A/N: I'll say what I need to at the end, as I know you've been waiting for this. Enjoy!
Chapter 21- War
Immediately after Adam gave the order, all the gathered Huntsmen charged towards the gate, leaving Adam's group and the teachers behind. "We'll divert the rest of them away from you, Adam."Sun said, before Adam shook his head. "Not gonna happen, Sun. I'm not losing any more family members."he said, causing his group to look at him, smiling for his amount of care Suddenly, they heard a scroll go off. Turning their heads, they saw Ozpin pull his scroll out and put it to his ear. "Craig. Yes, we're at Beacon. Very well, see you soon."he said, before he pocketed the scroll and looked at Adam. "Craig's escaped the Talons, and is on his way here."he said, before they heard a series of running footsteps. Turning, they saw a boy run up, then stop to catch his breath. "Welcome back, Craig."Ozpin said, before the boy nodded to the Headmaster. "Craig Mccolgan?"Adam asked, stepping up to the boy, who nodded. "Adam Robertson."he continued, extending a hand. Shaking it, Craig said, "I guessed as much. Honour to meet you." Smirking, Adam said in reply, "Honour's all mine. I appreciate you doing this, Craig. No doubt Jamie will be pissed when he finds out you've left.". Nodding, Craig replied, "He doesn't even know I'm here."he said, before another scroll ringtone went off. Pulling his scroll out and looking at the number, Adam turned the screen to Craig. "Seems he just figured it out."he said, before he put the scroll to his ear.
"How many of my men will you corrupt, Adam?"the angry voice of Jamie said, causing Adam to snigger. "Sucks, don't it? And I didn't corrupt them. You and Cinder did."he said, stepping to the edge of the cliff. "So you know."Jamie demanded, causing Adam to look back to Kayleigh. "What made you think I wouldn't find out?"he asked, before he turned back to look at Vale, where pillars of smoke were already rising. "You can't win, Jamie."he said, causing Jamie to laugh. "We shall see, little brother. At the end of today, one shall stand..."he said, before Adam finished it off with"...One shall fall!"and hung up. "Okay, now I've done it."he said, before he turned to his group. "Weapon and Semblance?"he asked Craig, who held up a hammer. "Semblance is Lightning Control. My hammer, Aldehyde, allows me to channel the lightning I create."Craig said, before Adam clapped him on the shoulder. "Welcome to the family."he said, before he looked at him again. "You got a team?"he asked, getting a shake from Craig's head. "He can join mine."Libby stated, before Craig nodded. "Alright, I'm in."he said, before walking over. "Alright, Team LPR is now CRPL (Corporal)!"Libby said, before Adam turned back to Vale. He then saw Ryan step up next to him. "You know we could die, right?"Adam asked, before Ryan nodded. "I got no plans tomorrow night."he said, before a movement on Adam's left caught his attention. Looking over, he saw Shannon and Kayleigh. "Same here."Shannon said, causing Adam to smile, before he turned back to the group. "Last chance to walk away."he said, causing the group to look at each other, before they all drew their weapons. "We're in."Ruby said, causing Adam to smile. An explosion behind them then caught their attention. Turning back, Adam saw a large number of Talons moving through Vale.
"Call it out, Adam."Ozpin said, with Adam nodding, before he looked back to Vale. "Alright, listen up. Till I can kill my brother, priority's containment. Teams RWBY, JNPR..."he said, pointing to a set of buildings, "...I want you on those rooftops, eyes on everything, call out patterns and strays. Teams CFVY, SSSN."He said, turning to the two teams. "You got the perimeter. Any of them get more than 3 blocks out, you turn them back, or you turn them to ash!" With the two teams nodding, Adam turned to his next pair. "Teams CRPL, NEM, you gotta try and bottleneck those forces, slow them down. You've got the lightning, Craig. Light the bastards up." He then turned to his team. "ARKS, we'll stay on the ground, keeping the fighting there."he said, getting nods from his teammates. "And us?"Ozpin asked, before Adam smiled. "Tear these fuckers apart. Same goes for all of you!"He said, causing the group to nod. "While Kayleigh and I deal with our siblings, the rest of you, rip these guys apart. You get hurt, hurt them back. You get killed, walk it off."he ordered, before he pulled his hood up. "Fight or Die."Ryan said, holding up a hand. "Fight or Die."Adam said, before grabbing his friend's arm. "Let's go."he said, before he leapt off the cliff, his crew behind him...
