Sun fought his way through both the monsters and the transformed Mistralians. (AN: Nyuck, Nyuck) They put up a tough fight, but Sun eventually made his way to the elevator shaft. He climbed the ladder all the way to the surface.
"Yes," Nora cheered, "Now to save Velvet and Sunny Bunny shall sail again!"
Everyone, except Ren, Velvet, and Sun, raised an eyebrow at the bomber.
"Sunny Bunny?" Velvet and Sun questioned.
Ren nodded, "She's an avid shipper. So, getting to see alternate pairings makes her excited enough to give them names."
Yang grinned, "So does that mean she has names for our pairings?"
Nora nodded, "Jaune and Pyrrha are Arkos."
The duo looked at each other and shrugged. They kind of liked it.
"Velvet and Coco are Crosshares."
Velvet blushed, but slightly chuckled at the name.
"And you and Blake are Bumbleby!"
Yang and Blake went wide-eyed. "Nora, you know we're not…" Yang started.
She stopped as she noticed the disapproving stares she was getting from Weiss and Ruby.
"But I left…" Blake weakly argued, though she knew both Sun and Ilia were glaring at her with disapproval.
"Blake, I told you that doesn't matter anymore!" Yang argued, "All I care about is that you came back, not what you did!"
Blake blushed and Yang put her arm around her.
The assembled crowd rolled their eyes at the two. Could they be any more obvious?
Blake leaned close to Yang and, "We should talk after we've finished this universe."
Yang nodded, then got an idea, "So, Nora, what are you and Ren then?" She grinned.
Nora's face went pale as she panicked. The fact was she did have a name for them, she just didn't want Ren to know her feelings.
"Flower Power?" Jaune suggested. Nora scowled.
"Silent Explosions?" Ruby piped up. Nora got angry.
"Pink Ninjas?" Neo suggested. Nora couldn't hold it back anymore.
"IT'S RENORA!" she shouted. She realized her mistake immediately when she saw Yang's shit-eating grin.
Ren, during this whole exchange, had simply been sitting there internally laughing. He knew about Nora's feelings, regardless of how she tried to hide them. He reciprocated, he just wanted her to get the courage to admit it first. Seeing Nora sink into herself in embarrassment, he found a way to pull her out, "And what about our second newest couple, Nora? I think Ilia and Neo deserve a name."
Nora perked up and thought for about ten seconds before responding, "Rainbow Sherbet!"
Neo and Ilia looked at each other. That was actually a really good fit for them.
"Well, I think it's perfect! Thanks Hammerhead!" Neo confirmed.
Nora was actually happy to have a nickname.
Gordeau smiled, "Well, I hope you had fun with that, but can we please finish this universe up?" All nodded and the screen resumed.
He called Torchwick now that he was above ground and had signal, "Torchwick."
Torchwick picked up, "Oh thank Gods, Sun, where are you?"
"Seriously, kid," Roman agreed, "I was probably worried sick about you!"
"I couldn't get a signal," Sun defended, "What was I supposed to do?"
Roman just shrugged, "Don't know, but considering how that version of me feels, parental instincts probably kicked in."
"Heading your way," Sun talked as he ran, "The got Velvet, we have to stop them."
A gunshot was heard from Torchwick's side of the call, "Yeah, got problems of my own! Bastards have me pinned outside the church!" He stood up and fired a few rounds out of his .44.
"Nice choice Roman," Ruby approved, "A little lacking in ammo capacity but powerful enough to not need too many."
"As long as this me's aim is better than mine," Roman grumbled, knowing that with any weapon other than Melodic Cudgel his aim was worthless.
"Be right there!" Sun replied. He hung up and doubled his speed.
Sun burst into the courtyard and jumped on a goon's back. He twisted and broke the man's neck.
The theater winced at the sound. "That was terrible!" Ruby gasped. She had seen death a lot lately, including in this universe, and had seen Sun kill a lot of people here. They had all been in self-defense, but the sound of the neck snapping was just too much.
