Enjoy.
xXx
"Where are the rest of your associates?" asked Leader while crouching down so he can be on eye level with the captive terrorist. He's no skilled interrogator like Texas or Felix, but he's positive that having Sharkface's Flamethrower pressed up close to one's face will have the terrorist singing like a canary soon enough.
At first, the terrorist is reluctant to answer so Girlie makes sure to remind him of his position by pressing the blade of her knife closer to his neck. "Answer the question or I'll gut you like a fish" she threatened, promising a slow and painful death for the terrorist if he doesn't comply.
Under threat of having his throat cut open, the terrorist begins to comply with his assailants. "U-Underground! T-There are caverns d-directly beneath our feet! Most of us were told to stay down there with only a few being made to scout out topside!"
Leader glances at Sleeveless and both frown underneath their helmets. Their information on Mountain Glenn didn't mention anything about an underground cavern. Leader turns back to the terrorist to continue the interrogation. "How many of you are there?" he asked the simple, but very important question. He isn't stupid enough to go charging at the enemy unless he knows about their current numbers.
Again, the terrorist is reluctant to speak, but Sharkface stepping forward with his Flamethrower has him confessing faster than ever. "I-I don't know how many e-exactly, but there is around a hundred of us. M-Maybe more!"
Leader doesn't like the sound of that, but continues to interrogate the prisoner. "What are you all doing down in the caverns?" he asked, wondering what the White Fang could possibly want with Mountain Glenn.
"We're loading up a train with explosives! There's an underground subway system that leads straight to Vale! W-We spent the last few months clearing up all the rubble in the tunnel so to make sure that there isn't anything that will stop or slow it down."
The revelation of the White Fang's plans has the Freelancers all widen their eyes in shock. Girlie presses the knife deeper into his neck and manages to pierce his Aura, making a shallow cut which spills a drop of blood. "You're going to send in a train full of explosives to bomb Vale?!" she asked, sounding none too pleased.
"Not... exactly" groaned the terrorist in pain. Not from the cut on his neck, but from how he has to pull his head far back in an uncomfortable angle which is starting to make his neck ache. Not that he has a choice cause if he does lower his head, the female soldier's knife will surely cut into his neck and kill him.
Leader nods to Girlie who sighs and pulls her knife away from the terrorist's neck, if only slightly. Once the terrorist has more room to breathe, Leader demands more answers from the terrorist. "What do you mean by that?"
The terrorist gulps while he sweats, nervously. "Yes, the train is suppose to blow up a hole in the centre of Vale, but it is also suppose to blow up holes to the surface from throughout its journey so it can lead Grimm into the city."
Red Team thought the plan was diabolical enough as it is, but they didn't realize just how evil the White Fang truly are. They thought the terrorist organization would just cause a large explosion in the centre of Vale, possibly killing dozens, if not hundreds of people. Instead, they're planning to send Grimm into the city and cause a widespread massacre.
Not on their watch.
Nodding to Girlie, Leader stands back up and ignores how Girlie slices into the Faunus's neck, leaving him to drown in his own blood. "General, we've got a problem."
( Mother of Invention - Bridge )
"I heard" confirmed Jaune, attempting to ignore the bustling of people on the Bridge. The moment the terrorist explained the plan, everyone on the Bridge has begun to run in all directions, except for Jaune who remains in place, although his facial expression shows that he is very displeased with the White Fang's plan. "Get me the layout of those tunnels, NOW!" he ordered, pointing at a Freelancer scientist who nods and starts typing on the console she's situated at.
Jaune turns to the holographic table and watches as the scientist brings up a widespread holographic image of Vale and Mountain Glenn. Beneath the images, he can see several subway tunnels that lead out from Mount Glenn, but he focuses more on the lone highlighted subway tunnel which leads straight to Vale from Mountain Glenn and he notices how it ends directly at the centre of the city. The only good news is that the blast zone is by an open area in the city which is usually used for special events or speeches. "Red Team, I'll be ordering an evacuation around the blast zone so to avoid any civilian casualties and I'll be supplying payloads if I see that train blow a hole to the surface."
"Payloads, sir?" asked Girlie for confirmation of what payloads they could possibly be supplying. She doesn't want to stick around if her allies are going to be dropping down bombs on where she might possibly be.
"Caustic's gas" explained Jaune, getting a sigh of relief from a few members of Red Team. They can use their suit's personal supply of oxygen so to not breathe in Caustic's poisonous gas so they're more or less safe. They've never witnessed what Nox Gas does to a person, but the fact that it can kill Grimm is reason enough to believe that they don't want to even get a whiff of the deadly substance. "Wither that train moves or not, I do not want it anywhere near the city. Do you understand, Red Team?"
"Yes sir!" agreed the entirety of Red Team through the communication system before disconnecting.
Jaune turns to the holographic window and begins interacting with it by using his own hands. With a flick of his wrist, he brings up two separate holographic screens which begin to ring, indicating that he is calling two of his Freelancers. He doesn't have to wait long for both of the Freelancers to pick up his call. Once they accept the call, the masked faces of Caustic and Locus appear on the screens. "Locus, I want sector 3B cleared up of all civilians and a roadblock to be placed around it. I want troops on standby as well. You might be getting some visitors very soon."
Locus nods from the video screen. "Yes sir." Some might ask for a reason why Jaune is asking to keep the area cleared of civilians, but Locus isn't one of those people who question their superior. Instead, he cancels the call and sets out to inform his troops of their orders.
