Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well due to the Corona virus situation. It is important to be safe and healthy, wash your hands, and keep your distant from any potential sick person. And to my people here in California and the people of Pennsylvania, (in addition to New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Connecticut, I just found out about these additional states a while ago) be very, VERY careful since we are currently on lockdown, stay indoors, keep yourself busy and try to be safe. We will get through with this and we will come out strong.
With that, this is the LAST chapter of the Android Arc, I hope you are all ready for this chapter, because it will be a rollercoaster. Let us begin!
Chapter 58
Everyone quickly evaded Penny's attacks while they all took aim and fired right back at her. Yang, Ruby and Magnus were shooting from a distance while Ren and Nora were fighting Penny head on. Both Nora and Ren were swinging their weapons at Penny, but the android girl cackled as she dashed away from them while she swung her swords at them. While Nora and Ren deflected the swords away, a few of the swords turned into pistols and fired green blasts at them. This time however, Nora and Ren didn't have enough time as the blasts landed a clean hit and knocked to the ground.
"Damn it!" Magnus shouted, "This is going nowhere! We have to take her down now!"
Penny heard this as she cackled and said "P-P-P-PoOr YoU! iF yOu FiGhT mE, wHo Is GoInG tO sToP tHeM?!"
As she used her claw fingers to point behind them, everyone turned and saw more Atlesian robots dropping from the sky and landed, and were making their way to the CCT.
"No!" Cinder shouted as she and the others were still recovering their Auras, "We can't let them reach the CCT!"
Magnus gritted his teeth as he turned to Ruby and Yang and said "You guys think you can hold those trashcans off?"
Yang nodded as she pumped her fists together and said "You can count on me!"
However, Ruby stood quiet before saying "I-I want to try to get through Penny, see if I can get to her."
Magnus rolled his eyes and said "Your funeral."
He then turned to Ren and Nora and shouted "Hey, you two! Go help Blondie here with the CCT! Leave robo-girl with me and Red!"
Nora and Ren nodded as they rushed to the CCT with Yang running behind them. Ruby stood next to Magnus, who had Pryor in his hands, and said "What do we do?"
Magnus replied "If we can get her to lose focus or at least weaken her, I can do the rest."
Gripping her Crescent Rose, she spins it as it transformed into it's scythe form and said "I hope you are right."
While Ruby and Magnus fought Penny, Ren, Nora and Yang all made it in time as the hordes of robots closed in on the entrance of the CCT. Once the robots were close, Nora swung her Magnhild hammer and crushed a few robots. Upon seeing more, Nora transformed her hammer to her grenade launcher and launched a few bombs at the robots and blew them up to pieces.
Ren was rushing around the group of robots as he fired his dual pistols Storm Flower and managed to take a few robots down. Seeing a few robots standing, Ren rushed in as he slid underneath them as he sliced through their legs and caused them to fall to their knees. And while the robots were on their knees, they were picked off by either Nora or Yang.
Speaking of Yang, she was blasting away her Ember Celica against the robots as she punched through every robot that was coming at her. Whether it is punching them in the face, body or any other part, or just firing blasts from a distance, Yang was sure to keep the robots away from the CCT. For her, it was easy to destroy a robot no problem, but for more and more to show up and constantly attacking them, it was tiring her out, even if she uses her Sembalance, it won't do her any good if her Aura is gone and she is only left with her fighting skills and weapon.
While the three continued to fight, the others tried to recover as Arthur shouted "Damn it! We have to help them! It's just them versus a whole army!"
"But…our Aura is barely recovering," Weiss said as she struggled to get on her feet, "Our fight with Penny took a lot out of us…"
"If only Jonathan was here…" Cinder said, "He could restore our Auras."
Back with Yang, Ren and Nora, the three of them continued to fight until one of the robots managed to deplete Yang's Aura to nothing as it knocked her to the ground. Before Nora or Ren could go in and save Yang, just as the robot was about to fire it's bullets at her, bullets shoot out nowhere and shredded the robot into pieces. The shower of bullets continued to rip through every robot that was either approaching the CCT or trying to harm the others. Everyone turned to see who was helping them when they saw Lopez's head on his machine gun, that was turned into a mounted machine gun.
