Chapter 46 – Seeing Red
Blake
They could not even use this time to comprehend what had just happened here…
Everyone stood close together, Eryka with Constantine Damascus at the ready at all times, staring into the darkness as Adam and Tyrian sprinted towards them. Adam immediately went for Blake, slashing the long red blade of Wilt and Blush at her, but she deflected his attack and Yang punched him in the head. The impact threw him back into the shadows and he sheathed the blade, vanishing. And as Tyrian jumped towards them, Weiss formed a wind glyph which blew him away from them, and just like Adam, he vanished into the darkness.
But they could still hear their presence as they ran around them. "You're too late…" Tyrian cackled, his voice sounding like it was getting closer.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" Eryka roared back.
"Eryka! Don't get lured in." Winter replied, but Eryka's eyes were wide with fury.
"Your compassion is painfully predictable." He chuckled. "No matter what happens tonight, you have already lost. Standing in the blood of your loved ones… what do you have left? Only memories of those you have failed." He laughed.
He suddenly lunged through the shadows towards Eryka, his eyes glowing purple and his aura around his hand becoming visible in a nightmarish purple hue. But Eryka punched him in the side of the face so hard he tumbled back into the shadows.
"My love… how long I have waited for this day. You have finally scurried back to me." Adam snarled.
"Shut the fuck up!" Yang roared, fists clenched tight and teeth gritted.
Everyone turned and gasped as Adam suddenly sprinted towards them and drew Moonslice, impacting them all and breaking them apart. The darkness gave Adam the chance to pursue quickly. Blake rolled across the ground, reaching out for Yang, only for her to be kicked in the face, pushed away from her. Blake gripped onto Gambol Shroud as tightly as she could, listening to every noise.
"I always knew you'd come back to me…" Adam hissed.
"Not in the way you think, though." Blake promised with a hiss. Adam swung at her from behind, but suddenly the blade of Gambol Shroud clashed against it. She stared back at him and smirked. "I can see you, Adam…" she hissed, seeing the blood red flames that made his form from her perspective. His eye widened in disbelief at hearing her say that, and he snarled with anger. He smashed his head into hers but she vanished, and suddenly Gambol Shroud's ribbon wrapped around his throat and yanked him away, and directly into Yang's face.
The punch smashed him against the wall and he vanished once again. Blake and Yang stood back to back, waiting for him to make the next move. "Damn it… I can't see him." Yang panicked.
"I can. Running like always." Blake said, angering the maniac as he continued to circle them. Suddenly, his red glow lit up the surrounding area and he swung the blade of his sword at Yang's face, only for Yang to smash the sword away and blast him into the air. He fired his shotgun backwards, allowing him to dive towards them and slam the sword between them. He kicked Yang in the back of the head with his hooved foot.
He suddenly lunged towards Blake, pressing the blade of Wilt and Blush against her throat, slamming her against the ground. He grinned sadistically as she struggled, the glowing red light of his sword shining across the side of her face. "I have been dreaming of this day for so long… Salem thought she broke me… but I have not forgotten the promise I made you, my love. I will take away everything that's dear to you!" Adam snarled, but Blake snarled back at him, pushing Gambol Shroud against the red blade, forcing him back.
On the other side, the Schnees and Vasillias stood together as they saw Blake against Adam across the room from them, but could not provide help, as the cackling madman had his eyes on them now. Tyrian continued to circle them, but in the thick shadows of the pitch black room they could not get a good read on where he was. "Where the hell is he?" Weiss stammered with fear, hearing the constant sprinting footsteps looping around them.
Eryka focused, staring into the darkness, trying to adjust her eyes to the shadows to figure out where he was. But before she could, suddenly his long mechanical tail burst through the veil and wrapped around her arm. He yanked her away and tossed her against the wall with significant force. Winter grunted as the same tail suddenly smashed her against her chest and pushed her aside from her younger sister.
Weiss gasped, eyes wide as Tyrian jumped towards her, tackling her against the floor and pinning her down. "WHAT A TREAT! JUST ME AND THE LITTLE ICE QUEEN!" Weiss formed multiple glyphs around her, all of them blasting icicles into Tyrian to get him off her. He jumped backwards, flipping through the air and smashing the icicles apart with his tail. As soon as he landed, he slashed across Weiss' chest, before wrapping his tail around her throat and lifting her off the ground. He turned as Eryka swung her fist at his face, but he leant back with a mad grin, still covered in their blood, and he head-butted her.
