Chapter 5: Red Like Roses

~BRODY'S POV~

It was time to turn up the heat!

"NINJA SPIN!"

I spun the Power Star on my blade and gave my sword a massive energy charge. I set my sights on Ripcon, the one guy I really want to mess up. A ninja shows little pride in their rivalries against their enemies, but for Ripcon, I'd be happy to thrash my weight and blade around him.

"Wait, you!" I stayed my course, ignoring the scythe-wielding girl I had just met only a minute ago. Just a moment ago, I think she was about to rant at me about stopping her from fighting or something, but I didn't pay any attention, focusing on fighting Ripcon and the other monster next to him.

My body rushed forward and made contact with the annoying piece of garbage I'd been forced to work under for a decade. I instantly locked blades with his own two swords, resuming our little competition. I knocked his blade away and tried to swipe him in the face, but he managed to swing his left blade to defend himself from my attack. He then moved to slash his weapons at me, forcing me to move out of the way by flipping back. I went at him again, swinging in a couple of kicks with both of my legs one by one, smacking him at the shoulder which sent him thrown back.

"Why, you little-?!" I always enjoyed interrupting Ripcon when he did his smack talk; this time, I managed to punch him right in the face before he could finish the sentence. It wasn't enough, but the sudden silencing was worth the hit. I tried to use my Star Blade to strike his chest, swinging as hard as I could. Then, Ripcon blocked the attack with one sword before lunging the other at me, cancelling my double strike.

~RUBY'S POV~

The nerve of that punk! How dare he defy my demands?!

Ugh… No use for some speech. I had to get into the action as well. This was my world to defend, and I wasn't going to let some unknown guy in a suit have all the fun doing it! I had my Crescent Rose scythed up… ahem… and ready to rumble with the other monster. He was my quarry.

"So it's just you and me, huh?!" The big fat monster screamed like some tough guy at me. If I had the time, I would have rolled my eyes from the annoyance. I was already about to smash his face with Crescent Rose by swinging it towards him. When he blocked the attack, I quickly spun the other way to attack his legs. I did hit the legs, but somehow they seemed to have been able to withstand my strike.

"Nice try, girly!" he taunted me again while I kept on failing to hurt him with a few more strikes. "But I came prepared. Your little scythe is worthless now!" Sounded like he had been given some upgrades to fight me when he came back here. I had to be very careful now. If he had his armour upgraded, then his weapons might had been to.

So, I jumped away from him, just in case he was about to fire his lasers at me. I transformed my weapon to rifle mode and fired on him with more AP bullets. Letting lose a bullet every second, I aimed for the head, remembering his weak point.

He managed to block his head, like he did last time, the bullets flew away in different directions. The moment I landed on the ground, I got my scythe on and rumbled on some more, trying to deal enough pain to find another angle.

I swung my weapon here, and I stabbed him there, but all of my attacks just couldn't faze that monster! His armour was tougher than the Paladins I fought during the Breach. He sure was deadlier, too. With two lasers built in his arms and a tough punch if you're not careful, I don't think anyone would be lucky to get out of a scuffle with him.

"Ergh!" I growled, trying to sink my scythe into that thick head of his. "Make it easier for me and, DCH…!" Again, another strike and still nothing! "Just fall!" I'm sure that fat bozzo's holding up my attacks without fail and he's taunting me because of that.

"Fat chance, girly!" Makes sense, considering he was exactly that. Fat. "You keep slicing, I'll keep blocking!" And that's what we kept doing the whole time, me swinging Crescent Rose onto him, and his armour just kept on bouncing her back. There was not hurting him at all.

I'm sure that red ninja guy's got better luck than me right about now.

~BRODY'S POV~

I'm sure the girl with the scythe's got better luck than me right about now.

Ripcon was sure one tough cookie to crumble. I suppose being outsmarted and beaten by me all these years could make some learning really important for him, and boy, was it working.

After a while, I would notice Ripcon getting tougher to beat every time I face him. And it showed in today's battle, he did a lot of work building himself up for our next encounter. His swords swung faster than I was used to and the force of the strikes growing stronger with each hit. I had a tough time getting my Star Blade to repel his swords.

He then used his swords to swing from above and dive them down on me. I used as much strength as I could muster to push my blade against his. However, the force of the blow was too powerful and my weapon was dropped to the ground. Ripcon then kicked me at the chest, sending me thrown backwards.

"Hah!" Ripcon bellowed as I fell. "You've clearly lost your touch, Rat Bait!" Ergh! I hate it when he calls me that. "Now, just submit yourself to Galvanax again, and you will be spared!" I cringed at the thought of returning to a life of slavery and forced work. There was no way I was going to go back there. Never!

"Not a chance!" I gave him a nice kick to the stomach for reminding me of my horrid days. But I didn't land the hit when he grabbed my leg. He then gave one big pull and threw me away over him. I fell to the ground with the force of a big boulder, crashing into the ground with a loud bang.

My back sure felt the extreme pain of a crash landing. It'll live, but it could definitely use a few days of recovery after this was over. If I could survive, that was what I thought.

~RUBY'S POV~

I heard a loud thud on the other side of the field and there I saw the red stranger being thrown to the ground like a ragdoll. The big guy who sent him flying grabbed his two swords together from the ground and walked towards him. My new 'friend' was struggling to get up, slightly crawling about on the grass.

Serves him right for rushing in without my help!

I had to help him out, but I was still entangled with the bigger monster fighting me right now. I looked for an angle, one that could help me get away from this creep so I can get that guy's butt back up.

I had to keep using Crescent Rose to both attack him and defend myself from his own big punches. Every time he threw a fist at me, I struggled to fight back the force of each blow. He must had been some boxing champion wherever he came from. And it wasn't helping that whenever I jumped out of the way to get a shot with my rifle, he would fire his big lasers at me. One actually seared right through my lovely cloak! That darn alien pest was about to pay for that…

Speaking of which, just why in the world would they even think about making Remnant an arena for some big game show? It was easy to see why since we've got all sorts of dangers and challenges in store, but I preferred those stuff for us locals only. Why did a bunch of aliens have to choose our world as their next setting? I do enjoy some entertainment of the violent kind, but only when watching it, not being part of the competition!

And this 'Ranger'. What role did he have in the game show? From the looks of it, I thought he was one of them; another contestant looking for some fun out of the show. But after seconds since first meeting him, I kinda had the feeling he was not much of a contender, simply someone willing to put an end to the violence. Just like me…

But still, this was my world to defend, and I had the responsibility to show him the ropes of how Remnant works, even if these were his enemies.

