Hello there, Lads and Lasses.
Whoa whoa, hold your torches and pitchforks, I have an explanation. I've been having...difficulties with family and until recently, school, so I really didn't have the want to write at the time. And now that school is starting up again, and my family issues are mostly solved. I am going to try and continue this story.
Also, SO MANY FOLLOWERS! Well, my new compatriots of Fanfiction reading, and the ones who have been with me from the first, get ready for action, adventure, heartbreak, a bit of comical relief, and MORE!
(Disclaimer: I own neither Bloodborne, nor RWBY. They each belong to their separate companies. I am a simple writer of fiction for fans. Also there is no heartbreak in this chapter.)
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The Escape
POV: Navlaan
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The sound of a wet crunch met my ears, a sound I had heard many times before in this unsightly hellhole of a city. But this one...this one was different, it was clearer, much clearer than it should have been, and left a ringing sound to drown out anything else that might have made noise. I felt something splatter on my chest, on my face, and I opened my eyes.
Through them I saw something that shook me to my very core. I had seen much of the devastation the beasts had wrought, but nothing compares to the sight of a friend, however short of time I had known her, being nearly bisected at the waist...
I was seeing red.
The man in yellow garb didn't know what hit him. He probably didn't even care. He was too far gone, far too weak to fight back. The sound of bones cracking, grinding, and the wet sound of cutting meat was dull in my ears next to the roar that had filled my mind.
Finally, when he was nothing but a bloody mess, I stopped. Anger left me, and my weapon fell from my hands. I fell to my knees, and after a moment I crawled towards The Crow. A woman who seemed truly unaffected by the destruction the plague had brought. Strong, fearless, merciless, but most important of all, sane...
And I had foolishly brought her demise...
That same wet crunching sound played in my mind over and over and over again as I worked to give her body the respect someone of her standing deserved. Her weapons were laid to her side, and I tried my best to cover her wound. Finally, I brushed the blood from her mask, leaving it with splotches of a rust red color.
I stood, grabbed my weapon from the floor, and turned to the lantern that stood at the base of the fountain. I breathed in deeply, and left for the dream.
*Sigh*
Navlaan shook his head in another attempt to rid the sound from his mind.
It wasn't working. It never worked.
Shaking his head, he pushed his arms to the floor and brought himself to his feet. They didn't have time for this, it was almost midnight and he needed to ready himself for the escape.
The plan was a simple one in theory, but that didn't make it easy. First things first, they needed to take out the next guard rotation. It would give them the time to do everything else before any alarms were raised.
Next was to get to the train, where the ring leader of the operation, Roman Torchwick, was staying and where their things were being held.
Finally, after they had their things, they'd do what they could to stop the train and get out before the entire place was up and alert.
*Thump, Thump*
Navlaan looked up as the door to the room was opened, and two men fell to the floor in a heap. Right after them was Eris, who proceeded to crouch down next to the two. After opening their eyelids, she took the butt of her gun and slammed it into their temples. Finally, a sigh was heard from Lyra before she started to lead the others out of the room. As she did so, Eris grabbed one of the men and dragged him into the room, while Navlaan grabbed the other. Once they were sat back to back, Navlaan spoke.
"How long will they be out?"
"A few minutes at most. I didn't want to hurt them too badly, so we need to tie them up."
She walked over to the rope that had held the Doll and seemed to measure the length.
"This will work well enough. Do you have anything to cover their mouths?"
He thought for a moment, before he reached down to the bottom of his cloak, and ripped a long strand from it. "Here, use this."
As she tied them, Navlaan spoke.
"I don't think I ever actually apologized for attacking you. We had been planning our escape, as you might have heard, and seeing you two enter just...made me react. I thought if I didn't we wouldn't get much of a chance to so anything." He sighed, "Is your neck alright?"
Eris watched him for a few seconds, before a small smile formed on her lips. "Yeah, my necks alright. Any bruising that might have happened was healed by my aura. It's one of the many things it can do."