He swung around and threw Weiss into Winter with all his might, causing the two Schnees to tumble across the ground. Eryka drew Constantine Damascus, firing three arrows at once towards him, but he cut them down with the Queen's Servants, still dripping with the blood of their loved ones.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?" she screamed with fury, punching Tyrian in the face and tackling him against the floor.
"Heh… you still haven't figured it out yet? YOU'RE STANDING IN WHAT'S LEFT OF THEM!" He guffawed. Eryka's eye twitched. "Your brother? The monkey boy? Every single one of them? There is nothing left for you to take home." He snarled. She screamed with rage and drew Slice 'N Dice, going to stab him through the mouth with the sword. Suddenly, his tail wrapped around her leg and he tossed her aside with ease.
Eryka rolled across the ground as tears streamed from her heartbroken eyes and fired more arrows at him. He smashed them apart before they could even reach him, cackling maniacally as he sprinted towards her. He jumped and thrusted off his tail, which launched him off the ground, and he spun through the air, kicking Eryka in the cheek. She stumbled and slashed up his chest with her short sword, only for him to grab her by the face and smash her against the wall.
She strained as he got closer to her cheek. "Would you like to know which ones begged first?" Tyrian asked.
Winter suddenly lit up the room, forming a massive glowing white Nevermore which soared across the room towards him and launched Fatal Feathers at him. He rolled and cartwheeled across the room, giggling until one of the feathers finally hit him. He grunted and tumbled backwards across the ground, looking at Weiss and Winter as they both shot across the room on their glyphs towards him, and thrusted their blades into his chest. The impact smashed him against the wall.
Weiss, eyes damp with tears over the loss of Neptune once again, raised Myrtenaster and magnetised his arms against the wall whilst Winter formed multiple glyphs and lined her sword with Fire Dust. She blasted hundreds of fireballs at the man, but he just laughed even more, before suddenly creating a powerful pulse of purple aura from his body. He roared as he laughed as well, destroying the glyphs and deflecting the fireballs effortlessly. They even felt their aura flicker for a few moments there.
They never realised he had learned how to weaponise his aura in such a devastating way. Tyrian glared at them with a grin, eyes glowing purple, and he sprinted towards Weiss once again. He backed up, blocking and deflecting his fast and aggressive blows with the Queen's Servants, before he jumped and leaped off her shoulders, hanging off the chandelier with his tail, firing the machine guns down at them as he cackled.
Eryka wiped her tears from her eyes to stop blurring her vision, firing explosive arrows towards him, blowing holes in the building's roof, finally allowing the light of the beam to bleed through. Tyrian jumped, swinging across the chandeliers one by one before he threw himself towards Winter, smashing her into the ground with all his might with both feet. He rolled over her body and just as Weiss went to stab him; he smashed his metal tail across her cheek, then wrapping it around Eryka's throat and throwing her over his head, smashing her against the floor.
Eryka groaned in pain, her blue aura flickering as she tried to get back up, but just as she did, he flipped backwards, kicking her up the chin, smashing her against the blood smothered floor once again.
Whilst Tyrian toyed with the others, Blake pushed back against Adam, until Yang suddenly grabbed him by one of his horns, pulling him away from her girlfriend and punched him in the face so hard he spun through the air. He drove Wilt and Blush into the ground, staring back with a mad grin, eyes glowing red as he continued to channel the power of his sword through his entire body.
He stared at Yang and then at Blake. "You?" He guffawed with laughter. "Oh, I bet you're glad now, aren't you? That the monkey boy is dead… means you think you can have Blake all to yourself." Adam chuckled. Yang narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth. She tightened her fists before speaking.
"You… and Tyrian… are going to pay for what you have taken from her." Yang snarled, not even taking the bait.
"You really are a fool, aren't you? Can't you see how little she views loyalty? She abandoned me… and then the second there was an opening after he was gone, she went and shared a bed with you. A human at that as well… look how far your standards have fallen." Adam scoffed.
