Chapter 12: Secrets Revealed Part 2
The heroic team could only stare in pure shock at what the screen as they turned the TV off.
"This isn't possible!" Weiss mumbled to herself before turning towards Sean. "Sean, you didn't really kill that man did you?!" Weiss asked the shocked teen, desperately hoping that this wasn't true and it was just a misunderstanding.
Professor shook his head feverishly. "There is no conceivable way that Sean could have done it! Sean has a no kill rule; he doesn't even kill criminals that deserved to be put to the blade!" Professor 9 declared in Sean's defense.
"He's right." Blake chipped in. "Besides, Sean was with me at the bookstore when this happened. There is no way he could have done it anyway."
Weiss breathed a sigh of relieve.
Sean glared at the screen. "There is only one person that I know that could of done this. The only person that has powers that's similar to mine."
Ruby turned her head to look at Sean in concern. "It's Light-Warrior isn't it?" Ruby guessed.
"You guessed it." Sean replied with a nod.
Before anything else could be said between them, the reporter started to talk again.
"I just got word from the police commissioner that due to the severe and brutal nature of the slaying, Dark-Warrior will now be classified as a wanted criminal. The commissioner urges Dark-Warrior to turn himself in at the police station for questioning. There will be a reward for anyone who can give us information concerning the whereabouts of Dark-Warrior." The reporter stated. "In other news-" Everyone stopped paying attention as they mulled over the news they were told.
Sean clenched his hands into fist, furious about the turn of events. After glancing over to Sean and seeing his expression, Professor 9 stood up from the couch and placed his hand on Sean's shoulder.
"Sean, I know that you're very upset right now, but it would be a good idea to take a moment to calm down before we do anything reckless." Professor 9 said in an attempt to calm Sean down.
"He's right." Blake agreed. "We need to lie low for a while and plan our next move, especially now that the city will be looking for you."
Sean shrugged Professor 9's hand off his shoulder. "I can't do that now. Not after what Light-Warrior did. He can frame me all he likes but he crossed the line when he involved an innocent person in this!" Sean stated, pressing his fingers on the Dark Band and transformed into Dark-Warrior before heading towards the window, only for Professor 9 to try to stop him.
"Your going to get yourself killed if you go out there Sean!" Professor 9 yelled desperately. "Think about it before you go rushing into a suicide mission!"
Dark-Warrior stopped in front of the window. "It's not a suicide mission if you're trying to stop the bad guy." The dark hero said calmly without looking at his oldest friend.
"At least try to listen to what he's saying!" Weiss demanded.
"There had to be another way!" Ruby cried out.
This time, he glanced behind him towards his concerned friends. "There is no other way; it's either him or me. It's time I end this." Dark-Warrior opened the window and was about to climb out.
Yang was getting tired of this. "Damnit! Will you stop and listen to us!?" Yang growled.
Dark-Warrior looks towards Yang. "I am listening, I'm just choosing not to acknowledge what your all saying." Before he could lift his leg through the open window, Blake ran over to him and grabbed his arm.
"SEAN! PLEASE DON'T GO!" Blake yelled as she tightened her grip. "I almost lost you once, I don't want to lose you again!"
Dark-Warrior sighed and placed his leg back inside. "Look, I don't want to do this as much as you guys don't, but you all know that Light-Warrior needs to be stopped before he kills more innocents. But before I go, I have a few things to tell all of you." Dark-Warrior stated, looking towards Ruby first.
"Ruby, I want to thank you for being a good friend and for keeping my secret for as long as you could." Ruby smiled. "No problem." Ruby replied as he turned towards Weiss. "Weiss, thank you for helping me with all your hard work and carrying Professor 9 out of danger." Weiss rolled her eyes good naturedly. "Of course, what are friends for?"
