Chapter 3:
"So, we all have relics?" Omega asked, turning to face the rest of them, everyone nodded in response.
"We've collected the relics, we have no reason to fight these things" Ruby pointed out, putting Crescent Rose on her back and turning south, back towards the cliff.
"Run and live, that's an idea I can get behind" Jaune said, a vague, if not nervous, smile on his face.
"Everyone, head for the cliffs, Yang, Omega you're up front, Pyrrha, Nora you're at the back, keep the Grimm off us" Crimson half suggested, half ordered the group.
"Woopty doo, front it is" Omega said, an eye roll included in the package, turning to the front.
"I'll go up front with Yang and Omega, everyone else, stay in the middle! Do not stray off the path!" Crimson commanded the group.
A full 20 minutes passed while they headed back out through the forest, back towards the cliff, any Grimm standing in their paths were obliterated by Yang's punches, Omega's dust infused sword and Crimson's Carbine, any behind them taken out by Nora's grenades and Pyrrha's rifle. However there was still a considerably large army of Grimm behind them, taking this into account, Crimson and Omega exchanged glances and nodded.
"You lot go on ahead, we'll catch up!" Crimson yelled over to them, turning around to face the horde of Grimm behind them, Omega doing the same beside her.
"Hey, you two! What are you doing?" Crimson asked the two who stopped and ran back to them.
"Name's Prost, I ain't gonna leave this all to you, think of it as a no paybacks favour" Prost said, a grin spread across his face.
"Yeah, don't leave us out of the fun!" Laughed the girl next to him, "I'm Rosa, pleased to make your acquaintance!"
"Good to meet you, too!" Omega grinned, he instantly pulled out some headphones, and plugged them into his scroll. "So, who here thinks we can kill all of them in… 3 minutes 42 seconds?" He asked.
"Bull"
"No. Way."
"Dude, just no"
"300 lien each says yes!"
"I'll take you up on that"
Omega pressed play on the song on his phone (Gamefire, by Klaypex).
"Let's go!"
The horde infront of them had gained some considerable ground while they were having this little introduction, Omega, noticing this fact, crouched down and transformed his sword into it's railgun form, charging then releasing the trigger to fire, splash damage taking out a few extras. Crimson was by his side changed her Dual swords into the Carbine, switching to burst fire, and taking down several Grimm with a few well placed bursts. Prost pulled out a red dust crystal and threw it at the Grimm heading towards them, then pulled out his bolt action sniper rifle and shot the crystal as soon as it neared some Grimm, exploding said crystal and taking a few Beowulves down with it, sliding the bolt back to release the spent cartridge, then forward to load the next shot, he took aim at a beowolf's head, seeing the shock in its eyes, he smiled "Boo, mother-" his words were cut off by the shot of the sniper round being released.
Instead of pulling out her weapon, Rosa just knelt down and closed her eyes. As soon as her hand hit the ground, a bright pink dome spread out from her, protecting them in a bubble of Aura.
"She can't hold it for long, take out as many as we can now!" Prost yelled out to the other two, who nodded in response.
The shield lasted for a good thirty seconds, during which countless Grimm were slaughtered, but many more took their place.
"There's too many, we'll have to head into CQC!" Omega yelled over the noise, Crimson acknowledged this fact, turning to face the others.
"Prost, Omega, all of us are going to protect Rosa, you two cover the sides I can't" She ordered, they, once again, nodded in recognition. Rosa, who was exhausted by the usage of Aura, was surrounded by the three, who transformed their weapons into their close range form, Crimson her dust infused dual blades, Omega his dust infused longsword and Prost his broadsword.
"Omega, switch to ice dust, if we can let's stop 'em in their tracks" Crimson stated, Omega smiled in response, somewhat too eagerly.
