There comes a time in war when the light side is kicked down and suffers defeat at the hand of evil. When hope seems lost, there is always a person to bring hope. Here, that hope is scattered all across Remnant. Blake Belladonna, former White Fang agent is on her way to Menagerie to see her parents and tell them about the attack. Ruby and Yang, along with Team JNPR are pursuing Emerald and Mercury who were last seen in Haven Academy. Ruby, with her new scroll eye can now keep a proper eye on her teammates. Unfortunately, Weiss was still nowhere to be seen.
Dracula, The King of Vampires, was overseeing preparations for new shipments of dust. "This shipment should help the huntsmen and civilians over in Vale. Be careful, pilot." The Atlas pilot nodded as cranes loaded up large boxes filled with different colors of dust into the Bullhead. These bullheads had sturdier metal covering and automated turrets to add extra defense against flying Grimm. Dracula walked away back towards the facility. He entered inside to see a subcategory of Atlestian Knights working on the dust crystals. He walked to an office to see Dr. Polendina on his wheelchair. Pietro Polendina was an older fellow with dark skin and a white beard who sat on a wheelchair with four spider-like legs. He was chubby on nature but that was because of the status of his age. Dracula knocked on the door to which the doctor looked up to see his new boss so he smiled and the door opened.
"Mr. Tepes. It's good to see you." Dracula smiled and sat down and spoke "It's good to see you too, Pietro. How are things?" The doctor pushed up his glasses and handed Dracula a tablet with the statistics of the dust productions as well as the new engineering projects. "Our dust productions are progressing at a steady pace and morale has been boosted up 25%. I've overlooked all the new projects from the engineering team and I must say, these could really help us. Though, I still need you to approve the projects." The King looked over the projects then smiled as he handed back the tablet to the aging scientist. "Tell you what. Have them all approved and funded. You won't need my approval. You're our best engineer to take care of this."
Pietro smiled as he took the tablet then asked "Was there anything else you wish to discuss, sir?" Dracula took a deep breath then revealed "We have her back." Pietro looked up at him with wide eyes "She's here?" Dracula nodded "The Amity Colosseum arrives back in Atlas a couple hours ago. We evaluated it to see Penny was still there." Pietro's eyes filled with tears as he was overjoyed then asked "Can I see her?"
Dracula nodded then stood up as he lead him outside of the facility to see a floating table with a white cloth over, being pushed by two Atlas soldiers. Dracula nodded to which the soldiers pulled away the sheet to reveal Penny's cut up pieces. Pietro grabbed her hands then pressed a button on his glasses which gave him x-ray vision to asses the damage. He sighed of relief as her core was intact.
"Thank the Brothers... Her core was wasn't damaged. We can rebuild her and she won't lose any of her memories. But, she'll remember how she died." Dracula looked at her then spoke "Pyrrha is innocent. We'll explain to her what happened, and who is truly responsible." Pietro nodded then asked "Did James ever tell you about the Embargo? Closing Atlas borders? What is Ironwood thinking?" Dracula shook his head "I don't know, but I think he's got something planned, but can't tell anyone."
In a room illuminated by the shattered, Weiss opened her eyes to see... Her old room? She rubbed her eyes to wipe the grogginess then looked to see it was nighttime. The broken moon shone through to see her desk, her shelf of books along with her lounge couch. She looked to the door then jumped up from her bed to run towards the door when it opened. She expected to see her father or mother but all she got to see was... Her father. "Hello Weiss." Jacques stepped in to which she backed up in fear "J-Jacques!?"
This angered him as he backhanded her in the face which forced her onto the floor. She clutched her cheek in pain as she looked up at her father who sneered and spoke sternly "You will only address me as Father. Not that brute who took everything from me, understood!?" Weiss looked at him "You took me away..." "I saved you, you spoiled brat! You'll learn the difference soon enough." Jacques adjusted his tie and stepped back to which Weiss stood back up and glared at him. He humphed and spoke "Glare at me all you want, Weiss. By the time, I'm through with you, you'll appreciate everything I've done for you. I could've made you sleep like a common peasant, or even with others who I know have been... Restless."
