Here we are at Chapter 50, and the Volume 6 finale for Transformers RWBY. Time to see how Megatron and his allies will handle the Leviathan Grimm. I do not own RWBY or Transformers. They belong to their respective owners. I only own my OCs. Here's chapter 50. Enjoy.
Chapter 50: Our Way
Deep in a forest in Anima, a Mistralian airship flies in and lands in a clearing in the forest. Standing off to the side is Cinder, in some new clothes, and Starscream.
"Well, at least she is useful in getting us transportation," Starscream crosses his arms.
"Neo has many uses, that's why I recruited her. She'll be nearby for as long as she remains useful," Cinder say as they begin walking forth.
"And when she's no longer useful?" Starscream inquires, to which Cinder only smirks.
The side door opens, revealing Neo in a new outfit. She steps out and uses her semblance to change the appearance of the airship from its original form into an Atlas airship. Neo snaps her fingers in success.
Cinder smirks, "This will get us to Atlas quite nicely. Come along then. We have much work to do,"
The three board the airship, "Whatever kind of destruction we'll cause next, I cannot wait to bear witness to it," Starscream smirks.
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In Argus, the group watch as the Leviathan makes its way to the harbor, and then look up when they see scores of flying Grimm appear, drawn in from the negativity, and fly over the city. The military send out their airships to deal with the Grimm, but the flying Grimm are many, and the Leviathan too large for their missile to do much damage.
Dreadwing stares at the giant Grimm, "This planet certainly have more familiarities from Cybertron than meets the eye" he notices how the Leviathan moves and its body structure was similar to that of someone else and then turns to Megatron, "Such as the one who you used as an orbital gun over Cybertron."
This made all the members of the group not from Cybertron turn to look at the Seeker in both shock and confusion.
Nora hunches over a bit, "Please tell me you're kidding..." She groans.
Megatron shakes his head, "No, the Decepticons did indeed have a soldier that was about the same size and similar shape as that Grimm," he gains their attention. "It certainly does remind me of the Titan Trypticon. That is before he failed his mission and I had to use his chassis as my personal flagship, the Nemesis,"
Jaune starts to grow pale, "Megatron... Please tell me you're joking..." he begs.
"Yes, Jaune Arc, I'm widely known for my sense of humor..." Megatron rolls his eyes, getting a sense of deja vu from when Breakdown asked him that same question eons ago.
Just then, the Leviathan roars and then dives into the water, "All units, the Leviathan has submerged and is on approach to the city. Preparing hard-light shields. Over," the military cals out as it swims closer to Argus.
"This is all your fault!" they look at Cordovin's mech as she screams. "You hear me?! Your fault!"
"Guys!" they look back to see Blake, Yang, and Predaking rejoin them from the forest. Yang runs up to Megatron. "Are you guys okay?"
"We're fine, Yang. What happened to you three?" Megatron asks.
"Well..." Yang begins, before they notice Cordovin's damaged mech. "What did you guys do?" but then her attention changes again when they hear the Leviathan roar. "Was that... a giant Grimm?" she asks in both shock and worry.
Dreadwing nods, "It is indeed, and our efforts have succeeded in disabling the only thing that can stand against it,"
Their airship comes back online, and the gang use this chance to board it and get into the air. They fly by while Cordovin continues to scream and whine at them like a child, but they pay her little mind. They've got bigger problems to deal with.
"I'm sorry," Blake apologizes. "This only happened because I couldn't take down the radar tower in time,"
Yang takes her hand in her own, "That was NOT your fault. You have nothing to apologize for,"
"Yang is right, Blake. Adam Taurus interfered in our objective because he could not let go of the past," Predaking says, before he glances at Megatron who glances back, and then he looks away.
"They're right. You guys are safe. That's all that matters," Ruby walks up and hugs Blake.
"...Mission..." Soundwave's visor goes off.
"Yes, what is our next move, with things the way they are now?" Laserbeak asks.
"If we're talking about our original goal here, then I guess I'll have to be the one to say it. Despite what's going on right now, our main objective is still to get the lamp to Atlas. The military will be too focused on the Grimm to worry about us. This is our best chance," Maria explains.
"That's not happening," Yang says.
"She's right. We're not leaving things like this," Weiss stands with her.
"If Lady Weiss is staying to fight, then so am I," Dreadwng adds.