"Speaking of aura," Navlaan looked to the two men questioningly. "Why don't some people have it? I would assume that most people would, yet these two went down without much of a scuffle."
"There's a good reason for that. Most people spend a very long time activating their aura. It takes a lot of self control to do it by yourself. However, if you can have someone close to you activate it with their own aura, but unless they have feel a very special connection with the person, it can take a lot out of them. Therefore, most people live a long portion of their lives without it."
Navlaan nodded his head. "And how does one activate it by themselves?"
"Well, they first have to have a lot of self control. Then-"
She was interrupted by Latune, who had just popped her head through the door.
"Are you almost done?!" She whisper-yelled. "We need to get moving."
Eris turned to Navlaan. "I can tell you the rest another time. Lets get moving, old man."
Navlaan looked shocked for a moment, before glaring at her as she walked out the door.
"...I may be old but I'll still kick your ass" He muttered.
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"Look, it's the train."
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious, Eris."
They had, indeed, made it to the train. There had been few patrols out, but given how the faunus could see in the dark they were extra careful in sneaking around. Navlaan had stayed near the back of their little group, and he was watching as Lyra and Eris bickered back and forth to each other. Finally, they finished and turned back to everyone else. Eris then spoke up.
"Alright, Kalrin and a small group should be where your weapons are. However, Torchwick will have put up other guards around the place. Your weapons are fairly close to the back of the train, in one of the cargo holds. Once we get there, and we meet up with Kalrin and the rest, stopping the train is the next priority. Any questions?"
Navlaan had none, and when no one spoke up, Eris continued. "Alright, I'll go first. Get to the caboose of the train, and we'll basically wing it till we get to Kalrin."
With that, she poked her head around the building they were hiding at, before hurrying across the gap as fast and as quiet as she could manage. Once she made it, she pulled herself up and opened the back of the train. She disappeared for a few seconds before she popped her head back out and beckoned for the next person. The Doll stepped up and, with Chester clutching to her shoulder, she quickly crossed the gap. Eris held a hand out to her and pulled her onto the train. After the Doll went Latune, who crossed in seconds.
Navlaan was about to cross when Lyra suddenly held an arm out to his chest. When he looked down at her, she held a single finger to her lips and pointed to his right. Looking past the building they were hiding next to, he saw two White Fang men walking around the corner. That wouldn't have been strange, just another patrol, except that they had a young girl dressed in red and black struggling between them.
"What the hell?" He whispered.
Lyra suddenly pushed him against the building, and suddenly he couldn't move. She then pushed herself against the building, and they both watched as the trio walked past their building and continued toward the train. When they were far enough away, Lyra unfroze him and quickly motioned for him to cross the gap. They sprint walked in sync, and soon they were at the back of the train. They climbed up, and Eris opened the door for them to enter.
When the door was closed, Eris looked to the both of them. "What happened?"
Lyra responded instantly. "There were two of the White Fang, and they were holding a girl between them. She seemed young, perhaps fifteen or so."
"Hmm...well, we'll see if we can't save her too. For now, we better hurry. Your things are two cars down." She pointed to the center of the car, where a strange object that had a small cylinder set in it was placed, surrounded by crates. "Keep away from the bombs, we don't know how they're set, and I really don't want to find out the hard way."
"Wait, these are bombs?!"
Everyone looked to Latune, who in turn was looking at the now named bomb. "What type of bomb is shaped like that?"
"Big ones."
After that, they moved through the car they were in to the next one. It had the same set up, bomb with crates. But this one was different, in that its door was open, and Roman Torchwick was directing several men that were moving crates. They kept back, and Navlaan was about to speak, when he was cut off by the annoyed voice of Roman himself.
"Oh-For crying out loud, do you idiots not know how to stack?! I mean really, that pile looks like its going to fall over any second. God, this is why I don't work with animals. Get those boxes down an-"
His rant was stopped by the familiar sound of Perry's voice.
"Hey boss, I think we found something you might want to see!"
"Is it good or bad Perry?" He moved toward the door. "Because let me tell ya, I have had a day."