Sean smiled under his mask as he turned towards Yang. "Yang, I know you felt bad for using my money but don't worry about it, I got over it a long time ago. But thank you for caring enough to try." Yang smiled and gave him a thumb up. "I'm going to treat you to pizza later, paid by me this time." Yang told him, getting a laugh in return.
"Professor 9." He called out as he turned towards him next. "Thank you for being the best friend and brother anyone could ask for. You always had my back whenever I needed help, was injured, or I just needed someone to talk to." Professor 9 smiled. "Definitely, who else would be able to save you when you get into trouble?" The mechanical genius asked, getting a chuckle.
The last person that the dark hero turned toward was Blake, who gave him a sad look. "Blake...Thank you for accepting me for who I am. Ever since I became Dark-Warrior, I felt like someone placed a curse one me and I was going to be trapped in that curse forever. But after getting the pleasure of hanging around you and the others...I now understand that the powers bestowed to me wasn't a cure, but a blessing. For that, I can never hope to be able to repay you." The second he finished, Dark-Warrior wrapped his arms around Blake and pulled her into a hug. Moments later, he let go of her.
"If I don't make it back to you all...I know that the five of you will be able to move on. Goodbye." Dark-Warrior launched himself out the window and shot his grappling hook towards a building as he swung away.
Blake ran towards the window looked towards where he was going. "SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAN!" Blake yelled after him, tear forming as she sobbed
Dark-Warrior did not turn his head to look back, but felt a twinge in his heart at the hurt tone she had as she yelled. But he pushed the feeling down as he started the long search for Light-Warrior, eager to end him as soon as possible.
Minutes later, back at the apartment, the four huntresses in training and Professor 9 were scrambling about, getting ready to chase after Sean.
"We have to find him before the idiot gets himself killed!" Weiss exclaimed as she adjusted Myrtenaster in her sheathe.
Professor 9 stopped next to her when he heard her. "We can use my motorcycle, that way we can find him faster than on foot." Professor 9 stated, mumbling about trying to find the keys for it. Team RWBY stopped what they were doing and looked nervously towards Professor 9.
"Professor 9...we have something to tell you." Ruby took cautionary steps towards him, much to his confusion.
"What is it?" Professor 9 wondered.
"When we were rescuing you last week...we kind of used your motorcycle to get rid of some guards." Yang explained. "By blowing it up."
There was a moment of silence between them. "Say what now?" Professor 9 said in a stupor, his intelligent brain not quite computing what she just told him.
"We blew up your bike." Weiss bluntly said, taking a few steps away from the silent Professor.
He stares blankly at the Dust Company Heiress for a moment before walking towards the hallway closet, opening it, and walking inside then gently closed it behind him. Before they could question themselves about what he was doing, a loud cry was heard from the closet, scaring all of them.
"Five months of work! RUINED! Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?!" Professor 9 cried loudly in the closet with self pity, slightly muffled by the door.
"It looks like we have a skeleton in the closet." Yang said jokingly in an attempt to lighten up the mood. Weiss and Ruby face palmed while Blake rolled her eyes and stomped towards the closet and forced it over before grabbing the Professor then pulling him out.
"ENOUGH OF THAT!" Blake yelled angrily. "Our friend is out there, likely to get killed if we don't stop fooling around and find him. So start taking this seriously or so help me I'm going to beat you into a metal pulp!"
Her threat scared everyone, not knowing that the normally calm and collected Faunus was capable of such rage. By the time they finally left the apartment, Professor 9 was clinging to Weiss's arm, shaking like a maraca.
While the search for Dark-Warrior and Light-Warrior were underway, the latter and former were hanging out at a graveyard in town.
"You know." Light-Warrior suddenly said from his perch on a pedestal. "I sometimes find it hard to believe that 1,000 years passed since I was last topside. That the world progressed after I was gone." Light-Warrior said absentmindedly.
Cinder, who was leaning against a tree, chuckled. "I must say it's hard to tell that your really over 1,000 years old, with the way your able to move and all." Cinder commented.
