So we're back…...after….how long?
Far too long, life gets busy, and I keep forgetting where I'm going with these things.
More like we're too lazy and forgetful. Ah well at least Summer vacay is comin up!
Also true! Which means more lazy and forgetfulness! Oh boy…
I know. ONTO THE CHAPTER!...Wait why are we here?
Zwei came rushing back into the camp WBY had set up, and barked a few times, waking up the sleeping girls.
"What is it Zwei?" Yang asked as she tiredly rubbed her eyes and sat up, she looked over at the dog whom quickly headed back towards the hole that Ruby had fallen in. "Hey, wait up!" Yang got up and grabbed Ember Celica before chasing after Zwei, the other two girls getting up long after.
"Doctor Oobleck! Something's wrong!" Weiss yelled as she rushed outside, trying to catch up with Yang and Zwei.
"Yes I noticed as well. Has anyone seen Ruby?" Oobleck as they all looked around, failing to notice a bright red cloak. Blake and Weiss noticed as well before all three of the rushed to where Zwei and Yang were, failing to notice that they forgot one other person.
"Ruby? Where's Ruby? Did we leave her at the camp?!" Yang was panicing more and more with every step, eventually stopping to make sure that Ruby was missing. "Where is she?!" She screamed, only to be answered with a bark from Zwei, she walked over to the dog only to see a gaping hole in the ground, next to it, Crescent Rose.
"Oh no." Yang said as she walked over to her sister's weapon and knelt beside it "She must of fell in here."
"Ya don't say." Mark said as he popped out of nowhere, scaring everybody.
"What the hell? Where did you-?" Weiss asked, slightly angered from Mark scaring her.
"Magic." Mark said while chuckling a bit. "But seriously, I ran over here after I heard some weird noises."
"Noises? What kind of noises?" Yang asked, standing up and looking at Mark as she spoke.
"I heard something crumbling, yelling, screams and a train whistle." Mark explained to Yang as he looked down the hole. He looked down the hole, smirked and said "In another moment, down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again."
"What are you talking about you dolt?" Weiss said as she walked up to the hole "You think Ruby is really down there?"
"First, that was a quote Weiss. Second, Yes I do believe so." Mark explained as he looked at Crescent Rose. "Why else would she leave her weapon behind if she didn't go down?"
"You think the White Fang got her?" Blake asked, stepping up to the hole as well "If they're here, Roman's probably here as well."
"Only one way to find out." Yang said as she looked at Oobleck with concern and worry.
Oobleck took out his bottle and it transformed into a flamethrower/club. Mark stood there wide-eyed and gawking at the bottle as Oobleck just said "We must find her."
"Then we don't have a moment to lose!" Yang said as she jumped into the hole, determined to find her sister.
"What should we do with her?" Austin asked as he gestured to the little girl that had just been thrown on the floor.
"I don't know, throwing her around is kind of fun. Been making my day a whole lot better." Roman answered with, a smile on his face.
"Her friends will be here to get her soon, maybe we should just kill her." Ruby's eyes grew wide.
"Kill the leader of the team that's been disrupting every move we make? I like the sound of that, I'll let you handle it though. It's more your style than mine." Roman turned and walked into one of the train cars, leaving Austin and Ruby by themselves.
"Now, how should I do this?" Austin had a sadistic smirk on his face as he slowly drew Hope and Despair, Ruby had never been more afraid in her life.
As Hope was placed against the girl's throat, an explosion was heard in the distance, causing Austin to look up and Ruby to slip away from the knife.
"Son of a-" Austin grabbed Ruby just before she got out of reach, and carried her into the awaiting train as WBY, Mark, and Oobleck came into view.
"Ruby!" Yang yelled as her younger sister was carried into the train. "I'll kill him!" Yang dashed towards the train, her eyes turning red as she approached.
'Dammit Austin! Why you gotta change the canon!?' Mark thought with wide eyes and panic as he and the others jumped onto the train. Mark knew that he would kill Ruby to get to him but he still doesn't know why he's doing all this.
As the others climbed the train, Yang was enraged at Austin carrying Ruby away.
Yang was charging through the train, determined to catch Austin and save her sister, but a lone figure stopped her, Yang knew exactly who it was and she wasn't sure who she wanted to fight more.
