Chapter 57: Battle of Beacon Pt. 2
Fairgrounds
At the fairgrounds, Pyrrha runs through the fairgrounds trying to find her team as the people around her are being evacuated out by Atlesian soldiers. She then spots her team and runs up to them.
"Jaune!" she called.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune, Ren and Nora called back.
"So what are we doing?" Pyrrha asked.
"We're supposed to help get these people evacuated before the Grimm show up," Jaune explained.
"And we're almost done here," Ren added.
"Then let's get these people out of here," Pyrrha said.
Suddenly a woman screams as she was pointing towards the forest. They looked towards the forest and saw Grimm heading towards the fairgrounds.
"Grimm incoming!" a French soldier shouted.
"Get into positions!" a U.S. soldier shouted.
The soldiers and AK-200s were all then preparing to shoot at the Grimm. Team JNPR readied their weapons as the Grimm loomed closer to the fairgrounds.
"Light em up!" a soldier shouted.
The soldiers and Atlesian Knights all started shooting at the stampede of Grimm. Three Beowolves and a creep ran into the fairgrounds. Jaune slashes at the first Beowolf while Pyrrha impales the second with Miló in javelin mode. Nora smashes the Creep's head with her hammer while Ren slashes at the third Beowolf. As the Grimm continued to charge to the fairgrounds, Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren started shooting at the Grimm while Jaune raised his shield into a defensive position.
City of Vale
Industrial District
Meanwhile in the Industrial District of Vale, Allen, Kelly, Ricky, Neo, and Penny were all running alongside a humvee as the gunner on top was shooting and killing some nearby Grimm. A paladin and some White Fang members came around the corner and were about to shoot. Penny's backpack mechanically opens up, and from its dark depths comes a single sword that extends and multiples into several blades hovering over Penny's back. The swords, Floating Array, formed a circular ring as they spun and shot a powerful green laser at the paladin, cutting it in half. Allen, Ricky, Kelly, and the humvee gunner all then shot and killed the faunus terrorists.
Behind them from up the street the group saw Team BRNZ and another humvee surrounded by Grimm. The first is a young man with dark purple eyes and short black hair with his hair slicked toward his left. He wears a sleeveless top that graduates from gray and purple, a purple scarf, black pants with bronze kneecaps and a bronze buckled black belt and a dark purple scarf that wraps around his right leg and black boots with studded strap detailing. He also has three black straps, one is studded, on his left arm. This was the leader of Team BRNZ, Brawnz Ni.
The second is a dark-skinned young man with green eyes and brown hair styled in cornrow dreadlocks tipped in gold clasps. He wore a green vest buckled closed on his left shoulder, over a black T-shirt and loose white pants rolled up to his knees. He also wore a pair of fingerless gloves with white armor pieces that were the holsters for his weapon and olive canvas sneakers. This was the second member of the team, Roy Stallion.
The third is a teenage boy with messy dark red hair and pink eyes. He wears a deep sky blue jacket with a black hood and rolled up black sleeves, open over a white shirt with long, rolled up sleeves. A pair of sunglasses with pink lenses hang from his collar. He also wears a pair of ripped burgundy jeans, black shoes and black fingerless gloves. This was the third member of the team, Nolan Porfirio.
The fourth is a young girl with light tan skin, dusky rose hair and gray-blue eyes. She wears a red and white jacket over a white shirt with blue tracksuit pants and a distinctive black beanie that covers her left eye. She also wears a large black scarf and red canvas sneakers. This is the team's marksman, May Zedong.
Allen, Kelly, Penny, Ricky, and Neo then ran towards Team BRNZ to help them. As the team was fighting off the Grimm, none of them noticed a Nevermore was flying towards Roy.
"Look out!" Ricky yelled.
Ricky sprints towards Roy and tackles him to the ground as the Nevermore swoops down, barely missing Roy and Ricky. The two humvee gunners and Penny then shot the Nevermore out of the sky.
"Thanks for the save," Roy said.
"No problem," Ricky replied.
Ricky and Roy then got up from the ground.
"Just be a little more careful next time," Ricky said.
May was currently shooting at a few Beowolves with her rifle, not noticing an Ursa was about to claw at her. Neo whacks at the Ursa then stabs it in the chest as it then drops to the ground dead. May turns around to see a smiling Neo and the dead Grimm as it disappears. Brawnz and Nolan were currently tag teaming an Ursa Major, not seeing a Creep and a Boarbatusk were about to pounce on them. Then without warning, Allen electrocutes the first Creep while Kelly swings her axe on the Boarbatusk's belly. Brawnz and Nolan both turned around and saw their saviors.