He shrugged in response. "Actually, I'm only 1,019 years old but who really cares at this point."
There was a moment of silence before Cinder looked up at Light-Warrior. "So were you torn up about hearing about what happened to your precious robot?" Cinder asked, hoping to gauge his reaction.
Light-Warrior busted out laughing, as if she just said the world's funniest joke.
"Me?! Care about what happened to Negative 9? Never." Light-Warrior stated as he leapt off the pedestal an d walked over to Cinder. "No, I'm more interested in thinking about what I did today. Namely nailed a man to the top of a building with a sword."
Cinder eyed Light-Warrior up and down. "You seem awfully obsessed with killing people lately." Cinder observed. "Not that it really bothers me or anything."
"It's what I live for." Light-Warrior told her with a chuckle. "Or it would be if I was actually alive. Speaking of no longer being alive, I think it's time for our partnership to end." Cinder's eyes narrowed, subtly preparing for a fight.
"So this is the end huh? are you going to kill me like the others that you worked with?" Cinder asked calmly, only to be shocked when the undead villain shook his head no.
"Normally, I would have killed you right as I was telling you about me ending our partnership." Light-Warrior admitted. "But since I'm in such a jolly mood, I'll let you leave here with your live. However, the next time we meet, I will not be so generous."
Cinder nodded in understanding, mentally sighing in relief. "I'll keep that in mind, now if you excuse me I have some business to attend to." Cinder explained before turning her back to Light-Warrior and walking away, leaving the ancient villain at the graveyard. After walking a few blocks, Cinder turned and entered an alleyway where Mercury and Emerald were waiting.
"So how did it go?" Mercury asked his boss, a hint of relieve in his voice at that fact that Cinder is still living.
"It was a lot better then I originally hoped it would go." Cinder answered with her normal calm voice. "He doesn't seem to suspect that Negative 9 is still alive and that we're planning on recruiting Dark-Warrior to our side."
"So you still want him on our side? Even after what you saw him do?" Mercury asked, remembering he horrifying transformation that Dark-Warrior went through and what Cinder told them what happened after they left.
"Yes, but this time I'm going to be going with you." Cinder explained.
Mercury and Emerald gave each other a nervous glance before returning their gazes towards their leader.
"No offence Cinder, but we were thinking that maybe we could forget about adding him to our group." Emerald carefully said.
"Yeah, I really don't want to face something that could rip us to shreds." Mercury added.
Cinder narrowed her eyes at the small signs of disobedience. "Oh really? Well what you rather fight? The monster?" Cinder lifted her hand and produced a fireball. "Or me?" Cinder asked, daring them to choose wrong.
Mercury and Emerald swallowed nervously and began to sweat slightly.
"L-let's see, monster or Cinder...Big scary monster that can tear us apart or an angry Cinder who will burn us to a crisp." Mercury asked himself out loud before coming to a conclusion. "I think I would rather go against the monster."
"Yeah, no arguments here." Emerald quickly answered in agreement. Cinder smirked and dispelled the fireball.
"Good, now let's go. We have a hero to find." Cinder told them as they walked out of the alleyway, beginning their own search for Dark-Warrior.
-Three hours later-
Dark-Warrior was swinging frantically away from a squad of angry police officers after he had ran into them minutes before hand during his search. He cursed when he felt a bullet graze his cheek.
"DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!" One of the officers yelled as she shot Dark-Warrior's swinging arm, causing him to fall out of control and land painfully on top of a three story building. As he was clutching his injured arm, feeling his consciousness fading, Dark-Warrior couldn't help but chuckle.
"Who would have thought that a bullet would be the thing to bring me down like this?" Dark-Warrior said to himself, everything going dark around him.
"Don't worry, they won't get you yet." The voice of Emerald said as she landed next to him.
"What the?" Dark-Warrior mumbled, unable to see who said that since his vision was getting blurry.
