Chapter 36
POV: Omniscient
Cinder was pacing back and forth in her room. Mercury was sitting on the floor, and Emerald was laying on the bed.
Cinder: And you're sure it was him?
Mercury: Red cape. Wielded that giant sword. Smelled like my dad after a long day. It was him.
Emerald: So what are we going to do?
Cinder: Well sit here, and stay the course. They have no idea who we are, are what's coming for them.
Her scroll beeped.
Cinder: Oh, and we have a new access point.
Ironwood's face popped up on her screen. She scrolled through all the files, and found something interesting, called the P.E.N.N.Y..
Cinder: I think we have a small change of plans here.
Emerald: So, what are your orders?
Cinder: Let's give the crowd a good fight. You will fight in 4 days, during the doubles round.
While she said that, Cinder used her scroll to set the fight for 4 days later. She set it as Mercury and Emerald vs. Coco and Yatsuhashi.
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POV: Rocket
I was in the arena the day after Winter arrived. It was my turn to fight, and it was me against team THDR. Their leader, Trent, could leave behind energy trails that acted solid, but would disappear after a few seconds. He used a quarterstaff. Then there was Herman, who used a sledgehammer. He could transfer kinetic energy through the ground in waves, with almost 100% efficiency. Next up, was Dracor, who used a sword that opened into a flamethrower. His semblance let him heat up nearby (Non-living) substances. Finally, there was Ridge, who used a water gun. He can freeze any water near him, but it takes more focus the further the ice is from him.
The terrain randomization system activated, and the result was a river on one side that flowed to off the stage, and the other was a fire geyser field. It's pretty much just like the geyser field, but it shoots fire up instead of water. The fire geysers were behind me I looked around the terrain, trying to find a place I could disappear. The fire geyser field had a few large rocks that I could ninja around...
Port: Ladies and gentlemen! Today's match is between Rocket, and team Thunder! Due to the special circumstances surrounding team RRWBY, Rocket was given the decision to either fight by himself against full teams, or not fight at all. He chose to fight. This match is bound to be interesting, so let's begin.
The countdown began. As soon as I heard go, I was off into the fire field, I was followed by Dracor and Herman. Trent and Ridge went back onto the river, standing on ice, courtesy of Ridge. Ridge was shooting ice at me. You thought I meant a squirt gun? No, it's more like a pressure washer than a water gun. Trent seemed to just be there to create a shield if the need be. Dracor opened his sword and slashed fire in my general direction. I jumped to the side, ducking under an icicle fired by Ridge. I slashed my scythe, cutting through another icicle. I flipped over Herman, who slammed the ground to try to catch me with the KE. Instead, he hit Dracor who was about to lunge at me. Dracor was launched out of the arena. When I landed, I hit Herman with the handle of my scythe, sweeping his legs out from underneath him, and quickly revered my strike to hit another icicle out of the air. I moved steadily towards Trent and Ridge, until Herman was behind me, fully recovered. He stood up and was about to ground-pound again, when I dodged an icicle instead of blocking it, and it hit him full in the face. Damaging him yet again. Trent finally realized I didn't actually have a ranged weapon, meaning Ridge didn't need cover. Trent went on the attack. Herman was almost all the way down, but he was still fighting. He got over confident though, knowing he had 2 other teammates, and he forgot that this was a fire geyser field. He pounded the ground while he was standing on a geyser. Even I winced and the explosion happened underneath him, launching him into the air, and over the side. Then, I turned to face Trent with a new strategy. I jumped over the next icicle, about to land on Trent. He use his staff to make a square trail, that I landed on. I used the shield as a jumping pad to jump over him, and slam the ground. The fire geyser in front of me activated, melting the next icicle. Another one underneath Trent activated, but he jumped out of the way. The leftover smoke left a nice little screen, that I jumped through, and batted him backwards, onto yet another fire geyser. I just tapped my scythe on the ground, activating it. I then turned to Ridge. He was still standing on his ice in the middle of the river. He realized he was the last one left, and desperately fired off rounds. I blocked them while walking forward. When I counted that he had 1 more shot left, (he had a limited supply of water) I threw my scythe, so it spun horizontally. He ducked, but lost all focus, dropping him into the river. Before he could create more ice and get out of the river, he was washed out of the arena.
Port: And the winner is… Rocket!
I walked over during the applause and recovered my scythe.