One month in and I have already established a cosmic cycle of two concepts clashing for dominance, killed off several major characters from the series and started an open war in a dystopian future. I hope you'll continue to read as this story descends deeper and deeper into the territory of ridiculous JRPG plots XD
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Chapter 20: Battle for Vacuo Part 2
Ruby and Weiss made their way across the battlefield. Robot soldiers clashed with tribesmen, Wyverns spew torching flames. The smell of blood and burnt flesh was in the air, making the heiress increasingly nauseous. They came under fire several times, in which case Weiss reflected with a mirror glyph. She didn't know what Ruby was up to, but for some reason, they were headed for North Gate 3.
In the middle of a crossroads, a group of policemen had entrenched themselves, enemies charging at them from all sides. Ruby reloaded Crescent Rose. „Give me one second!" She took of at mach speed, mowing down droves of brown skinned tribals, severed torsos and guts flying everywhere. Weiss had seen people die before, but this massive slaughter almost made her throw up, even if these people were followers of the darkness. However, Ruby did manage to free the policemen. „Thank you so much!", one older man said. They asked him how the situation around North Gate 3 was. „It's very bleak", he told them. „We retreated from there two hours ago. At that point, there were only around a dozen men left defending the area." They thanked him, after which his group fell back towards the City Guard Headquarters. Ruby looked at Weiss. „We're doin' this, partner?" Weiss reluctantly nodded. So much her stomach could take...
The way to their goal was paved with the corpses of many fallen tribesmen, as well as scrapped robots and, sadly, some unfortunate victims that got killed in the crossfire. However, surprisingly few enemies stood in their way. Were those Ruby slaughtered back at the crossroads the entire force they sent down this road? Though it was wide and straight, one could not see to the end of it with all the fire and smoke. The girls did not know yet that a great challenge lay ahead of them...
Yang smiled down at the man kneeling in front of her, before blowing the upper half of his head off with Ember Celica. Hei growled at the smoke clouds coming from the street leading south. „Oh, is someone coming from there? Go get 'em, girl! You've earned yourself a little reward. But don't expect me to play fetch with their bones." Hei ran off, eager to get something tasty to bite...
A growling could be heard in the distance. Weiss felt slightly uneasy about this. Was that a Wyvern? If so, it would have to be a really big one...
„Weiss! Look out!" Ruby pushed her aside, barely saving her from the scorching hot flames that shot through the smoke. They quickly got back on their feet and readied their weapons. The large creature that was approaching had ebony scales and long, sharp claws. Its wings stretched the entire width of the street. Truly, this fight would be difficult. „Weiss, I need a launch pad!", ruby yelled. The heiress concentrated, creating a glyph under her partner's feet. With tremendous speed, Ruby was catapulted in to the air, firing below to get even higher. The Wyvern was not one to stand idly by, however, and lunged at Weiss, trying to swallow her whole. She launched herself backwards to escape its powerful jaws, then forward again to attack. As she struck, a horrible screeching deafened her ears. Myrtenaster was not strong enough to pierce its scales and had scraped along the surface. This was bad! She had to avoid being hit by this monster until Ruby came down upon it with all the force of terminal velocity. But unfortunately, the creature had already buried its claws in her side.
…was this it? Dying like that, on a burning battlefield? She knew it would happen some day, but... this was a little early, wasn't it? Just as her vision began to fade, Weiss saw a serene, azure light coming down from the sky. „An... Angel...?" Her consciousness slipped away.
Hei's cry could be heard loudly at the gate. „No way!" Yang instantaneously started sprinting towards her Wyvern. She only just got her a few days ago, she would not let her die here!
As the smoke grew thinner, Yang could make out a white figure fighting Hei. The Wyvern's tail had been cut off, but she was still alive, even ready to fight. Nevertheless, Yang was enraged. With all her fury, she charged at the one fighting Hei. But moments before she would have struck them down, they turned around. „Ruby!?"
Ahahahaha, cliffhanger! But seriously, school has started again T_T I needed to find a good cut-off point because I still have other things to do later this evening. So this means: We have our first three-parter! Possibly even more!