Emerald quickly picked him up and started jumping building to building. As they got farther away from the building, Dark-Warrior finally succumbed to his injury and lost consciousness. By the time the police made it to the top of the building, they both were long gone, the only sign that they were there was the small pool of blood that originated from Dark Hero's wounded arm.
It wasn't until two hours after he lost consciousness when Dark-Warrior finally managed to wake up. He sat up and rubbed his face, feeling groggy from his injury induced nap.
"Oh good, your finally awake." Mercury said smugly a few feet from him.
Dark-Warrior's eyes widened and he snapped towards the familiar face of the silver haired man he met at Light-Warrior's hideout.
"You!" Dark-Warrior growled, his tone dripping with venom and rage.
Mercury held up his hands over her chest in surrender. "Wow dude, we just saved your life. Maybe a little thanks would be nice." Mercury told him.
"We?!" Emerald exclaimed in irritation as she walked up to them. "I was the one how did all the hard work while you were being lazy and lounging here."
Dark-Warrior glared at them as they argued. "I'm a little bit surprised you would save me after I tried to rip your faces off and stabbed you a few times the last time we met." Dark-Warrior said scornfully.
Mercury and Emerald stopped arguing with each other. "Are you still angry at me for kidnapping you robot friend?" mercury asked with his eye raised.
The dark hero laughed at his stupid question. "What do you think you idiot!? You have two seconds to tell me why the hell I'm here!"
"The same thing as last time we talked before your...tantrum." Emerald explained, irritating Dark-Warrior more.
"Do you two honestly think I would join you after the stunt you pulled with Professor 9?" Dark-Warrior growled.
Emerald smirked despite what Dark-Warrior said. "we might not have been able to convince you last time, but this time our leader will talk to you."
The news that their leader was here to talk to him dispersed his anger momentarily. "Your leader?" Dark-Warrior asked.
"She would be talking about me." Cinder suddenly said behind him, making Dark-Warrior jump in surprise and turn to face her.
"Who the hell are you!?" The young hero blurted out.
Cinder's smile didn't falter from the way he regarded her. "My name is Cinder Falls, and I don't really think that we need to wear our masks while we're among friends." Cinder stated as she took her mask off, followed by Mercury and Emerald.
Dark-Warrior, however, refused to take his off. "If you want me to take my mask off, you'll have to guess what I look like first." Dark-Warrior challenged smugly, thinking that he would win. He felt slightly uneasy when Cinder's eyes brightened in amusement.
"You have white skin, slightly spiky brown hair and eyes, and a small underneath your right eye." Cinder descried, lifting her finger to trace the area on Dark-Warrior's face where his scar was.
He quickly backed away from her touch and cursed. "Damnit!" He exclaimed as he relented and removed his mask, revealing his less then pleased expression.
Cinder smiled warmly. "Now isn't that better?" Cinder asked sweetly as she turned around and grabbed a champagne bottle and four glasses. "Now how about we have some champagne while we talk?" Cinder offered.
"I don't drink." Sean bluntly replied, making the fire-based villain shrug.
"Alright, that's fine." She answered as she poured herself and her two minions a small amount of the liquid and passed it to the two.
"Why are you three so hell bent on getting me on your side?" Sean asked, cutting to the chase.
Cinder brought the glass to her lips and sipped it. "It's because we are a lot alike Sean. We are both powerful, talented, and we both like to wear masks." Cinder replied.
"Get to the point!" Sean impatiently said.
Cinder sighed and placed her glass on a table. "Very well. You probably already know we are not from this world." Cinder stated.
Sean rolled his eyes. "Yeah I noticed!" Sean sarcastically answered.
"Ah, I see that Team RWBY have already told you about us." Cinder assumed.
"Yeah, they mentioned your group but didn't mention the people that came here with you." Sean explained to her. "Now tell me why I'm really here."
Cinder raised her eyebrow in confusion. "I already told you why your here." Cinder told him.