"Do you ever shut the fuck up?" Yang yelled, firing Ember Celica at him, but he raised his sword, half drawn, absorbing the damage and containing it in the scabbard. "You stand there and act like you know her… you're nothing more than an abusive, manipulative monster… and I will make sure that nobody will be able to recognise you when I'm finished." Yang snarled.
"Oh, but that's where you're wrong, Yang. I know Blake better than anyone. I know that she's a coward, who runs away from every insignificant problem, and casts people aside when she finds something new to sate her pallet." Adam explained, circling Yang, pointing the sword at Blake as she got back up.
Blake glared at him, seeing his burning red flames forming his aura, and then seeing the golden beauty that was Yang.
She had heard these words from him so many times before… they no longer even made her feel pain.
His words made her feel nothing at all.
She spun Gambol Shroud through her fingers. "You sure you're describing Blake? Or yourself?" Yang asked with a smirk, nodding at Blake.
Adam stared at them both once again, seeing their lack of fear as they stood side by side… the only thing he could take solace in was the pain in their hearts of losing Sun again… and even that was not an achievement he could claim… that was all Tyrian Callows.
He really was exactly what he described.
"You're nothing more than a weak coward. And I'm done running from you." Blake stated.
Adam roared with rage, immediately firing his shotgun at Yang, but she crossed her arms together to block the incoming shot. Blake fired Gambol Shroud at him, but he deflected each incoming bullet and sprinted through the darkness towards them. Yang looked at the opening that Eryka opened with her Explosive Arrow, and she fired more missiles into the domed roof, blowing more and more holes into it.
Chunks of rubble plummeted down from above, crashing against the floor and flooding the darkness with relieving light. The beam from the Relic of Creation continued to shoot up into the shattered moon, slowly reconstructing it and lining it up with where the Sun would soon be. Adam suddenly darted forward, his body trailed by black and red shadows of himself as he dodged the crashing chunks of rubble. He immediately slashed at Yang, cutting down her cybernetic arm.
Sparks flew from the impact, and Yang slid across the floor before firing another shot at him, which he deflected and stabbed at her gut. She smacked the blade aside with a loud metallic bang, but he spun around and kicked her in the face with his hoof, but as he went to shoot her in the side of the face, Blake threw Gambol Shroud's ribbon towards him, wrapping it around his wrist.
She yanked his arm away just in time, firing the shotgun into the floor, and Yang jumped towards him, punching him in the middle of his face. He grunted in pain and fury, staggering backwards, only for Blake to rush towards him. She slashed her sword at him, but he deflected the blow with a loud clang before slashing the sword relentlessly at her. Blake vanished into thin air on the first swing, twirling across the floor and raising the Katana, deflecting his incoming swung, jumping and twisting through the air, slamming her sheath downwards against the top of his head. As she landed and he stumbled, she fired multiple bullets at his chest.
He grunted as some of them hit, but he deflected the last two, glaring back at her with gritted teeth. They both sprinted at one another again, but she slid underneath his feet and he drove the sword into the ground where she just was. Only narrowly missing, he turned, and she wrapped her grappling hook around his throat, pulling him backwards. He yelled in anger as he tried to rip the ribbon loose, only for Yang to get back up and charge towards him, jumping and punching him in the side of the face with all her might, firing Ember Celica at the same time.
The explosive punch sent Adam flying through the wall. The bricks shattered into dust as he slid to the end, then he stared at the two women who ran towards him. He gripped the hilt of his sheathed sword and his hair shone bright red. "Yang!" Blake yelled, pushing her out of the way, only for Adam to Moonslice at her.
Only narrowly missing but the cut carved across the entire room, leaving a deep burning gash across the entire room. Yang got back up and rushed towards Adam, only for him to stamp down on her hand when she punched at him, then grabbed Blake by the throat. "Now we're having fun." He laughed, staring down at Yang, who struggled against his foot, which crushed her metal hand against the floor.
He turned and threw Blake effortlessly off the edge, sending her plummeting off the cliff. "No!" she screamed.
"Now… time to finish what I started." He said with a grin, raising his sword above Yang's back to kill her.
Suddenly Gambol Shroud wrapped around his waist, and his eyes widened, and Blake yanked him off the cliff with her. Now free from Adam's hold, Yang jumped off the edge without hesitation, diving after them. Adam slashed at Blake as they fell together, but Yang grappled onto him from behind, punching him in the side, but Adam reached back and threw Yang over his shoulder and slashed at her as well, leaving a long red arc behind him.