"Nice entrance, kid," Torchwick yelled, "But we got snipers in the towers!"
Sun looked around and smirked, "Well, then it's a good thing they left one for me."
"Wow," Blake rolled her eyes, "Great quip, Sun."
Sun went to defend himself, but a fellow sniper beat him to it, "Hey, that was great!" Ruby blurted.
Everyone but Sun raised their eyebrows at her.
Picking up the sniper rifle he had spotted, he quickly found the snipers and put them out of their misery. Torchwick took the others out with a combination of his cane and his trusty .44.
When all the goons were dead, Sun turned to explain, "We've gotta stop them, Torchwick! They don't know what their dealing with."
"That's the truth," Qrow stated, "Jacques probably just thinks it's some stupid statue!"
Winter and Emerald went wide-eyed, but it was Emerald that commented, "Didn't we figure Taurus knew something about the treasure he wasn't letting on?"
Winter nodded, "If he knows… Gods the damage he could cause!"
Adam grinned sinisterly. It appears that this version of me has just been playing Schnee the whole time. I approve.
"What are you…" Torchwick tried to ask but Sun took off and continued his explanation.
"I don't know how, but that statue destroyed the whole colony. It killed the Atlesians too," Sun explained as best he could, while running to the cathedral.
"Come again!" Torchwick yelled trying to keep up with Sun, both mentally and physically.
"There's no time!" Sun yelled as they entered the church and another fire fight.
Clearing the church took no time at all, as two snipers and a Desert 5 had been left by the door. Both men grabbed a rifle and took out five goons a piece. Then, between the .44 and the Desert 5, the rest fell like paper.
"Nice teamwork you two," Neo complimented, "Good to see your new partner is just as capable of watching your back as I am."
Roman smiled at her, but had a nagging feeling he and Neo still needed to talk things out.
"C'mon, Torchwick! There should be a secret passage under the altar," Sun instructed.
The two men pushed the stone altar out of the way and jumped down the hole it revealed.
When they hit the bottom, Torchwick cornered Sun, "You want to tell me what the hell is going on?"
Tai nodded, "He's been out of the loop. He doesn't know about the creatures or the curse, so Sun just stating that's what's happening isn't going to be enough."
"Wukong didn't want to get the treasure off the island, Torchwick, he was trying to stop it from leaving!" This didn't fully answer Torchwick's question though.
"What?" the older man asked.
"It's cursed or something," Sun answered, while trying to get around Torchwick.
"Oh, Sun for godssake," Torchwick started before Sun interrupted him.
"Agreeing with Muscles, if I hadn't learned about all the things I did earlier I also wouldn't believe it." Roman noted.
"Look, I know it sounds crazy, but you're going to have to trust me!" Sun stated as he pushed past Torchwick.
"Good thing he already does," Velvet noted, "Otherwise, that's a pretty lame reason."
Everyone nods, but also recognizes the cliché.
Torchwick grunted but followed Sun into the new catacombs. The two made it to the treasure room ready for a fight. But Jacques had prepped for them and as soon as they entered, they had shotguns jabbed into their backs.
"Son of a…" Roman started.
"How?" Sun asked, "He took Velvet so we didn't try anything, so why would he post guards?"
Winter sighed, "Because Father prepares for every eventuality. It's both admirable and scary, considering who it is."
El Dorado stood in the center of the room, and Jacques and Taurus were admiring it.
"There it finally is," Roman looked in awe, "But knowing what it can do, I'm not interested."
Qrow nodded, "The thing is beautiful, but it needs to be destroyed."
Jacques turned around to great the new arrivals, "You two should realize by now that I plan for every contingency."
"Now, drop your weapons," he gestured to the small creek that ran around the treasure room. It was deceptively deep. "Down there."
Sun and Torchwick hesitated, so Jacque continued, "No heroics please, or I will kill her."
No one doubted he would do it either. The man was ruthless.
Sun glanced at Velvet before admitting defeat and tossing his guns into the water.
Jacques smiled, "Good. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be with you in a moment." He turned back to El Dorado to admire it.