"[I am sorry, my brothers. I hope you forgive me one day, but I cannot allow you to harm these useless meatbags]."
While Lopez continues to fire his machine gun, everyone looked in bewilderment as Grif said "Huh, when did he had the time to turn his weapon into that?"
"Forget that!" Victor shouted, "How in the hell is he firing that thing if he is just a head?!"
Soon feeling his Aura a bit replenished, Arthur stood up and said "Doesn't matter. Until the reinforcements arrive, we are all that is left."
Soon, everyone replenished their Auras and rejoined the battle. Meanwhile, Magnus was firing his rifle at Penny, who was using her swords to deflect the bullets away while firing multiple green blasts at the mercenary. Unable to dodge anymore blasts, as the green beams trapped him, he then spread his arms as a red dome shield appeared around him and blocked all the blasts at once.
As Penny was confused, Magnus smirked at her and said "Like it? My Barrier Sembalance allows me to protect myself from any attack, no matter how strong it is."
Before Penny was about to make another attack, she noticed Ruby using her Speed Sembalance to rush towards her. Penny quickly used her boosters to fly away from Ruby's range as she swings 5 swords at Ruby, who then spun her scythe to block the android's attack. She then aimed her scythe at Penny and fired a few shots at Penny. The android just laughed as she raised her left hand and blocked Ruby's attacks. However, she suddenly felt heavy as she crashed to the ground and, before she could realize what was going on, her body suddenly felt lighter as Magnus appeared next to her as he kicked her in the face and knocked her away.
"Gravity Manipulation," Magnus said as he walked up to her, "Perfect use to keep a target down."
But as soon as he got near her, there was a sudden blow delivered across his body and was knocked away from Penny. He looked up to see what knocked him down and groaned in frustration as he was face to face with a Paladin. As the Paladin raised it's fist and brought it down on Magnus, he quickly moved out of the way, but he was once again knocked away when another Paladin was there and had knocked him the ground. Regaining his footing and looked around, he saw that there were in total of 4 Paladins in front of him. He knew that he can't fight four Paladins and Penny at once, he has no choice but to use his thump card.
"Ruby!" Magnus shouted as he turned his weapon into a shotgun and fired at the Paladins to gain their attention, "I need you to lure that bot to me! When I give the signal, move as far away as you can!"
A bit worried, Ruby asked "What are you going to do?"
Magnus replied "Let's just say your sister's Sembalance works perfectly with another one I already have. Now do it!"
While Ruby nodded and charged towards Penny, Magnus focused his attention on the Paladins. He knew that if his plan were to work, then he would need to act fast. Putting his weapon away, Magnus rolled his shoulders as he charged at the Paladins. Using his Gravity Manipulation, Magnus leaped into the air as he made himself heavy so that he was floating over one of them and he suddenly made himself heavy and slammed himself onto it, crushing it to the ground and pinning it. As the other 3 Paladins closed in on him, Magnus raised his hands and use his Polarity Sembalance to hold the Paladins in place. But he was too focus on the Paladins he has trapped that he does not noticed the one he had pinned as it swung it's massive arm and knocked him away. Magnus quickly regained his footing as the Paladins acquired their target and charged at him. Seeing the Paladins charged at him, Magnus pumped his fists together as his body glowed red as he rushed towards them. He pulled out his weapon and started to fire at them while the Paladins fought back. While the Paladins took the bullets without any harm, the gigantic robots were delivering powerful blows to Magnus that caused him to stagger a bit, considering the strength of the Paladins. However, Magnus was able to take the hits from the Paladins thanks to his armor and to his Aura and Sembalances.
While Magnus fought against the 4 Paladins, Ruby was doing her best to lure Penny to he mercenary. However, her attempts were always met in failure as Penny would always evade her attacks or would attack back. Ruby was always lucky to dodge Penny's attack or evade them, but some managed to land a direct hit on her.
"C-C-CoMe On, R-R-RuBy FrIeNd!" Penny teased at Ruby, "I-I-I kNoW yOu CaN dO bEtTeR tHaN tHaT!"
