Setting: The Facility
An explosion rang throughout the Facility. Remus was forced to run out of Amilius' lab as laser blasts were being fired on him, but he dodged each one. As he ran down the hall, Beta Orange was right behind him, flying through the air using the thrusters on its back. Lifting its arms, it fired more laser blasts at Remus. Covering its body were small octagon-shaped plates, once Beta opened one on its left shoulder, another laser was found and fired on Remus only to miss. Behind them was Epsilon Blue marching to the battle while Amilius remained in his lab like nothing happened. He was getting the Alpha out of standby mode and as he did it's amber eyes glowed a crimson red.
Silver and Zelts were following Remus down the hall but weren't fast enough to keep him in their sights. As they continued to follow their friend, they began to hear the sound of blaster being fired. "Oh great, what the hell did he do?" Silver complained.
"Let's give him the benefit of the doubt. He's angry but it can't be that bad, I mean it's Remus after all," Zelts said defending his friend who he saw turn the corner and crash right into them causing them to fall into a heap of tangled limbs.
"Why Remus, wh-" Silver groaned but his question was answer in the form of Beta flying past the corner then fired on them.
Remus quickly teleported to them at end of the hallway where they all got up.
"What is that?!" Silver asked. Beta released several plates from its body and they hovered in the air like Hazel's wasp drones. They fired more lasers in a swarm, causing the boys to flee further down the Facility all the way back from whence they came with the drones and Beta in hot pursuit.
Back in Lupa's lab, Violet was about to leave the scientist to find her boys but was stopped by Lupa as soon as she reached the open door. "The hell do you want?" she asked darkly. After everything Lupa told her about what she did to her teammate, Violet didn't have the most positive view of the faunus.
"I already know you hate me, but I also know you care for Remus deeply. I brought you all here because I believe together you can get out of here safely and I told you his tale because no matter what happens today, this will be the last time I see him. He probably wants nothing to do with me now."
"You're damn right this is the last time you see him, I'll never let you anywhere near Remus again."
"Good, I'm glad you feel that way because I'm entrusting him to you, Violet. Keep him safe, be his friend, and make sure he lives a happy life like Romulus always wished for him. As long as that wish is fulfilled, you'll never see me again and perhaps I can find some peace, even if Remus hates me forever," Lupa said with a sad smile. She was willing to atone for everything she's done.
Violet looked at her for a moment before turning back to the entrance to leave. She was about to enter the hallway, but stopped when the bumbling force of her boys barreled through followed by laser fire. "Of course those boys do something stupid when I'm not around," she thought using two fingers to squeeze the bridge of her nose in frustration.
In the hall the boys were running away from the laser fire. Silver and Remus were dodging them while Zelts did the same, but because he wasn't as fast, most of the laser blast tried to hit him which is why he used Conversion to absorb the attacks. Tired of running, Silver turned around, grabbed Ceasefire and fired several rounds at the flying drones. He was able to shoot down several of them and he fired on Beta too. The attack had an impact on the robot as it faltered in its flight path. Silver aimed for its face plate and broke through and destroyed the left optic causing the robot fly off course. It skidded against the wall before Zelts jumped in its way and bashed it with his shield. His assault caused Beta to smash into the front door of the Facility and break through where it crash landed into the ground.
"Yes!" Silver cheered victorious, but that moment ended quickly when they heard Epsilon Blue's heavy footsteps. "Oh come on."
Violet entered the hallway and through two magazines full of dust to Silver. He caught them and looked to her for instructions. "Silver, Zelts, go take care of the orange one outside. You guys can hold your own. Remus and I can deal with this one," Violet said doing her job as their leader.
"Got it," Zelts said walking down to the entrance.
"You're the boss, boss," Silver said replacing his normal rounds with the dust rounds.
Violet eyed Epsilon up and down. "It doesn't look so tough." she thought but that ended when the sound of multiple buzzing was being emitted from the robot.
