Emerald was frozen, stuck between a wall and a very angry Ben. The ninja looked at her with a snarl, his eyes glowing with hatred. She had just walked away and hadn't noticed him, stupid, stupid, stupid.
"You," Ben snarled, "You killed her, you murdered her."
"That wasn't me, it was Pyrrha!" Emerald interjected hopelessly, she knew that Ben had full knowledge of her involvement.
"You killed her, you framed Pyrrha," Ben said as he cracked his knuckles, "I'm going to rip you apart, perra."
Ben launched himself into Emerald, punching, kicking, even biting. Emerald screamed as he ripped her apart, her screams bringing back unpleasant memories. Memories of fire, of death, of a voice begging to help. He pounded harder to drown out the noise, he had too…he didn't want to remember their deaths.
"Why the hell are you punching the floor?" Rick's voice brought Ben out of his rage, he looked around to see Emerald standing over him with a gun to his head. The ninja looked at the pavement, stained with his own blood. Emerald focused on Rick, her eyes squinting at him. Rick suddenly yelped in pain as he grabbed his head, before Emerald gasped and did the same.
Ben used the opportunity to scramble away, stepping beside Rick. The psychopath suddenly grinned at the thief.
"So, you're the one giving me a headache," Rick said with his smile plastered on, "Been wondering about that."
"What?" Emerald said as she took a few steps back, pure shock on her face.
"Word of advice?" Rick said as he pointed at his skull, "I've got five voices up here, five people for you to control."
Emerald eyes widened, she had always thought that Rick was joking about being crazy. She knew why she was afraid when she first saw him all those months ago, those eyes…they weren't the eyes of kindness. The thief then, without missing a beat, turned around and ran away. Ben snarled again and tried to go after her, but Rick grabbed his shoulder.
"We've got bigger problems, look!" Rick yelled as he pointed at the arena, where a Nevermore had just landed and was approaching a downed Pyrrha.
"Crap!" Ben yelled as he charged towards the arena, "Son of a bitch!"
"Pyrrha!" Rick yelled as the Nevermore closed in, the psychopath pulling out his scroll and typing in a few command codes, "Hurry up, hurry up!"
The Nevermore was upon Pyrrha, the champion staring at it in shock. That's when a certain redhead jumped in and slashed the huge bird with one of Penny's blades.
"Leave her alone!" Ruby yelled, determined to defend her friend at any cost. The Nevermore swooped up and charged in like a falcon, Rick looked up from his scroll with a smile. A bunch of lockers suddenly came careening in, pinning the Nevermore to the ground.
"Everyone, arm up, we've got Grimm to kill!" Richard yelled as he jumped on stage, followed by a man in a trench coat. Rick and Ben nodded as they leapt in too, each grabbing their weapon along with Rick grabbing his mask.
"Time for some blood meat chunks!" Rick yelled as he revved up his chainsaw, his body ready for bloodshed. Richard grabbed his twin blade as he cracked his neck, his mustache was glistening in the light. Ben wrapped his chain around his waist as he looked around, Emerald had escaped, much to his chagrin.
Suddenly, the Nevermore started shaking, slowly raising its head.
"Someone kill that bastard!" Jesse yelled as he readied his pistol to fire, thankfully, he didn't have to fire as Ren, Nora, Yatsuhashi and Sage all tag teamed it. The bounty hunter grunted as he looked over to Ruby and Pyrrha.
"Ruby…I…" Pyrrha started, "I am so sorry."
"Me too," Ruby replied through tears, "But it wasn't your fault."
"She's right," Jaune cut in as he walked in with Pyrrha's weapons, "Whoever was on the microphone, they're the ones to did this, and we have to make sure that they don't take anyone else."
"Damn straight," Jesse said as he looked around, he could feel the Grimm getting closer. Everyone lined up, ready for combat. That's when a chorus of snarls made them all look up, "Ready up!"
The arena was surrounded by Griffons, the nervous tension in the air palpable.
"Anyone have a plan of attack?" Neptune asked, his nerve starting to fail.
"Sun, I need your scroll." Ruby ordered, Sun smiled and nodded as he threw it to her. Ruby quickly summoned her scythe, she ran towards it…only to have a Griffon land on it. The creature roared at her…right before a shot came from nowhere and killed it right dead.
"Students," Port said as he lowered his weapon, "I think it's time for you to leave."
"But we…" Ruby started before Oobleck cut her off.
"Ms. Rose, this day will surely go down in Remnants history," Oobleck said slowly, "I'd prefer it, if my students could live to tell about it."
Ruby nodded as she grabbed her weapon.
"Let's go!" The little girl nodded, the others nodded as they started running. Jesse paused for a moment, a quick look at Penny's body was what he needed. A reminder of what he was fighting for, it needed to happen.
