Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 1100- word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Vale, Heroes, and Monsters.)
Skyler turned and decapitated the last of the AK-130s before Merlot's Android kicked him to the ground.
Skyler looked at Yang who was busy punching a White Fang soldier to the side as Adam rushed her. Skyler turned to back at the android.
"I told you, even if the invasion fails, Vale won't recover from this for months…. If not years." Skyler heard from Merlot before he turned to see Yang take a slash from Adam and skid backward. He couldn't ask his soldiers to help Yang, they were busy dealing with White Fang soldiers or the Grimm reinforcements.
Yang fired at Adam as she rushed him, he blocked the bullets before stabbing at Yang who flipped into the air and punched him back with her cybernetic arm. Adam slammed into his Bullhead and the wing was dented from the force.
Yang cracked her knuckles and rushed at him with her Semblance, Adam turned to block bullets from the Atlesian Soldiers when Yang swung at him as hard as she could.
Adam turned and slashed at her at the same time she punched him, Adam's Aura shimmered and drained to nothing.
Yang crashed to the ground when Wilt struck her in the small of her back, she tried to get up before one of the Mutant Beowolves grabbed her.
"YANG!" Skyler yelled as he went to rush towards her before Merlot had the android's foot slam down on Skyler's chest.
"Time to die, Captain." Merlot said as Skyler looked at Yang who was knocked down by one of the Mutant Beowolves as Adam prepared to execute Yang, Wilt glowed a familiar red.
Merlot twirled the glaive and went to bring it down as Skyler looked at Yang who elbowed and kicked at the Beowolf and Adam. Skyler looked at her in horror as the Beowolf punched her to the ground and clawed at her.
Skyler roared in anger as he grabbed Lazuli Centurion and fired it at the android, knocking it back as Skyler parried its swing and struck. He slashed its arm off at the waist, shattering it to junk before plunging his blade into the robot.
It sparked and crashed to the ground as Skyler tore the blade from its remains and rushed Adam, Adam turned to face him as he slashed at him with his Semblance. Skyler tossed his sword to his other hand and slashed.
Adam's Aura shattered as Skyler landed, he grinned and then realized he couldn't feel his arm, energy breezed around them from Moonslice. Skyler crashed to the ground as Adam growled and advanced on the wounded Atlesian Captain.
"SKYLER!" Yang roared as she punched the ground, her hair burned bright, and her eyes turned crimson.
She decked the Beowolf back and rushed at Adam, she clenched her fist. She didn't hear the sound of the barrel extending, she just wanted to destroy Adam before he hurt Skyler.
She threw everything she had into the punch at Adam, a grenade fired from the barrel as Adam turned only to see the fist knock him back before the explosive slammed into his face and split open.
He went flying and flipping into the Bullhead, tearing the wing off and flipping it over. Yang didn't care if he was dead or just knocked out at the moment. She looked at Skyler as the two Beowolves roared at her. A pair of Bullheads flew overhead.
Yang prepared to fight them both before the sounds of missiles being fired were heard and the Bullheads burst into flames and crashed into the ground. Winter dropped out of one of the Mantas before stabbing the Beowolf to the ground. The other Beowolf was killed by a pair of missiles from one of the Mantas.
"SKY!" Yang yelled as she cradled Skyler who was lying unconscious, Winter walked over as one of the cruisers fired on the highjacked cruiser which was sent falling back to Vale.
"Sky, look at me, please…" Yang said with tears pooling in her eyes, there was still fighting going on and Winter rushed over.
"He'll be ok. We need a medic!" Winter yelled as 2 of the Atlesian Soldiers rushed over, more Atlesian troops were arriving.
Winter pulled up her scroll as the soldiers began looking over Skyler.
"General Ironwood, most of the enemy troops are being held back. We're establishing a landing zone for civilians, and we've established lines here. Merlot has moved most of his soldiers to the mountains." Winter stated, she looked at Skyler and then bit her lip.
"Captain Azur was wounded in combat; I'm sending him to one of the cruisers for evacuation…" Winter said before she turned to Yang and put a hand on the crying brawler.
"Yang, he'll be ok, we're taking him back to Atlas…." Winter said Yang said nothing and Winter turned to the Atlesian soldiers who were guarding the area while others were loading up Air Buses.
"Get a Manta and get him and Ms. Xiao Long aboard, we protect civilians first. We aren't chasing them down." Winter ordered, the soldiers nodded and went to carry out her orders.
Winter turned to look at Yang, she could try and reassure Yang Skyler would be fine. She had to take command of the Atlesian troops, Ironwood wasn't around to take command of the situation as he was still in the city.
A Manta set down and 2 of the soldiers loaded Skyler onto a stretcher and one motioned for Yang to get aboard. Yang did but continued to shake, Winter sighed as the Manta lifted off.
That was when the mountain exploded, and a massive Dragon like Grimm launched out of it. Winter looked at it in horror as massive nets encircled the Grimm from Merlot's airships.
The sound of the Dragon roaring chilled her to the bone. The Manta rushed back to the Blizzard and the remaining Atlesian Airships struggled to figure out how to deal with the dragon and escort the Air Buses.
Merlot didn't want to just destroy Vale; he wanted the Dragon Grimm…
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! Yes, I know the chapter is shorter, I didn't want this chapter to be massively long. I also want to point out this ends the third arc and starts arc 4 and season 4. The next chapter will be next Saturday and will show the aftermath of the battle of Vale. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!