Pat flew through the air. He scanned the land below for a clearing to land. He finally spotted a small clearing in the forest. Pat slowed down and hovered over the clearing. He slowly descended into the clearing.
The airship touched down and Pat shut off the engine, the control panel lights turned off. Pat stood up and stretched. He walked out of the cockpit and examined the cargo. He lifted the lid and looked inside.
"Dust?" Pat lifted a vial of red dust out of the box.
He searched the box and eventually three five seven dust rounds. Pat smiled and grabbed a spare magazines from his jacket pocket and began loading them with the dust rounds. He put the newly loaded magazines back into his jacket pocket.
Pat walked to the exit door and opened it. He walked out into the clearing. Pat examined the area and soon figured out how far he was from the main town. The Sky Elder began walking toward the main town, he had to establish his presence before he met up with Ruby.
"I'm coming Little Red," He murmured to himself.
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Ryden slowly woke up. He very slowly opened his grey eyes. Ryden gazed around the room he was in. It was a blue room, blue walls, blue bed sheets and even a blue door. He looked out his window and saw the cloudy sky, the sun was hidden behind the dark clouds.
Ryden noticed his right leg was in a white cast and suspended by a cord. His right arm was also in a cast. His left foot had bandages wrapped tightly around it. He realized he was wearing grey shorts and no shirt. Ryden looked at his chest and saw an ice pack had been wrapped around his fractured ribs.
"Where am I?" Ryden moaned.
The blue door started to open. Ryden looked at the blue door and waited for someone to appear. Yang pushed the door fully open with her hip. Yang carried a silver tray, on the tray was a needle, a bowl of water, a towel and a glass of water. Yang came over and set the tray down on a nightstand next to the bed.
She turned and looked down at Ryden, Yang slightly smiled. She placed her hand on his forehead. Ryden felt of cold her hand was or how hot his forehead must be. Yang frowned, she turned back around and grabbed the towel. She dunked it into the water and placed it on Ryden's forehead.
Ryden felt the cold water drip down his head and it felt nice. Ryden let out a sigh relief, making Yang laugh. Yang sat on the edge of his bed. She brushed his jet black hair out of his eyes.
"You need a haircut," Yang calmly said.
Ryden looked uninterested.
"What did you want to talk about?" Ryden knew why Yang was there.
"What, a girl can't take care of her boyfriend?" Yang asked.
"They can, but I distinctly remembered we broke up, remember that letter?" Ryden asked.
"I remember you saying that you still loved me," Yang smiled.
"I remember telling you that I loved you, but we couldn't be together," Ryden argued.
"You're an idiot," Yang looked down.
"Yang," Ryden placed his left hand on her shoulder, she brushed it off.
"No, I'm going to talk now and you're going to listen," Yang looked at him, her eyes pleaded with his.
"Okay," Ryden said in defeat.
"Why did you leave with Midnight?" Yang asked.
"Because Midnight and Canary got results," Ryden admitted.
"What?" Yang asked.
"They might seem like cold heartless guys, but they do want to do the right thing, that's why we took the relic, it's safer with us rather than with Ozpin," Ryden lied.
"That's not true and you know it," Yang growled. "I want the real reason you took the relic."
"Did you see who just attacked us for this relic, I'd rather what happened to me not happen to," Ryden paused. "You, Yang."
Yang was surprised by his answer.
"What?" She asked, stunned.
"You already lost an arm, I didn't want anything else to happen to you," Ryden admitted.
"Than why not stay with us, we could have fought off the people like Timo," Yang pleaded.
"No, there is no stopping Salem, only running, did you see what Timo did to Midnight?" Ryden asked.
Yang shook her head.
"He cut off his arm, before Midnight could finish the fight," Ryden solemnly said.
Yang looked down and then met Ryden's grey eyes.
"You staying, right?" Yang asked.
"No, Yang, once I'm healed I will find the relic and take it back," Ryden said.
"You should stay," Yang begged.
"Yang, I don't want you to get hurt," Ryden explained.
Yang grabbed his head and leant down. She placed a soft kiss on his lips. After a minute the two parted, both gasping for air.
"You should stay," Yang slyly said.
Yang smiled, she knew she had him right where she wanted him.
"Okay," Ryden said in defeat.
"Oh thank you," Yang tackled Ryden in a hug.