"And now he gloats in victory. Typical Father." Weiss sighed.
Adam's grin hadn't gone away. In fact, it had gotten bigger. "Not for very long he won't." He stated out loud, causing many to wonder what he was planning.
"It's magnificent!" Jacque stated wide-eyed. "The craftsmanship! I've never seen anything like it before!"
Taurus scoffed, "That is only a shell."
Jacque looked at him before Taurus continued, "The real treasure of El Dorado lies inside. Open it, and see for yourself!"
"Falling right into my trap!" Adam exclaimed.
The mood in the room turned to panic. Nobody liked Jacques, but they felt Sun had the right to kill him here.
Jacques did as Taurus suggested, as he was doing it Taurus whispered to Velvet, "Watch this."
Inside El Dorado, was a simple corpse. Jacques was disappointed, but then the corpse let off a cloud of dust that Jacque inhaled. He shut El Dorado quickly but not fast enough. He began to cough, before finally turning back to Taurus, his eye's the same as the monsters.
"Did it just use Dust to turn him into a zombie?" Mercury asked cautiously.
"How?" Weiss asked, "Dust has never been able to do that before."
"That's not Dust," Roman muttered, "I've stolen enough of it to know it when I see it, and that ain't it."
"You're correct," Gordeau confirmed, "That is what you could call a biological weapon."
Seeing he only got confused looks he continued, "Remember Dr. Merlot and his Grimm pools?" Certain people nodded as he finished, "Think of it like those except instead of mutating Grimm, they turn people into them."
Ozpin went wide eyed, "My Gods!"
"TAURUS!" he yelled and charged the bull like a madman.
Taurus smirked and put the creature formally known as Jacques Schnee down with one bullet.
"Goodbye, Jackass." He commented shaking his head, "So little imagination."
Adam cheered, "I did it! I killed Jacques Schnee!"
Winter and Weiss didn't know how to feel. Their Father was terrible, but he was still Father. So why did his death feel so good?
Taurus laughed as a net fell from the opening above them. His men began securing El Dorado in the net.
"Taurus!" Sun called out, "That thing wiped out an entire colony! You don't know what you're doing!"
"Wrong!" Taurus yelled back, "I'm the only person on this island who knows exactly what he's doing!"
"He did know!" Ruby squeaked out.
"I was playing him from the beginning!" Adam congratulated himself, "And no one saw it coming."
"You are so pathetic. All of you!" Taurus ranted, "Scrambling around for your pretty treasures. Do you have any idea what we could do for the Faunus with this? Use it in the right place, and we could control the world!"
"Exactly!" Adam agreed with himself.
"And how would you stop them, Adam?" Blake asked, "After you've turned the humans, how would you destroy the zombies? Or would you condemn the remaining Faunus to Menagerie, just so you could finish your petty little grudge? This is the worst answer to the problem you've ever come up with."
Adam thought for a minute and realized she was right. Doing things this way made the zombies the dominant species, not the Faunus.
A bullhead started lifting El Dorado out of the hole. Torchwick was stunned at what he had just heard. Sun and Velvet finally remembered where they had heard Taurus before. "You're the leader of the White Fang! Adam Taurus!" Sun stated in shock.
"How could you not know that?" Jaune asked, "I mean he didn't even change his name."
"To be fair," Sun answered, "I've never been associated with the Fang. I didn't even know about Sienna Kahn until Blake told me about her."
"Me too," Velvet nodded, "Though I did know Blake's parents formed the Fang originally."
"Wait," Weiss interrupted, "I thought you said Adam ran a mercenary group, not the White Fang."
Gordeau nodded, "On paper, he does. Did you not notice all of his soldiers were Faunus? He even hired Tyrian, not because he was the best or cheapest, but because he was a Faunus."
Everyone realized just how much planning Adam put into this plan.
Taurus chuckled, "Yes, and now I have the weapon to do what I always wanted. Bring the Faunus to the head of society. And no human sympathizer is going to stop me!"
The other Faunus in the room cringed. This was probably the fate they all would have had if Adam had succeeded.
