Here we are, the next chapter of Fall. I wanted to say something hopefully inspirational, but I don't actually remember what I was going to say. Stupid of me, lets move on.
I own nothing (Haven't said that in a while).
Chapter 16: The Ark.
Ralen
Ralen and Ozpin walked through the hills and desert. Ralen was melting in his new Armor, but he managed to survive. The armor was gifted to him by Ozpin himself, who called it the Aegis set. He also was given the Ring of Ice and Fire, alongside a rather large axe (Which was his axe when he was Galath). Strapped to his side was also a blade made of Dragon bone, which hit people with Fire. Of course t was imbued with Dust to make it possible, but the design was still Awesome! Siris was in his Seratic armor and had strapped to him the blade known as Saphirine. He also had a shield called Nodus. Both were wearing helmets, Ralen had the Aran, and Ausar wore the Seratic helm. The two walked, until they arrived at their destination. In the distance, was a large tower. Very rectangular, but not completely flat. It had blue symbols all over it, and it seemed to be made out of stone.
"Welcome, to the Ark." Ozpin began. "This is where Galath destroyed the world, and rebuilt it over and over again. This, is your castle." Ralen stared at it from the distance, and began to walk towards it. Ozpin Followed. (For now one, i'm calling him Ozpin. It's confusing when I call him by either Siris, Ozpin, or Ausar. It's ridiculous!) As the two began to walk, a large thing blocked them. It was the machine that dueled Raidriar in one of Ralen's dreams - memories in fact,, Ozpin had explained - The Iron Dreadnaught. It carried a large axe in a ready position, as if waiting for a duel. Ralen looked at Ozpin, who nodded. Ozpin had been retraining Ralen to remember the Aegis Forms, for all deathless were expected to know and use them. Galath was no exception, which by extent, Ralen had to use them too. He walked over to the Dreadnaught, and unsheathed the Dragoor Blade. The Monster did the same with it's axe, and the duel began.
The Monster made the first move by doing an overhead chop which was dodged to the left by Ralen. The dreadnaught then did a headbutt, which also was dodged. It followed with a kick, which hit Ralen as he was "rusty" with the Aegis forms and still "learning" (Re-learning). The robot then slashed to the left, about to hit Ralen who did a quick parry to stun the Daeril, allowing Ralen to began striking it with hits from all angles. He even managed to stab it a few times. The power of the blade overwhelmed the Titan, allowing him to cut the legs, forcing the beast to fall. Ralen then jumped, High, and impaled his blade into the "Head" of the machine, killing it. He jumped off, allowing the beast to fall backwards to the ground.
"Very good. Watch the kicks, as they can easily stun you." Ozpin congratulated Ralen, who thanked him. The Two then continued onwards, dueling even more Daeril along the way. While near the entrance, Ralen built up the nerve to ask Ozpin a question. "Ozpin, why are we here. What's the point of coming here if we want to defeat Salem? I mean, I know she want's to destroy the world and rebuild it in her own image to avenge Galath - and I still get sick thinking that I once was in a "relationship" with that witch - so why come here? Wouldn't she want to have the most amount of her forces here to protect it in case she needs to flee to heaven?" If you are wondering why Ralen knew these things, allow me to explain. Due to him slowly remembering his life as Galath, he remembers to an extent, all of which he created and all of which he ruled. This included the instillation on the moon - which he didn't know why it was there - the function of the Q.I.P. destabilization rings and the myth of destroying and adsorbing the souls when the Infinity Blade was used being false. It is however unlikely that he will remember everything, as his Q.I.P was to meddled with by the Redeemer and all of his deaths which he had no idea held a purpose of which he did not know. Perhaps later he will find out.
"We are here because Galath left his archives on a Datapod in the throne room. In this Datapod are all the information about Q. and the Infinity Weapons. That also means it catalogs all the deathless, whether they be dead or still living. By using this datapod, we can track the Infinity Blade and recover it before Miss Cinder Fall does."
"I see, though I'd rather kill that Bitch myself. Boo Yah MotherFucker!" Ozpin smirked at Ralen's enthusiasm. They carried on, and arrived at the entrance. It was a large gate, that didn't seem it could open. However, Ozpin touched it, and it opened. The two stepped inside, and what he saw will never leave Ralen's mind.
It was a hall, filled with Blue, and trophies were floating midair between small pillars. There were large stone tablets hanging from the walls. They had an extremely convoluted Language, but Ralen could somehow understand it. Probably because he made that language when he was you know who. What they said however, didn't make any sense or mattered what-so-ever. Huh, weird. Ralen walked over to a trophy, it was a disk. Huh, it was cool. Ozpin gestured to come with him, and Ralen followed. They walked over to a platfrom, and Ozpin stood on it. Ralen did the same, and the platform began to rise. It rose for about 30 seconds, until it stopped at the throne room.
The room was identical to the one in his dreams. The same chair, the same stairs, everything was the same. Even the tables. Ozpin walked towards one of the tables, and pushed a button on it. True to his dreams, blue holograms appeared from the table, all transparent and full of information.
"Due to the highly sensitive information, Galath did not trust any deathless with the archives. He used a DNA identification system, to make sure only he could open it."
"So, what should I do?"
"Your hand please." Ozpin gestured for it, Ralen gave it to him. Ozpin then procured a Knife, put it into Ralen's palm, and closed the hand cutting it. As Ralen bled (Fun fact, he doesn't have blood. Instead, he bleeds a liquid similar to blood, but not necessary for his body. It was a means of stealth in case he had to hide amongst mortals or use it for identification such as this) Ozpin put his plam onto the table, and a flash was spread on the table. The hologram then changed, into a long list of identities and more. Ralen and Ozpin searched, and they found it.
