Chapter 10: A Vytal Moment Part 2
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Blake shook Carmine as he slept, his head rested on her shoulder "Babe, wake up! They're about to announce the next match!" Blake said excitedly, Carmine shot up as the crowd cheered. As his eyes adjusted, Professor Port announced the next match "Our next match will be between Pyrrha Nikos of Beacon and Penny Polendina of Atlas. Fighters, take your places" Port said through the PA system.
Pyrrha stood up and kissed Jaune on the lips, she made her way to the arena entrance. The four teams watched as the cameras captured the two fighters, projecting them onto the screens as the doors opened and they walked out into the arena, standing across from each other. Pyrrha readied her sword and shield, five swords came out of Penny's back and floated above her.
The buzzer sounded as the two fighters charged at each other, Penny swung her blades at Pyrrha who blocked with her shield and countered, slashing at her leg but she leaped out of the way. She landed on her hands, flipping over and sliding backward. Her swords came in front of her and charged a plasma beam, the green beam shot out at Pyrrha who rolled out of the way and formed her sword into a rifle, popping off five rounds at the orange-haired girl who blocked four of the five rounds, the fifth one hitting her in the abdomen. She winced and readied her blades again, raising the blades above her, Pyrrha looked petrified and stepped backward wide-eyed.
Penny plunged her swords at Pyrrha, the swords flew at her causing her use her semblance. The swords and wires glowed black, flying back at Penny. The wires wrapped around her body and sound of crunching metal rang out through the arena, the crowd gasped and the four teams shot up. The wires ripped through Penny's body, ripping her arm off and cutting her in half. "Penny!" Ruby cried out as Carmine leaped over the railing and sprinted toward the arena entrance door, forcing it open and running to Pyrrha and a now deceased Penny.
"There were so many swords, I was trying to defend myself." Pyrrha said to Carmine who knelt before her, Carmine placed his hands on her shoulders "Pyrrha, it was an accident." He said, trying to comfort her. "Cut the feed!" Oobleck shouted into his earpiece but the broadcast team was locked out. Port spoke through the PA "Everyone, remain calm. Please, exit in an orderly fa.." He was cut off by static and a female voice.
"This is not a tragedy. This was not an accident. This is what happens when you hand over your trust, your safety, your children, to men who claim to be our guardians, but are, in reality, nothing more than men. Our Academies' Headmasters wield more power than most armies, and one was audacious enough to control both. They cling to this power in the name of peace, and yet, what do we have here? One nation's attempt at a synthetic army, mercilessly torn apart by another's star pupil."
The voice continued "What need would Atlas have for a soldier disguised as an innocent little girl? I don't think the Grimm can tell the difference. And what, I ask you, is Ozpin teaching his students? First a mercenary being a student here, now this? Huntsmen and Huntresses should carry themselves with honor and mercy, yet I have witnessed neither. This mercenary has killed hundreds of people in the name of justice but he gets paid thousands of lien." Carmine gritted his teeth at the sudden realization of who the voice belonged to, accompanied by a black queen chess piece taking over every screen in the Colosseum.
Cinder continued her speech "Perhaps Ozpin felt as though defeating Atlas in the Tournament would help people forget his colossal failure to protect Vale when the Grimm invaded its streets. Or perhaps this was his message to the tyrannical dictator that has occupied an unsuspecting kingdom with armed forces. Honestly, I haven't the slightest clue as to who is right and who is wrong. But I know the existence of peace is fragile, and the leaders of our kingdoms conduct their business with iron gloves."
Carmine stood up and pulled out his scroll, tapping on it a few times as she spoke "As someone who hails from Mistral, I can assure you the situation there is... equally undesirable. Our Kingdoms are on the brink of war, yet we, the citizens, are left in the dark. So I ask you: When the first shots are fired... who do you think you can trust?" Cinder finished her speech as a black skull ate the queen chess piece.
Carmine brought his scroll close to his face and began to speak "That was a great speech Cinder, really felt moved and ready to kick your ass. So, you say that I've killed hundreds of people, but you didn't mention the fact that they were gonna kill innocent civilians. Oh wait, I forgot that you're the one behind all of these attacks, so let me ask you something: How does it feel to be a subordinate?" Carmine asked with a chuckle, putting his scroll into his pocket.
