Hello everyone! How are you? I'm fine and for once I'm not injured. Shocker isn't it? Well I won't delay you any further. Ejoy :D
"Ike? Ike are you there?" The girl with the mega scythe asked.
"Change of plans." The blue haired archer responded.
"Your just gonna drop new orders on us like that?" Nathan asked somewhat upset.
"Yes, chances are they're already preparing for us, so why give them time. We're going directly into that building." Ike then pointed to the building where the cloaked man had been standing in front of. It was a rather large building, but many of the other building were equal in size. It was obvious that the villagers who used to live here couldn't have made it that big to begin with.
"Why that one?" Jaune asked.
"Because that where Victor is." Blue responded.
"How can you be so sure?" Blake asked.
"I. Just. Know. I worked for this man for years. I know how he operates."
"Well we should get going then." Connor said as he held two grenades, one in each hand.
"What about the men in the other houses?" Sapphire asked.
"We'll be fighting a two sided fight." The archer responded. "Half of us will clear the house, while the other half defends us from everyone else. I'm not going to say this'll be easy, but it can be done."
"What happens if he isn't there though?" Ruby asked.
"Trust me, he will be." Ike responded.
"So who'll be on which team?" Pyrrha asked.
"We could have Team RWBY, Ike, Rogue, Sapphire, and myself can take the offensive." The Beacon Professor suggested. "Team JNPR, John, Diamond, Nathan, and Connor can take protection duty."
"Sounds good enough to me." Nathan said reloading his handgun. Diamond then walked up to the injured man.
"Just try to stay back, okay? You're already hurt." She said.
"Don't worry about me." The green haired hunter responded with a smile. That's when the pilot of the evac ship came over the comms.
"Hey, I hate to make the situation worse, but the ship's being attacked by Grimm. I'm moving to the secondary rendezvous point and it looks like they're following, so we don't have a whole lot of time. I'll stay as long as I can but you might want to hurry."
"Understood." The blue archer answered. "Time to move." The teen said right before he began sprinting through the village. Everyone soon followed behind him, however the guards weren't going to let it be that simple. (I'm going to focus mainly on Ike in these fight scenes, just because it's really difficult to jump I between people. I will throw in a little bit of fighting with a few others.) The first man ran out from between two buildings and shoulder checked the archer. Ike was thrown side way and rolled to a landing. He then pulled out Aeolus and shot the man in his foot. Blake then responded with a series of slashes as she shadowed around the man, until he fell to his knees. And then to his face. "Just keep moving, the defensive team will be able to handle these guys." Ike called back. Soon enough, the offensive team was inside the building. The defensive team stayed outside of the building and began fighting off waves of enemies.
The building looked like a town hall. It had a few rows of seats leading downwards to an open floor. In the seats were differently dressed people. Each person with an individual weapon, with around fifteen or so members. On the floor were three seats for, what Ike assumed, the elected officials. And guess who was in the mayor's seat. "Took you long enough." The man said. He had one foot up on the desk in front of the chair and was rotating the chair back and forth just a little bit. He wore all black, except for a small red piece of fabric, which rested on his shoulders. He had a few spare bullets on a belt around his waist, which were for the handgun on his hip. He had a red headband wrapped around his forehead, which was partially covered by his pitch black hair. (Vincent from Final Fantasy 7, and yes this was the suggestion I got that I loved so much. Thanks again for the idea.) "Then again you always were late, India."
"India?" Team RWBY asked.
"He never used real names for most of us. Just our first initial. I was India because my name's Ike. My brother was Juliett and Laurel was Lima. Nobody knows what Victor's real name is. I doubt he still does either."
"Juliett always did hate that name didn't he? Always said it was too feminine." Victor responded.
"Then why did Eisenhower's name stay?" Yang asked.
"Because, he joined after a few years of being a Hunter. Never could get used to being called Echo, so we let him keep his name." The man in red answered for the blue clad teen.
"There was only one other person who keep his real name in the organization." The archer said as he readied Ichor and Nero.
