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RWBY Watches Classic Movies
Chapter 58
The party decided to rest for the night and get a fresh start in the early morning. Unfortunately, it began raining again by the time they reached a small creek bed. Sun ran past one of the hunters and slowed down alongside Sienna.
"Want some gum?" he said in a chipper voice, offering her a stick from the pack. She declined, so he took it for himself. "You seem like you got a shred of common sense." He said, trying to make conversation. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Somewhere on this island is the greatest predator that ever lived." Sienna said matter of factly, "The second greatest must take him down."
"Wow, talk about pride." Taiyang commented.
"It's been a problem since she first joined, I'm afraid." Kali said dramatically.
"Oh, like you were any better, Ms. Love-at-first-sight." Sienna fired back.
"You gonna use that to do it?" he asked, pointing to her elephant gun.
"If he doesn't surrender, yes."
"Lemme take a look at it." Sun grabbed for the gun.
"Nope." Sienna moved the gun out of reach, carrying it over her other shoulder.
Sun chuckled at her reaction. "So, the animal exists on the planet for the first time in tens of millions of years and the only way you can express yourself is to kill it?"
"You remember that guy a few years back? I forget his name. He climbed up Mount Neverset with no oxygen and came back nearly dead? And people asked him; 'why did you go up there to die?' he said, 'I didn't. I went up there to live.'"
Further back in the group, Salem, now wearing a dark, weather-resistant poncho, came up alongside Nora and Rin.
"Say, I haven't had a chance to wish you luck on your new business venture." Nora said, taking the chance to fire a few 'told you so' shots at Salem, "You're off to a very promising start."
"It still amazes me that they just freely talk to her like that." Ozpin said.
"It's a different Salem, Ozpin." Oscar reminded him.
"I know, but still…"
"My team is intact, doctor. I'm sorry for the loss of your man." Salem said calmly. "You know, it's very easy to criticize someone who generates an idea and assumes the risks of it."
"You know, when you try to sound like Oz, it just comes off like a hustle."
"I am nothing like Ozma." Salem said angrily.
"Keep telling yourself that."
"Ozma's reach exceeded his grasp. Mine does not."
Nora sighed. "Taking dinosaurs off this island is the worst idea in the long, sad history of bad ideas, and I'm gonna be there when you figure that out."
"I'm sort of glad these movies don't exist in our world." Weiss said.
"Let me guess: your old man?" Yang said.
"Mm-hm."
By midday, the rain had long since passed and the group was walking across open grassland, keeping close to the tree line. A low roaring echoed across the plains and the hunters picked up their pace, keeping their weapons at the ready as they moved into the forest.
The group slowly trudged through the trees in a disordered line, allowing the foliage to brush against them. Sienna looked at one of the plants and saw an amount of blood on it.
"Take a break!" she called out, "Five minutes." The men and women around her moaned and groaned thankfully as they found places to sit, drink and eat. Sienna walked among the individuals who were in front of her, stopping when she saw Penny. She set her gun against the tree next to Penny and squatted down in front of the long-haired ginger. "Are you injured?" she asked her.
"Huh?" Penny asked, tired. Sienna pointed at her clothes. "Oh, no, it's from the baby. I set its broken leg. It's just not drying in all this humidity."
"Sienna, could I have a word?" Salem asked. Sienna stood and turned to her employer. "I'd love to know where we are." The pair walked off as Sienna pulled out a compass.
Sun walked up and sat down next to Penny. "Making friends with Ahab, are ya?" he joked. Penny rolled her eyes with a smile at her teammate as she pulled off one of her shoes and shook some rocks out of it, while Sun eyed up Sienna's gun.
"God damn it, Sun." Neptune sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"What?" Sun said.
"I know that fucking look, man. That's your 'up to no good' face."
"Oh, bull shit it is."
"The food fight on the first week?"
"That was Arslan's fault, and you know it."
"Ditching us to take a boat to Vale?"
