Hey peps! Here I am with a brand new chapter for you guys to read and enjoy. Also, I have to mention that Geo's Semblance is only in it's early phase, he hasn't unlocked it's full potential yet. That's all, I hope you guys will enjoy this chapter, bye.

A Shattered Life

Chapter 10: Awakening

The battle was finally over and the soldiers of Gwain had won the day but at a terrible cost to say the least. Although the victory was sweet that didn't change the number of deaths or the number of people still struggling to hold onto life. General Avala wasn't aware of much, only that the unbearable sound of explosions and cling of weapons had stopped for good. She couldn't feel her legs; whether from injury or numbness, she didn't know. "We have shown these bastards to not mess with us." She said with a serious expression, while her blade was dripping blood on the floor. "But at what cost." The entire battlefield was full with lifeless bodies scattered all over the place, not to mention the large amount of blood that painted the ground red.

There was a groan to her left, she was able to turn her head just enough for the eerily motionless body to enter her field of vision. Faced-down, a battered soldier laid dying, blue uniform soaked with blood and gore, his face was smudged and strew with deep cuts, and his eyes were closed. "G-General." The soldier muttered, his voice cracking in his throat. His own faded blue attire catching on the dirt as he attempted to shift. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to, and so he bit down his lips hard enough to send a shot of pain throughout his entire body. "I...I...I-I'm going to die aren't I?"

Avala rose from her seat, she returned her sword back to its holster and approached the wounded soldier. She kneeled down and placed a warm blanket over him. "Medical officer Sunny, did her best to fix you but there's nothing more she can do." Avala said. "I'm sorry, I know these next words won't make you feel any better but I can assure you that your family will be well taken care of." The man looked directly into her eyes and tried to say something but nothing came out, he coughed a little, and blood fleck his lips. A few moments later he died and Avala closed his eyes. "Rest in peace soldier." She covered his head with the blanket.

After doing that a Corporal walked to her and it seemed he was busy writing something on a piece of paper, probably the number of casualties that both sides had suffered. When he reached her position, he saluted. "Hello General, I have completed the report you asked me to do." The soldier handed her the paper. "We have lost many good people today, some of them were my friends but at least we avenged their deaths." Pure hatred for the White Fang was burning inside his heart. "I think this only shows that we can't trust these filthy Faunus, we should tell our Lord to kick them out of our town and let them survive on their own."

"Are you stupid or what?" Avala felt disgusted by what the Corporal said. "Many of your brothers and sisters in arms are Faunus and they have the same right as you do to live in Gwain. Not all of them are terrorists and we aren't going to start treating them like that." She replied with a stern tone. "Now, go to the armory with a handful of soldiers and make sure that none of them got past us." General Avala ordered.

With a nod the Corporal left to gather a few men to head towards the armory. At that precise moment, Ruby reached the base's entrance and saw the horror, dismembered bodies scattered everywhere. "Oh god!" She couldn't believe what she was seeing. "I...I-I have to find him." Ruby closed her silver eyes for a second to relax before opening them again. But when she was about to take a step forward Avala stood in front of her with a cold expression like always. Ruby looked at the General and noticed several injuries. "Are you alright? You are hurt, you should let Sunny take care of you."

"There's no need, I'm fine." She nodded sideways. "This place is not for a child, you must leave and wait at the castle, besides it's to dangerous for someone important like you to be walking around in the streets without any type of protection." Avala said.

"What do you mean? I can take care of myself." Asked Ruby intrigued.

"Perhaps, but now that you are dating young Lord Geo, you have become a high value target for our enemies and they will do everything in their power to capture you or kill you if they have the chance." She answered. "You my Lady are the future wife of Geo, if you two decide to get married one day, you and him will rule this land together as King and Queen so to speak, after Lord Aiden dies." Avala said. Ruby wasn't expecting to hear that, she knew nothing about ruling a town and its citizens, she had zero experience with this type of stuff, so it made her feel quite nervous. "Well, now that you know this, you have two choices. One, you pack your belongings and leave Gwain and never come back. Second, if you truly love Geo you will stay here with him and rule this town together. So which do you prefer?" She waited for the girl's answer.

"To be honest, I have no clue about how someone should rule, as I have no experience leading people or giving them orders. And yes, I'm also scared the people of this settlement won't like me because I'm not one of those noble girls from Atlas or Vale." Ruby then placed her hand on her chest and smiled warmly towards the General. "But, I do love Geo with all of my heart, and I know that as long I'm with him, we both can surpass whatever this cold world throws at us. So no I won't run away, because for the first time in my life, I'm really happy and I will do my best to support my boyfriend." Her soul burned with determination and happiness, leaving Avala surprised.

"Hahaha!" Avala laughed, making Ruby feel a bit confused. "You are interesting I'll give you that much little runt, I didn't expected such an answer from you, so you gained a small portion of respect." She patted her on the back. "I was just trying to scare you a bit to see your reaction, but what I said was true. Leading this town won't be a easy task even with Geo at your side, so if you want I can teach you some of our traditions and laws so you can get better acquainted with our customs."

