condition, it has most likely accelerated the spread of her infection. Which brings me to my next point." The medical professional sighed, "Blake will probably be experiencing mental effects soon."
"W-What kind of 'mental effects'?" Weiss was cautious to ask.
"She will most likely to begin to be attracted to negative energy, be violent and rash. She may also start disregarding human life. But that is in the extreme case."
Weiss stood, "How close are to developing a cure?"
"I assure you, Miss Schnee, we are working as quickly as possible. This is one of our top priorities; this infection could be very serious if were to spread." He glanced down at his paperwork for a moment.
"Anyway, we can release her tomorrow, we want her to stay overnight in case their are any changes."
"Can we see her now?" Yang asked
"I apologize, but you most likely won't be able to see her today. She is stable but still weak, though she should be stronger by the end of the day. We'll be able to release her in a few days. So, try to go about your day, don't stress yourself over this, she'll be fine." The doctor's watched beeped, "Sorry, I got to go. You all have a good day now."
Ruby rose from her seat, "Well. Time I get back to my classes. You guys have a nice free afternoon. Will meet here after my classes to see if we can visit?"
"Sure thing, Rubes," Yang hugged her sister before she made her leave, Weiss just waving goodbye.
Yang turned to her teammate, "Guess it's me, you, and the cool guys. Eh?"
"Oh, brother." Weiss facepalmed, "Just carry Neptune while I get Sun."
The girls walked back to their dorm with their human and Faunus packages.
Is Blake going to pull through?
Will Sun and Neptune accept the girls now that they know?
Will Ruby pass her classes?
Will Yang ever stop making puns?!
Find out next time on, A Grimm Wound
Love
~Vox
