This will be the closing weekend of RWBY: Draco Hunt. Three chapters go up tonight, this one, the final battle and the epilogue.

Chapter 48: Castle Vladimir

Victor packed away his stuff and shouldered his bag. He looked to everyone else as they packed their bags and smiled. His friends were getting ready to help him defeat his mortal foe, Draco. Blake walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him, pulling him into a tight hug. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed in between her ears, causing her to mew.

She giggled and sighed "I'm starting to get used to you doing that." He replied "Good. Is everyone ready to go?"

"They are. We're close to Castle Vladimir… aren't we?"

Victor walked out of the cave and stared out at the mountains. "We are." Victor sighed. "I can feel the Draco's presence right now… and I just can't contain the urge to just charge in and finish everything we set out to do." Blake intertwined her fingers with him and assured "We'll stop the Draco Victor. We'll put an end to this." Victor smiled and looked down at the ground. He removed his mask and stared at the silver and black metal.

He had worn the mask his entire life, but now it seemed so… unimportant. He put the mask on his side and turned to everyone who was walking out of the cave. "Alright everyone!" He shouted. "We are about to enter the belly of the beast as we approach Castle Vladimir. I'm sure that we will encounter a shit ton of Grimm as we get closer and even more when we get there. I highly doubt that we will simply be able to walk into the castle. I understand if any of you wish to turn back now before we make our final assault." Everyone was giving him strange looks until Sun proclaimed "We've stuck with you all of the way here. There is no way we're going to turn our backs on you now."

"Thank you. All of you, thank you. We started this mission together… and we will end it together!"

Victor turned to the direction of Castle Vladimir and started leading his team to their final objective. The trek was long and relatively uneventful until they started hearing the sounds of Grimm calls. Victor turned to his group and put a finger to his lips, signaling them to be quiet. He inched his way up until he was looking over the ridge. His jaw dropped at what he saw at the foot of a large castle.

It was a large crater with Castle Vladimir set in the far edge, but the main problem was the mile crater was filled with Grimm of every kind. Victor slid back down to his team and grumbled "We are in a serious amount of trouble." Jaune questioned "That many Grimm?"

"It is his army… the one to destroy humanity."

All of them looked shocked and unsure about what to do next. "We need to scout the area out a bit." Victor exclaimed as he ran his fingers through his hair. "Grey, Sun and Trevor, you three head out to do that. Stay out of sight and do not attack." The three of them nodded and started walking around the edge of the crater. Victor turned to the rest of the group and exclaimed "The rest of us will set up camp a little ways away." Everyone nodded and they trekked away from the Grimm infested crater. They travelled a little bit and found a spot to set up camp.

They set the camp up with no major issues and started to cook dinner since they trekked through lunch. Victor stared into the fire and thought about how he would get the entire team through that massive Grimm army in one piece. Unless the scout team came up with something, he wouldn't know what to do. "Victor." Blake called as she nudged him with her shoulder. "Are you okay? You've been staring at the fire for a long time." Victor sighed "I'm just trying to figure out what we are going to do to get past all of those Grimm without any unnecessary casualties."

"Don't worry. We'll figure it out."

Victor put his arm around Blake and pulled her close to him. They ate their dinner in silence since everyone was still pretty freaked out about the large number of Grimm in their way. The scout team returned and Grey reported "We found a way into the castle." Victor practically cheered "Really! Where?"

"On the east side of the castle, there is a small hole in the side of the castle. From what we observed it had been overlooked and left unguarded. We could sneak in from there and take Draco by surprise."

"Excellent. We'll take go through it at first light. Everyone get a good night's rest."

Everyone nodded and went into their tents, some people doubled up in their tents. Blake stood up and questioned "Coming to bed?" Victor answered "In a minute. I just need some time to think."

"Okay."

She wrapped her arms around him and whispered in his ear "Don't keep me waiting." She kissed his cheek and went into his tent. He smiled and stood up to get the feeling in his legs. He took a small walk away from the camp but kept it within sight. He took a deep breath and sighed "Here we are, right at the end of my story."

Victor heard a strange noise, like something being thrown past his head. The next thing he knew he was lifted up and flying through the air. He looked up and only saw the black scales of his mortal enemy, Draco. Victor struggled in Draco's grip until he was dropped a short distance to the ground. He shot up and took a fighting stance to take on Draco as best as he could.

Draco laughed "I knew it! I knew that Lucas couldn't have killed you! If I couldn't do it then there was no way he could!" Victor was confused since the Draco seemed… happy about Victor still being alive. "What is going on?" Victor questioned as he held his stance. "Why are you so happy?"

"Why wouldn't I be? My challenger lives! If anyone was going to kill you, Victor, it will be me."

"So you're happy I'm alive… so you can try and kill me?"

"No, I'm happy because I CAN kill you. I want to be the one to kill the only being able of harming me. It will make my take over that much sweeter."

"Not happening you over grown lizard."

"We shall see soon enough. We shall see. I am curious on how you will reach me since all entrances are heavily guarded. I know you will of course since I've instructed that you and your cat are not to be harmed, but more of how the others will survive."

