Mad Max: Road to Salvation: Volume 2
Episode 21: Dance with death
A/N: Sorry this chapter might eel short, I had computer and time trouble so I hope a few bits of this will be satisfying enough. We're getting closer to volume 3 here, and closer to the next Volume of RWBY in the real world. I'll do my best to catch up before the season starts but please don't hold me to it, there's only so much I can do.
[Luke: As much as I want it to be, I've alluded in the past that it will be the Wild Hunt. But, the possibility may come along that the Shovelface appears to build an archangel.]
[Wombag1786: That's up to you to decide for yourself. Your welcome dude, I'll be waiting.]
[Lordofuselessness: dude it certainly is.]
[CAD D CHATTERBOX: Thanks dude I'll keep it coming.]
-CCT TOWER-
Cinder had made short work of infiltrating the facility and taking down the guards with relative ease for her level of skill. But will all of her recent experience, she knew that discovery was still a possibility, so she had tied her hair into a bun and wore a black mask. Usually she was quite attentive to her surroundings but did not notice any other presence until she heard the telltale sound of a gun click. The false maiden slowly turned around to reveal a set of jagged, almost razor sharp, teeth that accompanied a joker's grin scar. "Boo." Bruz said in a menacing voice as Cinder looked him in the eye.
"So let me guess, you thought you could just walk in here, knock out some chumps, and do something terrible right?" The boy growled in his best terrifying voice as he held his opponent at gun point. "Oh, right, where are my manners? THE NAME'S BRUZ!" He roared as he dashed forward headbutt his opponent. Cinder sidestepped her opponent's brutal assault and flipped back wards to get some distance. With his appetite for destruction roused, the furious faunus fighter pounded a fist against his chest as he held the gun in the other.
Bruz fired his blaster at the girl who dodged his shots despite his honed marksmanship. The girl landed on her feet and fired an arrow at Bruz's face, grazing his cheek but leaving no visible damage. But despite his semblance the arrow succeeded in causing a slight twinge of pain to show on his face. The angry dingo faunu jumped into the air firing his weapon rapidly and scattering shots around the intruder's position. She kept dancing around his shots with a manner of grace that showed off her curvy physique for the raging dingo to see.
Bruz shot forward again but instead of leaping or a charge he dropped down and slid, avoiding another arrow shot. He then jumped up, swapped his weapon to scattergun mode and fired, knocking the girl to floor with a loud slam. The furious fighter went to ram his fist into the girl's face but barely missed as she rolled out the way. The tiles on the ground visibly shattered through to the cracked concrete under the raw force of his brutal punch, which Cinder was surprised to see.
He roared in anger at how hard it was to hit her and she simply stood there, seemingly unshaken by the boy's brutish style. Cinder inwardly smirked at the thought that she was getting to him so easily which awsn't what she had expected. But then again, she had to admit he was no pushover and best not to be underestimated, just like his step father she had fought before. Bruz ground his teeth in fury and got to his feet gesturing with his fists for Cinder to be the one to strike next with a shark-like smile returning to his marred face. Said deformity was something of a turn for Cinder but it did not do much to lessen her attraction to the dingo mechanic.
After a moment of tense silence, the girl in the black stealth suit conjured her black bow and arrow once more, levelling it at Bruz's head. The manic mechanic responded in kind by shouldering his weapon in its rifle form and turning on the targeting laser that was pointed square at the girl's forehead. The both of them clearly in a standoff, waited for each other to make a move. Bruz slowly squeezed his finger around the trigger of his morph gun blaster, ready for any opening to show. Cinder tensed back the bolt on her bow, preparing to try piercing Bruz's skull and make her escape.
-EARLIER: TEAM BATS DORM: DANCE NIGHT-
"Do I really have to wear this thing?" Bruz was getting into a black formal suit that Glynda had picked out for him to wear. The Suit jacket sleeves bulged from his muscular figure as he squeezed into it, at least Glynda was allowing him to keep his bandanna as it covered his severe facial scars. He was grateful that his teammates weren't around at that moment otherwise Sally would have no trouble teasing him. Titus and the rest of the team were already in the ballroom enjoying the downtime, and waiting for Bruz to show up so they could rock the place.