"One final match Marty," Port's voice laughed as the group ran, "Place your bets!"
The group entered the docks, Atlas personal directed traffic. That's when ships arrived carrying Grimm, Ironwood glared at them as they destroyed his troops. He ran in, screaming, firing his revolver, right before throwing the Beowulf like a ragdoll and finishing it off with a point blank shot.
"What's going on?!" Ruby asked desperately, in pure confusion.
"Grimm are crawling all over the city, the White Fang is attacking Beacon, and to make matter worse," Ironwood said with a sigh, "A…vagabond has seized one of my ships; until we regain command the skies are out of our control."
"So I'm," Ironwood stopped to take a shot at a Grimm, "Going to take it back."
"Not without me," Jesse said as the general turned to walk away, "I know the insides and outsides as well as this…vagabond."
Ironwood nodded as they readied to board the airship.
"What should we do?" Jaune asked as the general and bounty hunter approached the ship.
"You have two choices," Ironwood said as he turned around, "Stay and defend your kingdom and school or save yourselves."
The group all looked at each other.
"No one will fault you if you leave," Ironwood said as he looked sympathetically at the group of children, "Let's move out!"
"Well…that was only the worst speech I've ever heard," Richard said as the general left, the monk turned to his companions, "None of us are going to back down, right?"
"We can take a ship to Beacon." Jaune yelled as they started running towards said ship. Jesse and Ironwood approached the ship, Jesse thinking as they approached.
"They launched a full blown attack on morale to draw in the Grimm, but the Grimm are outclassed by the Mechs…" He muttered to himself, "But they also hacked the tower…oh SHIT!"
The bounty hunter leapt to his feet and pulled out his gun, only for the robotic soldiers to start firing…
At the Beacon rooftops…
"Turn around lass, slowly," Aedan ordered, his voice low and cool. Cinder didn't know if she should smile or frown at the old man but she did as he ordered, his eyes widened as saw her face, "You?"
"Me," Cinder said as she slowly walked around the samurai, "Been a long time, hasn't it?"
"I'm not here to talk the past." Aedan said as he turned, his blade still on her neck.
"I would assume not," Cinder said with a small laugh, "Then why are you here?"
"To stop you," The Ronin said simply, "To stop you from killing more innocent people."
"And how many innocent people as Ozpin been responsible for killing?" Cinder said, trying to get under Aedan's skin, "How many has Ironwood killed?"
"And how many has the White Fang killed? Don't play this game with me, it doesn't suit you." The samurai said as his eyes narrowed.
"Aedan, Ozpin and Ironwood have killed so many," Cinder said, ignoring his warning, "How many did you kill for them? Do you not hear their screams?"
"Oh, cut the mind games," Aedan said, "You've got a point, speak it so I don't feel bad about running you through."
"Aedan, Ozpin killed your team," Cinder said with a look deep into Aedan's eyes, "You know it's true, he sent you in knowing that something wasn't right. That the people were far more dangerous than he let on, you know it's true."
"Aye, I realized that a long time ago." Aedan said to the seductress.
"Aedan…join me, we can make Ozpin and Ironwood pay for their crimes," The woman said, her eyes shifting behind the samurai, "Don't waste your energy, Emerald, he's fought beings with far greater illusions than you."
Aedan didn't even flinch at the mention of Cinder's lackeys, his hearing might be starting to go, but his nose could still smell the oil on Mercury's leg, fresh, likely applied at the beginning of today. Emerald would have been a bit harder to detect, but Aedan could feel the weight her hypnotic gaze.
"You're lackeys are good fighters," Aedan said as he and Cinder continued to circle around, allowing him full view of the pair, "Too bad they had to side with the losing side."
"We have already won Aedan, look," Cinder said as she pointed, Aedan dared glimpsed over to see that the White Fang, the Grimm, and the Mechs all attacking the students, "Ironwood brought his army to us, and it cost him."
"Aye, I guess I see why you'd think that," Aedan said as he looked back, "But I've seen bigger forces destroyed by less."
"A charming though, though hopelessly romantic," Cinder said with a laugh, "You were always a romantic Aedan, please…consider my offer. We will bring down Ozpin, you will finally have the justice you always wanted."
"Tempting," Aedan said as he lowered his blade, "But…I'm afraid I'm going to have to refuse, you don't have the power to even come close to Ozpin, even with the Maiden."
"The Maiden's power isn't all I've got at my disposal." Cinder said with a look at Mt. Glenn, Aedan's eyes widened as he looked at the mountain.
"No…you wouldn't, that's insane!" The samurai screamed as he looked around, "You'll kill everyone!"
