Setting: Fairgrounds
When Weiss and Blake arrived on the scene they were horrified with what was happening all around them. People screaming and Grimm of all sizes running rampant through trashing everything in sight. Some students were already lying in their own blood, not fast enough to out speed the charging Ursas. To make things even worse, the Atlas soldiers that had been stationed around were firing their shots nondiscriminatory.
"This is the worst! I don't believe this." The white-haired huntress spoke up when she found her voice, shaking her head with disbelief. She couldn't keep her hands from shaking. "How could things be this bad?"
Blake, pulled out her Scroll which had vibrated in her pocket. Upon looking at the ID, she was greeted by a picture profile of the blonde brawler. "Yang, are you okay? Where are you now?"
"I'm fine. Is Ruby or Bolt with you?" The voice on the other side of the screen replied with concern. Once the alarm sounded, the blonde dashed out of the room with Zwei hot on her heels. "They're not answering their Scrolls. I'm worried."
"She isn't with me and I'm currently with Weiss." Blake's ear twitched and she swore she heard Yang's footsteps come to a stop. "Yang, I'm sure she's fine. I'll try giving Bolt a call to see if he's been with Ruby. If he has, I'll relay the message back as soon as possible."
"But-"
"Ruby's our leader, she can take care of herself. Bolt is on Pyrrha's level of skill, he's totally be fine"
"Right. I'm on my way. Let's go Zwei!" Yang got an affirmative bark from her faithful companion before adding, "I'm heading to the docks near the courtyard. White Fang members are releasing Grimm into the school!"
"The White Fang is here?!" Blake snapped, looking very angry. However she was met with static on the other end and she was worried that the connection could go blank. "Yang! Respond!"
"Gotta go! Be careful!" was the last thing Blake heard before the connection went to static and her home screen popped up.
"This must be a dream...it has to be." Weiss said once Blake was forced to hang up. The heiress looked really sad and the faunus couldn't help but feel the same way. "This is all so, sudden to say the least. The tournaments...the enemies...even Penny...Ruby probably knew..."
"About Penny's condition..." Blake wrapped an arm around herself and nodded. She never thought of the possibility of artificial intelligence so seeing the wires instead of actual human organs spilling on the floor during the fight had blown her mind. If anything it stirred up more questions and just how far technology will be taken. "Probably knew her better than the rest of us."
"Blake, what are we going to do?" At a time like this, Weiss herself was unsure how to proceed. Everything she's ever learned at Beacon was thrown out of proportion. She felt like she wasn't ready and she needed reassurance from another person. "What can we do?"
"We're going to the docks, and we're doing our job." Calibrating something on her Scroll, she pressed a button and in no time her locker came crashing down near by. Popping open to reveal the inside content, the faunus grabbed her weapon and strapped it to her back. Her eyes glowed with determination to fight. Seeing her teammate ready to face the onslaught of Grimm sent some confidence through Weiss as she did the same thing, her own locker landing nearby to present Myrtenaster to its owner.
Setting: Arena
"Pyrrha!" Jaune was trying to make his way to her side, shouldering past the students running in the opposite direction. The red-haired huntress continued to stare at her opponent, unable to comprehend what she had done. Growling angrily and shoving through some bodies, he called again. "Pyrrha, the Nevermore's going to break in! Move out of the way!"
"What have I done...what have I done..." She was numb, couldn't hear the blond shouting her name. There was a crash and when she looked up she was greeted by the bird. It slammed its talons down, summoning forth winds that blew her and Jaune back as the boy approached. Pyrrha lifted her head slowly, almost like it was a ton of bricks, to look at the creature in a daze.
It screeched, diving for her with its beak wide open but a blur of red intercepted it. The creature stumbled back, sporting a cut on the chest from what seemed to be a weapon blade.
"Ruby?" Pyrrha spoke once she broke out of her stupor, noting the girl standing with the only blade that didn't disappear.
"Leave her alone!" Ruby shouted and prepared to engage the large avian in battle with her best friend's weapon. "If you don't then I'll cut through your body!" Penny, please lend me strength!