Before Adam could kill Sun, a roaring came from the water, startling everyone except Sun and Velvet. "Oh no!" Sun stated, wide-eyed.
"I thought we were done with them!" Velvet yelled.
Everyone was ready to resume panic positions, Summer looking at Tai this time though. Roman also had no plans to knock himself out again.
"What the hell is that?" Torchwick asked.
The zombies burst out of the water and attacked Adam's men. As they were killed, Adam dragged Velvet up the stairs to make his escape.
Torchwick, seeing the monsters for the first time, had questions, "What are those things?"
"It's the Mistralians, Torchwick. They never left!" Sun responded in a panic.
While Adam's men were distracted Sun and Torchwick disarmed their guards.
"If that thing gets off the island, it won't just be humanity that gets destroyed. Adam will accidentally destroy the whole world!" Sun realized.
"See?!" Blake yelled.
"You're right," Adam admitted, "This is a stupid plan. As much as I want to see humanity rot, killing all the Faunus defeats the purpose."
Blake was both glad and shocked that Adam had seen reason.
"You gotta stop him!" Torchwick told him, "I'll cover you from here, now go!"
Sun took off after Adam, blowing the monsters away as he went. At the last second, he jumped and grabbed onto the net that was holding El Dorado.
"Final showdown time!" Mercury stated. He was excited to see how these two would duke it out.
Adam looked out the bullhead's window to see Sun hanging on for dear life. One of his men leaned out to fire at Sun, but Velvet shoved him out and he shot the pilot instead.
"Good job Velvet," Ruby cheered, "Always fight back when you can!"
Roman smirked, "How'd that work out for you, Red?"
"Hey, I got away!" she protested.
He scoffed, "Only after your team showed up. I caught you the first time."
They stuck their tongues out at each other before returning to the screen.
The bullhead was going down but it made it to Adam's boat first. Sun fell off early while the rest crashed across the ship.
Adam was the first to recover, ordering his men to attack Sun, only this time Adam joined them.
After three standoffs with Adam and his men, Sun had trapped Adam by the bullhead's wreckage. Sun got distracted though, when he saw an unconscious Velvet lying in the bullhead.
"Oh, no!" Pyrrha and Yang cried, they started having flashbacks.
Jaune pulled Pyrrha in close, "It's alright. She's going to be fine."
Pyrrha broke down and cried.
Yang pulled Blake as close as she could, giving Sun worried glances. This all looked too similar to the Fall. Adam, unconscious girlfriend, and the hot-headed blonde. She was just hoping he didn't lose a limb too.
"Velvet!" He cried, running over to her. All of a sudden, Adam popped out of nowhere and disarmed Sun. Sun now had no weapon at all and Adam had a very powerful shot gun.
Yang and Blake sighed in relief. It wasn't over, but Adam had lost the element of surprise.
Sun knew he was going to have to time this just right. Rolling from cover to cover, he waited until Adam had to reload.
Seeing his opportunity, Sun rushed in and hit Adam three times in the jaw. This knocked Adam's shotgun away, but Adam recovered quickly.
"I'm not that good," Sun said sheepishly, rubbing his neck.
Yang shook her head, "But you could be! C'mon, spar with me sometime!"
Sun shuddered at the thought.
He headbutted Sun, before kicking him away like a rag doll. Adam lunged for his weapon.
Sun was faster however and landed four hits on Adam this time, knocking him out.
"Yay, Sun!" Ruby cheered.
Weiss nodded, "That was exceptional."
Adam grumbled, "At least it wasn't a motorcycle this time."
Sun wiped his chin, before running over to Velvet. "Velvet! Oh, Gods, Velvet."
He pulled her out of the wreckage as she regained consciousness. "Can you stand?" he asked urgently.
"I'm okay…I'm okay," she mumbled trying to get her head in order. Getting her bearings, she smiled at Sun before noticing something behind him. "Oh Gods, Sun!"
Sun turned around to see Adam regaining consciousness.