"That is why I offer you a chance, join me…with your help, we will be unstoppable." Cinder said as she held out her hand. Aedan gave her one last look before he sighed.
"I'm so disappointed in you lass, you were always one of my favorites." The samurai said as he suddenly leaned over the side and dropped, Cinder didn't even need to look down to see if he survived. Both Emerald and Mercury ran over, giving Cinder a chance to compose herself. She was…truly upset, Aedan would have been the greatest of allies along with…some other things.
She quickly recovered, shaking her head free of the cobwebs. What's done is done, besides…Aedan might change his mind later.
At the hospital…
A Griffith burst into the room, roaring its head off. The nurses all screamed as a tall teen stepped forward.
"Get behind me!" Micca yelled as she raised her ax and brought it down, slicing its head clean off. Another Griffon bust into the room, Micca yelled as she slammed her blade into its torso. The beast was launched into a wall, but then another Griffith leaped at Micca. She didn't have time to turn around…but that's when a bolt buried itself into the beast skull.
Micca whirled around to see Wun, still holding her side because of her injuries, with her trusty weapons.
Insert "I Burn," Jeff Williams…
"I told you to stay low!" Micca yelled.
"Yeah, and I told you to find and do your boyfriend, it isn't going to happen!" The younger girl yelled back as she fired her weapon again, hitting another beast into the wall.
"I forgot how much I loved you," Micca said with a laugh as she shot another Griffith, "Now if only you could get a boyfriend."
"How about we talk about that after we deal with the horrible monstrosities attacking us?" Wun said with a laugh, it felt like they never left each other's side.
"Deal, we need to get the civilians out of here." Micca ordered, the younger Wun sister nodded as she readied another bolt, Grimm were coming through the windows, all got shot for their troubles. It was more akin to a shooting gallery, they would pop up, only to be mowed down. The sister ran throughout the hallway, diving, twisting, and even throwing each other into the air to get better shot's on a Beowolf.
They arrived at the front door with their party of various nurses and patients, the sister leaned against the door with their ears next to it. They could hear the Grimm outside, searching for a way in.
"It sounds like a lot." Wun whispered, Micca grinned at her younger sister.
"Yeah, but we've been through worse." The older sister said as she held out her fist, which Wun reluctantly bumped.
"We good?" Wun asked, only for Micca to scoff.
"You tried to kill me, my friends, my boyfriend…we're going to have to have a serious conversation after all this, then we get to talk about being 'good." Micca said as she got to her feet.
"Ok, ready?" Wun asked as she readied to kick the door.
"Ready." Micca said, right before the younger sister kicked the door. The two sisters charged into the fray, Micca swinging her ax like a madman while Wun tried to keep making pot shots. Overall, the Grimm, which mostly consisted of Beowolves and Ursa, weren't too hard to deal with…that's when a screech filled the air. The two sister whirled around to see…another Nevermore coming to play.
"…do you have something for that?" Wun whispered scared out of her mind.
"No…I actually don't." Micca whispered back, the two sister readied themselves as the bird charged, ready to kill, or at least, it tried to. That's when an arrow slammed itself into the beast chest, right before exploding.
"Looks like you could use some assistance." Alex's voice was met with sighs of relief. The fox faunas slowly walked up with Emily at his side.
"What's going on?" Micca asked.
"Well, first off, Grimm are everywhere, second, the White Fang are everywhere, and third…all the Atlas Mechs have turned on their human overlords," Alex said with a smile, "Nothing too big."
"What he means is that we need to evacuate," Emily said in a serious tone, "The Grimm and White Fang are bad enough, but the Mechs? We can't fight three enemies at once."
"What about Rick, Ben, and Richard?" Micca asked, her voice filled with concern.
"No idea, we need to figure where they are though, right Emily?" Alex said in a pointed tone, the leader sighed.
"Yes, we need to find them, give it to her." Emily said as she gestured at Micca, who looked at her friends in confusion.
"I was whipping this up for Rick," The fox said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a thick disc, "He wanted to give it to you as a gift, but I think we need it more now."
"What is it?" Micca asked as she turned it over, examining it.
"It's a power cell, for Freelancer," Alex explained, "It's not finished, but it should give you enough juice to get through tonight."
"Right, let's go." Micca said as she started off towards the armor building. Alex turned to Wun with a smile.
"So…you're the girl whose been trying to kill Rick, names Alex." The fox said as he, Wun, and Emily started off.
End music…
At a random sidewalk…
"Lady, I don't know if you've noticed, but Grimm are raining from the sky, the White Fang is shooting at us, and your Mechs have just tried to stab us in the back," Teddy yelled as he, Leo, and Julia ran throughout Beacon, "So…I'd appreciate if you'd let our hands free so we could, oh I don't know, fight back!"
