A Ripple in Time

Chapter 10

The Final Move

Note: Well, this is the finale so I hope you enjoy. Also, I'm still looking for an editor willing to handle my RWBY stories so if you're interested please feel free to PM me and I'll see what I could do. Other than that, enjoy and thank you so much for reading.

Everyone's weapons started to drop to the ground as they all pulled out that same knife that Jaune used. We looked around and saw that everyone had one except for us. What the hell was going on? At that moment, everyone shouted at the top of their lungs and started to charge the enemy. We tried stopping them, but it was no use. It looked as if this was the final assault on the enemy. What could we do? We just watched as all of the men and women threw themselves against the enemy and gave their lives in the process. It was unreal, almost like a dream. How could this be happening?

At that moment, a siren blasted through the streets which caused us to look to the skies. When we did, something shot out of the top of the library. It appeared to be small, but the object was sent flying away from the city, a few miles away. We were so confused, but we had to keep on fighting. Of course, there were so Grimm that made it passed the others, but Blake and Yang managed to cut them down before they could get to us.

"Come on you two, we need to keep fighting." Ruby brought out her gun and took aim at everything that came running right for us. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the motivation to fight. There was something in my head that told me not to.

"Weiss, come on. We need your help." Ruby called my name, but I wasn't able to respond. I was too busy thinking about something important, something that could help us out in this dire situation.

"We gotta hold them! Keep fighting!" I slowly looked around and saw everyone else with such sad looks on their faces. Ruby, Blake, and Yang were doing so much even though the outcome was inevitable. The others who were giving up their lives had no expressions on their faces. It was almost as if they were brainwashed into doing this. How could that happen? It just wasn't right. Was Ozpin's plan to abandon all hope right from the start? And that's when it hit me. Ozpin did say something to us before this all started.

"We're all losing that drive and we need someone to take over that burden. I now know that that has to be you four. Return this world to us." My eyes shot wide open as the blaring of the siren continued to stab at my ears.

"We can't stay here!" Everyone turned their heads in confusion.

"Weiss, what are you talking about? We can't leave. We have to protect the building."

"No, it's already too late. Don't you remember what Ozpin told us?!" She was simply asking a leading question since no one did. Too much was going on for them to remember something as small as that.

"Seriously Weiss, we need to hold these things off. Stop fooling around." I swung my fists into my leg and shut my eyes as tight as I could.

"I'm not fooling around! We need to leave now! Why else do you think that siren is going off?! Ozpin's dropping the bomb and we need to get out of here!" That's when everyone's eyes were as big as the moon. They finally remembered his request. They had to survive.

"Alright, we'll follow on this. Where should we go?"

"I think we should follow whatever was shot out of the city. It may be a message for us or something." They were a little hesitant, but knew that this was the only way to get away safely. They grabbed everything they had and quickly made their way out of the city. By that time, the Grimm were no longer focused on us. All of them were heading towards the library. We looked back one last time to see the entire building completely surrounded by black beasts.

Boom! Out of nowhere, a loud noise was sent in all directions. As we focused our attention, we saw that something was launched into the air. It was the bomb. We didn't have a lot of time left. We turned back around and continued to run as fast as we could. We didn't remember the fine details of that bomb, but we knew we had to get clear of the blast radius.

As we continued to run, something strange started happening. I started to feel as if all of my strength as being drained from my body. I couldn't keep it going for much longer. Collapsed onto the ground, barely able to keep my eyes open. Luckily, Ruby saw me collapse and ran to me.

"Weiss, are you okay? What happened?" It was too hard to reply to her question. I could only hear their voices at this point. I didn't know it at the time, but Blake and Yang also collapsed on the ground. "What? What's happening?"

"It's… It's probably the Grimm. They're swarming to the point where we can barely counter their energy."

"Then… we need to get as far as we can." Blake and yang grabbed each other and brought each other back onto their feet. At the same time, Ruby hoisted my arm over her shoulder and carried me away.

"It's alright Weiss. We're going to be alright."

"Uuuuu." I couldn't muster up any words. For some reason, I was affected way more than the others, and the more confusing thing was that Ruby wasn't affected. But then again, I didn't really have the luxury of thinking about things like that. I was being a burden on Ruby and we were slowed down because of it.

We moved as fast as we could, but it wasn't enough. Eventually, Ruby collapsed onto her knees and started to feel the same as me and the other two. We turned our heads and saw the bomb was on its descend right on top of the city. We didn't know if we were far enough, but there was nothing else we could do. We held each other as tight as we could and braced for impact.

A few seconds later, a bright light emerged from the town which caused us to cover our eyes. It was the end no matter how you looked at it. We could feel the power of the bomb from where we were, but luckily, it didn't reach so we were definitely safe for the time being. The intensity of the blow was ridiculous. We were able to feel the heat the energy of the Grimm turn to thin air. Whatever they were working on, it definitely worked because when we opened our eyes, the whole thing was a dead, flatland. It worked, but at such a high cost. At that moment, we suddenly felt reenergized and returned to our feet. It was such a horrible sight that we couldn't even speak. We just continued to search for that thing that was launched away from the city.

It took some time, but eventually found what we were looking for. It was a small canister. We picked it up off the ground and opened it up to find a message inside. There was nothing else.

"That's it? All that's in there is a message." I don't know why I was so frustrated with this discovery. Yang unfolded the message and read it out loud.

If you're reading this, you will finally learn the truth of this war. We always talk about how we'll bring things back to normal. Our streets and families will be safe and there'll be no need for an army, but we were wrong. None of this is going to stop. I've hid this information from a lot of people because I deemed it too much for sensitive ears. With that in mind, here's the truth. The Grimm are a byproduct of our own doing. Our own negative energy have grown over the years and have managed to form something horrible. I know it sounds crazy, but it's the truth. Ever since Sky Fall, people have fallen victim to disaster which lead to negative energy which lead to the creation of Grimm. Once they are created, they seek out human life until there is nothing left to feed off of. So, as long as we are on this planet, our enemy will remain as well. The idea of eliminating our negative energy is just impossible. It's a fact of life that humans contain that kind of energy so there's no easy way of saying it. We now share this world with those beasts and the only thing we can do is believe that the dawn is coming. Live strong and live on.

-Ozpin

The End