RWBY: Lost and Forgotten
Chapter 34
Chrome
Me and Blake were walking towards Haven while mom went to get the police and dad readied the other Faunus for what was to come. "You ready for this?" I asked my sister.
"I am." she replied, determined.
"Alright."
Hearing a loud crash, me and Blake glanced at each other before jumping on top of the building next to us to see what was going on. Rushing to the edge of the roof, the two of us stopped to see Adam, a few Fang members, and some big guy, in the middle of the courtyard.
"That wasn't too difficult." I chuckled as I drew one of my weapons and sat down on the edge of the roof.
"Stay focused!" Adam shouted. "Our friends are almost done here."
"Hey, Adam!" I yelled, getting his attention. "Where's the rest of your group, or is that big guy supposed to be your muscle?" I pointed my weapon at him.
"Chrome?" Adam said before shifting his gaze to Blake, who stood right next to me.
"Stand down!" Blake shouted.
The White Fang members pointed their guns at us. "Wait!" Adam told them. "To think that I went through so much trouble to find you, only to have you deliver yourselves to me."
"You know me!" I stood up. "I always loved the direct approach."
"This isn't what's right for the Faunus!" Blake stepped in. "Stop what you're doing and we can end this peacefully."
"You're wrong, Blake, and you two can't stop us." Adam replied.
"No, we can't." Blake said. "Not by ourselves."
"That's why they didn't come alone!" Sun said, approaching with half of the Faunus we brought behind him.
"What?!"
"Who's there?" one of the White Fang soldiers said as dad and the other half of the Faunus emerged from the darkness.
"Your brothers and sisters."
"Make no mistake, brothers! These are our enemies! And we will not let them ruin-" Adam was interrupted by the sound of an incoming Mistral airship.
"Adam Taurus, this is the Mistral Police Force! Lower your weapons and surrender peacefully." the officer said through the P.A. as more Mistral airships arrived.
"How?!" Adam shouted at us. "How did you do this?!"
Placing a hand on the edge of the roof, I jumped down a few feet from Adam and his group. A few seconds later, Blake joined me.
"It's over, Adam." I told him.
"Then it's over for all of us." Adam pulled out a detonator.
"Hey wait!"
Adam pushed the button but nothing happened. "Huh?" he pushed the button a few more times but got the same result.
"What are you doing? Trying to get us all killed?!" one of his soldiers shouted.
Adam grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "I am making humanity pay for WHAT THEY'VE DONE!"
"We sent someone over to confirm your explosives, and once we did, she disarmed them." Blake told Adam.
Ilia emerged from the darkness, holding a handful of wires. Adam turned to the big guy behind him. "What do we do?!"
The big guy cracked his knuckles. "This...is your business. Not mine. Fix it."
Adam slowly turned back to me and Blake. "I told you, Adam." she said softly. "It's over..."
Adam yelled out in frustration before charging my sister. Quick to react, I created a glyph under me and used it to charge at Adam, lashing out with a punch to his chest and knocking him back. "KILL THEM!" Adam shouted at his group.
The entire courtyard erupted into a massive fight between Faunus. Moving to join the fight, I stopped as I noticed the big guy suddenly pulled into the building behind him. Curious, I tapped Blake's arm and gestured to the building before heading over.
Approaching the hole in the building, the two of us looked inside. Blake gasped as I stood still.
All of Blake's team was here. Weiss, Ruby, and... "Yang?" I said softly as our eyes met. Her right arm was replaced by a mechanical one.
We stared at each other before Ruby pointed behind them. "Yang! Go!"
Yang runs off as Mercury and Emerald both try to stop her. Mercury managed to grab her mechanical arm but Yang just detatched it before continuing to run. The two tried to give chase but were stopped when Weiss made an ice wall in front of them.
Ruby then turned to me and Blake, nodding her head for us to return to the battle outside.
Me and Blake rushed over to where Adam was. He had knocked back one of the Faunus before me and Blake reached him. Slicing at him, he blocked my blade as Blake swept his legs out from under him, catching Adam completely off guard.
Jumping back, Adam slowly rose to his feet. "I'm going to make you regret ever coming back..." he growled.
"More police are on their way, Adam." I told him. "Huntsmen, too."
He chuckled. "Still too afraid to face me on your own?"
"We're here for Haven." Blake said. "Not you."
Aiming his shotgun-scabbard at Blake, she readied her weapon. "Heh, you are still afraid, and you should be. I've made powerful friends while you've been away."
"Oh yeah?" Sun growled as he joined us. "Where?"
Adam pointed his sword at Sun. "Tell me, does Blake make all of her classmates fight for her?"
"Nah, it's a volunteer gig. I'm just sayin', for someone who claims to have such great friends, there doesn't seem to be a lot of people here willing to fight for you." Sun told him.
Adam looked around, seeing his group surrender. "You can try and make us regret coming here, Adam, but honestly... We've got more important things to deal with."
Adam let out a frustrated growled before trying to attack Sun, who attacked with his gunchucks. Lunging in with Blake, I managed to slash Adam's leg as he blocked Blake's sword.
Sun hit Adam with his staff before Adam ran off towards the woods. Sun tried to give chase but Blake stopped him. "Sun, wait!"
"But he's getting away! We could take him!"
"No, we can't." Blake sheathed her weapon. "He wants to lure us away so he can pick us off. We need to protect the school and the people here. Besides... now he can see what it feels like to run away." she smiled. "Thank you."
"Eh, we all need help sometimes." Sun smiled back.
Hearing the sound of metal clashing together brought my attention back to the building Blake's team was in. "I think there's a few people who could use yours." he added.
"Be careful." Blake told him.
"No promises." he ran off.
