Hello and welcome back my friends to the next chapter of Reap What You Sow. The Beta for Overwatch is back with some sweet new additions, so I thought I would add a sort of sweet new addition to this fan-fic. First up, review response time. JinzoMask656; Thank you for the compliment and I hope not to disappoint. OutlastTheDark; yeah, Reaper is one heck of a killing machine and one would shudder to think what the two groups could accomplish. And yes, I did steal the Imp line from WoW for Mercury! Blake just wants to make sure she has a wide range of skills for later on in life to put on her CV! Yeah, shit does tend to go down when half the Police force is killed by a psychopath. And too soon bro! Too soon! And as for the whole tomb thing, well I'm sure you'll figure that out soon… Now, on with the show!
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Chapter 11- Breakout
"Come on...why won't this stupid door budge!" Yang shouted as she pushed against the door in an attempt to open it, yet it did not even groan under the applied pressure.
"Face it Yang, we aren't getting out any time soon..." Blake stated, tracing patterns on the stone stairway with Gambol Shroud.
Yang had been attempting to open the door for over an hour now, yet the only thing her punches seemed to accomplish was wear her gloves down, her knuckles starting to show through the fabric.
"Where there's a will..." Yang started as she quickly readjusted herself in an attempt to apply more pressure to the door. "...there's a way!"
"Come on Yang, you need to rest!" Ruby whined, standing up from the spot she had been sitting in and placing her hand on Yang's shoulder. "Please...before you hurt yourself."
Yang sighed as she relented her assault on the metal door, slumping against the wall and sliding down into a sitting position next to her sister.
"How's Weiss' search going?" Yang asked, turning to face Ruby as she spoke, glancing down the dark stairway that Weiss had descended earlier.
"Still no signal on the Scrolls, but she's still trying." Ruby replied, taking out her own scroll to check if the signal had improved at all.
"This is all my fault..."
The two sisters turned to face Blake who had her head lowered and her eyes closed, shaking her head slowly.
"What are you talking about?" Ruby asked, tilting her head inquisitively.
"I made you come here, none of this would have happened otherwise." Blake replied, lifting her head slowly as she looked at the two sisters.
"None of us knew this would happen Blake." Yang replied, turning to direct her gaze at Blake. "If we knew we'd get trapped, none of us would have come in the first place."
Blake simply turned her head, directing her gaze somewhere else as she contemplated what Yang said.
"Besides," Yang said, a mischievous grin on her face. "I always wanted to get caught in some tomb trap!"
"It's a crypt you dolt!" Weiss suddenly interrupted, walking up the stairway towards the rest of her team. "And crypts don't have traps in them."
"Wait, what do you mean?" Blake asked, turning to face the heiress with an upraised eyebrow.
"A crypt doesn't have any defence mechanisms. It's a public place for mourning." Weiss quickly explained.
"What are you trying to say Weiss?" Yang asked, shaking her head in disbelief.
"We didn't trigger some fail-safe." Weiss replied, a sombre look on her face. "Someone locked us in here..."
"What?" Ruby simply stated, her mouth slightly agape as she took the information in.
"You mean someone was watching us the whole time?" Blake asked, a panicked look in her eyes.
Weiss simply nodded in response, turning to face Yang who seemed to be in deep thought.
"I thought I saw something..." Yang muttered, causing the others to stare at the brawler in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked, turning to face her sister.
"When I first came back after chasing that guy...I thought I saw something in the graveyard..."
"What did it look like?" Blake asked, shuffling slightly as she leaned forward slightly.
"It looked like...a shadow or something." Yang replied, squinting as she struggled to recall its exact appearance. "It looked human but...it had a skull on its face.."
"A skull?" Weiss asked, as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Are you sure you didn't just see one of the angel of death statues?"
"No I'm telling you, it-"
Yang was suddenly interrupted when Ruby's Scroll buzzed to life, causing everyone to look at the young Huntress in confusion.
"What the..." Ruby muttered as she activated the device, the screen lighting up as it showed a new message from an anonymous source. "A new message?"
"What does it say?" Weiss asked, tilting her head as Ruby opened the message to read it.
"It says...'Soon'?" Ruby read aloud as she gazed at the screen in confusion. "What the hell is 'Soon' meant to mean?"
"Wait...do you still have the signal?" Blake asked, leaning closer to Ruby as the young Huntress checked her settings.
"Yeah..." Ruby quickly replied, already bringing up her contact list. "Don't worry, already on it."
As Ruby brought up her contact list, the rest of the Huntresses clung to the hope that just maybe they'll make it out.
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"It's a shame what happened to Ironwood." Pyrrha stated, turning to face Jaune who was currently reading the latest issue of 'X-Ray and Vav'.
"Yeah, you think he'll make it?" Jaune replied, looking up from his comic for just a second before redirecting his gaze again.
"The General is strong willed." Ren said as he looked up from his report on Aura strength levels whilst Nora laid on the bed next to him, mumbling about pancakes as per usual. "I'm sure he'll pull through."