"Me." A voice said behind the group. Ike swung his blade at the voice, but missed the body. The man jumped back a stood his ground behind them. It was the man in black again, but this time Ike had a better look at him. The man before him stood at around six foot, four inches. He donned a black, hooded robe that flapped around him in the wind. He also had metal boots on, which matched his metal shin guards. He wore white pants on under it, with a leather chest plate. He had a white piece of fabric hanging from his waist, with ancient writing on it. He also had on black metal shoulder pads. He wore black fingerless gloves, and had his halberd resting on his right shoulder. Though his hood cover much of his head, Ike could still see his face. He had long white hair, that covered portions of the side of his head, and he had a white completion. (Here's the picture it's based off of ?pic=3310ke0&s=5 he doesn't have the sword though, because it's a halberd. Thanks to the creator of this guy :D) His halberd was only made of steel. The grip has blue leather wrapped around it, with two gold rings wrapped around both ends. The bottom is rounded off at the bottom, with a small hole at the end. There is a trigger at the top end of the grip, with a magazine directly below that. The bladed end has a duel sided axe head, with one side being larger than the other. It also has a spear point at the end of it. Ike knew that the weapon could break into two pieces, and become two different weapons. It broke directly above the grip. The bottom half mecha-shifted into a full auto assault rifle, with a detachable butt. The bladed side can fold into itself becoming a smaller one sided axe, and the spear point completely disappears. Ike also knew that it could be fired in its full form, but you'd have to be a point blank range for it to even be able to hit. His name? Deces Lamina.
"So why isn't there like twenty-five people in here? If you named them off of their first initials, then there'd be twenty-six minus you, Ike, is twenty-five." Sapphire asked.
"Simple." The Deces replied.
"Some people leave like India there, some die such as Juliett, and others are simply cut from our little group." Victor replied.
"Cut?" Blake asked.
"That means they weren't strong enough, so they killed them off." Blue answered.
"We lost three Charlie's that way." The leader said in a mock of sadness. "But there's been enough talk for now. I think it's time to crush this little raid myself." Victor then stood up and revealed his weapon. It was a half whip, half taser. Its handle consisted of a piece of metal wrapped in rubber with a giant switch on top of that. On the switch were two large buttons, and the bottom one was pressed in. A flexible piece of copper wire was then attached to the mega switch, at the end of the wire was a metal rectangle with rounded edges. On the longer outer sides was two more pieces of copper wire, but these were extremely big and almost impossible to bend. Victor pressed in the top button, causing the bottom one to pop out, at the weapon came to life. Electricity sparked up and down the copper wire, as well as the wire on the side of the metal rectangle.
"I'll take Victor." Ike said switching his blades to a bow and notched an arrow. "Yang, throw the idiot in the robe outside and let everyone else deal with him. The rest of you need to start taking out agents. They're all pretty strong, so fighting off a few of them at a time isn't going to be easy. So, good luck." Ike then drew back his arrow and fired at Victor. The man sidestepped it and watched it stick into the wall behind him. The man in red then ripped the arrow out of the wall and crushed it in his hands. Ike switched back to Ichor and Nero and charged forward. The teen jumped over the agents he used to work with and rolled and he landed right in front of Victor. The leader spun his whip around himself and cracked it downwards onto Ike. The teen blocked it with Nero, and that earned him a small shock.
"This is going to be fun." The black haired man said. "You never could beat me, and you won't now!" He then brought his whip downwards, but this time Ike sidestepped it. The teen then stepped on the metal part, making sure to avoid the copper, and elbowed Victor in the mouth, causing him to stumble backwards.
Yang threw a flurry of fists at Deces, which he either dodged or blocked. The hooded man then swung his weapon at the Huntress-in-Trains, but Yang rolled back was and avoided the halberd's strike. Deces then pulled on the trigger and unloaded the magazine at the brawler. However, the bullets all missed the girl, except one which only slightly grazed her arm. "Seems you have a bit of trouble with accuracy." The girl said in a very smart ass fashion. The man with the halberd simply growled and reloaded his weapon. Yang then ran forward and led with a right jab. This was dodged, but her left hook wasn't. Deces was slammed sideways, which Yellow took advantage of. She then pulled him up and sent the man flying out of the building with a shotgun enhanced punch. "He's all yours!" She called out as he went out the door.
