Important AN: Hello everybody, so before the story I want to say that this is the last chapter of the year. I am taking the last few weeks to spend time with the family. Production of "The Darkest Dungeon of Remnant" Will begin on January 3rd 2020. Till then, enjoy your Christmas Vacation, and merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, joyeux Noël, Fröhliche Weihnachten, buon Natale, С Рождеством, god Jul, Nollaig Shona, Nollaig Chridheil, feliz Natal, Selamat Natal, メリークリスマス,and 圣诞节快乐,to those who I can't P.M and a happy New Year.
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When someone accuses you of doing something you're not doing,
it's usually because they're the ones doing it."
Anonymous.
In secret WF Base
Everything went cold for Dismas. There she was, the most vile, evil, villainess, creature to walk the land. Three times she had unpleasantly graced him with her deviousness appearance. Once's in the swamps of the ancient manner, second in the sophisticated halls of the Schnee manner, and now here in the bowls of a major WF base. When will he meet here next, Beacon? Of course, Dismas shudder at that idea that an abomination was to walk on school campus. As he tried to hold back his urge to fire upon her, she begins her vile speech.
"Hello Darlings, my name is Countess Diabolus. But please refer to me as Countess. I must say, it is exciting to meet you all this evening." The countess said sweetly.
"Who the fuck let a Schnee in?!" A voice came out of the crowd. This irritated the butler, but he was held back by the countess fan.
"Now, who said that." The Countess said without breaking her smile. The crowed remains quiet, looking about. After a few moments, the voice called up. This time it was right next to Dismas.
"I did!" The same WF officer from before stepped forward. Dismas tried to move away from the WF officer, but a crowd begin to form around him and this fool.
"We are here to fight against the humans. Every last one of those rich and power lustful bastards! Why on Remnant would we work with one of them!" The WF operative shouts, causing the butler to growl and click in more anger. The Countess remained eerily quiet. As she watched the Operative turns around "It was a mistake to invite Torchwick, and it's a mistake to invite that bitch. We should only need the help from Faunas and Faunas kind alone!"
As he said that, a fan was pressed against the side of his neck. He freezes instantly at the realization of the crowed was looking at him. She somehow managed to get from up on the platform, to the ground and deep into the crowed without being notice. He felt the cold sweat falling down his cheeks as he slowly turns around to see the Countess, still smiling that eerie smile.
"Tsk, I suppose your right on a few things. One of them was putting your faith in a common street rat. Still, if it helps my case. I myself am not human. I am much more than that and quite frankly superior to the Schnee's." The Countess said as she ran her fan along the back of his neck. She moved it to the other side before pulling it away swiftly. She begin to walk to one end of the circle. Coming face to face with a few WF members. They were both in shock and terror of the Countess.
"really, your not a fuckin human? Then what kind a Faunas are yah? A rat if I had to guess, since you walk like a Schnee." The WF officer continued to berate.
"No, I believe that is your friend. Miles I believe was his name. Shame, for a man born with two tales he did not had a lot of blood." The countess said as she circled around.
"He… what?" The WF Officer asked with a confused look. To which the Countess replied by flipping her fan open.
She wave herself a few times, making sure to cover her lip as she approach the WF Officer. With each step she took forward, the WF officer begin to feel his hair on the back of his neck standing up on end. Their was something off about her. Nothing about what she was doing was natural. He would have grabbed his sword, but fear over took him. She eventually got close enough to the point where their noses could touch. After a few moments she gave one last fan before closing it. Revealing her horrific true self. The WF members all gasped in horror at the sight of her face. Many has looked the worst of the worst Grimm kind and Humans had to offer. But nothing can compare to this monster's face. The WF operative fell down and lets out a terrified cry of fear. The Countess lets out a cruel chuckle at the poor Faunus's fear. As she finish chuckling she decided to let her tongue slide from her mouth, just to snap it inches from his face. This shattered the poor Faunus courage and he quickly soiled himself before passing out. The rest begin to push back away, leaving Dismas out in the open. She covered her lip with the fan and begin to change her face to her human side. As she waved her fan, she notices a single WF operative standing before her. Unlike the others, he seemed to be the only one who was brave enough to look her dead in the eye.
