Well another chapter with no reviews. As if that is going to stop me from writing this story. I don't know how many of you know this, but many of the English dubbed voice actors from Mobile Suit Gundam to Gundam 00 have done the voices of many characters from the Transformers series. From the Beast Wars series to the Unicron Trilogy. For example, Michael Dobson and his brothers Paul and Brain did the voices of Starscream, Landmine, Overhaul, Red Alert and Sideways while Scott McNeil did the voices of Jet Fire, Snarl and Backstop. When I first watched an entry in the Gundam Series in my high school's anime club, I was surprised but that didn't get me back into the Gundam franchise until I watched Iron-Blooded Orphans. Oh, did I mention the guy who voiced Nicol and Saji is or was the brother of Sam Vincent, the guy who voiced Double Dee, Sideswipe, Athrun, Tieria and Iceman.
I say that because the GAT-332 Raptor Gundam is based on Starscream's Energon vehicle mode with a few changes to the weaponry. I am thinking about giving Sergei's Veritech the cannons his Armada form had, but don't want it to be too powerful. Should it be lower powered version of the Calamities beam cannons or the buster rifles of the Airmaster Gundam?
Anyway, lets resume the story. Disclaimers are the same as before. Please enjoy. Again, this will be the combination of two RWBY episodes.
Chapter 24: No Brakes
Nighttime came down fast as several airships hovered over several buildings in Vale as Ironwood stared out over the city from the landing docks. "Trouble sleeping?" a voice said from behind him as Glynda joined him.
"Arm was acting up." He stated and gripped his shoulder.
"Of course, so logically, you got out of bed, dressed yourself completely and decided to stare menacingly out into the distance." She said before noticing the look in the Generals eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"I've tried to make things better in Atlas and Mantle for years. I formed the Roughnecks in hopes of proving to the rest of the world that Humans and Faunus can work together for the greater good and many of them are Coordinators." Ironwood began, his gaze turning towards the dock where the Minerva and its mobile suits were sitting silently. "But despite all I have done, I have achieved so little. I trust Ozpin, Glynda believe me I do and he's never steered us wrong at all. But at the same time, I feel like he's hiding something from us." Ironwood added.
"Ozpin has experience the rest of us lack and he's proven that he's more than willing to divulge certain information to us." Glynda reminded the general. "He told us everything about her and the machine she has in her possession. All we can do is trust in our students and their abilities, or in your case, your soldiers." She added.
"I know, Glynda. I know. It's just that, I feel like someone is trying to undermine our efforts both inside and outside the kingdoms. We know someone tried to gain access to the CCT systems, using a virus made by someone who knows the systems inside out, probably the same person who helped the White Fang steal the G-Weapons. Someone sold Flay and her father out, put Mister Winchester in prison on false charges of supporting terrorism, putting Yuna on the Vale council. And somehow, both Frozen Talon and the White Fang continue to steal materials and mobile suits needed by the military. The way things are looking, I feel like a war is coming." Ironwood said, listing all of his concerns.
"I understand your concerns, James. But right now, all we can do is trust Ozpin, the Roughnecks and Gjallarhorn." Glynda assured him before she started to walk away. "If I remember correctly, the Gaia pilot has the same concerns as you do and I think that we can trust them and people like Mr. Yuy and those piloting the fully upgraded Deathscythe." She added.
Ironwood knew she was right, but at the same time he couldn't help but have this odd feeling that something terrible was looming in the future.
Back in Mountain Glenn, the full moon was shining over the ruins of the once great city as a lone Beowulf searched through the rubble. From a safe distance, Ruby kept her sights on the wolf Grimm before sighing in tiredness as she continues to keep a lookout over their camp. "Alright, Ruby. You go get some sleep. I'll handle watch detail." Robert said as he walked over to her.