Sean furiously shook his head and pointed at her. "Stop lying to me and just tell me the truth!" Sean demanded.
Cinder fixed him with a glare, making Emerald and Mercury nervous, knowing that he was most likely going to get deep sixed in a few seconds. They were surprised, however, when she closed her eyes and chuckled in her throat.
"Alright, one of the reasons why we brought you here is because we need your help bringing Light-Warrior down." Cinder explained.
"Why? Aren't you guys in league with him?" Sean questioned in surprise.
"We were, up until about five hours ago when our partnership was...dissolved." Cinder told Sean, who cringed because he knows what Light-Warrior does to his partners when he was done with them. "And believe me, I'm very happy that he let me leave without a fight, I really doubt that I would have escaped unscathed otherwise."
"And where do I come into all this?" Sean asked, eyeing Cinder with suspicion.
"That is the interesting part; we don't know where he hides out at. The three of us only seen the warehouse where he was making his army in, he never told us where he goes whenever he isn't executing his plans or at the warehouse." Cinder admitted. "But the last location I met with him is at the graveyard on the other side of the city. Maybe you could find some clues about where he's hiding there, since you know him better than we do."
Sean wasn't convinced. "Why should I believe anything you're saying? For all I know your leading me into a trap for Light-Warrior!"
After a few moments, Cinder sighed and stares at him with a worn expression. "There is another reason why I want you to join us so badly."
This caught Sean's attention. "Really? What is it?"
Cinder started to pace around Sean with her arms folded behind her back. "The other reason, the real reason, why I want you to join us is because...you remind me so much of me when I was younger then you that it hurts a little." Cinder finally admitted, surprising everyone: including Mercury and Emerald.
"You see, when my semblance started to manifest, it was too powerful for me to fully control and I would accidentally hurt everything and everyone around me. I started to fear my power like you did with yours. But after awhile I was able to slowly conquer my fear and my power. When we ended up here after our failed attempt to secure the scales and I saw you for the first time, I could see the same fear in your eyes that I used to see when I looked in the mirror. So I decided that I wanted to take you under my wing and help you like I was able to help myself." Cinder explained as she extended her hand to him with a hopeful expression.
"So what do you say, will you join us and become my student?" Cider asked kindly.
Sean closed his eyes and looked down in thought, his bangs covering up his eyes. "Your right...there are a lot of similarities between us." Sean said before looking up and giving Cinder a soul piercing glare.
"But one thing that is different between us is that I'm not willing to sacrifice the lives of the innocent to get what I want. Because of you and your cronies, lots of innocent people were killed after you three set MadMan and Kira-Saiko loose just to test me, all because you wanted to test me. I would never join anyone who would throw away lives like that. So get out of my way or I'll force you." Sean threatened before he slide his mask back on and walked away, cringing slightly from the bullet wound in his shoulder.
Mercury shook his head at Sean's stubbornness. "You're going to get yourself killed at this rate!" Mercury warned him.
"He's right for once!" Emerald stated, getting a pout and grumble from Mercury before he smirked.
"If you die, can I have your sword and mask?" Mercury asked him before getting smacked in the back of the head by Emerald.
Dark-Warrior ignored them as he left the three behind.
"Do you want us to tail him?" Emerald asked Cinder as she turned to face her boss.
"...No, he'll come back to us at some point and then join us, I know he will." Cinder commented as she grabbed her glass again.
"What makes you so sure about that?" Mercury questioned.
Cinder gave him a knowing wink as she took a sip of her champagne. "It's just like I said before...he's just like me."
-Meanwhile with Team RWBY-
The four young women were currently following Professor 9,wearing a cloak that to hide his appearance, while looking at the locator in his hand.
"Alright, according to my locator Sean isn't that far from us." Professor stated as he examined the device.
"And how exactly can you tell?" Weiss asked from behind him, regretting it almost instantly as he started to ramble.