As soon as they landed, the group started to run through the city, towards the Talons. When they got close, Adam leapt into the air, and flew towards a member of the Talons, punching him straight through the chest, before pulling his fist out, and moving to grab a spear from it's owner, pull him forward, punch him, and spin the spear around before impaling him on his own weapon. Pulling the spear out, he then threw it with all of his strength, causing it to impale at least three other Talons. He then drew Deathcaliber from it's sheath, and immediately transformed it into it's rifle form, starting to blast Talons down mercilessly. Looking back, he saw that his group were doing just as well as him, while doing the jobs he had given them. He turned back when he felt a hand on his shoulder, only to receive a punch to the jaw. Reeling back, Adam raised a hand to his mouth, and saw blood. Smiling, he grabbed the hand that had punched him, and putting a large amount of power behind his arms, he ripped the arm clean off the man's body, before he kicked the man over, and left him to bleed out. Immediately, Adam turned Deathcaliber into it's blade form, before he sliced the head off another Talon. Looking over to his team, he saw that Shannon was pinned down by a large number of Talons. Looking over to Ryan, who nodded, Adam activated his Semblance and sped over, opening the stomachs of at least 4 Talons, before turning around and kicking another into his allies, sending them all to the ground. Offering a hand to Shannon, he pulled his teammate to her feet. "Where's Kayleigh?"he asked, kicking another Talon in the kneecap, before kneeing him in the face. "I don't know."she said, causing Adam to look round. "I need to get to higher ground."he said, before he heard a thud behind him. Turning round, he saw that Ryan had slammed a Talon's head into a wall, immediately killing the man. "We'll go with you, Adam!"Ryan said, before Ruby leapt down next to them. "We'll lock this area down, Adam!"she said, Adam nodding, before he grabbed Ryan and Shannon. "Better tense up, you two."he said, before he channelled his Aura into his legs and leapt straight up, landing on a nearby roof.
"Right, we need to find Kayleigh."Adam said, looking round the streets below, before Ryan slapped his shoulder, and pointed down to a nearby street corner, where Adam noticed that there were flames moving in unnatural ways. "Let's go."he said, leading the pair to that corner, where he saw that Kayleigh was flinging jets of fire towards a shadowy figure, who simply sent them flying back. When Adam leapt down next to her, Kayleigh looked to him, allowing her attention to slip, giving her opponent an opportunity. Sending a jet of flame towards ARKS, the figure went to walk forward, but they halted when Adam grabbed Kayleigh, and rolling to avoid the flame. Immediately, he transformed Deathcaliber into it's rifle and shot at the figure, who simply avoided the shot. "Who is this bitch?"Adam asked as he and Kayleigh got back to their feet. "Cinder."Kayleigh said, before the figure laughed. "So, you must be the famous Team ARKS. Cinder Fall."the figure said, before Adam scoffed. "Adam Robertson."he said, before Cinder conjured a fireball. "Pity. Your older brother wants you to himself, but you spoiled my fun, and for that, I'll paint Beacon in your blood!"she said, before a laughing behind her caught her attention.
"Cinder, I thought I made it clear. My brother stays alive. Kill the rest."Jamie said, as he walked up, Cameron and Ironwood, who had a new cybernetic hand, beside him. "Now, all of this could have been avoided Adam, if you handed yourself over. That boy, Fox was it? He didn't have to die. But you refused. Now, this is going to hurt. A lot. There are no prisoners with the Talons. Just order. And order only comes through pain. You ready for yours, little brother?"Jamie asked, as his backup stood next to him, Adam's group mirroring them, Adam facing Jamie, Ryan facing Cameron, Kayleigh facing Cinder, and Shannon facing Ironwood. "You know what, bro? Just shut the fuck up."Adam said, before the two teams flew towards each other...