Sensing the challenge, the Nevermore took to the skies and circled around. Tucking its wings it came in close to the ground with the intention of swallowing Ruby whole. However, lockers rained from the sky and pinned the creature against the ground. It let out a feeble screech as various huntresses and huntsmen, who didn't have their weapons, grabbed their weapons. Everyone from the tournaments, friends and opponents alike, banned together to get rid of one common enemy.
"Awww yeah! Now this is what I'm talking about!" Neptune grinned, holding his weapon confidently in hand. "Missed you baby!"
"Don't celebrate just yet!" Jaune shouted as the Nevermore rose, lifting its upper body off the ground. "This guy is still alive and kicking!"
"Haaaa!" Ren attacked first, jumping forward and swiped his weapon, StormFlower, across its face. The bird unleashed a loud screech, shaking its head back and forth to get rid of the pain.
"Time to go! Ready for a lift?" Arslan swung underneath the sternum, swiping Yatsu and carrying him along with her. The mountain of a man was surprised that he was lifted off his feet, but he smiled no less.
"Hwwwwwwroaaaaaaah!" Crouching down, Sage poured his energy into his legs before jumping high into the air. His broad sword was already ready in hand, glinting in the moonlight. "I'm gonna redeem myself for the tournament battle!"
"Stay down, feather brain!" Nora crowed, sliding down the creature's vertebrate before back flipping off the head. With Magnhild already in its hammer form she sent it crashing down. There was a sickening crunch as the bird's head slammed into the ground and exposed the back of its neck. "Now's your chance!"
"There!" Arslan threw Yatsu into the air after gaining enough momentum to join Sage. "Make it a clean strike!"
"You heard the lady." Yatsu said and together, both huntsmen swung their large blades and made the head roll across the tile ground. With one last croak the beheaded Nevermore fell silent before turning into black smoke. Using the landing strategy they were taught back at the Emerald Forest, both huntsmen smiled at a job well done.
"Ruby I-" Pyrrha choked up as she looked at the shredded piece of cloth in her hands. Tears welled up and she managed to say, "I'm so sorry."
"Me too, but it wasn't your fault." Ruby assured her as the others nodded their heads in agreement, some had a look of pity on their faces since it was hard to come to terms what was happening. "It wasn't your fault."
"She's right." Jaune spoke as he walked up to his teammate, her spear and shield in his hands. He looked extremely angry as he stood before her. "Whoever was on the microphone, they're the ones to blame. And we have to make sure they don't take anyone else." Taking her weapons they shared a look of determination before seeing that their fellow huntsmen and huntresses were in agreement.
The roar of Grimm caught their attention and as they glanced up, a couple of creatures they never fought before appeared on top of the arena. Their wings were spread and talons clicking against the ground as their beaks opened and closed sharply.
"Griffons." Ren spoke up as the students readied their weapons. "Thought they were just a folklore but seeing them with my own eyes...well, I gotta believe anything is possible now."
"Anybody got a plan of attack? I mean, charging in guns blazing sounds good right about now." Neptune said, taking aim with his gun. They then heard the roar of thunder and they saw a lightning bolt stab into one of the Griffons side, it then came crashing down and a person jumped off it's back. They looked to see Bolt walking towards them "Never mind"
"Yeah, I thought they were too. Guess we we're wrong" Bolt said, as he turned back to the new Grimm.
"Sun, I need to borrow your Scroll!" Ruby said, getting the blond's attention. Thinking fast, the monkey faunus used his tail to toss his Scroll to her. "Thank you!" Turning around she pressed a button and her own locker fell from the sky with a large noise.
A Griffon swooped down immediately when she began running to get her weapon, one talon placed over the top of the locker as it gazed at her with its beady red eyes.
"Oh kindly fuck off!" A voice spoke followed by a gunshot that sent the griffon flying. The students turned to see that Professor Port and Professor Oobleck have joined the fight, their own weapons in hand. "Students. I believe it would be best for you to leave."
"But we can fi-"
"Miss Rose." Oobleck interrupted quickly. "This day will surely go down in Remnant's history. So I'd prefer it if my students could live to tell the story."
"That's my favorite teacher! You the best Port" Bolt said as he cheered for Professor Port.