Megatron nods, "They're right. We can't leave while that giant Grimm is loose out there. If we leave now, it will destroy the city. We are the only ones that can stop it,"
"Then what's our plan of attack?" Predaking asks.
Ruby gets an idea, "Ren, if Jaune were to help you out, could you mask our ship to help us get close to it?"
Jaune and Ren smirks as they glance at each other, "I think we can manage something," Jaune replies.
"Hey guys," Qrow gets their attention, "The Leviathan's back," he nods outside the cockpit.
They see the Leviathn swim beneath the surface for a few more moments before it comes up above the water, standing much closer to the city now. It roars before walking towards Argus.
"Argus base, this is Manta 3-4. The Leviathan has broken the surface and is heading towards the city. We need those hard-light shields up now! Over," the radio goes off.
As the giant Grimm moves closer to the city, several tall, thin towers, sprout up from the rock formations in the coastline. Once they're all up, they activate and produce two sets of hard-light shields to protect the city. The Leviathan approaches the first ring and tries to get through with brute force. Luckily, the shields hold and stop it from advancing.
"Target has been stopped. Repeat, the Leviathan has stopped its advance. All units, engage, engage, engage," the radio goes off again.
Despite the hordes of Grimm in the air, a small squad of airships manage to fly through and launch an attack on the Leviathan. Their missiles hit the side of the Grimm's head, but it appears they did little damage to it. The Grimm retaliates by charging up flames within its mouth and breathes the flames out at the shield. The shield holds up against the flames, but as the Grimm moves its head around, the flames end up hitting and destroying one of the shield towers. When the tower explodes, it ends up shutting down the whole shield, leaving just one barrier left to protect the city. The spectacle shocks most of the group.
"The shield... It didn't even slow it down," Jaune mutters in shock.
"Well, that figures. It was clear to see what the weak points of that shield were," Predaking notes.
"If we don't do something now, that thing will end up destroying the whole city," Weiss notes.
"All units, disengage the Leviathan. It's too strong. Fall back to evacuation procedures immediately. I repeat, fall back to evacuation procedures immediately. Over," the radio goes off again.
"No!" Ruby grabs the radio. "Don't fall back yet!"
"Who is this? Identify yourself," a soldier replies.
"I'm a huntress. My team and I are heading toward the Leviathan. We can slow it down and give you guys the fighting chance you need to take it down," Ruby explains.
"Wait, how are we going to do that?" Ren asks.
"...Silver Eyes..." Soundwave's visor goes off, making the others look at Ruby.
"...Ruby, when I told you once about a trail-by-fire, I wasn't-," Maria begins.
"I did it at Beacon, and at Haven. I have to do it here... I don't have a choice," Ruby tells her.
"...Manta 5-1, your ship is currently flagged as hostile. You will receive no support. Over," the soldier responds.
Megatron rolls his eyes, "By the Pit. Forget them. We'll just do it ourselves," he walks up to the side door. "I'll get close and buy you the time you need. If I can't take it down, then I can at least weaken it for you to use your power," he then opens the side door.
"Megatron!" he turns as Yang walks up to him. "You shouldn't go out there alone. It's dangerous,"
Megatron raises a hand to her cheek, making her blush, "I promised that I'd always be there to aid you. I intend on keeping that promise,"
"He won't be going alone," they look as Predaking joins them. "You can't beat that beast on your own. But, I won't have that problem. You'll just be along for the trip,"
"Predaking... be careful," Blake says, knowing that she can't stop him.
Predaking nods, "I shall return, Blake,"
Yang sighs, knowing that she can't stop Megatron. However, she does the unthinkable, and to everyone's shock, she gives Megatron a quick kiss on his lips.
"Don't keep a girl waiting," a blushing Yang mutters.
An equally stunned Megatron only nods in response before he and Predaking jump out of the airship. Megatron uses his semblance to create his jet-board to fly towards the Leviathan, while Predaking creates his flame predacon form with his semblance to fly beside him.
"Don't go thinking this means I trust you, betrayer. I'm only doing this to protect Blake," Predaking says.
"Do as you wish," Megatron replies, his thoughts drifting back to Yang's kiss for a moment before he focuses back on the task at hand.
