Well, here we are, the end of our 36 chapter story which started with David telling Ruby to go to a Dust shop. With 17 reviews, 24 favourites and 36 followers and near enough 12,000 views, I couldn't be happier with how this story turned out, and it's all thanks to you, the reader. And how this story has evolved, from David being the leader of his own team, David joining team RWBY, David getting an AI, David leading a new team and finding true love. Of course, it hasn't been easy, plenty of pain and suffering, since I'm mean, but he's finally met the end of his story. I'll explain the future of this story at the end, but for now, enjoy the ending of 'A Special Semblance'.
Chapter Thirty Six - The End of the Beginning - Finale Part 2
From behind Ultramega, three robots flew through the walls, smashing the walls to rubble and headed towards us. I quickly raised my arm, and telekinetically lifted the table up, causing the Fourth Robot to fly directly into it, sending the table back into me, knocking me down.
The Second Robot flew towards Indiana, and he raised his cybernetic arm and punched it in the chest, sending it flying to the back of the room.
Epsilon and Samantha jumped over a ledge, landing near Ultramega. From the side, the Third Robot flew directly into Epsilon, knocking him into a wall, cracking it. Samantha picked up her sniper and aimed it at Ultramega, but he fired his shotgun hand, hitting Samantha in the chest and knocking her out.
Indiana jumped onto a platform and punched the Second Robot away, slamming it into a wall.
The Fourth Robot started firing it's shotgun hands at Anna, as she skidded underneath a table for cover, and looked back at the Fourth Robot, and then looked at another table, which held my sword.
The Third Robot started shooting at Yang and Ruby. Yang and Ruby ran towards the bar, as Yang slid over the table and hid behind it. Ruby slipped on the table and fell, trying desperately to climb over the bar while avoiding being shot. Yang lifted her arm over the bar and dragged Ruby down behind the bar. Yang quickly looked at Ruby. "Ruby, are you OK?" She asked desperately.
"Yes, yes, I'm OK." Ruby told her, but cowered when the Third Robot started shooting again.
Epsilon got up and shook his head, and looked at the Fourth Robot. He ran towards the Fourth Robot up a set of stairs.
Yang grabbed her Ember Celica and slipped them onto her wrists. The Third Robot flew close to the bar and started shooting at the sisters, as Yang fired her weapons at the Third Robot, but caused little damage. I ran and jumped onto the Third Robot shooting at the sisters, and started hitting it, trying to cause any damage. The Third Robot looked over it's shoulder at me and flew backwards, slamming me into a wall. The Third Robot broke off me and I fell out of the wall and onto the ground.
"Come on!" Yang yelled, and she and Ruby started running up some stairs. The Third Robot started firing at the sisters again, as Yang fired more from Ember Celica at the Third Robot, again causing little damage.
Anna leaped down a set of stairs, avoiding the shots from the Fourth Robot that smashed the glass behind her, as she groaned in pain as she landed on the ground.
Epsilon ran along the platform and jumped off the ledge, landing on the Fourth Robot's back and wrapping his arms around it's neck, forcing the Fourth Robot backwards.
The Second Robot fired a couple of shots from his hands at Indiana, who evaded the shots and slammed his cybernetic fist into it's right leg, knocking it off. He grabbed the Second Robot and threw it off the platform, slamming it into the rails and separating the Second Robot from the waist down.
The Fourth Robot looked over it's shoulder and looked at Epsilon, as Epsilon ripped off the plate surrounding it's neck.
The Second Robot started crawling towards Blake, who was currently hiding behind a chair, as it raised it's shotgun hand at her, while she looked at it in horror.
Ultramega turned towards Blake and chuckled to himself. "Interesting..." He said to himself, and the Second Robot lowered his arm. I grabbed the Second Robot and lifted it up.
"Indiana!" I yelled, and threw the Second Robot at him. Indiana turned around and slammed his cybernetic fist down onto the Second Robot's skull, crushing it against the floor.
Epsilon searched through the wired in the Fourth Robot's neck as the Fourth Robot tried to shake Epsilon off. "There we go." Epsilon told himself, and pulled out a red wire from the Fourth Robot's neck, and it fell to the ground, deactivated.
Anna reached a table and picked up my sword, which remained inactive.
