A/N: This chapter take place during 'Fall'. Enjoy.
Ozpin's Office: The Next Day
Professor Ozpin is seated behind his desk across from Pyrrha, as the last rays of twilight come through the clock-decorated windows.
"Well, it comes as no surprise that they've chosen you to move on to the final round of the tournament. Your performance was exemplary." Said Ozpin as he gestures with his cane.
"Thank you, Professor Ozpin, but I would have never made it this far without my teammates." Said Pyrrha
"Personally, I think it's the other way around." Said Qrow from his spot leaning against a column in the back of the room, arms crossed.
"I'm sorry, but I don't believe we've been introduced." Said Pyrrha turning to him.
"Name's Qrow."
"Qrow is a trusted colleague of mine." Said Ozpin.
"Professor, if you don't mind me asking, why have you called me here?" Asked Pyrrha as she looks at Qrow for another moment before addressing her teacher again.
"Please, take a seat." Said Ozpin welcomingly when she does so, he puts his fingers up to his lips, leaning back casually. "What is your favorite fairy tale?"
"I'm... Sorry?" Asked Pyrrha confused.
"Fairy tales, stories from your childhood. Surely you must remember some of them." Ozpin said.
"Well, there's The Tale of The Two Brothers, The Shallow Sea, The Girl in the Tower..." Pyrrha trailed off.
"What about The Story of the Seasons?" Asked Ozpin leaning forward.
"Well, of course!" Said Pyrrha as she looks away in remembrance, narrating the story.
"A callous old man, who refuses to leave his home, is visited by four traveling sisters. The first understands his reclusive nature and urges him to use his time in solitude to reflect and meditate. The second brings him fruits and flowers, tending to his crops and revitalizing his garden. The third warms the man's heart, convincing him to step outside and embrace the world around him. And the fourth and final sister begs him to look at all that he has, and be thankful. In return for their kindness, the man grants the maidens incredible powers, so that they may continue to help others all over the world. They graciously accept, and promise to share their gifts with the people of Remnant 'til the end of days. Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall; the four maidens. My mother loves that story." Finished Pyrrha.
"Would you believe me if I told you that one's been around since I was a boy?" Asked Ozpin.
"Hahaha, you're not that old, Professor." Said Pyrrha.
"Well, would you believe me if I told you it was true?" Asked Ozpin leaning forward and becoming dead serious.
"I beg your pardon?" Asked Pyrrha with an uneasy chuckle.
"What if I told you that there were four maidens existing in this world, that could wield such tremendous power, without Dust?" Asked Ozpin.
"You mean... like a Semblance?"
"Like magic."
"I..."
"Yeah. First time hearing this, it's pretty crazy." Said Qrow from the corner.
"You're serious?" Asked Pyrrha as turns her gaze from Qrow back to Ozpin again, amazed.
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Asked Ozpin with a straight face.
"... No. Why... why are you telling me this?" Asked Pyrrha
"We are telling you this, Pyrrha Nikos, because we believe you are next in line to receive the Fall Maiden's powers." Said Ozpin after he glanced at Qrow, who nods his approval, before looking into Pyrrha's eyes.
"We?" Asked Pyrrha after her eyes grow wider and wider until she realized. At that moment, the elevator doors open, and she sees Professor Goodwitch, Professor Samedi, General Ironwood, and Tiburon Akheilos step out.
"Sorry we're late." Said Ironwood as he straightened his tie.
"Wait, what is this? Who are you?" Asked Pyrrha a bit overwhelmed.
"You know who we are. We're still the same teachers and Headmasters you met when you arrived at Beacon." Said Goodwitch reassuringly as Pyrrha looked over to the three other figures that she didn't recognize.
"And... Them?" Asked Pyrrha pointing at the other Hunters she didn't recognize.
"You already know me, a transfer teacher from Haven. Professor Samedi. And this is my associate, Tiburon." Said Baron as he gestured to the shark Faunus.
"But we've got a little part-time job." Said Qrow facing Pyrrha again.
"We are the protectors of the world." Said Ironwood.
"And we need your help." Said Ozpin as Pyrrha is shocked into silence as everyone in the room looks to her.
The Elevator:
Pyrrha, looking nervous, in the elevator with the group of "protectors". She looks at Ozpin and Glynda as if seeing them for the first time while a steady beeping signals each floor passed.
"Where are we going?" Asked Pyrrha apprehensively.
"The vault. Under the school." Said Ozpin.
The elevator continues downward through the vertical tunnel of dark green lights until it opens its doors and their passengers step out, with Pyrrha being the last to leave as she absorbs the sight of the large, sparsely-lit hallway she is now being lead through. Glynda waits up for her behind the others.
"I'm sure you must have questions." Said Glynda as Pyrrha was still taking everything in.
"Maybe one, or two..." Said Pyrrha.
"I still don't understand. You said I was next in line to receive the Maiden's power. What do you mean by that?" Asked Pyrrha.
"The Maidens have existed for thousands of years. But much like in nature, the seasons change. No two summers are alike. When a Maiden dies, her power leaves her body and seeks out a new host, ensuring that the seasons are never lost, and that no individual can hold on to that power forever." Explained Glynda.
"So, how does the power choose?" Asked Pyrrha.
"Through a series of stupid and convoluted rules." Said Qrow over his shoulder.
"Qrow!" Said Glynda.
"Hey, don't get mad 'cause I'm right." Said Qrow.
"Yeah, it actually is pretty dumb." Added Tiburon.