Adam vs Jamie
Adam and Jamie leapt towards each other, but Jamie got the upper hand, tackling Adam, grabbing his shoulders, flipping over him, and throwing him over a nearby car, into the bonnet of another. As Adam picked himself up, he staggered slightly, as the force behind the throw was more than he had expected. As he struggled to stay upright Jamie had leapt on the car, and squatted down, laughing as Adam shakily got up. "C'mon!"He said, gesturing for Adam to come at him. Adam was more than happy to oblige him. Growling as he slid off the car, he placed a hand on either side of the car's wreckage, as Jamie leapt off his car and started to run at Adam. As he went to throw a flying punch, Adam spun back around, pulling the car with his body. "Batter up!"He shouted, as the car made contact with Jamie, sending the older Robertson flying into a nearby building, before Adam discarded the car. As he saw his brother climb out the hole in the building, he heard him laughing. "That the best you got?"Jamie growled, before he walked out of the rubble. "Fine then."Adam said, as he flicked his arm to the side, and Deathcaliber slid into his hand. Smirking, Jamie done the same. "Sweet irony, brother."Jamie said, spinning his sword, before gripping it. "You helped me make this blade, and now it'll be the weapon that kills you." Growling slightly, Adam's grip on Deathcaliber tightened, as Jamie ran towards him, before running forward himself. Jamie leapt into the air, and swung his blade down, only for Adam to block it. The two brothers then engaged in a furious battle, only the distinguished sound of blades clashing being recognisable...
Ryan vs Cameron
Ryan and Cameron had engaged each other in a brutal sword fight, and quickly had become separated from their respective teams. The two of them were fairly evenly matched, but Cameron was ruthless in his attacks, and he eventually gained an opening by locking Ryan's blade with his, driving it down into the ground, before flipping over the pommel of his blade, and kicking Ryan with both of his legs, sending Ryan flying back into a wall. As Ryan landed on the ground, Cameron strode towards him. "It didn't have to come to this, Ryan. You should have joined us!"He laughed, as Ryan struggled to get back on his feet. "Never!"the boy in yellow spat out, reaching for his sword, but Cameron saw this and went to kick him again, but Ryan grabbed his foot, and twisted it, snapping the bones, and sending Cameron to the ground. Seizing the opportunity, Ryan picked up Stormblade, and stood over Cameron, who looked up at him, noticed his sword was too far away, before he burst out laughing. "This is for Fox."Ryan said, before Cameron nodded. "You know, all of this was foretold! I knew you'd be the one to kill me, Ryan, but now I'm doubting you'll go through with it. It's not your style."he said, before Ryan suddenly ran him through, thrusting Stormblade through his heart. "Once perhaps. No longer."Ryan whispered to him, before he pulled the blade out, and kicked him over, leaving him to bleed out. "Don't save me a spot in hell, you prick. I'm not coming soon."he said, cleaning his blade on his jeans, before he ran off to assist his team, as Cameron went limp behind him.
Kayleigh vs Cinder
Where the brothers had immediately engaged in combat, the two sisters had started to circle each other, each having one hand ready for the first move, neither wanting to make the first attack. Suddenly, Cinder screamed, and flung a ball of flame to Kayleigh, who's eyes widened, before she leapt to the side, and returned the shot, but Cinder simply batted the flame away. "Not good enough, sister!"Cinder yelled, before Kayleigh growled, and morphed a nearby bunch of flame into a replica of her boyfriend's weapon. "Seems like you've improved. I must say, I'm impressed."Cinder said, before chuckling. "I had a good teacher."Kayleigh said, before Cinder pulled a black bow off her back. "Pity that they'll be dead by the end of the day!"she said, sending an arrow at Kayleigh, who was only saved by the quick reflexes she had trained with Ryan and Shannon. Ducking, she heard the arrow connect with a wall. She turned the Flamecaliber, as she had called it, into its rifle form, and shot a multitude of shots at Cinder, who cartwheeled out the way, spun on her knee, and shot another arrow at Kayleigh, who couldn't dodge this time, and the arrow went grazed her shoulder, causing her to drop her weapon, which dissipated as it hit the ground. Laughing, Cinder stepped up to her, drew another arrow and pointed the bow at her sister's head. "Pitiful. I can't believe Jamie's little brother wanted you to be his romantic partner."she said, as Kayleigh glared at her. "Fuck you! Adam's ten times the man Jamie will ever be!"the ARKS member said, before Cinder smirked. "I see. You really love him, don't you?"She asked, as Kayleigh struggled to get back up. "Yeah, I do. Problem with that?"she spat, before Cinder leaned down. "Well, I've seen he's many things, but there's one thing he's not."she said, before she whispered...