The Third Robot continued to shoot at Yang as Yang fired Ember Celica a couple of times before taking cover again, as the Third Robot continued shooting.
"David!" Anna yelled, and threw my sword to me. I jumped up and grabbed the sword, activated it, and threw it at the Third Robot, embedding in it's chest. The Third Robot's eyes darkened and it fell to the ground, separating from below the waist. We all lowered our guards and breathed heavily, the fight over.
"Well... that was a thing." Ultramega said, and started laughing to himself. "Madness dramatic. I'm sorry, I know you mean well, you just didn't think it through." He stopped and pointed directly at Epsilon. "You want to protect the world, but you don't want it to change. How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to... evolve... technologically speaking?" Ultramega asked, and looked down to the ground, and picked up the Third Robot by the skull. "Even these... these puppets are more advanced than any human will be." He declared, and crushed the skull and threw the body at Epsilon, which landed at his feet. Ultramega then turned towards us all. "There's only one path to peace... it's extinction!" He finished.
Yang, hearing enough, reloaded her gauntlet and fired a shot at Ultramega, who was forced into the wall and the body fell apart. Ultramega then started laughing maniacally.
"The machines of war will fuel both sides..." Ultramega said, but his body shut down before he could finish. Now calmed down, everyone turned towards Epsilon with mixed expressions.
"You have a lot of explaining to do." I told him angrily. Indiana just walked down the stairs and found Samantha, still unconscious. He picked her up and put her on the sofa.
"She's going to be out for a while. What do we do?" Indiana asked, and Epsilon walked over to the table and stood on it.
"Alright, David is right, I have a lot to explain to you all." He just sighed heavily before walking over to a bookshelf and picking a book, and slammed it on the table. "This book describes me and Ultramega. Blake, you've read this book, what is it about?" Epsilon asked her, and she read the title.
"It's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control of his body. Are you saying you and Ultramega are the same?" Blake asked.
"Technically, yes. When I was created, I was a more... angry person. I suppressed the anger for a short time, and I thought it was finally gone. However, I unintentionally created a split personality. The good side: Epsilon. The bad side: Ultramega. I kept him a secret to everyone for a while, but eventually told Yang and we planned to deal with this internally, hopefully not bother you all. I never anticipated him to arrive tonight, but we were at our most vulnerable." Epsilon explained, and walked towards Ultramega body and picked up the head. He ripped off the back of the skull and looked inside the head.
"What are you doing?" Ruby asked. Epsilon just threw the head on the ground in frustration.
"I was looking for his chip, but it's not here. That means that we have a much worse situation than I once thought." Epsilon told them all.
"What could be worse?" Anna asked.
"My chip means that I can only inhabit this body, and this body along. Ultramega, however, has his chip in a remote location and uses the CCT's across the world to travel from body to body. This means that if he's killed, like Yang just did, he just moves his programming into another body, anywhere across Remnant so long as there is a body he can connect with. These Robot's I have created work for him since his code is identical to mine, so both me and Ultramega can control the Robot's." Epsilon told her.
"So, where is Ultramega now?" Indiana asked.
"I don't know. I really don't know. He could be anywhere in the entire of Remnant as long as he has a body to go to, and I have to way to track him. For now, he's invisible to us." Epsilon said, slamming his fist in frustration.
"What I want to know is, who did he kill? He said he killed someone." Yang noted, and Epsilon walked to the door. He pressed a few buttons and literally punched his fist through the wall and stormed back.
"Gamma. Ultramega killed Gamma." Epsilon told them angrily.
"It makes sense. Gamma would have kept the door locked and was the first line of defence for us, to keep us safe, it makes sense." I explained, and Epsilon shook his head.
"It's worse. Ultramega didn't kill Gamma, he assimilated Gamma. Ultramega knows everything Gamma knew, and Gamma knew everything about us that was on Beacon's files. He knows more about us than what we know about each other." Epsilon told the group, and they looked at Epsilon in horror. Blake just shook her head slowly.
"'It's extinction'. Who or what is 'it'?" Blake asked Epsilon.
