As the day came to a close Pyrrha sat outside the dining hall alone, her head bowed deep in thought. The wind blows a single orange leaf to her feet, she stares at the tree line taking in the fall colors, an image of Amber present in her pod and the choice she had to make flashes through her mind.
"Hey" Pyrrha turns her head up her eyes resting on the smiling face of her partner and friend, Jaune, with a large cone of cotton candy in hand "I-It's no green goop, but I think it might do some good."
Pyrrha stared at the treat while she came back to reality hesitantly accepting it "Um, right. Thank you Jaune" She said
Jaune's beaming smile fades as he sees her still tormented face, looking back to the far end of the building as Nora and Ren came around the corner. The Green ninja holding a tub of popcorn in one hand alongside more cotton candy and a soda.
Upon noticing what's happening she turned to her distracted partner "Uh... come on, Ren. Let's go back to the fairground. I'll win you another stuffed animal. Nora said as she dragged him away from Jaune and Pyrrha.
Jaune looked back at Pyrrha taking a seat beside her. " You were the first person to believe in me, you know that." Jaune said to his friend, Pyrrha looks at him while the blond knight laughs in sadness. "Even when I told my parents I was going to Beacon, they told me not to worry if I ended up having to move back home. How depressing is that." He said
"I'm sure they didn't mean-" she tried to say only for her sorrow to switch to surprise, her eyes widening as the fluffy snack fell from her grasp as she felt Jaune's hand rest on her own.
"I guess... I'm trying to say that... You've always been there for me" His grip tightened slightly, the memories of what he'd done... what he'd almost done back in forever fall. " And I can tell theirs something on your mind, so... I don't know. How can I help?" Jaune asked smiling.
As her astonishment melted away into content, Pyrrha leaned back resting her head on a very startled Jaune's shoulder. Closing her eyes and smiling "You're already doing it." She said. Jaune quickly matched Pyrrha's smile, the two remained there for a long moment, but her smile soon faltered her expression darkening once more as another leaf joined the other.
"Jaune" Pyrrha said as she sat up.
"Hmm?" he replied looking at her curiously
"Pyrrha suddenly pulls her hand away from his, turning away from him." I don't know what to do" She says.
"W-What do you mean." A confused Jaune asked.
Pyrrha glanced up wondering what to say. "Jaune, do you believe in destiny?" Pyrrha asked
Jaune was taken back slightly by the question. "Um... I-I don't know. I guess that depends on how you view it."
"When I think of destiny. "Pyrrha began" I don't think of some predetermined fate you can't escape. But rather, some sort of final goal. Something you work towards your entire life."
Jaune nodded, beginning to understand what she meant. "Okay, uh yeah. I can see that, sure."
Pyrrha, still struggling to find the right words as she glances at him. "Well... What would you do if something came along that you... never expected? Something that had the potential to stand between stand between you and your destiny."
Jaune only seemed more confused by her words. "Like what?" He asked. Looking at Pyrrha worry in his gaze, meeting his eye Pyrrha turned away she wanted to tell him, by Oum she wanted to tell him the truth. But how?
"Or what if you could suddenly fulfill your destiny in an instant. But at the cost of who you were." She continued to ramble
Jaune leans over and attempts to place his hand on her friend's shoulder. "Pyrrha you're not making any sense."
Pyrrha stands up moving away from his touch, she stood there holding herself as if on the verge of tears" None of it makes sense, this isn't how it was supposed to be."
Jaune gets up, spreading his arms out in confusion. "I'm sorry! Please, I'm just trying to understand what's wrong." He pleaded.
Pyrrha looked down tears threatening to spill forth " I've always felt as though I was destined to become a huntress - to protect the world... and it's become increasingly clear to me that my feelings were right. But... " She says turning back to look at Jaune " I don't know if I can do it. "
"Of course, you can." Jaune says, almost as if he's right " The Pyrrha Nikos I know would never back down from a challenge. And if you really believe it's your destiny to save the world. " He says as he moves towards her, clearly confident in his answer. "... you can't let anything stand in your way."
However, despite his overall intentions his actions didn't bring her relief, in fact she looked even more horrified. Covering her mouth in shock as she began to sob.
"Pyrrha?" Jaune asked fearing he had said something wrong.
"Stop." She said turning away from him her face in her hands.
"Did I say something wrong." He said edging closer.