Back to my fight, I wanted to break myself away from fighting my monster and go help the 'hero' in red spandex. But if I move away, I could get vaporized by those super lasers of his. I had to look for something else to at least stall him so I can move to save the day.

That was when I quickly found a way to do it. After I knocked the alien off with a kick to the face, I ran behind him and took my scythe, aiming right for the nearby tree behind him. As I came to the trunk, I gave my weapon one mighty swing and chopped right through the bark, severing the tree in half.

Then, after cutting the tree, I looked back and saw the monster getting back up after my little foot to his face. He turned around and growled at me. Well, I was like, 'let's see if he finds this worth groaning about.'

"TIMBER!" I yelled out as the tree began to tip to its side and dropped on top of the big alien. I could see the look on his face when he saw that big tree coming down on him, his legs just sinking lower.

"Uh oh…" I heard him squeal a little before the big trunk clobbered him down, pushing him all the way to the ground. After the tree crashed, I could see him squirming around dizzily with the tree weighing down on top of his belly.

With his strength and power, I knew it wouldn't last, but I couldn't help but stick my tongue out at him for the amount of pain he put me through so far. I got my head back in the fight as I saw the other alien with the swords now standing right above the ninja guy. I picked up Crescent Rose and ran for him as I was going to slice him up before he could do harm.

~BRODY'S POV~

So I supposed this could had been worse. But I was just about going to get cut down by Ripcon, of all creatures… I couldn't get up because my body was aching all over, keeping me down and being unable to stand back up. There was no stopping Ripcon from preparing to eviscerate me as I could see him scrapping his swords together. I could just feel his intent on ending me for good; a feeling I knew all too well after being at each other's throats for years.

It just sucked that our rivalry was going to end this way. Victory for Ripcon…

"Say goodbye, Rat Bait." he gloated as he raised his swords at me. "You should've come back to us when you had the chance. Not that you would like it anyway." He was going to stab both blades into me to finish the job. I wanted to get up and stop him from skewering me, but my body was too ached to even move a muscle.

Ripcon was about to thrust his swords into me when I heard some high-pitched battle cry coming from behind me.

"HIIYAAA!" There was just this blur of scarlet red just zooming by and crashing into Ripcon like a lightning bolt. I could also see these red petals falling down behind that surging bolt. A shrill cry of pain was heard, immediately recognized as Ripcon getting his butt kicked. Now that I was somehow saved, I regained the strength to get back up and saw Ripcon lying down on the ground squirming from a huge fall.

And right behind him, it happened within a second. I just saw the girl with the red hood with the petals behind her. It seemed like she was the one who zoomed like a roadrunner, swiped Ripcon and saved my life.

It was such a fortunate turn of events for us. I had seen her perform such incredible feats before, but it was still incredible to see the power she had used against Ripcon. She just ripped right into him and he took the fall just like that. How awesome was that?!

After wriggling a little, Ripcon got back up to face the girl, groaning in frustration as always. He clenched his fists together, eager to give this girl what was coming for her. But the girl had no fear, as I could see that bright smirk on her face, showing her excitement for the battle against Ripcon.

I moved to pick up my Star Blade to go and help her out, but then, I heard a loud crashing sound behind me. I turned around in alarm to see that the other monster that the girl fought earlier had removed a big tree from his belly. I didn't know what had happened since I was being kicked at by Ripcon, but I'm sure that girl must had used that big scythe of hers to crush him under that tree. Sneaky little warrior, ain't she?

"Now, it's your turn to get blasted on, Ranger!" The loud booming voice rocked my ears, almost rupturing my eardrums.

"Oh boy, a walking talking wrecking ball? Now that's an abomination!" I couldn't help but taunt at the sight of this fat metal beast in front of me. Now that got him really mad as he slammed his fists together and glanced at me with murderous intent.

"Why you?!" He was like a bull as he dragged his foot back and forth before in a second, he charged right for me, hoping to batter me down. Such a predictable move, I thought, so I made one huge jump and let the monster run right under me. He kept pushing himself all the way and crashed himself into another tree, completely destroying the trunk and letting it fall to the ground. It wasn't just any falling tree. The upper half of the tree was just blown away like a football getting kicked all the way from end to end.

The force of that crash was just brutal. But that monster was not done with it yet! He spun around the second he toppled that tree and ran for me again. I rolled to the side and he missed me again. This time, he made one huge stop, dragging across the dirt before facing me, bent on charging at me again. Gosh was I getting tired of this pattern of heavyweight bombardments. I had to find a way to end the fight or I was going to be one flat Ranger.

"Okay, big guy!" I summoned my frog-like Ninja Blaster from my arsenal and aimed it right at the monster. "Time to settle down! NINJA BLASTER!" I let loose a string of yellow electric energy that shot out like a frog's tongue, dangling along as it wrapped around Toma Bomba. Once he was properly wrapped up, I pulled the trigger again and zapped him up. Electricity surged through the tongue-like energy string and finally fired away at the big guy, shocking him up as he bellowed in pain.

Once I let go, he fell to the ground, stunned and immobilized. Now, he was done for. It was time to finish him off like any other good monster.

"Element Star!" I pulled out a yellow Element Star and locked it into my Star Blade. I turned the bladed ring around the Power Star like a dial until the very top point of the star was at the colour red, which then produced a hot smoking fire mode for my blade. The blade was now engulfed in a bright flame which I would use to perform my final attack on Toma Bomba.

"NINJA FIRE ATTACK!" With one single rush of power, I ran right for Toma Bomba and jumped into the air. He was still too stunned to stop me and that made it all the easier for me to end him. When I came down to the ground, I focused the fire power of my blade and plunged my sword downwards.

Once I struck the ground, a large flaming wave of fire raged towards Toma Bomba and threatened to swallow him up right into the devastating torrent of fiery power.

I did kinda feel sorry for the guy. He was so stunned by my Ninja Blaster that he could only yell in defeat as the final attack reached him. But then again, I could take comfort in knowing that he was still intent on hurting lives. He was going to burn down an entire village, nearly harm innocent people. And all for what? Just to lure the hooded girl? He had no right to do what he did and I was glad to finally put an end to his angry rampage.

Finally, after launching my attack, I watched as the fiery wave completely covered him and incinerated him from the inside. Once the flames settled in, a large explosion blew up right in front of me. I knew from this that Toma Bomba was finally destroyed, unable to stand the heat of the flames. The fire kept burning for another few seconds before dying out, and all I could see of the big alien was nothing more than mere ashes.