"He's not here."
After saying this, Cinder straightened back up, and pulled the bowstring back...
Shannon vs Ironwood
"We don't have to fight, Ms Mcafferty. We're on the same side."Ironwood said, raising his hands in defence, as Shannon had Reaper pointed at him. "Sorry, but I'm not turning my back on Adam. He's my teammate, as well as my family. And you betrayed him, and everyone under your protection. For that, you're going to die."she said, her finger tightening on the trigger, as Ironwood nodded. "I know. But I was doing it all for the Kingdoms. I fully intend for Jamie to win this war, but then I'm going to kill him, and destroy the Talons from within. So please..."he said, spinning his pistol or and pointing it at Shannon. "Stand down. I'd rather not be responsible for your death."he said, before Shannon scoffed. "Even if you speak the truth, Adam's family to me, not to mention, I have my orders. Goodbye."she said, before she opened fire on Ironwood, who blocked most of the shots, but he missed one, and it entered into his side. Gripping his side in pain, he went to draw his pistol, but he noticed Shannon had disappeared. "Where'd you go?"he said quietly, before a voice behind him, caused his hair to stand on end. "Right behind you."the voice said, causing him to turn around, before a blade flashed down, and dismembered the metallic hand from Ironwood's arm. "I never could stand groveling."Shannon spat, before Ironwood glared at her, and flung his arm out into her face, the sparks from it blinding her. "Fine then, you brat!"Ironwood yelled, before Shannon's vision cleared, and she saw that Ironwood had vanished. "Damn!"she said, before she felt a presence behind her. Suddenly spinning around, she saw that Craig had walked up. "You okay?"he asked, as Shannon sheathed Reaper. Nodding, she went to walk away. "Get back to the others. I need to help my team."she said, before Craig shook his head. "They'll be fine. I know how bad the Talons are. C'mon..."he said, stepping up and drawing his hammer. "Let's go."he said, before Shannon nodded. "Alright."she said, leading the way.
Adam/Kayleigh vs Jamie/Cinder (2)
"Just...fucking...die!"Jamie roared, before he connected a fist with the side of Adam's head, sending his brother flying. Landing on his back, Adam skidded along the ground, before flipping himself back to his feet and running towards Jamie. Just before he went to leap at Jamie, he saw that Kayleigh was lying on the ground, grasping her bleeding shoulder, and Cinder standing over her, aiming an arrow at her head. Slamming his hand into the ground, Adam made his body turn to the sisters, and ran up to Cinder, and immediately kneed her in the face. "Get the fuck away from my girlfriend!"He yelled, as Cinder was sent flying. As she landed on the ground, Adam pulled Kayleigh to her feet. "You okay?"he asked, receiving a nod from his girlfriend. "Good, now let's show them what we got!"He said, as he saw Jamie help Cinder to her feet. "Sounds good, partner!"she said, before the two pairs of partners faced off. "Just don't go dying on me."he said, before she nodded. Drawing Deathcaliber, Adam looked back to Jamie, who smirked. "This, I must admit, has surprised me, Adam. The Robertson children, and the Murphy children, fighting each other, together."the older Robertson said, before Adam nodded. "Alright, last chance to walk away, Jamie. What's it gonna be?"he asked, as he and Kayleigh got into a fighting position. Nodding to Cinder, both the older siblings mirrored their actions. "Fight or die, remember?"Jamie asked, before Adam smirked. "Fight or Die."he said, before he leaned forward. "3..."he started, before Jamie continued with, "2..." and Kayleigh said, "1...", before Cinder said, ""Now!", and all four leapt towards their siblings.
