The music will be "Factory" from the Castle Crashers soundtrack along with "Awakening the Chaos II" from the BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma soundtrack.
First song Factory: watch?v=cWYhYw8jHIA
Second song Awakening the Chaos: watch?v=S-dBMhAOx4I
"Who are these guys?" Daniel prepped Phantom Breaker in the sabre form.
"Just serious trouble, stick together!" Jaune responded. He elevated his shield in time as a red katana struck it. A woman cloaked in black snarled at him. She appeared to be young from what Jaune could judge from her chin. There was lack of wrinkles and scars. The Grimm mask had the same blank stare like the creatures. Jaune raised his sword but only struck air as the first woman Vanguard dashed back as her companions charged. Two moved directly forward while two others circled JAWS.
Adam watched, he smirked at the sight then faded from view.
Jacket lifted Palm Sun into the Cruiser shotgun, and he blasted two random shots to have a Vanguard move off of his path. Demon Dancer's barrel stared at a Vanguard, but his target, however, disappeared from view. With the right amount of focus, the team could see the distorted air move around.
That and Daniel already made outlines of them before they could be faded again. Sparks flew as Phantom Breaker clashed with a katana. This target was a middle-aged man with a dark tan and two small tusks from his jaw. A Boar Faunus.
The blades ground together as the two continued to fight. With a free arm, the Vanguard reached to his side and pulled out a dagger. Daniel noticed it, so he jerked his head forward. The uncanny tactic proved useful since the head-butt caused the Vanguard to be distracted. Daniel did a light chuckle while the Vanguard shook his head. The taunt didn't work. He took a deep breath then charged forward back at Daniel.
Palm Sun reverted to melee form when a Vanguard closed in on him. He didn't react fast enough as the outline jumped toward him. The motion around him told him that the outline used his body as a way to position its legs on his sternum. The outline was crouched on his chest and had its arms on his shoulders for support. The outline extended its legs to launch from him, and the outline propell backward. Jacket landed on his back. A red swipe moved down toward him, and he snapped his neck to his right as the outline stuck the ground. A waved of brown appeared before him as he clenched a fist in time to punch his enemy in the calf.
"Bastard!" The outline howled in pain with a feminine voice.
Jacket shook his head and rolled to his side as Demon Dancer fire several rounds sporadically. One arm helped Jacket while the other held Demon Dancer.
"Get up and fight!" Wolfe shouted. In four seconds, Demon Dancer clicked empty.
Jacket didn't have time to use his recorder. Two outlines approached Jaune in the distance. The blades were thirsty. Jacket turned to Wolfe and slapped his back for Wolfe to look.
"Jaune look out!" Wolfe shouted.
Jaune looked into the direction to see two outlines. His current target backed off, most likely to stay out of range in the attack. Jaune reversed his sword and pierced the ground then scrambled for the TGS. He looked up, and the red outlines were upon him. Jaune blinked as one blade grazed his right forearm as he stepped back and the fired the TGS at full auto. The flashes of light he looked up. The outlines sidestepped him as he felt something graze his back. Jaune flinched. Bullets whiffed past him as Wolfe and Daniel offered support. Jacket brought his hammer down, and his Vanguard target rolled out of the way to dodge.
"These guys are hard to hit!" Daniel shouted. The three Vanguards backed off from Jaune finally.
"So? We just gotta work for it!" Wolfe retorted as he raised his TGS. The cloaked enemies knew they were targeted and separated. It was evident that their invisibility was useless. All of the Vanguard appeared from there stealth state and quickly spread apart.
Demon Dancer shifted in the knuckle buster and knife variant. One Vanguard approached him with the sword sheathed. The current clip of Demon Dancer was empty, and there was no time for Wolfe to reload it. The Vanguard closed the distance with the sword drawn for the upward slash. The blades clashed, Demon Dancer guided the katana from its path. The Vanguard stepped forward for the katana to graze his shoulder.
"Argh!" Wolfe grunted as the cut deepened. He could see the blood from his shoulder.
From the mask, the mouth exposed on the Vanguard. The woman smiled at her work. Wolfe flinched as he stepped forward to allow the cut deeper for a moment and he raised his left foot to stomp her right foot.
She grunted and flinched. It was new to her, but it didn't matter to Wolfe. A single flinch was all he needed. The katana removed when Demon Dancer on the knuckle end struck her right across the left temple. The Vanguard stepped back from the counter-attack. While she shook her head, two other Vanguards appeared behind her. Wolfe walked backward as he noticed Daniel and Jaune to his right.
The two of them fired their weapons for the Vanguards to separate. Four of the Vanguard took cover behind chest-high metal barriers. Phantom Breaker fired several rounds to suppress them. The Fifth Vanguard was in combat with Jacket. From the looks of it, Adam wasn't there.
Where is he? Jaune thought while another clip slammed into the TGS.
Jacket and his opponent deadlocked in combat. The outline for him backed off in time. Palm Sun went to shotgun form and fired a shell that apparently missed.
Daniel looked toward the Vanguards in cover as all of them adjusted their hands to pull out other weapons. In this case, guns. Daniel's eyes widened. He jumped forward as he pulled Wolfe to the ground.
"GET DOWN!" The two rolled over to take refuge behind a metal crate. Jacket sprinted then slide to a metal wall. Palm Sun aimed down range.
Jaune jumped and slammed into the dirt as he took cover behind a rock. A wave of bullets broke the air. The Vanguard Unit gathered around metal chest high barriers for the workers here a long time ago. Two were at a slight elevation higher than the other three. Each of them had what looked like several rifle light weapons. Most likely from their katana sheaths. Probably custom weapons. Behind them was a semi-large metal wall. The object behind them looked to be a storage unit. Apparently full of tools.
"Fuck!" Wolfe shouted as he lowered his head. His TGS needed a new magazine. "Reloading!"