With Toma Bomba destroyed, I turned my attention to Ripcon and the hooded girl, only to come upon a very worrisome scenario…

~RUBY'S POV~

After my dash of heroism saved the red ninja, I came face to face with the demonic-looking warrior in front of me. I took him on, Crescent Rose at the ready.

I spun my weapon towards his arm and my blade was almost about to slice it when he blocked the attack with his swords. I then swiped from the other side and he used his other sword to push my blade away. Immediately after that, I swung from above and aimed for his head, but he jumped backwards and safely got away from me.

It was his turn to strike back, charging at me with his two swords behind him. I wasn't going to let get the best of me and took him on by running at him too. Soon, I crashed Crescent Rose against his two swords, locking my weapon in place.

I looked at his face and I could tell he was about to spit a little insult at me.

"Hah!" He growled like some cackling villain. "You really think you could best me in combat?! I was about to finish off that little runt before you came along. So, you would do wise to take me on!"

"Oh, I know I can take you." I seriously spoke back. "I'll beat you yet!" No time for small talk! Smashin' the alien was all that mattered and I would emerge the victor! I tried to make the cut and slashed my weapon at the alien monster as he crossed his swords again to catch my blade again.

But this time, I had the advantage. I swung that blade as hard as I could and so, with the power of my muscles, Crescent Rose completely knocked through the blades and hit the guy in the chest. He fell to the ground and dropped his swords after I hit him hard.

I was so overjoyed by the successful hit on my enemy. It always brought me joy whenever I managed to land a powerful blow to any creature I fight and now I got to smash an alien creature down to the ground. But as always, I held the urge to celebrate and continued to stare down at him. I was going to show him who's boss and end him for good. He threatened my world, so it only seemed natural that I dispose of him.

Besides, I did catch a glimpse of the explosion that the ninja caused that destroyed the bigger alien. So if he was cool with defeating that monster, so it would be fair that I did the same to the one in front of me.

So, I transformed my weapon to rifle mode and looked into my scope to fire my last shot at him. Then, I was a little surprised when I saw him getting back up. I didn't care as I would have to fire my weapon anyway and finally put an end to his mad reign of terror. So, without wasting time, I pulled the trigger and let a bullet loose.

But before my weapon fired, the alien warrior crossed his blades together and his eyes glowed again. I knew from last time that he was going to that super painful move again.

"DOUBLE SWORD DOOM STRIKE!" He slashed twice and unleashed those energy slashes at me. The energy crescents coming out of the swords managed to slice my lone bullet in half and then it was all coming towards me. I couldn't find the time to escape as I was too focused on my attempt to shoot him down. Stunned, I just stayed frozen as the attack came for me.

"HYAH!" Suddenly, the attack never came. Instead, I saw a dash of red rushing past me and took the attack, obliterating those energy scythes. The shadowy figure landed to my right and I saw the red ninja guy landing after blocking the attack and saving my life.

"What?!" The alien warrior screamed like a sore loser, stomping his foot just to prove it. "Can't you just let me do some damage for once?!"

"Oh, I'm sure you've done enough, Ripcon." warned the ninja.

All of a sudden, I felt the need to move out and finish him off again, and this time, I had to make sure he stayed still this time.

"I'm going in!" I was going to run at him again and maybe cut his arms off or, as Nora would put it, break his legs!

"No, wait!" But then, I was stopped when a hand was put on my shoulder, making me lose all of my focus and excitement over who tried to stop me. It was none other than ninja boy next to me, telling me to not hurt the bad guy. "Hold on."

"What?" I was feeling so confused as to why he would stop me from beating the bad guy, I had to voice it out loudly. "Why?! I've got him where I want him!" But as I was about to argue some more, I turned to find the monster backing off to retreat. My one chance to strike an alien down looked quite Grimm…

"It seems you're holding back, Rat Bait!" he taunted the ninja. "Big mistake!" Then, he stood still, giving us one more word of warning for what might come next. "I'll be back soon enough, and next time, you won't be so lucky!" And, just like that, he raised his sword in the air and warped away, disappearing to nowhere!

I stared at the scene for a while, not knowing what to say about this so-so victory. We may had defeated one monster, but another got away to do who knew what else they would do. And how many more would there be? Well, no matter how many there would be, that monster got away and must had gone to warn others for reinforcements. And I would've put a stop to it if it weren't for one meddling ninja.

"Way to go, hero boy!" I stomped my foot and glared at the red ninja before me, putting on my angry face, which was a rare treat I'd give to bad guys and big jerks.

"What?" He just shrugged his shoulders, asking me like he did nothing wrong. "What did I do?"

"If you had just let me taken care of that... whatever that samurai guy was, we wouldn't be dealing with him later on." I crossed my arms and pouted my cheeks, mad at him for ruining another good chance for a kill.

"I had no choice." he insisted. "He was stronger than the other monster. If you tried anything at that point, you could have gotten yourself killed. Lucky thing I showed up before he could slice you up."

I was very insulted by this guy trying to be smarter than me and belittling my skills. Did he really know who he was talking to?! I've beaten down Beowolves, Ursas, Nevermores, a Deathstalker and even wrestled down some of Torchwick's gangsters. I didn't see why a bunch of aliens was any worse.

"I could take care of myself just fine!" I argued again, my temper slowly coming out as my fists shook and clenched. Still, the ninja kept on talking back at me like I'm some little kid. I mean, I'm all grown up, right?!

"That's not the way I saw it earlier." he said back at me. "I helped you out and this is the thanks I get?" He waved his hands at me exasperatedly and talked down on me, making me sound like a useless nobody. I gotta tell 'ya, if he was a Grimm, I'd slice his head off. But I'm a good human being, so I'll go for a pinch on the ear to shut him up.

"It was my fight to begin with. This is my home and I have every right to make the decisions of the fights around here!" I argued again and he still went on.

"But you were fighting my enemies. I tried to show you how to handle those punks. Why couldn't you just listen to me?" More and more seconds go by and we kept up the argument tenfold.

"I knew what I was doing!" I yelled. "I was doing my part to lead the fight at hand!"

"You can't be serious!" he yelled at me back.

"Oh, watch me, sonny boy!" At that moment, we just stared at each other menacingly. My annoyance for this guy had gone up the roof and coming down hard like Yang bringing the house down literally. I was probably going to wrestle the guy down for getting on my nerves and I was going to show no mercy.