Jaune then turns to the impatiently waiting scientist, Caustic. "Caustic, how much Nox Gas do you have on hand?"
"Enough to kill half the Kingdom" informed Caustic with a deep and threatening chuckle.
If Jaune is disturbed by the scientist's cackle, he doesn't show it. "Good. I want you and a handful of others to gather several canisters of it and plant them in the centre of sector 3B. If things go wrong, we might be finding ourselves with a large hole with Grimm spilling out of it. For as long as that hole isn't filled with concrete, I want it filled with Nox Gas" Jaune ordered the scientist. Some might not like the idea of having deadly gas released into the centre of the city, but Jaune isn't worried of accidentally causing civilian casualties. By evacuating all civilians from the area, there will be no one within the general range of the gas to be effected by it, other than his Freelancers who are all supplied with Mjolnir suits of armour which provides them with an hour's worth of oxygen. Afterwards, the gas will then soon disperse and leave the surrounding area unscathed.
Caustic grins from underneath his gas mask. Who is he to deny his General who is in need of his powerful gas? Not only will it kill any incoming Grimm, but it will also provide him with plenty of priceless data. "Consider it done, General." Caustic cancels the video call, allowing Jaune to continue with making preparations.
xXx
"You heard the General, lets move out" exclaimed Leader. "Snipes, I want you with us for this."
"On my way!" stated Snipes as he stands up from his kneeling position. Taking a few steps back from the edge, Snipes cracks his neck before he begins running. Once close enough, he jumps off the side of the building he is on, uncaring over how he is now free-falling off of a building that is made up of nearly a hundred storey floors. Just before Snipes crashes to the floor and becomes a bloody smear, he activates his armour's jet boosts to slow down his descent. Crouching to his knees upon landing, the team's resident sniper quickly stands back up and runs to the direction of his team while making sure to watch out for any hostiles, wither they be of White Fang or Grimm descent.
"Move out where?" asked Demo Man, looking around the abandoned street. "We don't know where the entrance is to the caverns."
"Probably should've asked him" said Girlie, glancing at the bloody corpse of the White Fang member they interrogated. "You know, before I sliced his throat open and made him choke on his own blood."
"No need. We're making our own entrance" stated Leader, much to the chagrin of Girlie and Sleeveless. Demo Man, Sharkface, Chain Girl and Chain Guy grin underneath their helmets.
Snipes soon arrives after running over nine city blocks of the abandoned city. Once he reunites with his team, he quickly lowers his Sniper Rifle and falls to the floor, panting in exhaustion. Sleeveless shows little sympathy for his comrade and kicks him in his side, making the sniper groan in pain. "Ran... nine... blocks... give me... a minute..." he panted.
"There's no time to rest, Snipes. We've got a train to stop" told Leader, much to the sniper's annoyance.
Sighing in acceptance, Snipes pushes himself back up to his feet and picks up his Sniper Rifle. Once back on his feet, he sees Demo Man messing with something in the middle of the street. "What on Remnant is he doing?" he asked Girlie who is watching Demo Man work with her arms folded across her chest.
"He's setting up an explosive device. We don't know where the entrance is to the underground caverns so instead, we're going to make one of our own" she answered without looking away from the explosive device. She trusts Demo Man with all manner of explosives, but she can't help but be wary of anything that can kill her in a near instant. Throughout her four year military career, she has seen a few Freelancers get overconfident because they possess Aura and a suit of Mjolnir armour. That overconfidence usually ends up with them suffering painful deaths. With Aura and Mjolnir armour combined, every Freelancer becomes a power house in their own right, but only if they know how to use them both correctly. She use to be just as overconfident as well, but that is until she once saw a Freelancer get shot through the neck by a bandit sniper while on a recon mission. Even with the possession of the suit of armour, the Freelancer died because he didn't have his Aura up, thinking his armour made him invincible without it. Ever since then, she has learned to never be overconfident and to always keep her Aura active, no matter the situation.
Demo Man stands up and wipes his hands together. "Well, that should do it. Just give me the word and I'll blow a nice little hole into the floor" he said, walking over to Leader while leaving the connected pieces of explosives which he has rigged in the middle of the street.
"Only a little hole?" smirked Leader, noting a lot of Dust being implemented into the explosive device.
"I use that term, lightly. I'll be amazed if the entire street doesn't collapse on itself" remarked Demo Man before he takes back his Tactical Shotgun from its position on his back. "By the way, I wouldn't want to stay around here when that bomb goes off, unless you want to find yourself missing... an arm." He looks at his mechanical arm and realizes his poor choice of words.
Leader ignores said choice of words and nods before he addresses the entirety of Red Team. "You heard him folks. Keep back from the explosive" he said, jogging a good distance away from the explosive with the rest of his team following behind him.
From two blocks away, the entirety of Red Team are taking cover behind a series of buildings while Demo Man, Leader and Sharkface look out from the corner of a building.
"We all set?" asked Demo Man, holding onto the detonation switch with his non-mechanical hand.
"We're all good. Let it rip" answered Leader as he braces for the explosion.
And the moment Demo Man presses the switch, nobody in Red Team is disappointed by the size of the explosion.
xXx
Neo can be found smiling on a crate full of Dust as she watches the White Fang grunts move the explosives into the train. As much as she wants to be by Roman's side, she has been tasked to stay underground in Mount Glenn and make sure the White Fang don't do something stupid like accidentally set off one of the bombs.