"Well you see, I had Sean chipped six months after an unfortunate incident where I modified his DNA and turned him into a chicken. I wanted to see how fast he could run as a chicken boosted by the power of the Dark Band. Long story short, he avoided eating chicken for week after words and sometimes make clucking noises when nervous. Then there was that incident when MadMan was trying to-"
"I don't want to hear any of your stories right now! Just focus on finding Sean!" Blake snapped at the mechanical inventor, interrupting him mid story.
The skeletal robot grumbled about irritable girl and silently continued to walk. After a few minutes, he gently leaned towards Ruby who was to his right.
"Hey Ruby." Professor 9 called out.
"Yes?" Ruby asked with her head tilted.
"Would you believe that I used to have a fear for dog because they tried to eat me due to my skeletal appearance?" Professor 9 asked.
Ruby tried to hold in her laughter while Yang, who heard what he said, was laughing out loud as she pictured what that would look like and using Weiss to keep herself up. After the two calmed down, Professor 9 continued. Blake gave him a sympathetic look, having a fear for dogs herself.
"Well that fear dead down after I found something far more terrifying then any dog." Professor 9 stated ominously.
"What's that?" Weiss asked curiously.
"I must warn you all, this one thing is far more terrifying then any dog, angry cat girlfriends, and possibly even Light-Warrior himself." The four listened intently as he took a pause for dramatic effect, Blake taking the time to give him a death glare for the jab at her.
Before she could comment, a bald man came running towards him with his arms flailing and fear filled eyes.
"IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN AGAIN!" The slightly deranged man yelled as he was about to pass the group, only for Yang to snag him by the back of his shirt and pull him towards them.
"Whoa there dude, what the hell are you talking about?!" Yang asked with her eye raised. The man looked at the group frantically.
"It's that Light-Warrior fella, he's about to open a rift into Hell again!" The man exclaimed. "I need to get out of here while I still can!"
"Hold up a minute. What was that about Light-Warrior and a rift to Hell?!" Weiss asked with an uncertain look.
The man frantically nodded. "Yeah, Light-Warrior is opening a way into hell like he did before. I remember it like it was last year." The man mentioned.
"It probably was last year." Professor 9 muttered, getting shushed by Blake to keep the robotic man quiet.
The man ignored them both as he told them what happened.
"A year ago, I was walking home from work and I decided to walk near the graveyard to get there faster. But as I was walking by, I heard strange sounds coming from deep in the graveyard so I decided to go investigate." At this point, the man started to shake in fear.
"When I made it to the source of the noise, I was saw a fiery hole directly in the middle of the yard. What I saw next horrified to no end. From the hole, a skeletal hand reached out and pulled on the ground with a skeleton close behind. As it stood up, a white material formed on its body until it completely engulfed his body and formed his costume. The second I saw that blood red visor of his, I ran as fast as I could away from him." The man shivered involuntarily. "That visor still haunts me to this day."
The whole gang looked at the man with concern "And you said that he was going to open the hole again?" Ruby asked worriedly, getting another nod from him.
"Yes, a few hours ago I was near the graveyard when I heard two people talking. Like I did the year before, I went to investigate and say that white devil and a woman dressed in black talking to each other. The woman left then shortly before Light-Warrior did. I decided to stay and see if he came back and sure enough he came back an hour later with a big bag with him. He walked towards where to hole was and opened up the bag and...and started out the remains of some of his victims into the hole, making it start glowing the fiery red it did when he came out of it. Before I knew it, he stared right where I was and started walking towards me, so I bailed out of there like there was no tomorrow. Every time I looked behind me I would see him there, like he was a-" The man was silenced by a pure white blade that went through his throat.
The group looked on in horror as the man made gargling noises and the blade was pulled out of his throat and was dropped like a sack of potatoes, revealing that Light-Warrior was behind him and did the deed.
"A ghost? Was that what you were about to compare me too?" Light-Warrior asked as the man spasmed for a few moments before we went still, dead.