"You hate sea travel! And the guys wanted to fly anyway."
"Ditching us to go after a girl?"
Sun paused for a moment. "Which time?" Suddenly, a bucket of popcorn bounced off his aura.
"Shut it!" Nora hissed.
Further down the line, Corsac left his pack with the man known as Carter. "Hey, Carter, I'm going to the ladies' room. Wait here for me, will ya?" Unfortunately for Corsac, Carter heard none of that over his headphones and the music they were playing. He walked a fair distance from the group, until he was sure no one would bother trying to peep on him. He set his gun down and began prepping himself to do his business, when he heard whispering and chittering from the brush. He quickly took up his weapon and held it at the ready.
He followed the noises and rustling to a nearby bush and looked deep into it. He saw nothing until a Compy stuck it's head out at him suddenly, shrieking at him. He yelped in surprise, pointing the gun at the creature's tiny head, then chuckled to himself when his brain finished processing everything.
"It's not nice to sneak up on people." He said as he pulled out his cattle prod and extended it. The Compy dived back into the bushes and Corsac jabbed down at it, trying and failing to shock it three times. Looking around, he realized that he hadn't left any way for him to find his way back to the group. "Hey, Carter! Where are ya? I got turned here!" No answer. He kept calling out to his buddy, but Carter was busy munching on a bar of chocolate, his music still blasting in his ears.
Corsac continued deeper into the forest, gun and cattle prod at the ready.
"Hey, Cart- ah!" he yelled out as he stepped over a bush, not seeing the sheer drop until it was too late. He tumbled down the slope, losing his weapons in the fall, stopping with a thud as he hit the base. He panted and groaned into the dirt, not noticing the rustling in the bushes surrounding him.
"I guess it's this guy's turn to join the Dead Folks Club." Qrow commented.
"Good." Sienna said, a little pouty.
"I take it you're not a fan, either?" Ghira asked, one eyebrow raised.
"Hardly. Him and his brother were odd ducks on a new level. Practically tried to turn their Fang cell into a cult backing Adam."
Ilia slowly shrank into her seat, trying to make herself as unnoticeable as possible.
Suddenly, Compys swarmed him, jumping up and biting at his skin and clothes. Corsac managed to rise to his feet, ripping off a Compy that was biting on the side of his throat and then another that had gotten ahold of his lip. The rest of the animals quickly abandoned ship as he violently shook off the ones that clung to his torso. They ran a short distance to a nearby log and looked at him expectantly. He simply spat some blood at them and turned and walked away. The animals followed him, maintaining their distance, until he turned and ran at them, roaring and chucking stones at them to make them scatter.
Back at the group, Penny was resting against the same tree Sienna's gun was. Sienna picked up said gun and called for the group to resume their march. The men and women groaned as they came back to their feet, except for Ajay.
"Carry me?" Rin asked her mother.
At the back of the group, Carter remained seated.
"Carter. Carter!" one of his fellows said, before picking up a small rock and tossing it at the man's leg, immediately getting his attention. He gestured to the group on the move and Carter quickly took of his headphones and picked up his gun, not noticing the pack they left behind.
Corsac was in some deep shit. He was practically limping down a creek bed, calling out for Sienna and Carter, the Compys chirping and trilling as they continued to follow him. He yelled at them to get lost, throwing rocks and insults at them, but the little beasts were relentless. He began to feel weak and fell into the water, allowing even more of the beasts to swarm him. He shook them off too, and quickly retreated over a nearby log. The animals followed him, but this time all he could do was scream as his blood mixed into the running water.
Sienna hummed as she reclined her chair, satisfied with how the insect went out. Although, maybe it was a little too good for him. After all, him and his brother did try to kill two of his best friends and kidnap her goddaughter.
Sienna looked down at Carter with hard eyes. The group had stopped again once someone had realized that Corsac was not among their number.
"When did you last see him?" she growled.