"At first, the only thing that was certain was that the powers were specifically passed on to young women. But as time went on, it was discovered that the selection process was much more... intimate." Said Goodwitch.
"...intimate?" Asked Pyrrha.
"As we understand it now, when a Maiden dies, the one who is in her final thoughts is the first candidate to inherit her power." Said Goodwitch.
"Unless it's a dude or some old hag. Then the power goes to someone random, and our job gets a lot harder." Said Qrow.
"Why tell me all of this now? Why not wait until I've graduated?" Asked Pyrrha.
"Because there are already a multitude of threats is already at our front door." Said Samedi.
"He's right, we've run out of time. I don't know if you've not noticed, but things are getting a lot scarier out in the world. Tensions are high. Grimm are growing stronger, more prevalent. And it's not going to be long before the peace we've been enjoying for so long goes out the window." Said Qrow.
"But... None of you are talking about a war, are you?" Asked Pyrrha.
"Not a war between nations." Said Ironwood.
"We can fill you on the details once we know that you're with us. For now, all you need to know is that one of the Maidens has been attacked. And for the first time in history, part of her power was stolen." Said Qrow as a humming of electricity is heard as the group comes to their destination at the end of the hallway: A large machine with lit screens hooked up to two rectangular pods, one of which is upright to show through the glass window a young girl dressed in minimal clothing with a burn scar over her left eye and across her face.
"Is that..." Asked Pyrrha as she hesitantly stepped forward.
"*Sigh*... The current Fall Maiden, Amber." Said Ozpin.
"She's... still alive." Asked Pyrrha holding herself.
"For now. We're using state of the art Atlas technology to keep her stable. But there is a lot about this situation that is... unprecedented." Said Ironwood.
"What do you mean?" Asked Pyrrha turning back around as Ironwood sighs heavily.
"Won't... her power... just transfer to the next host?" Asked Pyrrha.
"Look who's been listening!" Said Qrow as she whispered to Ozpin. "She is smart."
"Do you ever shut up?" Asked Tiburon.
"Under normal circumstances, yes. But this is a delicate situation. It's not uncommon for the last thoughts of the slain to be of their attacker. And to make matters worse, no one's seen the power split like this before. For all we know, it will seek out its other half." Said Ironwood.
"... Her assailant." Said Pyrrha.
"And that would not bode well for any of us." Said Ozpin as Pyrrha lowers her head in thought, then suddenly comes forward and places a hand on the glass of Amber's pod.
"If all of this is true, why keep it secret!? If this girl is so important... if we're truly on the brink of war, why not tell everyone?" Asked Pyrrha turning to the others and speaking wildly.
"From what we understand, it used to be common knowledge." Said Goodwitch.
"But... That's the thing about Fairy Tales, kid." Said Tiburon.
"How do you think legends and fairy tales get started? Even the craziest ones come from somewhere." Said Qrow as he takes out his flask and takes a chug.
"Our group was founded in order to protect both mankind and the Maidens. Those hungry for power hunted them with the hope of inheriting their strength." Said Goodwitch.
"And as you can imagine, the ones that succeeded weren't exactly the ones you'd want to have unimaginable power." Said Qrow as he finished his drink.
"And so our brotherhood chose to remove the Maidens from the public eye, allowing their existence to fade away into legend." Said Ironwood.
"The things we're telling you go against hundreds of years of human history and religion." Said Goodwitch.
"No one would want to believe us. It would cause an uproar." Said Ironwood.
"It would cause panic. And we all know what that would bring to clawing at our Kingdom's walls." Said Ozpin as he turns his gaze away from the others.
"Which is why we would like to..." Trailed off Ozpin.
"I'll do it." Ozpin looks up, surprised, as she stares at the ground, continuing.
"If you believe that this will help humanity... then I will become your Fall Maiden. Said Pyrrha as the others silently turn to each other with wary faces. "That's what you wanted, isn't it?"
"It is, but I'm afraid it's not that simple. Given Amber's condition, you won't be able to inherit her power naturally. However, General Ironwood and Forneus believes they have a solution." Said Ozpin as Pyrrha turned her head to the General and scientist.
"For the past few years, Atlas has been studying Aura from a more scientific standpoint; how it works, what's it made of, how it can be used. We've made... significant strides. And we believe we've found a way to capture it." Said Ironwood.
"We've managed to forge a machine that is capable of transferring Aura from one being to another. Yet, even though this technology is still ahead of it's time. It may be-"
"Capture it and cram it into something else." Qrow gestures to Pyrrha as she takes a second to realize what that means. "Or in your case ..." Ironwood and Forneus both glare at Qrow for the more... 'straight forward' description.
"That's..." Ozpin looked over to Ironwood.
"Classified." Said Ironwood.
"...Wrong!" Yelled Pyrrha.
"The feeling is mutual." Said Goodwitch as she switches her gaze back to Pyrrha. "But desperate times call for desperate measures."
"And these are indeed desperate times. We can't transfer Amber's power to you, but we can give you what those powers are bound to." Said Ironwood.
" ... Her Aura." Said Pyrrha.
"Her life would become intertwined with yours. The question is..." Trailed off Ozpin.
"What's that going to do to you?" Asked Qrow as Pyrrha looked as Ironwood and Li in shock. As Pyrrha fully understands the dangers she might face.
"You have an important decision before you, Miss Nikos. There's no guarantee this transfer will work. And there's no telling if you will be the same person if it does. I advise you to take time on this matter. But understand that before the Vytal Festival is over, we will need your answer." Said Ozpin.