"Ren, watch out!" Nora called out as the man in black came sailing towards him. The teen back flipped over the human projectile and watched him tear up a bit of pavement as he rolled.
"The kid and I can handle the new guy." John said talking about Deces as he pushed away more enemies.
"We can?" The teen asked.
"Sure we can, it's two against one." The Hunter said confidently. Deces then stood back up as the two blonde swordsman approached him.
Meanwhile, on the inside Ike and Victor were starting each other down. Ike could feel energy pulsing throughout his body. "What's this feeling?" He thought to himself.
"It's my power." Vesh answered form inside him. "I'm letting you use it, because you're no good to me dead."
"I guess I should thank you." The archer said to Vesh mentally.
"You should, but don't expect favors like this again."
"Are we just going to stand around all day, or is something else going to happen?" Victor asked.
"Your call." Blue replied.
"I like the second option." The man in red cracked his weapon once more, this time aiming for the student's head. Ike rolled under the weapon, but Victor spun it attempting to wrap it around the teen. The archer shot himself as high as the ceiling would allow, and aimed his bow downwards. He then unleashed and ice arrow, which connected to the end of the whip. Knowing that his protection from the electricity at the end of the weapon wouldn't last long, Ike shot himself back down to the ground, switching to his blades. He rolled upon landing and slashed upwards at the man. Victor dodged backwards and spun his weapon around himself. The chunk of ice made contact with the tang wielder's chest, knocking him off balance. Victor then shoulder checked the teen and send him tumbling backwards. "Is that all you got?" The man in red asked.
"Is that all we have?" Ike asked Vesh.
"Not by a long shot." His inner evil replied.
Jaune shield bashed the cloaked man, which was soon followed up by a slash of John's sword. Deces rolled backwards, away from the sword slash. Lamina then began to use his halberd's longer reach to keep the attackers at bay. He swung the axe end at John, who slapped the weapon down with his sword and rushed forwards. The robed man was forced to break his weapon into the two separate weapons. Deces swung his axe downwards at the Hunter, who blocked the strike with his shield. Jaune then slammed his shield into the man with the axe, sending his tumbling away. John ran forwards to make sure Deces couldn't get back up, but he was too late. The older swordsman reached his foe, who began firing his assault rifle. John brought his shield up to block the bullets. Deces then kicked the man's shield creating so distance. Lamina then began to unload his rifle into John's shield, while he fought off Jaune with his axe. The man with the axe swung his weapon sideways at the blonde, who rolled under the attack. Jaune then tried to reply with a stab at Lamina's thigh, but the man's axe blocked the strike. Deces spun his weapon and Jaune's and managed to disarm the teen. Jaune hide behind his shield as his enemy laid a relentless assault on him with his axe. Deces managed to cut Jaune's leg slightly, which scared the teen a bit. Lamina took advantage of this as he slammed his axe into the slide of Jaune's shield, moving it away from a defensive position. The man in the robe then kicked the teen in the temple sending him flying away. The older man then switched back to his halberd as John had finally reached him. Fortunately for John, he was already close to the halberd wielder and was able to land a slash against the man's chest. Deces made a small retreat as John helped Jaune back up to his feet. The two older men started each other down, before the two blondes man their rush.