They fly around the dogfighting in the air between the Atlas military airships and the flying Grimm. When they get close enough, Megatron fires off his arm cannon while Predaking fires off a breath attack at the Leviathan. The attacks connect and succeed in drawing the giant Grimm's attention. The Grimm roars as it faces them and fires off another breath attack at them. Megatron and Predaking evade the attack and make another strike. Predaking fires a breath attack and spreads it across the Grimm's back, while Megatron focuses on the Grimm's head with his arm cannon. The Grimm makes a swipe at them with its claws, but the pair easily dodge them. Megatron flies around and disengages his jet-board as he jumps and falls towards the Grimm's skull. He reels his right arm back and throws a powerful punch into its skull. The force of the blow actually stuns the Grimm, even if only for a moment as Megatron jumps off and lands on his jet-board to fly away. Predaking flies around and lands on the opposite side of the head, firing off a close-range breath attack at one of the Leviathan's eyes, burning it. The Grimm roars in pain and tries to shakes Predaking off, who jumps away and puts some distance between them.
Meanwhile, the others look on from the airship, "Okay, they got its attention away from the city. Now what?" Qrow asks.
Ruby thinks for a moment and then looks at Weiss, who takes notice.
Ruby then turns back to Jaune and Ren, "Ren, Jaune, get us in closer," Ruby asks.
Jaune and Ren nod and Jaune uses his aura to amplify Ren's so he can mask the whole ship and keep it away from the flying Grimm that are all around them as they make their way towards the Leviathan. Back in the fight, Megatron conjures up a spear and throws it at the Grimm's left gills. When it hits, it explodes, causing the Grimm to roar in pain. Predaking lands on it back and starts clawing away on it, trying to dig deep into its flesh. The Grimm roars and then suddenly takes a dive into the water, forcing Predaking to jump off unless he wants to go for a swim.
Megatron sees the direction it's heading, "No, its heading for..."
The Grimm rises back up out of the water, only this time it's near the second shield protecting the city. It charges up another breath attack and fires, destroying one of the towers powering it up, causing the whole shield to go down like the first one. With the second shield down, the city is defenseless against the Leviathan. Megatron and Predaking fly in and attack its rear to keep its attention off of the city. Unluckily for them, it worked. The Grimm turns and fires off another breath attack at them forcing them to fly around lest they get overcooked.
"We can't let it get any closer to the city!" Megatron yells out.
"Then what do YOU suggest we do?" Predaking asks.
Megatron looks back when he notices their airship fly by and head straight for the giant Grimm. The side door opens up to show Yang, Dreadwing, Nora, and Soundwave.
"Open wide, big ugly!" Nora cheers as the four fire off their weapons at the Grimm's head.
Ren and Jaune fall onto their knees, "That's all I've got," the pair breath heavily as Ren's semblance deactivates.
Megatron wonders what they're doing when he then sees Ruby flying in on Weiss' Queen Lancer summon. It doesn't take long for him to figure out that Ruby is going to try and use her Siler Eye powers to take down the Leviathan, and he flies in to aid them. He flies by the airship, and Soundwave jumps off to land behind him. Soundwave points at his ears and then at the Leviathan, and Megatron nods in understanding. Their attacks get the giant Grimm's attention and it turns away from the city and from Ruby. While its focused on the airship, Megatron flies in from the rear and gets up beside the Grimm's head. Soundwave locates one of its ears and jumps off to land right on it. He takes a deep breath and then uses his semblance, sending out loud soundwaves directly into the Leviathan's ear. The Leviathan roars in pain and tries to claw off Soundwave, forcing him to jump off and land on Megatron's jet-board again as they fly off. The others continue their assault on the Grimm, while Ruby gets in close on Weiss' summon.
"You can do this. It's just one Grimm..." Ruby looks up at it. "...A really, BIG Grimm," Ruby takes a deep breath and closes her eyes, focusing her energy as she tunes everything else out.
It starts to work, but then Yang pops up, "Ruby, you'd better hurry, something's-" Ruby takes the ear piece out as it throws off her concentration.
Her thoughts drift to her team and their time at Beacon, and all the battles they fought up until this point. Megatron watches her for a moment before firing off more shots at the Leviathan to keep it away from Ruby, but something goes wrong as the Leviathan turns away from him. Meanwhile, Ruby's thoughts take a turn as she starts thinking about when Penny and Pyrrha died, when her teammates were injured, when her team was disbanded. When she loses her focus and opens her eyes, she notices the Leviathan staring right at her. The Grimm growls at Ruby, who realizes why it turned to her and she looks down at her hip. She's still carrying the relic, and they can attract the Grimm.