Light-Warrior slowly looks up to look at their horrified faces. "Well if it isn't my favorite team and Professor 9." Light-Warrior commented in a pleasant tone. "I've been wondering when I'll have to kill you lot."
Blake's eyes flashed in anger as she drew Gambol Shroud. "YOU MONSTER!" Blake yelled as she turned her blade on and dashed at Light-Warrior with the intent of slicing his head off. What she didn't expect, however, was for Light-Warrior to draw his sword and block her strike with only one hand on his sword. Blake's eyes widen in shock, not expecting his sword to be able to block her plasma blade without melting or breaking from connecting with her super heated blade.
"What!" Blake exclaimed in shock, her eyes wide as Light-Warrior laughed evilly.
"My sword was forged from the negative energy of a star! Nothing in this Earth could possibly break this blade, not even your plasma sword!" Light-Warrior explained. "And another thing you should know-" Light-Warrior pulls out a gun and points it to inches from her face. "I don't play fair!"
Blake's heart skipped a beat as she stared down the barrel of Light-Warrior's gun, knowing she won't be able to dodge fast enough from this range 'Is this how it ends?' Blake thought to herself.
Luckily for Blake, Ruby used her semblance to dash at Light-Warrior and tackles him away from Blake and allowing her to jump away from where she was frozen. Before Light-Warrior could recover from the tackle, Ruby unfolding Crescent Rose into scythe mode, and swings her weapon in a horizontal slash aimed at his neck and decapitates him the instant the blade when through his neck.
Everyone watches as his body falls to the ground and his now disembodied head landed three feet away.
"Yikes, that was a bit brutal there Ruby." Professor 9 commented as he cringed at the sight before him.
"He was about to kill Blake!" Ruby defended herself. "What was I supposed to do?!"
Just then, something unexpected happened. Light-Warrior's head talked
"I'll admit, if I was alive, that would have killed me." His head stated. "But since I'm not, it's a mute point." Just then, his body pushed off the ground and walked towards his head, picking it up and reattaching it.
"But as fun as having my head chopped of was, I think it's time for you to die." Light-Warrior dashes towards them with his sword pointed straight at them, ready to impale the first person that he gets to.
That person ended up being Yang, who dodged at the last moments and slammed her fist into his chest, causing it to cave in and created a hole in his chest.
"Not bad Goldilocks, not bad at all. But that is just not good enough." The undead villain pulled himself off of Yang's arm and kicked off her chest like a springboard to launch her into the wall and himself a safe distance away from the group.
Ruby and Weiss look at each other and nodded at each other before glaring at Light-Warrior, who was about to land.
"ICE FLOWER!" Ruby and Weiss yelled in unison as Ruby stabbed her scythe into the ground and Weiss pointed her rapier at where Light-Warrior was about to land. Weiss created a three layered glyph before Ruby fired her rifle through it, launching a shiny green dust bullet surrounded by six smaller lights that swirled around the bullet.
If he had eyes, Light-Warrior's eyes would have widen at the rapidly approaching projectile. "What the-' Light-Warrior thought before the attack slammed into him the moment he landed, causing smoke to erupt from he street.
Ruby and Weiss were about to cheer until the smoke cleared to reveal that Light-Warrior was on his knees, parts of his outfit torn off showing his skeletal right hand, half his face, and his ribs, which was partially frozen from the attack.
The four members of Team RWBY flinched at his appearance. "Now that's scary." Ruby commented as she took a few uneasy steps back.
"Yeah, I don't think I'll be watching any zombie flicks anytime soon." Yang admitted.
Professor 9 glared at them. "There's no time for chitchat, he's been through a lot worse than that." Professor 9 barked at them.
"Right you are Professor 9." Light-Warrior said as he stood back up, his body making clanking noises and the ice on his chest started to dissolve.
"I really don't think you quite got it through your thick skulls yet, your attacks won't do anything to me." Light-Warrior explained as he went over to his discarded gun and pocketed it.