"I got you." Daniel nodded while he took several blind fire shots.
Jacket was the furthest away from his team as well as the Vanguard Unit. Each of them had some rifle or submachine gun. One fired at his position. Most likely the one he fought from earlier. His head shook forward with a wordless cuss. He scanned around to see if there was anything that could turn the tide. He noticed something and smiled at it.
At the same time, Jaune unslung his TGS. The weapon at his shoulder after Crocea Mors was sheathed. At his shoulder, Jaune looked to his right to see Daniel and Wolfe pinned down.
"Nononono." Jaune chanted. The bullets were never-ending from what he could tell from the outline. Each of them took turns. They have some communication devices. The train whistles blew. They're just stalling us! Jaune looked forward.
"How are you guys?"
"Fantastic, just love it here!" Wolfe looked toward Jaune.
Two of them fired while the other three reloaded. The thing is that this time, each of them would peek out then prepared to move. We have to do something! Then in the air, a small box landed in the soft dirt between Jaune and Daniel's cover. It was Jacket's tape recorder.
"A little help?" The recorder echoed.
One Vanguard looked out from cover to see a Hunter in a jacket with a bulky yellow cylinder on his left shoulder. The Vanguard that was supposed to watch him took too long to reload in time. With just that one second of a distraction. JWS looked out from cover and fired their guns sporadically to force the Vanguard to take cover.
Jacket had a Rivet Launcher on his shoulder. The damn thing looked about two-thirds of his size. It had a rotary system as Jacket fired the first rivet at the Vanguard. A spear-like bullet and lodged itself in a metal wall. The Rivet Launcher took several seconds to load on rotation.
"Help lupo!" The recorder played at a louder volume. Wolfe looked to Jacket to see that his legs were wobbling from the weight of the device. He dropped his TGS and had both hands reach forward to support Jacket with his telekinesis. The damn thing is heavy as fuck! Wolfe thought. His arms withstood the weight; even so, he did his best to keep it held up.
It was then that Jacket could elevate the Rivet Launcher better as he fired another round. It struck near the head of a Vanguard. The Vanguard flinched and looked to its right. Then at the same time, each member scrambled in their cover as it they were about to make a move. Jacket felt the thing rotate again.
Phantom Breaker clicked. "I'm out!" Daniel reached for his lower back and felt the last clip. He couldn't let this go on. Jaune took over for Daniel. It wasn't enough to keep the Vanguard suppressed anymore. One popped out as Jaune fired around the Vanguard. She didn't move much and lowered her head again. The other three ran from cover and hopped over a metal wall. The other two did the same as Jacket fired back as the Rivet completely pierced the blanket of where a Vanguard was. The Vanguard looked shaken up by it. Another one took hold of the hand the two sprinted off over the wall.
Jacket took several steps forward and blasted another rivet, and it struck the storage unit. He looked forward and nodded to his teammates. Daniel was the first one to get out of cover; he sprinted ahead and slammed his back against the storage unit then checked the corner. Several White Fang members scrambled about as they ran to get on the train.
"We gotta move!" Daniel shouted. The train looked like it was barely put together with crates sloppily arranged. Several members walked along the rails on the look out. Two White Fang members noticed Daniel and fired at him.
Jacket bared his teeth with the Rivet Launcher. He glanced to Wolfe. Wolfe used his semblance to keep the thing to bear the weight. Jacket had his arms lift with all the energy he could summon, Wolfe did the same. Jacket rolled his sleeves with his shoulders; the Launcher grew heavier with every second. "Come on," Wolfe said as he picked up Jacket's recorder.
The walked in formation as Daniel snapped his head back from the gun fire. Jaune noticed that they needed cover fire. He sprinted forward, and he stood behind Daniel. He tapped his back to let him know he had a backup. It would take several seconds for Jacket and Wolfe to get the Rivet Launcher around the storage unit.
"Give me four seconds," Jaune shouted to Daniel. The current train car was a flat top platform.
Daniel didn't look at Jaune, but his head nodded with Phantom Breaker to unleash its final clip. He pulled the trigger to give the skill for a semi-automatic. Jaune raised his TGS then spent half of his magazine jogging across to take cover behind another crate. Jaune ducked his head down as Daniel did the same.
Jaune took several pop shots randomly to see the bullets have no real effect. The gun clicked empty. He looked up to see that Jacket and Wolfe made it around the corner. Jaune looked down and slid the next clip. Just by the sound, the train started to gain traction.
JAW appeared, and the two White Fang members were shocked to see Jacket's weapon. Two more White Fang appeared on the scene to also be in awe. Jacket aimed upward toward the first set of White Fang soldiers and the mechanism rotated again, and a rivet shot out and impaled a crate several inches away from his target. It would have them feel worried as those two sprinted off inside the train car. The new two White Fang members ducked down. Jacket adjusted his shoulder then fired another rivet. It missed entirely, and it stuck a metal wall. The vibrations shook the wall and the metal flooring below the White Fang members. The two of them didn't raise their heads in retaliation.
The train gained speed, and the surrounding area had no opposition to prevent JAWS from making a move. Jaune kept his TGS leveled. Daniel followed his lead. Wolfe and Jacket shoved the Rivet Launcher to his right, and the two dropped it the ground. It raddled and rolled as the two looked forward.
Jacket made one step, and his body gave out to his weight and fell onto his right knee. Jaune and Daniel flinched to help, but Wolfe waved them off to get on the train. Wolfe offered his hand to get Jacket back up again. Jaune and Daniel did as suggested and sprinted into the flat car. A dozen or so crates slid from the slight vibration.
"Where are those Vanguard guys?" Daniel shouted as he jumped aboard and aimed Phantom Dancer around. Back when each of them retreated, Daniel broke his concentration for a moment. The outlines dissipated.