Adam smirked, "Looks like I win!"
The usual observant crew, Ren, Winter, Blake, and Emerald noticed something that Adam had missed.
Sun saw something though, and begain to push the bullhead off the boat.
After two shoves it fell, Adam smirked and lined up his shot until something went tight around his ankle.
"Well, shit!" Adam muttered, dropping his smirk.
"Goodbye, asshole!" Sun quipped.
Neo glanced at the Faunus, "Monkey Boy, we really need to work on your taunts."
Sun sighed. He had never been good at those.
The cable that attached El Dorado to the bullhead was wrapped around Adam's ankle. He screamed as the bullhead, the bull, and the bull's plan were all lost to the ocean.
"And there goes the last one," Qrow nodded, "The plans are foiled."
"Yeah," Summer nodded, "But those two still have things to talk about."
Sun and Velvet sighed in relief. It was finally over. Suddenly, another boat approached. It was much smaller, but the two were still on edge.
"Or maybe not," Cinder sing-songed.
The heroes groaned. They really couldn't catch a break, could they?
As the boat drew closer, a familiar hat could be seen. Torchwick was riding out to meet them.
"I live!" Roman cheered, "The trio reunited!"
The three looked at each other and nodded. They obviously hadn't worked together before, but they might make a decent team.
The pair waved to him and sighed again.
"Quite a day!" Velvet stated, as Sun stared into the sunset.
"I'll say," Oscar sighed, "Pirates, Zombies, Cursed Statues, and the White Fang all in one day? Who deals with that?"
Team RWBY shifted uncomfortably in their seats.
"Yeah," Sun quipped, "Yeah, saved the world, triumph over evil, pretty typical."
Velvet laughed, "Really?"
"I mean, for us, yeah," Ruby stammered.
Weiss took a minute to process this before continuing, "What does that say about us? That what most people never think about doing, we do on a daily basis?"
"That we're crazy?" Yang threw out.
"Reckless?" Blake added.
"Stupid?" Jaune suggested.
"We've got bad luck?" Qrow added.
Ozpin shook his head, "It means you're all brave. Not many people have the courage to do it once, let alone every day."
The team let Oz's words sink in. He truly meant it, but that didn't mean they forgave him. Raven couldn't help but feel like that was a jab at her.
Sun sighed, "It's a shame were leaving empty handed, though."
"There was a big pile of treasure in the room with El Dorado, wasn't there?" Winter commented off-handedly.
Sun shook his head, "I think the bigger losses here are Velvet's story, and my ring. Knowing that he died a hero, Wukong's last possession means a lot more."
Unbeknownst to him, Sun had begun absentmindedly fidgeting with something around his neck.
Roman hadn't heard Sun. He had heard Winter's comment and was now wearing a goofy grin.
Velvet moved closer to Sun, "Oh, well you know, I did manage to save one thing." She held out her hand and sitting in it was Sun's ring. "I thought you might miss this."
"She saved it," Sun gasped.
Velvet smiled at him, then noticed his hand, "Sun look at your hand."
Sun looked and saw the same ring in his hand. It was secured on its necklace and hanging from his neck.
"Wha… How?...Huh?" Sun let out confused noises.
Gordeau chuckled, "For you Sun. Sic Parvas Magna. Always keep that in mind."
Sun didn't know what to say. It was so thoughtful of her, "Thanks," was all he could manage as he looked into her eyes.
"Sunny Bunny!" Nora cheered.
Velvet held her ears over her eyes in embarrassment.
They leaned closer to each other, only to be interrupted, "You two got a funny idea of romantic!" Torchwick yelled from his boat.
Roman broke out into laughter, followed by a good portion of the audience.
"Roman," Neo playfully smacked him while laughing, "You're such a cock-block!"
Sun rolled his eyes before finally getting a good look at Torchwick, "Torchwick, wow. You look like hell."
Torchwick shrugged it off, "You should see the other guy!"
Ruby, surprisingly, rolled her eyes, "That old line?"
Roman chuckled, "What else am I supposed to say Red?"