"I can't," Julia yelled as the trio ducked behind a bit of cover, "You are my prisoners, I can't…"
"Captain," Leonidas said calmly, "I'm sorry to say this, but all those rules and regulations went out the window after your own robots turned against you. Right now, we need to work together to survive this, so, please…TAKE OFF THE DAMN CUFFS!"
Julia looked at the two, as much as she hated to say it, they were right. She sighed as she pulled out a keycard and swiped it, letting the pair go.
"Good call," Leonidas said as he pulled out his scroll, "Teddy, get your weapon."
"Already on it," Ted said as his weapon came careening in, "What's the plan?"
"I see that some ships are coming in from the arena," Leonidas said as he looked across the sky, "They need a safe landing point."
"How are we supposed to get to the docks, it's too far, we'd never get there in time." Julia said as she drew her sword.
"On the contrary, our ride should be arriving any second now." Teddy said as Julia heard the revving of a motorcycle engine…
In town…
"That's a lot of Grimm…" Owen muttered as he loaded his weapon, he and Sally had just finished clearing out the patrons and were readying themselves to leave as well.
"That's an understatement," Sally said as she loaded her weapon, a weapon that looked like a lever action shotgun with odd designs as well as grabbing a sword that was hanging over the mantelpiece. It was a strange looking piece, bearing what could be considered demonic symbols. Its blade was black metal with a deep, red glow emanating from what would be considered its core.
"Was wondering if you'd bring that out." Owen said as he looked out the window, checking the coast.
"It doesn't fit well under the bar, I can't draw it out quick enough to break a fight up." Sally said innocently as she swung it on her back.
"And that's why you scare me," Owen said with a laugh, "You're always thinking ahead in violent ways."
"Doesn't Rick do the same?" Sally replied as she walked to the door.
"Touché," Owen answered as he pointed his weapon in gun form at the door, "Mind opening the door?"
"For a woman, it's the man's job." The barmaid said with a grin as she kicked the door across the street.
"Ouch, hurtful much?" The teen said as he followed, cracking his neck, "Any idea of where to go?"
"I've…actually got something important to check on, get to the center of town," Sally said as she started down a road, "I'll catch up."
"Yeah, like hell," Owen said as he followed her, "Let a friend walk through monster encompassed streets alone? What do you take me for?"
"Good Dust, you're annoying," Sally said with a grin as she kept moving, "Come along then."
"Where are we heading anyway? We're not going to be hitting a porn shop are we?" Owen joked as he and Sally continued their way, the bartender groaned.
"No, and I'm ashamed that you thought of that, Rick's influence no doubt," She said as they continued, "We need to find an inn, called No Rest for the Weary. An old friend of Aedan and I runs it, Aedan would kill me if I didn't check on her during a crisis like this."
"And old friend? From how long ago? During his…drunk days?" The inquisitive teen asked, Sally laughed.
"Even older, she worked with him for a while before she left and started her own bar in Vale," The barmaid said as she turned down a street, "She had a kid too, named him Edward. Aedan almost killed her when he found out about him."
"Why?" Owen asked back.
"Because it was with a pirate who she never saw again…especially after he found out that he had saved her from his own men." Sally said as she looked around for any sign of Grimm.
"Wait, in…that way?" Owen asked as he rounded another corner.
"Yes, in that way," Sally said as she poked her head around a corner, "Her inn is just over there, let's go."
The pair rounded the corner to the as of yet untouched bar, Sally sighed in relief as she neared the door…only for it to bust open as an Atlas robot was propelled through it.
Insert "Panama," Van Halen…
"Get the hell out of my bar!" Mary yelled as she pumped her shotgun and fired at another robot, this one flying into the tables. Sally and Owen looked at each other, shrugged, and charged in. Sally pulled out her weapon, flip cocked it, and fired, sending another robot into the dust. Owen swung his chain around, one robot turning as the blade neared its head.
The blade chopped its head clean off, right before another robot grabbed it out of the air. Owen smiled, he had been counting on that, as he yanked it forward. The robot was pulled, right before Owen kicked off its chest. The metal machine was sent to the ground, right before Owen landed on its head, crushing it. Another tried to fire at the teen point blank, said teen simply ducked as he wrapped his chain around the robots neck and pulled, popping it off like a soda cap.
The last robot reached down to pull out a grenade, only for Mary to blast it away with a shotgun blast.
"Sally! I wasn't expecting to see you tonight." The older woman yelled as she ran over and hugged the younger woman.
"As I told him," Sally said as she pointed at Owen, "Aedan would kill me if I didn't check."
"That old sod, why hasn't he visited me yet?" Mary demanded, ignoring the chaos surrounding her.