Weiss could only feel discomfort from the way he said restless. Jacques cleared his throat and spoke "In a few weeks, we'll be having a party with some of my partners. You'll be there to sing. If you refuse, you will spend a week in the bunks where the mercenaries can do whatever they want to you, are we clear?" Seeing no way out of this, Weiss simply nodded but it wasn't enough so Jacques put a hand to his ear and leaned forward. Weiss swallowed then gritted her teeth "Yes... Father." Jacques nodded then walked away and opened the door to see Whitley with a smug smile before the door closed and a lock was heard. Weiss couldn't help but collapse onto her knees and start crying. She put her knees to her chest with her arms around and her tears leaked as she begged for her father, Dracula, to find her. "Father... Please save me."
Trevor had seen many monsters in different locations but never these monsters with boney spines and black fur. There wasn't even anything to collect to study or to add as a trophy. He looked around to see his partners finished with killing the Beowolves. Trevor wrapped up his Morningstar whip then clipped it up onto his belt where he asked "That the last of them?" Sypha and Alucard nodded and Sypha, the Speaker capable of magic asked "What are they? They're like werewolves but... I've never seen anything like them." Alucard looked at Trevor and asked "I assume, in your travels or in your family history, you haven't come across these creatures, Trevor?"
The Vampire Hunter shook his head "I've hunted many beasts, but these things are completely different. I don't suppose you being with your father, ever seen him summon these creatures." Alucard spoke "My father has created many things. It's possible, he could've created these monsters."
Trevor sighed as he rubbed his chin "I thought we were finished with Dracula but then, exactly 30 fucking seconds after we wake up, you tell us he's still alive. Now we have to kill him again." Sypha crossed her arms "You Belmonts have fought him for generations, what makes this any different?" Trevor answered "Because every generation were a hundred years apart." Alucard proposed "This could be a hundred years in the future. We don't know where we are, these creatures are foreign to us. We need to see if there's any settlements and find out whatever information there is."
Seeing no other option, Trevor looked at the sun then pointed them towards the north where Alucard and Sypha stayed closely behind while the Son of Dracula had his hand on his sword in case they were attacked again.
A couple hours of quiet walking, the trio managed to find a village. It wasn't like your typical wooden village filled with bums who couldn't do anything but drink and talk about disgusting things. This village was crisp with clean buildings. Thriving civilians. They gazed upon some of the residents that had Faunus traits "Am I the only one seeing this shit?" Trevor asked as they walked across the road. Sypha answered "No... They have... Animal traits. Like it's apart of their biology." Alucard said "Fascinating." They stopped when they came across 6 young people speaking with a man that looked to be in Japanese robes. "He might know what we need to know." Trevor pointed out.
The trio walked up to get a better look at the six to see Ruby, Yang, Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren.
Ren had his hair down which reached the small of his back. His outfit was longer but still retained its features. Nora's hair was a bit longer and she wore a simple tank top with a skirt along with a short jacket and white boots. Jaune's outfit hadn't changed, except for the armor upgrade and his sword being a bit longer due to the shield. Pyrrha had brown boots on with brown stockings. Her corset remained the same but her red cloth was removed, instead, acting as a ponytail for her red hair. She had a hood to try and disguise herself. Ruby had a white long sleeve shirt underneath her black corset with her stockings a little ripped and her black combat boots the same. Yang wore a brown duster with knee high brown boots with white orange stockings. Her robot arms were colored black and yellow and the dragon gauntlets were on top and wore goggles on her forehead.
"Excuse me, but can you help us?" Sypha asked, interrupting the group and Ruby looked at them to reveal her silver eyes. One was brighter than the other and seemed mechanical in nature. She stepped forward and asked "How can we help, miss...?" "I'm Sypha Belnades. These are my friends. Alucard and Trevor Belmont." "Wait, Belmont?" Trevor piqued up from this "You know me?" Ruby and Yang looked at each other then at him and spoke "We've been told about a scholar, a hunter, and a noble Hunter by our friend." Alucard put a hand to his hilt and asked "Who told you about us?" Ruby looked at the three of them and answered "Vlad Tepes."
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