"No idea." Jaune replied his honest answer. He jumped onto the train car platform. The TGS leveled as well.
Wolfe supported Jacket at the shoulder, and the two jogged to the platform before the train was impossible to board. Jaune offered a hand as he pulled Jacket up. Wolfe jumped on as well. The two White Fang members saw JAWS on a train car behind them, and they scrambled to the furthest railing, and they jumped off as the train gained in speed. One clenched at his right ankle.
"This is the slowest starting train I've ever seen." Wolfe laughed. He rotated his neck to see that his team didn't laugh with him.
JAWS scanned their surroundings. Jacket tugged on Palm Sun from his back. His new jacket had the same distinctive strap on the back to help him carry an extra weapon. Wolfe tapped his shoulder.
"Here." Wolfe passed the tape recorder.
"vvErt, Thank you." Jacket rubbed his lower back.
"Lift with your legs, not your back." Daniel pointed out.
Jacket replied with a middle finger. Daniel laughed and shook his head.
Each of them gathered themselves as they noticed that the train started to gain momentum. Daniel jogged forward then hugged the wall to a doorway into a black car which was rather large. Most the train cars appeared that way. Jacket got to his feet as he jolted himself with more power from his stun gun. After several seconds, Jacket pulled the taser away and shook it. The damn thing was out of power. From here on, he would have to use his semblance wisely.
Jacket frowned then set it in his pocket. It took several seconds as the two of them sprinted off to hit the same wall. The two of them looked at each other and nodded. Daniel opened the door as Jaune aimed his TGS inside. There wasn't any opposition.
Jacket and Wolfe followed up from behind. The two of them burst through the door to see no one. They could have been easy targets as they noticed how stupidly they acted. Wolfe took cover, and so did Jacket. Palm Sun and Demon Dancer shifted to gun form.
"Eyes peeled," Daniel said. It was mostly toward himself.
Jaune entered the space. Inside was a vast open expanse of the room. It felt as if the place inside looked to an ample storage. The surrounding walls had the low dim of red lights. Several regular lights had a center line show the way out with a single small door. Along the way were dozens of crates stacked all around and weapon racks.
"Holy shit!" Wolfe said before anyone else could. Wolfe jogged over and noticed a wide array of firearms that he could only fawn over in Huntsman Armaments magazine.
"It looks like these White Fang guys are preparing for war. A long one." Daniel said as he looked over Wolfe's shoulder. He spotted some weapons that he couldn't take his eyes off. They glistened in the light and were the exact things they needed for their little attack.
There was a Colt CM901 Assault Rifle, an RPD Light Machine Gun, and USAS-12 shotgun. One rack that was still open and all of the other shelves appeared to have been locked by the White Fang. The weapons were of many different kinds. There were Assault Rifles, Light Machine Guns, Submachine Guns, and Sniper Rifles. Such as AK-74s, H&K MP5s, G36 Carbines, SVD Dragunovs. There was a mixture the various forms of fire arms. It was awe inspiring and startling.
Jaune winced at the sight. The White Fang was supposed to be a peaceful protest group now they are their own damn military! Jaune walked around Daniel to take hold of the CM901. The frame was similar enough to his Knights SR 10.
Without the need to speak, Daniel claimed the USAS.
"Oh yeah! Come to papa." Wolfe smiled as he took the RPD. The thing meant for one shot drum magazines. Besides the rack was an ammunition crate. Jacket didn't waste time since he cracked it open with Palm Sun. The lid popped off with nine drum magazines stacked together inside a corner with a shoulder bag. Jacket took hold of the strap and lifted it to his shoulder. He nodded to Wolfe as he also took out a drum magazine. Inside the crate was shotgun shell magazines stacked together. About two dozen of them were ready for use. Jaune reached and claimed more CM901 ammunition and magazines. Whatever the team didn't need at the moment, Wolfe and Jacket stuffed the bag to the brim of ammo.
In other words, a makeshift ammo bag. Jacket was the one designated to carry it. The team was locked and loaded.
"What's the plan?" Daniel asked as he pulled the chamber back on his USAS.
"Keep moving up, and hopefully we can stop this train," Jaune said as he clicked the safety off.
"Sounds good to me," Wolfe replied as he had the bullet belt secured to the RPD. He closed the hatch and clenched a fist to bump it on the top for it to click then make a corridor of death.
"eeRvvT, Go ahead… make my day." Jacket carried several USAS magazines to eject them when Palm Sun needed it. It made storage easy for him.
Along the walls, they appeared. Black-clad armor with red lights all around. The helmets had the shape of an angered spirit. The mouth was too broad, and the eye visors were narrow.
"Uh, guys what are those?" Jaune lightly pointed his finger.
Daniel, Jaune, and Jacket simultaneously looked at Wolfe.
"What?" Wolfe stammered. "I don't know every single droid model that goes into production."
"Whatever they are, they look like knights, but evil." Daniel tilted his head to the side.
"Enemy in sight, engaging." A deep monotone smoker's voice emanated from the droids.
In the distance, it was clear that there were a dozen Knights, including several more activating behind them.
"Maybe they're easy?" Wolfe asked in a light tone
Play the first song now
The droids stood alongside each other, shoulder to shoulder. Nine of them stepped forward. Their arms crossed in an 'X' formation. With one swipe the arms separated as to have red blades at the forearms. The other three of them looked up, and the red lights from the helmets appeared brighter. The three of them extended their arms then the hands reverted, and small barrels shifted out of the wrists, so in other words, small chain guns.
"Dust damn it." Wolfe uttered as he lifted his RPD.
Bullets erupted from the Knights as the forearm droids charged forward in formation. Jaune and Wolfe ducked down behind a crate. Palm Sun and Phantom Breaker shifted into their melee variants while the nine Blade Knights charged at the two of them. The Gun Knights focused on Jaune and Wolfe.
