If you have not seen the last episode of Volume 3 of RWBY, please ignore this part, there are some spoilers for it. In fact, go to the Rooster Teeth site and watch it, then come back here. Or wait until the episode is available on Youtube, watch it, then come back here. You have been warned.
My god... The season finale of RWBY volume three made the series REAL dark. Remember when I said to get flashlights? Better upgrade that to really powerful spotlights. I mean, let's recap. Penny is now a junk pile, Yang's lost an arm, there's a Grimm dragon (TOTALLY CALLED IT! 8D) on top of Beacon, Cinder has the power of the Fall Maiden, Jaune and Pyrrha finally kissed, followed almost immediately by Pyrrha getting killed, Roman Torchwick was eaten by a Griffon, Neo pulled a Mary Poppins and flew on her umbrella to parts unknown, Blake's on her own again, and to top it all off, Jen Taylor is now trying to conquer the world of Remnant. You'd think that the Halo universe would be enough. On the plus side, Velvet's weapon was frickin' awesome.
In happier news, I was able to see Lazer Team. Good god, that is an awesome movie. I hope you guys get to see it. According to a review, it was, "Worse than Ghostbusters, but better than Pixels". Considering that Pixels was a multimillion dollar movie, and Lazer Team is an Indie movie sponsored by fans (3-4 minutes worth of sponsors in the credits), that's pretty impressive.
I don't own RWBY or Sonic. Enjoy!
The Moon
It is impossible to hear anything in a vacuum. Science tells us that if there's no air, no sound can be heard. That's why a certain famous movie's tagline is "In space, no one can hear you scream".
In the caves of Remnant's shattered moon, however, that fact was turning out more and more false by the second. For Sonic, Ruby, and the rest could hear the screeches of the Arachnid horde very clearly as if they were still on a planet with air.
They could also see them quite clearly. While the cave was dark and only lit up by Team RWBY's helmets, the glowing eyes of the Grimm made it easy to spot them. It also made a terrifying image to behold. The bug Grimm screeched loudly as a huge swarm tried to prevent the mixed group of humans and Mobians from invading further into the caves.
"They just keep on coming!" shouted Silver as one Arachnid jumped at him. He used Shume's new sword mode to stab it behind its huge pincers, then fired. The superheated plasma threw the bug back and it slowly started to disappear.
"Chaos Emerald signature detected within this vicinity. Fire, fire!" blared Omega as two rockets blasted apart a group trying to rush them.
Sonic looked further down the cave. "I'll see if I can find it. Shadow, give me an opening!"
The black hedgehog extracted Crimson Dusk from an Arachnid and held up his Chaos Emerald. "Chaos… Control!" Time slowed down around them, leaving the Grimm vulnerable to a breach in their lines.
"Ruby, cover me!" The blue hedgehog ran past the Grimm, Cobalt Shard and King Mogar's sword killing all the Grimm in his path. Ruby Rose twisted her body around and activated her Semblance, her cape swirling around her as she sped in Sonic's wake and leaving rose petals in hers.
The rest of the group tried to kill as many Grimm as they could before the Chaos Control wore off. "If we live through this, I think I'm gonna have nightmares about this for a long time!" shouted Silver.
"You and me, both!" responded Blake. "And we still need to find Cassie's badge!" An Arachnid lunged at her, but she deflected the blows with Gambol Shroud and fired a bullet into the nerve cluster, killing it.
"Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen…" counted Shadow as he killed a Grimm for each number. "That all depends on how exposed the Chaos Emerald is."
"What do you mean?" asked Yang.
Omega launched a missile into the caves, killing more Arachnids. "An ideal situation is if the Emerald is out in the open. However, it's possible that it could be buried."
A screech behind them alerted them to the presence of more Grimm. "Well, considering how this day is going, it's probably very likely that it's buried!" groaned Weiss.
"We just need to hold out a bit longer!" said Silver. "I know Sonic and Ruby can do this!"
