Chapter 8

Everything beautiful is gone

"No matter how tough you are, a measure of fear can help keep you alive. In Abbott a man who isn't afraid is too stupid to live." RT.

Dallas have been lucky to get out of the prison with the help of Torque and team RWBY, and eventually his luck held. He found a motor boat with the White Fang symbol on it, and saw that the boat still work.

Without hesitation, he hopped in and rolled out to the mainland.

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It had just started to rain, when one of Ironwood's soldiers saw the incoming boat. As it got closer, the soldier saw that the driver of the boat was wearing a orange prison jumpsuit. The soldier then aimed his weapon at the man, and the man lifted his arms in the air in surrender.

"Who are you and where did you come from?" The soldier demanded.

"I just got off Carnate island, and man you wouldn't believe the things I've seen. I'm Dallas by the way." He said. "Wait a minute? Did you say you came from Carnate?", The soldier asked. "Sure did." Dallas answer.

"Alright, I'm going to make some calls. You stay right there. Got it?"

"Got it." Reply Dallas.

The soldier then made some calls, and soon Dallas was taking to Beacon Academy.

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When Dallas entered Professor Ozpin's office he was told to take a seat by Ironwood. He did what he was told, as Ozpin began to question him.

"I heard you came from Carnate island. Is that correct, Dallas was it?" He asked.

"Sure did." Answered Dallas.

"So do you think, you can tell us what's going on?" Ozpin asked. To which Dallas responded by saying, "Just like I said to that soldier back at the docks. You wouldn't believe me."

"Try me." Ozpin said. Without hesitation, Dallas began to describe the things he had seen, from the strange monsters, to his encounter with team RWBY and Torque, then his escape. And as he went on, Ozpin couldn't help but feel it large amount of terror.

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While Dallas was telling Ozpin about the things he saw, back on Carnate the group began to move forward. Jumping off the roof of the building they were on and onto a cat walk on one of the guard towers, the group saw there was no way down.

That's when they saw the ladder, and realize they had to jump across from the roof of the tower to the next building over. They climbed up the ladder and jumped across to the next building.

When they were all across, a door leading to the roof they were standing on open, when the door was fully open a C.O. came out, when Blake saw the man, she instantly recognized him as the man she saw on the monitor. Then the man looked at the group and screamed in terror and ran away, as he shouted out, "Momma."

"What was that all about?" Wiess asked. "He's scared", Torque replied, then continued, "Not everyone can handle something like this." He finished. "We should follow him, maybe he can lead us to the radio building." Ruby said.

"I think you're right Ruby, so we have to protect him." Blake said. "Alright, so it's a plan, let's get to it." Torque said. As the group followed the CO down the stairs, he began saying things like, "Stay away! Stay away!" And "They're everywhere."

As they made their way down, Torque heard the voices of his wife and the evil entity. Once again he chose to listen to his wife. Once the group reach the CO he began to speak to them with a stutter.

"You're n-n-not monsters... you're not gonna k-k-kill me. What a relief, I've been running so long..." He said.

Torque then began to talk to him, "Alright, calm down. What's your name?" He asked.

"L-L-Luther. Look, I may be a C.O., but, believe me, I always thought I had more in common with the inmates then the gung ho C.O.s they got here at Abbott." He responded.

Then Ruby began to speak to him, "Alright, Luther, do you think you can lead us to the radio building, if we can protect you from the monsters?"

"S-S-So all of you will keep me safe, if I take you to the radio building?" Luther asked.

"Of course, just stay behind us when those monsters show up alright?" Reply Torque.

"Alright, l-l-let's go. This way." Luther said. The group then began to follow him and would protect him if they had to.

Luther led the group to the door and open it, and once again they were outside. As they stepped out a Slayer appeared causing Luther to scream in fright. The group however quickly dealt with it, and when it was dead they continued on.

After only a few steps to more Slayer's appear, and the group got ready to face them. Torque however went to a spotlight and turned it on, then he signed it on the Slayer's. Instantly the Slayer's were set on fire, and eventually fell to the ground dead.

When the creatures were gone, they continued onward. As the group neared a ladder, they spotted a large hole in the yard, through the hole Slayer's were jumping out. And once again, Torque turn on another spotlight, and shine the light on the Slayer's and then the hole.