"No, no, no, no!" Ruby freaks out.
"Ruby!" Yang shouts.
Soundwave suddenly flies in, wrapping his tentacles around the Grimm's giant snout to keep its focus off of Ruby. He releases an electric shock on the Grimm, but it doesn't seem to be doing much damage as the Grimm manages to break free from the makeshift muzzle. Soundwave lands on top of the snout and fires off his gauntlets at it. The Grimm tries to shake him off, but Soundwave manages to land on the summon next to Ruby. The Grimm turns to them, only for Megatron to blast it with a mega cannon shot to the side and get its attention as he and Predaking fly around it.
"Soundwave, I'm trying, but I don't know if I-," Ruby stops when Soundwave takes her hand into his and looks right at her.
"...Ruby Rose, superior..." he says in his own voice.
Soundwave has faith in her, just as everyone else does. The thought alone helps Ruby calm down with a smile. She nods and closes her eyes again, focusing on her hand and Soundwave's. This bond, her bond with her friends, with everyone. That's what she focuses on. It all culminates in seeing her mother, Summer Rose, standing before her with a brilliant smile, a silent message that she can do this. And she does. Ruby's eyes release a bright light that engulfs the whole area. When the light fades, the group find the Leviathan petrified into stone. Cheers are heard all around from the group to the military personnel. Ruby even ends up hugging Soundwave, though he doesn't exactly show his surprise.
"Thank you, Soundwave. You helped me focus my power. Thank you," Ruby holds him close, which he eventually returns.
Megatron looks on from above, "Even now, seeing her power first-hand. There is truly more to her than meets the eye,"
However, the celebration is cut short when the Leviathan begins to break free from its stone prison.
"I will finish this beast!" Ruby and Soundwave look up as Megatron flies by them. "Ruby started your end, and I'll be the one to finish it."
Megatron focuses his strength into his semblance arm and manages to create the dark star saber again. He jumps off his jet-board as it fades and makes one powerful swing, sending out a blast of energy that engulfs and destroys the head of the Leviathan. With the head gone, the dead Grimm dissipates into smoke. With that Leviathan now down for good, the celebration returns. Megatron's strength is low and his jet-board fades just as he gets close to the airship. He falls short of the side door, but Yang catches his hand and pulls him in.
"Megatron!" Yang yells.
Megatron breathes a little heavily, "I'm... okay. Strength is just low. Too much energy spent in this fight,"
Yang sighs with relief, "Just rest for now, Megatron," she gives him a quick kiss on his head.
Meanwhile, Ruby smiles at their victory and hugs Soundwave again, but the moment is short-lived when Cordovin manages to return in her damaged mech. She opens up her cockpit as she faces Ruby and Soundwave.
"We never wanted to fight you... We're sorry," Ruby apologizes.
"...The Atlas military can deal with the stragglers," Cordovin says.
Ruby looks confused, "What? What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that I don't think anyone will notice if one airship went missing in my... lengthly report," Cordovin gives them a knowing smile.
Ruby smiles back, while Soundwave remains stoic as always. Cordovin's cockpit closes and she races to join her forces as they deal with the remaining Grimm. This gives them the chance to rejoin the others and leave the area as they finally make their way to Atlas.
…
"We should have just enough fuel to make it to Atlas," Maria notes from the cockpit.
"Thanks, Miss Calavera," Ruby says.
Meanwhile, Yang sits next to Megatron, "You doing okay?"
Megatron sighs, "Yes, I am adequate," however, his thoughts drift to when she kissed him. "Yang, that thing you did before with me; what was that?"
When Yang figures out what he meant, she blushes again. She also notices some of the others (Nora in particular) smirking at her.
"It... would be better to talk about something like when we're alone. Just... wait until we get to Atlas," Yang's blush deepens as she looks away from Megatron.
Though Megatron still wants answers, he can see that Yang is uncomfortable right now, and decides to leave it for another time.
"You, know, you we're pretty cool out there, kiddo," Qrow notes as he's about to take a swig from his flask, but decides against it and puts it away.