"Ok." Ruby yawned and went down to join the others who were sleeping on their mats around the fire with their weapons nearby. Cody was sleeping by Stella who still had nightmares from time to time and was snuggled up next to her while Doctor Oobleck was slumped down against a nearby wall next to a very large hole in the ceiling/floor of the building while Halberton slept close by against another wall. As for the rest of Team RATH, they slept quietly near the fire. As Ruby laid down on her mat and fell asleep, Yang opened her eyes.
"Blake, are you awake?" Yang asked the Faunus member of her team.
"Yeah." Blake answered as she woke up.
"You have any idea why Doctor Oobleck asked us about being a Huntress? Like, what was he trying to say?" Yang asked.
"Maybe he was just curious or something? I don't know." Blake answered.
Yang wasn't so sure and then turned to Weiss. "Weiss, are you awake?" she asked.
"Of course, I'm awake! You two are talking." She snapped. "And about what I told the doctor. When I said wanted to restore my families name, I meant it. For as long as I can remember, my family has constantly been called 'war mongers'. My ancestor, he was a very evil man. He thought humans were better than the Faunus and felt that they should be wiped out. He allied himself with someone who could somehow control the Grimm and tried to destroy the world. My grandfather and father have recognized that and have been trying to make things better. However, there have been those who operate in many… moral gray areas." she explained.
"That's putting it lightly." Blake said, remembering all the times the White Fang had attacked Schnee Dust and Mobile Suit company areas where the managers were exploiting the Faunus, against the orders of the head of Company.
"Which is why I feel the need to make things right in the cockpit of a Gundam. If I had stayed in Atlas, someone would try to influence me in excepting the beliefs my ancestor had and turned me into a monster like he was. I refuse to be anything like my ancestor and I will fight to put an end to the black mark on my families name." she added. 'Even if it puts me at odds with my brother.' She thought to herself.
It was then Blakes turn to explain her reasons. "All my life, I fought for what I thought was right. In and out of the cockpit of a mobile suit." She began. "I had a partner, Adam. More of a mentor actually. He always assured me that what we were doing would make the world a better place, even taught me how to pilot a mobile suit. But of course, his idea of a perfect future turned out to be not perfect for everyone and went against the ideals of our leader." She added.
"I thought the White Fang listened to their high leader." Yang said confused.
"They do. Well not all of them. Ever since the new leader took over, she proposed the idea of using violence against the likes of Frozen Talon and refused to target civilians or the military. However, that changed after our first 'step' down this path. Many in the White Fang refused to follow the new leaders' ideals, seeing that she was favoring the ideals of the humans when she kept saying that she lived with a family of humans after her parents were murdered by Frozen Talon and they assaulted her before she was saved by a single human." She explained.
Yang and Wiess gasped in shock. "I joined the Academy because I knew Huntsmen and Huntresses were regarded as the most noble warriors. Always fighting for good and piloting the Gundam's. But I never really thought past that. When I leave the Academy, what will I-how can I undo so many years of hate?" she asked.
"I'm sure you'd figure it out. You're not one to back down from a challenge, Blake." Yang said to her teammate trying to reassured her. But Blake didn't see it like that and started calling herself a coward for running from the White Fang when she saw what her partner had become and in the case of the investigation, tried to run.
"At least you two have something that drives you. I've just kind of always, gone with the flow, you know? And that's fine, I mean that's who I am. But how long can I really do that for? I want to be a Huntress, not really because I want to be a hero, but because I want the adventure. I want a life where I won't know what tomorrow will bring. And that'll be a good thing. Being a Huntress just happens to line up with that. I'm not like Ruby, she's always wanted to be a Huntress. Its like she said, ever since she was a kid, she'd dreamt about being the heroes in the books. Helping people and saving the day, even piloting a Gundam and not asking for anything in return. Even when she couldn't fight, she knew that's what she wanted to do. That's why she trained so hard to get where she is today." Yang explained.
"Well, she's still just a kid." Weiss added.
"She's only two years younger. We're all kids. Well, maybe not all of us. Some of us here have grown up." Blake said in agreement, referring to Team RATH who's leader has reluctantly taken the lives of others.