Perry seemed confused himself. "Uh...It's a little girl?"
He jumped down, as well as the other Fang, and Navlaan lost sight of them.
"That would be bad..."
With the Fang and Torchwick no longer in sight, they all moved quickly to the next car, and when they entered they saw several things at once.
One, Kalrin, with a crossbow-spear.
Two, a woman with a very colorful head of hair, and a pair of claws attached to her wrists.
Three, a man with reptilian orange eyes, black hair, and a set of twin pistols.
And all staring coldly at another man with an odd looking cleaver, and a mask covering his face.
Or rather they had been, until they were distracted by new arrivals.
With their attentions shifted, the cleaver the man was holding began to spin rapidly and a loud noise drowned out most other sound in the car. He took a swing at the reptilian man. He was fast, but his weapon was cumbersome and the Reptilian man was able to dodge back with relative ease. Eris and Lyra took up fighting stances, Eris with her gun and Lyra unarmed.
"Your things are over there, we'll hold him off."
Lyra charged in, while Eris went to her knees and began to fire small bursts at the man. He turned away from the other man and faced his attackers. Lyra was small in comparison to him, but she was agile and kept out of the way of his weapon. Eris took shots when she could, hitting the man in the neck, head, back, and legs in an attempt to lower his aura, which he seemed to have in abundance. with a mad chuckle, the man left Lyra and charged towards Eris. When he had closed the distance between them by half, Eris shifted her fighting stance, and her weapon shifted from a rifle to a Halberd.
She held the weapon at the ready, and when he was withing range she twisted her body, taking her weapon with it. The axe part of the weapon hit him on the arm, and he was forced to stop and back away.
As they fought, Navlaan and Latune ran over to the pile of things, grabbing their weapons. With his hammer and blunderbuss in his hands, and on his back, he quickly ran back and entered the fray. By this time, Kalrin, the man, and the woman had all joined as well. The man with the loud cleaver was surrounded. Kalrin then spoke out.
"That's enough Lieutenant, you're done."
The Lieutenant chuckled, before lifting his foot and slamming it back down on the ground. A shock wave blasted outward, and they stumbled in order to stay on their feet. As they recovered, the Lieutenant slammed his cleaver into the reptilian man that had been with Kalrin. He flew back, going through the door to the next car and out of sight. The Lieutenant followed at a quick pace, and the door slammed close.
Upon regaining her footing, the woman ran over to the door. "TAREC!"
"Persephone! Calm down, we'll get him back."
But Persephone had already reopened the door, and was gone before Kalrin had finished her sentence.
Kalrin turned to us, appearing both worried and calm "We need to chase after Tarec and Perse, and-" She was cut off as she tried regain her footing, along with everyone else in the car.
"Shit, the trains moving, and we don't have time to deactivate the bombs. Get moving, we need to get to the front of the train!"
She holstered her weapon onto her back, and walked up to the door. "Keep moving forward, the cars are going to start exploding!"
And she was gone.
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Eris and Lyra were quick to get the others moving. With their things gathered, they were quick to follow the other three rebel Fang members.
They made it through two cars before they heard thumping on the top of the train. Knowing it could lead to trouble and possible ambush, Navlaan decided that it would be best if someone went to the roof of the train.
And by saying that he automatically volunteered himself.
Muttering to himself, he walked out the door with the rest, and moved to the side to climb one of the ladders there. What he saw when he got to the top wasn't exactly what he expected.
A man with a strange bat that spewed fire had just hit a small dog, which was currently moving very fast and was on fire
Aimed right at his face.
Ducking down, he watched as the dog soared over his head and into a strange looking machine. It was almost beast-like, but it looked to be made of metal. The dog slammed straight into the thing and it was blown to pieces. He climbed the rest of the way up and turned around to see the same girl as before with a large scythe pointed at him. Trying to show he wasn't their enemy, he called to them.
"Need some assistance?!"