Before I could throw my weight at him, I heard rustling within the bushes next to us. We both looked at the shaking bushes to find out what was behind the plants. I hoped it wasn't another one of those aliens or maybe another Grimm. Then again, my trigger finger was itching to pull it down to fire at whatever could be hiding there, watching us.

Then, at that moment, it came springing out like a jack-in-the-box! A red robot came from out of the bushes to give me a really bad jumpscare.

"Argh!" I jumped up and quickly aimed my weapon at the robot to obliterate it. Who knew if it was another one of those alien's tricks or cohorts, so I had to take the chance while I was still spooked up.

"Don't shoot him!" But then, the ninja quickly stopped me before I could even fire. I didn't know what was up with him, stopping me from destroying a possible threat, but immediately I knew it wasn't the case. "He's a friend."

After hearing out the ninja, I looked back at the robot. Yeah, it looked like I must had spooked him as much as he did me. He was thrown back towards the bushes when I aimed my weapon and was shaking in terror.

"Drgh…" He was stuttering really bad. Man, for a robot, he had some major fright problems. "D-d-don't shoot me. I'm only an assistant bot!" He sounded like a scaredy-cat, with a high voice and a shaky tone to match.

But with reasonable regret of frightening him, I lowered my weapon to my back and looked on as the ninja picked up his robot friend.

"Brody!" the robot exclaimed. "I've been looking all over for you! Do you know how much woods I had to go through to find you?" The ninja placed his hands on his hips, which was then I witnessed him taking off his helmet to show me the real human face behind it.

I was so relieved that he was another human, a boy maybe close to my age, but my grudge on him just couldn't go away. But I gotta admit, he did look like a nice guy, even if he was dissing me out.

"Redbot, we were only a few trees away." he told his friend.

"Okay." While they continued to bicker, I told to myself, shaking my head to get the confusion out of my head. "This is getting weirder and weirder…" And yep, things would never be the same again…

~BRODY'S POV~

Sheesh. After my little scuffle with the girl, now I had to stop Redbot from exaggerating with his little adventure in the woods. At least I've had years of experience calming my old bucket of bolts working to a probable level again.

"Brody." With Redbot now stop worrying about me, he had to comment on my idea to abruptly put a stop to my surveillance on the locals. What can I say? I had to do what was right as a Ranger, saving those who would be victim to Galvanax's minions. "What happened to the plan of 'not revealing ourselves too soon to the locals'?"

"Well, let's just say the necessary actions came a bit too early." I answered him in a light-hearted fashion, assuring him that all was good. It seemed to work as Redbot nodded to my answer.

Then, I turned my attention back to little miss Red Riding Hood to my right. She was sweeping the ground with her leg and her hands tied to her back, as if she was trying to ask out a question shyly, but I knew it was more of an awkward feeling than that. I couldn't blame her though. After a brief argument, it was not easy to reconcile with her that easily. Still, there was no point being uneasy with her anymore. We were both against a common enemy at this point, and the last thing we needed was to fight against each other when this whole world was in danger.

"So, uh…" She began to speak slowly, still struggling to find a word to say. There was something very… adorable about this girl, the way she apologetically looked away. I guess it was hard to stay mad at her, so I had to say something to help her catch up to what was going on.

But I didn't get to start early…

KABOOM!

We were suddenly caught by surprise by a nerve-wrecking explosion coming from afar. Our heads shot to the direction of the blast and we knew it was nothing good.

"Huh?" The girl gasped in horror as somewhere in this forest, another attack was possibly threatening another community. "Some more trouble!"

With no time to lose, I prepared to move out and find our new culprit. I gathered Redbot with me so I could relay the plan to the girl.

"Okay. Here's the plan." I suggested. "You go back to wherever you came from and call for…"

"Oh no!" Then, she stalled me, pointing a straight finger at me. I was stunned by the sudden interruption when she continued to bicker. It didn't seem like she didn't want to go anywhere and I had to argue back to make sure she knew what was going on. But I was completely powerless to stop her. "I don't know where you come from, but from what I know of those monsters, you're definitely not from anywhere here in Remnant. So whether you like it or not, I am going to help!"

"What? But I… You…" Poor me. I was shuddering really bad. Something about her resolve to help others was just too good to deny. Sure it was a bit of a stretch to hear an angry kid yell at your face like that, but I was really hesitant to say no. She was so sure that she would help out, even if she was almost pulverized by Ripcon. Then again, she did fare well on her own a while ago against Toma Bomba.

Thus, I guess I could just give her a chance. What could go wrong after some planning before we go all out? Maybe with some direction into her fighting style, we could actually do something better than what we did earlier.

"Ugh… Fine." I finally gave in, seemingly satisfying her. "On one condition. When I tell you where to hit, at least follow." But my little idea didn't sound like a good one for her. Nevertheless, she eventually came to her senses and agreed to put my plan to motion.

"Deal." she finally said.

"Let's get going." And just like that, the three of us dashed off to save the day again.

~THIRD PERSON POV~

The two fighters and Redbot made their way through the forest towards the site of the blast they heard. When they arrived, they quickly hid behind another bush where they could see what was going on over the burning area.

It was another burning village. Again, this one, too, was empty; the inhabitants must had run off to safety when the violent incident began. Then, in the middle of the town, they saw who appeared to be the one responsible for the destruction of this village.

It was another monster, whose back was completely hunched to a ninety-degree angle. On his back was an arc made of metal frames with what looked like multiple spotlights built across the half-ring. The monster's head was built like a bigger spotlight with the face right underneath the lens. His wrists had square hooks attached and finally, he had four wires on his legs, two plugged in each limb. (A/N~ Pin Spot Shadow from Ressha Sentai ToQger)

"Lights out, humans!" "There's a new star in town and his name is Rotlight!" The monster bellowed like something out of a film shoot. "Bright, cunning and passionate but deadly and spoilt to the core! I make my enemies cower with the flash of my brilliant light!" When he flashed that central spotlight, he let loose a ray of light so intense it merely set an entire tree on fire after just a second before the flames grew larger and larger.

Ruby grew mortified at the destruction this alien had caused while Brody just huffed in disdain. To the Ranger, it was another one of Galvanax's infuriating attempts to entertain the masses by harming other innocent lives. He felt riled up and ready to go. But he also remembered that now he had someone to ally with in this battle.

"Alright." Ruby scowled at the disgusting sight of the alien. "Time to get to work."