"And that's my favorite student, always able to make a bad situation funny"
"Alright professor, I understand." Ruby nodded her head, grabbing Crescent Rose and changed it into its scythe form. Giving Sun back his Scroll she pointed towards the exit and said, "Let's go. We'll let them handle things here."
"I meet you guys there" Bolt sped off as the others hurried after him
"Velvet!" Coco's voice reached the faunus' ears after she took a quick snap of Ruby's weapon. Putting away her camera with haste she hurried after the group with the leader of RWBY right behind her.
"Bwahahahaha! One final match, Barty!" Port howled with laughter as he stood back to back with his green-haired comrade, the circle of Grimm griffons growing larger with each passing minute. "Place your bets!"
Setting: Outside the Arena
Bolt ran out of the arena and looked around, it was chaos. He looked back at his fellow hunters and sighed, "They can handle themselves for a while...right?" He ran off to the left.
He ran at a large group of Grimm, he pulled out his sword to attack, but they disappeared. He came to a sudden stop when he felt someones hand on his chest. A blonde haired boy flipped over him. He tried to moved to the boy but he couldn't. Bolt looked down to see a white circle on his chest, he knew who the boy was as soon as he remembered the white symbol on his chest.
"Ugh, Duke Reaper, the wannabe jock of Beacon. I knew you weren't what you said you where" Bolt said as Duke laughed "The hell did you do to me?"
"Well, it's my semblance, Stigma. When I touch someone, it stops their body movement." Duke said, he ran his hand through his hair and smiled "Being evil feels good"
"You won't get away with this, not without me punching you in the face, your very ugly face" Bolt smirked as Duke looked at him, angerly.
"What?! Shut up, I'll kill you were you stand" Duke ran at Bolt in pure anger, just like he wanted.
"Idiot" Once Duke was close enough, Bolt punched him in the face and broke his nose.
"Ahh! How the hell- Ow! Did you do that?!" He questioned as he held his bleeding nose "You hit me through my aura"
"I burned it off" Bolt was correct, he used the lightning to burn the Stigma off him. He dusted his shoulders off as he looked at Duke "Like I said before, you're not cool. You never will be"
"Whatever! I got an plan to finish" He growled as he ran off. Bolt watched him run off, he didn't care to chase him so he ran around killing Grimm and helping students get to the docks as he made his way back to the others.
"I told you I'd punch you!"
There were still hundreds of students panicking as ships upon ships docked at the designated pickup area. The Atlesian soldiers did their best to corral them with family members but most of the time, they were separated. However, the pickup ships weren't the only ones, White Fang driven ships docked to release Grimm onto the grounds. Snarling and growling the Ursas swiped at the fleeing citizens with their claws or snapped at them with their teeth.
"Tch, these bastards." Ironwood snarled as he made mincemeat with an Alpha Beowolf, blasting a couple of rounds through the hard skull with his pistols. "Popping up and endangering the lives of others..."
"What's going on?" Ruby asked when she noticed the general and ushered everyone over. "What's the situation?"
"Grimm are crawling all over the city, not just the arena itself." The headmaster of Atlas informed them, sweeping his gaze over the students. "The White Fang has invaded Beacon and to make matters worse, some...vagabond has seized one of my ships. Until we regain command, the skies are out of our control."
"So you're gonna take it back aren't you?" Before Ironwood could respond, he quickly drew a pistol and fired a shot at a Crawler. The Grimm had attempted to ambush the group from behind, but with the general's quick draw the bullet went right through the forehead.
"That goes without saying." The headmaster answered, putting away his weapon. "I won't have a mediocre criminal threaten me with one of my properties."
"Then what can we do?" Jaune asked, watching as Ironwood turned his back towards the students. "Can't we be of assistance?"
"You have two choices: Defend your kingdom and your school...or save yourselves." Turning around Ironwood watched as they looked at each other, internalizing their choices and thinking of the outcome depending on what they determine is the most appropriate choice of action. "Listen kids, no one will fault you if you wish to abandon everything and leave. This is a hard choice for anyone. Let's move out!" Bidding the students farewell, he ordered his ship to disembark and chase after the rogue ship piloted by Roman. The ginger-haired criminal was having a field day pressing all sorts of buttons on the dashboard of the Atlesian ship.