"My, your braver than most." She said as she approaches him. "Course I can still sense your fear."
Dismas held his tongue. Ever fiber of his being wanted to pull thunder out from behind and plant a bullet in her head. However, doing so will do nothing but announce himself to her. So all he could do is hold still. As she moved closer, she was a single step from touching his nose. Dismas continue to hold himself still, fearing that a single strain of sweat will betray him. As she was about to touch him, a voice from above called from above.
"That's enough Diabolus!" Adams voice called out. "You've made your point, now leave it there."
The Countess looks up at him. His hand was on the handle of his sword. Clearly seeing that he too wasn't comfortable with the idea of her being here. She respected his wishes. Giving a small sigh she said.
"Very well, Mr. Taurus. As you wish." She then turned back to Dismas and said. "Till we meet again, darling."
She then walked back with a pompous stroll. Dismas lets out a small sigh of relief as the Faunas slowly moved toward him. A few patted his shoulder, in congratulations. Others gave a silent nod. Of respect for his bravery. However some noticed that his hand was close to a flintlock. They would have loved to see him kill her, but they too knew the dangers of missing. Or enraging Adam. Dismas ignored them, and simply watched as the Countess made it underneath the platform. The Butler figure walked to the edge and unleashed a web of silk from his mouth. He lowered it by hand till the Countess could simply sit on it like a swing. The butler then pulled her up, till she was back on the platform. As she was doing so, Adam spoke up again.
"As you can see, she is indeed a Faunas. Not any type of Faunas but one who can hide herself among humans. This worked so well she almost ended the Schnee line during the Schnee Summer Solstice Ball." Adam announced causing a few in the crowed to mumble.
Adam now turned to her before assisting her up. He then turned to the crowed and continued. "Despite her failed attempt she is still not recognized by anyone as the mastermind of the attack. Hence she still remains with the upper human classes. Waiting for the right moment to strike. However just because she can't slit the throats the humans now, doesn't mean she can't assist us now."
Adam then turned to the Countess who took center stage. She then cleared her throat and begin. "Thank you, Mr. Taurus. Right, so as he said I can't do anything without compromising myself. However, I have made considerable connections with others who also see your fight as an honest one. They have supplied me with a multitude of resources. Some that are yet to be discovered by those pesky Atlas scientists. Hence tonight you will get to observe them first hand yourselves."
This caused more Faunas soldiers to murmured and hum as talks broke out about the new supplies they will receive. As they talk louder and louder, the Countess announced something else.
"But, before we begin. I will need a volunteers. Seeing that only one of you was brave enough to even look at me I doubt their will be any to gladly sacrifice yourselves. (Sigh) What a pity. No matter, we have a single human in our midst." That phrase made Dismas hold very still. He begin to panic slightly at the thought of being caught. That all this time she knew that he was their and simply was playing tricks on him for her own amusement. However the next line calmed him down. "She is currently locked below. Would someone kindly go fetch her for me?"
Nobody dared answered. They were all to afraid of this… thing to even bring a human before her. Seeing this as his chance to save Ruby, Dismas raises his hand. Speaking in an East Side accent he remarked. "I'll go get her."
"Wonderful, seems you are truly the bravest or simply the willing of them all, Mr. sorry never caught your name?"
"Um, John, John, E. Ander…smith. John E. Andersmith!" Dismas lied. Hoping that she would fall for it.
"Very well Mr. Smith. Please go fetch the little annoyance from her cell." The Countess said as she waved him off.
Giving a sigh of relief Dismas walked through the crowed as they moved out of the way for him. He struggled not to run since it could draw unwanted attention to him. Soon he was at the door leading downstairs. He though for a moment that perhaps he got the better of the Countess. Which was true, but not of her Butler. He sensed something off about this WF Operative, and once he disappeared, he soon follow after him.
Dismas 3rd POV
'Oh sweet Mary and joseph.' I internal scream to myself. 'That, was way too fucking close.'