"Still," Pyrrha muttered, glancing away for just a second before continuing. "I can't imagine the pain he must have endured. What could do something like that."
"Grimm maybe?" Jaune suggested, shrugging his shoulders as he lowered his comic and placed it to the side of his bed.
"Not likely, if it was a Grimm there would be nothing left." Ren stated, turning to face his leader. "Those wounds the General had seemed almost surgical. Pre-planned as it were."
"What are you saying?" Jaune asked, shrugging his shoulders in confusion.
"Someone wanted Ironwood to get back to Beacon." Ren grimly replied, before turning to continue his report.
Jaune's Scroll suddenly buzzed to life as it started vibrating on the bedside table next to him. He quickly picked it up, sliding his finger on the screen as he answered the call.
"Hello?" Jaune asked, only to receive a large amount of white noise in response.
"Jaune? -BZZZZKT- hear me?"
Jaune had to strain his ears to make out the voice but he could only slightly make it out.
"Ruby? Is that you? What's wrong with your signal?" Jaune asked, slightly concerned with the young Huntresses panicked voice.
"Jaune, we're -BZZZZKT- crypt! We need -BZZZZKT-"
"Ruby, I can hear you! You're breaking up!" Jaune replied, though the only response was more white noise.
"What was that all about?" Pyrrha asked, tilting her head in confusion.
"PANCAKES!" Nora suddenly snorted as she suddenly awoke, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes as she looked at the rest of her team, who were looking at her in slight confusion. "What? Were you guys talking about something?"
"Errr..." Jaune awkwardly replied before recomposing himself. "It was Ruby, it sounded like she was in trouble."
"Did she say where she was?" Pyrrha asked, standing up from her bed as Jaune did the same.
"It was impossible to tell, but I think she mentioned a crypt." Jaune replied as he quickly grabbed Crocea Mors from his bedside table, quickly clipping the weapon to his belt.
"That sounds like the old graveyard..." Ren replied, as he too quickly grabbed StormFlower.
"My thoughts exactly." Jaune replied as Pyrrha grabbed Miló and Akoúo whilst Nora grabbed Magnhild.
"How far is it from Beacon?" Pyrrha asked as she ensured Miló could easily shift between its multiple forms.
"About fifteen minutes there and back." Jaune replied as he quickly opened the door. "Come on, we need to go before something bad happens!"
The rest of JNPR quickly nodded as they followed their leader to the hangar bay, hoping to make it to the graveyard before that 'something bad' happened…
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"I hope Jaune got the message..." Ruby muttered as she rocked back on forth on the stairway, her arms wrapped around her legs.
"He may not be a good fighter, but he's not stupid." Yang replied as she flexed her hands before placing them behind her head. "I'm sure he got the message."
Ruby grunted in response as she continued to glance at the floor. It had nearly been ten minutes since they last contacted Jaune yet it felt like it had been hours. To say she was bored was an understatement. She was also pretty sure this isolation was bad for her mental health as well. She was already starting to hear soft whispers in the back of her mind...wait, whispers?
She glanced around as the whispers continued. She couldn't make it out but she felt cold...and not in a natural way.
"Ruby? What is it?" Yang asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion as she watched the young Huntress glance around in panic.
"Do you hear that?" Ruby whispered, causing the other Huntresses to look at one another in confusion.
"What are you-" Weiss paused as she began to hear it too. "Wait. It sounds like..."
"A voice." Blake finished as she slowly rose from her position. She focused her hearing capabilities down the crypt stairway in an attempt to discern the voice. "It's coming from down there." she finally replied, pointing down the stairway.
The Huntresses followed the Faunus down the path as they descended deeper into the crypt. They soon found themselves back in the main hall where the four sarcophagus' of Team JAGR rested. Yet the whispers did not become louder. In fact, they seemed to grow harsher and the air thicker.
"Show yourself!" Weiss demanded, quickly drawing Myrtenaster as she readied herself into a combat stance.
Without warning, a black mist slowly began to seep through one of the many small cracks in the wall, spilling onto the stone cold floor. The four Huntresses backed away slowly as the form slowly began to take shape, seemingly taking on the form of a human.
"Uh...what do we do?" Yang asked as she slowly backed away as the form grew larger and larger with each passing second.
"Run!" Ruby quickly shouted as the four Huntresses turned tail quickly as the mist began to take on more distinguishable features.
The four Huntresses quickly ran up the stairway, only for the locked door to once again block their path.
"Dammit, screw what I said earlier! I never want to get caught in a tomb trap again!" Yang shouted as she pounded on the door.
"Uh guys...I think we have company..." Ruby stated as she pointed a shaking hand at the bottom of the stairway.
The other Huntresses turned and looked in horror at the bottom of the stairway. The mist had finally taken form in the shape of a black robed man in dull grey armour, a skull like mask hiding his face. In each hand was a crude looking shotgun with sickle blades attached at the handle...and they were slowly making their way up the stairs.