Neo sighs in boredom, hating how there's nothing fun to do in Mountain Glenn and especially not when her only company are a load of racist Faunus who look like they want nothing more than to gut her. Not that she cares about what they say or do, but she just wishes one of them has the balls to actually pick a fight with her. With how weak these guys are, it would entertain her for a couple seconds at least.
Just as she's considering sneaking off somewhere to take a nap, the sound of a loud explosion causes her to jump up from her crate while the earth seems to shake all around her. Turning around, Neo widens her eyes when she sees a massive hole in the ceiling which is over a mile away from her and the train. While she has seen a few sink holes open up on the surface of Mount Glenn, the large explosion is definitely not natural. She soon finds out who caused the explosion when she sees a group of armoured people jump down from the hole in the ceiling.
Recognizing the armour that belongs to the Freelancers, Neo allows a growing smirk to stretch across her lips, realizing that she's going to be having some fun sooner than she thought she would.
xXx
The moment their feet touch the floor, Leader begins giving out orders to his troops. "Provide us some heavy fire!" he ordered, glancing at the Chain siblings who are more than happy to do so. Before the White Fang can realize what's going on and gather themselves, Chain Guy and Chain Girl fire upon them with their Heavy Machine Gun Turrets.
"The rest of us, move up! I don't want to see that train moving!" ordered Leader as he starts running towards the direction of the train while everyone else follows after him, firing at any nearby White Fang while they do so. With such a large amount of White Fang terrorists in the area, there would usually be a lot more enemy gunfire, but the Chain siblings are doing a good job making sure the terrorists are either gunned down or taking cover.
However, the White Fang soon begin to counterattack the Freelancers and return fire with rifles and grenades.
A White Fang grunt reels his arm back and throws an Ice Dust grenade at the incoming Freelancers, just before Snipes blows a hole in his forehead. The grenade flies in the air and would've caused a mass explosion of ice and frost which could have harmed a member of Red Team, if not for Demo Man catching the grenade with his mechanical arm. Reeling his arm back, Demo Man throws the grenade back at the White Fang and watches as it explodes, shrouding a trio of terrorists in solid ice.
An explosion to their left causes the Freelancers to run over to a pile of large rubble for cover. This doesn't stop Girlie and Snipes from returning fire while everyone else searches for the source of the explosion.
"There! Rocket launcher on top of the train!" shouted Sharkface once he sees a pair of White Fang terrorists standing on top of the train with rocket launchers. A nearby explosion has Sharkface crouch down, hating how he isn't in close enough range to use his Flamethrower.
"Sleeveless!" shouted Leader who knows he doesn't need to explain anything else.
True enough, Sleeveless aims his own Rocket Launcher at the pair of White Fang grunts and unlike themselves, they don't have any cover to hide behind. Pulling the trigger, Sleeves watches as the rocket flies across the air and collides with one of the terrorists, causing an explosion that kills the both of them, as well as slightly damage the train carriage.
Apparently, seeing either their comrades killed or the train damaged causes the White Fang to begin retreating onto the train. Much to the horror of Red Team, they see the train begin to move. Knowing what is on the train, they begin to hustle towards the train which is beginning to gain speed.
However, there still stands nearly three dozen White Fang terrorists who are preferring to keep firing at them so they can't get on the fleeing train.
"Chain Guy and Chain Girl, I want you two to stay here and make sure no other White Fang make it out alive!" ordered Leader through the comms. All he hears back are their giggles and sobs, but at this point, he understands that is their way of agreeing.
Sharkface growls in annoyance when a bullet bounces off his right shoulder, making him stumble back for a second before he continues his trek to the train. Running straight through the White Fang defences, he pulls the trigger on his Flamethrower and is delighted to see the flames pour out of his weapon and set a White Fang member on fire. His screams brings a smile to Sharkface's... face
Running into a group of White Fang terrorists, Leader ducks underneath a sword swing from one of them and runs past him entirely as he quickly hears the terrorist scream in pain once Sharkface sets him aflame. He prefers to clothesline the next closest terrorist and he feels the Faunus's neck snap when he hits the floor. Rolling forward to avoid incoming gunfire, Leader fires back at the terrorists with his Battle Rifle and manages to kill two of them before the others take cover.
Not like cover does them any good when Sleeveless jumps over them with his Rocket Launcher aiming down at them. With a pull of the trigger, he causes an explosion that kills the lot of them, while also giving the boost Sleeveless needs to fly up onto the train.
Girlie brandishes both of her knives and runs at a trio of White Fang grunts who are too busy firing at Sharkface to see her. By the time they do notice her, it's far too late as she begins swinging her knives at the closest one. The Faunus terrorist soon finds her throat sliced open and uses one hand to grab her bloody wound to somewhat stop the flow of blood. Girlie than kicks the dying terrorist into her comrade, knocking them both on the floor while the Freelancer charges at the lone standing terrorist.
Said terrorist aims his rifle at the Freelancer and is just about to fire, but Girlie's movements prove to be faster than his own as she slices her left blade upwards, cutting through the rifle like butter and destroying it. She then kicks forward and skids past the Faunus while leaving a deep gash across the right side of his stomach. The terrorist opens his mouth to cry in pain, but a blade pierces through the back of his skull and peaks out of his open mouth, silencing him forever.
