Blood began to drip away from his plated armor. His back screamed in agony as he rested against the damaged tree, while his arm was bent outward in an awkward way. Staring up at the face of rage and power, a spear only a scant few inches from is vulnerable neck.
"Kill me woman… finish what you have started." The older blonde grunted as he awaited to be finished. Pyrrha drew her arm back, ready to deal the final blow before she hesitated, realising what she was about to do. She lowered her guard and took a step back from the devastation.
"Killing you would be a waste of breath." The champion retorted as she sheathed Milo and began her journey. Summer and April soon took follow of the redhead, all while shooting their father a sympathetic look.
"He'll be the death of you!" Jack warned as the trio left. Pyrrha ignored his headence and trudged on, determined to take back what was hers.
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The elevator up felt like an eternity as he stared at the counting levels. Jaune rubbed and squeezed his hand in anxiety as he was finally going to approach the headmaster.
Funny thing was, he still didn't know what the fuck he was going to say. The elevator crawled to a stop, with the doors revealing the luxurious 'office'.
Stepping into the room, Jaune spotted the white haired man, sipping at his coffee as he looked out the window, taking in the view of the academy. "Finally, Mr Arc. You've come back to fix my window I presume." The headmaster joked as he sipped his coffee.
"No. I came for that keycard of yours." He replied. The white haired man let out a slight chuckle. "Well, I certainly bet it's not for meer sightseeing." He joked as he pulled out the blue keycard from under his desk.
Jaune eyed the object and reached his arm over to grab it, but Ospin pulled away before speaking up. "A word of caution… that grimm smith is going to require a sacrifice in order for him to even make a blade." The headmaster warned.
Jaunes eyes lit up in surprise. "How do you know that?" Ospin laughed at the blonde boys reaction. "Oh my, how dense can you be...I mean, how dense can I be?" The white haired man reached up and took off his spectacles.
His onyx eyes then began to bleed into the color of red, just like Jaunes. Before he knew it, the knight was staring at an exact copy of himself. "H-how the fu-what.. how is this possible?" Jaune questioned in exasperation.
'Ospin' walked around his desk until he was right in front of the blonde teen. "Because we, made some mistakes." The cane wielder said. Jaunes eyebrow rose in confusion. "What type of mistakes?"
'Ospin' turned away for a moment before replying. "The type of mistake that could make you relive the same day over and over for years. Until eventually you finally break free, only to be back in the past." He explained, as he thumbed the keycard.
Jaune was still confused. "How do I avoid these mistakes?" He questioned, 'Ospin' handed him the keycard. "Whatever you do. Don't die." Jaune nodded slightly as he responded. "Got it. Anything I should look out for in the future?"
'Ospin' turned around and returned to his comfy chair behind his creative desk. "I can't tell you, or it could alter the future, and maybe even make me disappear." He shrugged as his spectacles returned to his brow.
"Well, that would be a shame." Jaune finished in slight fear. He then remembered something the headmaster mentioned before. "So what type of sacrifice will be needed?" The knight shot out. Ospin was typing away on his holographic keyboard as he responded in a way that sounded as if he was just telling the weather.
"The heart of a human." Jaunes faces twisted into disgust at the answer. "Just a heart? Any hoops I should be aware of?" Ospin shook his head. Seeing this, Jaune turned on his heel and made his way to exit which was the elevator.
Once inside, Jaune thumbed the holographic '1' leading to the ground floor of the academy.
Just before the elevator doors glided shut, 'Ospin' said good luck. Jaune smirked, it seemed that luck was the only thing he was going on at this point.
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"This plan seems a little risky." Jaune heard from his earpiece as Ren and him began to walk towards the front entrance of Juniors. "Well its the only one we got." Jaune replied as he unsheathed his sword, ready for the rude awakening he was about to give Junior.
Jaune kicked open the club door and the muffled music inside amplified tenfold. Many of the civilians dancing inside halted there movements at the loud entrance. Ren began to shoot into the air with his storm flowers, causing everyone to panic and head towards the club exit. A couple of Juniors bouncers made there way through the mass of people but they were cut down by the knight.
The club music finally ceased, and most of the club goers had left. Leaving only a handful of bouncers with the Duo from team AWVL. Many more of Juniors men began to flood onto the dance floor, surrounding he pair.
Jaune was now back to back with Ren as a circle of Juniors men was formed around the pair. Jaune kept his guard up while Ren held out his StormFlowers, ready to unleash a flurry of hot lead at anyone who dared to come forward.
"And what brings you two here?" Junior called out as he broke into the circle from the the crowd, his bat leaning held out. "You know what I want Junior. Give me the keycard, and no one else has to die." Jaune ordered as faced the leader. Junior began to laugh at the warning.