"I don't want to hurt you, Penny!" Ruby cried, "I know you! You aren't like this! It's Elsa controlling you!"
"R-R-RuBy, Y-YoU hAvE tO fIgHt Me!" Penny said, "Y-Y-YoU dOn'T hAvE a ChOiCe!"
Flicking her claw, Penny rushed towards Ruby and swung her claw hand at her. Ruby then held up her weapon as she blocked Penny's attack but was then knocked away when one of Penny's swords blasted her away. Once Ruby was knocked down, she used her scythe to quickly pull herself up and charged at Penny with her Speed Sembalance. Seeing Ruby charge at her, Penny used her boosters to move away as she turned her left hand into a cannon and charged it up for an attack. As Ruby stopped and looked at Penny, it was too late for her to dodge as Penny fired her cannon at Ruby, blasting her away. Ruby landed a few feet away as she cried in pain and felt her Aura greatly depleted.
While Ruby slowly tried to get up, Penny laughed psychotically as she walked up to her and said "O-O-Oh RuBy FrIeNd, If YoU hOpE tO sAvE m-m-mE, yOu NeEd To FiGhT b-b-bAcK!"
Ruby held herself up and said "I'm sorry, Penny…I'm sorry this happened to you. I promise…you will be fixed soon."
As Penny tilted her head, she simply shrugged as she raised a few swords over her head, ready to bring them down on Ruby when, all of a sudden, there was a huge crash that landed on Penny. While the android struggled, Ruby looked up and saw that she was pinned by the four Paladins that Magnus was fighting.
"Ruby!" Magnus shouted, "Get out now!"
Listening to him, Ruby quickly moved out of the way as Penny struggled to get out of her trap. While Penny struggled, Magnus looked down and said "You have been a real pain, but now, it's time to put an end to this!"
All of a sudden, his whole body started to glow red as energy was starting to build up. Just as Ruby was out of range, that was when Magnus released the energy around him as it created a large explosion that leveled the area around them. Ruby covered her eyes as she shielded herself from the blast, but she was also extremely worried about Penny's condition. As the smoke slowly cleared up, she saw the four Paladins completely destroyed but there were no signs of either Magnus or Penny. After a while of looking at the destroyed Paladins, there movement in the wreckage as the pieces of Paladins were moved out of the way as Penny stood up. Although she was badly damaged, she was still intact despite the large explosion.
"Penny!" Ruby cried, "You're okay!"
Penny twitched a bit and said "I-I-It'S gOnNa TaKe MoRe ThAn ThAt!"
Ruby looked sad as she said "I'm sorry, Penny. I'm sorry this had to happen to you. But I promise, we will make you better."
As Penny gave her a disgusted look, all of a sudden, she let out a high pitch scream of pain as she felt something pierce her left shoulder. She tried to look at what had caused her pain until she felt her whole left arm being ripped from her body. All Ruby could do was watch in horror as she saw Penny's arm being ripped off as she saw nothing there that caused Penny's arm to be torn off. As the arm was thrown away and Penny holding her wounded shoulder where her arm use to be, out of thin air, Magnus appeared holding his kukri knife with his right hand as he twirls it a bit.
"Huh," Magnus said, "So this robot does feel some pain."
"No!" Ruby screamed, "Why did you have to do that?!"
Magnus looked at her and replied "It's the only way for me to catch her off guard."
As he sheathed his kukri knife away, he walked up to Penny and said to her "Now then, time to put this robot out of commission."
Sensing a bit of danger, Penny raised her good hand as she summoned a few swords and was about to fling them at Magnus, but the mercenary charged up to Penny and, with all his might, he delivered a powerful punch across Penny's left face and sent her flying into a wall. She slowly recovered, however, the force from Magnus' punch caused her to send her back to the wall as her eyes popped out and was hanging out while it was still attached to the eye-socket.
Ruby gasped in horror as she tried to use her Crescent Rose to stop Magnus from hurting Penny anymore, but she doesn't have the strength anymore to pick up her weapon. All she could do is helplessly watch as Penny is brutally being beaten up but Magnus's raw strength. Blow after blow, Magnus was damaging Penny's body, from her remaining arm, legs to even her head.