"STOP!" she cried thrusting her hands out, unintentionally activating her Semblance grasping Jaune's armor and slamming him into one of the columns, he watched weekly from his position until she opens her eyes realizing what she's done
"Jaune!" She yelled in shock dropping her hands to her sides, the blond falling to the ground. Finally, the tears came forth as he looked up at her "I'm...I'm sorry..."Pyrrha bolted off as Jaune called out to her.
"What did I say." He muttered from his position on the ground.
/
Pyrrha ran and ran she didn't care where she would end up. She didn't know where and frankly she didn't care she just kept running the tears in her eyes blurring her vision. Rounding the corner, she ran directly into a certain blond their heads impacting one another.
Koan stumbled back grasping his head in pain, as did Pyrrha falling onto her butt. Koan shook his head, looking down at the one he ran into. "Pyrrha?" he said in confusion before noticing the tears in her eyes. "Are you ok?" He asked helping her to her feet.
"I-I-I'm fine" she replied, Rubbing her eyes.
"What are you doing out here alone, I thought you'd be with your team?" He asked
"I-" She didn't know what to say, "I don't know." She said bursting into tears burying her face into his chest. Koan, in all honesty, didn't know what to do. after a few minutes, he wrapped his arms around her pulling her into a hug attempting to comfort the sobbing girl. After a few moments passed Pyrrha's sobs receded into sharp intakes of breath, then he asked "Pyrrha what wrong, please whatever it is you can tell me, please."
"I can't, I can't." She said.
"Pyrrha." he said gripping her shoulders tightly forcing her to look at him. Her usual bright green bloodshot and puffy from crying "Talk to me, please. Whatever caused this I can help" He said, it wasn't hard to tell something was bothering the redhead.
"No, you can't. You won't understand." she said
"Try me." Koan dared. Pyrrha was surprised for a moment, shaking her head Pyrrha tried to push him away. Only for the blond to pull her back into his chest locking his arms around her own holding her still, despite her desperate attempt to escape. "Pyrrha." he said in a much softer tone making her pause in her struggle to break free. "Please." He said his grip on her tightening slightly.
Pyrrha let out a shaky breath, he had her even if she got away that wouldn't stop him from trying to find her again or telling her team and the other what he'd saw, she didn't want to think about what that might lead too, and what assumptions the others would make.
"...Ok"
/
Qrow rammed his sword through the Xborgs gut, twisting the massive blade tearing the android in half sparks flying as the blade sliced through metal and wiring essential to its function. Pulling the blade free the flat side of his blade meeting the blunt end of the Xborgs and Grinder's mace pushing against their weapons neither showing any sign of letting up. Qrow smirked dropping his blade down he sidestepped the two androids as they stumbled forward, crashing headfirst into the tunnel wall.
Shifting his weapon into its magnum form he quickly fired two shots, leaving a large hole in each of their heads before collapsing on top of each other. Qrow turned towards Alex having to duck as a Grinder flew overhead landing in a heap before him its body twitching violently as its body sparked and blue arc energy washed over its form.
Dynamo Yellow brought his flail down on the last grinder crushing its head beneath the large spiked weight.
His ranger suit was primarily yellow, his vest had a single black stripe running up the center leading to his black collar covering his heart was a gold badge with the Dynamo emblem engraved on it, his sleeves and legs were both white, a single black stripe with a yellow outline leading down to a pair of yellow Boots and Gloves. His helmet was primarily yellow with a slick black visor and silver mouthpiece above the visor was a gold parallelogram the letters DY present below the numeral IV. A black stripe ran over it leading down the centre of his helmet.
The two looked at the body of at least fourteen fallen grinders and Xborgs. "They really don't want us down here, huh." Qrow said.
Although they'd managed to sneak through a good portion of the tunnel network there had been a few minor setbacks having to avoid some particular tunnels due to them being occupied by a large mining crew and guard that were busy digging in one of the caverns the mines previous occupants had unearthed.
Whatever the Psycho Rangers had in mind for this location they weren't through with it yet. The only question remaining was why true they had access to an ample amount of dust but much of the deposits had been left untouched... what were they digging for?
Pushing those thoughts to the back of his mind he turned his attention back on the tunnel ahead, he could focus on that later right now he needed to concentrate on the objective at hand. Yang. Turning to the elder huntsmen he said "No. But it means we're on the right track."