Pulling the blade out of the man's skull, Girlie ignores the corpse fall to the ground as she turns to the terrorist she knocked to the floor earlier and sees him pick himself up. Just a he raises himself up to his two feet, Girlie runs up and slices her right knife across his chest, but is somewhat surprised to see it skid off his skin, indicating that he has his Aura up. Not that it stops Girlie as she delivers a series of knife attacks of the Faunus who is too slow to even hope to block one of her strikes. Girlie drops down low and performs a leg sweep on the terrorist who drops onto his back in pain. Having lowered his Aura enough, Girlie jumps up and stabs a knife down on the terrorist's chest and is happy to see her blade pierce through his shattered Aura, killing him near instantly.
Standing up, she runs to the train and notices a White Fang grunt who is on his hands and knees after Sleeveless knocked him back with a rocket. Running towards him, Girlie uses the terrorist's back as a springboard and jumps off of him, landing on top of the moving train. The fact that her heavy suit of armour crushes the terrorist's spine is only a bonus.
Sharkface makes it to the train as well, but before he can jump on it, bullets begin hitting him in the back, causing him to stumble. Growling in annoyance, Sharkface turns around to see five White Fang grunts firing at him. Much to his pleasure, he notices them walking towards him while firing, thinking that they have him pinned down. He shows them otherwise by firing his Flamethrower at them and setting each one of them aflame. After watching the flaming terrorists run around in pain for a few seconds, the satisfied Sharkface turns back to the moving train and uses his armour's jet boosts to jump on top of a carriage.
Snipe rolls forward to avoid gunfire from the left side and the moment he rolls to his knees, he turns and fires his Sniper Rifle at the firing terrorists. Even those who have Aura collapse with holes in their bodies, due to the firing power of his weapon. Once he's sure the terrorists are dead, he runs and jumps onto the train. Once he lands on top of a carriage, he turns around and starts firing at the remaining White Fang terrorists so to assist his teammates who haven't gotten on the train yet.
A White Fang grunt opens fire on the Freelancers who are standing on the train which gives Leader the opportunity to run up behind him and punch the Faunus in the back of the head. The terrorist collapses onto his chest and groans in pain while he slowly lifts his throbbing head up. Leader makes sure he stays down by firing his Battle Rifle down at the back of the terrorist's head, killing him instantly. Glancing at his right, Leader fires at some more White Fang terrorists before he jumps onto the back of the moving train.
Elbowing a White Fang grunt across the face before using his Tactical Shotgun to blow a hole into their chest, Demo Man then sees Leader climb on the train and notices how it's almost out of the cavern. Ignoring a grenade that explodes near him, Demo Man runs towards the speeding train. Just as the train is about to leave the underground cavern, Demo Man makes a jump for the back of the train and he would've missed his chance to getting on, if not for Leader grabbing Demo Man's mechanical arm and pulling him up onto the train.
Demo Man moans in exhaustion and ignores the smoke wafting from his left shoulder, courtesy of a grenade that blew up closer that he liked. "Thanks for that" said Demo Man as he stands back up to his feet. He has no worries of possibly falling off the moving train as the Gravity Dust in his boots keeps him secure on the train carriage.
"Don't mention it" said Leader as he picks up his Battle Rifle. Leader looks around and sees that everyone has made it safely onto the train. "Let's get to the front of this train and stop it before it gets to Vale" he told before he begins running up the train.
Red Team follows after Leader who runs up the carriages of the train while jumping over the gaps between each carriage.
"You think the Chain siblings will be alright on their own? We did leave quite a few White Fang with them" asked Snipe, keeping behind most of his teammates.
"They'll be fine" said Sharkface, waving off Snipe's concerns. "It should be the White Fang you should be worrying about."
Seeing movement along the train, Snipe stops and looks through the scope of his Sniper Rifle. "Speaking of worrying about the White Fang, here they come!"
Red Team look up the train and just as Snipe says, they see White Fang grunts climbing up onto the top of the carriages. However, the Freelancers do a double take when they see an actual Atlesian Paladin climb on top of the carriages before it runs straight towards them.
"They've got an Atlesian Paladin!? How did they get something like that?" shouted Demo Man who recognizes the large piece of Atlesian machinery. Atlas is very privy when it comes to their tech so he would like to know how the terrorist organization has managed to get their hands on it.
While surprised by the discovery of the White Fang possessing some high-end Atlesian tech, Leader doesn't falter as he begins giving out orders. "Snipe and Sleeveless, stick with me. Everyone else, I want you to go down through the carriages and stop this train!"
"You're not going to hear me complaining" exclaimed Demo Man as he runs ahead of the group before he slides down through the gap between the carriages. He's soon followed by Girlie and Sharkface while Leader, Snipe and Sleeveless jump over the gap and run towards the incoming White Fang.
( Vale )
"What's going on?" asked Ruby once she and her team see a roadblock of sorts ahead of them. They have been hoping to look around Vale and see the students from the other Hunter Academies arrive for the Vytal Festival, but they soon find their path blocked by armed Freelancers.
Concrete barricades have been set up to block the entire road with eight Freelancers standing watch and making sure nobody gets pass the blockade. If that isn't enough to deter folks, there is an armoured vehicle sitting in the middle of the barricade. While it may have four wheels, it's definitely not any car anyone from Team RWBY has seen, including Ruby. Said vehicle lacks any sort of doors and appears to be armoured, although not enough to slow it down. While it possesses a driver's seat and a passenger seat, what really has the vehicle differ from other cars is the large turret that is installed in the back of it.
Said vehicle is known as an M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, but since that's quite a mouthful, the Freelancers usually call it a Warthog.
