Nearing the end of the Volume 2 arc. Some major fight scenes in this chapter too. Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or Devil May Cry.
Chapter 21: Hit the Brakes
Cinder looked at her scroll with a worried expression. Her two allies looked at her. "Will you relax, Cinder?," Mercury said, "Torchwick hasn't reported in any trouble with the operation." "And that's what worries me," Cinder replied, "Given what we know about Team RWBY, I would have expected at least Ruby Rose to find trouble with Torchwick by now." Mercury sighed. "Geez. Salem mentions some minor changes and suddenly you get paranoid." He suddenly had a thought. "Come to think of it, are they the only ones going to Mountain Glenn?" Cinder double-checked the missions. "They should be. There's nothing to suggest otherwise. Why do you ask?"
Meanwhile, Roman and the White Fang were finishing up loading the last bomb when a shot rang out, causing the bomb to explode inside the crate. Roman looked to see not just Team RWBY, but five more teams as well. "Okay... That's not good odds. Hurry up and get the train started!" Several White Fang boarded the train and began to operate it as the rest stayed behind to delay the Huntsmen and Huntresses. To their dismay, the first to attack were the Faunus of the group, with Sydney leading the charge via his Semblance. He quickly got surrounded, but then Rasaki came in and activated her Semblance, producing a brilliant flash of light that blinded the White Fang.
Before long, the White Fang members were knocked out and trussed up, ready to be sent back to Vale. The group then hurried onto the fleeing train. As they moved from car to car, the bomb for the caboose already dealt with thanks to Ruby, several more White Fang came out of the cars. "Do they not realize that we're riding on several live bombs!?," Weiss asked in shock. "They're traitors to their own cause," Rigel said, shaking his head, "But this world has no use for martyrs." The group hurried along the cars, taking out as many bombs as possible. However, several bombs still got set off, drawing in hordes of Grimm.
Teams RWBY, JNPR, and CPPR hurried along the bottom to take out the munitions, while Teams SLVR, CRDL, and SSSN hurried along the top hoping to get to the front of the train to stop it. Along the top, they quickly found resistance in the form of several Paladins. "Not a problem," Sun said, "We've taken one down before, and we have two more guys to help out." Meanwhile, along the lower route, the group there encountered Neopolitan again. "We can handle her," Jaune said, "You guys go on ahead." RWBY and CPPR hurried on while JNPR stayed to deal with Neopolitan. Neo actually looked worried since she remembered Ren was the one who noted her Semblance.
The next car had a White Fang lieutenant wielding a chainsaw weapon. "Ciel," Ruby said, "Can you handle this one?" "Not a problem," Ciel said, "Penny, take point." "Got it," Penny said, "Be careful up ahead, Ruby." Finally, Team RWBY found Roman waiting for them just before the final car. "Well," Roman said as he tossed aside a finished cigar, "A little more trouble than I was expecting. She's not going to like this..." He took aim with his Melodic Cudgel, causing the girls to scatter. Blake was the first to move in, her Semblance enhanced thanks to a set of Dust capsules Weiss had offered her.
JNPR was doing pretty well against Neopolitan. Jaune's danger sense and Ren's Semblance helped the team see through her illusions. 'This is not what I was hoping for,' she thought, 'Didn't that Salem lady say my opponent would most likely be that blonde bimbo? Never trust future readers.' Meanwhile, the lieutenant was aghast when he saw his chainsaw didn't so much as scratch Penny. It was cutting through her Aura, but not her body. In fact, when he looked at his weapon, the teeth seemed damaged. "I'm sorry," Penny said, "But my body is not as human as my mind." She opened up Jimminy Williker and used the blades as a makeshift slingshot to dropkick the lieutenant.
Up top, the three teams had finished dealing with the last of the Paladins. Scarlet then looked back and saw a large group of Grimm were still following the train. "Think we could take out some of the smaller ones from here?," he asked. "Probably not," Ironwood said, "But if we're lucky, we won't have to." Back with JNPR, Neopolitan had to make a quick escape when Jaune had Roseus Ignis to her throat, intent on keeping her from interfering any further. Her escape was well-timed, as Roman was getting overwhelmed by Team RWBY. Together they hurried to the front of the train. "We'd better warn Cinder about this," Roman noted.
"What!?," Cinder said with shock when she got the call. 'I said there's not just one team investigating Mountain Glenn,' Roman replied, 'But six. Yes, Team RWBY is here. But I also recognize Teams JNPR and CRDL, plus what looks to be teams from Atlas, Vacuo, and Mistral. We've been forced to work ahead of schedule, and unfortunately our breach isn't going to have the impact we planned. They've managed to take out several bombs already.' Cinder sat down, completed shocked. 'Things are going wrong... Our plan is still working, but now there are too many variables. Can we even keep working under these conditions?'
"Hello?," Roman asked, only hearing silence, "Huh, I think I broke her." Neopolitan then tapped him on the shoulder. "I think we should jump the..." But she got interrupted when several of the Huntsman group pointed their weapons at the duo. "Uh," Roman said, nervous, "I don't suppose this is a good time to negotiate?" Just then the train crashed into a solid rock wall, the group only saved due to Weiss putting up a massive ice shield several seconds before the crash. Still, they were all knocked out for a bit before waking up to a relief-giving sight.
Several military units, most of them from Atlas, and numerous Huntsmen were standing not far from where the train crashed. And it was a good thing too, since several Grimm, drawn by the explosions, had emerged from the breach. Immediately the group was vacated to safety until they could recover. Up above on the rooftops, a woman wearing a Grimm mask watched the group, Yang in particular. "So I didn't need to step in after all. You've certainly grown since the last time I saw you. Think I'll pay you a visit when this crisis is dealt with." She dove down to assist in repelling the Grimm threat.
To be continued...
A shorter chapter, but let's face it, there's way too many characters to focus on and with several fighters against a single opponent, you just know they're gonna find it easy. Read and review.