"I mean...come on. I can confidently say we're all on the same page here." Sun said as the huntsmen and huntresses all looked at one another with determined expressions on their faces; all except Pyrrha's, the red-head had a worried expression on hers.
"We can take a ship to Beacon, there's one docked right over there!" Jaune advised, spurring the others to follow his lead. "The city must be in worst shape than we first imagined!"
"You guys take an airship" Bolt looked over the edge to the floating stadium down at Beacon, he backed up as he said, "I'll take the shortcut"
"What shortcut? You're gonna jump of the edge?!" Sun asked, wondering why he would jump off of a very high place at a time like this.
"Bolt, you can't do that, how do you expect to live that drop?!" Jaune questioned also wondering the same thing.
"Landing strategy!" the boy yelled as he jumped off the ledge.
"Don't worry about him, he'll be fine. Let's get an airship back to Beacon, quickly" Ruby said as she lead everyone to an airship.
Setting: Beacon
"What's going on?!" Down in the city Glynda and Qrow were fighting side by side against the Grimm when the line of Atlas soldiers before them began acting funny. Their helmets flashed red and they turned their guns on the adults. "One minute they were fine and the next...something's not right."
"Focus on that later." Qrow spoke, using his weapon to block the bullets. His brows furrowed together and he let out a growl, "We still have some trash to clean up."
"Look out!" Blake tackled Weiss to the ground as the controlled soldiers not too far ahead turned around and fired on sight, using her body as a shield as bullets rained around them. The three of them made great strides through the city, fighting through Grimm that rushed to greet them. "What's wrong with them? Don't they know we're on their side?!"
"It might be a case of malfunction or perhaps someone has hacked their programs!" Weiss spoke up from underneath Blake, watching as the paint melted off the metal due to the heat.
"So it is true...they're actually here." Blake muttered underneath her breath, her grip tightened around the hilt of Gambol Shroud. "God damn it."
"Then what are we waiting for? Come on!" Weiss shouted before a large Atlas-created robot began to act out of control. Some of the human guards didn't stand a chance as the large mech arm slammed into them. As if that weren't enough problems an Alpha Beowolf appeared on the scene, its mouth opened with a large roar to announce its entrance. "Well...isn't this a great welcome party."
"Looks like we're gonna have to split up." Blake noted, getting nods from the other two huntresses. "As much as I would love to stay and fight by your side..."
In the skies, Bolt flew down towards the ground at a very fast pace. He did look up when he heard an explosion in the air, it was Ironwood's ship falling to the ground.
"Crap, not the tin can" He also saw a red blur leave an airship and land back on the stadium, he then saw a locker flew off toward the airship Ironwood said Roman Torchwick took over "Good luck, Ruby. You're gonna need it"
On the ground, Weiss used her Glyphs to tear through rouge Atlas soldiers. Blake was also in battle with White Fang members, Weiss quickly came in to help once Blake was getting overpowered. They then heard a Atlas mech knock soldiers back, they went to help but a roar from an Alpha Beowolf Grimm stopped them in there tracks. They saw it jump down from an Atlas airship just before it crashed.
"Be safe" the two girls looked to each other and nodded as they went their separate ways. Weiss ran towards the other Atlas bots and Blake went around the destroyed cafeteria. She stopped when an Alpha Beowolf jumped above her, she turned to a broken window and saw the one person she hoped she didn't, Adam Taurus.
On a building away from the chaos, Cinder, Emerald, Mercury, and Duke stood watching.
"Beautiful"
"It's almost sad, really" Emerald scanned the battlefield, it was surprising how fast everything got out of hand.
"Focus on the Atlesean Knights." Cinder said to Mercury "Don't miss anything."
"Ho ho, I'm getting all of it." He chuckled.
"Good, continue the broadcast until the end..." The building shook, startling the four "And do not miss what happens next. Duke."
"Yeah?" The blond haired boy asked as he cleaned up his nose.
"Our get away is covered, right?" She asked, still looking at the chaos below.
"Yeah, it is. It should be."
"Meet us there, we can't mess this up"
"Right." the blonde boy jumped off the building and ran off into the distance, disappearing in the shadows.
Coming up: Heroes vs Monsters