"10, 15 minutes ago." Carter answered.
Sienna nodded. That would match up with the last time she had seen him as well.
"Come with me, and you." She said, pointing at Carter and the man next to him. "If he's alive, we'll find him. The rest of you keep moving until you reach the ridge. Wait for us there, and Ms. Polendina?" Penny walked up to Sienna, "No one tells the little girl." She whispered. Penny nodded and sat back down.
"That sounds like something you would do." Kali commented.
"No man, woman or child left behind, right?" Sienna grinned.
"It was always your way." Ghira agreed.
"Alright. Let's carry on." Salem said, rising to her feet. "On your feet, everyone." Nobody moved. "You heard me, let's go."
Sun stood up. "Alright guys, let's get the hell outta here." This time, the (mostly faunus) group grunted as they rose and carried on. Ajay, though he followed orders, secretly wondered why Sienna hadn't asked his to come along and stared after her as she departed.
That night, the camp was quiet, filled with the sounds of quiet snoring as everyone was out cold from the long march. Penny and Rin got a tent to themselves, which was lit up from within by a lantern. Everyone was asleep, except for Ajay, who was keeping watch and waiting for Sienna to return. He smelled the air and identified Sienna's unique signature approaching from behind. Quickly, he grabbed a canteen he had saved and brought it over to his cousin.
"Did you find him?" Nora asked as she joined the two faunus. Sienna didn't answer as she greedily drank from the proffered canteen.
"Ah. Just the parts they didn't like." She said, wiping her mouth of excess water with the back of her arm. "Alright, let's see that map." She ordered, and Ajay dutifully pulled the map out of his pack along with a flashlight. "Now, the operations building is right down in there, about a mile and a half from the base of these cliffs." She pointed to a nearby valley.
"How do you know?" Nora asked.
"I've seen it, but the climb down won't be easy. We'll let them sleep, one more hour. Then we hit it."
"Wouldn't it be better to wait until daylight to do something like that?" Winter posited.
"Maybe for humans, and even some Faunus," Sienna said evenly, "But remember that most of us have nearly perfect night vision. It makes no matter to us if we do it in the light or the dark. What does matter is getting out of the open and into some form of shelter as soon as possible and calling in the rescue."
Inside the tent, Rin and Penny were fast asleep, crackers and chocolate bars sitting near their heads. Outside, Nora couldn't sleep and was wandering around the camp, illuminated by the moonlight. As she passed a pool of still water, she saw it ripple slightly. She stopped and saw it happen again, accompanied by the sound of a distant thud.
At the same time, Penny woke up in the tent, hearing the thud and feeling the tremor. Slowly, she looked up and saw her bloody jacket hanging over her in an attempt to dry it out.
"Oh, *Blaring horns* me." Penny said, putting her head in hers hands.
"Penny!" Ruby yelled, holding her ears.
"I'm sorry." Penny said sheepishly.
"Gah! That's my thing." Pyrrha muttered.
"Oh no." she whispered before quickly scrambling to cram as much mess as she could into plastic baggies and quietly turn out the light. As the light within died, the moon illuminated the shape of a T. Rex head against the side of the tent. Outside, Nora saw the beast approached the tent. Her memories from Nublar kicked in and she stood absolutely still, hoping the same rules applied here.
Slowly, the rex stuck its head into the tent, rumbling a low growl and began to sniff the bloody jacket. Rin was roused by the sounds.
"What is that?" she asked aloud. She turned around and nearly screamed if not for Penny silencing her. All she could do was silently cry out for her mother.
"Rin. Rin!" Nora whisper shouted. At her feet, Carter was roused. He looked up and screamed aloud, shouting in rapid Faunuspeak, and waking the entire camp, who took one look at the giant carnivore in their midst and scrambled to get the hell away.
"Stay put! Stay put! Don't move!" Nora yelled at them, holding her position. "Don't run!"