Shadow reloaded Crimson Dusk and took cover behind a boulder. "Then let's settle in… this could take a while."
Ruby and Sonic quickly ran through the caves, using their speed to avoid the Arachnids. "Hey, Sonic? We forgot to bring a Chaos Emerald detector with us! How are we supposed to find it?"
Sonic flashed her a trademark grin. "We already have one!" He stabbed a Grimm, then pulled out the blue Chaos Emerald from behind his quills. "These things react when they get near each other." He pulled his sword out from the Grimm, the creature now slowly disintegrating.
The young girl smiled. "That's so cool!"
"I know, right?" the blue hedgehog agreed. "Now let's get back to it."
Ruby nodded and fired Crescent Rose into more Arachnids. "By the way… what color is the last one?" she asked as they moved deeper into the caves. They dashed into a large room with a high ceiling. In the open space in the middle of the room, a faint purple glow lit up. "Never mind."
The light from the Chaos Emerald revealed a disturbing sight. The floor, walls, and ceiling were all covered with Grimm-like a moving carpet. As one, the Arachnid horde all screeched and lunged at the duo.
Sonic and Ruby quickly whipped their weapons around, slicing off any limb that got too close. The two were defending themselves well, but it was obvious that they were tiring. Sonic's strikes with his swords were getting slower and weaker, and Ruby was breathing heavily in her helmet.
"There's… too many…" she moaned as she killed another Grimm that got too close. Suddenly, a huge pincer whacked her against a wall, and she fell forward.
"Ruby!" Sonic cried out. He tried to get to her, but for every Arachnid he killed, two more seemed to take its place.
Ruby staggered back up and picked up her weapon. "D-don't worry about me! Get to the Emerald!" She fired and swung her scythe, cleaving another Grimm in half. An alert flashed on her helmet, indicating that her aura and ammo reserves were dangerously low.
Sonic glanced from the Chaos Emerald to Ruby, torn between his desire to save the world from Eggman, or to save one of his now closest friends. 'What do I do…' An Arachnid sensed his turmoil and lunged, a leg aimed for his head intent on killing the hedgehog.
Fortunately, the decision was taken away from him as a huge rock crashed into the cave from above and squashed several Grimm, including the one that jumped at Sonic. Two shapes jumped down from the new hole in the roof and landed silently, the sound muted in the vacuum. The light reflected from Remnant gleaned from the Atlesian Paladins, and the Arachnid swarm screeched in confusion and anger towards the new intruders. For Ruby and Sonic, there couldn't have been a more beautiful sight.
"'Sup, guys?" asked Koki Fenris, who was the pilot of one of the Paladins. "Is this a private party?"
The other Paladin waved, then punched a Grimm into the ground. "Sorry if we just barged in on you, we were getting bored waiting in the Ogygia," Amara said.
Sonic grinned. "The more the merrier! And might I add that your timing was impeccable."
Koki saluted from his Paladin. "Our pleasure." He then turned to the Arachnids and fired a large stream of bullets into them. "Now get that Chaos Emerald so we can get the heck out of here!"
Sonic ran over to the gem and grabbed it, feeling a sense of accomplishment and relief that all seven Chaos Emeralds were accounted for and were not in the hands of their enemies.
"What's happening with the others?" wondered Ruby, a worried expression breaking the smile on her face.
An Arachnid suddenly flew between them, landing on its back in the middle of the cave. It spasmed once, then went still and slowly started to disintegrate. Sonic and Ruby turned their gazes to where it came from and saw a red-eyed Yang waving at them. "We're all okay, guys!" The blonde walked in, followed by everyone else. "And look what Silver managed to grab!"
The silver hedgehog reached behind his quills and pulled out a badge that had the name "Cassie" on the label. "Good… then let's get off this rock," advised Koki. "Tails is getting the Ogygia prepped for takeoff."