Blake turned to me. "Come on." she said before making her way towards the main building.
Following her lead, she rushed inside and jumped onto that big guy's head, knocking him to the ground. Creating a glyph, I used it to get by Mercury and Emerald, landing next to Weiss. "Got any ideas?" I asked.
Looking over to Ruby, I saw her take aim and shoot the headmaster in the shoulder, breaking his aura. Scared, he turned around and ran down a hallway. "You've gotta be kidding me..." Mercury said.
The big guy let out an ear piercing roar. "Checkmate!" Ruby said.
Blake and Weiss immediately rushed the big guy as Emerald and Mercury readied themselves against me and Ruby. Readying my swords, me and Mercury began circling each other.
Gritting my teeth, I pulled the levers on my weapons and threw both swords at him before rushing him. Mercury kicked my blades to the ground. Aiming my weapons at him I shot a barrage of bullets. Dodging and deflecting my shots, he spun around and kicked out a silver blast at me. Rolling to the side, I recalled both of my blades.
Creating a glyph, I used it to rush Mercury, only to be kicked back. Hitting my back against the wall, I was immediately hit after by a silver blast.
Falling to my hands and knees, I saw Mercury smirk before he prepared to launch another blast at me. Hearing a loud yell, Mercury looked over just as Ruby slashed her scythe at him, forcing him to jump back.
Seeing Emerald aim her weapons at the scythe wielder, I quickly shot her in the shoulder. Stumbling back, she locked her eyes with mine. "My turn." I chuckled as I got to my feet. "Shall we dance?" Emerald glared as she shot a round at me.
Blocking the shot with my sword, I pulled the lever and threw the blade at her. However, when it reached her, she vanished.
Getting knocked off my feet, I saw Emerald twirl one of her chains as she walked in front of me. Stopping and turning to look at me, she smirked as she split into countless copies of herself, surrounding me.
"Neat trick." I kept my guard up as I looked for the original. Seeing movement to my left, I slashed at it, only for my blade to faze right through a copy.
Feeling a shot hit my shoulder, I stumbled forward before a chain wrapped around my right arm. The chain slid down my arm and was yanked, ripping the sword from my grasp.
Watching the weapon spin a few feet away, it stabbed into the ground. Ignoring my lost weapon, I turned back to trying to find Emerald. Carefully scanning the copies, I felt another shot him my shoulder, followed by another.
Irritated, I stabbed my sword into the ground, creating a glyph. Remembering back to when I first tried this, I imagined the Beowolf. Putting more and more into my summon, the creature quickly rose from my glyph.
Hearing a shot ring out, I felt another bullet hit my chest. Falling onto my back, a yell of pain filled the air. Propping myself up, I noticed the copies of Emerald were gone as my summon pinned her to the ground.
Hearing another gunshot, my summon stumbled off of her and turned to dust. Looking over, Mercury turned to me, ready to fire another but Ruby stopped him by shooting his chest. "That's enough!" she shouted. "Just give up."
"It's not over!" Emerald yelled as she got to her feet. "Cinder will come back, she'll have the Relic, and she'll stop all of you! She won't let us down."
Hearing the platform to the statue come back up, we all looked back to see Yang holding the relic. "Yang..."
Once our eyes met, the two of us shared a smile.
After a few seconds, the room was filled with a loud scream as darkness and smoke swept over us. Looking around, we saw the smoke gather and form a disfigured woman that towered over us. She was pure white with black veins.
Letting out an ear piercing screech, she lunged at us.
Falling onto my back as I stumbled in fear, the woman vanished. "What the hell!?"
"Wh-what was that?" Blake asked.
"An illusion. But an accurate one. That... was Salem." looking over, some kid got to his feet.
"Salem?"
"I'll explain later." he replied.
Hearing a sigh come from the building entrance, I saw mom, dad and Sun walk in. Rushing over, me and Blake both hugged them.
"The police rounded up the remaining White Fang members. Haven is safe." mom said once we pulled away.
"Unfortunately, it appears that Adam escaped." dad added.
"It's okay." Ilia said once she joined us. "He was the only one to escape tonight. Those in the White Fang that followed him? Won't support a leader that abandons his people. He won't have their help after this. He'll have no one at all. And the White Fang will be left divided."
"We've been fighting amongst ourselves for too long. Perhaps it's time for a new brotherhood. A new family for Faunus truly working towards a better world." dad said.
"And they'll need a new leader." mom told him.
Sun suddenly rushed over and turned Blake around with his tail. Looking back, I saw Ruby, Weiss and Yang all standing by the statue. Me and Blake shared a glance before walking over.
Reaching the three girls, I kept my distance as they all looked to us. "So, what're you guys doing here?" Ruby asked.
"I was gonna ask you three the same thing." Blake replied.
"That's... a looooong story."
"Well... We're not going anywhere." Blake told them.
"That's all that matters." she giggled. "That we're all here together. Right?" Ruby looked to Yang as she said that.
Yang smiled as she looked to my sister. "Yeah."
Once mine and Yang's eyes met, I looked down and rubbed my arm, feeling a massive wave of remorse for leaving her as I did. Turning around, I started heading back to mom and dad, figuring Yang wouldn't want anything to do with me.
Feeling something tap my shoulder, I looked back to see what it was. I caught a glimpse of blonde hair as they grabbed my shirt and pulled me into a kiss. Pulling away, Yang smiled. "Glad to have you back."
Feeling relief wash over me, I returned the smile. "Glad to be back."
End of chapter 34
(OKAY! So, I am going to be taking a little bit of a break from this story to work on a few others. That's...all I really had for this. Uhm... Huh... I don't really have much else to say.
Anyway...yeah. That's all. So, later...)