One Blade Knight had its right arm slash downward while the left arm thrust forward to hopefully impale Jacket. It didn't work since Phantom Breaker clashed swords. Palm Sun's barrel looked directly into the Blade Knight. Palm Sun released the shell for the helmet to shatter into a thousand pieces.
Daniel looked forward as two Blade Knights came at him while one approached Jacket. An arm came from above, then the left, right, and below. Each slash was halted by Phantom Breaker. It was an apparent stalemate between him and the two Blade Knights. Jacket smashed a helmet in as the body fell downward. Palm Sun went into the shotgun mode to help Daniel.
While they fought, Jaune and Wolfe were pinned entirely down from the barrage of bullets. The CM901 aimed over the crate and several bullets uselessly were released from the barrel. Wolfe did the same thing.
"Give up." The same robotic voice beckoned them.
The bullet lets up since the amount that hit the crate seemed less in number. It could be that one of the Gun Knights needed to reload. Jaune looked at Wolfe, and it's all or nothing. The two of them exposed their upper bodies while they aimed. Jaune pulled the trigger.
Two shots flashed from the CM901 then nothing after that.
"Oh no!" Jaune looked down. The CM901 jammed.
'Rakka Rakka Rakka' the RPD filled the void. Dozens of rounds filled the space in the air. One Gun Knight's head snapped back, but the arms still aimed forward and returned fire. Jaune looked down to see that a shell casing caught in the chamber. He had his left hand brush the shell casing out. It flipped in the air while the Cm901 helped in the firefight.
One Knight knocked on the right shoulder as the arm flinched from the bullet but it stopped firing its gun the moment it waved off to the side. One Knight took the brunt of bullets. The left leg got kneecapped, so it kneeled down while the right arm still aimed forward. Wolfe didn't relent while a several other bullets struck the center of the torso and it jerked back. Regardless it aimed onward as the right arm reloaded.
"Lower your weapon!" Jaune shouted as the near destroyed Knight opened fire at Wolfe.
Wolfe looked forward as a wave of white obstructed his view. It was Jaune's shield. Bullets scraped along the shield as Wolfe ducked his head down. Jaune couldn't move much without the risk of himself being shot.
"Incoming!" Daniel shouted as a severed head flew across the room and rolled to Wolfe's feet. He looked up.
Several arms swiped toward Jacket which Daniel would react to backup to fight the Knights. One arm slashed downward as Palm Sun's handle was raised to meet it. Jacket looked down to see Phantom Breaker come from his side to impale the Blade Knight. I looked directly at Jacket, and it adjusted its arm to impale him. The barrel of Palm Sun aimed, and the upper torso blasted apart.
"Yeah!" Daniel said as he looked away from the helping Jacket to have a forearm blade come down to swipe his left shoulder. "Argh!" Daniel stumbled back. He shook his head and focused less on the pain as he readied his USAS 12 to blow away two more droids.
Jacket widened his eyes as he tackled the same droid that cut Daniel. His teeth were exposed and ground together as Jacket punched the helmet with a right hook then left hook. Palm Sun was on his right as he reached for it as it droid shifted its right arm free and grazed Jacket's knuckles. Palm Sun was pulled back in Hammer form as he dropped it to crush the helmet in. He looked up to see Daniel was still on his feet fighting.
Jacket looked back at his target. He felt an unbridled rage take over him. In some way, he felt content with this feeling. Jacket lifted Palm Sun to be raised over his head and holstered in his strap. While he got to his feet, Jacket took hold of both arms of the dead droid and pulled, after several seconds, Jacket was able to pull the arms out of the joints. The forearms may be a crimson blade, but the hands were still somewhat exposed. Jacket turned around to see three Blade Knights charge at him.
Meanwhile, Jaune provided temporary cover for Wolfe. The two of them were able to finish off their two targets. Jaune and Wolfe sprinted off to help the rest of the team. Demon Dancer shifted as Crocea Mors prepared as well. There weren't any Gun Knights at the moment.
Jaune sprinted in to lift his shield in time as a Blade Knight slashed downward. Phantom Breaker shot forward in a fencer's motion as it struck the neck area of the droid. Daniel reversed his grip on Phantom Breaker so, in a switch motion, Daniel sliced the helmet in half.
Demon Dancer flew across the space to strike stomach region of another Blade Knight. Jacket followed up as his left hand flicked the droid arm forward in a whip motion. It grazed the droid as one arm left up to deflect Jacket's right attack which had the second droid arm. That reflex is what gave Jacket the chance to close the distance completely. Jacket dropped the right arm then flicked the left droid arm around as the elbow dangled for him to jump forward to take the droid to the ground. The elbow wrapped around the neck of the droid. Frantically, the droid waved its arms about as it tried to slash Jacket's forearm but it just got the severed droid arm. Jacket kept pulling back with his hands as the helmet popped out which revealed a central power system as several wires sparked. Jacket dropped the arm, and with his left hand, he reached forward to hold the cables and wires. With a rush of energy, Jacket pulled Demon Dancer out of the chest, Wolfe walked over as it lightly tossed to him.
"Not bad." Wolfe chuckled. The two of them looked to their right as the remaining Blade Knights were in combat with Jaune and Daniel.
Jaune noticed too late on from behind that a Blade Knight had one arm slash on his left. He felt his left hip cry in agony. "Agh!" Jaune turned around then tugged on the CM901, and he unleashed a dozen rounds as he fell to the ground. The Blade Knight jerked around in spastic motions. The USAS removed the right foot of the Blade Knight. The Blade Knight tripped over as Phantom Breaker stabbed down with it. It scrambled under the blade. Daniel twisted and twisted it for the Blade Knight to give out from the damage. Palm Sun came in to smash the helmet.