As Magnus grabbed Penny by the neck, he said "It has taken me a long time to find your sorry ass, robot. As much as I want to completely destroy you, you are needed elsewhere. For now, this will have to do."
Before she could do anything, Penny was suddenly lifted into the air as Magnus grabbed her with both arms, held her above his head and he brought her down to his right knee as her back was completely bent from the force and strength from Magnus. As he felt her loosen up from the mid-section, he then grabbed her but the middle where it was loosened and started to slowly pull apart. While Penny screamed in agonizing pain, with one mighty pull, Magnus ripped Penny apart from her upper and lower body as both halves were tossed aside.
Seeing Penny torn apart, just like she was back in the Vytal Festival, all Ruby could do is stare in shock and horror as her friend was being torn apart once again before her eyes. Seeing the 'life' fade from Penny's remaining eye, Magnus grabbed her upper body, tossed her over his shoulders as he looked at Ruby and said "Why are you so 'torn' up about? We both know that she is going to be fixed up once again by Dr. Polendina."
"But that didn't mean you should have ripped her apart!" Ruby cried.
"If it means her not escaping or stop fighting back, then I'll take it," Magnus said as he glared, "Don't forget, I am the one taking her. What do you hope to—"
All of a sudden, there was a loud gunshot that grazed Magnus' helmet. When he looked over, he saw Professor Goodwitch with Professor Port and Oobleck along with a few police officers with their weapons aiming at him.
Glynda then said "Stay away from my student, you fiend."
Port then said "Ms. Rose, please step away from that man. He is wanted by the Atlas Kingdom."
"B-But!" Ruby cried.
"It would seem like you all showed up in time," Magnus said, "A bit late considering that your students were doing all the work here."
Seeing that he has Penny in his arms, Glynda glared at him and demanded "Why do you have—"
BOOM!
Hearing the loud explosion, everyone turned to where the source of the explosion came from and their eyes widen as they saw the engines on the airship blew up as it was crashing towards the CCT. They all watched in horror as they can't do anything to prevent the airship from crashing, but Ruby knew that Blackheart was still in there.
"JONATHAN!" Ruby cried in horror.
Moments earlier…
Blackheart was firing his Daedric Pistols at the now Grimm Batty as the former Bat Faunus was evading his attacks. Blackheart would figure since Batty is now a Grimm, he would have lost what mind he had, but no, it looked like Batty still has his mind despite being a Grimm now. When Batty saw an opening to attack, he let out a powerful sonic scream a Blackheart that caused him to drop his weapons and cover his ears.
Now seeing a chance to attack, Batty dived right towards but Blackheart looked at him and shouted "FUS RO DAH!"
Using his Unrelenting Force Shout, Blackheart knocked Batty away as he quickly put his pistols away, then took out his Daedric Greatsword and rushed towards the Grimm Bat Faunus. Once he was near and brought his large sword down, Batty held up his gauntlets as the blades were switched outward and formed and X as he blocked Blackheart's attack. Batty once again let out a sonic scream that disturbed Blackheart sense of hearing as he quickly backed away from Batty. The Bat Faunus Grimm held up his gauntlets as he fired Dust bullets at Blackheart but he evaded and took cover as he puts away his Daedric Greatsword and took out his Daedric Rifle.
"It's over!" Blackheart shouted, "Give up now!"
Batty twitched his head as he shouted "You can't stop this! I will make sure Elsa's mission succeeds!"
Blackheart shouted back "You're outmatched! There is no hope of you winning in this situation!"
Knowing what his fate will be, Batty quickly took out a black Scroll, begins typing it as he then quickly puts it away and shouted "Then let's finish this!"
He then flew towards where Blackheart was at as the Dragon Faunus stood up and fired at the Bat Faunus Grimm. Batty managed to get out of the way from a few blasts, but one of them landed a clean hit to his left wing as it was blown off as he crashed to the ground. As Batty struggled to get up, since he no longer has an Aura now that he is a Grimm, Blackheart aimed his rifle once again. Before Batty was about to release another sonic scream, Blackheart rushed up to him and delivered a powerful kick to the side of his head, causing the skull to crack as he was pushed against the way.