I swore that the mask that was adorn my face would have fallen off if my brow didn't stop sweating. Still despite my nerves spiking I needed to calm myself down. Ruby won't be save if her savior is a nervous wreck. Letting out a small sigh, I continued down the stairs. The base felt like a maze at times, but after a few mistakes I finally found the prisoner cell. There, a few WF operatives were posted to keep an eye on the prisoner.
"Halt! Who are you and why are you down here?" One WF guard asked.
"Um, I'm Andersmith. I was sent down here to fetch the human." I lied. They gave me a strange look before one said.
"Huh, Andersmith? That's weird. I thought you moved to a different base out in Mistral." One WF guard states with a perplex look peaking out from beneath the mask.
"Ah, well I'm new. My name is John E. Andersmith." I said in hopes of covering my trail.
"Yeah, that was the last guy's name as well." The same guard comments as he grabbed his sword.
"What's the E standing for? Cause you don't look like an Emerald." Another guard asked as she slowly reach for her gun.
'Ah, shit. Maybe I can take the two. But that would raise an alarm.' I thought as my hand twitch for the handle of Thunder. After a few moments, I gave them the first name I can think of that wasn't Emerald. "It' um. Elizabeth. The E is for Elizabeth."
They stood there for a few moments till one lets out a chuckle. "Phs, for real? That is your middle name?"
"Um… yes." I said with an unsure grin. Once confirmed the three guards broke down in laughter.
"HA, Ha, HA, Ha, HA, Ha, HA, Ha, HA, Ha, HA, Ha, HA, Ha, HA, Ha, HA, Ha, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. Seriously? heh, heh, heh, heh," One Guard struggled to ask.
"Yeah, named after my mum." I lied once more. After a few more laughs they finally managed to calm down.
"heh, heh, Alright. Go get the human. I defiantly needed this." The other guard said as she moved aside allowing me to pass.
I walked by as they continue to laugh. I can still here them snickering in the background as I approach the final cell. Looking inside I can see, her. Ruby. She was holding her legs and silently crying. I wanted to spring open the door and pull her from the cell. However, there was still one more thing I need to do before getting her to safety. Opening the Cell, Ruby looked behind her, I can see her eyes was red from the number of tears she had cried. Deciding now was not the time to expose myself I gave a nod to her to follow. She didn't reply well.
"I'm not going. You can't make me." Ruby said as she sticks out her tongue at me.
"Come on kid. Make my job easier." I said without dropping the accent.
"No Pfffff" Ruby said as she made a farting noise with her tongue.
I was considering revealing myself to make things easier, however one of the guards heard her and decided to assist.
"Ugh, I swear she is possibly the most childish prisoner we ever have." The WF guard said as she put on restrains on her arms and pushed her to the ground.
"Hey, watch the cape! My mom gave it to me!" Ruby said in defiance.
"Uh, huh. Sure kid. I'm sure she pulled out all her hair out of her scalp worrying about you." The WF member said before pushing her over to me. "Want any help escorting her?
"Um, no I got this." I said, nearly breaking my accent. She gave a suspicious look to which I then replied by giving Ruby a slight push and tried to give a convincing smile. "Ah, get going you human scum. Our leader Adam wants you upstairs."
I continue to give the fakest smile I could giver for a few moments. After a bit, she gives a small sigh. "(Sigh) Well, go then. Don't let me hold you up."
Giving a quick nod I continued to push Ruby along. Not to harshly as we move forward. We got to the door to the stares when the elevator door dinged open. Outstepped a familiar person who calls out in a sickly voice.
"Ah, Andersmith. I see you retrieved the human." The butler said as he looked down at Ruby. Just from his appearance alone sent shivers down Ruby's spine. Seeing this I decided to get in front of her, maybe give a sign that I wasn't going to hurt her.
"Yes, I was just about to walk up the stairs with her." I answered as I made sure to keep her distance from the butler. He eyed me with a suspicious glare, I'd hope the Countess was the only person who didn't knew I was here. Guess that cat is out of the bag.
"Well, the elevator is down now. Here let me escort you both upstairs. Be a pleasure." The Butler said as he held his hand.
