Ruby and Oobleck were engaging one of the stolen Paladins, Doc Oobleck doges a few swipes from the Paladin, running up it he fires a round into the engine setting it on fire before jumping off the back. Ruby twirled Crescent Rose lining up the shot she and Oobleck fired simultaneously at the Paladins feet, Knocking it off the train.
"Ruby! you go on ahead!" Oobleck ordered
"But-" Ruby was about to say
Oobleck has a serious expression on his face, interrupted her and said "Don't worry, Ruby. It's time... I teach them a lesson..."
The doctor then went to take on two oncoming Paladins. Before leaving, Ruby noticed the saddened Corgi looking up at her. She smiles with a small "Go" she motions for him to join him
With that Zwei barked happily before running off to fight alongside the doctor. Ruby the hurried to the front of the train. The members of Team RWBY including a now awake Weiss, Alex still morphed into Blue Overdrive Ranger and Koan who is still seeing to Yang. Ruby's face shifted into one of worry upon seeing the large reinforced wall at the end of the track that the train was on a collision course for.
"What do we do?" Blake asked
Ruby and Weiss smiled at each other the latter forming an Ice shield to protect the others, before the train crashed into the wall.
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Blue overdrive ranger groaned slowly waking up, pushing himself out of some rubble behind Weiss his head was spinning his vision blurred, shaking his head he looked over to find the others giving a gesture showing they were alright. They were in the city; emergency alarms were blaring all around them a crowd of people had gathered watching the situation unfold.
He turned towards Ruby who had just started recovering he knelt down and gently shook her "Come on Rubes you gotta wake up" she looked up at him for a moment blinking a few times showing she was ok.
Then they felt it low rumbles coming from bellow. Suddenly a massive King Tiajitu emerged from the hole, as multiple Grimm began pouring into Vale. The people began to scream attempting to flee the chaos. The sound of screams and roars filled the air as all they could do was watch in horror.
Ruby's expression changed from shock to anger and determination. They rose to their feet ready for one final stand.
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"THOSE INCOMPETENT FOOLS!" Red roared in anger slamming his fist against the stone archway, he walked towards the landing dock taking human form wearing a spiked leather jacket red shirt grey cargo pants and black combat boots. He could see the smoke billow and rise from Vale; the plan wasn't supposed to take place for another few days. A bullhead containing team JNPR took off heading towards Vale.
Footsteps came from behind him his fist tightened as Emerald Mercury and Cinder approached behind him
"You don't think..." Emerald began
"Sure, looks like it" Mercury confirmed
"That's still days away!" Emerald said looking over to Cinder
"So? what do we do?" Mercury asked, Cinder's eyes narrowed in thought her vision drifted over to their partner who fished a pistol of some kind from the pocket of his jacket it was cobalt grey with black linings and a large dish on the front barrel with a red lens he stared down at it for a moment before turning towards them.
"I'm going to attempt to salvage what's left of the plan" Red said before turning to leave, he stopped for a moment turning back towards them "I would strongly suggest you avoid the city... let's just say things are about to get messy" With that he disappeared and a red beam that darted of towards the city.
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RWBY, Alex and Koan were surrounded in the pavilion by an army of Beowolves, Ursai and the massive King Tiajitu, The King Tiajitu unleashed a monstrous roar ordering the others to planted Crescent Rose into the ground, she leapt up running on the Grimm simultaneously kicking them away, Yang propelled herself upwards bombarding the charging Grimm from above before she was intercepted by a flock of giant nevermore sending her crashing to the ground. Blake slashed a Beowolf with Gambol shrouds sheath before stabbing it through the bottom of its jaw, she spun around firing at the approaching Grimm. Weiss slashed three Beowolves, before summoning a giant glyph conjuring a massive Ice sword and decimating the Grimm in front of her.
Crabdozer smashed through a line of oncoming Ursai slamming their bodies into the pavement, three beowolves leapt onto his back attempting to bite through his hide, a crimson flash surrounded him the Beowolves falling to the street below shaking their heads they looked around in confusion. unaware of Terroranchula on the wall behind them, creating force field webbing he pinned the Grimm to the ground, leaping high into the air disappearing into the light of the sun "Death from above!" he cried before body slamming a trapped Ursa.
Blue overdrive ranger rolled under a swipe from a Beowolf slashing it across the chest with his drive defender. "Drive vortex!" a blast of wind shot forward throwing the Beowolf back into oncoming Grimm. He back flipped when an Ursa attempted to grab him from behind landing un it's back it began to thrash about attempting to throw him off. switching his drive defender from sword to blaster mode he fired it the back of the Ursa head, as it fell forward his thrust his drive vortex behind him propelling him forward switching to sword mode he delivered multiple airborne slashes to a pack of oncoming Beowolves.