Pyrrha doesn't respond, instead placing her hand on the glass separating the maiden from her potential replacement, seeing her scared expression reflected on the scarred face of the dying girl, before turning away from this expected destiny as Ozpin gives one final warning.
"The assailant that attacked the Fall Maiden has made their first move. And there's no telling when their next move will be." Said Ozpin.
Amity Colosseum:
Cinder smirks as she sits in her seat to overlook the fight along with the rest of the cheering crowd, their screams being drowned out by the announcements.
"Now, for the moment you've all been waiting for! The one-on-one finals!" Announced Port.
In the center of the battlefield's stage, Yang smirks confidently as the line of final fighters could be seen, a few new faces mixed in with Sun, Penny, Ed, Mercury, and the troubled Pyrrha at the other end of the line.
"Barty, why don't you explain the rules?" Asked Port.
"Ah, it's quite simple, Peter. Instead of a bracket system, each round of the finals will be randomly determined immediately before the match takes place!" Announced Oobleck.
"Much like any good hunt, there will be zero time to prepare!" Announced Port.
"Ah, yes, yes! Now, let's see who our first match will be!" Said the energetic doctor as he points out to the screens above the stadium as the roulette starts spinning, this time for competitors instead of biomes. The "random selection" is watched by the owner of the Crow Bar, a group of Human and Faunus kids, the visitors and workers at the Cross Continental Transmit System, before it gets back from the worldwide audience glimpses to reveal the first showdown.
"Yang Xiao Long and Mercury Black!" Announced Port.
"Break a leg, sis!" Ruby yelled cupping her hands to make sure her encouragement is heard from her spot alongside RWBY, EEE, JNPR, KRJ, and SSSN. Cinder, still smiling, gets up from her place and begins walking out, eyes on the battlefield. But unbeknownst to her, a large Raven with glowing purple eyes was looking over the stadium. Just watching and waiting. All the while Double D got up as he said.
"Excuse me, I'm going to get some popcorn and snacks. Tell me if I miss anything." Said Double D as he walked through the aisles of seats to go and get snacks. Leaving the stadium.
"Would all other combatants please leave the stage!" Announced Port as the rest of the lineup does so. But before Ed left, Yang grabbed his rear end with her hot hand as she said.
"Don't forget to rote for me. Okay big guy?" Asked Yang as Ed gave a pained head shake and smile as Yang let go of his rear end and kept walking. But as that happened all of Team SSSN, KRG, and Eddy were laughing as they saw the burnt black hand print on his rear end as Ed was walking away. Yang smiled at Ed once more before she starts walking up to Mercury in the middle as the floor around them opens once more, with a ring of spotlights rising up to automatically fix their lights on the remaining two.
"You better not go easy on me." Said Yang smiling.
"You wish." Said Mercury.
Both brawlers face the crowds one last time, then slowly start advancing on each other, arms raised defensively until their hands can almost touch, as the final countdown commences.
"Three! Two! One! Begin!" Announced Port as immediately, Yang throws a punch, and Mercury spins his foot to meet it, creating a shockwave between the weapons that launches him back.
He closes the distance quickly and aims at her feet with his boot, but she leaps over it and fires off a shot of her Ember Celica that he rotates to avoid. They fight fist-to-fist for a moment, Yang getting in a fiery blast on her opponent at the cost of him also landing a blow on her. She falls back on her feet when Mercury shoots himself into the air to get farther away from her, looking up and smiling.
Yang doesn't relent for a second, launching shot after shot only for Mercury to dodge each of them, sliding around the stage on clouds of air until he attempts to come down on her with his leg. She blocks and pushes away the attack, but he goes under her shotgun burst and manages to land a kick on her, though she still lands in a crouch, now grimacing. She launches forward with a double blast and continues landing blow after blazing blow on him, right up to when he roundhouse kicks her in the back and attempts to hit her with his heel. She gets out just in time and punches he ground trying to get him, but he leaps out and twirls to get a hit on her. One of his kicks seems to pass over her, but then he brings it down hard enough to shatter the steel underneath, which Yang narrowly rolls backward to avoid.
They exchange kicks after this attack until Mercury hits her backwards, and he rushes forward only to receive a fist to his chin, then his torso, knocking him on his stomach. He gets up right as Yang starts raining down fire again, causing him to somersault back until one explosion causes him to get knocked off of the stage. He saves himself by firing his boots downward and flying back in front of his enemy, unleashing a series of kicks that she deflects with her arms. She ducks under one attack only to receive another as Mercury jumps into the air to knock her back, and he follows it up with a shot from his boots. Yang avoids it effortlessly, not noticing it still hanging around behind her.
Switching tactics, Mercury starts shooting his foot out in every direction, each kick into the air accompanied by a silvery blast that are barely even aimed at Yang. She dodges each one coming her way and gets in close through the circling barrage of shots, fighting with their fists again until Mercury kicks her into the air and knocks her right back to the ground, followed by the dozens of swirling shots that now converge right on to Yang.
When the blasts stop coming down on his opponent, Mercury gets up from his crouch and grins to himself, dusting off his outfit and seeming as happy as can be until the smoke from behind him erupts into flames. His momentary shock turns into another smile as he turns around to see the red-eyed Yang slam her knuckles together and come at him. Screaming, she lands a punch that sends him back, and she rushes up avoiding each kick and even taking one with no effect to pound at him with an unrelenting bombardment of left-right blows. He has enough time to let out a pained groan before she hits him in the stomach, his Aura sparkling up to try and defend him from the last hit to the face by the upset blonde. He lands on his back as the buzzer sounds over the roars of the audience.