As they both fell, Yang ignored Adam and blasted herself towards Blake, grabbing onto her and firing whilst Blake threw Gambol Shroud into the arch, swinging herself and Yang to the ground at a safer speed.
Adam, on the other hand, drove the crimson blade into the side of the cliff, tearing the face of it open with scorched red stains behind him. His hooves scraped against the rocks before he kicked himself off the cliff face and landed on the flat ground.
They were not down where the rest of the battle was, still above the war beneath on an elevated outcrop, but it was large enough for them to fight Adam. Surrounded by the cliff and the ancient supports holding up that part of the castle.
Blake and Yang held onto each other still, and Yang cupped her cheek. "Are you okay?" Yang asked in a worried voice, which Blake simply answered with a tender kiss.
"I'm okay." She promised, smiling.
They both turned though, seeing Adam staring at them with a feral scowl. Blood seemed to be flooding into his eyes, on one knee and with Wilt and Blush stabbed into the ground. He stared at the rocks, growling more and more savagely. "The hell is he doing?" Yang stammered.
Adam continued to stare, flinching as he remembered how Salem tortured him every single day for his betrayal.
Obsession over the girl…
You will not disobey me again…
You will stop pursuing the girl…
"I… am slave… to no one…" Adam snarled with anger, slowly clenching his hand into a fist.
"It's over, Adam. This does not need to go any further." Blake said, which just made Adam chuckle darkly at her.
"You're right… one way or another… this little game we've been playing ends today." Adam growled as he stood tall, his burnt eye glowing red with his hair and jacket. He suddenly slammed his sword into the ground, spreading cracks through the rock and causing red energy to bleed through.
He glared at them with a deranged smirk, on all fours, like a feral animal.
Blake and Yang prepared for a fight, because Adam was done holding back.
He was going to fight to the death.
The ground suddenly exploded with crimson flames, the shock wave throwing Adam high into the air, red energy constantly trailing from his body. And he immediately launched himself off one of the pillars towards them, burying the sword into the floor where they were standing. Blake and Yang both rolled aside and fired at him.
"What the hell? I thought it was only his sword that absorbed the damage?" Yang gasped.
"His semblance… I think it's evolved…" Blake realised.
"Salem has tormented me for so long! For months! Every day, she tortured me!" Adam roared. "All of that pain… stored inside me… now you shall face the pain you have inflicted upon me, BLAKE BELLADONNA!" Adam bellowed, blowing the floor apart, throwing burning shrapnel towards the couple. Yang crossed her arms together, smashed against the cliff by the rocks, whilst Blake rolled and vanished, using her semblance constantly. She deflected another rock, and as Adam bounced off one of the walls, he swung Wilt and Blush in her direction, blasting powerful arcs of red energy her way, burning through the floor. He swung again, and this arc hit her, causing her purple aura to flicker.
Adam launched himself towards her, stabbing the ground only inches from where she was standing. Blake rolled backwards, raising her Katana with both hands as Adam slammed his down at her so hard and fast that the impact brought her to one knee. She strained as he pushed her towards the ground, before smacking the back of his hand against her cheek. As she fell, he stamped on her back and raised Wilt and Blush over his head to kill her.
Yang blasted towards him and punched him in the back of the head so hard that he tumbled off her, but as he rolled across the floor and Yang rushed him, he grabbed her by the throat and threw her against the floor with all his might. The ground exploded around her, and he slammed the blade towards her, digging it into her cybernetic arm. Sparks flew as it cut into the metal and her lilac eyes widened. He pulled her up and kicked her in the chest with his Taurus Foot.
Yang tumbled across the floor, landing beside Blake.
Adam glared at them with feral gritted teeth.
"He's not going down without a fight." Yang said to her, and Blake held Gambol Shroud tight.
"We can do this… this has to end here and now. Or he will never stop coming after us… he needs to learn that he cannot keep pursuing us." Blake stated, and Yang nodded her head, standing tall and raising her fists.
Adam growled with fury, tightening his grip on Wilt and Blush.
He immediately blasted towards them once again, and they charged towards him as well.