Ike spun and kicked Victor in the side of the head, sending the man tumbling across the room. Vesh's power had increased Ike's strength, speed, and reaction time by a large margin, but the evil side of the teen was easily showing. As Ike approached the man, he even looked menacing. Victor got back up to his feet, and spun his weapon around himself once more, and Ike ducked under it. The man in red then cracked it like a whip, and hit the archer in the chest with a small spark. This stunned Blue long enough, allowing the man in red to wrap the copper around the teen. Electricity sparked though the boy's body, as his legs began to give out. "You really can't do anything can you?" Vesh asked Ike. That's when the darker half took over as much as he could. Vesh began to push Ike's arms out wards. Ike might've felt the pain, but the darker half couldn't as he continued to push the metal to its limits. Seeing that his weapon was about to break, Victor unraveled the teen and stood ready to attack once more. "Now fight for Monty's sake." The darker half ordered. Victor cracked his whip once more, but the blue archer caught the electric weapon at the metal ring at the end. He then ripped the weapon out of the man in red's hands and charged forward. Ike then slashed a horizontal cut across the man's chest. He then spun and cut a second gash into the man. He then cut an X into the man, and brought his weapons straight up. Despite the barrage of slashes, his aura hadn't given way yet. The tang wielder used Ichor to cut diagonally across the man, which he followed with a diagonal slash from Nero the opposite direction. He followed this with two hard kicks. As he went to stab the man in red into the chest with Nero, but Victor grabbed the weapon. The leader then went to punch Ike with a right hook to the face, but Ike stopped the attack by deflecting it with the flat of his blade. Ike finished off his bombardment with a kick to the chest, sending the man skidding across the room. Victor's aura had dropped dangerously low, had a few broken bones, and most likely some internal bleeding. Badly injured, the man in red stood back up to his feet and grabbed his weapon once more. Ike rushed forward and kicked the man in the chest, sending him skidding backwards. The weapon's wire began to stretch out, and Ike fired his volatile ice arrow into it. A giant wall of ice formed up, trapping the weapon inside. Ike walked up to the man who was trying to free his weapon. When Victor saw the archer, he threw a sloppy right hook, which Ike ducked under and delivered a punch to the stomach. The man doubled over, and Blue kicked him down onto his back.
Ike began to approach the injured man, Ichor raise, but then abruptly stopped. "Times up." A voice in his head said. That voice? Vesh. Ike began to sweat and shiver at the same time. All color left his body leaving him completely pale. He was going into shock. Then his legs felt like they couldn't support themselves anymore. The teen collapsed to the ground. Victor saw his opening and slowly returned to his feet. He was ready to attack the blue archer, but Ruby stood in defensive of her boyfriend.
"How touching." The man commented. As he spat a bit of blood. "Looks like this isn't either of our last days. Everyone! We're retreating! Now!" The man yelled.
Deces rolled over John's shield and kicked the Hunter in the back. Lamina then blocked a slash from Jaune with his halberd and kicked him away as well. He then heard his boss call for a retreat. "I guess our fun's over." The hooded man said. He then turned around and ran away from the battle. Along with the remaining nine agents, the halberd wielded, and the man in red, who was being carried by one of the agents, disappeared ran past the raid team, out of the gate, and into the forest.
Yang was ready to chase after the men, but Blake stopped her. "We're just going to let them run?!" She asked.
"The evac ship is being attacked, so we won't have much time left, also Ike's in no shape to move." Blake answered. The brawler then looked over to the archer to see him on the ground shaking, with Ruby and Sapphire next to him.
"Everything's going to be okay Ike." Ruby assured him. "I'm right here next to you."
"He's going into shock." Sapphire said to herself as she acted as a field medic.
Ike then took in a big breath, and his vision went black.
"Times up boy. I warmed you, but you didn't listen." Vesh said inside of Ike's head.
The teen on the ground then took in another deep breath and sat straight up.
"Ike, are you okay?" Ruby asked.
"Yes, I'll be just fine." The teen replied, only it wasn't Ike talking. It was Vesh.
And that is the end of season 1. Man it was quite a ride, and Ike accomplished nothing did he? Wow, that's kinda horrible. Anyways, I will start up season 2 soon, and it will we under this title, so just be ready for whenever this story updates next. I'm going to take around a 2 week break, so that I can give the writing part of my brain a bit of rest. Season 2 will start up with an intro like season 1 did, so that's your divider. Most likely it'll just be titled Season 2: Intro. Futhermore, I want to that you all for the support you have given me throughout writing this. At the time of posting this, this story has 12,000 view, 46 favs, and 50 follows, so thank you all so much. I really never expected this story to become as big as i is now. Honestly, when I posted the first chapter I thought "I might get a thousand views from this story if I'm lucky." You guys certainly blew my expectations out of the water. Yet again, thank you all so much and I'll see everybody in season 2. That's were it'll get fun.