The girl looked to the man, as if wondering what to do. The man looked at him for a moment befor-"HELLOTHERE,BYYOUROUTFITI'MASSUMINTHATYOUARENOTWITHTHEFANG,ANDYOURASSISTANCEWOULDBEGREATLYAPPRECIATED!"
Navlaan nearly went into cardiac arrest.
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POV: Latune
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Latune nearly had a heart attack.
She had been walking through to the next car when out of nowhere three girls dressed in yellow, black, and white dropped to the floor of the car.
The yellow one was equipped with nothing but gauntlets, however they most likely had an alternate form, like every other weapon in this world. The black colored one held two swords, a cleaver and a katana, one in each hand. Finally the girl in white held a rapier that had several glowing colors under its guard.
"By the old blood, where the hell did you come from!"
The three girls turned to see Latune holding a hand over her chest, the other on her knee.
"Sweet lady Cainhurst, I was not expecting that..."
The one in black suddenly disappeared, reappearing behind Latune and holding her sword to Latune's throat.
"Stand down now, and I won't hurt you!"
Latune waited for a moment, then started to chuckle a bit. "You don't do this often, do you?"
"I said stand down!"
"Yeah, you obviously don't do this often, cause otherwise you would have looked behind me before grabbing me. especially since I am right next to a door."
As if on que, a voice spoke out from behind them.
"I would greatly appreciate it if you unhanded my friend."
Turning around, still holding Latune, the girl in black was greeted by the faces of the Doll, Eris, and Lyra.
Eris spoke next. "Out of the way, this train is on a one way course to Vale, and its not going to stop any time soon."
The girl in white then spoke out. "And we are here to stop you, so stand down. The White Fang will be stopped."
Lyra stepped forward. "Calm yourself, there is no need for violence." She seemed to wince slightly "We are not the White Fang."
"And how can we trust you?"
Lyra seemed to think for a moment. As she opened her mouth to speak, Latune, At this point, was sick of the sword at her throat, and seeing how the girl holding her had relaxed a tiny bit, she elbowed the her and quickly pulled out of the grip. She began sprinting to the end of the car, but stopped in her tracks when something appeared in her way.
"What the-YOU!" The girl with the parasol, Neo, had appeared not ten feet from where she stood.
The girl in yellow spoke out. "You know her too?!"
The Doll answered her. "She knocked out Latune and our friend Navlaan not to long ago."
The girl smirked and opened her parasol in a relaxed fashion. Latune looked ready to kill.
"Dirty, rotten, no good, diminutive WENCH! "
The girl in yellow stepped forward, her expression sour. "No way are you getting away this time."
"Yang," This from the girl in white "We need to get to the front of the train!."
"Then I'll keep her distracted."
The girl in white paused for a moment, before nodding. The two colored girls, Lyra, and Eris ran by, exiting the opposite side of the train. Neo moved to stop them when a gun entered her vision. Latune took aim and fired, cursing silently as the girl disappeared to reappear two feet closer.
The Doll had stayed behind, knowing she would be no help in combat. Chester had taken temporary residence in her hat.
Latune pulled up her pistol, taking aim at Neo once again as Yang cocked back her gauntlets, showing they did indeed have a sort of second form. As Latune shot once more, Yang charged, eyes slightly tinted red and the smell of smoke beginning to permeate the air.
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Alright, that wraps up that part. I would once again like to apologize for the lateness of this chapter. However, I do plan to continue writing once again, and I am very grateful to both those who stayed and those who have joined more recently.
This chapter was a doozy. It was easy to write at first, but towards the end I felt like I got some writers block. It might have to do with the fact I'm not used to writing in scenes from something else, even if they were altered. Tell me what you guys think, and as always, Thank you Lads and Lasses.
See you all next time.
EDIT: Fixed up that end bit. It had been bugging me for a bit. Nothing major, just some issues with the flow of it. Also, I went and watched the battle scene between Yang and Neo, and I noticed that Yang seemed really angry. Does anyone remember why she was so angry? If you could tell me, that'd be great, thanks!
The Man with a Top Hat