Yang, sends several cars flying towards the Grimm. As ruby finishes slashing at a Grimm, she notices the King Tiajitu ready for an attack. An explosion in the distance gains it's attention, Nora flies through the air on Magnhild towards The King Tiajitu "Nora Smash!" she yelled slamming the hammer down on its head killing it.
After Nora lands Jaun, Ren and finally Pyrrha followed "Let's move" Pyrrha said as she Nora and Ren leapt into battle, leaving jaun behind he still hadn't picked up that trick. He groaned and marched into the fray
"Ok, who's first" Jaun taunted, then something big landed behind him casting a large shadow over him. Jaun turns around to find a large Ursa standing over him. It roars down at him angrily.
"Oh-oh-okay, your first, huh? Okay, no that's fine" Jaun said nervously
Pyrrha dealt slashes and blows on multiple Grimm that surrounded her. Dispatching them with ease she looked over to Jaun spotting him being approached by an Ursa. She looked on in worry.
"Totally fine, done this before, done this before... " Jaun said and then sighed... with a might cry he slashed the Ursa several times, it stood there for a moment before it falls. Pyrrha smiles noticing his improvement.
Suddenly from above a fleet from Atlesian military, arrived consisting of multiple drop ships deploying the Atlesian knight-200 units and General Ironwoods flag ship.
As Ruby stared up into the sky an Ursa took the chance to attack her from behind. However, it was instantly gunned down by one of the bullheads machine gun. As the robotic knights deploy they are gunning down the Grimm. Two knights are stomped on by a Boarbatusk, but a separate group of three fire on an Ursa, and another falls from a knight's punch.
Out of the Opening comes a damaged paladin, Suddenly Zwei leaps off the top headbutting a Beowolf. A shadow looms over him, the corgi looks up to find a bullhead arriving dropping Team CFVY and Professor port into the fray. As Yatsuhashi Daichi was surrounded by a pack of Grimm, he swings his great sword onto the ground, creating a massive shock wave. Velvet Scarlatina and Fox Alistair Kicked and punched the Grimm, Fox unleashes a combo of slashes and that obliterate a spiked Ursa, impaling the surrounding Grimm.
Coco Adel, walking up to him gave Fox a light pat on the butt "Nice hustle, Fox good job." she said in a teasing tone
Coco approached a large Beowolf
"You just destroyed my favorite clothing store. Prepare to die "Coco said to the monster before her.
Coco swatted its right hand away as it came in for a strike, before kicking it in the crotch. As it falls to the ground it looks at her, she leans down and slams her bag down on its head caving its skull in. She effortlessly swats away oncoming Grimm, leaping back out the way of a death stalkers stinger Velvet steps forward about to open her box when Coco stops her.
"Hey, come on, you spent all semester building that up" she said, stepping forward herself "Don't waist it here"
Coco then transformed her handbag into a giant minigun, and begins firing, slaughtering the oncoming Grimm and turning a Death stalker into mincemeat and shooting three Nevermore's out of the sky. Their body's crashing into the building behind them.
Suddenly a red beam fired across the sky impacting an Atlas bullhead severing one of the jet engines the craft began twirling through the air as it came crashing down into the battlefield below
"Move!" Blue overdrive ranger cried as he and the others dove for cover, the bullhead slammed into the street crushing Grimm underneath its hull, the tail broke away crashing through a store front window while the body slid down the main street and crashing into a building the ruble collapsing on top of it.
"What the hell was that?!" Yang said looking over to the downed bullhead she and the other got to their feet dusting themselves off "Is anyone hurt?" Ruby asked dusting off her skirt.
"I'm fine" Weiss said
"Same here "Yang said
"I'm ok" Blake said
"We're good" Alex said indicating to himself and Koan who nodded in response
"Same here" came Coco's response followed by a grunt or nod from her team mates
"Yeah we're ok" Jaun said
"No boo, boo's over here!" Nora said
"Guy's the pilots!" Ruby said looking over to the downed bullhead Grimm were already swarming it. Ruby zipped over Crescent Rose drawn instantly cutting down a group of Beowolves clawing at the entrance. Yang slammed her fist down on an Ursa's head that attempted to charge Ruby from behind.