Blackheart then puts away his Daedric Rifle as he took out his Daedric Sword and said "You lost! Now tell me how to stop the attack!"
Batty just laughed as he said "Fine…if you want that…"
He then took out his black Scroll, pushed a button as there was an explosion on the airship. Before anything else, Batty just crushed the Scroll in his hand and said "Then too bad! This airship is just above the CCT! In less than a minute, it will crash down on the CCT!"
"Are you insane?!" Blackheart shouted.
"Maybe," Batty said as he stood up, "But at least I will be known as the one who outsmarted The Great Jonathan Dragonborn!"
As Blackheart pointed his weapon at Batty, the Bat Faunus Grimm chuckled and said "You will never save the day…I made sure of it. Now…I can die now knowing you lost."
Before Blackheart could do anything, Batty grabbed the middle section of his blade as Batty forced the sword through his chest! Batty painfully grunted in pain as he looked Blackheart in the eyes and said "You…lose…"
And just like that, Batty's body slowly started to disintegrate until he was completely gone. Shocked by Batty's actions, Blackheart regained his focus as he felt the whole airship tilt to one side as he landed on his back. He then quickly got up as he looked out the window as his eyes widen in fear as he sees the CCT in plain view. Seeing that there was no way to stop the airship, all Blackheart could do is use his Dragon Gauntlet to put on his Daedric Brotherhood Armor as he waited for the painful impact.
Crash!
Everyone gasped in horror as they all witness the airship crash onto the middle section of the CCT, causing the upper half of it to collapse on top of the airship as it crashed onto the ground with the upper port of the CCT on it.
"Johnny!" Ruby cried.
"Johnny?" Glynda asked, "You mean your brother was on that airship?!"
Ruby replied "He was supposed to go up there and find a way to shut down the robots! I don't know what happened in there!"
"Whelp," Magnus said, "This is none of my business, got what I came for, so I suppose it's time for me to go."
"You are not going anywhere!" Glynda shouted as he used her crop whip to levitate a few rocks and threw them at Magnus.
However, as soon as they got near, Neo appeared and use her parasol to block the rocks and protect Magnus. As she gave them a sadistic smirk, Magnus gave everyone a two-finger salute and said "As much as I want to stick around, this is where my fun ends. Neo, if you please?"
As Neo took a small curtsy, Glynda ordered everyone to open fire on them, but once the bullets made contact with them, they suddenly shattered into pieces. Everyone was stunned for a moment as they looked around, only Ruby knew this trick as she looked around and saw a Bullhead flying off into the distance.
"They're gone…" Ruby said before thinking, "I…just hope…Penny will be alright…I'm sorry…my friend…"
"[Did that fucker really just leave me?!]"
Hearing Lopez, Ruby looked back and saw Lopez's head on the ground. She rushed to him, picked up his head and said "Lopez! You're okay! You doing ok?"
Lopez replied "[I feel like I was dumped from prom night after a one-night stand]."
"Don't worry, Lopez," Ruby assured him, "Once everything is…okay…I can help you get a new body, okay?"
Lopez replied "[Just hope you are better than the last douchebag]."
As Ruby held Lopez close to her, everyone rushed over as Yang shouted "Where is Johnny?!"
"I-I don't know!" Ruby cried.
"He must still be on the ship!" Arthur shouted, "We gotta go and help him out!"
Everyone agreed as they rushed to the ship, followed by the professors as they started to search through the wreckage of the airship. After what seems like an hour, there was sudden movement within a pile of wreckage. As everyone took out their weapons and prepared the worse, the pile of metal was moved aside and revealed to be Blackheart in his armor. As he switched from his armor to his regular clothes, everyone cheered they all rushed to him as Cinder wrapped her arms around his neck. Blackheart smiled back as she hugged her back.
"I was so worried about you," Cinder said, "When the airship crashed and I heard you were in it…"
"Yeah…" Blackheart said, "I know…I thought I could stop them…"
"Elsa and her gang were on this ship?!" Cinder shouted as she separated from him.