"Been busy, trying to prevent this," Sally said as she gestured to said chaos, "Apparently, the old bat's lost his touch."
"Sorry to cut in, but…" Owen said as he looked around, "We probably shouldn't stay here, Grimm are still pouring into the city. We've got to find some shelter."
"Agreed," Mary said as she loaded her shotgun, "Though I intend to give Aedan a good thrashing when I find him."
"Sure, let's go." Sally said with a grin as the trio took off, unaware of the red eyes that followed them…
End Music…
At Beacon…
"Does anyone have a plan for when we get down there?" Ben yelled over the engines as they approached Beacon.
"Kill everything that's either shooting at you or trying to eat you alive." Rick yelled as he got ready to rev up his chainsaw.
"Sounds good to me," Richard yelled before he turned to the pilot, "Hey, is the landing zone clear."
"As clear as it's going to be," The man said with a cockney accent, "Do me a favor, get on that radio and see if we can't get someone to start chatting."
Richard nodded as he looked to the right and grabbed the receiver, he pressed the button.
"Come in, come in, does anyone read?" Richard's voice was first met with static, right before a familiar voice filled the room.
"Richard, is that you?" Teddy's voice was meet with a sigh of relief.
"That it is, we are heading towards the dock," Richard said as he looked out the window, he could make out the forms of Teddy, Leo, and a woman all fighting, "Who's the chick?"
"An Atlas woman we picked up, a captain of some sort." Teddy replied back as gunfire filled the air.
"Put her on the phone please, I need to get an assessment of the situation and she's probably better at it than you would be." Richard's request was meet with an affirmative grunt as the other end was handed off.
"Lieutenant General Julia Gaia speaking." The woman's voice sounded off.
"Don't care about your rank," Richard said calmly, "I need an assessment, what are we jumping into down there?"
"We're doing our best to keep the White Fang and the Grimm off the platform, it's one of the few that's still in our control. Right now, Beacon is in danger of falling, Grimm are everywhere, as is the White Fang. All of the robotic units have gone rogue, including the paladins." Julia's replied.
"Shit," Richard muttered, "Look, we are coming in for a landing, are we clear to land?"
"Yes sir, we've only a few White Fang stragglers," Julia's voice gave Richard some relaxation, "But their leader is a damned good fighter, we used to be twenty, now…we are at eight."
"What does the leader look like?" Richard asked, hoping that it wasn't who he thought it was.
"A faunas with orange fire and black stripes." Julia replied, Richard sighed.
"Sir, we're coming in." The pilot said.
"OK, we're coming in, keep them off of us." Richard ordered.
"Yes sir." Julia replied back as the monk walked forwards to the doors. Everyone looked around, all afraid for what was next.
"People," Rick said suddenly, "I'm not one for speeches, but I've got one thing to say to you...let's rip them apart!"
The doors opened as Rick revved up his chainsaw, only to be stopped by the sight of a certain tiger faunas. He smiled as his weapon's blades lit up, one after another. The group looked around.
"I'll handle this," Richard said as he stepped forward, readying his own weapon, "Go on ahead."
"Thanks." Rick whispered as he and the rest of the gang took off, Maul and Richard stared each other down.
"No more words…" Richard said as he and Maul kept staring, "Just blood."
As those last words were spoken, the two monks charged forward, their steel clashing as they went off into the night. Teddy and Leo looked at Julia.
"General," Leo said suddenly, "Wait here, protect the ships."
"I don't take orders from you." Julia said sharply.
"We don't need a martyr," Leonidas said calmly, "Look, you need to stay safe, your input to Atlas will be far greater than your sacrifice. Make sure that something like your robots turning against you never happens again."
Julia opened her mouth, right before closing it. She couldn't deny it…he wasn't wrong. Leo and Teddy both nodded as they started running after Rick and the group. As they arrived, Rick was spouting off a few orders.
"Ben, get to the school, make sure any survivors know where to go." Rick yelled over the roar of his chainsaw.
"Why me?" The ninja asked as he took a potshot with his weapon at an approached Grimm.
"Because with Ruby on that ship, you're probably one of the fastest ones of us," Rick yelled as he shoved his chainsaw into another approaching Grimm, "On top of that, your semblance is far better at picking up survivors than anyone else."
"Got it." Ben yelled back as he took off towards the school, Teddy and Leo both took up positions at the psychopath's side.
"Hey, Leo," Rick yelled randomly, "Mind giving a speech? I'm not that good at words, but we could use a good boost right now."
"Gladly," Leonidas said before taking a deep breath, "Ladies, Gentleman, those of unspecified gender, today…we don't just defend Beacon, we don't just fight for our own lives, we don't even fight to protect the innocent lives in the crossfire. Today, we fight for Vytal, today, we send a message to that bitch on the radio.
