RWBY: Lost and Forgotten
(I made a slight change to the previous chapter. Instead of Chrome losing an entire ear, right cat ear was just cut slightly.
ON TO THE CHAPTER!)
Chapter 46
Chrome
Leaning on Blake, we emerged from the trees, seeing Ruby, Yang and the others standing a few feet away from us. "Chrome!" Yang rushed over to us as soon as she noticed me and Blake.
"Hey." I gave a weak smile.
"What happened to you?!" she began to quickly look me over.
"Adam..." Blake said softly. "He followed us."
"Adam is here?!" Yang asked, a look of hate and slight fear spread across her face.
"He was." I told her. "But he won't be following us any further. I made sure he wouldn't."
A loud roar suddenly caught our attention. Looking out over the ocean, a massive Grimm was approaching the city. "A...leviathan?"
"Yes..." Weiss turned to us. "and we just ruined the only thing capable of stopping it..."
Blake helped me over to the aircraft Weiss and Maria stole. Boarding it, I sat down, resting my head against the wall of the ship. The others climbed in and Maria took the pilot's seat.
"This is your fault! YOUR FAULT! This is..." Cordovin shouted at us as Maria flew us away.
"I suppose I have to be the bad guy and say it, getting the lamp to Atlas is still our top priority, and right now we have the perfect opportunity to head straight for it. We may not get another chance like this." Maria said.
"No way!" Yang replied.
"We can't leave, not like this."
"It's like you said, a Huntress is supposed to protect others to the bitter end." Blake told her.
Maria looks to Ruby before turning the ship around.
"We need to head for the Leviathan. Jaune, can you and Ren be ready to mask our ship?" Ruby asked them.
"I think we can manage."
"Got a few ideas?" Jaune asked.
"I've got one." Ruby nodded.
"Eyes up, everybody. It's back." Qrow told us.
Looking out the window of the airship and towards the water, I saw the Leviathan approach one of the defensive barriers around the city. The giant Grimm shot out an energy beam from it's mouth, destroying the barrier.
"It tore straight through...!" Qrow said.
"All squadrons, fall back to evacuation procedures. Disengage Leviathan! I repeat, disengage! Over!" a voice said through the radio.
"No, wait!" Ruby ran up to the radio.
"Ruby!"
"We can stop it!" Ruby said into the radio.
"Who is this? Identify yourself!"
"I'm a Huntress. My team and I are heading to the Leviathan and can weaken it for you to attack!" Ruby explained.
"We can?" Jaune asked.
"I can." Ruby told us.
"Ruby, when I said 'trial by fire'-"
"I did it at Beacon and at the farm." Ruby cut Maria off.
"You really think you can do it now?" Weiss asked.
"I don't have a choice."
"Manta 5-1, your ship is currently flagged as hostile. You will receive no support, over."
Ruby picked the radio back up. "Fine, we'll do it alone if we have to."
"We can hit it while it's stopped at the next barrier. Ren, you're up!" Ruby said.
Jaune used his aura to boost Ren's as he masked the ship using his semblance. The Leviathan made its way to the next barrier and charged its energy breath again.
"We're too late! Pull up!"
The aircraft pulls up out of the way as the Leviathan fires its breath, destroying the next barrier and toppling a cupola off one of the buildings in Argus. Ren and Jaune collapse as their Auras drained.
"Damn it...!"
"That's all I've got!" Ren said, out of breath.
"It's on the move again! We need to stop it!"
"What do we do?" Yang asked.
Ruby placed a hand on her chin before turning to Weiss. Without a word spoken, Weiss just rolled her eyes before creating a glyph. Emerging from it was a Queen Lancer which Ruby quickly got on top of before being flown out to the Leviathan as Yang and Nora shot at it.
"Eyes on us, ugly!"
"Is it working?" I asked as I got to my feet, placing a hand on the wall of the ship to keep myself balanced, my other hand clutching my side.
"Unfortunately, yes! Hang on!"
I could see the Lancer stop in front of the Leviathan. "You got this, Ruby." I said softly.
After a few moments, the Leviathan turned it's attention from us back to Ruby. "Why'd it turn away?!"
Suddenly, as the Leviathan charged another attack, a blinding white light came from Ruby, encasing the giant Grimm in stone.
"She did it..." I let out a sigh of relief as I slid down the wall of the airship, my eyes closing on their own, allowing me to get some rest.
A few hours later
Slowly opening my eyes again, I glanced around the airship, seeing everyone still awake and talking to each other. Yawning, I drew their attention. "Someone's finally awake." Nora said.
"Sorry, sorry." I apologized. "I tried to-"
"You don't need to explain." Ruby told me. "Blake's already told us what happened."
"Sounded like you could really use the rest after your fight with Adam." Jaune said. "So, we thought it'd be better to let you sleep."
"You woke up at just the right time, kid." Qrow told me. "We're not that much further from Atlas."
"Atlas..." I said softly. "Right..."
"What's wrong?" Yang asked.
"Nothing." I shook my head. "Just a bit uneasy."
"I don't blame you." Weiss said. "You'll be in the same place as my father."
Once she said that, everyone glanced around a bit. "We'll make sure he won't find out." Yang said, placing her mechanical hand over mine.
"I'm also a bit...nervous." I added.
"Why?"
"I'll also be able to see my biological mother for the first time." I replied. "At least...I hope I get to."
"I'm sure you-"
"Hey, if you've never seen Atlas in person before, you don't wanna miss this." Qrow said, cutting Weiss off.
Standing up, all of us walked over to see. "Is it weird that I'm sorta nervous?" Ruby asked.
"No, I'll believe we've made it to Atlas when I see it." Yang said.
"Well... believe it."
The airship comes out of the clouds, and the massive floating city of Atlas is seen coming into view.
"Whoa!" I stared in awe.
"You know, you make the trip up to Atlas over and over, but you never get used to that view." Maria's prosthetic eyes began to mess up. "Oh, come on!"
Weiss suddenly leaned forward, staring up at something. "Weiss, what is it?" I asked as I followed her gaze.
Above the city of Atlas were many Atlas Airships.
"The Atlas air fleet... I knew all of our ships were called back, but..."
"They're set up like they're expecting an attack..." Qrow finished for Weiss.
Suddenly, the radio turned on.
"Manta 5-1, welcome home..."
End of chapter 46
(I've finally caught up to the story and now have to play the waiting game until November. Man, I really hope the time flies.
Until then, ciao!)