But Neo decided for her, swinging her umbrella at Yang to get her to engage in combat as her friends ran by into the next car.
"Save my sister!" Yang yelled as she charged Neo, determined to take her down.
"Ok but don't rough her up too much." Mark joked before him and the others ran ahead.
As they entered the next car, a large man with a chainsaw sword walked in, the trio stopped for a moment.
"I'll take him, you two stop Akuma." Weiss said as she activated a Glyph to dash at the man, keeping his attention off of Blake and Mark.
"Blake, it's just you and me." Mark said towards Blake. "I'll take Akuma, you take Torchwick."
"Sounds like a plan." Blake replied as they entered the car to see Austin and Roman already waiting for them. Mark took a sigh and scratched his hair as he saw Austin pressing a knife towards Ruby's throat.
"We were starting to think you'd never show up." Austin said with a sadistic grin, his voice wasn't masked and Blake had a familiar feeling when she heard him. "Now, I think this party can finally begin." He removed the knife from Ruby's throat and smacked the blunt part of the knife against Ruby's temple, knocking her out in the process.
"Oh for god's sake….. now you've done it." Mark grumbled as his Aura flared up. His hands and feet glowed with Aura as he charged up his Semblance. He noticed that his Aura had bits of Black inside it but he decided to dwell on it later.
"Perfect, you always come through when I need you to, Mark." Austin unsheathed Despair and readied his knives with a sadistic grin. "Come on Marky, let's dance."
While Mark and Austin were about to fight, Black and Roman were about to fight as well.
"Ah ah ah, little kitty. Weren't you at the White Fang assembly? We're on the same side." Roman said as Black Aura swirled around him. It showed the image of a taijitsu that was about to strike but Blake didn't falter, preparing to fight for her friends.
As Blake charged Roman, Austin charged Mark, step for step the two fights almost seemed in sync with each other, that was until Blake used her dust powered shadow clones, putting her at a much larger advantage against Roman.
On the other side of the car, it seemed like Austin and Mark were even, blocking each other's strikes blow for blow, the fight looked like it could go either way, a battle not only between friends, but a battle between entities as well. As they tired themselves out, Austin decided to call on his Black Aura to help. When the dragon appeared, Mark noticed something that would change Krim's life: Ash was dead all along.
"So she was dead eh?" Krim spoke as Mark called on his black aura to help. "Then this would be my last fight for now."
Austin broke off his attack on Mark for a moment to catch his breath and plan his next attack, he noticed that Roman had long since lost, as had Weiss. So he figured they were close to the destination.
"I think it's just about time to end this." Austin stood up straight as his semblance started to kick in and his breathing went back to normal, but just before he could charge Mark again, Blake dashed at him to try and hit with a surprise attack and give Mark an opening. While it did catch Austin off guard, he reacted quickly enough to deflect the incoming Gambol Shroud, he countered by grabbing Blake's shoulder, kissing her, and then kicking her away "Shame you didn't listen to Roman, we could've been together again." Blake had a look of realization before fainting leaving only Mark to fend for himself.
He managed to charge up his Black Aura before he remembered that the train was about to crash into the wall. He used his aura to turn into a ball of red light and managed to pick up everybody and attacked Austin at the same time. Unfortunately he couldn't get away before the train hit, causing everybody to be knocked out. Mark was barely conscious but he was picked up by Austin and carried away.
"Ruby was lost, but we got a much more versatile recruit right here." Austin said as he tossed Mark's body down in front of Cinder and someone else.
"He better be as good as you said he is, or it's your head." The man next to Cinder said.
"Don't worry about it, he's perfect for this, trust me on this, I've never been wrong.
Mark took this cue to open his eyes and jump up. He scratched his head like an old man before saying "So this was your plan all along eh Niebieski?"
"You never stay down do you?" Austin said as he put the tip of Hope to Mark's back "You know I could kill you right now if I really wanted to."
"If you did though, you've would have done it while I was asleep." Mark sighed as he grabbed Hope from Austin's hand, looked at it for a bit before tossing it back at him. He looked behind him to see Cinder, Mercury, Emerald and The man looking at him. "What? Never seen a guy who can take a knife straight from someone's hand like that?" He jokingly asked before saying "But seriously, what do you want?"