Just then a giant Nevermore landed on the roof of the arena and attempted to break through, it slammed its beak against the forcefield over and over. Suddenly, thirty missiles impacted the side of the giant bird, engulfing it in a ball of fire. As the smoke cleared, the bird's body started to vaporize and disappear; Carmine heard chatter in his ear "Threat neutralized, sir." The voice said. Carmine helped Pyrrha to her feet and led her out of the arena, as they exited they were met by every fighter that had been in the competition thus far. "Alright guys and girls, are you ready to take the fight to them?" Carmine asked, summoning his locker.
The crowd cheered as dozens of other lockers impacted the arena, Carmine got his gear out of the locker and readied his rifle, placing it on his back along with his pistol grip shotgun, MP7, S&W 500, and assorted munitions. He grabbed his gas mask and hooked it on his holster belt, he sheathed his Ka-Bar and shut the locker door. He turned around to see the other huntsmen and huntresses in training standing there, weapons in hand and ready for action "Ready when you are, hot stuff." Coco said with a wink, Blake glared at her. She walked over to Carmine and wrapped her arms around his neck "Good luck." Blake said, kissing him on the lips.
They were interrupted by the sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance "Looks like the party has arrived. Let's go!" Carmine shouted as he ran toward the nearest exit, the others followed him. When they got outside the sight was apocalyptic, flak and gunfire ripped through the sky. "Dropship delta-niner, what is your clearance code?" A radio operator asked through the comm system but nobody answered the hails "Dropship delta-niner, come in!" The operator shouted into the headset, but again there was no answer. Carmine walked over to the operator and placed a hand on his shoulder "Shoot it down." Carmine said, banging on the roof of a nearby Strela-10. A missile shot out of the battery and flew towards the dropship, impacting the ship; blowing it out of the sky.
The ship plunged from the sky with a trail of smoke and fire following it, the ship crashed into the ground below Beacon and exploding into a ball of fire. Suddenly more dropships appeared on the horizon, the Strela batteries let out a barrage of missiles that screamed across the sky and impacted the dropships. Many of the ships evaded the incoming missiles and landed in the courtyard, the doors opening and releasing White Fang foot soldiers into the Academy. The DShKs ripped into the troops, as one of the soldiers ran out a few bullets blew open his chest cavity and spilling out his entrails, he collapsed onto the ground in a pool of his own blood.
Other WF soldiers stepped on his body and in his blood as they ran into battle, the blood splashing onto their pants legs. Gunfire was exchanged from both sides as Teams CRCL, RWBY, JNPR, and CFVY charged into battle.
Carmine dropped three soldiers and elbowed another in the throat, breaking his windpipe. Laurel drew his machetes and proceeded to cut into WF, transforming them into their pistol form and opening fire on the soldiers. Grimm leaped from dropships overhead, attacking Atlas soldiers that were fighting WF; a Beowolf bit into an Atlas soldier, ripping his arm from his body. Carmine quickly shot the Grimm and went to the soldier's aid, kneeling down but he was too late. He closed the soldier's eyes and stood up, re-entering the battle. Ironwood stepped forward, engaging a few griffons with his revolver "You have two choices. Defend your Kingdom and your school... or save yourselves. No one will fault you if you leave." Ironwood said gesturing toward the docks where bullhead awaited to evac the students.
"I'm not leaving until I have Cinder under my boot, sir." Carmine stepping forward and attaching his gas mask. "If you're not leaving, then we aren't either." Celadon said, stepping forward with Laurel and Regalia. "We aren't leaving either." Ruby said with Yang, Blake, and Weiss behind her. "Alright, those who want to leave, evac is that way. Everyone else, follow me." Ironwood said, turning toward the battle.
Two T-90s tore across the courtyard; Carmine took off sprinting toward them, as he closed in on one he used a rock as leverage to propel himself forward, leaping onto one of the tanks and manning the mounted HMG, cocking the bolt "Get Some, Fuckers!" Carmine shouted as he lit up a WF dropship, the bullets ripped through the body of the ship, painting the walls red. The ship plummeted to the ground, bursting into flames, he focused his fire on another ship but this one was prepared.
The side door opened and an M134 Minigun began to spin "Oh Fuck!" Carmine shouted as bullets ricocheted off the tank armor, the main cannon focused and shot a HE shell into the ship, it exploded midair and it's burning body crashed into the ground. As he rips through the WF, a tremor shakes the school, Carmine stops firing as he feels the tremor "What the fuck was that?" He asks, pressing his earpiece. "We don't know sir, but whatever it was, it was huge." Celadon said through the headset. The T90 moved through the courtyard, the tank tracks crushing the fallen bodies beneath them.