The last droid reversed its right arm for a straight punch to Daniel. He closed his eyes, funny… it probably must hurt so much that he didn't feel anything at all. Daniel slowly opened his eyes to see that the fist was six inches from his face. Demon Dancer's bladed end deadlocked with the fist. Wolfe pulled it out and guided it along the arm to slash the throat, and he plunged Demon Dancer into the visor of the final Blade Knight.
The song ends here.
Each member gathered themselves and formed a circle.
"We good?" Daniel asked. His chest had the cut from a Knight's blade. Jacket rolled his left shoulder around. His cheek had a small indentation on it, he must have punched at some point, and his left knuckles had the cuts from earlier. He brushed it off and flicked his hand. Wolfe was the only one who went unscathed. Jaune looked at his shield. Clearly, from all the bullets and blades, some of the paint was scratched away. Just a battle scar. Jaune said while Wolfe inspected his cut.
"Yeah, from the looks of it, you're fine. You turned around soon enough before the blade could've carved you up." Wolfe spoke in a calm tone.
Jacket and Daniel concentrated their auras to seal their wounds. These droids that the White Fang have sure pack a punch. Jaune rubbed the back of his head, his clothes and the blood blocked their view. Jaune never admitted it to JAWS that he doesn't know how to use his aura correctly. From the sting of it, Jaune could tell that it wasn't anything significant.
"What kind of bots are these?" Daniel asked.
"No idea, but from the hardware, the persistence, and the weapons. These droids are most likely from the military. I'm not sure which one." Wolfe looked at the mess they made. "That or the White Fang has a factory to crank out these bad boys."
"We can take 'em." Daniel smiled.
"Come on guys, and we have to hurry before this train reaches Vale." Jaune ejected a clip from the CM901.
"We're not heading to Vale," Daniel replied.
"Huh?" Jaune said as the clip clicked into place.
"This train isn't heading toward Vale. When we boarded this train, it directed toward the east. The opposite direction of Vale." Daniel added.
"What does this have to do with anything?" Wolfe said as he dropped a drum magazine from his RPD. The thought settled in his head. "Never mind, I answered my question." He knew that there something going on with the White Fang.
"eeVrrrVt, Continue onward, vrt, must learn." Jacket didn't have the word to use the end of the sentence. He started to snap his fingers.
"Who the driver is?" Jaune asked.
"Where they're heading?" Daniel asked.
"Why they have so many weapons?" Wolfe added.
"VRT, All of the above." He nodded to his teammates.
"Well, that settles it. We move forward. All opposed?" Jaune looked at his team. None of them said a word.
"All for the search?"
With that, Jaune heard the sound of three guns chamber the next bullet. "Let's go."
The team continued onward as they sprinted down the end of the train car. It the team noticed a vast expanse of a second flat open car in between them. Several more Gun Knights set up in preparation for JAWS.
It seems like the leader expects us to die or give up. Jaune concluded as the team took cover on some flat metal railing between their car and the next one. For the train, there was a small bridge between their car and the flat car they needed to cross. One wrong step across then it's fate to be ground in the tracks. The metal railing had several out in the opened out for with it evenly built with solid metal slabs in between the openings. Bullets went all around.
Jaune glanced from cover to see the outlines Daniel already made for their targets. There were five of them in total. One, in particular, seemed to have a rifle in its hands. Jaune looked forward to seeing a small hole in his cover. If they stay here, their cover won't hold up for long. JAWS prepared for their attack. Wolfe was the first one to do so, he aimed but the moment he did a bullet struck the drum magazine with his weapon. It trailed off, and Wolfe couldn't fire his weapon without the risk of jamming it.
"Dust damn it!" Wolfe shouted while Jacket, Daniel, and Jaune returned fire.
Two of the droids were shot dead instantly. The bullets flew as Daniel could hear the bullets whiff past his ears. Then from the top of the train car, Daniel noticed that the same uniquely armed Knight aimed its rifle at Jacket.
"Get down Jack!" Daniel adjusted his aim while the bullets fired an angle at them. Jacket lowered his head in time. The metal around him sparked from the danger.
The bullets came in too fast and seemed to be too accurate for any standard rifle. Then it occurred to Daniel. This droid happens to own a semi-automatic sniper rifle. From the rate, it's most likely a Dragunov. Jacket remained pinned down for several seconds.
"Sniper!" Daniel pointed his left index finger to have the color of his target change from a red on to a green one.
"I see the fucker!" Wolfe shouted as he slammed the mechanism for the RPD to load.
"Get it," Jaune replied to them. From his location, he didn't have a shot off on the sniper, but he could still see the other two droids. One was crouched down and not so subtly had its arms at its side while it reloaded. The second did the same. Jaune waited for his moment.
The sniper above was crouched down with its back to the metal barrier above. The Dragunov, likely loaded. Wolfe waited for his moment as well.
Daniel had to duck down to reload his USAS. While pinned down, Jacket reloaded Palm Sun for the next attack.
The droids looked almost ready. "Advance," Jaune ordered. JAWS exposed themselves from their cover as every one of them stepped forward with their weapons held high. Each of them minded the gap and made it onto the flat car. The droids exposed themselves to be the ones carved up by gunfire. The last droid above showed itself as well, and several bullets escaped to them. One bullet introduced itself to Wolfe's muscle. More specifically, his left calf.
Wolfe stopped his RPD as he fell forward to his knees. He looked up while JAS finished it off.
"Damn," Wolfe grunted.
"Ah no, Wolfe you alright?"
"The bullet missed my head that's for sure." Wolfe tried to stand up straight. "I knew I would have to say this at some point, but bullets sting!" He looked down and took a deep breath. Wolfe's leg glowed with a silvery light as he opened his eyes when the color faded.