Ren
In the Castle Chambers of Evernight…
Hazel clenched his hands into fists and he sprinted towards Nora and Oscar, swinging his fist at her, but Nora raised her hand, muscles charged by electricity, and the impact of his fist into her palm caused a shock wave. Oscar fired the chains of Thunderous Deception around his throat, yanking Hazel away and allowing Nora to throw Stormur Skeggox into his side. Hazel snarled in anger, ripping the axe from his artificial body and throwing it right back at her. It narrowly missed and lodged itself into the wall, so Nora spun Magni through her fingers.
Hazel reached back and grabbed the chain which wrapped around his throat and yanked Oscar towards him, punching him out of the air. As Oscar landed, he raised his boot to crush Oscar's skull underneath, but Magni suddenly slammed into the side of Hazel's head, throwing him against the wall with dominant force. He growled as he got back up, dazed from the sudden blunt impact, turning to see Nora with her hand held out and the huge glowing pink Battle Axe flew into her palm and she jumped high in the air. She roared with fury, but he raised his hand, catching the axe by the handle, and throwing Nora through the window.
The window exploded, but she dug her axe into the side of the cliff before she could fall off. Ren's eyes widened. "NORA!" He screamed, but just as he went to help his wife, Icarus landed in front of him, Khopeshes in hand, chuckling sinisterly through his mechanical jaw.
"Where do you think you're going?" He asked, mechanical wings splayed outwards, humming with energy. Ren aimed Stormflower at his foe with Li stood beside him, his old Bow already drawn. Li fired without hesitation, but Icarus cut the arrow down and flew towards them. He spun through the air, slashing his curved blades at them both and sliding across the table. Ren jumped and rolled across the table as well, firing his machine pistols at him. Icarus raised one of his metal wings in front of his body, blocking the incoming glowing green bullets with ease.
Li suddenly vaulted over his son's shoulder and sprinted towards Icarus, spinning his staff through his fingers, sliding underneath Icarus' incoming slash. He jumped upwards, punching him up the metal jaw with his cybernetic fist. Icarus grunted, staggering back a few steps and getting smashed across the face by the spin of Li's Staff. Icarus blasted into the air and his wings gleamed as he hovered, before blasting towards the two of them and swinging the Khopesh towards Li's throat. He hooked it underneath his neck and dragged the old warrior across the table, smacking Ren out of the way and throwing him against the wall.
His thrusters roared as he swiftly banked around the throne room, hovering high above them and pulling his grenades from his chest rig, throwing them down towards the Father and Son. They detonated and suddenly launched clustered grenades towards the two of them. "Look out!" Ren yelled, rolling out of the way before throwing Stormflower up at Icarus. He deflected the incoming weapon with his Khopesh, causing it to return to Ren, who effortlessly caught it.
Li jumped and flipped through the air, narrowly avoiding the grenades which shattered the large table they were standing on. Icarus suddenly launched himself towards them and he drove his wings into the ground where Ren was standing, only narrowly missing him. He ripped the wings from the ground, smashing the huge wing across Ren's entire body, throwing him against the wall. As Ren slammed against the wall, suddenly one of the Undying Hatred Khopeshes slammed against his neck, pinning him there.
Li spun his staff through his fingers, pacing back and forth as Icarus stared him down. "Enough of this, Icarus. Leave my son out of this, this conflict you seek is between the two of us." Li stated.
"Oh no, old man… you murdered my father… and you did this to me. Killing you is not enough, not yet… I will take your son from you. I will take your daughter-in-law and your unborn grandchild from you. And only then when you know you failed the only family you have left… will I grant you death." Icarus snarled, Li scowled and pointed his staff at him.
"That… is not going to happen." Li stated.
"I fail to see where you have a choice in the matter." Icarus growled, before he blasted towards him and grabbed Li by the throat, smashing directly into Ren and shattering the entire wall. His Khopesh flew with him and landed in his hand as he carried both Father and Son high into the air.
Nora watched as she climbed back onto the cliff with wide eyes as Icarus flew high above them. "REN!" She screamed, turning to see Oscar being punched and blasted across the room by a lightning dust charged Hazel Rainart.