( M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle - Halo Series )
Of course, the sudden roadblock has garnered the attention of everyday people and the ire of those who use the road regularly. A crowd has gathered in front of the blockade with some people demanding answers, but one of the Freelancers merely says it's a safety protocol. Not like anyone in Team RWBY believes that.
Yang nudges her younger sister with her elbow and points to the right of the crowd. "How about we just ask them what's going on?"
Ruby looks in the direction her sister is pointing at and sees Pyrrha standing by the back of the crowd with her teammates. Agreeing with her older sister, Ruby leads her team to Pyrrha. While walking over to them, Pyrrha happens to see them coming. "Hey, Pyrrha. Do you know anything about this?" she asked, curiously.
Pyrrha shrugs her shoulders. "I'm not entirely sure. They said that the area is being sectioned off for security reasons. Nobody has been able to find out why, but I have been seeing other Freelancers driving through with large crates."
"Do you know what's in those crates?" asked Blake, finding the whole situation suspicious. "What are the Freelancers hiding?"
Pyrrha shakes her head. "Sorry, but they were sealed shut when we saw them. I tried to ask about it, but they've been ignoring me for a while now."
"I said no, Nora!"
"But, Ren~, that's the street where Pancake Palace is."
"I can make you pancakes when we can back home."
"Fine~."
"I see Nora has her priorities on straight" chuckled Yang in amusement.
Pyrrha chuckles awkwardly before sighing in defeat. "She has been needy for pancakes for a while now. We were going to bring her to Pancake Palace, but as you can see, the Freelancers blocked off the road to it."
Blake looks over the security blockade and hums in thought.
This isn't missed by Weiss who glares at the Faunus. "Don't even think about it, Blake. You're not going to try sneak past the blockade."
Pretending that she hasn't nearly jumped after Weiss's accurate accusation, Blake shakes her head in denial. "I was thinking of doing no such thing!"
"Yes you were. I can see the suspicious glint in your eyes and whenever I see it, that usually ends with you sneaking into places you shouldn't be sneaking into" told Weiss, remembering the many times in which Blake ran off to find something about the White Fang. From her teammate's track record, Weiss knows that if Blake tries to go investigating, the Faunus will eventually find herself in a firefight with the Freelancers and unlike the White Fang, Blake won't be able to win.
For someone who specializes in stealth, Blake is the one who often gets spotted by the enemy.
Blake frowns and decides to stop pretending, seeing as Weiss has seen straight through her. "Fine, I was, but aren't you just a little bit curious about what they're doing as well?"
"Not curious enough to try and undermine the Freelancer's authority" exclaimed Weiss while throwing her arms up in the air. "Do remember that you'll be severely punished if you're caught working against them while in the Kingdom's territory."
"That's only if I'm caught."
"I said no!"
xXx
While inside one of the many train carriages, Girlie, Sharkface and Demo Man soon find themselves fighting against White Fang grunts who try to stop them from getting to the front of the train.
Demo Man ducks underneath a sword swing and uses his mechanical hand to grab onto the White Fang grunt by the throat. As the train carriages only supply him with very little room to move in, Demo Man decides to use the terrorist in his hand as a Faunus shield. It's not surprising that even though he is holding up one of their comrades like a shield, none of the other terrorists stop shooting. As his shield soaks up bullets and dies, Demo Man uses his free hand to fire his Tactical Shotgun at the other terrorists who decide to fall back, although one doesn't make it far after Demo Man shoots him in the back of his head, causing it to blow up in a explosion of blood and brain matter.
As Demo Man throws aside the bloody corpse that he's carrying, Sharkface runs past him and goes into the next carriage. Once he opens the door to the carriage, Sharkface is met with gunfire from a squad of White Fang terrorists who are standing on the other side of the somewhat empty room. Unfortunately for the White Fang terrorists, they lack the necessary firepower to pierce through Sharkface's heavily armoured Mjolnir suit.
So, when they see the Freelancer merely take a step back because of their gunfire, they feel a sense of dread fill their bodies as they realize how useless their weapons really are. The Faunus decide to retreat even further up the train, but Sharkface aims his Flamethrower to fry them before they can fully escape the carriage, ignoring the object in the middle of the carriage.
Just as Sharkface is about to pull the trigger and douse the entire carriage with fire, Demo Man jumps on his back. "You idiot! That's a bomb!" yelled Demo Man, having plenty of experience to know what's a bomb and what's not. He knows that if Sharkface did douse the carriage in flames, it would cause the unstable Dust in the bomb to prematurely set off, killing them all. With the carriages connected together, it might even cause a chain reaction and set off the other explosives on the train.
Right as Demo Man manages to stop Sharkface from blowing themselves up, they hear the carriage behind them disconnect with the rest of the train. Turning around, both Freelancers see Girlie jump over from the disconnected carriage which starts to slow down. It doesn't take more than a few seconds for the carriage to suddenly explode and blow up a hole to the surface. Once the explosion sudsides, the three Freelancers can see Beowolves, Ursai, Creeps and even a Death Scorpion drop down from the hole before they begin following after the train.
Demo Man widens his eyes in horror at the sight. "All this Grimm are only from one hole?" He can only imagine the army that will be led to Vale if all the other explosions go off.
Girlie turns away from the terrifying sight of so many Grimm and faces the explosive expert of the group. "Can you disarm to bombs?" she asked, knowing that if Demo Man can disarm the explosives then there will be less Grimm to worry about.
Demo Man's response doesn't fill Girlie with much confidence. "I can, but I need time!"