Continuing down the tunnel ahead, keeping their eyes peeled for any more patrols like the one they had run into before. "So, Oz gave me the short story on these guys, you mind filling in the blanks like where the hell did these guys even come from?" Qrow asked.
"The original five Psycho Rangers were created by a sorceress call Astronima, to hunt and destroy a team of rangers the leader of the team being her own brother, Andros." Dynamo Yellow began." But that was only the tip of the iceberg, The Psycho Rangers drew their power from her master a being known as Dark spectre Astronima was using the Psycho Rangers to drain Dark Specter's power and usurp his throne. But in the end, her plot failed"
"I take it things didn't go well. " Qrow said.
"No." DYellow continued "Although Dark spectre hadn't discovered her plans, the Psycho Rangers had been defeated, but not destroyed they were too powerful and kept coming back, so the rangers digitized them trapping them in five data cards, leaving them powerless. From then on, the Space Rangers went on to defend earth from Dark Specter's forces, it ended when Zordon sacrificed himself and destroyed dark Specter and those under him. Even after all that The Psycho rangers returned a year later, it took the combined power of eleven rangers to finally destroy them."
"Whoa." Qrow said
"Yeah." DYellow responded
"So, who is this Zordon guy you kept mentioning?" Qrow asked.
"Zordon of Eltar" DYellow mused " I never had the chance to meet him in person, but he was the one who granted earth first ranger team their powers. You could say he was our patriarch. He'd spent ions protecting earth from evils beyond comprehension one of the worst being Dark Specter. In the end gave his life for us, to finally put an end to Dark Specter's reign of terror and purging the universe of his darkness. And that's a debt we can never repay." A moment of silence passed between the two as they continued on down the tunnel.
Qrow didn't exactly know how to respond to that. Hell, how could he the whole thing sounded like it came out of a sci-fi novel. Still, the way he described it, this Zordon started to sound a lot like Ozpin, he just hoped things wouldn't end the same way for the old wizard.
Ten minutes passed before the two warriors came to a halt the pathway ahead braking off in two directions. The left leading deeper underground while the other led off to the right towards the storage and machinery area "Well this complicates things," Qrow said
"Can't say I'm surprised. " DYellow responded, pulling out his Plumbers badge he pulled up the tunnel network map Ironwood had provided while most of the new tunnels would be off the records, he hoped the original setup would match what they were seeing. The badge projected a small hologram of the tunnel network, the tunnel they were in appeared to connect to the main cavern.
"Hmm, ok that's a start. " DYellow noted. Turning to Qrow, summoning his gauntlet the dial popping up out of the casing "Hold still."
"Hey, what are yo- " The badge projected an energy field shaped like a prism around Qrow, after a few moments the energy field vanished. Qrow looked up at his partner eyes narrowed. "What the hell was that?" he asked
"Biometric scanner" DYellow replied as he typed on the holographic screen the badge had formed updating the map "Yang is your niece, which means you and she have similar DNA all I have to do is scan for a Biosignature similar to your own and we should be able to find her." After a few moments, four dotts appeared over the map of the tunnel network. One, red the next blue the third green and the fourth yellow.
"Alright, that's us." He said pointing to the Red and Green dots that sat beside one another. "One of them is Yang, but I have no idea who the other one is." DYellow said as he rubbed the back of his head "Might be some kind of glitch or Yang's in a hell of a lot worse shape than we thought" he said looking towards the tunnel on their right" Looks like we're heading that way." he said.
As the two began making their way down the tunnel Qrow couldn't tear his eyes from the map, more importantly, the single blue dot seemed to be closing in on the yellow. Yang was his niece by blood his title as an uncle for Ruby more honorary than anything, not that it mattered to the kid. But still, if this was tracking her through her Blood or whatever it was, he could only think of one other person who it would pick up and who had a reason to be here.
"Raven" he muttered in slight disdain "...Perfect." he groaned
/
The long crimson blade cut through the grinders mid-section its body folding in half splattering oil and coolant against the tunnel walls, the upper portion of its body twitch and writhed as it attempted to reach for its weapon. A black boot with red high heels stomped down on its head crushing the grinders head below its weight. Lifting her boot from the androids head its owner flicked the long crimson blade of her Odatchi removing the oil and coolant that stained the blade.