Leo's semblance was working as the people started to nod their heads.
"We will send a message that will ring to heaven and hell, god's and demons," Leo yelled as he suddenly slammed a Grimm with his shield, "We say to them, 'we will not die so easily, we will not let the Grimm take our live.' Today, we spit in the eyes of the people who think that we are defenseless, the people who thought they could destroy Vale with fear."
Rick yelled in agreement as he slammed his chainsaw down onto a Grimm's arm, cutting it off and going right to its head.
"And for those of us who die? Save a spot in the afterlife for us, for when we meet again, we will share stories of love, friendship, and war and we will celebrate our victories with raised glasses and voices. Let us fight my friends, for Beacon, for Vale, for Vytal!" Leonidas finished his speech as he raised his blade to the sky. Everybody cheered as Leo charged into battle, they felt it…they might win this.
At Beacon…
Ben had made it to the doors, he barely stopped as he ran into the doors. The swung open as the ninja kept moving, only to stop at the sight that lay before him.
"We meet again," Cruril said as ripped his blade out of a victim, "For the last time…"
At the battleground…
Insert "Dangerous But Worth the Risk," By Ratt…
"Son of a…" Rick groaned as an alpha Ursa knocked him back, the psycho's mind was racing, trying to plan his next attack. The Ursa had managed to catch him as he was chain sawing one of its brethren and it was extremely pissed off. It roared as it raised its paw to smite the teen where he stood, right before a huge sword erupted from its chest.
"Back you demon spawn of hell…" Beowulf yelled as he swung his sword around and threw the creature like a rag doll into a wall, the Viking offered Rick his hand.
"Thanks." The psycho muttered as he was pulled to his feet.
"No need," Beowulf said as he turned around, his face in a snarl, "Right now, we need to save as many as we can."
"You can say that again," Perseus yelled as he threw his blade through three Beowolves, "Damn place is crawling with these things, does anyone have a plan?"
"Kill everything that's a Grimm or White Fang?" Caramel offered as she leapt off a Deathstalker, slamming her ax into its 'face.'
"Sounds good to me," Beo said as he raised his sword, "We've got this side, get to the south end…they need some help."
"Got it," Rick yelled as he took off, ignoring the chaos around him as he made his way. He stopped as he saw his friends team SSSN, CVFY, and those other guys from the tournament fighting off a horde of Grimm, "Miss me?"
"Not really," Coco yelled as she gunned down more Grimm, "but we'll take anyone these days."
"All right," Rick yelled as he revved up his chainsaw, "Any request?"
His answer came in the form of a paladin rushing towards them.
"I've got it!" The psychopath yelled as he dropped his chainsaw and pulled out his ax, the Mech charged him, firing its weapons at him, the psychopath ducked and weaved. His body twisting and turning to allow him to snake through the blast, he jumped between its legs right before it turned around and smacked him, "Crap."
The robot loomed over him, its weapons readying themselves for firing. Rick got to his feet and groaned.
"Damnit, can't believe I got to do this." Rick muttered as he closed his eyes, opening them to reveal… strange symbols in both of them in place of his normal eyes. He ducked under its legs again, his eyes snapping towards its left leg. The psycho swung his ax, slamming it into the Mech's legs. The thing tried to turn around, but its left leg wouldn't move.
It decided to whirl around on its axis, but Rick grabbed a handhold and launched himself onto its back. The beast tried to shake him off, but he held on with an iron grip. He scanned the paladins back, right before smiling and shoving his hand into a seemingly random port. Rick yelled as he ripped out a red, glowing orb right before he threw it away.
The orb burst into smoke as it landed as the Mech trembled…right before it fell down. Rick jumped off its back, yawning…not noticing the huge form looming over him. He didn't hear the Nevermore until it was too close, the psychopath whirled around to see it's claws only a few feet away from his face…he had no way to dodge…until a grey figure suddenly slammed into and sent it into the dirt. The nevermore screeched until a snap was heard, the figure turned around as it revved up a minigun and fired, hitting some straggling Grimm.
"Nice night for a walk," Micca's voice rang out as the figure came into the clearing, Rick's jaw dropped. She had finished it, Freelancer. The armor was grey, it's wide visor a deep yellow. In her hands was the FT-800, the barrels only now stopping, "But the Grimm are making a mess of things."
"You, what, how…" Rick stammered before Micca held up a hand.
"Alex, gave me that core, it's not finished but should be enough to get through the night." Micca replied as she turned around to face more Grimm.
"Aw, that was supposed to be a birthday gift." Rick said with a slight amount of exaggeration as he grabbed his chainsaw and revved it up.