Unfortunately, time is something that they don't have and it's shown when they hear the carriage they're standing in disconnect from the rest of the train.
Sharkface turns to his teammates. "We need to go, now!" he exclaimed before running through the door of the carriage and jumps to the next carriage. The good thing is that the White Fang grunts aren't in the carriage, having ran off farther up the train.
Demo Man and Girlie follow after him with Demo Man managing to jump the gap easily enough, although Girlie has to use her armour's jet boosts to make up the increasing distance between the train carriages.
Girlie rolls across the floor and lands in a crouch. She ignores the explosion from the carriage behind her and runs ahead. "Lets get moving and stop this train."
xXx
On the top of the moving train, Leader fires at the incoming White Fang until they are so close that he has no choice but to fight them in close quarters. Leaning to the left to avoid an axe swing, the Freelancer headbutts the attacking terrorist, not only breaking her nose but her Grimm mask as well. The blow has her stumble backwards and much to her unfortunate luck, she loses her footing and falls off the side of the moving train. Her screams quickly stop when her body hits the ground.
The Atlesian Paladin runs towards Leader and just as it's about to drop its fist down on the Freelancer, a rocket collides with its chest, courtesy of Sleeveless and his Rocket Launcher. Unlike normal Rocket Launchers, Sleeveless is in possession of a M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon which has a magazine size of two rockets.
( M41 Surface -to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon - Halo Series )
So when the Atlesian Paladin stumbles back with obvious damage done to its body, it is unprepared for another rocket which causes the front of its body to explode outwards. The resulting explosion not only kills the Paladin's pilot, but also kills a few nearby White Fang grunts who are too slow to avoid the collapsing mech which throws them off of the train. If the fall didn't kill them, then the pursuing Grimm definitely did.
Leader would've thanked Sleeveless, if not for the remaining White Fang grunts who are still intending to kill them. Thankfully, the White Fang grunt who is aiming his rifle at him soon collapses once Snipes fires a bullet through his right eye socket.
"You're welcome!" exclaimed Snipe who is crouching while three carriages behind Sleeveless and Leader.
Sleeveless loads another magazine of rockets into his Rocket Launcher, but since he doesn't see anymore Paladins, he decides to not use it against the grunts and pockets it on his back through the use of magnets on the back of his armour. Punching his right fist into his left palm, he runs at the remaining Faunus terrorists who are surprised by the speed of the muscular Freelancer.
The female White Fang terrorist brandishes a pistol in her left hand and a short sword in her right. She aims and fires at the running Sleeveless, but the bullets either bounce off his advanced suit of armour or his Aura which he has protecting his exposed arms. Realizing that shooting at him is futile, she swings her blade at him when he's close enough, only for the Freelancer to catch the blade in his hand. In panic, she raises her pistol to fire at him in point-blank range, only for him to grab her firing arm and raise it above her head so she misses. She struggles under his strong grip, but not for long because Sleeveless spartan kicks her backwards and into the chest of a fellow White Fang comrade with both of them falling on their backs. Both try to pick themselves up, but by the time they're on their knees, Sleeveless runs up and grabs the both of them by their throats, using his strength to choke the both of them. That's before he suddenly spreads out his arms and throws the two terrorists over both sides of the train.
Leader fires and kills another White Fang terrorist before he empties out the spent magazine in his Battle Rifle and reaches to his waist for another. Only for him to grasp nothing and he quickly figures out that he has no more ammunition for his rifle. The mistake costs the Freelancer because that means he has no way to fire back at the three White Fang grunts who open fire at himself. With no cover and no weapon to his name, Leader has no choice but to run back to the gap between the carriages for cover. This gives the terrorists ample time to fire in his back and while the Mjolnir armour is highly advanced, there is only so much damage it can take. A lucky bullet manages to pierce through the back of Leader's left leg and while the Freelancer may have his Aura up to protect him, the impact can still be felt, making him lose his balance and fall down the gap between the carriages.
The White Fang grunts have no time to check to see if they actually killed the Freelancer or not, because Snipes opens fire at them from a distance and if that isn't enough, Sleeveless punches one of their comrades through the roof of a carriage, leaving them as the only remaining living terrorists who are standing on the roof of the speeding train.
As the White Fang try to suppress Sleeveless, they don't see Leader hanging in between the gap of two carriages, having caught the edge before he could fall off. While he is sure his Mjolnir armour would help him survive falling off the train, the ever increasing Grimm that are following the train will surely tear him apart in seconds.
Hearing the sound of explosions and cries of White Fang grunts above him, Leader decides to swing into the carriage and leave Sleeveless and Snipe on the roof.
xXx
Sharkface ignores the sound of Girlie putting a bullet through the head of a terrorist behind him as he steps into the next carriage, noting a lack of explosives inside it. Instead, he sees some little twerp on the other side of the carriage, swinging what looks to be an umbrella in her hand.
The arrogant smirk on her face definitely annoys Sharkface, but something else about her annoys him even more. "Pick a hair colour and stick with it!" he shouted, referring to the girl's pink, brown and white hair. He lifts his heavy Flamethrower and without hesitation, fires it at the multicolored woman. While she may not be wearing the traditional White Fang uniform or sport any Faunus features, she is clearly in league with the terrorist organization. Why else would she be on a train filled with White Fang and deadly explosives? Besides, the bloodthirst pouring out of her is an obvious sign that she's no ally to him or the Freelancers.