"Well, not anymore. I mean, look where we are! In the middle of a warzone and armed to the teeth with a member of the Roughnecks backing us up." Yang chimed in.
"It's a job. We all had this romanticized vision of being a Huntress and Gundam pilot in our heads! But at the end of the day, it's a job to protect the people! And whatever we want, will have to come second." Weiss reminded them all before they all went back to sleep. Neither of them knew that Doctor Oobleck had a smile on his face while he was sleeping. He had heard everything as did Robert.
Speaking of the leader of Team RATH, he kept a close eye on a pack of Beowolf's that passed by. He had a lot on his mind. If what Nicol said was true, it appeared that he and Neo were close and it was going to make it harder for him to fight her. If he fought and ended up killing her, Nicol would hate him. The same thing applied to Nicol if he killed Neo. He didn't know what to do.
"No matter what I choose, I'll end up killing one of them." he said to himself before he yawned. "The others know what they want to do, but they have no idea that they will have to get their hands stained in blood. I want to protect the people, but I don't want to kill anyone. What I want to do is more complicated then what they want." He said to himself before he kept watch for any Grimm that tried to sneak up on them.
A few hours later, Yang had taken up watch and it was now Roberts turn to catch some sleep. As he slept, Zwei suddenly woke up and woke up Ruby. "Huh? Zwei, it's late. Go back to bed." She said tiredly. Instead, her beloved dog ran off and forced her to go after him. "Zwei! Zwei, where are you? Zwei!" she whispered for her dog until she saw that he had to do his business. "Zwei, this is a wasteland! You literally could have done that anywhere!" she chastised her dog who just barked.
They were about to leave when they heard a pair of voices nearby. Quickly they hid behind some ruins and spotted a pair of White Fang guards who were on patrol. Much like anyone else, the two White Fang members walked away with Ruby and Zwei following them silently before they rounded a corner and entered a building. "Did they go in yet? One bark means yes." Ruby asked her dog in a whispered voice. The doors to the building closed and Zwei barked.
Believing she had found what she was looking for, she brought out her scroll and tried to call her teammates but the area she was in had very poor reception. With no other choice, Ruby and her dog hurried back down the street to get the others when the asphalt beneath them started to give way. Quickly, Ruby grabbed a hold of the ledge and caught Zwei, tossing him out of the hole before trying to pull herself up only to fall in. Seeing her owner fall, Zwei went to get help.
Down below, Ruby landed on a building and looked around to find a whole other city built directly beneath the city above. She barely had time to take in the sight before she was captured by two White Fang grunts and a GINN. When she was grabbed, Ruby attempted to punch one of the grunts only to get punched in the face before she was knocked out.
Back at the campsite, Yang had just finished her watch and was about to get Weiss up for her shift so she could return to bed. "Hey Weiss, its your…" she began before she noticed Ruby was missing. "Hey, where's Ruby?" she asked.
"What?" Doctor Oobleck asked as he woke up followed by the others as Zwei came running into the room, barking. Knowing that dogs were loyal to their owners, Oobleck knew that Ruby was in trouble and immediately ordered the others to grab their weapons.
Zwei soon reached the hole in the road and when Yang spotted Ruby's weapon, she started to get worried especially considering Ruby would never go anywhere without her 'sweetheart' as she liked to call her weapon.
"Do out think she fell?" Weiss asked.
"Fell?" Oobleck asked before he looked down the hole which was soon illuminated by a pair flares tossed by Halberton and Stella. "Oh my. Of course! Of course, OF COURSE, OF COURSE! How could I be so stupid?!" Oobleck said aloud making the others very confused.
"Mind letting us in on what you've realized?" Stella asked.