Ruby smiles at this and hugs her uncle, "I love you," Ruby mutters.
"Me too, kiddo. Just go easy on the near heart-attack experiences, will ya?" he jokes.
She walks back to the others, "You know, you weren't so bad out there yourself today, Qrow?" Maria notes from her seat.
Qrow smiles at the compliment, but then sighs, "I feel like they did all the heavy lifting," he notes.
"...But, you were there to help when they asked for it, and you were there to catch them when they fell," Maria says.
Qrow smiles again, "You know, it was pretty incredible getting to see the Grimm Reaper in action," he notes.
"Hah, you should've seen me when I was your age," Maria replies, the pair smiling.
Meanwhile, Blake checks on Predaking, "You doing okay?"
Predaking hums in acknowledgement, "I am fine," he glances at Megatron and Yang. "To think I had to fight alongside him again.
"Predaking, you once told Adam to let go of the past. I know you still hate Megatron, and have every right to. But, eventually you and Megatron will need to settle your defenses for good. Just... when you do, don't let it be out in anger," Blake asks, holding a hand on his arm.
Predaking glances back at Megatron and sighs, "We shall see,"
Meanwhile, Weis sits next to Dreadwing, "I'm sorry you weren't able to get your brother's body back. I know how much you want to set him free," she holds his hand.
"I haven't given up, Milady. There will be another opportunity. I am just glad that you are safe. You are why I am here and why I have the chance to save my brother," Dreadwing smiles, while Weiss smiles back and leans her head on his shoulder.
"Now this is more like it," Nora says, earning smiles from her teammates.
Ruby goes to sit with the others, only to earn looks from all of them.
"What?" Ruby asks.
"You petrified a Leviathan. That is probably one of the most amazing things I've ever seen," Ren says.
Ruby gets embarrassed from all of the attention, "Oh come on, we're not the only people here who have done some crazy things," Ruby says, looking for a way out as her eyes turn to Megatron. "I mean, Megatron punched a Leviathan in the face, through a spear into a giant cannon, and a bunch of other stuff," she then turns to Oscar. "And Oscar made a successful crash landing! He's a 14-year-old farm hand!" she tries to steer the attention away from her.
"Well, I have to admit, that was pretty cool, Oscar," Jaune says.
"I... thanks, but... I wanted to tell you guys... I didn't crash the ship alone... Ozpin helped me. I heard his voice before the ship crashed," Oscar admits.
"So Ozpin took control of your body again?" Megatron asks.
"No, he guided me. And then he was gone again," Oscar corrects her.
"Does that mean he's been watching us this whole time?" Yang asks, annoyed and still angry with Ozpin.
"I don't know, but... at least this means he was looking out for us in a way," Oscar replies.
"Hey, if any of you haven't seen Atlas in person, you don't want to miss this," Qrow gains their attention, pointing outside the window.
"Yeah, well, I'll believe we've made it to Atlas when I've seen it," Yang notes.
"Well... believe it," Weiss adds.
The group crowd the front of the airship as the clouds clear, allowing them to see the kingdom of Atlas, the kingdom in the skies. A whole kingdom floating above the ground, with a few giant tethers keeping it from drifting away, with the former kingdom of Mantle sitting right underneath it.
"You know, you make the trip to Atlas over and over, but you never get used to that view," Maria notes.
However, Soundwave looks up, which Ruby notices, "What's wrong, Soundwave?"
Soundwave just points up, and they all look up... to see the entire Atlas air fleet set up all around Atlas like a blockade.
"That's... the Atlas air fleet. I know that Ironwood said he recalled his forces, but..." Weiss begins.
"They're set up like they're expecting an attack," Qrow is just as surprised and perplexed.
Just then, the comms come on, "Manta 5-1, this is the Atlas air fleet... Welcome home..." the comms go off.
Megatron narrows his eyes at the fleet, "Well... Scrap..."
And that's the chapter and the volume 6 finale. Megatron and his allies defeat the Leviathan and finally make it to Atlas, but it doesn't look like they'll be getting a warm welcome any time soon. What dangers await our heroes in the northernmost kingdom of Remnant? Until then, please Read and Review.
P.S. I was wondering if you guys wanted me to make new outfits for our former Cybertronians for the next volume or if you like them as is. Give me some thoughts on the matter if you like.