"I take it he's not here to say hi..." Yang whimpered as the figure slowly made his way up the stairs.
Weiss quickly stepped forward as she channelled a number of glyphs in front of the figure, who seemed to ignore the runic symbols. With a swish of her blade, a thick wall of ice suddenly morphed, blocking the figures path, who they could faintly see through the ice was very surprised.
"That should keep him at bay..." Weiss stated, slowly backing away towards the door.
"For how long?" Blake asked as she began to push against the door alongside Yang.
The sound of a bullet resounding was soon heard as the Huntresses turned to face the ice wall. They could make out the figure was shooting at the wall, and doing some major damage if the cracks were any indication.
"Not long enough!" Weiss replied as she soon joined the other Huntresses in pushing against the door, the sound of the shotguns getting louder with each shot.
"Now would be a good time for JNPR to show!" Ruby shouted, as she continued to push against the door…
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"This the place?" Pyrrha asked as she glanced towards Jaune. Jaune simply stared blankly at the area in front of him, row after row of gravestones popping up in front of him like a stone labyrinth.
"I think so..." Jaune replied as he and his team made their way through the graveyard, shuddering slightly as they passed the resting places of past Huntsman and Huntresses.
They soon found themselves in the centre of the graveyard, gazing around as they made out multiple crypts in the area.
"So, where do we start?" Nora asked as she looked around, shuddering slightly at the sight of the faceless statue before her.
"We should go clockwise with the crypts." Jaune responded, pointing to the crypt on the eastern side. "We start there and then-"
"Wait!" Pyrrha interrupted, holding her hand up as she narrowed her eyes. "Do you hear that?"
Jaune stood quiet as he attempted to make out what Pyrrha was hearing.
"No I-wait." Jaune mumbled as he suddenly heard something. "It sounds like banging and...gunshots."
"It sounds like it's coming from over there." Ren stated, pointing to one of the crypts on the west side of the graveyard.
JNPR made their way to the crypt, and true to Ren's judgement, the noises were getting louder.
"Guys, is that you?" Jaune shouted as he pressed his ear against the door, the metal cold to the touch.
"Jaune? Thank God you're here!" Ruby shouted from the other side, though the banging did not relent...and neither did the gun fire.
"What's going on?!" Jaune asked as he attempted to tug open the door, yet to no avail.
"We got locked in, open the door now!" Ruby shouted, clearly panicked.
"Ruby, my wall won't last much longer!" Weiss shouted as the gun fire was getting louder.
"Hurry Jaune, before he breaks through!" Ruby pleaded as the banging continued. Jaune quickly began to tug at the door as Ren and Nora frantically searched around for a key.
"It's no use, it won't budge!" Jaune said as he continued to pull on the door.
"Stand back Jaune." Pyrrha ordered as she tugged Jaune back, placing her hands on the metal door.
Suddenly the door began to glow a deep black as Pyrrha focused her Semblance on the door. She soon began to step back and make subtle gestures with her hands as the sound of gears shifting was heard.
Without warning, the door suddenly opened as the members of RWBY soon piled out as they quickly scampered out of the crypt, a blueish white glow behind them.
"I never thought I would be so happy to see you, Vomit Boy!" Yang stuttered as she quickly backed away from the crypt.
"What's going on?!" Jaune shouted as he looked at the four Huntresses in confusion.
"Look!" Blake shouted as she pointed inside the crypt, fear weaved into her voice.
Jaune followed her gaze and froze. The blueish white glow was originating from a wall of ice...a wall that was close to breaking. Suddenly, a metal fist punched through the ice as a clawed hand grasped onto the ice barrier. The arm soon turned into a black mist as a stream of shadow sped towards them.
Pyrrha reacted instantly, slamming the door shut with her Semblance as the mist took the form of a robed man with a pair of sickles, one of which was raised over his head. The door shut with a resounding bang as the sound of gears shifting was heard again, locking the man inside. RWBY sighed in relief as the rest of JNPR looked at one another in both shock and confusion.
"Guys, mind explaining what that was all about?" Jaune asked as RWBY looked at one another in guilt.
As Blake moved to talk, the sound of metal groaning was heard behind them. They turned to face the crypt and were horrified to see the door was shaking uncontrollably. Suddenly, black mist began to seep through the door frames, spilling around as it slowly made its way through.
"Quick, this way!" Ruby shouted as she and the other students ran to safety, hoping leave the graveyard long behind them.
The two teams ran as the mist seeped through the door at a slow pace, allowing them time to escape. The Reaper soon emerged, armed with Death's Vice in their shotgun form as he made his way through the graveyard. By the time he had made it to the main entrance, the two Hunter Teams had already left his sight.
He growled loudly as he quickly holstered the weapon in his left hand and rested the one in his right hand on his shoulder. He quickly brought out his Scroll as he typed a few commands onto the device before he placed the Scroll back in his robe.
"Time to make an example of these fools..." the Reaper muttered, turning around as he slowly melded with the shadows around him…
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Raging Archon out.