"I don't know. Whatever it is, Ultramega wants it completely removed, and it is likely something we need. Whatever it is, we need to figure it out before he kills it all." Epsilon said, sitting down again. Epsilon then spoke up again. "Alright, nobody outside this room can know about this, except Ozpin. Don't tell anyone about Ultramega unless they absolutely need to know."
"Why should we keep it a secret?" Weiss asked.
"Because if we associate anyone with Ultramega, Ultramega will not hesitate to kill everyone that we know who knows about him. Now, Ultramega is a horribly evil AI, but he has a conscious like me. He feels guilt. He won't kill civilians unless absolutely necessary, and anyone who doesn't know him, he wont kill. We keep it secret to keep them safe." Epsilon warned them all.
"Alright, it's getting late, we'd better get back to Beacon. Let's go home." I told everyone, and we started leaving, Indiana carrying Samantha, who was still unconscious.
Ozpin's Office...
Ozpin sat at his desk, drinking is coffee to stay awake, when someone knocked at the door. "Come in." He said, and Epsilon entered and took a seat. "Epsilon, how may I help you?"
"Umm... Well... there is kind of... another AI that just tried to kill us all..." Epsilon said awkwardly, and Ozpin just looked at him expressionless and took another sip of his coffee.
"I see. Epsilon, are you aware that I knew about this?" Ozpin asked.
"Wait, what? How could you know?" Epsilon asked the headmaster.
"I created you, Epsilon, there's nothing you can exactly hide from me. You were designed to be in control of an army, but to fight you need to be angry, but you were better than what I expected and you suppressed the anger. It was inevitable that you would create a split personality, and I wasn't the only one to figure it out. When they stole you, they didn't want information, that wanted an angry AI, and they got it. What is his name?" Ozpin asked Epsilon.
"Ultramega." Epsilon answered simply. Ozpin took another sip of coffee and sighed.
"Alright, we both know that this 'Ultramega' is a threat, but we don't know where he is, or what his plan is. For the time being, we will have to continue with our daily lives until we get a hint of what he's doing. Who else knows about him?" Ozpin questioned.
"Team RWBY and Team DARK." Epsilon told Ozpin.
"OK, this stays strictly between you nine. Do not tell anybody else about what has happened unless they must be told, for their sakes. Now, it's late, you'd better get back to your dorm." Ozpin instructed, and Epsilon started leaving.
"Ozpin, don't tell Ironwood. Ever." Epsilon ordered, and left. Ozpin just leaned back in his chair and took a sip of his coffee.
Team DARK's dorm room...
I entered the room and just sighed heavily, before lying down on his bed. I pulled out his scroll and dialled a number. After a few rings, someone picked up.
"Hello?" They asked.
"Hey Dad, it's David." I told him.
"David? Didn't expect you to call. What can I do for you?" Qrow asked.
"Do you know what happened tonight?" I asked him.
"Umm... you had a party with your team and team RWBY, since you're going to Vacuo tomorrow. Anything else I've misses?" Qrow asked, and I just widened my eyes.
"No... no, just checking. I'll talk to you later." I told him, and hung up. I put my scroll back on the table and just lay in silence, thinking about what Qrow had just said. I looked at the door when it opened and Anna entered the room. She looked at me, confused.
"What's the matter?" She asked me, and I just sighed heavily.
"I just talked with Dad, it wasn't good." I explained to her, and she walked over to me. She lay down on the bed and rested her head on my chest, and I pulled her into a hug.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You know that Qrow's semblance is foresight, so he sees stuff before it happens?" I asked, and she nodded. "Well, I asked him what happened tonight, and he didn't even mention Ultramega, so he didn't know about him. That's... never happened before." I told her.
"Well, he's an AI. Maybe the rules don't apply with them." Anna suggested, and I just chuckled.
"Yeah, maybe that's it. It's not like anything like this has happened before. A few months ago, AI's like them didn't exist." I told her, and we just lay there, enjoying each others company.
"I'm going to miss Beacon." Anna said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah, I'm going to miss it too, but we've got a job to do. I wish that our last day could have been a memorable one, though it probably is, with a crazy AI trying to kill us." I said.
"I know how we can make it more memorable." Anna said and raised an eyebrow.
"How?" I asked her, and she moved on top of me and pulled me into a strong kiss. I held onto her and kissed her back even stronger. You can imagine what happened next.