"Um, no thanks. I think I'll give the human a bit of exercise. You know, get that blood pumping and all that." I said trying to avoid riding in the elevator with him.
"Heh, as much as I love it when the heart races I rather not keep the Countess waiting." The Butler continued to insist. I was about to open my mouth to refuse when one of the guards came by.
"Look, if your to scared to go with this creep then I'll take the twerp up instead." The Faunas guard states.
I couldn't let that happen. So in the end, I reluctantly agreed. "Wait, no. I think it will be better that I was the one who brought her up. Guess a short ride up wouldn't hurt my feelings much."
"Wonderful. Glad to see that your nerve hasn't failed you." The Butler croaked as he held his arm out in an inviting manner.
I was hesitant to enter. No doubt I can take this monster in a fight with my weapons on me. But not without endangering Ruby. Before I could say anything, I felt an arm on my shoulder. Looking behind me, I see the same guard from before was holding my arm.
"(Sigh) Look if your too much of a wuss to enter alone with a human and freaky dick here then I'll come along." The WF guard states.
"Um, that is not necessary." I tried to convince otherwise.
"Nope, come on tough guy. Let's get this over with." He said before pushing me and Ruby inside. The Butler then pressed the close button and we slowly begin to ascend. I wondered what to do till the Butler spoke up.
"You know, you have a peculiar scent. Mr. Andersmith." The Butler remarks.
"Really. Same can be said for you." I replied harshly. Truth be told you didn't had to be a Faunas to smell the rotting flesh and blood coming from this monster.
"I know, apologies for future engagements. Still there is something, familiar about you." The butler states as he turns to Ruby. He then gives a long sniff that made both Ruby and the WF guard uncomfortable. "At first I though it was the human. Did you know she tried to escape on four different occasions?"
"No, I did not." I answered as my hand slowly moved towards Lighting.
"Really was an inconvenience for everyone. However, I managed to stop her before making it outside. But I digress though, Mr. Andersmith. Point is I have nearly gone nose blind because of her." He pauses to tap his proboscis like nose. Just as he does, my fingers already wrapped around Lightning.
"She always smells of Roses, strawberry's, Anglo blood decent, and abhorrent number of cookies. More accurately, chocolate chip." The Butler remarks.
"Ok, creepy but that does explain the smell of cookies recently." The WF operative said as he gives a small whiff of Ruby, who responded by giving a disgusted look. "Still ain't it cliché that you can smell her blood?"
"Hmm, no. Sides I'm nothing compared to those shallow spectacles shown on your television sets youngsters seem to obsessively watch." The Butler said with a tone of distain in his voice. He then turned to me and picked up where he last left off. As he continued on, my grip got tighter on Lightning. "You, I was uncertain about you. Now that we are in the same room, I can smell you much better."
"Really, and what do I smell like?" I asked as I slowly pulled Lighting from it's sheath.
"Well, you have an Anglo blood type. But instead of cookies or fruits, you smell of misery, regret, mud, and something else that I just can't my finger on." The Butler said before snapping his fingers. "It's a unique mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate?"
"Huh, so he smells of chemicals? Guess your grew up in the wilderness." The WF guard remarks.
"Not quite. It's and odd combination, since those are the three components to make… gunpowder." Looking at his face I could see that he put two and two together. He then looked me in the eye with a snarl on his face. He then hissed out. "…Highwayman."
Now that my disguise will no longer fool him I decided now was the time to act. Moving quickly, I pulled lightning from my back and slashed at his throat. Too fast for him to realizing. Quickly spinning with the blade, I pulled Thunder from it's hiding spot and quickly elbowed my fist into the Butlers teeth. The WF guards eyes went wide as he tries to go for his blade. However Thunder's musket round passed through his shoulder like wet paper. The shockwave sent him flying back, hitting the back of the wall and falling unconscious. Ruby however stood there in a daze. After a few moments Ruby blinked a few times before realizing what just happened. Seeing that she wants to know who just saved her, I removed the mask.
"…Dismas?" Ruby asked with wide eyes.
