Chapter 35: Re-Aftermath

"Hey Lunas, how much farther is it? Sun won't hold up without attention for much longer." Chase asked as he looked up from where Sun was lying in a pool of blood.

"Almost there." Lunas called back from the cockpit of the helicopter.

Chase nodded and leaned back against the wall, thinking over what had just happened. The finals match in the tournament, the quick drive to the prisoners' location, chasing Vayla, killing her, and now the helicopter ride back to the only medic they knew that was close by: Krystal.

"There it is, bringing her down." Lunas maneuvered the helicopter to land on the roof of the building.

"Help me get Sun inside." Chase said as he grabbed one of Sun's arms.

"On it." Lunas hopped out and helped Sun down to the roof.

They had made it a few meters before the door burst open, admitting Ethan.

"You're alive!" He exclaimed.

Sun and Chase briefly glanced at each other before holding Sun up.

"Barely, now go get Krystal." Chase motioned for Ethan to hurry and continued towards the door.

This time, Chase and Lunas got through the door and down the steps before Krystal made it to them. She immediately gasped and ran over to Sun, checking him over.

"Give me room." She cleared a nearby table of its contents and set Sun down on it.

In the next few minutes, multiple people came over to see Sun while Krystal worked diligently to mend him, but they were quickly shooed away as they were deemed obstructive by Krystal. The only person she allowed to stay was Aurora, who constantly held Sun's hand.

"He'll be fine, just some pain when he awakes." Krystal announced after twenty minutes of work.

The room seemed to let out a sigh of relief and everyone withdrew back into their shells. Krystal looked at Sun one more time before addressing Aurora.

"Stay by him, he needs someone to be there when he wakes up."

Aurora nodded and quickly brought her gaze back to Sun. Krystal moved off to see if anyone needed immediate treatment and, finding none, was derailed by the sounds of shouting from one of the far corners. She started towards the noise in bewilderment and found a very one-sided conversation happening.

"WHERE IS SHE?" Yang screamed as she picked Lunas up by the collar.

"I honestly don't know." Lunas responded dejectedly, hanging his head.

Yang brought her arm back to deliver a punch but was stopped when Krystal laid a hand on it.

"This won't solve anything." Krystal gave Yang a disappointed look before pulling Lunas from her grasp.

"But…" Yang began before being interrupted again.

"Let's talk rationally, what is the issue here?"

"Blake. She's… She's…" Tears welled up in Yang's eyes as her anger was converted to despair. "Gone."

Yang completely lost it then and started bawling, leaning on Krystal as the sobs racked her body. Krystal could only set her down before grabbing Lunas and dragging him back to Sun and Aurora.

"Any change?" She asked Aurora as they sat down.

"Not so far." Aurora replied with a hint of sadness.

"Okay, keep an eye on him. As for you," Krystal turned to Lunas. "Start from the beginning. What happened with Blake?"

Lunas took a deep breath and began.

"The whole point of this was to grab Blake and get her to a special group of White Fang, called the Vespers. They were offering a ten thousand dollar reward for her capture, and Vayla was set on obtaining it. After you guys defeated her the first time, she was disgraced by the White Fang and was left to her own devices. She convinced me to join with the promise of a cut of the winnings.

"I trained with her for a while before she picked up Adam. Adam specialized in brainwashing and he quickly set himself to the task of converting Team SEAL. After that, it was just waiting for the right time to strike. The Vytal Tournament provided the perfect opportunity to kidnap Blake with minimal resistance.

"Everything went according to plan, and I was able to get Blake and escape easily. I took her here, where Vayla was waiting with a representative from the Vespers. The two negotiated a cost and Blake was taken away. Vayla was told to stay here for a little while longer while the Vespers checked the cargo and got the money together. That's what we were doing when all of you guys showed up."

Lunas sat back for a second and took a second to breathe.

"But are you on our side?" Aurora asked, looking up from Sun.

"I am now."

"What made you change, and how do I know you won't stab us in the back?"

"You want to know why? It's because I won't do anything to my brother. As for why I decided to switch sides, there were a few inconsistencies in Vayla's operation. But the real kicker was when Vayla sent me a list of your names. I saw Sun's name on the list and tried to further investigate your group. It was then that I began planning a way to take out Vayla."

"But if you made that decision before the assault, why did you kill Omega and let others die in front of you here?"