"What a way to kick off the finals!" Said Port as Yang lowers her fists and closes her eyes, breathing a sigh of relief before opening them back up to her usual lilac and raising her arm in victory.
"Yang Xiao Long wins!" Announced Oobleck while the stage is enclosed by the stadium floor again.
"Yeah! You did it, sis!" Cheered Ruby.
"Yeah! Way to go Yang! And way to lose Mercury!" Cheered Ed on the side.
"Way to go, Yang!" Cheered Blake giving a standing ovation as Weiss pumps her fists.
"Better luck next time." Said Yang wiping her brow with an arm as she addresses the hunched-over Mercury. She starts walking to the exit, getting pretty far away before Mercury seems to get up outside her peripheral vision.
"There's not going to be a next time, Blondie!" Said Mercury venomously. A sharp sound is heard in the sudden silence as Yang turns around just in time to see Mercury leap forward with a kick to his unsuspecting victim. Yang scowls as she just manages to both bring her gauntlet down on and shoot his leg before he hits her. The second she does so, there is a sound of something breaking. The audience gasps in shock, and Mercury reels back from the pain.
"My word!" Yelled Oobleck.
"Cut the cameras!" Yelled Port.
The looks of surprise, horror, and hatred at Yang cut to a view of Mountain Glenn, where two Goliaths near a ruined hamburger joint and a pack of Beowolves up in the construction beams of an unfinished building all look towards the Colosseum floating near Beacon.
"My leg, MY LEG! " Yelled Mercury still grasping his injured body part, rocking back and forth.
"That's what you get, you little- Huh?" Yang stops just as she notices the Atlesian Knight droids and two Soldiers circling the Huntress-in-training and raising their guns to her.
"Yang Xiao Long, stand down!" Yelled one soldier.
"What!? Why!?" Asked Yang having no idea what was going on.
"Why did she do that?!" Asked Eddy.
"Did she just-!?" Asked Weiss.
"Yang... Why?..." Asked Ruby.
"Rolf's eyes fool the brain of Rolf!" Rolf yelled horrified. As everybody else stared on horrified and concerned, especially Ed. Jonny just looked in bewilderment as he asked.
"What's so bad? Yang was just defending herself from that creep!" Said Jonny as everyone turned to him in disgust.
"What are you talking about!? Yang already beat Mercury! And she just shot his leg for no reason!" Yelled Kevin.
"What!? That doesn't make-"
"He'll probably never walk again!" Yelled Weiss.
"No! I saw it and Yang DID NOT attack first!" Yelled Jonny.
"What is wrong with you!?" Yelled Sage.
"Are you people BLIND!?" Asked Jonny as Emerald ran over to Mercury.
"Mercury!" She rushes over to her partner's side, comforting him.
"Why'd she do that!? WHY'D SHE ATTACK ME!?" Yelled Mercury as Yang receives a disgusted scowl from Emerald, only now looking up at the screens above her to see the footage of what just transpired: Yang circling the crouched-down Mercury until the footage cuts to him just standing there and her suddenly shooting him in the leg. The sound of something breaking rings out, and Mercury screams and falls over in pain.
"What the-!? NO! SOMEBODY MESSED WITH THAT TAPE!" Yelled Jonny as he stood up and yelled out. "YANG HAS BEEN FRAMED! SOMEONE MESSED WITH THE TAPE!"
But the angry crowd only booed at him and threw snacks at him. It takes a moment of staring at the images until Yang finally understands what she did, and her gaze turns up to the wide-eyed, terrified faces of Blake, Weiss, and Ruby. And Ed She looks around at the guns aimed at her and the people cursing her name, still not knowing what just happened or what will come next. All the while on the side Ed stared in complete fear and shock as his eyes start to water.
HE WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE JUST SAW! YANG WOULD NEVER TO ANYTHING LIKE THAT! As the anger and fear of his nightmares built up in Ed, he burst from the side of the arena as he dashed in front of Yang to everyone's surprise in an angry fighting position. He stood in front of the soldiers and droids with his fists up in front of him. Everyone in the audience stared in shock.
"STAY AWAY FROM HER! Something is wrong! She would never do this! Just look at her! Leave her alone!" Yelled Ed as Yang stood there amazed yet still in shock by what just happened.
"Ed..." Said Yang.
"Stand aside, kid." Said one of the soldiers as Emerald spat out.
"We all saw what she did to my partner you idiot! Get out of the way to that psycho can be put in jail where she belongs!" Yelled Emerald as Ed stared at her viciously.
All the while, the raven watching over everything...
"Time to play some... Mind games..."
That's when the crows eyes started to glow even brighter with an unnaturally malevolent purple. As Ed was about to do anything he could do to defend Yang. His head started to hurt as he closed his eyes and placed his hands over his head to try and stop the pain.
But as he looked back up, everything looked to be in a foggy somber red with all the seats that hundreds of people were previously were replaced with... The masked boy from his dreams, the firey eyed woman, Salty Sam, Jib, and Evil Tim all replace the members of the audience and the soldiers and robots in front of him. The ones that stood on front of him smiled as they walked closer. Ed at that point had no idea what to do.
Ed back in real life as screaming in pain as he was clutching his head. Yang bore an ultra concerned look for Ed as she tried to reach her hand out to him. But just as it got close enough. Ed gave out one final scream as he transformed into Ed-Zilla, but he was even bigger before as he stood around twenty feet tall. He gave out a beastly roar as the crowd stated to scream.
