Chapter 10:
Mane kept firing, keeping the girls pinned. He wondered what kind of plan they'd be thinking up as he reached for the remote detonator in his pocket. He had at least forty bombs hidden all over the warehouse. One simple push and the whole place was ground zero.
He didn't really care about Torchwick's request now. All he needed to do was get the job done. Although granted, he probably won't be able to extort the Schnee Dust Company anymore. Still, taking out the young heiress would leave a major hole in the company's future. He'd figure out what to do then.
His gun clicked empty. Growling, he ejected the magazine and prepared a fresh one.
That was when he saw the Red silhouette of a high caliber rifle pop out from behind the container. He jumped out of the way as Ruby started firing, the bullets putting dents in the floor and walls.
"Well crap..." He snarled, taking cover behind a pillar. "Guess it's time to leave..." He slipped out...
..to see Yang charging down on him. He raised his arm and parried her punch. Despite the fact his glove was broken, he was still strong enough to fend for himself in close quarters combat. Yang aimed a left cross, which he blocked and returned with his own, catching her square in the jaw. As she faltered, he noticed another shape moving toward him. He narrowly avoided the slender blade that belonged to the young Schnee heiress.
Soon enough, he was facing both of them, Yang with her pummeling punches on one end, Weiss's sword on the other. The two fought back in tandem, Yang's strength forcing him on the defensive while Weiss flanked him for possible openings.
Mane flipped backwards, lining the two girls up in front of him and reloading at the same time. Weiss and Yang took cover to avoid a new burst of sun-machine gun fire.
"What's wrong kids?" He laughed. "Here I thought you guys were actually supposed to be a challenge!"
"Well then, let's not disappoint you..."
Mane turned and saw Blake dive down at him from above, firing Gambol Shroud at him. The weapon, altered into its kusarigama form, wrapped around his own and, with a tug, his gun was cut clean in half.
Weiss moved out of cover, stabbing the ground with Myrtenaster. A wall of ice encased Mane's feet, trapping him.
"Back off!" He grinned, holding up the detonator. "I push this, we all go up in smoke."
"Oh, we know about that." Yang said.
"And we think it's a pretty good idea." Blake said, reaching to something behind her. "For you anyway."
She tossed something at Mane. His eyes registered one of the bombs that he had set up around the place.
"See ya..." Blake said as she and Yang crouched low while Weiss set up a repelling glyph.
"Wouldn't want to be ya." Mane turned and saw Ruby, her weapon aimed straight at the bomb. Lining it up, she pulled the trigger.
The sniper round blasted through the detonator, igniting the explosive within. Mane didn't have time to react as the blast shattered the ice that trapped him and flung him across to the opposite wall of the warehouse, onto which he crashed and slid down to the floor.
Blake panted as Weiss dispelled the glyph. "Everyone okay?"
"Never better." Yang nodded, her eyes returning to their original lilac shade.
Weiss however, didn't respond. She merely walked over to the unconscious Faunus. Her teammates followed, wondering what it was she was doing.
Mane coughed, opening his eyes. He saw Weiss staring down on him, her sword pointed right at him.
"Go ahead." He growled. "Do it..."
Weiss glared as she remembered all of the horrid memories that had been so prevalent in the past few days and the rage in her heart. She wanted justice to be done so badly. The tip of her sword slowly inched toward his heart.
"Weiss..." She didn't have to turn around to imagine the worried look on Ruby's face. The same look was definitely be shared by Blake and Yang.
Weiss lifted her sword and drove it down. Myrtenaster pierced the wood floor to Mane's right. He blinked, not understanding what had just happened.
"You're not worth it." She said, removing her sword.
Sirens could be heard in the distance. Weiss turned back and walked into the warm embrace of her friends.
Ruby and Blake looked on as Mane was led away into the police car. According to an officer, he had just a broken rib. It still didn't dispel Blake's icy gaze.
"Well," Ruby shrugged. "At least we got him, right?"
"And he'll probably get one heck of a jail term." Blake said as the car he was in drove away. "You have no clue what sort of things he has done to both humans and Faunus."
The two of them walked over to Yang and Weiss, who were getting looked at by paramedics. Well, at least Weiss was. Yang was far from being cooperative. Although she wouldn't admit it, Yang had gotten at least four solid hits from Mane in the battle that had ensued. Even Ruby wondered if it was a good idea for her to shrug off the medic considering Mane's own strength.
Actually, shrugging off was a gentle term. Yang was close enough to beating him senseless for her inferred version of 'harassment'.
"Listen bub!" Came Yang's irritated voice. "What part of 'I'm fine' do you not understand?"
Weiss sighed as she watched the scene unfold. "Ruby, could you stop her before she gets charged for assault?"
Ruby groaned and went over to her sister. Weiss smiled as Ruby and Yang got back into one of their crazy tussles. Sure it looked violent, but she supposed that was among the only ways for the two sisters to show they cared for each other.
"It's been a pretty crazy week huh?" Blake said as she sat down next to her.
Weiss wrapped the coat the police had given around her tightly. "It was quite, eventful..."
Blake and Weiss looked as Ruby tried to pull Yang back, which ended up in the both of them wrestling on the floor. Even the police looked completely dumbfounded at what was to be done.
"You know what Blake?" Weiss turned to look at the Faunus girl.
"Hmm?" Blake returned Weiss's look with curiosity.
"I don't think I'm going to have any more bad dreams." She said.
Blake frowned. "Why's that?"
"Because I have the craziest friends alive." Weiss chuckled.
Blake chuckled while still maintaining her quizzical look. "How? The last time I checked, our crazy was a hazard to your health."
Weiss nodded in reply. "Well, I guess not all crazy is bad. Besides, Ruby's crazy grows like a fungus on everyone."
Blake smiled over the clamour. It seemed Ruby and Yang's tussle just took a new edge. "Well, I doubt you'll see much more of crazy when Ms Goodwitch hands detention to us for being out past curfew."
"Really had to state the reality of it huh?" Weiss sighed.
"Just felt I had to remind you." Blake said in monotone.
Weiss regarded the Faunus girl with a frown that was returned with a soft stare. Before long, both of them were giggling.
Weiss stood up, letting the coat fall. "Shall we go put a stop to their childishness now?" Blake craned her head to see Yang and Ruby trying to choke one another.
Blake shrugged. "Sure."