Luckily for him, the train carriage doesn't have any bombs in it so he's allowed to use his Flamethrower without fear of blowing himself up.
However, the intense stream of flames he fires doesn't faze Neo who turns around with her umbrella leaning over her shoulder. Just as the flames are about to engulf her, she opens up her umbrella which blocks the flames from downright roasting her, although she hides the frown of discomfort as she feels the intense heat wash over her body.
Sharkface stops firing and waits for the flames to lessen so he can see if he has killed her or not. He quickly finds out that he hasn't once he hears the sound of shattering glass on his left side. Before he can turn his head, Neo's umbrella smacks against the side of his helmet, forcing the Freelancer turn his head to the other side after suffering from the strong blow. With his head still facing the right wall, he blindly swings his left arm at his opponent who backflips away to a safe distance.
Growling, Sharkface turns and aims his Flamethrower and fires at her. The flames scorch the ground, but the moment the fire reaches the woman, she shatters like glass and disappears. Sharkface soon finds out where she is when he hears the sound of shattering glass behind him. A sudden weight is pressed down on him and a pair of legs quickly wrap around his throat. All of a sudden, he feels his weight shift and soon finds himself flying across the carriage after his opponent flips and throws him with her legs.
Sharkface bounces off the floor several times before skidding to a stop. Looking up, he only has enough time to widen his eyes before Nero's umbrella smacks him in his face, causing him to stagger backwards. His staggering only gets worse as Neo lands blow for blow on his person with her umbrella and she even manages to dent a few parts of his armour, due to the strength of her blows. Having enough of being pushed around, Sharkface slams his foot down and stands his ground. The next time Neo swings her umbrella at him, he charges at the multicoloured woman, intending to tackle her and use his weight against her.
Unfortunately, when he tackles her, she shatters like glass again, making Sharkface fall forward and roll across the ground. He quickly stands back up and turns around to see the woman standing by the other side of the carriage, acting as if nothing has happened. He realizes that they're back to where they started before the fight, only now, he is sweating and his Mjolnir armour is pretty banged up. "This bitch and that Semblance of hers" he thought, glaring at his enemy.
Neo can feel the Freelancer glare at her from through his helmet's visor and responds by waving at him cheekily. It's only because of her instincts that Neo manages to tilt her head to the right to avoid the knife that has been thrown at her from the carriage door behind Sharkface. She frowns at the female Freelancer who has decided to ruin her fun.
"Girlie" grunted Sharkface as he watches his teammate step ahead of his crouching form with her second knife in her left hand and a M6G pistol in her right.
( M6G Personal Defense Weapon System - Halo Series )
"You guys go ahead, I've got this" told Girlie, glaring at the smugly smirking Neo who is twirling her umbrella with her index finger.
"No, she's mine" remarked Sharkface as he stands back up onto his two feet so he can continue the fight.
Girlie scoffs over her teammate's bravado. "Obviously. Just go and stop this train before it reaches the city."
Sharkface opens his mouth to protest, but the sound of an explosion behind him has the Freelancer falter. Growling in acceptance, Sharkface turns to Demo Man and tilts his head forward. "Let's go." Demo Man nods and both Freelancers run down the carriage with Neo not even attempting to stop them, although Sharkface admits to having the urge of swinging at Neo when he runs pass her. Once the two leave the carriage, Girlie and Neo size each other up.
Confidentially, Neo strolls across the carriage towards Girlie while she continues swinging her umbrella around. The multicolored woman barely makes it halfway across before Girlie suddenly aims and fires a lone shot at her forehead. However, the moment the bullet connects with Nero's forehead, she shatters like glass, revealing that Neo has used her Semblance again.
Not like this disturbs Girlie who without looking, aims her pistol to her right and open fires at nothing but the wall. The sound of glass shattering echoes throughout the carriage as the bullets shatter Neo's illusion with three connecting with the woman's chest. After the third bullet, Neo rolls to her right and opens her umbrella to block the rest of Girlie's gunfire.
After emptying her pistol's entire magazine, Girlie empties it and replaces it with a new and full magazine. Once she reloads her weapon, Girlie notices Neo's questioning gaze from behind her protective umbrella. "Surprised that I knew where you were?" To Neo's nod, Girlie decides to admit how to her opponent. She taps the side of her helmet with her M6G Pistol. "I got Motion Tracker installed in my armour. It doesn't matter if you use an illusion or not, I'll still be able to find you where ever you might be hiding."
Neo blinks, but understands how the Freelancer is tracking her. Luckily, she doesn't need to rely on her illusions to kill her targets and so, she closes her umbrella. Smirking, Neo twirls her umbrella and takes a fighting stance. With a press of a hidden switch, Neo extends the hidden blade from the tip of her umbrella.
Girlie takes a fighting stance of her own by crouching low with her knife hand in front of her chest and her pistol-wielding hand resting by her side. "Bring it, bitch!"
( Vale )
"Are the preparations ready for our guests?"
Caustic folds his arms across his large chest and nods. "Indeed they are. I have fifteen canisters filled with my Nox Gas spread across the sector and ready to kill any unfortunate soul that might pop out from underground. Just give the signal and I'll set them off at once."
With his arms folded behind his back, Jaune furrows his brows as he looks at the dangerous scientist. "Let's wait for Red Team to make it out before we set off the gas. The final explosion might damage their suits and cut their personal oxygen supply. The last thing I want is to accidentally gas my own troops."
Caustic sighs and shakes his head in disappointment. "You and your bleeding heart."