"Remember. Just follow my lead and we can get through with this creep once and for all." said Brody, earning an unhappy look from Ruby.

But she chose to remain quiet anyway. For the record, she was well enough with the Red Ranger allowing her to get some action, but she would have to follow his orders to do so. There was no choice but to comply.

Brody wasn't so sure of whether teaming up with this hyperactive and battle-happy girl would be a great idea, especially since they had only met a few minutes ago, and their first encounter was not really a pleasant one. So, for starters he had to make an introduction to get things started. Ruby, however, beat him to it.

"So, what's your name by the way?" asked the teenaged girl.

"My name's Brody Romero. Ninja Steel Red Ranger." Brody introduced right away. "And you?"

"Ruby Rose. Remnant… uh… Red… Rosy Huntress." Ruby's lips twitched at the attempt to come up with some cheesy title to her own name. Brody did not seem to buy it anyway. He had to give her credit, though. She did try to express some humour in her introduction.

"And this is Redbot." Brody showed her the robot she nearly gunned down.

"Pleasure to finally meet you, Miss Rose."

Ruby smiled at the two, happy to finally get things straight of who they were. With that out of the way, the three got back to the plan. They had to do something fast. At any rate, the monster could start another rampage across the region.

Brody had to wonder why no one on this area would come to the rescue. Surely there had to be some form of security around here when they had a complete city not far from where he was. But Ruby knew the full answer.

With Grimm attacks on settlements outside the city being far too frequent, there wasn't simply any time to respond and protect the villagers. Not even her fellow Huntresses and Huntsmen could act fast enough to save everyone in the vicinity. A village would need a miracle to withstand the test of time and be saved by a Huntsman.

But now she had a Power Ranger by her side, whatever that was, and she would show these new monsters what she could do. Then again, she had to do what Brody asked for her, cutting her excitement short.

"Okay, here's what we're going to do." Brody faced Ruby to tell her of his plan. "I'm going to do some talking to that alien. You find a way to sneak around and strike from behind. Then, we'll pull off a simultaneous attack and destroy him for good."

"Awww." Ruby whined. "But the fun would end too fast…"

"Do you want to save your world from these guys or not?" groaned Brody. "We gotta finish him off any chance we got." Ruby sighed in defeat. She had to face the facts. Not everything has to be fun. Then again, this was about saving more lives before that monster could do more danger. "Besides, I'm letting you have the fun of slicing him up with that big scythe-gun thing of yours."

Brody's generous point had some of Ruby's excitement restored, though she wasn't as excited as she usually was.

"Can't argue with that, then." She shrugged her shoulders as she accepted the Ranger's plan.

"Cool." Brody just gave a thumbs up to seal the deal before he turned to his robotic friend. "Redbot…"

"I know. I know." Redbot mumbled, interrupting the ninja Ranger before he could finish his order. "Stay right here and keep an eye out. Why can't I have some fun for a change? A robot like me can have fun too, you know?"

"I'll have Mick give you some upgrades when I have the time, alright?" Brody hastily ended the conversation, which seemed to satisfy Redbot into complying to stay behind. He then faced Ruby who nodded to let him know she was ready to move.

"Let's get moving." The heroes scrambled out to carry out their plan. Redbot ducked down and watched the two of them slowly creep towards the disaster zone.

The monster Rotlight continued to shine his deadly ray of light towards another house, burning it up in an instant. Backed by his Kudabots who were watching out for any signs of trouble or any unwanted attention, he carried on without any care in the world.

"HAHAHA!" he laughed out evilly. "My debut on Galaxy Warriors will be an astonishing event for all to see! I'll show them I'm not just some backstage actor!" The battalion moved on as they kept up the aggression to destroy everything in their sights without stopping one bit.

"Maybe you should have that light checked, 'cos you're just too bright." That was until someone decided to shout out to him. Alarmed, the monster and his troopers looked up to where the voice came from and saw that a challenger has entered the ring.

From up on a tree, he saw a warrior in a red suit watching from on a branch with his sword lying on his shoulder. As of every contestant on Galaxy Warriors, he had to remember the identity of this fighter and loathe everything about him. And knew him, he did.

"Aha!" he ecstatically welcomed his challenger. "At last, my long-awaited opponent has arrived! The Red Ranger!" Once the monster had acknowledged the presence of his enemy, the Red Ranger himself jumped down from the tree with his sword in hand. He then landed on the ground and walked towards Rotlight, showing no fear.

While he was facing up against him, Brody had to stall the alien star-wannabe while his new ally could come around and strike him from behind. If anything had to go wrong like, let's say, the monster attacks first or if Ruby was taking too long before the monster could act too, he would have to think of a fall-back plan to keep up the hurt, so she could do it anyway. She's a skilled warrior, so he thought she would know when to strike as long as the alien's back was exposed.

"Okay, pal." warned Brody. "I'm not just some darn extra, but I could definitely show you how much of a star I could be." Rotlight took the insult seriously and began to speak in his usual exaggerating tone.

"You dare insult me with your over-the-top cockiness! Your powers alone will pale in comparison to my own 'enlightening' skills!" He tried to praise himself to not let the taunt get to him.

"The only skill enlightening enough is that of your ego." Brody kept up the momentum. Clearly, that one really hit the spot as Brody could practically rage build up in the alien, seen shaking all over with hatred.

Rotlight's temper had already reached a critical low before he spat out another angry rant.

"Perhaps you want me to shed a little bit of my dastardly raging light on you? Then, allow me! It's a spectacle worth dying for!" As promised, the alien focused his head lens, allowing the Sun's energy to be drained into the light before he aimed it at Brody.

Like he did before, he let the energy loose and fired another deadly beam of burning light towards the Ranger. Brody saw the attack coming and flew to the side and allowed the beam to fire off into another tree. The impact was so powerful, it blasted the tree in half as the top half of the trunk fell straight down to the ground, leaving behind a charred stump.

"Wow!" Brody took a good look at the damage done. He really had to avoid that light or he was toast. "That's one bright light."

"But wait! There's more!" And just when he was about to take a breather, Brody was about to get a whole lot more where that came from. Rotlight let loose another set of sun beams at the Red Ranger.

Brody jumped and rolled about, zig-zagging through the lasers. He then rolled forward and let one laser fly right above him. After firing all of those beams, Rotlight had suddenly decided to stop and recharge his weapon before he could fire again.

Seizing this chance, Brody ran for Rotlight with his Star Blade while the monster was recharging his weapon. Rotlight caught on and stopped his recharging so he could focus on fighting the Ranger with his own bare hands.