Up above them, Ren and Li both punched at Icarus as he carried them high above Evernight, and he launched the two of them into the tallest of the spires, which overlooked the entire Sanctum. The two crashed through the window and looked up to see him fly high above and suddenly fire multiple missiles from his thruster pack. They all spiralled towards them and they ducked down, bracing for the impact.
They all detonated upon impact, blowing the very top of the spire apart, throwing burning chunks of rubble down all around the castle, leaving only the floor intact…
… just like when Cinder and Pyrrha fought on Beacon Tower ten years ago.
"Are you okay?" Li asked his son, and Ren exhaled, coughing as the smoke hung in the air.
"Yeah…" Ren agreed, then they all looked up to see him hovering above, Undying Hatred in his grasp.
"Finally, after all these years, I will claim the revenge I have sought for so long. You shall face true horror…" Icarus promised, gripping his khopeshes tightly as he stared at them. "Now… burn." He snarled.
Icarus blasted towards them and spun through the air, slashing at the two of them with Undying Hatred, firing off missiles at the same time. The missiles exploded and threw them both backwards. Ren stumbled and looked up to see Icarus going directly for him, kicking him in the chest towards the edge. Ren balanced as best he could, but Icarus slashed him across the chest with his razor sharp wings, then kicked him in the chest, throwing him off the edge.
The wind blew in his hair and he fired his grappling hook from Stormflower, swinging himself back up, directly into Icarus' back, both feet colliding into his spine. He grunted in pain, staggering forward, and Ren slashed his dual blades across his body, rolling underneath the wing as he swung around.
Li drew his bow back, firing an arrow at him, aiming for the Protein Cannister in the jaw, but Icarus ducked, narrowly missing it. He snarled in anger and launched one of the Khopeshes towards the Old Warrior. He rolled out of the way and the Gravity Dust link called the weapon right back into his hand. Icarus shot high into the air, and came crashing back down, the shock wave knocking them both across the floor.
Ren fired his pistols at Icarus but he crossed his wings together, before thrusting outwards, throwing grenades in the process as well, before flying into the air, banking around the tower, before soaring directly at Ren, grabbing him by the collar and smashing him against the ground.
Li smashed Icarus across the face with his staff, knocking him back a few steps. Icarus snarled viciously as he stared them down, but the pair stood side by side, ready for whatever Icarus could throw at them.
Back in the Throne Room…
Hazel jumped in the air with his electrified fists held above his head, roaring with rage, his voice amplified by the energy that flowed through his veins from the crystals rammed into his shoulders. He slammed his fists down, creating a massive explosion of lightning, shattering the windows all around them, and Oscar slammed the Long Memory against the ground, forming a magical barrier to protect himself from the attack.
"Beware, Oscar… Hazel Rainart will not hold back. He knows what we are, and he has all the elements of Dust at his disposal." Ozpin warned. "Should you ever need me to take over, just say the word."
"Got it." Oscar agreed, staring back at Hazel, who stood tall.
"You created me, Ozpin… made me a monster to suit your needs. A monster that could wield the Relic of Destruction… but you were wrong… even I could not hold the weapon and survive. I am nothing but a failure of your making… at least the only true victory I may find in this cruel life you birthed me into… is by destroying you." Hazel snarled, lightning coursing through his veins and muscle.
"Salem is going to get everyone killed! The entire world will suffer if she kills the Gods, Hazel! I know you hate Ozpin for how he made you… and you're right to. But how does serving Salem and helping her slaughter so many make things right?" Oscar questioned.
"It doesn't… but Salem was the only one who gave me purpose. A reason to exist beyond the failure that I am. That alone is reason enough for me." Hazel snarled.
"I'm sorry… but I cannot let Salem do what she is going to do." Oscar replied.
"You are alone… even Ozpin controlling you will not be enough to stop me." Hazel growled, fists clenched.
"Who said anything about being alone?" Oscar asked, smirking.
Hazel raised a brow.
"EYES ON ME, UGLY!" Nora yelled, charging Stormur Skeggox up and firing a powerful beam of pink energy at him. Hazel forced his shoulder into the beam, roaring in pain as it burned his coat away, leaving him shirtless in no time. Revealing all the scars and sewing marks from when Ozpin created him with dark magic.
Just as Salem did with him.