After dispatching various Grimm, they moved towards the entrance. The bullhead door opened with a loud screech of metal a single pilot exited his face emotionless as he stepped forward "h-Hel-ugh!" A sword pierced through his chest, the solder fell to his knees slumping forward the others took a step back in shock
"Now that was fun" Psycho red said as he ripped the blade out the pilots back. Blue overdrive ranger fired at Psycho red, his hand shot up absorbing the blast and firing it back at them. The resulting explosion through the others off their feet. "Ah, ah, ah" He chided "We can't have any of that" He looked over to team RWBY who had begun picking themselves up " You four have been nothing but a thorn in my side and it's time I remove it"
Psycho red darted forward shoulder checking Yang forcing the air out of her lungs, parrying a slash from gambol shroud before throwing Blake into Weiss. Coco rushed him swinging her handbag at Psycho Red, He caught her wrist delivering a hard punch to her stomach Coco fell to her knees hacking up blood the punch had taken a massive chunk of her aura away what remained focused on healing her. Psycho red kicked the downed huntress into her Faunus teammate.
"Is that the best you can do?" He said mockingly twirling his Psycho sword.
"Red!" Blue overdrive ranger cried in anger slashing Psycho red across the chest, before kicking him in the stomach the Psycho ranger stumbled back, receiving a point blank shot from the drive vortex slamming him into a wrecked car a few meters away. Pulling himself from the twisted metal Red glared at Blue overdrive ranger "Psycho gale!" Red cried thrusting his arm out gale force winds shot forward throwing Blue overdrive ranger through a store front window.
"Hey!" Ruby cried, slashing Psycho red across the chest she spun Crescent Rose the barrel pointing at his head reds hand lashed out forcing the barrel up with his psycho sword causing Ruby to miss her desired target. Red's free hand lashed out grabbing Ruby by the throat hoisting her into the air he threw her directly at yang the two siblings collided both skidding across the floor landing in a heap.
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Cinder, Emerald and Mercury stood watching the fight from a distance
"He really doesn't play around huh?" Emerald said wincing slightly as Red punched Jaun into Pyrrha
"Nope" Mercury said as Psycho Red round housed Coco and slashed Velvet across the chest.
"Stay focused" Cinder scolded as the three made their way to the meet up with roman where he would be 'Captured' despite the fact said event wasn't supposed to happen for a few more days.
Even so all might not be lost the plan could be altered to fit this outcome and Reds distraction had drawn many of the Grimm and the Atlesian forces towards the battle he now waged against the hunters making things infinitely easier.
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Red stalked towards the few who remained standing cackling "Time to end this" he said green lightning crackled between his fingers, suddenly a laser struck red in the shoulder throwing his initial strike off
"That's so not happening" Blue overdrive ranger said emerging from the rubble that once was a store. His drive defender in hand
Red grunted his fist tightening in anger "Fine you can die first" He said pulling out a silver orb "I'll let these guys take care of you" he threw the orb into the air it quickly dissolved tacking the form of a few dozen robotic androids with black body suits silver heads with three black visors and one red orb on their forehead.
"More robots!" Yang said in annoyance
"Today just keeps getting weirder" Coco mused
"Krybots tear them apart" the androids obeyed and charged at the hunters and huntresses. "As for you" Red said turning to face blue overdrive ranger.
"Yea, yea can we get on with it" Blue overdrive ranger said taking a fighting stance.
Coco slammed her purse down on the Krybots head shattering its metal casing, before switching to her Gatling gun she mercilessly cut down a line of attacking androids leaving behind nothing but scrap metal.
Velvet and Fox charged a line of Krybots that unleashed a volley of lasers at them, the two effortlessly dogged the attack closing in foxed used his blades to deliver a volley of slashes across the bodies of multiple Krybots there body's sparked and spasms they fell forwards exploding in a massive fireball. Velvet took down six Krybots using a combo of kicks and punches, one high kick knocking the head clean from the android's shoulders. She used one Krybot as a human shield from the lasers fired by its comrades leaping into the air she round houses the finally Krybot into a wall damaging it beyond repair.
Yang slammed two of the Krybots heads together, ducking out of the line of fire, she leapt back firing rounds from Ember Celica punching holes in their robotic body's leaving them sparking and convulsing "Boo-ya!" Yang cheered turning away as they exploded into a massive fireball. Terroranchula dashed through a line of Krybots smashing their bodies into the ground impaling one on the claw of its front left leg. "Uh, oh" As its body began to beep throwing it into the air the robot exploded in a spectacular ball of fire high above the streets.