"Good heavens! Everyone evacuate right now!" Yelled Oobleck as everyone started to get up and run away except for RWBY, JNPR, KRJ, EEE, and SSSN who all stood there in shock of what was happening. The soldiers and robots all look up at Ed-Zilla as one of the guards yelled out.
"Open fire! Open fire!" As the Atlas Knights and Soldiers started firing at Ed-Zilla to no avail. Ed-Zilla let out another roar as he attacked his assailants grabbing and flinging the soldiers out of the way as he brought his limbs down and crushed the droids. More Atlas Knights started to run in as Ed-Zilla simply roared at them as he started smashing them and biting their heads off. That was until Tiburon came in the arena with a hot dog in hand as he asked.
"What'd I miss?" As he looked over at Ed-Zilla who was fighting all the Knights. Tiburon didn't even have a second thought as he dropped the hot dog and pulled out his club chainsaw as he jumped in and managed to strike Ed-Zilla three times with his weapon as Ed-Zilla quickly got ahold of him and threw him to the ground cracking it. As Tiburon picked himself up he looked back at the angry Ed-Zilla again who roared in his face, Tiburon then recognized the smell.
"Ed? Is that you?" The monster just growled as it lumbered closer to him.
"Ah heck... I don't suppose you got any interest in talkin' this out." Said Tiburon as Ed-Zilla roared in his face and literally knocked him out of the stadium, through the walls and down to the city of Vale.
(CRASH!)
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!..."
(BOOM!)
Ed-Zilla let out one final roar as he ran though the walls of the stadium himself and jumped out of the floating stadium and down to the City of Vale himself. All the while Yang was on her knees, unable to believe what just happened. But that's when Double D came back with sodas, popcorn, and cotton candy.
"What was with all the noise I never- THE STADIUM!" Yelled Double D as he dropped his food and ran over to the railing to see the huge hole in the wall with Yang on her knees in the arena. Double D had no idea what just happened. He looked around only to either see empty seats or scared people running. All the while the Grimm that were beyond the Kingdom's borders started to sense the anger and fear coming from everyone as they started to wonder closer to the Kingdom. Double D still looked around until he saw the five teams he was friends with still sitting there with faces of shock and horror. Double D ran up to them as he asked.
"WHAT'S GOING ON!? WHAT JUST HAPPENED!" Double D yelled hysterically as Eddy spoke.
"Ed's an animal..."
"Ed?"
"Who else!? After Yang broke Murc's leg that idiot went crazy and monstered out attacking the guards, the robots, and tossing Tiburon out the stadium! After he busted through the stadium growling like a monster!" Yelled Eddy.
"Why did he do that?!" Asked Jaune.
"I'm not sure, but I'm going to deal with him!" Said Double D as he turned around with a determined look on his face as he walked out of the stadium.
"Wait! Double D!" Yelled Blake getting Double D attention. "It's too dangerous! Don't go!"
"Don't worry! I have a safety protocol just in case something like this happens! If you see Ironwood or any of the Atlas guards tell them to NOT ENGAGE!" Said Double D as he looked over at Yang who was still on her knees in the stadium.
"Get Yang out of here!" Yelled Double D as Team RWBY got up.
"We'll take care of her! You go!" Yelled Ruby as the three girls ran down to the arena and Double D turned back around to leave. He pulled out his scroll as he spoke into it.
"Jim! Enact plan "Damocles" at once!"
"But sir, you-"
"DO IT NOW!" Yelled Double D.
City of Vale:
All Tiburon could feel at that point was pain, but as he opened up his eyes he looked around and saw the crater he was in. But luckily whatever seemed to hit him knocked his nervous system out of wack, until.
'Oh, there it is... Ow..." Moaned Tiburon in pain as he picked himself back up. He could already feel and already knows all the injuries that are around his body.
"Let's see... fourteen broken ribs, a broken arm, several broken fingers, a broken foot, a fractured skull, and my arm is popped out of my socket." Said Tiburon as he picked himself up was the severe pain he was in. He needed s source of water and fast so he could heal up. He looked around until he saw a fountain he was continentally near, he whipped the blood away from his lips as he limped over to the fountain. He felt how limp his arm was as he grabbed ahold of it and tried to pop it back into place. He looked around him to see concerned citizens all around him. He just kept pushing forward through all the pain.
He finally made it to the water fountain as he jumped in, as he finally popped his arm into it's proper place.
(CRACK!)
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Screamed Tiburon as he felt the rest of his body start to heal up from the water. He felt his ribs and other broken bones start to heal, taking several seconds to really heal. As he looked around him again as he asked.
"What just hit me? A train?" But Tiburon got his answer as a monstrous roar could be heard, he looked up as he saw the shadow of something fall down towards him getting bigger and bigger. Tiburon's eyes turned into the sizes of dinner planets as he jumped out of the way just as the 'thing' came crashing down and stood right in front of him. As Tiburon got a better look he saw who it was.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Roared Ed-Zilla.
"Oh yeah... Okay then! Ed! If you can hear me! I'm gonna try not to kill ya! But I can't promise I won't feel the pain afterwards!" Said Tiburon as the Bulletproof by Jeremiah Pena started playing as he pulled his weapon back out and looked at the bystanders around him as he yelled.
"What are you looking at!? Get out of here!" The people started to run as the Huntsman and the monster started their fight.
"SSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Screamed Ed-Zilla as he started throwing fast blows that Tiburon managed to dodge out of the way as he got in a few hits in with his chainsaw club and managed to actually cut Ed-Zilla's skin with the Dust infused weapon. But it wouldn't be long before Ed-Zilla grabbed Tiburon by the head with his massive mouth tentacle and toss him into the side of a building. Tiburon picked himself back up as he placed his hand on his head, but as he looked back he saw two cars flying from the air and directly at him. Tiburon screamed as he used his weapon to slice the first car in half and jumped out of the way of the other. As he looked back he saw Ed-Zilla using a light pole as a baseball bat as he hit Tiburon making him fly and crash into a car that was parked on the street.
Tiburon picked himself back up as he assessed his injuries, he need to get to water again and fast. But not before Tiburon looked back over at Ed-Zilla who bit the light pole in half at an angle where the broken parts are sharp metallic pieces as Ed-Zilla threw them like spears. Luckily Tiburon jumped out of the way of them with the spears only impaling the car.
"Geez! Was this the same kid who didn't know how to tie his shoes- WOAH!" Tiburon jumped out of the way as Ed-Zilla quickly ran up to him again and smashed one of his tentacles into the ground. But Tiburon saw his opening as he jumped up and started swinging his weapon at Ed's head creating several gashes around it. That was until Ed-Zilla opened up his massive mouth and bit down on Tiburon thrashing him around like how a hunting dog would thrash a rabbit around in it's mouth. Until Ed-Zilla spit Tiburon out causing Tiburon to smash through a fire hydrant and then into a building.
"Okay... This isn't funny any more." Said Tiburon as he limped back out of the building and walked into the water that was spewing out of the ground of where the fire hydrant used to be. He walked into the wall of water as his Semblance kicked in and his eyes turned totally black. As he walked out of it he saw Ed-Zilla standing there once again. Ed-Zilla let out another roar as Tiburon let out one of his own. The two charged as one another again with their collision creating a shock wave. Tiburon quickly pulled back as he jumped out of the way of Ed's blows. Tiburon unleashed his own attacks using the chainsaw club to create severe lacerations, using his serrated knuckles to create even more lacerations around Ed-Zilla's face, and used his teeth to take a few chomps at him. Ed-Zilla was starting to become more and more agitated as this tiny man was slashing at him all around his body.
Ed-Zilla had finally had enough as he grabbed Tiburon and threw him against the ground, as Ed-Zilla looked beside him and saw a van sitting there as he grabbed the van and held it over Tiburon's head. Tiburon opened his eyes back up only to see the van that slammed down on him. Then again. Then again. Then again. Then again. Until, before Ed-Zilla could bring the van down once more he felt a few missiles nail him in the back as he shrieked in pain. Ed-Zilla turned back around as he saw several Atlas warships hover above him. And across the street he saw tanks, soldiers, Atlesian Knights, and Paladins all standing before him. Ed let out another vicious roar as he ran over and the military opened fire. Each shot pouncing off his thick skin and only making him angrier as the thrashed his limbs sending soldiers and knights flying.
One of the tanks started to open fire on him with a powerful concussive cannon that seemed to push him back a bit. But it was still no match for the monster as he got back up, grabbed the tank by the mussel and with his massive strength started to beat on the Paladins that were charging towards him into near by buildings. As the tank outlived his usefulness he simply tossed the war machine aside as it crashed into a building destroying the second floor. As a man was sitting in a bathtub as the floor he was on started to waver and the bathtub started to slide down.
"OH MY GOD! NOT AGAIN! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! NOOOOOOOOO-!" (CRASH!)
"... THAT IS IT! I AM MOVING OUT OF THIS CRAZY CITY!"
Back with Ed-Zilla, he was tearing though all of Atlas high tech artillery at a quick pace. Sometimes the Paladins would slow him down, but in the end he would simply tear through those trash cans. The warship that was hovering over the battle was being overlooked by Ironwood.
"Send in more Paladin's. And prepare an air strike." Ordered Ironwood through the communicator. But, before Ironwood could've sent in any more assault on Ed-Zilla. Someone hacked into his communication feed.
"General Ironwood! SEND YOUR ARMY BACK! They don't stand a chance against Ed!"
"Who is this and how did you hack into the Atlesian intercom channel?" Asked Ironwood angrily.
"This is Double D of Beacon, sir. And you need to pull your forces back NOW!" Yelled Double D as he left the channel. As Ed was biting the arm off of one Paladin that was attacking him, he heard several large foot steps. And as Ed-Zilla looked over, he let go of the Paladin that he was attacking and saw his new opponent.
A twenty-two foot tall bulky red mech, with a large lazer cannon sitting on his back along with having a large gun/cannon on his arm and holding a large black shield in the other hand.
"Okay everyone, STAND DOWN!" Said the mechanized voice of Double D from the suit as Ed-Zilla gave the robot his full undivided attention. Double D was about to speak once more but Tiburon has already made his way up to Ed-Zilla, limping in the process.
"Mister Akheilos! Stand back it's much too dangerous!" Warned Double D.
"And leave you to fight this monster alone!? No way, kid!" Yelled Tiburon as he turned back to Ed-Zilla only to be knocked by Ed-Zilla flying though the air and smashing into a car that was next to Double D.
"Alright, tag in..." Said Tiburon as Double D turned his attention back to Ed as the two stared each other down and Ironwood looked over the situation silently from his warship.
"Sir! What do you suggest we do?" Asked a soldier that was on a computer nearby.
Ironwood remained silent.
"SIR!" Yelled the soldier.
"... Pull them back, pull all Atlasian forces back. Let them fight..." Said Ironwood as the forces did what the general said and backed down. But as Ironwood was continuing to look over the stand off he got a call on his ear piece.