The woman judging by her figure as her face was hidden from view behind a white mask with red markings resembling a Nevermore, her long black mane of hair flowing freely down her back, she wore a shallow cut red and black dress and garter-belt and black leggings, with a number of necklaces hanging loosely around her neck. A pair of dark red gauntlets rested on her forearms with a matching chest plate covering her torso.
Looking forward down the dark tunnel, crimson eyes narrowed behind the slits of her mask. Returning the blade to her sheath she continued on, this site had been a place of interest for a number of weeks now and as she suspected Ozpin knew of this too, judging by the bullhead that arrived a few hours prior dropping off her brother if she could even call him that anymore and the young man that had garnered her interest.
The same boy these creatures seemed to fear.
Pushing those thoughts aside she focused on the task at hand. Yang, her daughter. It felt strange to call her that after so long, she doubted the girl would give her the courtesy though. Raven sighed it was better that way, she was safer that way hatting her rather than trying to find her, or so she thought.
The memory from the train replayed in her mind, the yellow one had kept her promise returning for Yang when her guard was down and right under Ozpins nose no less, it felt somewhat satisfying knowing the old wizard's folly could have very well cost him the life of one of his students. Despite this after what she had seen transpire in that arena... She just hoped Yang was still alive.
Raven came to a halt beside the body of one of the sleeker androids, rolling the machine onto its back with her boot, she knelt down picking up a small green key card attached to its belt.
'This could be useful' She noted
It made sense they would employ some security measures, this would save her the time of going around or breaking through most of the security doors blocking her path, there was also the option of her Semblance, no, not at the moment at least. In the long run, these creatures could pose a very real threat to the tribe and for the moment their strength and tactics were unknown but had been successful so far. These creatures valued strength and brutality in combat something she could respect
Never the less, they had made it around Ozpin and Ironwood which was not surprising for the latter, due to Ironwoods blatant disregard for subtlety in the least. Ozpin on the other hand. Ozpin may be naive, but he was not one to be trifled with so easily. If she was to prepare her people, in the event they came in contact with one another, steps would need to be taken to determine the threat they could very well pose.
Raven looked back at the bodies of the androids she left behind, and so far, she was less than impressed. Still, she was yet to face one of these Psycho Rangers in combat.
/
The world around her flickered back into existence, Yang quickly found herself staring up at the ceiling of her cell. Yang attempted to lift herself up into a sitting position only for her left arm to give out pain shooting up through her shoulder the blond hissing through gritted teeth as her back met the floor once again, Yang closed her eyes focusing what limited aura she had available on the stabbing pain in her upper arm slowly numbing the pain.
Yang trailed her hand up to her left bicep. Pulling it back she was met with a red sticky substance clinging to her fingers the familiar smell of copper greeting her. Yang grit her teeth using her one good arm to push herself up so she could rest against the wall, craning her neck forward her violet eyes focused on her upper arm three small trails of blood seeping from the large bite wound that her aura was slowly knitting back together, it would leave a scar but it was better than getting infected, which could very well lead to her losing her arm entirely, the thought alone was a horrifying concept for the blond. "Shit" the subtle curse slipped past her lips followed by a gasp of pain, despite the low volume of her voice it seemed to rouse her cellmates.
"You survived." Whiger stated emotionlessly, his gruff voice echoing through the vent.
"Be quiet" Loyax's voice came from the other vent. "Child. Are you injured?" He asked.
"I'm good." She replied through gritted teeth, despite the slight throbbing in her bicep.
"You're lucky to be alive." Loyax's tone was rather condescending, Yang inwardly groaned this guy was starting to sound like her dad. "I will ask again, are you injured." he said his tone was far softer this time
Yang sighed. "My aura's dealing with it, I should be fine."
"Good. "He said sounding relieved. " I've seen far too many comrades die because of an infected wound they were too shy or proud to report." He said. Causing Yang to curse under her breath, he had a point there and with her lack of aura at the moment, it made the most sense to keep any wounds she had clean and wrapped if possible to avoid any chance of infection.
"Thanks'" She said.
"Think nothing of it child." Loyax replied.
"Will both of you be quiet, someone is coming." Whiger said. Loyax and Yang turned their attention towards the door and true to his words she could hear footsteps echoing down the hall, alongside a few voices. After a few moments, the footsteps stopped outside her cell.
"Are you sure this is the one?" The first asked in a clearly feminine voice.