Meanwhile, back in the city…
Owen, Mary, and Sally kept running throughout the city, they had no idea where to go and the situation kept getting worse. Grimm and robots kept getting in their way and the aura users were starting to run low on said aura.
"Come on!" Owen yelled suddenly, "The Square should be just around this corner!"
The trio rounded said corner…only to see destroyed buildings.
"We…must have taken a wrong turn…" The teen said as he turned around, ready to backtrack…only to be stopped by the sight of a Rancor Grimm. This one, however was far scarier than the one that BLCP faced...this one was pure white, its eye's glowing dark red.
"Mary…get back…" Sally said as she readied her blade.
"I can help lass…" Mary began before Owen cut her off.
"No…that thing's got armor…your weapon won't do anything to it," The teen said as he took a few steps forward before turning to Sally, "Get her out of here, I'll hold it off."
"What? Like hell, I'm not abandoning you." Sally said back as the Rancor started to approach.
"It's not that simple, neither of us can beat this thing, I'm too exhausted and you don't have the ammo, but you do have something I don't," Owen said, prompting a look from the bar waitress, "Knowledge of the city, and the love of Aedan. If something happens to you, he might do something drastic to himself. Go…I'll be fine."
Sally looked at him and back at Mary, she nodded as she grabbed the older woman's hand and started running. Owen turned back to face his opponent, who roared as it started charging.
Insert "Mad World," by Gary Jules…
"Let's go, to the ends of the earth." Owen said as he charged forward, his weapon clenched in his hands. He dove underneath the creature, throwing his chains around its legs. The creature snarled as it turned around and slammed fist down, the teen narrowly avoided it. He unwrapped his weapon as pulled it back as he switched it to its gun form and fired at the creature, the bullet's clinging off its armor.
The Rancor swung it's might fist again, this time taking out a building as Owen jumped on its arm and started running up akin to an anime. He yelled as his weapon came back to him in time to slash at the creatures face, he managed to get his blade into one of its eyes. The beast roared in pain as Owen leapt off, the force almost pulling the creature down as he swung between its legs and onto a ledge, ripping out his blade in the process.
The Rancor turned around again, this time grabbing a nearby car and slamming it down onto said ledge, Owen yelped as he dove off the side. The Rancor roared again as it suddenly jumped into the air, Owen looked at the creature in wonder as it landed…right in front of the fleeing Mary and Sally.
"No!" Owen yelled as the shockwave sent the pair flying back, Mary screamed in pain as she was impaled by rebar, the steel going into her shoulder. The Rancor looked at the moaning woman as she looked at said rebar, the creature licked its lips as it reached for her.
"Get the hell away from her you bitch!" Sally yelled as she jumped in, stabbing her sword into the ground. A burst of heat and light didn't stop the creature from slamming its fist into Sally…only to be stopped cold by something. The light cleared and in the place of a scared woman stood a figure with stone armor, the beast roared again as it punched the figure.
The figure didn't move, but the Rancor suddenly felt a weight on its shoulder. The creature head was once again met with the sight of Owen jumping on its face, driving his blade into its already wounded eye.
"Sally, move!" Owen yelled as he jammed his weapon deeper, the figure looked up and nodded as the armor fell off. She fell to her knees, exhausted as got herself up. Sally ran over to Mary and grabbed her.
"I'm gonna pull you off on three," Sally said, "One…Two…"
The bar waitress ripped the older woman off the rebar, Mary screamed as she felt the pain full force. Sally looked at the wound…right before she started sobbing.
"No…nononono…" Sally whispered as she started applying pressure to said wound, trying in vain to stop the bleeding. That's when she saw a blue light fill the air, Sally whirled around to see Owen, in the creatures clutches, holding out his hand. His body was glowing blue, "Owen, NO!"
The creature roared as it raised Owen to its lips…and dropped him in its mouth. The teen didn't scream as he fell, instead…he smiled, knowing his work was done as he saw the approaching figure in the distance. Owen stopped feeling anything as the monster bit down, ending his life. Sally screamed as she saw the sight, Owen might have been able to survive that if he hadn't healed Mary, using the last of his life in sacrifice.
The Rancor turned to face Sally, who had nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. She…couldn't move, she had no energy left. That's…when a shot filled the air, the creature's head literally being blown off with a single bullet. Sally whirled around to see a man with a smoke in his lips, clutching his side with his left, and holding a large, silver revolver in his right.
"Sorry to be late," The man said as he approached, not having any idea what had just happened, "Damn Grimm are a pain in the ass to kill, come one, I'll get you out of here."