"This better be important!" Yelled Ironwood.
"Sir, there's been a massacre. Nineteen people have been murdered on the streets of Vale. And we believe it's crucial that we alert you immediately of who the identity of the murderer." Said the soldier on the ear piece.
"Fine, then who was it?" Asked Ironwood angrily as the soldier gave him the answer. Back with Ed and Double D, they continued to stand there and stare each other down.
"Ed, can you hear me? My sensors indicate that you are under some type of forced mental delusions. Ed whatever it is that's doing this, you need to fight back. Your stronger then it, your smarter then it, you are Ed!" Said Double D.
"BLLLLLAUUUUUUUUURRRRRGHHHHHHAAAAA!" Screamed Ed-Zilla.
"Opps, umm... Ed DO NOT stop your rampage!" Ed-Zilla simply responded by tossing a car at him.
"It was worth a try." Said Double D as he blocked the incoming car with his shield and threw it out of the way as Hulkbuster by Brian Tyler started playing.
"Okay then." Said Double D as he used the rocket boosters on his boot to charge at Ed-Zilla as Ed-Zilla charge himself as their fists collided creating one massive shockwave that caused cars, people, and the asphalt itself to fly. As they both assess themselves after the shockwave, Ed-Zilla jumped into battle as he landed several powerful strikes on Double D. But Double D countered and landed several powerful strikes on his own on Ed as he charged at him once more. Grabbing his head and dragging him against the ground as he was rocketing forward. That was until Ed-Zilla grabbed Double D's leg with one of his tentacles and threw him back to the ground as both the monster and the genius tumbled due to the momentum.
But Double D quickly picked himself up as he readied his sonic cannon. As he got an aim on Ed-Zilla, he fired sending Ed-Zilla back several feet by the powerful soundwaves. But, Ed-Zilla picks himself back up as he starts to slowly march through the power of the sonic cannon. That's when Ed-Zilla moving as fast as a lizard jumped out of the reach of the range of the cannon and ran up to Double D as he clams his jaws around the weapon and knocks the genius back several feet. As Double D looks up he saw that Ed-Zilla just chewed up and swallowed the weapon as Double D aimed the cannon on his forearm directly at Ed as he assaulted him with a hail of bullets that simply annoy Ed-Zilla as he jumped forward once more and knocked Double D back. As Double D was knocked back he released a hail of missiles at Ed-Zilla as the explosion only stunned him temporarily.
As Ed-Zilla was stunned Double D readied the ultra powerful plasma cannon on his back as he fired it at Ed-Zilla that was so powerful it actually managed to send Ed-Zilla flying back several feet and into a building. Double D stopped firing his weapon as he ran over to the building that Ed-Zilla crashed into. As Double D stood in front of the building and looked at the hole that was made several feet above the building's ground level, Double D said.
"Not even Ed could walk after a set of fisticuffs of that nature..."
But Double D was proven wrong as Ed-Zilla jumped out of the hole made in the building and stood over Double D once again.
"Give me a break..." Said Double D as he pounced on Ed and started pummeling him repeatedly in the face saying.
"Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep!" But Ed-Zilla wrapped his tentacle around the metallic fist as he started to crush it. But that's when Double D activated his rocket punch as the thrusters on the elbow of his free arm lit up, and before Ed-Zilla even knew it. The fist came barreling at him at around ten thousand miles per hour as it sent Ed-Zilla flying through the building that was behind him and two more buildings.
(CRASH!)
(SMASH!)
(KRASH!)
As he landed on the asphalt on the other side of the city. As Ed-Zilla tried to pick himself back up, a powerful concussive blast was fired at his back, and as Ed-Zilla looked over he saw Double D coming at him as he punched him to the ground. Double D smiled as he think he finally won but... Ed-Zilla simply looked back up at him with absolute fury in his eyes as he spat out a tooth.
"... I'm sorry..."
That's when Ed-Zilla pounced on Double D and unleashed a flurry of punches and blows that started to eat at the armor. Double D decided that enough was enough as he grabbed ahold of Ed and started to fly high in the sky. Ed-Zilla started to become even more angry as he started biting chunks out of Double D's armor causing Double D to lose control while flying and accidentally crash through several buildings along the way.
'Okay , think Double D! THINK! Bring him somewhere away from the city, or perhaps...' Double D was thinking that perhaps if he brought Ed-Zilla into the planets upper atmosphere the lack of oxygen could knock him out. But As he flew Ed-Zilla just struggled more and more as he started to seriously damage the armor causing Double D to fly downward as they fell into a in construction sky scraper, as Ed-Zilla was still yelling and thrashing Double D fought back as he pushed him down further into the building as the structure started to collapse on itself and fall back down to the earth.
(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!)
(CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!)
(BRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!)
Several minutes after the towers full collapse, Ed-Zilla popped out of the rubble as he roared with anger. But as he looks around, he doesn't see any of the monsters from his dreams anymore, he doesn't see fire or darkness or anything of that nature. All he sees when he looks around him are dozens of scared people screaming and running away. But as he still observed them all, he was shot in the back of the head by something, and as he looked in that direction he saw General Ironwood standing there with his gun in his hand and the entire Atlas Military behind him with tanks, Knights, airships, soldiers, Paladins, and other Atlas forces as well.
"Ed, you are under arrest for the assault of several Atlas soldiers, the attack on the Colossium, and the attack on the city of Vale. Surrender at once!" Commanded Ironwood as Ed-Zilla starts to become blinded with rage again, but before he could pick another fight a hand grabs his shoulder. As he looked behind him he saw Double D still in the armor having his hand on Ed's shoulder.