"Yes, I won't have you doing this in anything else." Glynda replied as she helped her step son dress for the night's occasion.
"Grr I hate suits." Bruz griped sourly.
"As much as dislike your girlfriend's behavior, I certainly want you to be presentable for her. Don't lie, I know you do as well, don't you?" Glynda said in a motherly tone of voice to the young mechanic.
"Yes mum." Bruz reluctantly agreed.
"Good, now put on the trousers, those should be tolerable for you at least."
"Fine." Bruz huffed as he put his legs in the suit pants. They weren't as comfortable as his usual cargo pants but at least they didn't chafe like what he'd worn at his parent's wedding. He kicked he a few times to get a feel for them and grinned under a dark black bandanna at the only slightly lessened freedom. Bruz put on the rest of the suit just as the clacking of high heels could be heard outside the door. A moment later there was knock at the door and Bruz rushed to open it, revealing Yang dressed in a stunning white one-piece dress with a short skirt. The young mechanic's nose bled slightly and he held back a tremendously powerful urge to howl at howl at how beautiful Yang was tonight.
"Like what you see handsome?" Yang said seductively as she eyed her boyfriend's expression.
"…Uh… well…. You… so pretty." Bruz babbled at the sight of his lovely girlfriend.
"Guess I am really am 'stunning' in this." Yang punned with a big smile and grabbed Bruz by the collar. "Now come on big boy, we're going to enjoy tonight." She said as she dragged him away. Glynda shook her head at the two of them as she watched them disappear into the hallways. She felt slightly miffed that Max was busy but someone had to be on patrol tonight. She could swear it was almost as if her husband had chosen to avoid her and that Ozpin had given him a perfect excuse to do so. She was content to know that he'd be returning early tonight at least to chaperone the dance, albeit reluctantly.
Several minutes later, the two teenagers arrived at their destination and went inside to greet their friends. Yang went off to hang out with her little sister, and Bruz went to chat up his own teammates. The manic mechanic found the event to be very boring after an hour with all the formal music being played, he was a metal head to his core and couldn't wait for his chance to rock out. Just before the dancing was about to start, he couldn't help but notice that the girl named Cinder wasn't anywhere to be seen but her two flunkies were. He knew in the pit of his stomach that usually she was never far away from those two in all the time he'd seen the three of them together. His scroll buzzed and he looked at to see he'd received a security alert, narrowing his eyes he went to handle the situation. He knew better though than to leave without telling Yang otherwise he'd regret it severely.
"Hey Yang, I got to talk to you!" Bruz shouted to his girlfriend.
"What is it handsome?" She replied as walked over to him with her little sister in tow.
"Got to leave real quick, got something to take care of real quick." Bruz said coolly.
"Say no more big guy, but be back before the real fun starts." Yang said with a wave of her hand before putting on her hip.
"Of course, wouldn't miss it for the world." He replied suavely. With that done, he ran to the garage and picked up his morph gun before making his way to the CCT tower.
Bruz ascended the tower by way of a few service routes his father had provided just in case. He quietly dropped down to see the guards all unconscious with severe beatings and narrowed his eyes in anger. He spied a female in some kind of stealth suit messing with the main console, depositing some kind of virus into the system if he had to guess. Suddenly a devious idea clicked in his mind, he took of his jacket, tying it around his waist and quietly tore his dress shirt sleeves. Pulling down his bandanna to reveal his facial features, he crept towards the intruder, careful not to make a sound. He pulled out his weapon and flipped it to blaster mode making an audible set of clicks.
-PRESENT-
RWBY had seen something going on at the CCT tower and had left the party to investigate, but as she exited the elevator she widened her eyes in surprise at what she saw. "Ruby what are you doing here?!" Bruz carelessly turned his head and flinched when he made the mistake of looking away from his enemy.
"I came to check- WATCH OUT!" Ruby started to say but cut herself off when she Cinder move to attack.
'Your one mistake.' Cinder grinned to herself, taking advantage of Bruz's down guard, fired her arrow at his head again before rushing at him. Bruz fired his weapon to little to late to stop Cinder from striking him in the crotch and then knocking him to the ground.
"Ooooooh. I'll get you for that you bitch." He rasped as he laid on his back in misery, cradling his injured manhood.