"Mountain Glenn! Yes, an expansion of Vale that was inevitably destroyed by creatures of Grimm! Previously home to thousands of people! Working people commuting to the city, the main city! Developed a subway system to the inner city! Grimm attacks increased! Population in danger, now desperately searching for shelter! City evacuates into the metro tunnels and what do they find? The southeast quadrant of Vale is known for wild forests and deep caves!" he exclaimed getting in the face of each of the students.
"Mind running that by us again?" Tammy asked.
"He means we've been searching in the wrong place, albeit was only about half a day but our prey has been hiding UNDERGROUND!" Robert clarified.
"They've been working in caves?" Blake asked.
"Not exactly, Mountain Glenn was Vales first serious attempt at expansion. It worked for a short period of time, thanks to an aggressive perimeter defense, and unique transportation; the city developed an elaborate subway system to carry citizens safely from the new territory into the main Kingdom! Sadly, without the many natural barriers Vale had to protect its borders, Mountain Glenn was doomed from the start. As the end drew near, the citizens of the territory made one last attempt at survival: They took up shelter beneath the city! In massive caves that they had cleared out for the subway. And they cut themselves off from the surface." The doctor added.
"An underground village?" Yang questioned.
"In a matter of speaking, yes. A safe haven. Until… an explosion opened the mouth of another cavern, filled with subterranean Grimm. Despite efforts by Gjallarhorn to rescue any survivors, in the end the Kingdom officially sealed off the tunnels, creating the worlds largest tomb." He added before he reaching for his thermos which transformed into a flamethrower. "If Ruby is down there, we must find her."
"Hey, I got a question. If there is a network of subway tunnels down below us, does that mean that there might be…" Robert began before the remaining members of Team RWBY and his own teammates along with Oobleck jumped into the hole. "A train or something down there, maybe some mobile suits?" he asked. "Never mind then." He said to himself and jumped in after them.
Back down in the tunnels, Ruby had woken up to find herself being dragged by the two guards the captured her and to her surprise saw the White Fang loading up train cars with large devices, Atlesian Knights and Paladins. One of the White Fang grunts dropped one of the large devices which another member of the group told him to be careful.
One of the guards that captured her called to the boss who was none other than Roman Torchwick who peeked out of one of train cars. "That would be bad." He said annoyed. His annoyance faded after he threw Ruby to the ground.
"Wow! You are much more manageable without that oversized gardening tool of yours." Roman teased. Ruby got up and tried to charge at Roman, who simply sidestepped, sending Ruby stumbling to the across the floor.
Again, he laughed at Ruby's attempts to attack him before he turned back to the guard who brought Ruby to him. "Oh man. You know, Perry, I really did need this." He said to the Faunus who gave him a thumbs up before he walked over to Ruby and aimed his cane at her. "But seriously. How'd you find this place, Red?" he asked. All he got was a growl from Ruby who used her semblance to escape from Roman before making her way towards the exit.
A startled Torchwick smiled as he stood up, spun his weapon and aimed the handle at Ruby before he fired the handle which functioned as a grappling hook and caught Ruby by her hood and started to pull her back. "I see you've got some tricks up your sleeve! Let me make this clear: We're not through here yet." He pointed out before an explosion rocked the tunnels.
"Oh, what the… Perry, if you and the boys could take care of that? I'm kind of in the middle of something." Roman asked to Perry who nodded and went to investigate the explosion before another one was heard.
"WHAT is going on here?!" Roman asked annoyed as a third explosion was heard and multiple White Fang members came running around a corner, some of them firing at an unknown enemy and some of who went down. Weiss, Blake, Yang, Arthur, Hanzo, Tammy, Stella, Halberton, Zwei, Robert and Oobleck soon rounded the corner, much to Roman's annoyance. Using the chaos to her advantage, Ruby attempted her second escape and jumped on Roman's shoulders, pulling his hat down over his eyes before fleeing towards her friends.
Annoyed at the fact that Ruby almost wrecked his hat and glaring at her, Roman ordered the White Fang Members around him to shoot at her, only for their target to dodge and weave between each shot. Once again, Roman became angry and turned to the nearest White Fang member. "Attach this car and spread the word: We're starting the train." He ordered.