Sally stared at him, before breaking down into sobs…just a little while longer, and Owen would still be here…
Back at Beacon…
Insert "These Colors Don't Run," Iron Maiden…
Alex, Emily, and Wun were guarding the landing zone, the Grimm kept coming and Alex was starting to run out of arrows and patience.
"Guys, I know I'm amazing," Alex yelled as he fired another arrow, "But I can't pull arrows out my ass, give me something here!"
"Atlas said they are on their way with evacuation shuttles, we just need to hold out!" Wun yelled as she kicked off a Beowolf, firing a bolt into another one.
"That's great and all, but I need a time table!" Alex yelled back, grabbing a pebble and throwing it, sending it through about five Ursa lined up in a row.
"Should be about five minutes!" Emily yelled back as she slashed an Ursa in half.
"Great, that's enough time for them to choose which one to eat," Alex yelled back, only to pause when there was no comeback quip. The fox whirled around to see…Emily slashing an Ursa off Wun's downed body, "What's with her?!"
"She just got out of the hospital, this isn't the best condition to be fighting in!" Emily fired back as she dragged the girl's body back.
"OK, now, I'm getting annoyed!" Alex yelled again as he fired another arrow, creating an ice wall as a brief barrier. The fox ran over to the pair, looking over Wun. She was completely knocked out, sheer exhaustion. The fox almost started cussing again when a screech filled the air, Alex whirled around to see…a Nevermore approaching, "Of course, Dust me right in my ass with a sharp dildo."
"Alex, can you shoot it down?" Emily asked, more out of hope that anything else.
"I might…" Alex said as he reached back…only discover he was completely out of arrows, "…Oh no…"
"Alex, that Nevermore is going to go after the ships, we need to take it down." The calm leader said as she grabbed her weapon.
"Stay with her, I've got a plan," Alex said as he put his bow on the ground, Emily gave him a questioning look as he grabbed a piece of metal and broke of an end. He raised his thumb to the sky, sighting it in just right, "Did I ever mention I used to do javelin?"
The fox threw the spear, the metal rod rocketing towards its quarry, the Nevermore screamed as it hit. The creature started going down.
"Yes!" Alex yelled, right before realizing it was coming towards the trio, "Crap!"
"Alex…do you have a plan for this?" Emily yelled, her hope running on fumes.
"I do actually," Alex said as he stepped forward, "It's the only option that will definitely work."
Emily racked her mind, trying to figure out what he meant, right before her eyes widened.
"Alex, that's madness!" She yelled as she started to get up, ignoring the part where the Grimm was getting closer.
"Madness?" Alex said as the creature burst through the ice barrier, "This…Is…ROSA!"
As he yelled that, he lashed out with a devastating kick, the Nevermore screeched again as it was sent back. Alex yelled as he felt the impact, every nerve on fire, he could feel the crack of every bone, the damage of the blow shattering his right leg. The Nevermore? It got the worst of it, the creature literally disintegrated as it flew back. Alex fell to the floor, groaning as he gently grabbed his leg.
Emily stared past him, he had saved them from the bird…but the Grimm were still coming, that's when the airships finally arrived.
End Music…
"Fire!" A female voice echoed as the soldiers fired their weapons, mowing down the approaching Grimm. The woman walked out, she looked over Emily, Wun, and the still groaning Alex with red eyes, "Get those two on the ship, you…can you still fight?"
Emily nodded as she got to her feet, turning her weapons on full. Alex groaned as the soldiers picked him up, a medic gingerly looking over his leg.
"Completely shattered," The doctor said with a German accent as he adjusted his glasses, "Get him on the ship and give him twenty CC's. The girl? She's just tired, let her rest."
"Thanks medic, stand ready to look over others." The woman ordered, the man nodded, only to start stumbling as the ground started shaking. The people all looked at each other as they heard a burst, they looked at Mt. Glenn….with a Dragon bursting out of it.
"Please tell me that's the drugs." Alex asked.
"Are you kidding me? That's not a legend?" Richard yelled as he and Maul paused in their fighting, they were in something akin to a foundry.
"A goddamned dragon?" Ben yelled as he took a few steps back, Cruril stopping and starting as well.
"No…not this…" Aedan whispered as his hands clenched on his katana.
"Oh…shit." Jesse muttered as he and his companions got to the square.
"Oh ok," Rick yelled as he stared, "A dragon…that's a thing…WHY IS THAT A THING?"
"Rick…I love you," Micca said as Rick finished, he gave her a strange look, "In case we don't make it…"
"Oh hell," Beowulf muttered before turning to face Perseus, "Hey…I need to ask you a favor…"
"What is it?" The Greek asked, Beowulf handed him something.
"You know what to do with this," The Viking said as he started off, "I'm off to kill me a dragon…"