"Thanks for the save, you guys," Brawnz said.
"Anytime," Kelly replied.
"There's still more ground to cover and more people to save, so we need to move," Allen said.
"Right," Brawnz replied.
Everyone then starts to run down the street to look for more Grimm to kill.
Beacon Academy
Main Avenue
Meanwhile back at Beacon, almost the entire front of the academy was a battle ground. The Earth soldiers, AK-200s, Atlesian soldiers and some of the huntsmen students were shooting at the White Fang while the rest of the huntsmen in training were fighting off the Grimm that had just arrived.
"Our boys have heavy armor coming to aid us from the southwest. ETA one minute," a soldier said to Cassandra.
"Alright will just have to hold them off until they arrive," Cassandra said.
Rebecca swings her scythe at a couple of Creeps then slices off an Ursa's head. She turns around and sees a different Grimm known as a Griffon. The Griffon has the head, wings and talons of a large predatory bird and the rear legs, tail and body of a lion or tiger. It has black fur and feathers, with white bone-like spines on its body, including a row of bony spikes on its wings, as well as a white birdlike skull. On its head, it has a bone-white beak and four red eyes, along with gray webbing on the sides of its beak.
Just before it could attack, a boy with a trumpet walks up to it and plays it as it unleashes a shockwave, pushing the Griffon back severed feet. Then a girl leaving behind a rainbow trail, skates up to the Grimm and whacks it with her nunchaku as it then freezes in place. The girl then skates right next to the boy with the trumpet. The boy with the trumpet is a young, dark-skinned man with dark brown eyes. He wears rectangular sunglasses and a dark fedora with a blue trim on his head as well as an earring on his right ear. He wore a dark vest over an untucked white dress shirt, with a loose tie wrapped around the collar. Completing his attire is a pair of dark dress pants, silver dress shoes and a dark glove on his left hand. This was the leader of team FNKI, Flynt Coal.
The person next to Flynt is a young girl with a light complexion. She has sea green eyes and moderate red-orange hair with light blue streaks in her bangs. As a feline Faunus, her physical trait is that of a cat tail covered with pink fur that becomes lighter toward the tip. Her outfit has a large range of bright colors, and is lighter and more revealing than that of most other characters. She wears a light blue cropped tank top over a dark purple bra, showing her upper cleavage. She also wears dark purple short shorts under a pink combat mini-skirt and white belt with a yellow winking smiley face on the buckle. Two buttons are fixed to her tank top over her right breast, one purple with a cat design and another green one with a heart. Her hair was done up in two pig tails. She also has a white cat bell collar around her neck, a pair of bracers on her arms and pads on her shins and knees. She wears red roller blades, which she also uses to move around. A tattoo of a shooting star with a red, green and yellow trail winds around her right arm. This was Flynt's bubble teammate, Neon Katt.
"Thanks for the save you two," Rebecca said.
"Anytime," Flynt replied.
"We should totally hang out when this is over," Neon said.
"Yeah, maybe we should," Rebecca said, trying not to scream in excitement.
Britney shoots at a couple of Creeps then shoots at a Beowolf.
"You!" a voice called out.
Britney turned and saw Deery.
"You and you human friends are going to pay for what you did to our brothers and sisters!" Deery shouted as she pulled out a sword.
Britney transformed her pistols into her twin katanas and got into a battle stance. Deery charges at Britney and strikes at her, but Britney quickly blocks her attack. Britney quickly retaliates by slashing at Deery with both her swords while Deery dodges one sword and parries the other. Deery does an overhead strike which Britney blocks with both her swords. Deery quickly kicks her in the stomach then smacks her in the jaw with the butt end of her sword. She then strikes at Britney at her side with her sword, but Britney quickly blocks Deery's attack then slashes at her chest knocking her to the ground. Deery stands back up, looking uninjured.
"She must have her aura unlocked," Britney thought.
Britney and Deery charge at each other about to clash once more.
With Blake and Yang they were both dodging attacks from a Deathstalker while a few Atlesian soldiers were shooting at it. Suddenly, a fast moving projectile hits the Deathstalker as it then falls to the ground dead. Blake and Yang turned and in the distance saw three tanks, shooting at the Grimm.
"Hello, my darling," a voice called out.
Blake and Yang turn and to Blake shock and fear sees a smiling Adam as he stabs and kills an American soldier with his sword.
"Adam," Blake said with a hint of fear.
She takes a few steps back from Adam as Yang gets into a stance.
"Running away again? Is this what you have become, my love? A coward?" Adam asked.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" Blake asked.
"You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!" Adam proclaimed.
"That won't solve anything, asshole," a voice called out.