"But we're not finished." The member pointed out until Torchwick pinned him to the wall with his weapon.
"Do it or you're finished!" Roman threatened before the guy he threatened ran down the train spreading the word to the other members while he climbed aboard.
While the terrorist group and their sociopath leader prepared the train, Ruby was fleeing from the area when she realized she was running towards a group of White Fang members who had their weapons pointed at her. Thankfully, a huge explosion from behind the members of the terrorist group sent them flying as Yang ran towards her sister who jumped into her arms. "Ruby!" Yang cried out.
"Are you okay?" Weiss asked.
"I'm fine. I'm fine! But listen! Torchwick's got all kinds of weapons and robots down here." Ruby explained.
"What?" Blake asked, handing Ruby her weapon back.
"Androids, mechs, mobile suit parts, mobile workers, they're all loaded up on the train cars!" she added.
"Ahhhh, that's ridiculous. These tunnels are sealed, the tracks lead to a dead-end." Oobleck reminded the group.
"Get to your places, we are leaving now!" Roman said over the speaker system as the train slowly started to move down the tracks towards the tunnels.
"Well, it sounds like they're going somewhere." Yang pointed out.
"We need backup. Let me call Jaune." Ruby said and tried to call Jaune only for her scroll to flash 'Low Signal'. "I can't get through!" she exclaimed.
"So, what do we do?" Weiss asked.
"I believe we only have one option…" Doctor Oobleck began.
"We're stopping that train!" Ruby finished, as Lewis, Stella and Robert brought over a few old Fast Attack Vehicles (FAV) that the White Fang had been working on repairing.
"GET IN!" The Admiral shouted. Each of the teams climbed into the vehicles and held on tight as they raced after the train which was starting to pick up speed. Thankfully, the weight of the cargo the train was carrying meant it couldn't travel at top speed, unlike the FAV's which had a top speed of seventy-eight miles per hour.
As soon as they got close enough to the train, Ruby used her semblance to get everyone onboard the train, while the vehicles they used to catch up quickly came to a stop. A White Fang member standing on the train heard the noise of the FAV's engines and saw a few rose pedals, prompting him try and contact Roman, only to hit on the head by Ooblecks weapon and fall off the train.
As for Roman, he was in the front of the train making sure that everything was going smoothly, but his mood changed when another member of the White Fang informed him that the kids made it on the train. "Then grab some cargo and get them off the train!" he shouted to the guy who just rushed in before they left to carry out his orders. "Man, animals, everyone of them." he groaned before looking awkwardly at the other White Fang member who was operating the train. "Not you though, you're, heh, you're great."
Back at the rear of the train the two teams, two dogs, their teacher and the two members of the Roughnecks stood on top the train. "Hurry, children! We must get to the front and stop this train!" Oobleck said urgently.
However, Weiss found something that wasn't what they had expected to find. "Err… Professor?" she asked.
"Doctor…" Oobleck corrected.
"What's that?" She asked and pointed down inside the car they were on top of.
"That my dear… appears to be a bomb." He said bluntly getting the others to cringe away from the hatch.
"Am I the only one wondering why this train is going the wrong way? From what I know, the people who built the subway were bringing in supply's from a tunnel they built, allowing access to non-subway rolling stock." Robert pointed out.
Before anyone could answer, Ruby pointed towards the front of the train. "We've got baddies!" she called out as dozens of White Fang members started climbing out of the other cars and onto the top of the train.
"Well, I didn't expect them to go…" Oobleck began before noticing the bomb underneath them started beeping and charged up. "…easy on us. Time to go!" he shouted as he stood up. He then turned to Blake. "Blake! Detach the Caboose! It will kill us all!" he instructed.
"On it." Blake replied.
"Technically, this is a boxcar not a caboose!" Robert chimed. "What? I know railroads ok!" he added.