Immediately, flames shot out of the hole when the spotlight will shine on it, once that was taken care of, Luther began to speak. "Now, ta get ta the radio buildin', we gotta get into the yard... But, hell, th-there's no way out of this tower. I thought there was, but there ain't."

That's when the group spotted a crate marked with the word 'explosives'. Upon seeing this a wicked smile came to Yang's face, as both she and Torque began to push the crate. As they were pushing the crate, Luther began to speak again.

"I dunno, I never believed it, but I think my Momma was right. This is God's judgment, and we've come up short."

Once the crate was over the open hatch, the crate fell in and when it hit the ground there was a explosion. Once the explosions stopped, Luther began to speak again. "I think that did it. Y'all are pretty smart, a little crazy maybe, but smart. We can get out now, were gonna make it."

They then began to climb down the ladder one at a time and came into the yard. As they entered the yard, they were hit with another vision of Torque's family.

"Yeah, I clobbered it!" Malcolm shouted.

"Nice swing Malcolm." Cory said.

"Run Malcolm, run!" Shouted Carmen.

"Your up, Cory." Malcolm said to his older brother.

"Aw I don't wanna. Why do we always hafta play ball with mom?" Cory complained. The scene then change and Carmen began to speak to Torque.

"Cory always wanted to play with his father, but where were you?"

Then with that the vision ended, and a group of Slayer's appear, to which Luther began to cry from fear.

"Oh god... I just.. can't... take it... Momma!" He cried out loud.

The group instantly got ready for a fight, but Torque open fire with his Tommy gun and detonated a large crate of explosives killing the Slayer's. However a group of Marksman came out of the ground began to attack.

Ruby charged at the closest Marksman near her, before the Marksman could react, Ruby severed its left arm and right leg with her scythe and then shot it's head off.

A Marksman open fire on Wiess, but she deflected the rounds by creating a glyph. She then froze the Marksman legs to the ground, and then launched herself towards it. Using her weapon Wiess stabbed the Marksman in the head as the blade exited through the back of its skull.

She then pulled her weapon out, as the Marksman shambled around and fell to the ground dead.

A Marksman took aim at Blake and shot her in the head and chest and legs, only it wasn't her but instead it was a shadow clone. The Marksman was confused by this, and began searching for her.

Only to be attacked from behind, as Blake stabbed the creature in the back of the knee. The Marksman let out a roar of pain and tried to grab her. But Blake quickly jumped out of the way and began shooting the Marksman in the chest, then with one quick strike she severed the creatures head off, finishing it.

Yang charged at a Marksman that took aim at Ruby and almost fire at her, when it was interrupted by her. Yang swung a haymaker with her right arm in the creature's face, while firing off a shell from her shotgun gauntlets.

The shell blew off a large section of its face, revealing the skull under it. She then quickly delivered a uppercut with her left and destroyed the rest of the Marksmans head.

When the creatures were all gone, Luther came up to them and began to speak. "You must all be Angels from above, Angels of vengeance. C-c-come to save us all. C'mon, we're almost there."

He then led the group to the radio building as he said, "In here, the radio's in here!" As they entered the building they heard that the radio was on, but they also heard the voice of Killjoy calling out to Torque.

As they were hearing this, Luther began to speak. "The radio's already on but... what is that... that sound is coming over the speakers. It's like it's processed or something. After all of that, we're still damned."

But then he began to examining it and realize what it really was, and began to explain the situation to the group. "Looks like the interference is coming from the western part of the island... wait that's got to be from that old asylum. Correction officers go out there sometimes. They set up an old radio so they can stay in touch with Abbott... maybe that's what's causing the interference. But, maybe it's something else. I've always thought that place was haunted."

He then turned his attention towards the group and began to speak to them, "Listen, y'see, there's no way I'm leaving this building with things like they are. So you're the ones that's gotta go to the asylum. There's a map right there", he pointed then continue.

"You'll need to go through the old Quarry to get there. You can get out of the prison by climbin' on the roof right above us and then jump over to the digger's building. I'll stay here and keep the radio safe from those things. At least I-I-I'll try."

The group grabbed the map and climbed up the ladder headed over to the Quarry.

A/N. To those who are reading this, I want to say that my heart and prayers go out to the victims of the mass shooting that took place at the synagogue in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. And I also want to say to my readers, to have a safe and happy Halloween.