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Chapter 22: Sanctuary
The light was blinding. Looking around, the sky was bright, the tombstones were clean and clouds stretched along the ground as far as the eye could see. None of that seemed right. Weiss stood up and looked around. The first thing she realized is that she seemed to be on some sort of island. All around were spires and clouds. Nothing else could be seen in the endless abyss that stretched on from horizon to horizon.
Another thing she noticed, there were quite a few people present. Citizens of Vale, some atlesian soldiers, and a few Huntsmen and Huntresses. None of the people seemed to have any idea what was going on. There was one person who seemed out of place. She wore clothes that didn't match with any style from any of the kingdoms. Weiss walked over to her. She looked at Weiss.
"Hello, good hunter. I am a doll, here in this dream to look after you. How may I help?" Her voice was soft and almost robotic.
Weiss noticed that her hands appeared to be segmented. Up close she almost looked to made of plastic.
"Where are we?" Weiss asked. "What's going on?" A few others had gathered to hear the answers as well.
"We are in the Hunter's Dream. A place of rest and peace for any hunters. Do you know what happened to the Good Hun-Hollow? He asked me not to call him a hunter." The doll responded.
"Scythe? I don't know what happened to him. I was grabbed by one of the...monsters inhabiting the city. Now why are we here?"
"That is not for me to tell you. I do not know, The Greatest One does. He should be here soon." The doll answered before sitting down on the rocks behind her.
The people were looking around expectantly. They didn't know who The Greatest One was, buthe seemed to be important. Weiss thought on it. The only person who could possibly be The Greatest One was Crane. But she had lost sight of him along with the other Keepers when the city was breached. Thinking about it, she had no clue what had happened in Vale or with Icosa. So many questions with no one to answer them.
"Citizens of Remnant" A voice called out. "There is no need to be alarmed, you are safe."
The terrifying figure of Hannible Crane appeared over the church. The people started to panic. If he had eyes, he would have rolled them.
"Calm down people, I mean no harm." He called and the people listened. Inside they were freaking out, but they appeared calm. "You have been brought here for your safety."
"What do you mean? How can we be safe when you brought us here against our will!? We should be fighting to protect the city!" One of the Huntsmen yelled.
"If I had not commanded the Amygdalas to bring as many people to the dream as possible, then you would all be dead. Vale has been destroyed, and Icosa has set up shop in Beacon's remains. The other keepers saved who they could, but the city was lost."
At that revelation, people started freaking out. The entire population in the dream erupted into only people not losing their minds were Crane, the doll, and Weiss. Crane, looked out at the people and saw this. He beckoned Weiss over to him.
"It seems we need your help." Crane told her.
"With what?"
"Icosa."
"How can we help? From what I have seen, the four of you have near unlimited power and Icosa goes far beyond even that."
"Our power is not limitless. And neither does Icosa." Crane appeared to be deep in thought. "Your friend Ruby was able to beat Jack in a one on one duel. A very rare occurrence indeed. The tombstones are the key to exit. I had to jury rig a lantern in the waking world in preparation for this event. Good luck."
Weiss looked over at the tombstones. They didn't look all that special, but one of them was different. Stepping up to it, Weiss felt like her mind was being wrenched from her body, before the world disappeared in a blue mist.
Not many people enjoy being forced to do something. However, sometimes, there is no way to fight back against being forced to do something. Such as being forced through a door by a massive throng of people...or in the case of Yang and Blake, a time portal.
It hadn't taken long for the people to start rushing the portal when they heard that it would lead to safety. Yang and Blake had just been forced through with the crowd. Sometimes, utter panic can cause people to not think well.
Upon entering the portal, they saw nothing but a swirling white vortex. It was actually quite blinding. The weirdest part of the whole experience was the force they felt. The best to describe it would be to say that they felt like they were falling forward. Not falling to the ground. It was as if their bodies were being pulled forward at insane speeds, but they felt like they were falling.
This intense feeling lasted for what seemed like hours, though it was little more than a few minutes. Then they began slowing down. The white vortex disappeared and they were unceremoniously thrown onto a platform of some kind. Citizens from Vale were falling through the portal and landing around them. They got to their feet and noticed the strange place they had landed.
They were in a massive station of some kind. The outer wall had what appeared to be windows every so often. But outside, there was nothing except the occasional massive rocks that would be illuminated by the lights outside. If it was supposed to be the night sky, well there were no stars.
The clear panels also appeared to be on the center of the platform they were on. Yang decided to look down to see what was below them. Upon doing so, she understood Jaune's motion sickness. Looking down she saw a maze of catwalks, platforms, pillars, odd machines and some sort a spinning core at the center. Upon closer inspection, halfway to the core, Yang saw a strange refraction of light. It appeared that there was some sort of shell below them, it too was spinning, but the opposite direction of the central core. The combination of the motion and height was enough to give her some motion sickness.