Team RWBY's dorm room...
Yang held onto Epsilon's right hand as she sprayed the synthetic skin onto his hand, covering the metal endoskeleton. Ruby, Weiss and Blake had already fallen asleep in their respective beds, in almost complete silence.
"So, what did Ozpin say?" Yang asked.
"He already knew about Ultramega, don't ask me how, and told me that we are to continue with our daily lives until we find Ultramega again." Epsilon told her, as she finished spraying the hand.
"Well, there's not much else we can do, so it's best to do just that. You've been a very busy AI recently, maybe you should slow down for once." Yang suggested, and Epsilon just chuckled.
"You said a similar thing to Blake, I remember." Epsilon told her.
"Yeah, I guess I'm just good with pep talks. Hands all done?" Yang asked, and Epsilon checked both of his hands.
"All good, let's go to bed." Epsilon told her, and climbed up onto the bed. He lowered his arm and helped Yang up, and they both lay on the bed. Yang yawned loudly, and hugged Epsilon.
"Goodnight." She said, and fell asleep.
"Night." Epsilon said, and closed his eyes, falling asleep.
The Next Day...
Team DARK, Team RWBEY and Ozpin all approached the docks, with an airship waiting to take them to Vacuo. The nine of them stood attention as Ozpin spoke.
"Team DARK, today you are all leaving for Vacuo. Now, this may be unfortunate news for most of you, but this mission will save lives and help restore peace, which is what being a hunter and huntress is all about. If your mission is successful, you will be back here in a few months, but that is now. As you know, the numbers of Grimm hybrids is increasing, so your mission may take years. But, whatever the case, you four are all honorary members of Beacon Academy, even if you don't come here anymore. Now, I bid you a farewell and a good luck." Ozpin told us, and left. I stepped forward and looked at Team RWBEY.
"Well, about the same as he said, but I just never imagined it would happen. But, before I go, a couple of things to be taken care of." I said, and walked towards Epsilon. "Since I'm leaving and I'm your master, and since your staying, you'll need a new master. Or, in this case, mistress." I said. "Yang, you are now Epsilon's mistress, he'll do what ever you tell him to do, but don't abuse that power. Epsilon will protect you, your sister and your team with his life, but take care of him like he is your own."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of my little brother." She told me, and hugged Epsilon with one arm.
"So, in a way, Ruby is also in charge of Epsilon as team leader. Use his abilities and skills to help your team become the best in Beacon, and fight the evil in the world." I told Ruby.
"You got it." Ruby reassured with a thumbs up.
"What about Ultramega?" Blake asked.
"Ozpin said that we are to continue with our daily routines, and deal with Ultramega once we get a lead. So for now, we do nothing." Epsilon told her, breaking away from Yang. "Although, 'nothing' is kind of impossible with Team RWBEY, so you'd better focus on something else, like the white fang and that woman at the CCT. Stuff we haven't figured out yet."
"Exactly. Those white fang aren't a crazy AI, but they are a threat. Make sure to get them for what they did to me." Indiana told them.
"I agree, but I'm afraid your somewhat wrong. The white fang do have Ultramega, and will use him against us. So, where there is white fang, Ultramega will likely be nearby." Epsilon told him.
"Alright, you five will deal with Ultramega and the white fang. We're going to deal with the hybrids, and we'll come home." I told them, and we all nodded. I walked forward and pulled Yang into a hug. "Stay safe, and don't do anything stupid while I'm gone." I told her, and she started crying. After a few seconds, she let go.
"I will." She said, wiping her eyes. I smiled and walked over to Blake.
"Remember, there's no shame in being a faunus, I hope that one day people like you can stop hiding when there is equality all over Remnant. Just remember that, and stay close to your team." I told her, and just smiled.
"I promise." Blake told me. I nodded and moved along to Weiss.
"Umm... stay close to your team and stay safe." I told her awkwardly.
"Wow, thanks for the amazing speech. Don't worry, I'll make sure they all stay in line." Weiss said to me. I just nodded and reached Ruby.
"Ruby, never forget that you are an amazing leader, much better than I'll ever be. Make sure to keep everyone in your team safe, and all of your friends close. Unfortunately, Ironwood was right: war is coming, and he's right, we'll have to fight. Ensure you stay safe and remember that I'll see you again." I told her, and pulled her into a hug, which she responded by tightly gripping onto me.