"Griffons, 4 o'clock high!" The tank operator called out. Carmine focused his fire upward, ripping into the flying Grimm. Laurel came through Carmine's earpiece "Sir, Blake and Yang just took off back into Beacon. I tried to stop them but they were too fast." Laurel said, Carmine sighed and pounded on the roof of the tank which came to a stop "Thanks guys, good luck!" Carmine said to the operators as he closed the hatch and leaped off the tank.
He equipped his Scar and sprinted toward Beacon, eliminating Grimm along the way until he reached the cafeteria, he tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge. "Sir, move out of the way." A voice came through his earpiece, he turned around to the tank cannon pointed at him. He ran and slid out of the way as the tank fired, blowing the door and wall away. He stood up and dusted himself off before shooting a thumbs up to the tank, the tank turned its turret to the front and moved on. Carmine moved through the rubble into the cafeteria, the room was on fire and was littered with debris. Carmine saw student laying on the ground, he rushed to his aid and checked for a pulse; he dragged him outside and radioed for backup, in a matter of minutes a Humvee skidded to a stop.
He loaded the student into the back and smacked the side of it, it drove off as he went back inside. Carmine raised his rifle as he moved through the destroyed building, all the entrances were blocked so he walked up to a ball. He placed his rifle on his back and clapped his hands together, charging both of his hands and placing them on the wall. He detonated the charges and blew a hole in the wall, Carmine stepped through the hole and was met with a familiar face. 'Adam Taurus is here too, oh this is gonna be good.' Carmine thought to himself.
He got behind a fallen column to stay hidden as he watched the man stand there, the man spoke up "Running away again? Is that what you've become, my love? A coward?" Adam said, Carmine looked over to see who he was talking to, his eyes went wide when he saw Blake standing there. "Why are you doing this?" She asked, Adam chuckled "You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!" He said as he drew his sword and pointed it at an Atlas student's chest and prepared to stab him but Blake charged at him with her sword "I'm… Not…Running!" She yelled, he kicked her in the chest and sent her back "You will. But not before you suffer for your betrayal." Adam said as he walked toward her.
"This could've been our day! Can't you see that!?" He said as walked toward her "I never wanted this! I wanted equality! I wanted peace!" Blake said as she backed up "What you want is impossible!" Adam yelled, Carmine stepped out from where he was "It's only impossible when psychopaths like you ruin it for everyone. You see, what you're doing is cementing their preconceived notions of what the white fang is." Carmine said.
Adam turned around "You." Adam said gritting his teeth, Carmine just waved at him "What's up, fuckface? You ready to get wrecked?" Carmine asked as he reloaded his Scar. "We were having a private conversation with my love here, so if you could go die somewhere that would be great." Adam said as he turned to Blake again but Carmine just sighed "You see, that's the thing. I can't leave until I have your head in a bag. Also, she wasn't screaming your name last night so I don't know what you're talking about, fuckboy." Carmine said with a chuckle.
Adam runs at Carmine who drove a knee into his chest then elbowed him in the jaw. Adam winced and stumbled backward but caught himself, drawing his sword and spinning it around to seem intimidating. Carmine rolled his eyes and drew his 500 magnum, putting two in Adam's chest, the swordsman collapsed onto the ground. "Stop showing off." Carmine said holstering his revolver and walked over to his girlfriend, he knelt down beside her "You ok? Are you hurt?" He asked checking on her but she shook her head "No, I'm fine. Are you hur… Carmine behind you!" Blake yelled as Adam raised his sword to swing, Carmine kicked him in the chest and sent him backward.
"You just don't know when to quit, do you?" Carmine said as he readied himself for combat. Adam sheathed his sword and stood across from Carmine "Why don't you come find out." Adam said, beckoning Carmine toward him. Carmine charged with his own sword drawn and swung, Adam drew his sword with a single swing. Carmine walked behind him and turned around to look at Adam "Is that all you got?" He asked as he fell to his knees, collapsing to the ground. "Now, my love, where were we?" Adam asked sheathing his sword.