"Sorry Bruz!" Ruby said as she ran in to help her sister's boyfriend and engaged the intruder one on one with her Crescent Rose. Ruby slashed at the nimble girl in black who leapt away from here strikes in an attempt to stay out of her long reach.
Bruz was stunned from the agonizing pain of being in the one weakness all men shared. All he wanted to do at moment was throw up and then get his revenge. He hauled himself to his feet and then, feeling something welling up from deep down, Bruz began to growl loudly. He breathed out deeply and then let out a very loud howl of fury before charging at Cinder once more in a blind feral rage. He leapt into the air and slammed both fists into the ground, then rising again and throwing rapid punches in tandem with Ruby's scythe attacks.
Cinder knew she had no chance of handling both of them, especially with Bruz attacking like a feral beast. She continued to dodge their attacks one after another but the fight was quickly falling out of her favor. The two Beacon students continued their retaliation with Bruz attacking from below while Ruby struck from above with her weapon in scythe mode. Cinder then had one careless misstep as ruby swung downward, leaving her open to a mighty strike from an out of control Bruz. She took a massive hit the stomach that dramatically decreased her aura and sent her flying backwards into a wall.
Bruz went in for the kill but missed her head again as the girl barely tilted it to the side. The furious faunus had his fist stuck in wall and attempted to use the other, but Cinder took her chance and kicked him on the chin. She then leapt over him and fired an arrow at Ruby which the younger teen avoided and fired at her with crescent rose's sniper mode. Cinder quickly loosed another arrow at Ruby, catching her off guard. Bruz snapped out of his rage and leapt at Ruby using every ounce of power he had, knocking her out of the arrow's path. Cinder used her little distraction and slipped away before either of them could see where she had gone. Not a moment too soon, Ozpin, Max, and Ironwood entered the room and were surprised at the destruction that had been wrought. Meanwhile, Cinder had slipped back to her teammates content that she had done what she set out to do. Bruz and Ruby had answered a few questions for them, Bruz would omit his own observations and tell them to Max after he and Ruby would be questioned further tomorrow.
-THE BALLROOM MINUTES LATER-
The two teens returned to the dance, and were accompanied by Max in his usual gear. They both had their own thoughts on what had happened but didn't know what to say to each other until Ruby spoke up.
"Thanks for saving me." Ruby said to her sister's boyfriend.
"Your welcome, after all you're my girlfriend's little sis." Bruz gave her a thumbs up since he'd put his bandanna back up. "Anyway I'd better get up to that stage we set up, I promised a show for everyone so I can't back out."
"Right, besides I think Yang should know what you did." Ruby said as she began to walk away from him until Yang showed with her hands on her hips.
"By all means, tell me!" Yang shouted.
"OHYANGBRUZSAVEDMEANDWEFOUGHTSOMEBODY-!" Ruby blurted out.
"Woah, slow down sis." Yang said coolly.
"Right, Bruz saved my life." Ruby replied short and sweet.
"He did eh?" Yang said with a quizzical look, to which Ruby nodded. Without another word, Yang then grabbed Bruz by the collar, yanked down his bandanna. She kissed him smack on the lips with just the right amount of tongue forcing its way to the back of his mouth. The manic dingo mechanic was stunned in bliss with a with a look of sheer joy on his face. Yang pulled away and saw the beet red tint of his cheeks, she leaned in to his ear and began to whisper.
"You just earned yourself a place to 'bury your bone', after you play." She whispered seductively in his ear, causing his jaw to gape wide open. He looked at her incredulously and she nodded, pointing to a large bulge on his crotch. Bruz's arms hung at his side briefly before he shouted loudly in happiness, drawing loads of attention. He then hopped up to the stage that had been set for his team to play and grabbed an electric guitar, Aurora was on the bass, Titus on the back up guitar, and Sally on the drums.
"Students of Beacon and abroad, raise your hand and shout if you're a hard rock fan!" Bruz shouted to the crowd with his microphone, and many students raised their hands, some of loudest being Vacuo students. "Righteous! Then get ready to rock on some untraveled roads!" Bruz shouted and then started to shred on the guitar. The crowd of students screamed loudly at the rock song that raged so fiercely in the air.
-END CHAPTER-