Not willing to give Jamie an opening, Adam immediately activated his Semblance, and started to barrage his brother with a series of slashes, almost all of which were blocked by Jamie using Nightsting. His temper rising, he noticed that Jamie had left the handle of his sword unguarded. Pushing Nightsting away from a blade lock, he struck the back of Jamie's hand, causing him to drop the blade, before he blocked a punch from Jamie, and placed the barrel of Deathcaliber against his stomach. "Block this."he said, pulling the trigger, which sent Jamie flying. Thinking Jamie was down for good, Adam sheathed his sword, and looked over to the Murphy sisters, and saw Cinder forcing Kayleigh to her knees, a fireball in her hand. "Oh, hell no!"Adam thought, before he ran over, leapt up, and brought his feet down on the back of Cinder's knees, causing her to fall to the ground, and to release Kayleigh, who took the opportunity to create a pair of flaming swords, and pulled them upwards, the blades slicing through her sister's shoulders, dismembering her arms, causing Cinder to scream in agony. "Goddammit!"Cinder yelled, before Adam saw Kayleigh's swords dissipate, and his girlfriend conjure a fireball. "Could you look away, Adam? I'd rather do this without witnesses."she said, venom evident in her voice. "Sure thing, babe."he said, before he kissed her. "Take as long as you need. Just make her suffer."he said, before he saw Ryan, Shannon and Craig run up. "Thank God you're alright, you lot!"He said, running up and embracing each of them, before the smell of burning flesh & the screams of Cinder echoed across the street, and Adam had to stop the three from going to Kayleigh. "Don't."he said, holding Ryan back. "She needs to do this, as do I."he said, before Ryan looked over to Jamie, and knelt down next to him.
As Ryan examined Jamie, Adam saw a dark cloud lingering on his brother's hand, causing his eyes to widen. "Ryan, get back!"He shouted, causing Ryan to look at him in confusion, before he felt a vice iron grip on his neck. Looking round, he saw Jamie wasn't really dead, and he had started to strangle him, with his eyes blood red. "You'll pay for this!"Jamie roared, throwing Ryan back with the arm he had grabbed him with, sending him into a wall, and causing him to slump to the ground. Worrying for their brother in arms, Adam, Shannon, and Craig ran over to Ryan, who coughed out, "Fight, or Die. Remember, Adam?", before Adam's face darkened. "You two, get him out of here."Adam said, before he straightened back up. "I'm ending this. Now."he snarled, his fist clenching hard enough to draw blood. Quickly, his fellow Huntsmen followed his orders, vanishing from the scene. Snarling, Adam turned back to Jamie, who had gotten back to his feet. "All of my lieutenants. Dead. Because of you!"Jamie roared, before he flung his arms up, and brought them back down just as quickly. As he did this, a large explosion of dark light enveloped him, and when it cleared, Adam saw his brother was enveloped in what was clearly his dark Aura, and his eyes were blood red. "Now, you DIE!"Jamie yelled, before Adam smirked. "Not today, Jamie!"He spat, before he clenched his fist even harder, and copied the same movement Jamie did, and his Light Aura enveloped him, and he felt an overwhelming power inside him.
"Equal ground now..."he growled, before he activated his Semblance, which he noticed had been amplified, allowing him to move much faster, and ran towards Jamie, who simply batted him away with the back of his hand. But this time, Adam was sent flying into the air, eventually landing in the middle of the square where the battle had started, and narrowly missed crushing Coco, who jumped out the way, and Adam crashed into the fountain she had been standing in front of. As he struggled out of the wreckage of the fountain, all members of his crew and the Talons stopped what they were doing when they heard an inhuman roar. "Adam, is that Jamie?"Coco asked, before Jamie landed in front of them. "Yes, it is!"He said, before he picked Adam up and slammed him back into the fountain, before releasing him, withdrawing his sword, and immediately plunged the weapon into Adam's stomach, causing Adam to cry out in agony, before he yanked the blade back out, and raised it.