"You think this is a cliché? We're not going to tell you what our plans are, we aren't movie villains." Austin said as he smacked Mark in the back of the head "Do you ever get smarter?"
"Do you ever get laid?" Mark asked with a grumble before Austin smirked and motioned towards Cinder to which she replied with a wink. Mark's jaw dropped in surprise as he said "You serious?"
"Let's just say, being bad isn't all that bad." Austin said before dropping Mark to a knee with a kick to the back of his head causing him to slowly fade in and out of consciousness. "Now, where were we?"
Meanwhile in Mark's mind, Krim looked like he was about to pack up shop and leave.
"Where are you going man?" Mark asked Krim as he looked towards the skies and spread his wings.
"I'm leaving man. Ash was dead all this time so I've no purpose left in this world." Krim replied with a sad tone.
"I'm gonna miss you man….good luck in Grimm heaven."
"Good luck down here man. And before I go…..you wanna become a faunus?" Krim said as Mark turned wide eyed.
"You serious? I thought you can't do that."
"Being a grimm entity gives me this ability. But be warned: Once you say yes, you can't go back. So, will you become a faunus?"
"Yes. Yes I will." Mark said with a grin as Krim smirked as well.
"Ok but be careful. This will hurt." He said before shooting lasers out of his eyes and into Mark's. He yelled in pain for a good 5 minutes before the pain stopped and Krim had a satisfied grin.
"I've given you faunus abilities in the form of those eyes that will help you in your journey. I will also come back from time to time if you need me so keep a space reserved for me aight? But be careful, those eyes react to your emotions in an odd way that I cannot explain."
"Aight man. See you later!" Mark said as he watched Krim fly up into the light. As he walked away, he noticed a mirror besides him. He took a look and he noticed that he had eagle eyes.
"Right, I remember now, knocking you out." Austin bashed Despair into the back of Mark's head before looking at the Grimm that has flooded the city being cleared out "I think it's our que to leave." Little did he know, Mark wasn't knocked out but in actuality he was enraged. He stood up and headbutted Austin with as much force as he can. Cinder and the others were surprised at how much force he can still give after being hit in the back of the head.
"DON'T. EVER. DO. THAT." Mark said with evident rage in his voice.
Austin took a step back after the headbutt "You are fucking dead!" He tackled Mark and held Hope in the air before bringing down with force, aiming for Mark's heart.
Mark grabbed Austin's arm, twisted it and stood up while he was in pain. He managed to get his arm around his back before saying "Why do you hate me so much!? We've been through fucking hell together!"
"It's very simple here Mark, if you're not with me, then you are my enemy."
Mark took a deep breath and thought for a while.
"Well it depends on what do I gain from it, if i'm gonna get hunted down or not and the fact that will you guys kill me or not."
"We will kill anyone that stands in our way!"
"Jeez Austin, that's a bit cliché there as well. And you've only answered one question."
"It won't be so cliché when I rip out your throat." Austin was beginning to be irritated and his grip tightened on his knives. Mark noticed it and casually put a hand on his weapon.
"And why would you do that?" Mark asked cautiously as he squinted and prepared for a fight.
"Because, you've become quite irritating, our plans will not be interrupted anymore!" Austin said as he lunged at Mark but was stopped by Cinder.
"What are you? Why are you stopping me?" Austin was furious, he wanted to end Mark right here and now.
"Calm down now Austin. Don't want to kill our new recruit." Cinder said as he walked towards him.
"But…" She was right, and Austin stood down with a growl of disapproval and sheathed his weapons.
"I take it he doesn't want to work with me. So I'm just gonna leave…." Mark said as he tried to slink away.
"You're not going anywhere." The unnamed man stepped in Mark's way, one hand on his weapon.
"If we're taking him, we need to do it soon, the Grimm are almost cleared out and Glynda's here." Mercury said, trying to get moving before the Beacon students all realize what's going on.
"Yeah, it'd be probably best." Mark sighed before he looked at his reflection in a puddle. He noticed that his eyes started to glow brightly but stopped shortly afterwards.
"We'll be fine Mercury, don't be so-" Austin was caught off by the sound of a yelling girl.
"Get away from my boyfriend!" Ruby yelled as she shoulder charged Austin, sending him into a nearby building. WBY, JNPR, and CVFY followed not far behind.