"Positive, Lily." the second replied his voice echoing slightly.
"Let's see if I can get this open. The two of you keep an eye out" The third said clearly male.
Yang attempted to push herself up hissing due to the pain in her left arm "Did you hear that?" The girl asked.
"Yeah." One of the men replied.
Moving into a kneeling position Yang stood up shakily using the wall for support, she didn't know who these people were or what they wanted with her, but she certainly wasn't going to sit by and do nothing. Despite her injuries, despite the collar they had on her she was Yang Xiao Long, and she wasn't going down without a fight.
The mechanized locks to her cell slid back, the door quickly slid open, Yang rushed forward reeling her good arm back. "Whoa!" A voice called out as Yang's eyes widened.
The person standing on the opposite side of the door was clad in a yellow full body suit the outer forearms and shoulders leading up her neck were black. A pair of claw-like bracers rested on her large spots ran down both sides of her torso adding to the cheetah motif, with a tri-claw emblem present on her chest. The helmet was primarily yellow with a black visor and spot design running up the forehead.
'A Ranger' Yang realized mid-punch
The woman acted quickly blocking Yang's attack, before twisting her arm to the side. Yang grunted in pain before she was released. The yellow ranger caught her before she could hit the floor pulling her into a sitting position.
"I'm sorry, are you ok?" She said giving the blond a quick once over, Yang glanced over the yellow ranger's shoulder at the two behind her, one bearing the Black ranger suite Alex used at the dance.
While the other rangers suit was primarily red, a set of Monochrome bands on his wrist and shins and collar a yellow triangle present beneath with a gold belt and holster. His helmet was primarily red with a black visor and Gold band around his forehead, a large black and red lightning bolt hovered over his heart.
"Who are you?" Yang asked.
Reaching up she unclipped her helmet resting it at her feet reviling a young woman in her mid-twenties with a pale complexion, shoulder length blond hair, and light green eyes. "I'm Lily, that's Aurico and Adam." She said gesturing to her comrades the black ranger currently working on the controls to open the other two cells "We're here to get you out."
"And we don't have much time." The red Aquitar ranger said as he knelt down next to her "Can you walk?"
"Yeah, I think. " Yang replied slowly getting to her feet just as the two cells opened Yang turned to greet her cellmates only for her eyes to widen in shock at the sight of the Phantom beast and aged warrior that stepped forth from the dark cell, each had a similar collar to Yang's own on their bodies, Whiger's wrested on his upper bicep while Loyax's was locked firmly around his right wrist.
Both could feel the stairs from the blond brawler who stood a few feet away with the aid of Lily, both recognizing the unease she had towards them. Loyax bowed his head slightly "We did not mean to deceive you about our true identities. Please, we mean no harm."
Yang bit her lip before replying. "I-Its fine I was just, surprised I guess." she said. Loyax sighing in relief while Whiger rolled his eyes.
"Perhaps we should focus on our escape. The time for talking can come later." Whiger pointed out.
"He's right" Aurico spoke up "We don't have long until the Psycho Rangers realize what's going on."
"What about the collars?" Yang pointed out. "If we walk out of here, can't they just turn them on and fry us."
"The frequency they operate on is short range, you'll be fine as long as we don't run into any trouble, Zeltrax and Psycho Yellow are the only ones with remotes that can activate them, stay clear of them and we should be fine either way a friend of ours is running interference on the collars so you should be alright" Adam said patting the blonds shoulder
"Once we get out of here we'll get it off." Lily said before reapplying her helmet.
"Let's get moving." Aurico said.
And there we have it; the next chapter of Psycho remnant is out along with the identity of our three cloaked figures from the last chapter and is Pyrrha willing to spill the beans on Ozpin and her so-called destiny to become the Fall maiden. Things will be starting to heat up in the chapters to come, I hope you have all enjoyed this chapter as always leave a Review, Follow/Favorite and I will see you in the next one.
Also, the ranger in that chapter Dynamo Yellow is part of the fan-dubbed power rangers version of the super sentai series Kagaku Sentai Dynaman. With the induction of super Megaforce, most of the super sentai rangers such as Dairanger and Changeman are cannon to the Power Rangers story but have different names to their Sentai counterparts.
Such as:
Squadron- Diaranger
Super-sonic- Fiveman
Prism- Flashman
Blitz- Maskman