"That's the thing I feel worst about. I had to keep Vayla's trust in me, so I decided to follow her orders until I found the right situation to turn on her. It was very painful to watch Vayla go through the ranks of prisoners and force them to play Russian Roulette. I don't want to have to go through that again."

"Of course you don't, now you should probably rest. It will be a little while before we can leave here." Krystal shooed Lunas away and turned her attention to Aurora. "Do you trust him?"

Aurora opened her mouth to answer but was interrupted before she could speak.

"I do." Sun said.

"SUN! You're awake!" Aurora threw herself to him and landed a kiss on his cheek.

"Yeah, but not well." He groaned as he tried, and failed, to sit up.

"Stay down, don't exert yourself too much." Krystal advised as he sank back down.

"Trust me, I'm not going anywhere." Sun replied with a smile. "Now you should take a break, Krystal."

"But there are so many things to do!"

"And you can get them done faster if you're actually awake and fully paying attention."

"But…"

"Trust me, you need it."

Krystal wavered before finally moving away and laying down a few meters away.

"One crisis resolved, only a few million to go." Sun muttered.

Krystal awoke to the sound of shouting. She rubbed her eyes and looked around blearily before standing up in a hurry as she saw what was happening.

"What is going on?" She inquired to the nearest person to her.

"White Fang, they're here. Now hurry to the roof." Seven replied as she ran by.

"Why aren't you going there?"

"I'm getting the car ready, the chopper can't hold all of us."

Krystal paused a moment to take another look around. Aurora was helping Sun to the stairs, Hailey and Liz had grabbed Pyrrha and Ren from their state of shock, and Ruby had managed to calm Yang down enough to get her moving. Krystal grimaced as she let her gaze swing sideways to where the remainder of Team BOLT, Chase, Ethan, and Colton were picking up the numerous dead bodies.

"Help me load these into the chopper!" Chase called over to Krystal when he noticed she wasn't doing anything.

"On it!" She replied, sprinting over and picking up Nora's body off the ground.

The sound of an explosion reached them from outside and they all hurried as quickly as they could. The bodies were all loaded into the back and Team SCAR got in.

"We'll draw them away, you make sure to get back to Beacon safely!" Chase yelled.

"Don't die!" Krystal called back.

"I don't intend to," Chase muttered under his breath. "Let's go."

Chase led the way back down the stairs as the helicopter flew away.

"Stay frosty, this could get hairy."

Ethan pulled back the charge on his rifle while Seven readied her sword. They made their way through the hallway slowly, checking every corner on the way. They made it all the way to their car before engaging in any combat. Even so, it wasn't much, and it consisted of Ethan shooting a few rounds into three White Fang personnel.

"Get in, we're making our amazing getaway." Chase said as he slipped into the driver seat and started the car.

He shifted the car into reverse and it made its way back through the massive hole in the wall, running over a couple more White Fang operatives on the way.

"Let's move some metal." Chase smiled, throwing the car into first and beginning their chase through the city.

"How much farther?" Blade asked Lunas from the co-pilot seat.

"You're the one with the map in front of you, you tell me." Lunas responded in exasperation.

"Oh, right." Blade looked down at the random lights and gadgets that made up the console and sighed. "Not that I can read it."

"What a great use you are up there." Lance called from the back with a slight smile.

"Hey, I didn't ask for this. And you can't read it either." Came the acidic reply.

"Here, what does the blue number say?" Lunas finally caved and turned part of his attention to helping Blade.

"Twenty-Eight." Blade replied.

"That's how many klicks we are away."

"Uh, in english please?"

"Twenty-Eight kilometers."

"Still not english."

"Around seventeen and a half miles."

"Finally, he speaks english."

"That was all was english, did it sound like french to you?"

"Uh, no."

"Spanish?"

"No."

"What then?"

"It just sounded like you were making up words."

Lunas facepalmed and turned his attention back to the flying.

"Never mind then, just try not to die of stupidity on the way there." He said in disgust.

Author's Note:
This is the last chapter that I am releasing daily, as this is the last chapter that I have previously uploaded. The next chapter will be released next Sunday, and subsequent chapters will be released every Sunday. If you have any questions, check my profile or PM me. Thank you all for reading and if you enjoyed, don't forget to follow, favorite, and review. Chas1881