Blackheart shook his head and replied "No…they weren't here. It was only the Bat Faunus…he…he used the Black Dust Crystal to fight me…but he knew he was gonna lose so he triggered some sort of self-destruct program to crash the airship into the CCT."
"Where is the Bat Faunus now?" Ren asked.
Blackheart stood silent for a bit and replied "He…he used my sword against himself…and killed himself…"
Everyone gasped in sadness as Nora said "He…died?"
"Loyal to the very end," Arthur said, "I guess, in a way, I kind of respect that. But…"
He looked around and said "That still doesn't change the fact that he caused all of this."
Blackheart sighed and said "We failed…damn it…"
"It's not your fault, Johnny," Yang said, trying to comfort him, "I know you are…more experienced than us…but…we couldn't have seen this coming…"
"I know," Blackheart said, "I just…wished we could have stopped them sooner…"
Just then, Glynda showed up and said "Mr. Dragonborn! Thank goodness you are alright! Can you explain what happened?"
Blackheart sighed as he replied "It was Elsa and her party…they…they won…"
Magnus' Base…
Once the Bullhead landed on his base, Magnus, while carrying the now beaten Penny, and Neo walked out of the aircraft and into the base. When they were inside, Neo let out a sigh of relief as she placed her parasol on the counter and rested on the couch.
Magnus looked at her and said "Glad to see you all relaxed while I did all the hard work."
Neo then held up her Scroll as she typed on it, showed it to him as it read 'But I did help you escape.'
"And I am thankful for that," Magnus said as he shook his head, "Doesn't matter now, we got the girl and now we deliver her to Mantle. Though, with the CCT destroyed, we are cut off from the rest of the kingdoms. Things are going to get a hell of a lot complicated now. Guess the old man will have to wait until we get to Mantle."
Neo then thought of something as she typed 'By the way, why did you leave your robot behind? You forgot about him.'
When Magnus read that, he laughed a bit and said "I didn't forget about him, I left him behind on purpose."
As Neo tilted her head a bit, Magnus sets Penny on the counter as he replied "Something is up with that group…with Jonathan Dragonborn. Something…is off about him. The way he speaks, the way he fights…it's almost like he is more than just a Beacon student and a Huntsman-in-Training. But I can't know more without being involved. That is why I left Lopez, to see if I can find out more about this guy and the people around him. His sister, Ruby I think, seems like a good place to start. She will spill some secrets with Lopez around her. All we have to do is wait."
Neo simply rolled her eyes as she wrote on her Scroll 'So what now?'
Magnus replied "Now? We rest and wait for this CCT to blow over. Once it's clear, we will make our way to Atlas, turn Penny over to Dr. Polendina and get the hell out of there before we are caught. So, if you have any unfinish business to do, I suggest you do them tomorrow."
Neo nodded as she wrote 'Want to head to bed now?'
Magnus shook his head and said "You can head to bed if you like. I am going to see if my weapon needs any repairs and find something to put the robot girl in."
When he said that, Neo nodded as she gets up and skipped to the bedroom that they are sharing. Magnus shook his head as he dragged Penny's remaining armory and he sets her on the table. He then takes out Pryor and examines the damage on it, seeing it was only jammed. An easy fix he though as he begins fixing it. While he worked on his weapon, he suddenly stopped as he looked up and saw his old weapon, Guillotine, hanging on the wall behind the glass case.
"A weapon is like an extension of yourself."
Flashback, Five years ago, Mantle…
Magnus was using his Guillotine weapon as he launched a few grenades at oncoming White Fang members. He, his teammates Mac and Zoei, and his girlfriend Amy, who were called Team AMMZ (Amazing), were called from their training schedule to aid in the attack against the White Fang. They were tasked to evacuate the citizens of Mantle and escorting them to the shelters, but the members of the White Fang were making their objective very difficult.
"Magnus!" Mac shouted, "We got incoming!"
Magnus looked as he saw a few members holding RPGs and were aiming at them and the crowd. Magnus stood next to Mac and shouted "Form shield!"
