The final battle begins.
It was time. The Republic forces was gathering, after interrogating the Shadow Guard, they learned a lot of both useful and worrying info. The Empire was planning to sweep the whole Kingdom. They had captured grimm and used the evil power within them to for experimentation, and managed to create several large and lethal monsters. When the time was right The empire was going to unleash those monsters upon the kingdom in order to flush the republic forces out of hiding.
The Republic had to take the fight to the Empire before they become to strong and before they have a chance to begin their insane plan. If they release those beasts on to the city, countless of innocent people will die. And they can't allow that to happen, no matter what.
Blake and Jaina was getting their equipment ready. They had been training non stop for a long time so Blake would be ready for this. But they both knew it was a big chance that they might not make it back from this.
Blake was very worried about the whole thing she looked at Jaina who was putting her battlee armor on "Jaina" Said girl looked at her "I love you... more than my own life. And the time I spent with you was the most wonderful time of my life. When I die, I will have no regrets".
Jaina was a little stunned by that before she smilled and walked up to Blake and gave her a deep kiss on the lips "I love you too Blake. I never belived I could love anyone like this until you came in to my life... which is why I want you to marry me when this war is over".
Blake had wide eyes "Wh-what did you just say!?".
Jaina smiled and took out a ring "Blake Belladonna... will you marry me?".
Blake was silent for a moment before tears ran down her face "Yes! Oh my god yes! I will marry you, Jaina Solo!".
The two lovers kissed again. Jaina knew the chances of them getting married is slim now that the last big battle with the Empire will soon start. But at least now she knows that Blake said yes and she can die happy kowing the love of her life said that one word.
Jaina could not ask for anything more.
Yang was about to get ready until Torian walked in "Hey Yang. I got something special for you now that we are about to enter the final showdown with the Empire".
Yang looked at him "What is it?".
Torian placed a large bag down on the floor "Open it".
Yang did what she was told and gasped when she saw what it was "That's...!"
"It is. You are now a true warrior. And a warrior needs to wear something that will show the world what they are. Yang Xiao Long! You are now an Mandalorian" Torian said.
Yang smiled at his words. Inside the bag... was a golden Mandalorian armor.
In her room Weiss was putting on her own battle clothes. This was it, this was the time to take back the school, to take back their home and to get Ruby back from that insane woman Lana's dark curruption. Lana was going to pay for what she's done to Ruby.
She menipulated her, took advantage of her, and turned her in to a killer. For that, Weiss was going to make sure that Lana answers for her crimes and hopefully they will be able to heal Ruby's damaged mind.
Wiess knew Ruby better than most, she was her partner and tough Weiss never admited it out loud, Ruby is her best friend and she refuses to belive she is really gone. Ruby is still in there and Weiss promised she would get the real Ruby Rose back.
Not matter what she had to do.
The remaining members of Tea JNPR stood in front of Nora's grave. Luckily they managed to get her here before their old base was destroyed. Ren was on one knee in front the grave of his life long friend who died protecting the people she loved. And her death will be avenged.
"Ren..." Jaune spoke silently making his friend look at him "It's time...".
Ren stood up with closed eyes taking a deep breath "Right..."
Pyrrha who had been silently praying spoke "It's been a wonderful time being a part of this team, you all have been like a family to me... I love you both".
The two boys smiled at her and they ended up sharing a group hug. Knowing this might be their last time together.
The war ends today and people will die. But at least they can die together.
Later that day all the soldiers and warriors were gathered outside the base as Luke was giving a speech "Soldiers, warriors... family! The time has come, this is the day we take the fight directly to the Empire itself. I am not going to lie, not all of us will make it back from this, blood will color the ground today and we will all lose something from all of this. But what we do today will carry the world in to tomorrow. Today, we will free the world from the Empire's tyranny! Fight for what you belive in! Fight for the future you wish to create! Fight for your friends! Fight for your family! FIGHT! FOR YOU FREEDOM!".
All the soldiers and warriors let out loud cheers. Now they were all finally ready for the final battle. Victory or death! This ends today.
At the Empire main base, the evil army was also ready to crush the republic once and for all. They have been waitin a long time for this day. After the bothersome scums are dealt with, the rest of the world will fall to their might and a new world order will be apon them.
As the troops were getting ready, Lana stood infront the statues of the Sith masters before her. Soon, very soon, she would finish what they started. She would create a world of ture peace, a world brought together as one under her and her lover Ruby Rose... But then said lover entered the room.
"I did not summon you Ruby. Is there something you need?" Lana asked still looking at the statues.