"I'm fine, and judging from the pain, the bullet went through." Wolfe felt a deal of discomfort as JAS looked at him.
"Can you still walk straight?" Jaune asked.
Wolfe took a step forward, and he didn't topple over. "I feel fine enough, though I don't want to test my luck."
"VRT, Sounds good." Jacket extended his right arm with a thumbs up.
Each of them collected themselves as they moved forward across the flat car and this continued for the next two train cars. Several Blade Knights and Gun Knights tried to impede their progress. JAWS made short work of the Knights. Jacket, Wolfe, and Jaune received a couple of scraps from Blade Knights. From unforeseen luck, none of them had a bullet pierce them.
A new train car remained silent while a door in the center burst open while Daniel and Wolfe aimed into the train car. Along the walls were a series of black crates stacked three high. Nothing there, but they didn't relent in their aim. Jaune and Jacket walked in as well. After this amount of fighting, JAWS had their clothes with several smudge marks, the occasional blood stain, and the grimy dirt.
"Ugh, these new models are a paint to deal with," Jaune said as the room appeared clear. Wolfe sighed as he lowered his RPD for the strap to take the weight while he leaned forward. He regulated his breathing to keep himself ready.
"So how many cars you think we are from the one we got on from?" Daniel asked. From the journey, each member nearly depleted their ammunition. Jacket understood the situation and adjusted his back with the bag to the center of all of them. Each in JAWS took out the ammo. Wolfe only had three drums magazines left, and that included the one he just loaded.
"I hope it's just one more," Daniel said with a glum expression.
"Sadly, you're mistaken." A voice echoed from the train car.
JAWS prepared for the voice as each of them aimed in a random direction.
"Where is he?" Daniel asked.
"Guys. Move on ahead. I'll catch up." Jaune ordered. From the sound alone, he had to retighten his grip on his sword.
AWS looked at Jaune. "You can't be serious?" Daniel said dumbfounded.
"I am, just go."
"We can-"
"I said go!" Jaune shouted.
Wolfe leaned his head back slightly. "Are you sure about this?"
"I am."
"Fine, you heard the man."
"Do you seriously think I'll allow any of you to get past me?" The voice said in a gruff tone.
"I do, otherwise, you'll never get our rematch!" Jaune shouted.
…
…
…
"The three of you, leave us. If you interrupt this match, I'll kill you." The voice gave his proposition.
"I don't like this," Daniel walked in the center of the train car.
"It's fine. Just go."
"VRT, Be careful." Jacket nodded to Jaune. Jaune returned the sentiment.
With that, AWS walked across the train car as they opened the door and closed it behind them.
"Fine, you got me alone, now what?" Jaune looked around the train car.
"We continue where we left off." Adam appeared right in front of Jaune.
In the next train car
Jacket looked forward. This train car looked almost the same way to the one before. Then there was the sound of revving of the chains and roared. Wolfe looked forward to seeing a man come into view. He stood at 6 feet and 10 inches tall. From the look of his arms, he had tan skin. His left arm had black curved tattoos. With one step he revved his chainsaw all the more. This man had a uniform on like the White Fang, but it looked strangely different. A Silver shaped claw was where the usual emblem of an animal head should be. He had a collared shirt over at the shoulders, and grey metal covered his wrists with black gloves underneath. His Grimm mask had the appearance of a Nevermore with red tears. This Faunus man was eager for a fight.
"Well hello there, I haven't killed anyone in a while, and one of you will do nicely."
"VRT, I accept your challenge." Jacket stood in front of his teammates.
"Not you too." Wolfe wanted at sigh to the idea.
"VRT, more ground, VRT better outcome." Jacket nodded to Daniel. There wasn't any time for debate.
"Come on Wolfe, and we have a mission to do," Daniel said with newfound confidence.
"This plan is bullshit!" Wolfe shouted as he and Daniel sprinted forward. Palm Sun fired several rounds in the direction of his Chainsaw wilder. So in the meantime, Jacket decided to call his opponent Chainsaw for the time being. Little did Wolfe know, Jacket wanted to do this so when he finished on Chainsaw, he'll go back to help Jaune. Hopefully, Wolfe and Daniel would figure out a way to stop this train.
Chainsaw noticed that Jacket aimed at him, and he sidestepped the shot and kicked a crate in Jacket's direction. Jacket had Palm Sun fire at the container to knock it off course.
Daniel and Wolfe made it past Chainsaw.
"You'll do." Chainsaw said in a deep guff tone to Jacket.
"Vrt, Bring it Fuckface."
Back to Jaune's Car.
"Oh yes, I remember you. Back at the overpass." Adam leaned his head back. "You had a mask back then."
"Yeah, that was me. No use in denying it." Jaune glanced at his shield.
"I still don't have a name for you. I recognize the double crescent moons on your shield."
"Just keep guessing," Jaune said his words carefully.
"Want me to work for it," Adam said as he took hold of the katana's hilt. "Fine by me."
Play the second song
"Wait a moment. How about a wager?" Jaune made his play.
"Hmm?"
"If I can stay alive for two minutes, we call off the fight." Jaune loosened the strap to his CM901 and had it drop to the floor. "Swords only."
"Explain why would I allow that?" Adam cocked his head in slight annoyance.
"Well, judging from our fight before, you love a good fight. But you see I have been worn out by the droids, and the Vanguard, so I'm not at my absolute best." Jaune said clearly. "If I survive, you'll allow me passage through. Name your half of the wager."
"Interesting. I've never had someone offer a fight in such way." Adam didn't need time to think. "My part of the deal is that, when you can't fight anymore, you get to tell me your name." Adam pulled back his left sleeve and tapped his watch. "Right before I kill you."
"Deal." Jaune smiled.