"We humans have a way of surprising you against all odds."

"Then I will look forward to the challenge. I will take you back to your camp."

Draco swept Victor into the air and soundlessly dropped him back at the camp. Victor watched the faint outline of the Draco fly off towards Castle Vladimir and scowled. "I REALLY don't like that monster." Victor thought as he shook his head. He walked towards his tent and opened the flap to see Blake waiting on him. She sat up and smiled, proclaiming "It's about time. I was starting to get lonely."

Victor smiled and climbed on top of her. He lowered himself down and started to kiss her neck. "You still owe me that night alone." She whispered to him as she ran her fingers through his hair. He slid up and whispered in her ear "Would you like for that night to be tonight?"

"I would love that."

He kissed her cheek and then pressed his lips to hers with Blake responding with equal, or probably greater, passion. He picked her up and set her in his lap without breaking their kiss. The kiss became more and more passionate as Victor's hand found the button on her top. He slid her top from her shoulders as she lifted his shirt up, exposing his torso. She dropped her top as Victor pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it aside.

Victor wrapped his arms around Blake and kissed her again as she threw her arms around his neck. Victor's hands found the bottom of her shirt and removed it from her body. She took off the cover on her arm and the ribbons tied around her wrists. She pressed her body against him and whispered in his ear "I love you Victor." Victor responded "I love you too."

He laid Blake down and started to kiss her neck, trailing them down her body until he reached the waistband of her shorts. He hooked his thumbs on the waistband and pulled her short and stocking off at the same time. She kicked them off and Victor stared at his lover in her matching black underwear. She sat up and unbuttoned his pants, undoing his zipper at the same time. He shifted out of his pants and returned to kissing his lover.

He picked her up and had her sitting in his lap. She wrapped her legs around him and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him deeper into the kiss. He started to kiss her neck and Blake moaned "I love you Victor. I love you so much." Victor stopped and thought about everything the two had been through and what they were going to go up against. "Blake," Victor sighed, "will you marry me?"

Blake let him go and gave him a questioning look. "I thought…" She started. Victor interrupted "I know what I said before, but now… I just want you to know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

"But why now?"

"Just thinking about what is going to happen tomorrow. If either of us don't make it we'll know how much we cared about each other."

"And if we both die? Which I doubt."

"Then we can be together in death."

"And when we both live… we'll be engaged."

"That's the plan."

Blake smiled and put her hands on both sides of Victor's face. With tears of joy in her eyes she answered "Yes Victor. I'll marry you." Victor pulled her close and planted a kiss on her lips. She pulled him into her shoulder and whispered into his ear "Now make love to me." He smiled as he slid a hand up her back and undid her bra.

Blake leaned back and dropped her bra on the ground as Victor started to kiss her neck. He slid his hand around and started to caress her, making her moan in pleasure. Blake pulled him deeper into her shoulder as he continued to caress and squeeze her. She moaned in his ear "Take me Victor. Take me now." Victor slid his hands down and hooked his thumbs onto her underwear and started to pull them down.

She shifted back and kicked her panties off with them landing on Victor's shoulder. Victor stood up and Blake practically tor his boxers off. She laid down on her back as Victor position himself over her. He laid down on top of her, allowing her to fully embrace him. They spent the night together as lovers, just as a few other couples of the group did.

Victor woke up several hours later with is lover asleep on his chest. He smiled as he ran his fingers through her hair, which was terribly tossed and misshaped after their night together. He was able to slide her off of him without waking her and he silently put on a pair of pants. He stepped out of his tent into the cold night air, feeling the drastic loss of warmth. He smiled as he looked up into the night sky and thought "This is a beautiful night… and I'm sure it won't be the last one I see."

He heard movement and looked back to see Kaylee crawl out of a tent that wasn't hers. "Who were you with last night?" Victor questioned with a smile. "No one!" She nearly shouted, face turning a deep red.

"Who was it?"

"I just told you. No one."

Victor walked over to the tent and proceeded to kick it over, waking the other person inside. The cloth flipped around until Trevor poke his head out and barked "What the hell was that for?" Victor raised an eyebrow and looked at Kaylee, who was hiding her face in her hands. "Trevor? Kaylee? Really?" Victor questioned. "What?" Trevor questioned as he crawled out of the remains of his tent. "Is us being together really that weird?"

"No… I just… never thought about you two being together. When did this happen?"

"When you were gone we attacked the followers. I got hurt and Kaylee lost her mind."

"I did not lose my mind!" Kaylee barked, face still red. "You freaked the hell out and confessed you had a crush on me since you thought I was going to die!" Trevor responded.

"There was so much blood! I just couldn't hold it in anymore!"

Trevor laughed and wrapped her in a hug. Victor smiled at the happy couple and thought "Never would have thought about them getting together, but stranger things have happened." Everyone else started to crawl out of their tents to see what all the commotion was about. "Get dressed everyone!" Victor shouted. "Today is the last day of our mission! Today… we kill the Draco!"

Boom… only two… chapters…left. The final fight and its outcome. Who will emerge victorious? And who will suffer an early death. Next chapter… Fight for Humanity.

-Chief