"Yang, my ribs," Ryden scolded her.
"Oh sorry," Yang backed off.
The two gave each other looks. Yang kissed him on the check. Both couldn't see her, but the fire goddess was smiling at the scene.
"There you go Ryden," Her smiled beamed down as rays of sunlight, piercing the sky and revealing the sun.
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Emma led the group through the mansion. She assigned different rooms to different people. Ruby and Weiss shared a room, the red room, Blake and Yang shared a room, the black room, Marty and Velvet got there own room, the green room, Alex was given access to the blue room and was to room with Ryden.
Emma also offered spare clothes. All the rooms matched each other, but they were each a different color. Ruby walked with Emma, the two were approaching the dining room.
"Where's Pat's old room?" She asked.
"Why?" Emma asked.
"I just want something to remember him by," Ruby admitted.
"It's in the north wing, but no one goes in the north wing anymore, except for Diener, so please be careful, each of us got a Wing for our rooms, mine is in the west wing with all the guest rooms," Emma explained.
"I sure will be careful, how do I find his room?" Ruby inquired.
"Room number seven thirty," Emma answered.
"It's numbered?" Ruby asked.
"Only in the north wing, I don't know why," Emma shrugged.
Ruby thanked Emma and headed off for the north wing. She eventually found it. It was a dark hallway, with barely any lights. Ruby slowly walked down the hallway. She scanned the room numbers. Ruby passed seven twenty eight. She neared Pat's room.
Ruby passed seven twenty nine. Ruby finally stopped at room number seven thirty. She took a breath and reached for the door. Ruby stopped when she heard something coming. Ruby heard barking and she drew her weapon and looked at the darkness.
Ruby readied herself for anything. Suddenly a wolf came bounding from the shadows and tackled Ruby. The wolf pinned Ruby to the ground. Ruby dropped her weapon. The wolf's muzzle slowly approached Ruby's face and it began licking her face. Ruby started giggling.
"Oh stop it, no stop it," She laughed and tried to break free.
Finally the wolf had finished it's greeting and it stepped of Ruby. The young girl stood up and grabbed her weapon. She put her scythe away, reached down and began petting the wolf. This wolf reminded her of Zwei.
She finished petting the wolf and turned around to open the door. Ruby grabbed the door handle and turned it open. The door slowly creaked open and revealed Pat's old room. As soon as the door was fully open, the wolf bounded in and jumped onto Pat's old bed.
It sniffed one of Pat's old shirts and began to whimper. Ruby put two and two together.
"Oh Pat was your owner," Ruby stepped into the room.
The wolf yawned and fell asleep on the bed. Ruby giggled at the wolf's behavior. Ruby walked around his room and gazed at his old pictures, they mainly consisted of him and Liz. Ruby finally found one of just him. She grabbed it and began walking away. The wolf woke up and sniffed Pat's old shirt. He began to sniff the air and then he bolted out of the room.
"Hey wait," Ruby called after the wolf, but it was already long gone.
Emma was walking outside when the wolf came bounding to the door and pushed past Emma and sprinted into the forest.
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Pat strolled through the forest, he heard something coming and drew Thundercloud. Pat looked to the origin of the noise. The wolf came bounding out of the bushes and tackled Pat. It knocked him to the ground and began licking his face.
"Blitzen, down," Pat commanded.
Blitzen stopped greeting his master and sat on the ground. Pat stood up and wiped the wolf slobber of his face.
"It's good to see you to buddy, but did you have to slobber all over me?" Pat looked down at the giddy wolf. "Go back to the mansion, I'll come by in a bit."
Blitzen whimpered, but followed his master's orders. He slowly turned around and walked back to the mansion.
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Marty had called everyone to the living room. He wanted to assault Timo's castle and take back the relic.
"So Alex and Ruby will speed into the throne room and take the relic," Marty explained.
"Marty, how do you know that the relic will be in the throne room?" Alex asked.
"Timo won't want to let it out of his sight," Marty replied.
"But won't Timo himself be in the throne room?" Ruby looked at Marty concerned.
"Just run in and run out, Timo won't know what hit him, as long as you get back to us, Timo can't do anything," Marty went through the plan. "The rest of us will be waiting outside the castle and as soon as you two come speeding out, we will all run back here."
"Alright," Alex nodded his head.