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Blue overdrive ranger parried a slash from Red's Psycho sword kicking him back, Red's hand moved up to his eyes as they glowed a menacing, red gathering energy in the palm of his hand thrusting his hand out fired three balls of red energy at Blue overdrive ranger "Hiya, Kiya!" He cried deflecting the energy blast of his drive defender the blast exploding behind him.
"That the best you got!" He mocked
Psycho red growled in annoyance "You can't handle what I've got!" he yelled thrusting his hand out, a massive jet of fire erupting from his palm. Blue overdrive ranger was struck in the chest, the jet of flames throwing him back into the hood of a car.
"Ow~" He wheezed rolling of shaking his head he shot up opening the car door Psycho reds sword was embedded through the metal, Blue overdrive ranger grabbed his helmet slamming Red's head against the frame. Blue overdrive ranger ripped the door from its frame using it as a shield he charged red slamming into him.
Red's boots dug into the ground as he was barreled into by Blue overdrive ranger pushed back a few feet. "Don't you get it, you can't beat me you might as well give up and accept your fate ranger." Red said as he pushed back against the improvised shield.
"Not happening" he said glaring at the Psycho ranger from behind his visor.
"Very well, I'll let you die with some dignity" Red headbutted Blue overdrive ranger pulling his Psycho sword free he threw the car door at him. Blue overdrive ranger flipped over the projectile he arched his back avoiding a sideways slash from Psycho red the blade just passing over his visor dropping down he swept Red legs out from under him. Knocking his arm back Blue overdrive ranger's fist slammed into reds chest.
Psycho red grabbed Blue overdrive ranger's sword arm there two blades locked together "Time to die!" He kicked Blue overdrive ranger in the chest knocking him off balance, Psycho red slashed him across the chest in an X pattern before finishing with an upwards slash. A white light surrounded him Alex landed on his back groaning as he attempted to rise Red slammed his boot down on his abdomen "Time to die!" Psycho red stabbed his sword down towards Alex chest
Alex hands shot up catching the blade in his grasp barely stopping it from touching his chest crimson red blood trickled down the blade as it cut into his bare hands.
"Get away from my friend!" Yang fired ember Celica propelling herself over a line of Krybots and into Psycho red
Psycho Red headbutted yang, she stumbled back regaining her senses she threw a punch one which Red easily caught locking her arm under his, bringing his elbow down on Yang's shoulder, a sickening crack echoed through the streets as she called out in pain falling to her knees clutching her appendage "Foolish child, I've fought and killed beings stronger then you will ever be" he grasped yang's chin looking her dead in the eye "You are Nothing!" he said kicking her off to the side her body skidded across the ground crashing into a lamppost.
Psycho Red started cackling as he closed in on the wounded huntress his sword raised ready to decapitate her. "Get away from her!" Koan yelled as his boot impacted Psycho red's face kicking him through the wall. "Yang!" he called out running over to Yang he sat her up her right arm hung there limp dislocated from the socket he looked her in the eye.
"This is gonna hurt." He warned *Crack!* Yang slammed her left fist into the earth as she yelled out in pain. Taking some quick breath's, she stood up leaning against him so she could get her senses in check. Looking up her eye's widened.
"Koan!" Yang shoved him aside a red beam impacted her chest yang slammed into the asphalt rolling over onto her back skidding to a stop... she wasn't moving.
"Yang!" Ruby called out at the sight of her sister's motionless body. Koan was silent he stared at yang's motionless form in abstract horror 'No she can't be, no not again not again!' images flashed through his mind a burning home screams and a little girl that clung to him shaking in terror as three figures closed in then a scream echoed through his mind.
"You, you!" Koan said his voice deeper and more menacing shadows cast down his face his fist clenched so tight it drew blood then he snapped "HeheheheheheehehehehehehHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" his head reeled back in sadistic laughter before he stopped his eye's focused only on Psycho red.
"Ah, there he is the fabled Demon Jester himself " Psycho red mused "The animal finally got let out of its cadge."
Koan, or what looked like Koan his usual happy go lucky demeanor gone now replaced with one that only radiated murderous intent slumped forward he started giggling, faint psychotic giggles
"Koan?" Alex asked looking at his friend in concern
He turned his head towards Alex "Koan's not here right now please leave a message after the beep, *beep!* Heheheh!" he threw his head back in sadistic laughter. 'His' head snapped towards Psycho red's direction "You just made a very, very, very, very, very, big mistake" A crimson light consumed Koan's body. A shadow towered over Psycho Red It's Black wings spread as a monstrous Roar drew the attention of all those around them Omnivoracious towered over the leader Psycho society.