"Ergh!" The monster groaned. "You really are persistent, aren't you?!" The monster was quite slow with such a huge light on his head, making Brody's quicker sword skills much more of an advantage. He sliced his sword with rapid speed and giving the monster a kick in between. Rotlight did his best to block, but the monster was too heavy to defend himself, allowing almost three quarters of Brody's attacks to successfully injure him.

Then, backup had intervened as Bashers and Kudabots alike rushed to aid Rotlight. The Bashers swung their large blades at Brody. With their numbers mounting on him, it was hard to dodge all of those swords. Eventually, Rotlight was able to get away from the Red Ranger's sword attacks and Brody was forced to fight the lesser minions.

When one Basher tried to slice him from the top, Brody moved away and let the heavy blade slam down on the ground. He then kicked off the Basher before jumping away from two more Bashers before they simultaneously swung their blades at him.

Brody was able to break free from the frenzy of Bashers. However, the Kudabots with their laser rifles fired away at once. Brody used his sword to block the shots. He managed to deflect most of the shots, but when the last few bullets hit, his grip on his sword was lost and was hit hard by said projectiles. He was then thrown off his feet and tumbled down on the ground with a few blast marks in his suit and aches all over him. He clutched his shoulder where it burned the most, struggling to get up, his mind was also set on where his ally could be at this time.

"Darn it. I hope Ruby's in position." he told himself. "I could use that sneak attack right about now." He kept his faith in her in check and moved to keep on attacking Rotlight in the hopes that Ruby would eventually land the blow he needed.

The moment she was given the go to move out, Ruby was already picking out a spot to stay put until Brody gave her the signal to give the monster the surprise attack to call this fight short and good as done. Maybe she wouldn't call it a fight if it was going to be a one-hit wonder. Well, she still wanted to see through this alien invasion once and for all, so she had to listen to the Ranger.

During the verbal standoff between Brody and Rotlight, Ruby found a nice little house, burnt and ruined enough to be ignored and hid behind it, watching the two exchange taunts.

"Alright. In position." She continued to peek over the destroyed building and waited for Brody to deliver the signal she needed to proceed. She found the standoff between them amusing as she listened on to the cheesy dialogue. And she thought these were formidable fighters who should have better material than this… It's like looking at a TV show of the last decade.

But then, when Rotlight broke his nerve so suddenly, she wasn't so sure if the plan would go on well, now that the alien would begin fighting the Ranger. Did that mean she had to go and help him out, or would Brody still try and give her the chance to attack him from behind regardless?

She chose the latter, knowing that a precise and critical hit on the enemy would finish the conflict easier than another prolonged battle. So, she waited for the opportunity when the monster's back would be exposed, whether it'd be at Brody's call or by her own instinct.

As she watched on, she bided her time to when the monster would be look away for her to ambush him and allow Brody to finish him off.

However, the waiting game was starting to make her feel even more impatient as she watched the Red Ranger fight Rotlight in an awesome battle. She wished she could join in to have some fun of her own. She was always one to jump in recklessly and deal some damage to satisfy her excitement. Alas, she knew she had to wait this one out and prioritize ending the fight and wipe out one less monster for the alien invasion.

But then, Ruby was about to get something else that she hoped not to hear. Somewhere in the village around her, she could hear somewhat soft sobbing noises coming from somewhere near her hiding place. She turned her head to find out where the sound came from.

She managed to find out the answer; only to be met with another horrific sight. There was a little girl, sitting down on the floor in fear, surrounded by another pair of Bashers looking down on her.

"Oh no…" Ruby gasped. "That poor kid…" And her fears got worse when she saw that the girl sobbed even more when she saw the terrible faces of the alien soldiers, hugging that little teddy bear tighter.

Then, one of the Bashers then raised its sword up in the air and was about to end that boy's life! Ruby was astonished at this sight. How could these creatures be so cruel to even a little child? Soon, anger took over and Ruby was forced to forget what was going on with Brody and shifted her attention to the girl in distress.

"Oh no, you don't!" Picking up Crescent Rose, she quickly dispatched herself to fight off the soldiers, leaving behind Brody to save the girl. She ran as fast as she could to the rescue. When the Basher was about to land the blow, it had suddenly heard a loud scream shrilling towards it. It then turned to see, but it was too late to save it from the instant cut to its stomach that immediately destroyed it. The other Basher was left stunned by the sudden destruction of its comrade. But it too was cut down by another slash to the chest by a human girl with a red cape before it disintegrated to black smoke.

The young girl then looked up after hearing the dying screams of the Bashers, finding her attackers gone. There was only the big girl in front of her with a big scythe who destroyed the big bad monsters. Ruby finished up her attack and went to see to the girl, making sure she wasn't too terrified by the ordeal.

"Are you okay?" She knelt down to comfort her. The little girl went to hug Ruby tightly, the Huntress accepting the embrace with one of her own. She buried her face in Ruby's chest, wetting her clothes with her tears while Ruby herself let her somehow motherly instincts kick in. "There, there. I got 'ya. No need to be afraid."

Meanwhile, Brody was in the middle of combatting Rotlight, but was also still stuck with the Bashers and Kudabots that his plan was getting a little side-tracked. He kept on fighting with all he got, trying to find an opening to make the final strike on the head honcho of the group.

"Keep it up, Rotlight!" encouraged Brody. "I can do this all day!" Rotlight didn't need any words to concur with the Red Ranger's threats. All he wanted was to destroy the Ranger and earn a good spot to fame in Galaxy Warriors. He let the Kudabots do the work while he recharged his light weapon.

Just as Brody was almost done with the minions, Rotlight was about to fire his weapon at the Ranger. But then, once he heard some faint screams of Kudabots in the village, he turned around to find something else that interested him.

He remembered that he sent two of his Bashers to patrol the burning city for any survivors to be used for extras for any more of his show time on Galaxy Warriors, believing he would make his appearances stand out more as unique and entertaining. Once he found that his patrol had been destroyed, he found the appearance of a warrior girl saving another human life a little intriguing.

"What's this?" exclaimed Rotlight. "Ah! Another intruder to the set!"

Brody, after kicking away a Basher, saw what made Rotlight distracted. He was suddenly astonished by the sight of Ruby catching the attention of the dangerous foe, and with a helpless little girl involved as well.

"Oh no!" he muttered loudly.

Rotlight was about to do something to raise the ante of his performance. Instead of firing his weapon on Brody, he changed his target and prepared to fire on the Huntress and the girl, horrifying all three humans in the process.