Adam turned and saw Rebecca and Sun then turned back to Blake.
"Consider this... the spark," Adam said.
Adam suddenly charges at Sun and Rebecca as they quickly pull out their weapons. Blake charges in a flash, drawing her sword. Her blade clashes with his as they both stand with their blades locked.
"I'm... not... running," Blake said.
"You... will," Adam said.
He kicks her away, knocking her to the ground.
"But not before you suffer for your betrayal, my love," Adam said.
Suddenly, Yang charges towards Adam and tries to punch him, but Adam quickly dodges and tries to slash at Yang. She blocks his attacks with Ember Celica. Sun then tries whacking at Adam with his bowstaff, only for Adam to block his every attack. Rebecca joins in as she tries to slash at the mad bull faunus, but quickly dodges a distance away.
"You should know something Adam. There is one big difference between you and Blake," Rebecca said.
"And what's that, human?" Adam asked.
"She has friends to look out for her," Yang answered.
"Tell me, does Blake make all her classmates fight for her?" Adam asked.
"Nah, it's more of a volunteer gig," Sun replied.
Blake gets up and gets into a battle stance. The red on Adam then starts to glow as he gets into a stance. Everyone knew Adam was about to use his semblance, Moonslice.
"Hit the dirt!" Rebecca shouted.
Adam then in a flash dashes towards the group as they all dodged or ducked from Adam's attack barely missing them as a red shockwave slices a column in two. The group and Adam then charged at each other.
Meanwhile, Ruby and Jacob were fighting off Grimm. They both then see Team JNPR run up to them.
"Have the citizens been evacuated?" Jacob asked.
"Yeah, and the fairgrounds are covered, too," Jaune said.
Their conversation was cut short as a sudden tremor shakes the ground. The group knew what was going to happen next.
"Oh shit," Jacob groaned.
He ran towards Cassandra as Ruby and Team JNPR followed.
"Cassandra, please tell us you got something for what's coming up next," Ruby said.
"Already on it," Cassandra said as she grabbed her radio.
Mountain Glenn, Vale
At Mountain Glenn most of the earth soldiers were standing by as another tremor shook the ground. The soldiers turned to a mountain and saw it violently shake and crumble. The mountain completely breaks apart releasing a gigantic Wyvern. It was an enormous Grimm, with large red bat-like wings, a pair of legs and a tail. The red membrane of the wing is translucent. It has rough black skin, with white bone-like spines along its body, including an external skull, rib cage and rows of dorsal spikes. It has large claws on both its legs and on the tip of its tail. The Wyvern's skull has a pair of large prominent horns and six yellow-red eyes. Its jaw has teeth extending down along the creature's neck, beyond its skull, such that its entire neck opened as it then roared.
It starts to fly over the city of Mountain Glenn. As it flies, it exudes a black, tar-like substance which drops to the ground in the city of Vale and spawns various Grimm. The soldiers start shooting at the Grimm as soon as they spawned. Just as this was happening a soldier pulls out a teleportation dust crystal and shoots it. The light from the crystal engulfed him and as soon as the light died away the soldier was gone. A few seconds later, three bright lights popped up into the sky and flying out of each one came an F-22 Raptor fighter jet.
Beacon Academy, Vale
Main Avenue
Back at the academy, the fight still continued as Cassandra got a call from Keaton on her radio.
"Rogers, this is Gordon. Do you read me, over?" he asked over the radio.
"This is Rogers. What is it?" Cassandra asked on her radio.
"Amber is ready for transport. Have a helicopter ready," Keaton said.
"Roger that," Cassandra replied.
She looked towards Ruby, Jacob, and Team JNPR as they listened to the whole conversation.
"Listen up, Keaton, Ozpin and the others will be coming up with Amber in a minute. As soon as they show up, your job is to protect her until the helicopter arrives to get her out of here," Cassandra instructed.
"Got it," Jacob replied.
"We've seen Beacon fall and Cinder kill Amber once, and we're not going to let that happen again," Ruby said.
Everyone saw the Wyvern was approaching Beacon tower. Just as it was about to get closer, the three F-22s fired a few missiles at it as it then started to fall toward the courtyard.
"INCOMING!" Cassandra yelled.
Blake, Yang, Sun, and Rebecca faced off against Adam as they all looked exhausted.
"Why do you hurt me, Blake?" Adam asked.
Everyone then sees the falling Wyvern as the group of Huntsmen students then run one direction while Adam runs to another direction. The Wyvern crashes to the ground as everyone runs away. Britney and Deery were locking blades until they saw the crashing Wyvern head towards them. They both ran different directions to avoid the impact. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies by as it was about to make a landing towards one of the landing docks.