No one seemed to hear him as Blake jumped down onto the couplings, preparing to disconnect the car with the bomb from the rest of the train, but as she prepared to do so, the car came loose on its own. "It decoupled itself!"
"What?!" Oobleck asked.
"It seems that Torchwick doesn't want us on the train." Hanzo surmised. As the disconnected car got further and further away from the train, the bomb it was carrying exploded.
"Oh, the humanity!" Robert groaned, much to annoyance of the others.
"That's not good…" Oobleck said with a worried tone.
"Err, neither is this!" Ruby said from the next car.
"Another bomb?!" Blake asked in alarm.
Looking around, Oobleck ran towards the next car and opened the hatch and looked in. "They ALL have bombs!" he screamed in alarm as the bomb inside the previous car charges up and started beeping as it charged up while the car decoupled itself forcing the others to run to the next car.
"This doesn't make sense!" Yang said.
"Who would load bombs onto a train?" Tammy asked.
They soon realized that they had forgotten about the member of the White Fang that had climbed up onto the train, this time having gotten closer to them.
"Get the humans!" one member shouted. The two teams then jumped forwards to attack the members of the Terrorist group.
A flick of his wrist blades allowed Arthur to counter the blades of several sword wielding Faunus terrorists before he swept the terrorists of their feet before he swung his blades and destroyed their weapons before knocking them down hard.
Swinging his naginata, Hanzo swept several goons off the train before grabbing the gun of one member and slammed it into the head of its owner. "Hey! That's mine!" the owner shouted when he realized that his weapon was no useless. All he got was a hard punch to the stomach before Hanzo sprinted forwards a few cars, changed it to its bow mode before leaping into the air and fired numerous arrows which hit the firearm wielders of the White Fang.
This allowed Yang to use her fighting skills to beat down the disarmed members, one of whom she smashed into the car while winking at the guy she knocked out.
Dashing forwards, Blake created a flurry of steel with her sword and slashed a few enemies that were around her sending them off the train while Weiss used her semblance to skate across the train cars leaving ice shards in her wake having cleared a path.
Tammy used her tomahawks to parry a few attacks from a couple of goons wielding knives before slamming the butt ends of her weapons into the head of another goon and tossed that one off the train. Returning her tomahawks to her holsters, she brought her fists up and blocked a punch from another White Fang member before sucker punching them in the jaw.
Ruby fired her scythe behind her which sent her spinning towards their attackers, taking out several opponents at once.
Robert and Stella had their blades drawn and quickly disarmed several attackers at once before throwing them off the train while Halberton used a series of hand-to-hand moves to beat down a few other members of the White Fang before he grabbed one of the members that wasn't knocked off the train by the neck. "What are you planning to do with this train and its cargo!?" he demanded.
He soon had his answer when the car that was previously detached exploded and both he and Oobleck turned around to see the bomb had blown a hole in the tunnel allowing several creatures of Grimm to enter. "Oh, dear…." Oobleck said before turning towards the others as the horde began to advance towards the train. "He's leading Grimm into the city!" he shouted.
"What?" Weiss asked.
"It's the cars! They detach and explode, creating openings for the Grimm!" he explained.
"That's insane!" Blake added.
"Wait, Doctor. You said the tunnels are sealed right? How much of an impact would it require to break through the tunnels?" Robert asked. Before Oobleck could answer, another train car detached itself
"We have to hurry!" he said pointing to Weiss, Blake, Yang, Arthur, Hanzo and Tammy. "You six, go below and try to stop those bombs!" he instructed.
"What about us?" Ruby asked, talking about her, Robert, Stella, the Admiral and the dogs.
"We're going to stop this train." Oobleck said trying to act like it was his plan all along only for Ruby to remind him she already said that earlier. As the group moved forwards, the train continued to pick up speed as multiple White Fang members started to climb into the cockpits of multiple Atlesian Paladin-290's which jumped to the top of the train. "Up ahead!" the doctor shouted as a Paladin started to charge towards them.