"Ruby! Look out!" There was nothing Brody could do to make Ruby move. She was too scared to even move, choosing to shield the child in her arms and preparing to push her out of the way to safety. The alien prepped to fire his mega laser towards the helpless humans, taking in the joy of watching them getting agonized before they would be vaporized.

Brody had to improvise to save the two of them. He pulled out his Ninja Blaster, doing the only thing he could do at this moment. He fired at the monster's legs, shooting out an elastic electric tongue-like wire and wrapping it around his legs. Too late to realize what had happened to him, Rotlight was then pulled on and tripped towards his back. His weapon was luckily fired up all the way in the air, saving Ruby and the child from sudden death.

The monster was down lying on his back, squirming around to get back up thanks to his heavy weight. While he was down, Brody was about to finish the job himself by taking him down with a final strike.

But once he saw the Kudabots racing towards the two other humans, he knew he was not going to get that chance. He had to let go of Rotlight and race to help out Ruby and the girl. He ran to help them out cutting down all of the Kudabots along the way before standing in front of them, standing firm to protect them.

"Get the kid out of here." ordered Brody. Ruby wasted no time and took the girl away to the safety of the trees. She took the girl in her arms and ran off and protect her from there. The Red Ranger stayed behind to fight off the rest of the enemy left.

Once Rotlight got back up, he was about to charge his weapon again to fire at the Red Ranger, eager to continue the fight. The Red Ranger had already sliced down all of his Kudabots and yet that didn't stop him from going one-on-one with Brody. He was going to show that punk of a Ranger who was boss.

Suddenly, he was put off by an unexpected call from someone else through his communicator. He growled with dissatisfaction, cursing at the person who would ruin his fun.

"What?!" He screamed at his communicator in the ear, not thinking about who was at the other end. Oh, how terrible it was when he found out who called him. "Oh! Madame Odius?" He suddenly changed his tone, being more fearful of his superior for his frustrated rant. "Sorry, milady! I-I was just in the middle of…"

He jerked up in a shock, suggesting that Odius gave him an earful. It was then followed by disappointment, probably by Odius giving him an unwanted order that spoilt his need for an exciting performance.

"But… but… What about my performance?!" Another jerk of his body. Odius was definitely mad at him now. That last yell from Odius was enough for the monster to cease his attack on the Red Ranger and call it quits to do whatever Madame Odius had asked him to do.

"Very well, milady." He put off the call and announce his abrupt end to the debut performance he needed. "This isn't over, Red Ranger! Soon, I shall return to give our show the dramatic climax which we all will take glory of watching with awe and delight!" Finally, it was time to leave. He then warped away from the battlefield, leaving Brody to call out to him, desperate to finish the fight for good.

"Wait!" He yelled, but he knew nothing was going to happen. It was over for now. Brody's plan had been ruined and he was sure to blame one person for not following it through.

"My baby!" Once again, Ruby had the pleasure of watching a child reunited with her mother, thanks to her, no less. "Oh, thank you, huntress!" She shook Ruby's hand; the teenager sensing the panic of losing her child from her shaking.

Ruby placed her other hand on top of the mother's own, comforting her and assuring that things were going to be okay from there.

"I live to protect, ma'am." she said to the woman. The woman then took the sobbing child in her arms before walking off to join the rest of the townspeople made homeless by Rotlight's rampage.

Ruby would had taken the time to enjoy the lovely scene between mother and daughter, often looking back to what could had been for her if she could have that one moment with her own mother.

But that was all about to change…

"Ugh!" She jumped to hear the grumpy groan of a crossed Brody, turning around to see him stomping towards her. She already felt like she kind of screwed up the plan he had devised to end the fight. "I thought I told you to stay low! You could have struck that monster from behind him and we could have defeated him easily."

"I…!" There was good reason she did, though, because she had to rescue that little girl who couldn't do anything to fend for herself. There had to be someone who could make sure she was safe and out of harm's way. No strategy to defeat a monster could be any more important. "I had to rescue a girl from being hurt! He was about to get hurt from those goons!"

"I know." To Ruby's surprise, Brody simply told her like he knew about the girl.

"What do you mean, you know?" When she questioned the Ranger again, she was only met with him pointing at her.

"Take a look behind you." Wondering what he was trying to say, Ruby did what was told. She spun around and found something almost out of the ordinary.

"EEK!" With one loud squeal, she was shocked to find… Brody? She shot her head back behind her and then back and forth, confirming that there were indeed two Brody's standing on both sides of her; puzzlement now filling in her mind. She shook her head to get rid of the hurting confusion in her head. "Okay… how did you do that?" As soon as Brody was about to tell her, the second Brody vanished in a white cloud of smoke; the loud poof sound startling her again.

"While I was on my way to meet Rotlight, I saw the girl hiding at that house. So, I summoned a shadow clone to go help that kid myself, but apparently, it couldn't do anything when you showed up." Once Brody had pressured his point, Ruby was once again steaming inside. Just how arrogant was this boy going to be?

Brody too was getting fed up with this form of disobedience from his new teammate, surely at wit's end with her now. He had the plan under control, insisting that Ruby focused on what had to be done. Redbot was definitely out of the question since the kid would not be able to comprehend the sight of a robot, let alone one from another dimension. Besides, Redbot was not the master of stealthy rescues. Thus, he had the ability to summon a shadow clone to help out the poor girl, so things could have still gone the other way.

Still, there was no stopping the argument that was about to unfold between the warriors in red.

"Well, you could have just told me that or give me some signal, then I wouldn't have been 'disobeying' your orders." defended Ruby.

"This isn't funny, Ruby." uttered Brody, now willing to prove his point to her. "These monsters are not just some lowlife troublemakers. They are evil. They would do anything to get what they want. That is why I must be the one to show you how to defeat them. Why can't you just listen to me and get your head in the game?"

Ruby understood him. He had every reason to get his head in the game and beat the bad guys. But did he really have to be so downright decisive of her role in the fight? Why must she be the one to follow orders from someone who was not even from this planet, even if it did involve enemies of his own?

She had to do what was necessary. That was why she decided to forget following through and helped that kid. It was her duty and she was about to let Brody have it.