Adam flashed from his position as his red katana did a horizontal slash directly at Jaune's shield. Another swipe of light appeared as Jaune lifted his sword. It was knocked off balance had his shield flip upward for the double crescent moons to be visible for him to do a punch forward. Adam disappeared from view.
Jaune gathered his bearings. From the silence, it didn't a good start for him. A crate of Jaune's right tipped over to crash open as bullets spilled out. Jaune looked at it but didn't allow himself to react to it in full guard. He looked forward to the black figure stood before him.
Jaune's left forearm had a sharp sting to it. The shield lifted up to block, the sword raised as well. The blades clashed then the katana pulled back. From the reflection of light, Jaune lowered his shield to prevent any foot slashes. Jaune countered with a thrust forward, Adam sidestepped the attack. As Jaune raised his shield for the incoming attack but nothing struck the shield.
Jaune blinked as he lifted his sword up than had it over his right shoulder. He added some energy while Jaune launched the sword forward and swung around with it. By the time his head turned, Adam as mere inches from Jaune's sword.
"Now you're getting it," Adam said with a slight nod.
Jacket's train car
The chainsaw repeatedly revved as Chainsaw's way of speaking. Sound can easily deter some opposition. Palm Sun pumped out another shell. By the sound of the empty shell, it echoed louder than the chainsaw. It was strange, and Jacket watched as Chainsaw approached and gained in speed.
Chainsaw sprinted forward to Jacket. Palm Sun shifted while he stepped back in time from the first slice from Chainsaw. A shell blasted too late to the right of Chainsaw. Chainsaw shot down while Palm Sun shot again, this time low enough for the pellets to ricochet off the metal and several struck Chainsaw's left calf.
Jacket sidestepped that moment while Chainsaw brought his weapon around. Palm Sun's handle felt the grind of the teeth. It sawed and sawed. Chainsaw smiled while he leaned in.
"Cry havoc." Chainsaw sneered.
Jacket could sense his grip weakening on Palm Sun. Chainsaw got closer, and he let himself smile. His teeth had the canines. Jacket's opponent was a Wolf Faunus.
Jacket looked to his left and right, nothing there to help him. He had no other choice. Jacket pressed the switch for Palm Sun to shift. The mechanical parts adjusted and became entangled in the teeth of the chainsaw. It ground to a halt.
"What?" Chainsaw looked down while a fist smashed into his face. The chainsaw and Palm Sun dropped to the metal floor
Jacket leaned down. When Chainsaw charged him, his recorder slipped out of his pocket. He sighed silently and looked up. "eeerrvt, and let slip the dogs of war."
Jacket sprinted forward with his right fist raised. Chainsaw returned in kind with his left fist. They charged toward one another.
Two train cars ahead.
Daniel and Wolfe both jogged into the next train car. There was a small squad of Knights. The two of them took care of them pretty quickly since Wolfe got the drop of them with his RPD. So after a hundred of bullets later, most of the Knights were destroyed pretty quickly. Phantom Breaker cleaved the Blade Knights while Wolfe picked them off with careful gunfire. Wolfe and Daniel sprinted forward as the two of them walked into the next train car.
"What we got here?" One Vanguard asked two others looked over his shoulder.
Daniel and Wolfe stood side by side as the three of the Vanguard stood up. From the masks, Wolfe and Daniel felt the menacing glares. Daniel already constructed outlines to them. The three of them broke apart and drew their katanas.
Daniel dashed forward while Wolfe fired several rounds as at the furthest target. One of them lifted his katana up then lightly passed it to another. One Vanguard had two katanas in hand while the one without one backed off, drew the sheath, with a press of a button, and a grip-like mechanism bent out for the Vanguard to take hold.
Wolfe made the Gun Vanguard his priority he shifted his fire. Two of them ducked down behind crates. Daniel approached the duel wielding Vanguard. Phantom Breaker had the edge of the blade knock the katanas off their path with every swing. Daniel kept him at bay.
Wolfe noticed the Gun Vanguard prep a shot. From the outline, it was easy to tell when that the Vanguard prepared to get out of cover. Wolfe aimed his RPD. He pulled the trigger.
The third Vanguard noticed this and did the same thing with her katana sheath. Wolfe kept an eye on her as well. I'm going to come up empty in several seconds.
Daniel continued to cross swords with the dual wielder.
"This won't be easy!" Daniel shouted to Wolfe.
Adam's train car
Jaune looked at the ceiling while he lay on his back. Adam appeared again from a jump, and his katana came down. Jaune rolled to his left for it was mere inches from his cheek. Jaune looked up for Adam walk to him. It was a leisurely pace as well.
I get the feeling he's taking it easy on me. Jaune thought as he had his right knee support himself on his feet. When he was ready, Adam ran toward him with the katana in the sheath. Jaune didn't have much choice.
The katana drew, and Jaune's shield rose to meet it. The cold air kissed Jaune's skin of the sweat from experience. At the very last second, the shield changed into the sheath. Adam noticed it too late while the sheath made contact with his stomach. In the blow, there wasn't any force.
Jaune stood on the opposite side of Adam.
"I would be impressed if that hurt."
"Fine by me," Jaune replied. He smiled at Adam.
Just by the slight tilt of the head, Adam was slightly confused by Jaune. It went away the moment Jaune went back into his battle stance when his back tensed up. The two clashed sword, Adam wasn't going fast as he usually would. With every strike, his katana would meet the sword. The two of them continued that way for several seconds.
Eventually, Jaune slipped on the return of sword strike. He pulled back too late, Adam caught on, and he flicked his right palm then brought it Jaune's stomach.
"Gah!" Jaune's stomach heaved since a punch would hurt, but Adam knows some tricks to make it hurt even more. Jaune's legs gave out. His right leg went first to the knee, and he caught himself with his left leg then looked up. Jaune saw the blank expression that came from his opponent. Jaune wanted to look him in the eye but couldn't. Jaune' eyes drifted away from Adam.