The robot removed the armor on its arms and underneath were countless chainsaw blades completely covering both its arms. Lifting the armor from its abdomen revealed the same, it was a safe assumption that its entire body was covered in blades.
"Oh son of a bitch," Violet cursed under her breath.
Lupa walked into the hallway but stopped just at the entrance of her lab. She didn't want to get in the way of the battle. She noticed that Remus tried to shift his sword into its railgun form, but the extensive damage it received prevented it from changing from its current state despite the slight repairs she administered. Seeing how his action was futile, Remus decided to sprint past Violet toward Epsilon and attack with his blade. The chains on the robot's torso began to whirl, moving at high speed and creating more noise. When Remus' sword struck the robot's body, the chainsaw blades stopped the attack from cutting through and the clashing created sparks that flew all around the hallway.
Remus had to keep his eye closed in order to protect it, but this proved to put him at a disadvantage as Eplison lifted his left arm to bring it to Remus' face and shred it. Violet threw a Vorpal Sword at its arm and it froze instantly, however the chainsaw blades still were able to move inside the ice. Swiftly, Remus landed another hit with his sword by attacking upward, but the chains still stopped the attack, forcing him to turn his head and teleport to Violet's side and the violent rotation of the chains easily shattered the ice on Epsilon's arm.
"Wish I didn't send our better long-ranged fighters away," Violet said throwing two more Vorpal Swords at the machine and they exploded on impact.
When the smoke cleared, Epsilon didn't seemed all that damaged, but it removed all the armor on its body save for its head. Its entire body was encased in chainsaw blades and the unpleasant sound of several motors running made it seem like some kind of horror show. Violet continued using her Vorpal Swords to attack while Remus tried to get his weapon into railgun mode, showing a great deal of anger. Epsilon began moving toward them slowly with a few of the chains blown off or out of place thanks to Violet's constant attacks. Seeing Remus struggling with his weapon, Violet decided the best move to protect him was to face the machine head-on even if it was dangerous for her. She threw three more Vorpal Swords that electrocuted the machine this time then grabbed the twin daggers from their holsters. She swung one which clashed with Epsilon's arm, but the force was too much for the small bladed weapon and Violet was forced to take a few steps back.
"Invisibility is probably useless, even if it helps me get close, I can't make a dent with those chains rotating all over its body...Wait-" she thought as an idea came to mind.
Lupa looked at Remus struggle in anger and decided to tell him about his weapon. "Remus, I'm sorry but Velocitas Eradico is too damaged to change forms." He grunted in frustration and she understood this was piling on his hatred for her. "But I added something new, put both hands on the grip and twist it," she instructed and he did as she said. When he did, the two edges of the sword began to glow and shine a cobalt shade of blue. Remus could feel the energy of the railgun flowing through the sword.
"I modified it so you could still use the energy. It increases the sharpness of your blade greatly, strong enough to damage the Alph-" she said, but Remus teleported away facing her instead of the battle.
Behind her back, Violet used her semblance to make the dagger in her hand invisible then threw it looking like she was just hitting air. She hit the only place on Epsilon that wasn't surrounded by saws, its head. Violet hit it in the middle of the face-plate and the dagger reappeared stuck in the head then with quick movement, she jumped on top of its head, roughly yanked her dagger from its face, then jumped off with a kick to the back of its head. She was ready for another attack, but a puff of smoke materialized in front of her and all she heard were several slashing movements and a trail of blue light. When the smoke cleared, she saw Remus standing before Epsilon with his mechanical sword glowing on its edges and Epsilon being sliced diagonally all the way through. The machine fell apart and before it did, the arm and legs fell off as well, effectively terminating Epsilon Blue.
"He used Checkpoint and teleported to a location outside his line of sight. He's still developing, even in the midst of combat. As a scientist I can theorize that he was close to reaching a new level and made it at this moment, or from a normal point of view, perhaps he was motivated to assist friend," Lupa thought.