"We got a problem!" Oobleck shouted before taking a sip of his thermos and transformed it into its weapon mode as Zwei barks and then jumps and flips in the air as the doctor hits him like a baseball and turning the dog into a small fireball as the Paladin started shooting only to be knocked off the train by the attack. Another Paladin appears in front Zwei with its guns aimed at the corgi only to be hit by another fireball which came in the form of Cody while Robert leapt over the other Paladins and landed in the cockpit of a mobile worker on the train. "Mr. Halberton! Use the mobile worker and see if you can take out as many of those Grimm as you can." Oobleck said to Robert.
"That was my plan!" Robert shouted back as the others entered the train car and the mobile worker powered up before going off the train and opened up with the machine guns. Several creatures were taken out by short bursts of gunfire but more kept on coming. "What I wouldn't give for the Strike right about now." Robert groaned.
While Robert handled the Grimm with the mobile armor, Yang and the others entered the train car and started making their way towards the front of the train when Neo dropped down in front of their path. "You guys go ahead. She's mine." Yang instructed the others.
"Not alone. I've got somethings I want to ask this girl." Tammy said before drawing her tomahawks.
The others proceeded forwards while Neo prepared for an attack from the others, only for Yang to fire a round to distract her from the others and prompting Neo to backflip and avoid the blast getting into a crouching position. "Nice moves." Tammy complimented and cracked her knuckles. "I can see why Robert holds you in high regards." She added.
At the mention of Robert's name, Neo's expression changed into an angry one while Yang stepped towards the girl who then prepared for a fight.
Further up ahead, the rest of the students continued to run towards the front of the train when a White Fang Lieutenant dragged their chainsaw along the floor and revved it up. "You two go ahead!" Weiss said to Blake and Hanzo who deflected an attack from the two Faunus students while Weiss backflipped and delivered multiple strikes towards Lieutenant knocking him down. As the other two proceeded towards the next car, the Lieutenant got back up and started to chuckle menacingly.
"Finally, I get to kill a Schnee…" he said while Wiess held up her weapon as Arthur stood by her side and drew his sword. "And it looks like you have a freak with you." He added.
"Disrespect my family one more time and you will regret it!" Arthur spat and gripped his sword tight while the two waited for who would make the first move.
While two of the members of their teams handled their opponents in the cars behind them, Blake and Hanzo came face to face with Roman who made Blake grit her teeth while Hanzo only glared at him. "Hello, kitty cats. You miss me?" Roman asked the two, twirling his cane around before turning to Blake. "You know we really have to stop meeting like this. People are going to talk…"
Feinting and using her semblance, Blake used some dust to create a fiery shadow of herself which Roman struck causing the shadow to explode and propel him into the air allowing both Hanzo and Blake to land a few mid-air strikes on the criminal, before they landed and assumed a fighting stance.
Aiming his cane, Roman fired a blast at the two only for Blake to create a shadow of herself to take the blow while Hanzo leapt over Roman's head and slashed at Roman who blocked his attacks. This was a feint which allowed Blake to perform a vertical slash creating a shock wave that knocked Roman down and knocking his weapon away.
As Roman tried to reach for his weapon, Hanzo grabbed it allowing Blake to step on his chest and point her sword at his throat, keeping him from getting up. "Why are we fighting? I saw you at the rally, we're on the same side and you know it…"
Back with Weiss and Arthur, the Lieutenant swung their weapon at Weiss only for it to be blocked by Arthur's sword. This allowed Weiss to draw a pale blue circle forming a forcefield as the Lieutenant broke the lock between his weapon and Arthur's sword and took another swing at her. Undaunted, the Lieutenant tried to saw through the forcefield only for Arthur to get behind his opponent and clashed with the chainsaw again. "I fight for others, what do you fight for?" Arthur asked the Lieutenant who broke their lock again.