"There. The Infinity Blade's location. Vacou, in the...ughhh not him." Ozpin muttered. "Who, who's him?"
"The Collector. A Deathless Blademaster who relishes in finding the rarest of rare weapons. He desired the Infinity Blade for centuries. If he has it now, he will not give it up easily."
"Where's his fortress?"
"The Crevasse. A temple dedicated to his re-birthing and trophy hall. We need to hurry. Take the Datapod with you." Ozpin then began to walk away. Ralen was unplugging the Datapod, when he saw a notification in the hologram.
"Ozpin, come here. You might want to see this."
Two people had been made Deathless. Yang Xiao-Long, and Cinder Fall.
Mercury
Mercury Black. Assassin's son. Killer. Warrior. The Gray Kick Boxer. A damn good actor. And Right now, he was none of these. Simply a very bored, and very confused man. Ms. Boss lady was in that weird chamber for more than 2 hours, and there was no sign of anything out there. But he didn't really care. If Cinder was dead, good for her. At least Emerald would be avenged. Mercury at first, hated Emerald. But after months of work together, the two trusted each other, even if there was slight resentment from Emeralds side. When Cinder killed her for failing to kill the Schnee, Mercury was shocked. If anything, Emerald was her most loyal subordinate, almost on Kiss ass levels. Why did she kill Emerald? He may never know.
He saw Neo walk over to him like she always did. Seriously, and with no nonsense. She had been the same since Roman got killed. Mercury hated the Bastard, but he knew well enough that Neo cared for the man. He didn't know their relationship, but it seemed to be that the dynamic criminal duo were family. But Mercury killed his own Dad, so family didn't mean much to him.
"Sup Neo, still frosty?" She sent a glare at him.
"Hey, I know your mute, but you can't give me the evil eye all the time. I'm tryin to lighten the mood." She remained impassive and stood next to the statue where Mercury was leaning on. This "Pinnacle of Santification" in the "Fields of Koroth" or whatever it was called seemed ancient. It looked like it predated the Great War even. Mercury may be a bastard, but he was good at History. The surrounding horse statue chained to the human statues seemed it could crumble at any moment, but they remained strong. Unyielding.
"So...what you think the Boss is doing in there?" Neo pulled out her scroll, typed some words into it, and passed it to Mercury. How the Fuck should I know?
"Your you, don't you have an Illusion semblance?"
She doesn't want anyone in. She locked everything with gravity dust. I can't get in.
"Huh, guess the almighty Neopolition can't get passed some grounded up crystals. Nice job."
Up your's fucktard.
"Hey, don't say that. Your too young to say those things."
I hate you
"Love you too." They stared off at the White Fang camp as the militants were setting up base. Adam may be a douche, but he knew how to command with Respect. "Do you think we're on the wrong side?"
Come again?
"Do you think that this isn't what should be happening? I mean, what is Cinder doing? She killed Emerald for tying a fight with Snow White, and she nearly killed the entire base when she was forced to run from that Golden Dagger lady. What's Cinder's plan?"
All I care about is killing Ruby Rose. If I have to serve that Bitch, i'll do it.
"Neo, do you believe in redemption?"
I don't know, but right now. I don't care. As soon as Neo finished and got back her Scroll, Blue light erupted from the Main statue. Merc and Neo stepped back, and Adam prepared his men. All was silent as the Beacon shied away, and Cinder emerged. Her eyes glowing with red fire. She seemed...powerful. Immortal, almost divine.
"Adam, prepare your men. We're moving out." Adam stepped forward and looked at her in the Eye.
"Where are we perchance going?"
"To Mistral. To find a rather ancient castle. Neo, you have your chance. Find and Kill Ms. Rose and her friends with her. And If you find a rather unique member of their little gang, capture it. Bring it to me." Neo nodded, and began walking away. Cinder watched the small girl go, and turned to Mercury. "Mercury, your service to me is over. You are done."
"So I get paid and leave?"
"No, your a loose end that I don't want to be found." His screams were at first loud, then silent. For one second. As she watched his Ashes fly away, she turned to Adam Taurus. "Find Blake Belladona and Yang Xiao-Long. Kill them." As her last follower nervously left, she looked at the device in her hand. She smiled.
Pyrrha.
Pyrrha woke up. Not silently and peacefully. More like a loud gasp and a sudden lurching of the stomach. As she gasped for air, she felt arms around her? Her sight cleared, and she saw...Weiss?
"Pyrrha! Your ok!"
"Wha-Wha happened? Where am I? Where's Jaune? Where's Ralen?" Weiss looked at her and began. "It's a long story, and I'll tell you later. But what's important is that you regain your strength. We're going to find Jaune and Ruby, and help them. For now rest."
"What' happening? Where am I?" She was in some weird estate room. Like some of the higher classier Mistralian estates.
"You are in my home." Pyrhha turned to see a Women looming over the two. "My name, is Lelindre. I am a Deathless."
Well, how about that? Stuff happend, and now Cinder (and Yang) are Deathless. You'll see the implications of Yang "reacting" to her new life. But now, you'll have to wait.
What is Cinder doing? I'll tell you...in the next chapter. Yep, the next chapter is all about our favorite total bitch who we want to die, CINDER FALL! God I hate you but I love you for being such an awesome Villain. Also, the collector is coming! Yay...I hate that guy for having SO MUCH HEALTH! HE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KILL!
So thank you all for reading, and I'll see you all in the next chapter...Bye Bye! (Obvious Markiplier reference is Obvious.)
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