"Ed please, stop. It's me Double D, I'm your friend and I'm here for you." But before Ed-Zilla could even respond to this, a voice grabbed his attention.
"Ed!" Ed-Zilla and everyone else turned their head to the left to see SSSN, KRJ, JNPR, Eddy, and RWBY standing there, with Yang standing in front of them all with tears in her eyes.
"Ed, please..." Said Yang as the tears ran down her face. Ed-Zilla slowly walked out of the rubble as he walked over to the crying Yang and slowly turning back into his original form which looks beat up and bruised. As he finally made his way up to her, she sobs once more as they embrace in a hug as they fall on their knees.
"Yang... Are you hurt?... Did I hurt you-"
"No. No you didn't..."
"Yang... I'm so sorry..." Said Ed as the two started to sob into one another.
"Ed, whatever that beast was, it wasn't you. Something went wrong, I know you wouldn't do anything like that..." Said Yang as the two continued their embrace.
"Yang... I-" But Ed was interrupted as an electrical pulse rocketed through his body and he fell on the ground as Yang and the Hunters in training looked on in shock. They all looked back over at Ironwood to see that standing next to him was a Atlas soldier who was carrying some sort of tazer gun in his hands.
"Now arrest him." Said Ironwood pointing at the unconscious Ed, but as the soldiers started to walk over to him, Eddy and Yang jumped in front of the helpless Lump.
"Leave. Him. Alone." Growled Yang as her eyes started to glow red.
"Look, your not taking Lummex anywhere!" Yelled Eddy as Double D's suit opened up with a hiss as the man inside started to walk out of it and walk up to Ironwood.
"General Ironwood please, reconsi-" But Double D stopped talking as several Knights and soldiers surrounded him with their weapons trained on him.
"Double D! Stand down! You are under arrest for the murder of nineteen people!" Said one of the soldiers.
"What!? Why!? What makes me a suspect?!" Asked Double D looking around.
"We found your DNA at the crime scene along with video tape caught by one of the civilians on their Scrolls, of you in your suit of armor on a rampage!" Said one of the soldiers as Double D looked at them in shock.
"What!? I never did such a terrible action!" Yelled Double D, but one of the soldiers who wasn't holding a gun walked over to Double D and with the large Scroll in his hands turned it on and showed, to Double D's horror, showed him in his orange suit as he shot randomly into a crowd of people, before he turned his sights to the camera man and shot him, ending the video.
"No, no, no that isn't me!" But none of the soldiers paid any attention to him as cuffs were slapped on his wrists and he was led to the airship. The Teams had to hold back Eddy and Yang so they wouldn't get arrested themselves as the soldiers as the soldiers attached heavy high tech restraints on Ed around his chest, arms, and face. Encasing Ed in such powerful restraints because of his already amazing strength and incase if he decides to transform back into his Zilla form.
As they were loaded up on the ship by soldiers all the Teams ran up to Ironwood who had his hands behind his back as he looked at them with an emotionless face.
"Let them go! Something isn't right here!" Yelled Sun as Ironwood simply gestured to the destruction around the city that was caused by the colossal fight.
"Your right, something isn't right here." Said Ironwood as he paused and spoke up again. "Your two friends here are already responsible for all these damages including murder. And Yang Xiao Long..." Ironwood turned to look directly at the girl.
"Expect to meet with several Atlas soldiers when you get back to Beacon..." Said Ironwood as Yang looked down very saddened and depressed.
"You can't just arrest them like that!" Yelled Eddy.
"Oh, really now? With the damages they caused, the assault to Atlas soldiers, and one of them being put on trial for the murder of nineteen people... They will be going away for sixty years."
"That is bogus!" Yelled Eddy.
"If I hear another outburst like that I will personally influence the judge to EXTEND the time!" Yelled Ironwood.
"Achoo!"
"Seventy years."
"That was a sneeze."
"Eighty years."
"Stop!"
"Ninety years!"
"I'm sorry!"
"Life!"
"You scumbag..." The rest of the Teams stare at Eddy with shock.
"... Seventy years it is." Said Ironwood as he gets on the same airship, but he stopped as he turned back to them and said. "You better get back to Beacon, kids." As he boarded the ship and left along with the entire Atlas military. Yang fell on her knees as she started to sob into her hands with Blake and Ruby embracing her to try and comfort her as best as they could while Blake was crying as well.
Over the fact that Double D was taken as well. Eddy stood there with his head down clenching his fists with anger and sadness floating through him as tears began to run down his face. Weiss embraced Eddy from behind to try and comfort him as best as she could, Eddy still tried his very best to keep his composure together and to not cry. But he was failing. The Teams stayed there to try and comfort their friends as best as they could.
White Fang Base:
Adam stood in front of a TV screen and smiled as he saw the news caster tape Ed and Double D get arrested and put into a airship as they would be sent off to a detainment facility.
"Seems like my plan is working perfectly... Lucky for me that Witch allowed me to borrow her little illusionist for the framing of the humans..." Said Adam as he turned back to his brothers and sisters as they were preparing for the final phases of their attack, moving around Paladin Strikers with White Fang symbols painted on them, cages filled with deadly Grimm, and moving around weapons.
"... But I'm not yet finished with hurting you or your lover yet Blake... I will show you both, the true meaning of pain..."
A/N: If your wondering what Double D's Ed-Buster looks like just go on DeviantArt and look up XH- 98 Haymaker Battlesuit by PeterPrime.