The Paladins kneeled down. "Everyone, grab on. We're going out with a bang!" Amara reached for a large orb at the back of her Paladin and placed it on the ground. When everyone grabbed onto the handrails that appeared on the robots, they both jumped through the hole they made.
The Grimm screeched as their prey got further away, and they raced through the caves, eager to get to them before they escaped completely. A digital timer on the orb that Amara dropped lit up and started counting down from three minutes.
Back on the surface, the Paladins raced back to the ship, blasting away at any Arachnids that were found wandering on the surface as the passengers held on for dear life. Behind them, the Spider Droids left at the entrance shifted to a more mobile form and got in flanking positions, adding to the protective firepower.
"What was that thing you dropped back there?" asked Shadow, jumping off of Amara's Paladin and skating beside them. "I don't remember seeing that on the ship."
"That was just a little something Tails made after you guys left," she answered. "Apparently, someone wanted to keep us here, so he used parts from the bomb on the fuel valve and made a bomb that we could use instead."
"Wait, there was a BOMB on the ship?!" Ruby cried out.
"Oh, relax, the explosive parts are all in the black ball we left," reassured Koki. "A little 'going away' present to the Grimm. We even added something a little extra to it to make it better." He checked a timer on his wrist. "By the way, we should probably get out of here in less than two minutes."
Blake looked behind them and gasped. "We'd better get out of here sooner than that!"
A huge swarm of Arachnids was following close behind, screeching in anger. "Tails, Aeromi, the ship had better be up and running, 'cuz we're coming in hot!" shouted Sonic.
Ahead, the Ogygia's engines fired up without a problem. The doors to the underside of the ship opened as it lifted up slightly. "You'll have to jump the Paladins in the ship, guys! Leave the Spider Droids, they'll just slow us down!"
"Got it. On my mark. Three… Two… One…" Amara counted down. "Mark!"
In unison, the two Paladins jumped from the lunar surface straight into the ship, the bay doors quickly closing. The Spider Droids left on the moon fought furiously, combining their cannons to cut through huge portions of the horde as the Ogygia quickly gained altitude.
A hissing sound filled the room as it filled up with oxygen. Tails exited the cockpit and dashed to the vehicle bay, going through the doors as soon as the pressure equalized. "Guys, are you alright?"
A chorus of groans answered him. "Well, no one's dead, so that's a good sign," commented Aeromi.
"That will probably give me nightmares for a long time," groaned Silver. "Thank Chaos those things can't get off of the moon."
"Yeah, no kidding," Weiss agreed as she pulled her helmet off. "By the way, when is that bomb going off?"
A large flash shone through the windows, almost blinding everyone. Outside, a small chunk of the moon cracked and broke off, adding more pieces to be dragged into the moon's orbit. Sonic glanced at the destruction and winced. "Wasn't that a bit much?"
"Probably," said Koki as he got out of the Paladin. "Still, better the moon than us."
Shadow growled. "So there was a bomb on our ship?"
"Yes, and quite a clever device. If it went off while still in the ship, it would have crippled our engines. We wouldn't have been killed by the blast, but by running out of oxygen."
"Or more likely getting ripped apart by the Grimm," added Amara.
Ruby sighed in vexation. "Who could have done this?"
Tails shrugged. "We'll have to look into that mystery for another time. For now, let's head home."
A chorus of cheers answered the fox, and he smiled as he got back into the cockpit. 'Back home…' An uncomfortable thought struck him. 'But what is home? Mobius… or Remnant?'
Well, here it is. The end of the Moon arc. We're on the final stretch, guys. I'm pretty sure that this story will end in less than 10 chapters. I'd give you a definite answer, but I'm still using the time-honored writing procedure of making it up as I go along. Anyways, thanks for reading!
By the way, I just checked that stats on this story. It now has over eighty-seven THOUSAND views! I'm just blown away by this! You guys are amazing!