"That would be great!" Replied Ruby. "Speaking of which, where's Geo?"

"He's right..." Avala looked at her surroundings, but she wasn't able to find him. "Sunny! Have you seen Lord Geo around? I can't find him anywhere."

"I haven't seen him too."

With that reply, both Ruby and medical officer Sunny exchanged looks and they seemed somewhat worried. Suddenly, an explosion happened in the distance, gaining everyone immediate attention. Ruby saw black smoke coming from the town's center, she squeezed her skirt as her heartbeat stared to increase it's speed. "...Geo." She whispered.

Meanwhile...

A large blue blast knocked Geo and Yang to the ground, their bodies were filled with scars and bruises but they weren't going to give up just yet. "Hahaha! Get up you two, I still want to have more fun." Osana immediately dashed forward, keeping her guard up as she closed the distance in a flash. "Crimson Wave!" With a simple swing, a blast of darkish red light came out and it made it's way towards Geo and Yang. Luckily, they dodged it just in time. "You two are no match for me but I will take time killing you both, very slowly and painfully as possible." A creepy smile spread across her lips.

Osana's hair was red, short and braided to reveal her full face which was quite creepy, specially when she smiled. Heavy green eyes, set buried within their sockets, watching every move her opponents made. An old tattoo resembling a tear is prominently featured just below her left eye, leaving a gruesome memory of her fortunate survival. "I'll start this slaughter with you blondie." She aimed one of her swords at Yang. "Prepare to die."

As the White Fang member lunged, the young girl shifted to the side, her skill gliding her across the ground. Yang fired multiple rounds against Osana, but she blocked everything thrown at her with ease. "Take this!" She launched a burning fist towards her opponent, Osana already knew that Yang was going to do that, so she moved to the side. One of her blades suddenly started glowing and cackling with electricity, she then made a swing towards Yang, fortunately she was able to block it, but the force of the impact was enough to throw her against a wagon full with fresh vegetables. "C-Crap!" She coughed blood.

"Hahaha!" Osana laughed like crazy as she rushed at Yang's position. "I'm the third strongest in the White Fang, none of you pathetic humans can beat me." She leaped into the air and made a downward strike, but before it could reach the blonde warrior, a pair of black boots slammed into the woman's face, sending her rolling across the battlefield. "Now that was disappointing, I was expecting something better and more powerful from you my dear Prince." She rose up and cleaned the dust from her outfit.

Geo had his left eye closed because of the amount of blood that was on it, but he still could see from his other eye. "Have you no heart?! Look at how many you have killed, these people had nothing to do with our fight!" Geo was filled with anger. "Stop this madness and surrender!"

Osana paid no attention to Geo's words, she was more focused on a little girl that was crying over her mother's corpse. She walked to the child and kicked her in the face, then she placed her boot on top of her head and began applying pressure. "There's no need for tears my child, you will soon join her in hell."

"Let her go!" Geo tried to move but he fell down to his knees as he didn't have much energy left to continue fighting. "That girl didn't do anything to you, let her go dammit!" He shouted. "Kill me instead!"

"Hahaha! Look, your Prince is willing to die for his people how sweet." Smiled Osana. "Don't you worry, after I'm done with her, you will be next I promise."

"Why?! Why are you doing this?"

"Why not? No one can stop me, I can do whatever I want, I can kill whoever I want and there's no one in this town who will stop me." She replied. "I didn't join the White Fang for their cause, they can go fuck themselves see if I care, the only thing I want is to kill, it doesn't matter who or what. I just want a victim to dismember."

"You maniac, you want to kill everyone here don't you? Faunus, humans, everyone's hopes and everyone's dreams."

"Well, I doubt I can kill an entire town but it's a good challenge if you ask me, I'll give it a try." Said Osana. "I heard you had a girlfriend, maybe I will play with her a little if you catch my meaning." She licked the blood on her sword. "Hmm, so delicious."

Geo felt something burning deep in his soul, it was a feeling he couldn't describe. If she gets past me, she will destroy them all, everyone's hopes, everyone's dreams...my Ruby. I-I won't let her do whatever she wants! A faint purple light began to surround Geo's body, then sparks erupted from his figure.

"Oh, this is interesting." Osana looked at the boy.

Lord Geo rose up with both of his closed. "Right now, I can feel everyone's hearts beating as one, and we have one goal, to defeat you!" Geo opened his right eye, his sclera was black while his iris was glowing purple. "I made a promise to my girlfriend which I intend to keep, so for her sake and for the sake of my people. I, Geo Casterwill, will bring you down!"

"Finally! A worthy opponent, you better not disappoint." When she blinked, Geo was already in front of her, making her jump backwards. "What the hell?!"

"You will pay for your crimes, I swear it!"