"Yes.. there is... I need to talk to you Lana. And it's very important" Ruby said, she sounded a little uncertain.
Lana looked at her "What is on your mind love?".
Ruby took a deep breath " I gave it alot of thought and... I can't do this Lana!"
Lana turned to face her "What are you talking about?!".
"I can't do this! I can't go to war with my own friends! My family! This is just to insane for me!" Ruby said.
Lana's face took the shape of a deadly glare "Ruby Rose! It's far to late to back out now! You accepted your destiny when you killed that Adam! You are a sith now!".
Ruby shakes her head "No! This is against everything I trained for! You keep saying we are fighting for peace, but peace is nothing without freedom! My love for you is the only reason I tried to belive we were doing the right thing. But I can't ignore what you are anymore Lana Beniko. And I will not be a part of this madness anymore!"
Lana's anger raised and her eyes was glowing more than ever "Ruby Rose... think carefully what you say next. You are either with me or you're against me!".
Ruby closed her eyes before she looked up at her 'lover' "I'm sorry Lana. But this is as far as I go" She took out her lightsaber "And I will stop you from killing anyone else!".
Lana's anger flared and just as Ruby was ready to fight, Lana used force chocke on her and lifeted her in to the air "You disappoint me Ruby. I had such high hopes for you. But I still love you and one day you will understand. But right now you are a liability" Lana proceeded to choke Ruby out some more until she blacked out "I'm sorry my love, but I am to close to be stopped now. Even by you!".
But unknown to Lana things was about to get alot more complicated than she planed for. As her troops were still getting ready. Several Mandalorians lead by Shae Vizla. They had a small map of the base layout thanks to some spies and the old blue prints of the school. They snuck around and planted explosives. And when all the bombs were set Shae gave the signal to go. And with a press of a button, the place lit up in explosions. The Empire troops where thrown in to chaos.
Outside the base Han Solo saw the whole thing, thats their cue "ATTAAAAAACK!".
The republic soldiers charged in to the base. Jaune let out a battle cry as he cut down a trooper with his sword then blocked a strike from an energy staf and stabbed the trooper through the heart.
Pyrrha was cutting through the enemies by the dosen. She than turned her weapon in to it's rifle form and gunned down some incoming droids. She then turned it in to it's spear form and let out a battle cry as was ready to meet the other troops head on.
Ren was spraying down some enemies with his weapons while running around to avoid getting shot. Then an imperial guard attacked him. Ren hooked his weapons on to the guards staff and kicked him in the gut to make him drop it. It did not work and the the guard hit him in the face with the saff, but Ren did a backflip to kick the guard in the jaw. Leaving him open for Ren to gun him down with a pointblank barrage from his weapons.
Normaly killing was a big no no for them. But things were way to personal to hold on to that promise anymore. The Empire was no different from the grimms. They are soul less monsters that need to be put down.
The same went for the remaining members of Team RWBY. Blake and Jaina was cutting through the enemy forces. Blake combined her line from and gun form of her to fire in multiple directions at once. Another upgrade she had given it.
Yang was also taking out some war droids with her shotgun gauntlets. But then she saw Khem Val emerged from the dust and starts wreaking havoc on the her allies. Some tanks are turned over, and the republic troops are pushed back a little as the large Dashade starts killing multiple soldiers and roars.
He notices Yang and growls, while Yang glares through her helmet "Ok you ugly son of a bitch! Let's have a re-match!"
Khem Val roars again and charges at Yang who lets out a battle cry and is ready to meet the charge head on... or at least that was what Val thought she would. Instead she slides under him and kicks his legs, making him chrash head first in to the ground.
Yang smirked "I won't go down so easily this time monster!".
Val roared again and attacked. But this time Yang avoided his attacks rather than trying to block them, She took a hit to the face but she quickly countered by kicking his knee. Then she delivered a hard punch to his face, sending him in to a destroyed tank.
Yang had learned alot from both their last fight and her training with Torian. She was not gonna lose against this monster this time. Becuse now she was fighting smarter and not harder. It helps that Val is not very smart himself.
As for Wiess. She was looking for Ruby but could not find a trace of her. But then she saw all the cages with all the monsters. She got an idea. She contacted the rest of the troops, telling them to pull back and that she had a very dangerous plan. She went down to the people who worked with the beasts and told them to release them.
"Are you insane!? They are not ready yet! There is no way for them to tell the diffrence from friend or foe!" The worker said before Wiess held Myrtenaster to his throat.
"Release them! All of them! Now!" She ordered darkly.