An overhead swipe was Arthur's answer forcing the Human/Faunus hybrid to duck in order to avoid getting his head cut off while Weiss flipped gracefully over the Lieutenant's head and slashed at it. "You fight well, my lady." Arthur complimented Weiss before the two of them continued to engage their opponent.
The two continued to block and counter each attack with Weiss using her glyphs to enhance both of them. For a moment, it seemed like the two of them were going to win, but upon their next attack the Lieutenant rolled backwards. Jumping into the air to attack again, the Lieutenant grabbed Weiss's face. "Come here, princess!" he shouted before slamming her into the floor and knocking her out. He then threw her into the air and would have hit her with his chainsaw when Arthur blocked his attack.
"I will not let you harm her!" he declared before catching Weiss and looking towards his opponent.
As for Yang and Tammy, the two of them were having a difficult time against Neo. Each time they attacked her, she would dodge them in a very laid back style which was starting to piss both of them off. "This isn't a game! Do you realize that your partner is using the bombs in the train cars to lure the Grimm into the city!?" Tammy shouted.
Neo simply smirked and opened her umbrella. Dashing forwards, Yang unleashed a series of punches before she was hit by a spinning hook kick from her their opponent and left her vulnerable. Getting back to her feet, Yang growled in anger which Neo responded with a drop kick which Yang dodged giving Tammy an opening to fire her revolvers at Neo, but neither one of her shots made their mark.
"You really seem to be a different person than what Robert told us about." Tammy stated. Once again, Neo grew angry at the mention of Roberts name and kicked both of them in the stomach before leaping back onto a crate and sat there. Both Tammy and Yang walked towards Neo only to realize too late that she tricked them and quickly knocked the two of them to the ground and knocking them out.
Slowly approaching the two downed girls, Neo pulled a small blade from her umbrella and was about to kill the two when a women in red and black with raven hair wearing a mask appeared out of nowhere and attacked her. Neo barely managed to dodge the attack when eyes changed from brown to pink when she realized the threat this woman was to her, she disappeared. The woman then looked down at still unconscious Yang and Tammy before they used their sword and opened a portal and walked away from the two as they regained consciousness. "What happened?" Tammy asked rubbing her head before the two noticed the woman disappearing. Once they got their bearings, they headed for their teammates.
Back in the front of the train, Torchwick was still trying to convince the two Faunus students to join him. "Oh, still feisty. So, what are we going to do now? You think a little bow on top is going to make people forget who you were? What you've done…" he grunted with Blakes blade still pointed at his throat.
"You should keep you mouth shut." Hanzo spat before kicking Roman in the face and knocking him out. As he did, the door to the engine opened the Lieutenants body was thrown into the room as Arthur and Weiss walked in.
"We've got a problem." Blake said looking to the controls which were destroyed, indicating that there was no way to stop the train.
Back up top Ruby and Oobleck continued to engage the Paladins and knock them off the train while Stella, Lewis and Robert continued to deal with the Grimm following the train. Oobleck then ordered Ruby to go on ahead which Ruby tried to protest, but the Doctor assured her that she had it under control. She even instructed Zwei to stay with the doctor.
Quickly, she made it to the front of the train where the others soon emerged from the train before noticing the wall directly ahead of them. Ruby turned to Weiss and smiled before the Heiress formed an ice shield to protect them as the train crashed into the wall with a mighty bang.
Some time later, the students awoke to the sounds of emergency alarms blaring and looked to see that the train had burst through the ground in central Vale while the mobile workers used by Robert, his father and Stella where in front of a large crowd of civilians who were curious about what had happened. Before anyone could say anything, low rumbles and growls from behind them soon grew louder as a King Taijitu along with numerous other creatures of Grimm started to pour into the city as the civilians started to scream and flee from the chaos. Roars and screams filled the air as the teams could only watch in horror and knew that things were about to get very difficult for them.
Done. Next time, The Breach with some Gundam action. Prepare to Raise Your Flag. Remember to read and review.