He chuckled before continuing, "Got us a boat."
"Uh," Weiss started, "They have a boat already. And it's much bigger, and probably better supplied."
Roman grinned again, still knowing something no one else did.
Velvet looked around, "Uh, we already have a boat?"
"Yeah," Sun agreed, "Big boat."
"Eh," Torchwick shrugged, "I like this one better." He pulled a tarp off a crate on his boat, revealing it to be full of gold and jewels.
"I knew it!" Roman cheered, "Ice Queen Sr. was right. There was a pile of treasure in that room. And who else was in that room? Only yours truly!"
Velvet gasped and Sun went wide-eyed before commenting, "Torchwick, you beautiful son of a bitch!"
Roman's smile grew, "Now we have saved the world and got rich doing it! Maybe this hero thing isn't so bad after all!" he finished with a playful wink.
Neo nodded.
"Borrowed it off of a couple of pirates who were too dead to care," Torchwick quipped leaning on his cane.
Sun and Velvet hoped onto Torchwick's boat and the three drove off, never to see the island again.
As Sun and Velvet watched the island disappear Sun thought of one other thing, "Sorry you didn't get your story," he apologized.
"Ah, that's alright." She shrugged, "There'll be other stories. You still owe me one."
Sun put his arm around Velvet and pulled her close, "I'm good for it."
But this, was only the beginning of their story.
The lights came up. "Well, that's the end of part one of the Uncharted universe." Gordeau stated.
"Uncharted?" Jaune asked.
"Right," Gordeau sighed, rubbing the back of his neck, "I give the universes names so I can sort them easier."
Jaune nodded. That made a lot of sense.
"Now, we'll be moving on to a few small things before the next universe is ready. Then you can all have a small break to do what you need to do."
Almost everyone wondered what he meant by that. However, Cinder screamed in pain.
AN: And thus ends Uncharted: Wukong's Fortune! Plot line wise, Oz continues to move towards redemption. Sun receives the ring. This will be important later. Basically, if an item in any universe is helping that character learn a lesson they will receive it. Nora geeks out about ships. Also BUMBLEBY! My personal ship since Volume 2 (if you couldn't tell). And now, finally, the last casting reason
Adam Taurus – Atoq Navarro: This betrayal is the sole reason Adam is Navarro. Navarro is a shitty final villain in the game. He spends the whole time playing second fiddle to Roman only to be just a mercenary whose only interest is money. To be honest, I feel like Navarro was as wasted a villain as Adam was in the series. I wanted to give both characters some extra motivation and scenes, so that's my reasoning. I also wanted to give Adam the satisfaction of seeing himself kill the most hated man on Remnant.
Break next chapter. Only serious talks will be between Blake and Yang, and Roman and Neo. All others will be lighthearted filler. During the break, I will drop hints at the next universe.
Wow, just want to state how excited I am to have made it through a full viewing! I never thought I'd ever write anything ever, and now over one hundred and seventy people are following my writing! By no means is this the end but I did want to reiterate that I will be taking a week break from posting to write the reactions to the next universe.
I also wanted to give some huge shout outs to certain people.
The first is to someone who is not involved in this fic at all, but their story was the first to get me interested in Fan Fiction so big shout out to mikotyzini. What Defines Us was the first fan fic I read that got me hooked.
The second is to the main inspiration for me writing this fic Old Wolf Logan. As stated in the description, his reaction fic was the one to get me writing.
Third is to Sorna-Raptor for being the first to review this.
The biggest shout out I can give goes to Zweig for helping me with casting, characterization, and just in general conversations about everything.
And another shout out to Lukenhaft for their amazing Omakes regarding my story.
I also want to address the subject of suggestions. I will always take them, just be aware that with Zweig's help I have a long list planned already, so it might be awhile before I reach your suggestion if I do it at all.
As for the other Uncharted games, Among Thieves, Drake's Deception, A Thief's End, and Lost Legacy are all in my plans.
Thanks again to all the supporters, and I will see you on the twenty-eighth for the next chapter.