'Beep beep beep.'
The song should end here
"It seems like I have lost our wager," Adam said as he sheathed his katana. In the end, Jaune could hear the 'slap' sound of the katana.
Jaune stared at the floor while he heard footsteps away from him and stopped after several seconds. He looked up. The Vanguard wasn't in front of him anymore. Jaune looked to where the steps went, and there Adam was.
The Vanguard just stood there along with a wall with his back to it. Arms crossed and breathed calmly.
"I thought I lost?" Jaune asked as the feeling in his leg returned.
"No, you didn't." Adam shot back.
Jaune got to his feet. "Still want to know my name?" Jaune asked.
"Yes I do, but that'll be better for another time. Crescent Moons." Adam cocked his head.
"You gonna hunt me down?" Jaune asked.
Adam stared at Jaune for several seconds. "… No, we already met by chance. We'll meet again, eventually. Just stay alive until that happens, am I clear?"
"Crystal," Jaune replied as he took his first step. He took a couple of more as he picked up his CM901. Adam watched as he didn't bother to take hold of his katana. Jaune opened the doorway for him to walk through. The doors closed behind him.
You're too much fun to kill. Adam smiled at the thought.
Jacket's train car
Chainsaw sneered after Jacket had decked him square in the chest. The two have been at it back and forth. It seemed to end in favor of Jacket most of the time. From a haymaker earlier, Chainsaw spat out a tooth from the punch.
"You're pretty good." Chainsaw said in his thick tone.
Jacket shrugged at him.
Chainsaw scoffed, and he charged forward to a close line to hopefully knock Jacket off his feet. Chainsaw's right arm went utterly outstretched; he tried to enclose his arm to trap Jacket. It didn't work. Instead, Jacket stepped toward it then had his left arm push Chainsaw's left arm upward and in confusion, Jacket's right fist rose up to Chainsaw's jaw. It closed, and Chainsaw bit his tongue in the process.
When the two separated, Chainsaw sprinted forward and quickly kicked a crate over for the contents to fall over. Jacket raced to the center of the room since Palm Sun was still in the semi-transformed. He took hold of the handle; Jacket pressed the button for Palm Sun to reverse the change. Jacket spun around as the weapon changed back to the first form and it released the chainsaw tossed across the room. The barrel end of Palm Sun aimed while Chainsaw had a Milkor Grenade Launcher pointed at him.
"Too slow!" Chainsaw shouted. Two bullets flew through the air and the barrel end of the Milkor forced downward. Chainsaw looked up to see a blonde boy aim his gun at him. By the time he looked back, Palm Sun's handle had stricken his face. Chainsaw fell to the ground as Jacket cocked his head in victory.
"Did I get here just in time?" Jaune asked.
Jacket nodded to him.
The doors opened behind them, and the two of them quickly aimed at the entrance.
They appeared. Wolfe and Daniel, the two of them supported each other at the shoulders. Daniel's left forehead had a small stream of blood while Wolfe had several cuts all around him.
"You guys are still alive, yay!" Daniel said sarcastically.
"Felt like going up a 100 story building." Wolfe said as he got a good look at Jaune and Jacket.
"How is it in the other cars?"
"Damn impossible. The Vanguard retreated on us to fortify the other cars. Those black droids are too much. We barely escaped the Vanguards." Wolfe brushed his eyebrow. "Look, there's no way I like saying this, but." Wolfe around to his team. "We have to get out of here. Everyone is tired, and we'll get killed the longer we stay."
Wolfe and Jaune started to weigh the options. Daniel looked at Jacket and Jacket nodded toward a knocked over the crate. Daniel walked to it while Wolfe and Jaune bickered. Jacket and Daniel didn't pay much attention to them while Jacket helped Daniel take hold of a grenade launcher.
"We just can't move forward." Wolfe finished his sentence while the Milkor fired behind him. The wall furthest away from them had smoke around the site. Jaune and Wolfe looked over to see the light from the sun beam into the train car.
Daniel walked forward as he looked outside. "We're in luck. We have water beneath us." He shouted. Daniel tossed the Milkor out first.
"Screw this train!" Daniel said his part of the argument.
"Vrt, I'll have what he's having."
"How far is it?" Jaune asked.
"No idea, but this open area of the bridge won't last long!" Daniel shouted over the wind. Wolfe and Jaune walked to the open area of the hole Daniel made.
"I don't know," Wolfe said as he looked down.
"We're doing it!" Daniel shouted. At that moment, he and Jacket pushed forward so Jaune and Wolfe would be the first ones off the train. The other two jumped soon after them.
'Splash!' water spouted out from where they landed. Wolfe was the first one to have his head out of the water. Soon the rest of JAWS had their heads out of the water. Wolfe popped his head out last as he looked around.
"You assholes!" Wolfe said by reflex.
Jaune watched as the train above them continued onward. The black cars had the rails make the constant sound of its movement. It appeared from their surroundings that that JAWS was in some lake.
As Jaune watched from the water. It seemed that the train looked like it wasn't fazed at all. It didn't bug him that much. In the water, Jaune looked around while the occasional wave of water splashed over him. The name JAWS fitted to name after all since each of them knew how to swim. The team started to bicker at each other while they swam to shore.
Hello everyone, another chapter down. How exciting. I know I left it on a hefty cliffhanger last time; I would have had this chapter done sooner. But my pet cat recently passed away, and that controlled my mood for a time. So please understand. Motivation hasn't been with me much. I'm back now so let's focus on that. The TGS rifle the White Fang are using is the basic guns we see in the show. There's nothing particularly special about them. The recent tally for Deathwish is:
0 votes for the Stag Beetle
4 votes for the Dozer Rush
4 votes for Kamikaze Droids