Both Mac and Magnus held out their hands as the two of them formed a large barrier together as they took hits from the RPGs and protected themselves along with the citizens. Before every mission, Magnus would use his Copy Sembalance to copy his teammate's Sembalances so that he would have copies of them on hand in case their Auras run out but needed their Sembalances to be used by Magnus. As the two of them held off the RPG attacks, Zoei rushed to their sides as she held up her hands as they glowed purple as the White Fang members were being brought to their knees. Seeing a chance, Magnus stopped using his Barrier Sembalance and used his Polarity to pull the weapons from the White Fang towards them so that they were out of the range from the Faunus terrorists. Behind them, Amy then leaped onto Magnus' shoulders as she aimed her assault rifle and fired her weapon at the White Fang, killing them one by one since none of them had any Auras. That was when the team saw more and more White Fang showing up with weapons at hand.
"How many members are there?!" Zoei shouted, "There shouldn't be this many of them!"
Amy then shouted "Protect yourselves! I am going to take them out!"
"Amy!" Magnus shouted, "You can't!"
"It can take them all out!" Amy shouted as her body glowed blue.
Seeing this, Mac quickly surrounded himself along with Magnus and Zoei inside a yellow dome shield as Amy rushed towards the crowd of White Fang members while dodging their attacks. As soon as she was near then, she leaped into the air as she released a large blast of energy that knocked the members away and unconscious. Seeing Amy fall to her knees as her Aura was depleted, when Mac lowered his barrier, Magnus quickly rushed to his girlfriend to keep her safe since she has no Aura protecting her.
That is until everything went downhill.
Just as Magnus was close to her, a grenade appeared below Amy's feet and, before any one of them could react, the grenade exploded as Amy was knocked away from the blast and onto Magnus. Magnus managed to catch her, but to his horror, he saw her badly wounded as her blood was covering his chest in a weird blood splatter and her left arm and leg were blown off due to the explosion. Both Mac and Zoei rushed in to try to save Amy but gunshot was heard as Zoei's Aura was depleted and another went off as Zoei was shot in the head and fell to the ground dead. Knowing it was a sniper, Mac used his sniper rifle to find the shooter until he was then shot at by the said sniper. Mac managed to find the sniper and take him out as his Aura was depleted but he was then shot in the gut by an antimaterial rifle. He slowly bled out and in minutes, he died a slow, painful death. Seeing his teammates die before him, Magnus put up his barrier to protect himself and Amy from the oncoming attacks. He looked down at Amy as he quickly took off his helmet so that he can properly see her as tears were coming down his eyes, When Amy looked into his eyes, she softly smiled as she reached up with her remaining arm and gently placed her hand on his cheek. As she too was crying, she let out her last breath as her hand fell down. Magnus' heart completely shattered as he let out a loud shout as he felt the barrier slowly breaking.
In rage, Magnus gently placed Amy's deceased body as he grabbed his Guillotine as he loaded his weapon and shouted "YOU WILL ALL DIE NOW! I WILL KILL YOU ALL!"
Bit by bit, the barrier slowly started to break as Magnus readied himself to kill the White Fang members.
Crash!
Breaking the glass case with his armored gauntlet, Magnus grabbed his old weapon from the rack and gently held it in his hands. Seeing the rust and blood stain on his weapon, he knew that it's going to be hard to restore his weapon to what it once was…but he had all the time he needed. Placing his old weapon on the workbench, he took out his tools as he began to work on restoring his weapon bit by bit.
And that is it for this arc! I am glad you all enjoyed reading this chapter, especially in our time of crisis and need, it is important that we all have a form of escape that will help us distract us from the Corona virus situation, whether that being reading fanfics on this site, or playing video games *coughs* Animal Crossing and Doom *cough*. But no matter what that escape is, so long as it makes us happy and keeps us occupied in dire times, then nothing else matters.
Now, you are wondering why the CCT was eventually destroyed, well, even if it is a different AU, there are still events that remain the same, and so, no matter how many changes there are, there are some things that are inevitable. And with that, is the theme of the next arc! I would love to hear what your guesses are for what the next arc is going to be! Anyways, that will be all for today, stay safe, and see you all next time. Until then, please review!