The rex quickly stood up, ripping the tent from the ground, and shook the tent from its head with a roar. Sun had somehow managed to quickly circle around to the girls and sped them away, urging Rin to focus on running rather than their pursuer. As the second rex came into the encampment, Nora decided to crawl away rather than be seen running with the hunters.
"Sun?" Nora growled, making the boy freeze in his seat.
"Y-yeah?" he replied nervously.
"You have earned a reprieve."
"Um, thanks?"
Sienna came up with her rifle and fired, but nothing came of it. She pulled the trigger again. Nothing. She took out the ammo to reveal a pair of empty shells.
"Monkey-tailed bastard!" She growled and ran to her tent to grab Plan B.
Meanwhile, the female rex pursued the hunters through the forest and into a creek bed, roaring at the men, one of whom was blindly firing his gun at it. Carter accidentally tripped and fell into a large puddle of water and was trampled on as his fellows fled. He managed to turn around just in time to scream as the rex's foot came crashing down on him. His body stuck to its foot like a piece of wet toilet paper for a few steps until it came to rest face down in another puddle.
"God damn. Hell of a way to go." Qrow commented.
"You said it, buddy." Tai agreed.
Back at the camp, Sienna pulled a box from her pack covered in warning labels. Opening it revealed a set of tranquilizer darts. Carefully, she loaded one into the tip of her chain whip and locked it in place. Taking a second one and carefully holding it between her teeth, she unwound her whip and began to stalk the male, which was drinking nearby. Using a small bush as cover, she swung her whip over her head and slung the tip straight at the beast's flank, the needle driving deep into the skin. The rex let out a roar of pain and began to stalk towards Sienna, who calmly retracted her whip and loaded the next needle into the tip as she backed away slowly.
"Credit where it's due." Yang said, clapping softly. "That was badass."
Ilia clapped along, proud that she had been taught her style by Sienna herself.
The hunters began to file into a cave behind a waterfall as they fled the T. Rex pursuing them. Rin tripped and fell, but Penny and Sun quickly pulled her to her feet and into the cave mere seconds before the rex's head burst through the waterfall with a roar. The hunted crowded the back of the cave, trying to put more distance between them and the hunter.
"I hate you, you son of a bitch!" Sun yelled at the beast defiantly, "He can't reach us!"
With its teeth, this was true, but it was still able to stretch it's tongue out towards Penny and lick at her face, disgusting her to no end.
"Ah! A snake! Get it- help me!" Burke yelled, noticing a snake crawling down his shirt.
"Stay back!" Penny yelled as her colleague ran closer to the waterfall, but he was grabbed by his arm and hoisted bodily out of the cave. His screams were ended by an audible crunch and followed by a red tinge to the waterfall.
Sun kept Rin's head turned away from the sight, doing his best to keep her calm. He heard a loud inhale coming from beyond the water. "It's coming back!" he yelled.
Rin screamed in fright, only to see her mother appear in the entrance.
"Mom!" she yelled, throwing herself into her mother's arms with a sob.
Nora hugged her daughter tightly and walked over to Sun. "Thank you." Sun simply nodded in gratitude.
"Scratch that. Sun, you are forgiven." Nora said, relief evident despite herself. Sun sighed and sunk into his seat, making Coco and Velvet laugh at him.
XX
Alrighty! Only two chapters left of the Lost World. I know Ruby has been a bit light on her reactions this time, but this is a sequel to Jurassic Park. It's very likely that she wouldn't like it as much as the original, kinda like me.
Since we're so close to our next movie, it's time for you guys to vote on what it will be.
Option 1: an animated Disney adventure movie featuring one of the Forgotten Princesses
Option 2: a realistic sci-fi space western
It doesn't matter which one you pick, since I'm excited to do either one, but be sure to leave your votes in the reviews for this chapter only. Any votes in other chapters will not be counted.
Once again, thank you all for what you said in your reviews last week. You really have no idea how much you helped me.
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Next Update: 1/21/20