"Hey, Ruby." I said sincerely while kneeling down to her level. "Sorry it took so lo…"
And before I could even finish my sentence, Ruby's wide eye expression turn to an angry one. She punched me, right smack middle of my nose. I can hear the crack of the bridge as I fell to the ground Looking back up she begin to punch and hit me despite her restraints making it any easier.
"Ah, what the hell Ruby!" I asked as blood trickled out my nose.
"You shot me! Turned me over to the White Fang, then you come to rescued me!" Ruby asked as I managed to fight through enough of the pain to grab her arms.
"Ugh, first of all. That wasn't me. Secondly I would never do such a thing!" I state as I stand up.
Ruby struggled to pull her arms free from my grasp. As she struggles she begins to break down. "I saw you. Me and Weiss. When I went to say hi you turn around and shot me! When I woke up I was here, for three day. Three days they kept me here, telling my that you. You, you, you, you, you, you, you…"
Ruby couldn't hold back her tears. She then tossed her hands over me and begin to cry heavily into my shoulder. As she snobs' tears and snot into my shoulder I thought in my head. 'Oh thank god almighty, this is a rental. And, dear god this hurt. Why did she had to lean against my gunshot wound?' Other then those two thoughts I was glad that she was alive and mostly unharmed.
"Sniff, I knew you would, sniff, never betray me, sniff. No, sniff, matter what, sniff, they said. I knew!" Ruby bawled into my shoulder.
"Course I wouldn't kid. Though their may be a slight problem." I said as the pain slowly became unbearable.
"Sniff, what?" Ruby asked.
"I was sort of shot in the gut during the prison escape. Mind not leaning to hard against it?" I asked politely as the pain got worse.
Ruby looks down to see that her knew was pressed up against it and she quickly moved off me with a small hesitant chuckle and an embarrassing look on her face. "Heh, sorry. Wait what prison escape?"
"Ugh, mine. But forget about that. Right now, we need to head to the basement." I said as I got up with a small grunt.
"The Basement, what's down there?" Ruby asked as I pulled the key's from the unconscious WF guard.
"From what I was told, evidence. Evidence that will prove that I didn't shoot you, and actually put a dent in whatever the White Fang are planning." I explained as I removed the shackles from Ruby's wrist.
"How do you know all this?" Ruby asked as she messages her wrist.
"That's not important right now. I'll explain everything but for now we need to…" Before I could finish my sentence I looked over at the controls. What should have been the slumped body of the Butler was now just a blood trail. Leading up over our heads and into the shaft. I responded with the two words that best describe the predicament we found ourselves in. "Ah, shit."
"Dismas… where did the scary butler go?" Ruby asked as she looked up into the darkness of the Elevator shaft. Before I could answer, the elevator shook. Throwing us to the side. I can hear above the sound of wires being cut. By the time I realized what had happened it was too late. The Butler has cut the elevator's lines and we begin to fall. All I could do, I grab ahold of Ruby as we fell.
Hello everybody Wombag1786 here. So I'll get to the questions and comments before making my final announcement for the year.
From Zelout24: heh, unfortunately not having the money to buy his prized locket will be the least of his problems. But that will be revealed next year I suppose.
Thanks for writing Zelout24 and Merry Christmas
From gold crown dragon: Yep, though I got to say. This was my least favorit arc I have written so far. This feels a bit cliché if I am honest. Still at least I can take a break for the remainder of the year… oh wait. Crap I forgot about new years.
Thanks for writing gold crown dragon Merry Christmas.
Right so with that done I want to say sorry that I couldn't write anything longer then this. Time got to far ahead of me and I can't write tomorrow due to the holidays. So more or less I had to rewrite this entire arc's direction to fit the time schedule. More or less Dismas was going to be dragged back to Beacon to which Ruby reveals everything after stabbing her imposter. Guess I'll trade that in for a mixture between a doppelganger captain America escape ending instead. Though I suppose I can bring everyone's favorit crusader in for a short time. That wouldn't hurt the story much since he will make his appearance in the third season. Anyways enough rambling. Merry Christmas to all. (or Happy Hanukkah) And I'll be seeing you all in the new year.
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