"Is there no way you can stay?" Ruby asked hopefully.
"No, but don't worry, you'll see me again." I reassured her, and let go. I finally turned to Epsilon.
"Am I getting my own heart warming pep talk now?" Epsilon asked sarcastically.
"No, a question. What did my mother tell you?" I asked him.
"She told me that I would meet three other AI's like me. I've met two, you-know-who and Ultramega, but I am yet to meet the third one. Why?" Epsilon asked me.
"No more secrets. I understand why you didn't tell us about Ultramega, but we're all your friends, and you shouldn't have to burden yourself with something so important. Make sure this final AI is an ally." I told him, and held out my hand. Epsilon looked at it briefly and clasped his hand to mine, and we shook. "Goodbye." I finished, and boarded the airship. Anna then followed me and Indiana then followed. Samantha just stood in front of Yang.
"I'm gonna miss you." She said, looking at the blonde.
"Aww, I'll miss you too." Yang said, kneeling down to her height. Samantha moved forward and hugged Yang. "Your like the little sister I've always wanted."
"YANG!" Ruby yelled, pouting in annoyance. Yang let go of Samantha and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Keep yourself safe, and hopefully we'll see each other soon." Yang told the younger huntress, and she just smiled.
"OK! See you later!" She yelled, and boarded the airship. She took a seat as it started to lift off, and I just looked out the window at my old team. I quickly turned away and started crying.
"Are you alright?" Anna asked, sitting down next to me. I quickly wiped my eyes.
"No, I'm going to miss them, more than they believe. I just hope they'll be alright." I told her, and she just smiled a little.
"Don't worry, they will. They have Epsilon after all." Anna reassured, and I just nodded.
"One last look at Beacon." I said to myself, and watched as it got further and further away. Back at the dock, Ruby and Weiss started walking back as Yang just looked at the airship with a small smirk.
"What is it?" Epsilon asked her.
"Nothing. I just know they'll all be safe. David will keep them safe." Yang told him.
"Why is that?" Blake asked, slightly amused.
"Because he's got A Special Semblance."
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Well, that's it. Ultramega has revealed himself, and made a statement to me, my team and my friends. They won't admit it, but I can see it in their eyes. They are all terrified of Ultramega, and they are right too. Now, David, Anna, Indiana and Samantha are gone, and I continue my journey with Team RWBY, now Team RWBEY, as we continue to train to be hunters and huntresses, fight and kill Grimm and stop the White Fang. Now, stopping Ultramega has been added to our to-do list. I worry for Team DARK, but Yang is right, they will be safe, David will keep him safe. He does indeed have A Special Semblance, or more accurately, multiple semblances. For their safety, Benjamin and Penny won't be told about Ultramega, neither will Team JNPR and Team CFVY and the other teachers at Beacon. But now, these audio logs are meant for myself, to keep my inner thoughts to myself, but now I have a team, people who will care and who will listen to any problems I have. That being said, this will be my final audio log. To whoever listens to these, thank you for listening. This Epsilon Xiao Long, signing off.
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End of Chapter Thirty Six
My god, that is the cheesiest ending I could have came up with, and I love it! Now, you've probably realised there are a couple of things now wrapped up yet, but don't worry, there will be an Epilogue chapter, and then I'll release a special chapter, and then that's that! I know I've already said it, but I really want to thank everyone who has read this story, and an even bigger thanks to everyone who has followed, favourited and left reviews, things like that give me motivation to keep writing. Now, for the story recommendation:
Name: Cards Against Remnant
Author: RexHeller
General Synopsis: RWBY and JNPR are bored. This is bad. So they're going to play Cards Against Remnant. What's the worst that could happen? Rated M because of Cards Against Humanity.
And before I go, I need your help with one thing. This particular story is actually only Volume 1 of the much larger story, but I have no name for the story in general. It would be something like 'The (Insert name here) Chronicles Volume 1: A Special Semblance', but I have no idea what to call it. So, I'm letting you decide. If you want to suggest, either PM me or leave a review, and I'll change the title of this story before Volume 2 of this story comes out.
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