"But I will admit, your four make a really powerful team, it's been so long since I had a fight were I was hit this badly." Light-Warrior praised them. "Unfortunately, in the next few hours, all of you won't be around to fight anymore."
The five were on guard. "We will put an end to you before you could kill any of us!" Blake exclaimed.
Light-Warrior chuckled. "Oh, I'm not just going to kill you. While I'm able to create a small rift into hell on my own, I need five sacrifices to fully open the gateway to hell. I already choose Dark-Warrior for the first one, but now I have the last four. Namely you four." Light-Warrior explained as he pointed to each member of Team RWBY. The team looked on in horror at his nefarious plan as Professor 9 moved in front of them and shielded them from Light-Warrior's view.
"Like hell I'll let you use them for your deprived plan!" Professor 9 stated with a death glare. "You'll have to destroy me before you can get to them!"
Light-Warrior mentally smirked. "In that case...this will be easy." Light-Warrior stated as he snapped his fingers together. Beside Light-Warrior, the spirit of the Silver Statue appeared and points his hand at Professor 9. The mechanical man looked at the spirit in confusion before he felt a constricting force around his body.
'What is this?' Professor 9 screamed in his head as he was levitated off the ground and smashed into the ground. The group gasped in horror as Professor 9 was levitated off the ground and slammed into the ground a few more times before being tossed at a car, knocking him unconscious.
The enslaved spirit turned towards the four huntresses-in-training. "I'm sorry." The spirit apologized mournfully as its eyes glowed eerily. Before the girls could make a move, they felt their energy being drained from their bodies and fell to the ground unconscious.
Light-Warrior chuckled as he walked towards them. "Excellent work, now take us to the graveyard." Light-Warrior ordered the spirit. The spirit reluctantly complied and it's eyes glowed again, but this time it opened a portal under them and they all fell through and landed in graveyard. All the while, Light-Warrior felt overwhelming joy. Soon the time of for the world's end will be upon them.
-At the Graveyard-
Dark-Warrior finally found his way to the graveyard after searching for almost an hour. He was crouching behind a grave and surveying the land for traps. After seeing nothing, he sighed in relieve and stood up.
"I guess Cinder was right, I don't see any traps anywhere or Light-Warrior." Dark-Warrior said to himself before noticing an ominous red glow coming from a nearby hole. He cautiously walks over to it and had to force himself from throwing up. Inside the whole was a pile of body parts that looked freshly killed.
"That's sick! What the hell is Light-Warrior planning?!" Dark-Warrior said as he gagged at the sight, not noticing that Light-Warrior was sneaking up on him with one of Yang's Ember Celica clenched in his hand.
"That is a very good question." Light-Warrior suddenly said before smacking Dark-Warrior on the back of his head hard with the weapon, knocking him out.
Light-Warrior chuckled as he carelessly tossed chucked Yang's weapon to the side. "I'll admit, I'm kind of disappointed that idea actually worked ,kind of hoping for some fun with you before I sacrifice you." Light-Warrior admitted before shrugging then dragging Dark-Warrior away.
"Oh well, sleep tight little Dark-Warrior wannabe, because very soon it'll become a literal hell on earth."
-Meanwhile: With Professor 9-
Shortly after Light-Warrior took Team RWBY, Professor 9 started to slowly regain consciousness and groaned in pain.
"What hit me?" Professor 9 moaned before his eyes widened. "The girls! That undead monster took them! I need to get help!" Professor 9 said before realizing something and cursed.
"There's no other heroes around at this time, I'm the only other hero that can do this...if I'm going to do this then it's time for me to go commando." Professor 9 said with a fire of determination shinning in his eyes. "Don't worry you four, I'm coming to save you."
Professor 9 quickly grabbed his locator and gave the man who warned them about Light-Warrior a silent of silence before dashing towards the graveyard, determined to save them no matter the cost.