"I'm down with some payback," Ruby also agreed.
"Good," Marty grinned.
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Pat walked through the forest and soon came across the village. Pat walked into the village and everyone stopped what they were doing. People began to follow the Sky Elder. Pat walked with confidence through the streets and toward a certain house. He looked around and saw two Guardians harassing some old man about his cart. Pat stopped and turned to the man. He began walking toward them.
"Is this cart paid for?" One of the guardians asked.
"Yes," The man replied.
"Yes, sir," One of them corrected.
"Oh my apologies," The man said.
"We could've thrown you in jail for that," One threatened.
"Please no," The man begged.
"Why don't you just bribe us not to," One of the guardians said.
"Why don't you beat it," Pat growled from behind them.
"Who said that?" One of the guardians turned around.
The guardian turned around and looked at Pat. His face turned a ghost white. Pat smiled and lightning punched the guardian, sending him flying into a wall. The other guardian drew his weapon and Pat kicked it from his hand. The guardian backed up and ran away.
Pat grinned and turned around. The massive crowd blocked his path.
"It really is you," a woman said.
"The savior of Hope Reich has returned," a man shouted.
The crowd erupted in an applause. Pat tried to calm them down, but they were too loud.
"He is here to bring the evil Timo to his knees," One man guy called.
The crowd began chanting Pat's name. Pat raised his hand. The crowd silecned.
"Please, my brothers and sisters first I must met with my good friend Clay," Pat called over the crowd.
Pat suddenly saw white.
Pat looked around a white void, he saw the lightning goddess.
"What is it?" Pat asked.
"You must hurry, your friends are about to assault Timo's castle, they will die," The goddess warned.
"Thanks for the warning," Pat salutated.
Pat looked around and he was in the middle of the forest. Timo's castle was right ahead of him.
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Alex and Ruby sped through the castle's halls. They approached the throne room. Alex slammed the door open and Ruby sped in. Alex scanned the room and saw the relic sitting next to the throne. Alex eagrily blitzed toward the relic, but Timo caught Alex by the neck. Ruby saw this and unloaded on Timo.
Timo drew his blade and blocked the bullets. He choke slammed Alex into the ground. Alex laid on the ground and Timo punted him. Alex flew the air and slammed into Ruby. The two flew into a wall.
"Rats? In my castle?" Timo walked toward the pair.
Pat raced through the forest and threw a bolt of lightning, blasting Timo's castle's gate open. Pat blitzed through the gate. Guardians attempted to stop him =, but Pat made quick work of them.
Alex struggled to his feet. He snapped out of his daze and looked at Timo. Yellow lightning surrounded his body and Alex blitzed toward Timo. Alex swung at his face. Timo threw his blade up and blocked the attack. Alex pushed Timo back. He Threw a bolt of yellow lightning at Timo.
Timo held up his hand and the bolt struck his hand, it swirled around and shot back out and struck Alex, sending him flying back into the wall. Ruby stood up and stared Timo down. She flew toward him. Timo rolled to the side and Ruby bounced off the wall and shot after him.
Pat kicked open a door into the castle. He strolled in and shot the two guards. Their bodies hit the ground and Pat blitzed toward the throne room.
Ruby sliced at Timo's chest. Timo blocked the attack with a red lightning shield. He knocked Ruby's weapon out of the way and struck her in the chest. Ruby flew backwards. Her red aura shimmered around her body.
Pat blitzed around the spiral staircase that lead to the throne room. He was running faster than ever before. Pat was nearing the throne room.
Ruby flew back and collided with the throne. She looked up and saw the relic. Ruby grabbed it and attempted to flee, but Timo was faster than her. He tackled her to the ground. Ruby dropped her weapon and the relic. Timo stood up and kicked Ruby unconscious.
He planted his foot on her chest and twirled his sword around in his hands. He stopped one the blade was pointed downwards. Timo took the sword and brought it above his head. Timo slammed the sword down, but he was knocked away by a blue lightning bolt.
Pat walked into the throne room. Timo flew back and Pat blitzed toward him, he drew Thundercloud. Timo recovered and slashed at Pat. The Sky Elder blocked the attack and the two landed. They glared at each other. Pat blitzed toward Timo. The two brothers began their clash.
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Pat and Timo have finally engaged in battle.