"Any last words?"he asked, before Adam started to laugh. "The cold grip of death comes for you, and yet you laugh?"Jamie asked, before Adam started to laugh again. "You know, for all your accomplishments, Jamie, you're still bone-dead stupid. All this work to bring Ironwood into your fold, and now he's got all the power."Adam spat, causing Jamie to lower his sword slightly. "Explain, and you might live longer."he said, before Adam said, "Your Talons, finally achieving their goal, and yet their leader won't be you!", causing Jamie's face to darken. "It will be me, it will always be me!"He said, before Adam leaned in closer, and whispered, "Any minute now, you'll be nothing more than Ironwood's little bitch!", before his brother went to bring the sword down, but halted. "You may be trying to deceive me, but I can't take the chance. First Ironwood, then you!"He said, before Ironwood appeared, and looked at Adam. "Jamie, why isn't he dead? Your chance is right in front of you!"the General said, before Jamie stepped toward him, before his arm slashed out, and opened his chest, his guts spilling out. "This is my victory!"Jamie yelled, before starting to beat Ironwood relentlessly, not noticing that Team ARKS had returned and ran up to Adam, who had regained a small bit of strength, and looked at Ryan. "Fight or Die."Ryan said, placing Deathcaliber next to Adam's hand.
"Now then, we need a truce."Jamie said, throwing Ironwood down to the ground. "All I want is to be back in charge. Besides..."he said, pointing to Adam. "Who would you be without me, Adam?" Smirking, Adam pulled his his hood up, and said, "Time to find out." Grabbing his sword, he threw it into Jamie's chest, before running up, pulling the sword out, flipping over Jamie, and slicing his back twice, before sheathing Deathcaliber, and placing a hand on Jamie's shoulder. "I stand..."he said, before plunging his hand through his brother's chest, his heart in his hand. Without even hesitating, he crushed the heart, and kicked Jamie's body off his arm. "...You fall."he finished, before he withdrew Deathcaliber again, and walked towards Ironwood. "Robertson, all I ever wanted was the survival of our people. You must understand why I had to betray you."The General said, as Adam loaded his rifle. "You didn't betray me, Ironwood."he said, cocking the chamber. "You betrayed yourself."he said, pointing the rifle at Ironwood's chest. "No, Robertson!"Ironwood yelled, reaching for his pistol, but Adam pulled the trigger, shooting his victim in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground, convulsing in pain, before Adam shot him again, this time in the head, splattering it. Breathing heavily, Adam sheathed his sword, and looked to the bodies of Jamie and Ironwood, before he said, "Rest in peace...you bastards.", and walked over to his crew.
"Adam, your hand."Kayleigh said, before Adam looked down at his right hand, where he saw that the dark cloud that had covered Jamie was now creeping up his arm. Looking back to Jamie, he walked over, placed his hand on his brother's chest, and concentrated. Immediately, the black mass came out of Jamie's chest and disappeared into Adam's hand. From what the onlookers could gather, this was what was known as 'absorbing Aura'. After he was finished, Adam straightened back up, and flexed his hand. Looking to Ozpin, he said, "Get everyone out of here.", before Ryan went to step forward, but Adam backed up. "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"He yelled, before his team got the hint, and escorted everyone away. When he was finally alone in the street, Adam felt like his insides were going to explode, before that energy worked its way out, and he exploded in an explosion of Aura, that worked its way out a large distance from him, before he screamed, due to the two Auras fusing, but the sound soon died down. When the Aura field died down, Adam could be seen, lying unconscious on the ground...
A/N: And...the war is finally over! Sorry for: A, if it seems like I jumped around a bit too much, and B, If the deaths in this chapter seemed too easy. I just wanted to get this chapter out. And the story isn't even done yet! See you lot next chapter. Madman out!