Violet looked at the new improvement to Velocitas Eradico then at Remus, who turned around then walked to the entrance to help Silver and Zelts fight Beta Orange. When she looked at his face, she noticed that his eye had that intensity that she saw every now and then when he fought seriously. She did become aware of that this was different than the other times as well, ordinarily, the intensity made his eyes seem clouded, but now she could see his pupil clearly like Remus was still in there.
"Violet, come on, we gotta help Silver and Zelts before Al- I mean Romulus gets here," he said looking at her. She broke out of her daze and led the way to the entrance of the Facility.
"Wait!" they heard someone say. The duo stopped in their tracks and turned to Lupa who looked worriedly at Remus. "That look in his eye, it's like the Remus I knew has returned,"
Violet's face scrunched a little in aversion when she looked at the scientist, but Lupa didn't let it discourage her from speaking to Remus who looked at her questioningly.
"I already know you hate me Remus, if someone did all this stuff to me I would hate them too. Forcing you to do all those things for an unattainable goal... Perfection is impossible for anyone and it took hurting you and Romulus to see that. Amilius no, Umbra hasn't realized that and it has corrupted him into someone I don't recognize anymore. I can't speak for Umbra but I want to tell you I'm sorry, I'm sorry for everything I've done to you and for what my former friend did to your brother. I know you'll hate me forever and I also know you'll never forgive me but I want you to know that I'm sorry," she said with her head bowed, waiting to hear Remus agree with her.
"...Why would I hate you?" he asked. Lupa and Violet looked at him completely astonished.
"I mean, you did do a lot of bad things, but you apologized right? And you seemed very sad about what you did. And when you let me go, I did make friends and I have my own life like you and Romulus wanted, so I should be saying thank you. AND I got stronger like you said I would so your theory isn't completely wrong. I think believing in your own capabilities help you get stronger and you can also learn when you lose...ahaha guess it took me a while to figure that out, right?" Remus said with a grin as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Amilius is the one I'm mad at. I don't know who Romulus is, but you said he was someone really close to me and wanted nothing but the best for me. Once this is all over, I'd like to know more about him. Could you tell me later?" he said, looking at her with no negative thoughts whatsoever.
Lupa looked at Remus, her former Delta experiment, with befuddlement then happiness at his growth. Though he diverted greatly from her original course, Remus has proven to be a success. She smiled with tears filling her eyes feeling eternal grateful. Violet's feelings for Lupa didn't change but Remus, the scientist's victim, felt no resentment toward her so for his sake she'll lighten up on Lupa, whenever.
Setting: Forest
Laser fire was being shot around the forest along with the sound of gunfire and blustering winds. As multiple drones flew around, one by one they were being shot out of the sky by Silver using Ceasefire. More were caught up in a windstorm and destroyed by the electrical current within. All that was left was Beta Orange with the plate slots on its body missing the drones. It flew through the air passing trees toward Silver and Zelts.
With the flow of battle on their side, Silver jumped from tree to tree till he was in the path of Beta and once the robot was close enough, he used Gravity to jump and land on the robot's back, riding it like a surfboard. Silver had his fun but quickly used the ice dust in his gun to fire on its back, covering the droid in ice. He jumped off as the droid was falling toward a Conversion-powered Zelts, who used his shield to block the robot. The force of the impact caused Beta to break apart into pieces.
"That was more fun than I thought it'd be," Silver said enjoying himself.
Zelts didn't feel the same, he knew this was the calm before the storm. "We need to regroup with the ot-" then in a puff of smoke Remus appeared between them scaring them both.
"DAAA! REMUS WHERE THE HELL DID YOU COME FROM!" Silver shouted and Remus remained his usual oblivious self.
"I came from inside the Facility. Violet's right there at the entrance, I took a head start by using Checkpoint from inside." Remus answered.
"...I thought you could only teleport from where you could see. How'd you do that?" Silver asked.
Remus shrugged and gave him the only answer he could think of. "I leveled up."
Zelts looked and saw the difference in his eye and smiled. "Yeah, that sounds about right."