Sending her sights out to the Grimm around them, she started formulating a plan in her head, activating her semblance, she observed her enemies, observing their vitals, their blood pressure. Their weak spots, being marked out by bright blue lines. "An Ursa's weak point is in it's jaw, however, slicing it to pieces will do just fine. Slice through the beowulves chests, preferably from the right, this should take out most major organs. Any boarbatusks, turn them over, stab them in the chest." She explained to the other two, who were observing the Grimm infront of them.
"You lot have a Grimm death ahead of you!" Omega yelled out, making Prost and Rosa groan and Crimson chuckle.
A beowolf launched itself at Omega, who parried its attack, and wedged his sword in it's side so hard it separated the top half of its body from the bottom. For crimson it was an Ursa, blocking its attacks with her blades, she waited for the opportunity to attack to arise, and when it came, she rammed both her swords through its jaw into its brain, if it had one. In Prosts case, he had it easy, a boarbatusk, he grabbed a hold of it's tusks, twisted it onto its back, and rammed his broadsword into its stomach. The three alternated to suit their enemy when possible, gaining a few scratches and, in some cases, losses of flesh, until they heard a roar.
"Ah shit." Omega muttered, turning to where the roar originated. An alpha Beowulf, 5 times the size of the ones surrounding it, towered over them. A look of pure hatred in its eyes. It had considerably more armour on. "Crim, can you view any weak points?"
Once again, activating her semblance a faint blue line showed up stretching all the way from its crotch to its neck. "Well, this is going to be awkward" she muttered, quickly proceeding to tell the others. "Strike there, if possible, but any alternatives are acceptable" she stated.
"Roger!"
They all ran forwards, Rosa after having a quick rest during the time she was being protected.
The Alpha seemed to have told the rest to back off, apparently trying to continue its pride as the alpha, since none of the Grimm around them had decided to attack, instead creating a wall around them to stop them from escaping.
Omega had changed his weapon into its Railgun form, crouching to increase his accuracy, Crimson ran forward, dual wielding, Prost ran forward aswell, broadsword in hand and Rosa pulled out a crossbow, staying behind with Omega to provide covering fire.
The first hit was dealt by Crimson, who wedged one of her swords into its left leg, disabling it, while Prost jumped up slicing at its head, stopping it from seeing what it was doing. Swinging its arms wildly, it would have swatted crimson away, if she hadn't rolled back to dodge the incoming blow. Omega charged a shot, aiming towards its left eye, intending to blind it, but once he'd got the shot off its hand was in the way, blocking the projectile from making contact with its head. Rosa loaded a bolt into the shaft of her crossbow and took aim at the bare skin of its right arm and waited for the right moment. When the time came, she fired, sending the bolt to tear through the Alpha's arm. Omega switched his weapon's mode, changing it to the dust infused sword and leapt into the air. Grabbing onto the beowulf's head, he latched the sword underneath its bone armour, attempting to lever it off and failing, switching tactics, he changed his sword into a gauntlet and smashed its head over and over until it collapsed and its armour broke. Walking off its head, he switched his gauntlet into a sword. He could see fear in the beast's eyes as he rammed his sword into its head, effectively killing it.
Silence filled the clearing.
Then, every Grimm in the vicinity leapt at them.
"Omega! Aura shockwave!" Crimson yelled.
As if on cue, Omega leapt into the air, changing his weapon into his gauntlet, this time, it faintly glowed black as if his aura was coating it. Upon falling, he forced his right hand down, smashing it into the ground. A massive wave of aura struck every Grimm, killing upon touch. Once the shockwave died down, Omega fainted.
"I'll carry him, let's head to the cliff." Crimson said, a small smile showing.
It took them about 5 minutes to get there, and when they did there was the rapidly disintegrating corpses of a Deathstalker and a Nevermore.
"Looks like that lot got big fights of their own after all" Rosa chuckled.
There goes the Emerald Forest, sad to see it go...
Anyway, thank you xThat One Personx for the idea that I used for Crimson's semblance, one virtual cookie for you!
As always, reviews are more than welcomed, and I welcome all ideas for Prost and Rosa's semblance!
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