The worker gulped and did what he was told and soon enough a large Rancor was rampaging through the the battle filed. It was good thing that Weiss told her allies to pull back, or else they would have been cought up in the blood bath.
With a large enough destraction, Weiss managed to get inside the main building to find Ruby.
Meanwhile, Yang was still fighting Val. She had managed to hold her own quite well, but without the use of her semblance, it was hard to find an effective way to hurt the gigant monster.
Val gave her a poweful uppercut that shattered Yang's helmet. She landed on the ground and spit out some blood. It was hopeless, she would never put him down at this rate. But then she remembered what Torian tought her. Aim for the weak points.
Yang got up and sentered herself. When Val threw a punch, Yang dodged and hit him in the arm joint. He roared in pain as his arm stopped worcking. Yang then did the same to his onther arm and then she hit a weak point in his belly, making him fall to his knees. Yang flipped over him and she wrapped her arms around his neck... and with a quick moition and using alot of her strength... she snapped his neck.
Val fell to the ground dead. Yang was breathing hard until she let out a loud cry to in to the sky.
With Weiss, she finally found Ruby inside a cell deep within the base "Ruby!".
Ruby looked up "Weiss?!".
Weiss hurried to open the cell and the young Rose flew in to her arms "I was so worried about you Ruby! You little dunce, you scared the life out of us!".
Ruby was sobbing uncontrollably "I-I-I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!".
Weiss just hugged her close "It's ok Ruby... It's ok...".
"No! It's not ok! I helped making all this happen! I even killed someone! I am a monster!" Ruby cried out.
"Ruby Rose! It was Lana who made you do all those things. She manipulated you. Took advantage of you. And forced you to do things that you would never dream of doing. She alone is responsible for all this!" Weiss said.
Ruby looked at her still with tears in her eyes but she quickly wiped them away "Thank you Weiss. But I still made a massive mistake. I have an idea to help make it up for you all!".
Weiss smiles "You always do. So what is your idea?".
"Lana also made a mistake. She showed me every part of the base. She is building a massive weapon that will allow her to wipe out entire fleets in a singel blast. If she gets the chance to use it, the war is as good as over" Ruby explained.
Weiss had wide eyes "She has a weapon that can do that?! How do we stop it?".
"We need to destroy it! There is a reactor room underneath the school. If we destroy it, the whole base will come crashing down and the Empire will be finished" Ruby said.
Weiss smiled "Then let's put an end to this! Once and for all!"
And with that the two partners ran towards the reactor room.
When they got there they stopped dead in their tracks when they noticed who was there... it was non other than Lana Beniko herself.
"I had a feeling you would come down here! I will not allow you to undo what I have begun. One way or the other I will unit the world!" Lana said.
"Lana... Why cant you understand? This is not unity! This is invasion!" Ruby said.
"Same diffrence. My goal is to put an end to this endless war against the grimm. For so many years, the people of Renmant has fought an endless battle against the grimm, and so many innocent people has died becuse of it. I am trying to put an end to all this bloodshed, and destroy the grimm once and for all!" Lana explained.
"You are killing millions of people!" Ruby argued.
"Have you not learned anything from your time at my side? Sometimes if you want to achieve your goals, sacrifices necessary. I kill millions to save billions!" Lana all but shouted "I still love you Ruby. All the times we kissed, we even had sex!" Weiss almost threw up at that "Join me! And we can rule this world together! A world of peace. Under us!".
Ruby closed her eyes before looking at Lana again with a hard glare "No! Your are a monster Lana! You have caused nothing but pain and suffering and you tried to make me in to a monster just like you! I will never be a part of this sick world you have in mind. I am stopping you here!"
Lana sighed "Then so be it. If you insist on getting in my way, then you are just another enemy for me now".
"Hey Ruby. I got something for you! You are gonna need it!" Weiss said as she handed Ruby something.
Ruby gasped when she saw what it was. An highly upgraded Crescent Rose! Ruby turned it in to it's Scythe form and smiled at the familiar feel of her belowed weapon. The lightsaber was cool and all, but nothing beats her baby.
"Let's do this Weiss!" Ruby said as she got ready to fight.
"I'm with you Ruby!" Weiss said and got ready as well.
Lana said nothing as she took out her lightsaber and after a brief pause, she turned it on and the red energy came out. She spun the blade around before getting ready to end this nuisance once and for all.
The final fight was about to begin. A clash between two ideals. And the fate of Vale will be decided.
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Cliffhanger! Just one more chapter to go guys!
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