Nora ceased firing the beam and immediately took that moment to attack, blasting towards him and swinging the axe into his chest. The axe landed where the heart was, but it did not even make him flinch. He snarled with anger, grabbing onto the axe and ripping it from his chest, throwing her across the room. She rolled across the ground and Hazel swiftly grabbed onto the sizeable chunk of the table on the ground and thew it towards her. Nora swiftly transformed her axe into Grenade Launcher form, blowing it to smithereens first.
He jumped towards her with a berserk roar, smashing the ground where she was standing to pieces, but as she landed she threw the axe forward, making it spin around her thanks to the Gravity Dust connection her gauntlets had connected to the axe. It slashed across his chest, then she caught it and threw it into his shoulder. The impact was so hard it threw him across the room and against the wall.
Hazel reached into his pockets and pulled out Fire Dust Crystals, jamming them into his shoulders. His eyes ignited and his skin burned, charring over as he stood tall. He grabbed onto the chunks of rubble from the destroyed table and pressed his burning hands against them, turning them into magma and throwing the lava towards Nora.
She gasped and rolled aside, then her eyes widened as Hazel jumped into the air, forming a huge spear of fiery lightning in his hand and slamming it into the ground. The explosion launched Nora across the room and past Oscar. He gasped and turned to see Hazel grappling at him, only to miss as he rolled aside. Oscar smashed the head of Thunderous Deception into Hazel's back before wrapping the chain around the chandelier above and swinging through the air. He swung his fists, blasting fire and bolts of lightning at him, blowing holes into the ceiling.
Chunks of ceiling came crashing down into the Throne Room, filling the Royal Chamber with dust. Oscar landed and looked around for Hazel, when he suddenly burst through the cloud of dust, punching him in the chest and through the double doors that he locked. The wooden doors shattered like glass, throwing splinters into the marble hallway.
Oscar tumbled across the floor and spun the Long Memory through his fingers and charged towards him, thrusting forward and smashing the cane across the side of Hazel's face, sliding across the floor and extending Thunderous Deception, slamming the hammer down the top of his head. Hazel grunted, falling flat on the floor from the sudden impact.
He turned and punched the ground, ripping a chunk of smooth marble out of the floor and hurling it Oscar's way. He rolled aside, but he then slammed his fists into the ground, erupting fire and lightning from beneath Oscar's feet. The explosion threw him against one of the statues. And he rolled aside.
Hazel sprinted at him but Magni flew down the hallway, smashing against Hazel's shoulder, causing him to stagger and turn around to see Nora blasting herself towards him. She transformed her Grenade Launcher into Axe Form, burying it into Hazel's chest. She then blasted a grenade through the head of the axe and into his chest. The explosion threw Nora off him, flipping backwards. She landed on the side of one of the statues and fired another grenade down at him.
The explosion threw him against one of the statues, sending cracks up the side of it. Hazel panted, staring at Nora with gritted teeth.
"Fine, then…" He reached into his pockets and pulled out a crystal for all remaining elements, and to their horror, he jammed all of them into his body all at once. He threw his arms back and bellowed at the sky with primal fury. His roars echoed down the hall, and he stared at them with glowing gold eyes.
Nora landed beside Oscar and she spun her axe through her fingers. "He's not going down without a fight." Nora stated.
"No… he isn't… Oz, we're gonna need your help." Oscar conceded.
He closed his eyes, and his body convulsed.
His eyes slowly opened, revealing the golden glow, and Ozpin smirked. Hazel gritted his teeth in fury when he realised, charged up on every single element of dust that existed.
"OZPIIIIIIIIN!"
Author Note - Some very fun fights in here!
Loved writing Bumblebee Vs Adam, love the new evolution of Moonslice, where it is like Yang's Semblance, but more powerful, but as you can see it uses all the power at once. A pretty terrifying display of power, and it even makes him go blind... and see red. (hehe get it? XD) And Tyrian is always fun, his insanely aggressive fighting style is so much fun and just him being deranged is great fun. But that bastard... he actually went and did it.
And on the other side, Ren and Li Vs Icarus was awesome, always enjoyed Icarus' fighting style. Always took a bit of inspiration from the Valkyries from God of War with how he fights and it's great to do that again. And Hazel is awesome to write with how he uses the Dust in fighting. Makes for a very creative fight.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Please review, follow and favourite!
Stay tuned for the next chapter!
- Matt