His body resembles a cross between a Dromaeosaur (Google it) and an ostrich. He has ruffled purple feathers covering his body and the back of the head except for his neck and legs under the knee, his feet have two hook like talons
Red stared up at the monster he had brought out, finally something like 'The Demon Jester' was worth his time. Omnivoracious, beak opened wide snapping at Psycho red who rolled to the side, Red slashed Omnivoracious across the face barely missing his eye. "Come on, show me what the Demon can do!" his large red eye narrowed in rage his massive wing's spread, his leg latched out trapping red within its talons. Omnivoracious beat his mighty wings taking off into the sky's above.
The surrounding Bullheads began to open fire on what appeared to be a giant Nevermore. although bullets seemed to be ineffective against superior aerial combat skills dogging the bullets effortlessly "Release me!" Psycho red demanded slashing the shape-shifter across his leg with a super-heated blade. He let out a cry of pain releasing red. whose hand latched onto Omnivoracious. stabbing his Psycho sword into his lower abdomen he screeched in pain and began falling back towards the city bellow
A crimson flash consumed Omnivoracious, the Panuncian sunk his teeth into Reds forearm his grip only increasing as they plummeted keeping Red's back facing the floor. The two impacted the ground creating a wall of dust. Red tried to rise only for a fist to impact his helmet "Not again, not ever again. I already lost everything once! I won't let you take one of the few people I have left!" again and again his fist struck Psycho red's helmet.
"Dude that's enough!" Alex said trying to pull him away only to be flipped over Jesters shoulder.
"Stay out of this!" He roared turning his attention back to the downed Psycho ranger
"Go on...do it "Psycho red said, he raised his fist one finally time.
"Koan" a pair of arms wrapped around him "That's enough you won. You can stop now please" Yang said her lilac eye's looked into his blue "Don't let him turn you back into that monster... please, don't."
He stared into her lilac eye's slowly he lowered his hands getting off the psycho ranger he sat there Yang held him tight not willing to let him go some tears rolling down her cheeks she saw the look in his eye, when he was fighting she could tell that wasn't him, that was something else something primal.
"I'm sorry" Koan said his voice was shaky "I thought he had..." the image of yang's still from flashed through his mind "I though he killed you"
Yang just hugged him tighter "I'm not going anywhere anytime soon." she said
the others surrounded the pit Yang and Koan stared down at what appeared to be an unconscious Psycho Ranger... at least that's what the thought
Red eyes came to life narrowing into a vibrant slit then he started laughing "Pathetic" Red muttered "Your just so pathetic" his limbs began to twitch followed by cracking sound bones realigning. He stood right back up staring at them
"Surprise!" He said
"Dude" yang said taking a step back "How are you even alive?"
"Amazing isn't it!" Psycho red said. Ruby, Weiss and Blake quickly moved to back up their friends while JNPR and CFVY dealt with the remaining robots
"It's six on one red" Alex said summoning a astro morpher while the others leveled their weapons at him "Give up you've got nowhere to go"
"Oh, I'm not going anywhere but you six are, Black!" standing on the rooftop above Psycho Black aimed the same cobalt pistol device down onto them
"Surprise!" he said pulling the trigger before they could react a red beam fired out from the weapon passing over them and impacting the street a red vortex expanded beneath them. There eye's widened as the soled ground beneath them vanished and they were suck in.
"No!" Jaun called out in horror witnessing their friends fate. JNPR and CFVY rushing Psycho red, he merely chuckled as he vanished just as Jaun swung his sword only cutting through air silence rained through the battle field the two Hunter teams staring at the spot their friends had vanished into
"Where are they?" Velvet asked
"I don't know" Jaun said
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"Uhhh" Ruby moaned as she picked herself up of the ground she shook her head looking around at her team in a similar state she stood up looking around in an attempt to get her bearings. he jaw fell slightly as she just stared at what was before her
"What happened?" Weiss asked as she picked herself up off the ground "Ruby?" she asked before noticing the young reapers expression following her gaze up she to found herself transfixed on their surrounding
A "No way" came from yang as she stood by her sister
Blake, amber eye's widened in shock
Team RWBY stood on an asteroid floating through an empty red void multiple other asteroids and stone spirals erupting from them and leading off into the endless red sky
Alex and Koan stood up alongside them, their expressions were bitter as they realized what happened "Fucking hell" Alex swore under his breath he really needed to stop doing that.
"Guy's...welcome to the Nullvoid" Alex said
'To be continued'