Jaune ignores the scientist and turns to Locus. "Locus, I take it that everyone has been evacuated and the roadblocks have been set up around the sector?"
Locus salutes the General. "Yes, sir. All civilians have been evacuated out of the area. Roadblocks have been set up and are securing all nearby roads."
"Good. Make sure nobody gets in until the situation is under control and that includes any Hunters. If the explosion does go off, they're likely to blindly run in and get caught in the gas" told Jaune. Unlike his Freelancers, the Hunters don't have any way to not breathe in the poisonous Nox Gas. Aura is great and all, but it only protects the outside of the body from physical damage. If they do breathe in the Nox Gas, the gas will kill them on the inside and their Aura will be able too do nothing as they die a very painful death.
Locus intends to respond, but stops and raises a hand to the side of the helmet, indicating to Jaune and Caustic that someone is communicating with him through the comms system. After a minute of waiting, Locus dorps his hand and looks back at the General. "Sir, I've just been informed that there are reporters by a roadblock and are asking questions. What should we tell them?"
"Inform them that this is just a security protocol and that the roads will reopen by the end of the day" ordered Jaune with Locus nodding and relaying the message back to his subordinates at the roadblock.
Jaune waits for Locus to relay the message before speaking. "Are the troops prepared for the incoming threat?"
"All Freelancers have been informed of the situation. As we speak, I have two dozen men and women surrounding the possible blast zone and they are prepared to gun down any Grimm that might emerge from the hole" informed Locus, much to Jaune's satisfaction.
Jaune has personally seen the effects of Caustic's Nox Gas and while it is the main deterrent against the Grimm, he isn't willing to fully rely on the deadly gas. It's still unclear to how the gas effects the other Grimm species and he can't risk allowing any Grimm to run amok in Vale. What he can rely on are his Freelancers who he has placed in the sector of the blast zone. They are stationed outside the blast radius of the possible explosion so they don't get caught in it and with their oxygen supplies, they won't be effected by Caustic's Nox Gas and so, he doesn't have to worry about them.
What he does have to worry about is Red Team.
Just ten minutes ago, a Bullhead has collected Chain Girl and Chain Guy who were left behind to deal with the remaining White Fang grunts in Mount Glenn. Through the comms, they told him about how the rest of Red Team have climbed on the train which is now on the way to Vale. While it's difficult to understand the Chain sibling's weeping and giggling, he has been able to translate their personal language with the help of Leader a few months ago.
If the other members of Red Team are still in that train when it arrives to Vale, the resulting explosion might possibly damage their suits and oxygen supplies. With no oxygen in their suits, they will be forced to breathe in Nox Gas and Jaune simply can't allow that to happen. Which is why he wants to wait for the rest of Red Team to be safely secured from any wreckage before activating the gas. Good thing that he has two dozen heavily armed and armoured Freelancers ready to gun down any Grimm that might emerge from the floor. There are also medical personal nearby who are there to aid any members of Red Team who might be injured during the final explosion.
Obviously, he will also be there to help fight off the incoming Grimm and if need be, assist the medical personal with his Semblance.
With everything ready for the Grimm's arrival, Jaune can only wait to see if Red Team manage to stop the train or not.
xXx
Falling to the floor on her back, Girlie cries out in pain when Neo stabs her blade through her left arm, managing to pierce through her armour and damaged Aura. The blade in her arm has Girlie involuntarily let go of her knife, leaving her weaponless as she has ran out of ammo for her pistol five minutes ago.
Sweating, but still grinning, Neo roughly pulls her blade out of the Freelancer's arm and raises the blade above her head, intending to stab it straight through Girlie's visor. So enthralled with killing the Freelancer, Neo doesn't see the other individual until it's too late.
"Heads up!" shouted Leader as he runs over and swings his fist at the surprised Neo in the face, throwing her back to the end of the carriage. "Girlie, you alright?" he asked, crouching down to help up his teammate.
"I'm fine" she hissed while using her undamaged arm to push herself up to her feet. She bends down and picks up her knife with her right hand and holds it out in front of her. All the while, leaving her left arm to dangle by her side. With the little Aura she has left, she manages to stop the bleeding, but she still doesn't have enough left over to fully heal the stab wound.
Leader chuckles as he brandishes two collapsible hatchets and takes a fighting stance of his own. "You were always a bad liar."
Having collided with the metal door, Neo rubs her sore back and glares at the second Freelancer who has interrupted her fun. Picking up her dropped umbrella, Neo looks up at the two Freelancers and frowns. She has had fun fighting the female Freelancer and wouldn't mind taking on the new guy, but she can feel her Aura level is down quite low, having taking a few kicks and knife attacks during her previous fight.
Deciding that she has had enough fun for today, Neo jumps up in the air and suddenly vanishes from sight.
Both Freelancers remain tense as they study their Motion Trackers. After a moment of not seeing Neo's body signature on the tracker, they relax, if only slightly.
"Bitch" muttered Girlie, feeling none too happy after getting her ass handed to her by the sadistic little girl. She can already hear Sharkface's stupid smug laughter once he hears about this.
"Come on, let's get to th-" Leader is interrupted when the emergency brakes are suddenly used, causing the train to suddenly slow down. The sudden shift in speed has Girlie and Leader lose their balance and fall on the floor. Realizing that someone has made it to the front of the train and activated the emergency brakes has the two bruised and sore Freelancers elated. That is until they hear Demo Man's voice through the comms.
"BRACE FOR IMPACT!"