"Kill them dammit!" Austin yelled as he got himself back on his feet, watching everyone engage in combat, he smirked as he unsheathed Hope And Despair, searching for a target to fight.
As Austin eyed Ruby, he was cut off by Blake, an angry look in her eyes.
"You're mine you lying bastard!" Blake sliced up with Gambol Shroud, knocking him into the air.
Austin recovered and managed to barely block Blake's next attack before they landed and got into their respective stances.
"So the kitty cat finally figured it out, you finally know I'm not Akuma." Austin smirked as Blake narrowed her eyes at him.
"Why? Why are you doing this? Why did you leave? I thought I'd never see you again!" Blake was furious, and she showed it in every way possible.
"I did what I had to do! The better question is why you left in the first place!"
"What you're doing isn't right! Don't you see that?!"
"I think we can fix that point of view of you have." Austin took a step back before dashing forward, Hope and Despair ready to strike. Luckily Mark came in, blocked the attack and pushed Austin away.
"It's going to be ok Blake. Trust me." Mark said as he put a hand on Blake's shoulder. She was about to object before noticing his new eyes.
"You're going to deny the lady her dance? How rude." Austin's expression became serious and he swung Despair at Mark. He managed to get hit but the wound wasn't that thick.
"You're right I shouldn't. Blake you want to have a go?" Mark asked Blake as she walked up with an angry expression and said "Gladly." before rushing into combat.
"Perfect." Austin dodged Blake's first strike, and the second, before Blake used her Shadow Clones to throw his pattern off guard and land a hit smack dab in the jaw.
Austin recovered from the hit and rubbed his jaw "That hurt." He dashed toward Blake and delivered blow after blow, she managed to block each one as they came, but they didn't seem as strong as the ones that were used when he fought Mark. Austin swung a couple more times before getting in a lock with Hope and Gambol Shroud, he smirked as they struggled for power.
"Ahh ahh ahh, second knife." He stabbed Blake in the stomach with Despair, and quickly pulled it back out, whispering in her ear as he lowered her to the ground "I'm sorry." with a sad expression.
Mark managed to hear what he said due to his newly founded senses and walked over to Austin. He put his hands on Blake's wound and patched it up just enough so she can live and took a breath and sighed before saying "I'll go with you, just don't hurt anyone else."
"Good good, then I'm going to need you to be knocked the fuck out, or at least act like it. They won't really buy that you're coming with us otherwise." Austin looked over at the fighting between everyone else, and smirked.
"I just hope you know what you're doing. And one more thing." Mark said before smiling, eagle eyes showing "I'm proud of you and I'm gonna be a loose cannon." before screaming "EEYOW!" and falling down face first.
Austin picked him up "I got the target, let's get out of here!" Austin yelled before taking off in the opposite direction of the fighting, Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald following soon after. RWY and JNPR was about to follow, but stopped immediately after seeing Blake on the floor.
"Blake, no!" Yang immediately rushed to her partner and started trying to stop the bleeding "It's going to be okay, it's going to be okay." Tears were streaming down Yang's face as she tried to keep Blake alive. Luckily, the wound wasn't nearly as deep as they thought and it wasn't hard to patch up, once Pyrrha stepped in and helped the distressed Yang.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine. But we should get her to the infirmary back at Beacon." Pyrrha suggested as Yang picked Blake up.
"Then let's get her there as soon as possible." Yang made her way to one of the airships that were waiting.
"Don't worry Mark, we'll rescue you soon." Ruby said as she turned to catch up with her teammates.
Austin dropped Mark on the floor in one of the rooms of the White Fang's base "Damn, why did I agree to carry him the whole way here?"
"Because Mercury bet you twenty Lien you couldn't do it." Emerald said as she looked at Mercury, who couldn't believe Austin actually did it.
"So Mercury, I guess you owe me twenty Lien." Austin smirked, and Mercury's head dropped in defeat.
"Man you guys are loud." Mark grumbled as he slowly got up and yawned.
"Hey, he's awake." Emerald said as Cinder and Roman walked into the room.
"Good, then we can get started then." Cinder smirked as she approached Mark.
WE'RE BACK!
And better than ever! Kinda...I guess. Real life has gotten the best of me, but no longer! Expect more soon!
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