"Jauney boy? Its 50 to 2. Your not going to stand a chance. You will be pummeled." He screamed as he pointed his bat at the knight. Junior pushed a couple of his henchman forward, hesitating; they approached the duo only to be cut down by the Arc.
Many of Juniors men began to flee cowardly at the ease of how Jaune dispatched the bouncers. It was now Junior and his most courageous thugs versus Jaune Arc and Lie Ren. "You boys know what to do." Junior reminded as he stepped away and began to make his way to the club houses staircase.
"Ren, deal with the rest of these guy, meet up with me when i'm done with Junior." Jaune ordered as he shield bashed his way through the handful of bouncers that had tried to prevent him from pursuing their boss.
Ren held his guard as the rest of the bouncers began to slowly close in with their clubbed weapons ready to strike mercifully. Ren shot into the crowd of men without hesitation. Most of the men fell with countless bullet holes riddled into their bodies.
The black haired man walked slowly, careful not to trip over the dead bodies. He then suddenly stopped, his nostrils picking up the strong scent of perfume. "I thought I told you to stay away from me before." Ren reminded as he got into a defensive stance again.
The sounds of clacking was all that was heard as the two sisters walked around the boy, as if sizing up their prey. "Your going to pay for disrespecting me." Melanie warned in anger. Militia with her blood red claws at her side prepared to attack in sequence with her sister.
Melanie clacked her heels together, confirming to herself that her 'high heels' were ready. She nodded to her sister across from her just before she engaged the blind boy.
"Please hurry Jaune." Ren worried in his head.
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Jaune was in hot pursuit of the criminal, as the final steps of the stairs lead to the final and fifth floor of the club. Once he was at the top, Junior wasted no time as he fired a flurry of rockets at the blonde boy. Jaune off instinct raised his shield at the last second to block the barrage of missiles.
The impact from the explosion almost threw the knight, but he held his ground. Jaune lowered his shield once the explosions stopped and instantly ducked as a horizontal swing came towards his head. Jaune then blocked a Juniors bat as it came crashing down onto him.
It was then a battle of strength as the two were locked together, there faces only a scant few inches away from each other. "We could've worked together you know… you could've been rich."
Junior grunted with a strained face, pushing back with all his strength in an attempt to break Jaunes guard, but to know avail.
The blonde pulled up with Crocea Mors and bashed Junior in the face with the pommel, creating some distance before slashing at the man. Junior swatted away his slices the best he could, but every now and then he would miss and earn a gash for his error.
Jaune shield bashed into Junior, hoping to knock him onto the ground but the criminal expected this and used his momentum to throw him through a wall. Wood and drywall splattered the wooden floor. Jaune was on his knees trying to recover but Junior wouldn't let him as he swung his metal bat with all of his might. Jaune barely blocked with his shield, but he couldn't hold onto it as the force of Juniors attack flung the protection away from him.
Jaune tried to stand up but he was knee'd in the face. His vision became murky as he stared up into the ceiling, Junior came into view and raised his bat, ready to crush the boy's head. As he brought the bat down though, Jaune sat up and stabbed Crocea Mors into Juniors stomach.
The boss coughed blood instantaneously as the knight stood up, sword still in hand. Jaune kicked Junior in the chest, sending him through a wooden desk. Blood began to pool around the brown haired man as he bled out.
Jaune walked over and retrieved his shield in exhaustion as Junior died. Sheathing his sword, the boy made his way over to the body and searched for the keycard, luckily finding it in his pants pocket.
Even though he didn't want to, Jaune decided he might as well get the sacrifice for the grimm smith over since he already had a body. He wasn't really sure how to harvest a human heart but there was always a first for everything it seemed.
Once the disgusting act was done, Jaune wrapped Juniors heart with a shirt he stole from his own body, tucking away the organ into his pocket. "How close are you to the club boys?" Jaune asked into his earpiece as he looked out of the window, searching for the bullhead in the Vale skyline.
"ETA, five minutes. But you might want to be ready soon, the Vale police force will be there any second now." Sun's voice replied. Jaune nodded at the warning. "Ren? Where are you?" The blonde called out.
"I'm...a little busy." Ren answered. Gunshots were heard as his voice finished speaking. "I have the keycard, finish what your doing and get up here quick. The Vale police force will be there shortly." Jaune said with a finger to his ear, looking out the window, he saw the flashes of red and blue from the streets below heading in his direction.
"Scratch that, they are already here Ren. We have to leave now." Jaune told into his earpiece. But he didn't receive a reply, worried, Jaune was about to make his way down the stairs, but decided against it. If Ren wasn't here in a minute, he would leave without him.
He silently prayed for the boy, wherever he may be