Yang moved rather rapidly away from the transparent panel in the center of the platform. She saw Blake staring rather intently at one of the railings. She moved over to see what had vested her interest. Looking at the railing, she noticed that the railings were made of four different metals. The most prominent was a black metal that didn't look familiar. Yet Yang felt she had seen it before. The other three metals that spiraled around the railing were copper, silver and gold.
"Interesting." Blake said still looking at the railing.
"What is so interesting?" Yang asked.
"This entire structure appears to be made of these four metals. Who has that kind of money and where are we?" Blake said, mostly to herself.
"Sir, I don't care if the Timekeeper ordered it himself, but we have a schedule to keep, and the outer shell is in need of maintenance!"
"I KNOW IT BLOODY NEEDS REPAIRS BUT I DON'T CARE! Jack gave the order to keep out of this area until he returns, I am just enforcing his command!"
The loud argument had gathered the attention of a large number of the people. Blake and Yang immediately recognized Bronze, although his body was no longer completely bronze. The person next to him was different. He looked exactly like Bronze, except he was the color of rusting iron. Behind them was what appeared to be fifty more that looked like Bronze, except silver in color and armed to the teeth.
"Will you two stop arguing for once?" The exasperated voice of Jack Stone called out. He walked out of the crowd. Energon was following behind, but he looked weary. "General, escort the civilians to where they'll be staying. Foreman, you can finish your repairs on the outer shell when the situation with the civilians has been dealt with."
"Yes sir." Bronze and the forman answered to their superior.
The forman left on the catwalk that he had come from. Bronze stood in front of the crowd before appearing to grab one of the pillars next to him. He started speaking and his voice was carried throughout the crowd.
"Citizens of Remnant. I am General Bronze. I will be escorting you to your temporary living quarters and explaining where you are, why you are here, and what you can do until the situation on Remnant is dealt with. Please, follow me."
He turned and started walking down the catwalk with almost all of the citizens of Remnant following him. Yang and Blake stayed behind. They wanted to get their answers straight from Jack himself. They were about to walk up and ask him questions when Energon doubled over.
"Jack, I can't hold this body anymore." Energon growled out.
"I realize that, release your hold and I will answer their questions." Jack responded calmly.
Energon nodded. He started to glow bright green before the bang was heard and Energon was gone. Yang panicked.
"What happened to him?" She asked frantically.
Jack looked at them before answering. "He released his hold on that body. Don't worry, he didn't die. Energon can't die. The bodies that you have seen him in have been nothing more than constructs of pure energy that he controls. His real body is...elsewhere. I believe you have questions."
"Yeah, where the heck are we?" Yang asked putting a hand on her hip and calming down.
"We are at my home, Chronotide. A space station that exists at the end of time...somehow. I honestly have no clue how. I assume your next question is why, and the answer to that is sanctuary. Crane and Reaper opened their realms/homes to the citizens of Vale for the same reason. We decided to protect the people from Icosa."
"Where is my sister?" Yang asked.
"Not here." Jack responded with a shrug.
"And Weiss?" Blake asked.
"Also not here." Jack answered again with a shrug.
"WHERE. IS. MY SISTER?" Yang asked again through gritted teeth.
"If I had to guess, I would say she is either, at the castle of death in Reaper's realm, or with Scythe. I honestly don't know." Jack answered. "Actually, I do have a question for you. What was so interesting about the railings?"
"Their expensive. I don't think I have ever seen anything made of a combination of copper, silver, gold and that black metal."
"Two things, first that black metal is actually called timesteel. It is a much heavier and stronger metal than most other metal alloys out there. Second. It's not silver, it's actually platinum. And this entire space station is made from those metals. I was exceedingly wealthy in my much younger years." Jack explained with a wistful smile on his face.
An awkward silence settled on them. Yang and Blake were in shock by the amount of precious metals in the structure they were in. It took a minute for them to overcome their shock. Before another question was proposed by Blake.
"What exactly is this station for?" she asked.
"Chronotide is designed to regulate the flow of time. Hence why I'm the Timekeeper." Jack answered. "That is enough questions for now. You two are still needed on Remnant. Ruby, Weiss and Scythe will be needing your help."
"Why can't you help?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, why us?" Yang asked.
"Because, according to the laws of Time, the Keepers are not allowed to directly interfere with anyone in our domains except under certain conditions." Jack answered after a moment's hesitation.
"What conditions?" Yang asked.
"Attacks on our domains, wards or persons. The appearance of one of the Harbingers, or any reality warper, such as Icosa. Those are the conditions. Reaper is a special case with his warriors, but those are the conditions. Another reason I can't help, Icosa has destabilized time. It is my duty to restabilize it. Anyway, when you arrive, you shall be in close proximity to Scythe Hollow. Help him find his homeland of Lothric. We'll need an army to stop Icosa. Good luck."
Jack smiled before shoving them forward and through another time portal. The station disappeared in a swirling vortex of white.
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