"You don't get it, do you?!" she finally stepped up and yelled at him. "Here in Remnant, it is up to a Huntress like me to make sure everyone is safe. I had to do whatever it took to help those villagers. It's what we Huntsmen do! We would give our lives away to protect those who cannot defend themselves!" She turned away and walked a few inches from Brody while still bent on showing him the devotion of a Huntress. She let all of her passion channel through her mind, speaking in an unlikely mature level. "We would gladly die to protect the innocent. To give them a chance to be happy and safe without getting hurt… or worse!"

At this point, there was a small tear that flowed down her cheek, reminding her of her mother, who did the same things she did… and did not make it out doing so… Sadness was taking over as she sobbed slightly while still somewhat strong in her speech.

"My own mother was a Huntress like me, and she…" She sniffed before going on. "She's gone! Because she sacrificed herself to do what's right for our world. She did so to protect not only my family and I, but the whole world too!"

Finally, it was anger that concluded her word to Brody, wanting to let him know that he had no right to tell her that she wasn't right for battle.

"I'm not sure you would understand!"

And that was when it hit the mark. Brody stepped back, baffled to what Ruby had told him. Ruby expected the boy to at least be taken aback by her words, regretting all the burden that he had forced on her. However, all she got was something far worse.

She saw Brody walking towards her and gave her a serious stare of his own. She could feel the anger in him as well, but she didn't relent, knowing that he was still sticking to his options.

He spoke to her with one final word, but what she was about to hear would send a shiver in her bones.

"You have no idea, Ruby…" he crossly told her. "You have no idea…" And with that, Brody had finished talking to her and just walked off, not wanting to say more. Ruby watched as the Ranger moved off in a cold sweat. Apparently, what she said to him was more than enough to piss him off, but there was a cold feeling inside of her that told her that she may had gone too far.

"ARGH!" She swung her Crescent Rose at a tree, slicing it in half in a bitter rage, mad at everything that had happened up to this moment. The weirdness, the excitement, the clash of opinions… It was more than she could bear and she just let loose a storm of anger towards him, which only made the divide even worse.

She did not have time or energy to think it through, however. All she could feel was resentment and frustration. Her teammate had come out like a big jerk to her. And yet, somewhere inside, there was guilt…

Warrior Dome

"WHAT?!"

Speaking of anger, one champion was again out of patience. News of the Red Ranger's arrival was already sparking a crowd of disses and unpleasant feedback from the audience. Galvanax was giving out the worst of the frustration.

He was so sure that he had left his worst enemy behind on Earth, so he could find the power he needed in this alternate dimension. Alas, here he was, fighting and eventually destroying one of his contestants yet again.

The champion was extremely livid, breaking down in his throne room and vandalizing the walls with his punches and laser blasts. The Kudabots managing the controls in the room had fled to avoid being vaporized by his raging temper.

"I can explain, sir!" Madame Odius also happened to be in the room when she saw the Red Ranger on the screen. Now fearful of her life, she knew Galvanax was going to give her a taste of his wrath so she could explain her wrongful idea that she could evade the Power Rangers for good.

Thankfully, Galvanax was too busy raging that he didn't seem to care about Odius right now.

"How could that traitor even be here?!" yelled Galvanax. "How could a Power Ranger possibly follow us here?! And who knows if the rest of his team of pests are here as well?!" The concern that the rest of the Rangers could also be on Remnant was now a twist in her plot to gain power. Just how could she deal with both the Huntsmen, the enemy of her new teammates, and the Power Rangers at the same time? They have already even started teaming up to destroy Toma Bomba and made Ripcon flee for his life! What was she to do?

Eventually, Galvanax's angry questions were answered when Ripcon came into the room with a camera probe droid in his hand. He dropped to the floor as to exemplify the point.

"I believe that one of our broadcasting drones did the work for them, Galvanax!" he declared.

"Ergh!" Galvanax rose up again, stomping down to meet up with his fellow leaders. Whether it was one Ranger involved or the whole batch, there was no denying that the Rangers could prove to be a liability again to ruin his plans for domination and glory. "It would be best if we began our attack on this world now. Prepare the troops!"

"Wait, sir!" Again, Madame Odius had to make sure her own plans would come together as well. She had to put her faith in her allies on Remnant. She hoped they would be so cooperative in doing some damage to their enemies.

"Perhaps it would be fair to assess the strengths of our new cohorts down there first." she suggested. "I would like to see for myself if my new friend's word can be kept. That she has with her a collection of fellow conspirators who could actually be of a challenge to those meddling Huntsmen. And who knows? Maybe they'll give the Rangers a run for their money. Either way, the call is yours, sire."

Galvanax just groaned in frustration, impatient at Odius' fruitless attempts to convince him of her alliance with Cinder and her lackeys. Yet, he was going to give another chance, but he was going to make sure she got the hint that her time was almost up.

"Very well, Odius." said Galvanax. "But mark my words. If your new playmates do not fulfil my expectations, I shall be the first to smite them off from existence! And you, Odius, will feel my wrath as well…" He pointed his finger at her chest so hard, she nearly fell backwards from the heavy force of his might. Then, he walked off, leaving a frightened Madame Odius to her own devices.

"Understood." she weakly accepted. Ripcon just couldn't help but cackle at her misfortune. He went out to join Galvanax at his next move, but not before giving Odius one more insult to her injury.

"You better be ready, Odius." he mockingly warned her before leaving the room.

With the two disgruntled men out of her sight, she could only growl at them, willing to show them what she was willing to do them when their time was up.

"Oh, you shall see for yourselves soon enough, simpletons." And then, she moved on, exiting the room to proceed to her next plan.

She had some rearrangements to do now. With the Power Rangers now involved, things had to be much more meticulously planned to combat them and the Huntsmen before they could bring yet another painful lacklustre show to the crowds.

That was when, she decided to cook up something wicked… Something devious enough to solve all of her problems. She just needed some new flesh and blood to do her dirty work. But where was she going to get it? For all she knew, Galvanax would have entrusted the contestants of Galaxy Warriors to Ripcon, now that she was merely 'wasting his time'.

So, she looked to Remnant for the answer and she found what she would need to even the odds against the possible team-up of their enemies.

"I wonder if I can catch myself some new prey for the feast… A few of those other Huntsmen would do nicely… Hmmmm…"

TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N~ Finally, Ruby and Brody team up, but their encounter had only brought more difficulty in their first meeting. Can they fix their partnership before things get worse? Hopefully, I don't mess things up for them in the next chapter~

Hope you liked what I had written here and I look forward to move on to the next!

Thank you for reading and I'll see you in the next chapter!

R98: That'd be nice, but I think it's too generic, but thanks for the suggestion hahaha