"Oh yea, And as I set out upon this world and deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves, I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love." Adam said, gesturing toward Carmine who laid in a pool of his own blood. Yang's voice rang out through the rubble "Blake!" She called out, trying to find her friend. "I think I'll start with her." Adam said with a smirk as he stabbed Blake in the abdomen, causing her to shriek in pain. Yang turned toward the noise and saw Adam standing over Blake, and a possibly dead Carmine. "Don't you touch her!" Yang screamed out, bursting into flames, her lilac eyes now red.
She charged at Adam, Blake tried to tell her to stop but it was too late. She leaped through the air and cocked her gauntlet, Adam unsheathed his sword and swung, cutting her right arm off. Yang rolled to a stop near Carmine, Adam readied his sword to end her but Blake moved between Yang and Adam "Why must you hurt me, Blake?" Adam asked frowning.
"Because… Fuck You… That's why." Carmine said, picking himself up slowly. He fell to his knee again but pulled out his scroll, slowly typing and making a call "Target my location, bring Daisy." Carmine said weakly, dropping his scroll. Adam turned to face Carmine, he walked over to the rifleman and placed his sword to Carmine's neck "Was it worth it?" Adam asked, Carmine chuckled "Yea, just had to distract you long enough." Carmine said, Adam turned to see that both Blake and Yang were gone. "Damnit, well at least I get to kill you." Adam said raising his sword, but Carmine stopped him "Wait, there's someone I want you to meet." Carmine said weakly, Adam lowered his sword "Who?" He asked.
Just then two C-137's flew over and dropped two large items with parachutes. "Her name is Daisy. Daisy Cutter." Carmine said laughing as the bombs impacted the ground, engulfing everything in fire. The blast destroyed what was left of the cafeteria and ripped the trees from the ground, the grass turned to ash.
Meanwhile at the air docks
Blake and Yang lay on the ground, Blake held Yang's hand as she cried "I'm sorry, Yang." She said crying. Regalia walked over to her "Blake, where's Carmine?" She asked, Blake shook her head and started to cry worse as two C-137's flew overhead. The ground shook violently as smoke and fire filled the sky above where the cafeteria is or was. Blake spoke through her tears "He made that call, he gave us time to get out." Blake said sobbing. Regalia used her aura to patch Blake's wound before she collected Celadon and Laurel, they took a Humvee toward the blast zone. Charred bodies littered the ground as they neared the drop point. The Humvee came to a stop and they got out, they pushed into the burning ruins, Carmine's ash-covered body laid in the middle, Regalia ran over to him and placed two fingers on his throat "Fuck! His pulse is weak, cover me." She said as she focused her aura on the major wound.
Celadon and Laurel secured the area around them, placing C4 and IEDs as they scanned for potential threats. Regalia maintained her aura on the wound on his chest, it slowly closed up. She moved her attention over his heart, focusing her aura into his chest. She slammed her fist down onto his chest, causing him to shoot up and gasp for air. "Oh fuck, that hurt." Carmine said as he opened his eyes, Regalia helped him stand up, he dusted himself off and fixed his IBA.
Carmine looked around for Adam's body but couldn't find one "Damnit, he got away." Carmine said, grabbing his rifle and chambering a round. They made their way back to the Humvee and drove back to the docks. Carmine hopped out as the Humvee came to a stop and ran over to see Blake but she was nowhere to be found "Where's Blake?" Carmine asked looking around, Weiss looked at him "She ran away, that's what she always does. I'm sorry Carmine." She said to him, Carmine fell to his knees in disbelief "She didn't even stay to see if I was alive." Carmine said pulling off his gas mask, a tear ran down his cheek as he stared at the ground.
He was brought out of his thought by a locker that skidded across the dock, Nora ripped the door off the locker. Jaune shot out of the locker and fell onto the ground "Guys! Pyrrha, she's taking Cinder on by herself. Someone needs to stop her." He pleaded, Carmine stood up "Where is she?" He asked with no emotion in his voice. "Ozpin's office." Jaune said, pointing to the tower. "Weiss, you think you can shoot me up there?" He asked, she smiled "I've been waiting to do this, get on." She said forming a large black glyph, Carmine stepped on but was interrupted by Ruby "I'm going too and you won't stop me." She said standing on the glyph with Carmine. Weiss charged the glyph and shot the pair across the sky, they busted through the window as Pyrrha leaped out of the elevator.
Pyrrha formed her spear and threw it at Cinder who dodged it and countered with a fireball. Carmine tossed a frag grenade toward Cinder, it bounced into the corner and exploded, blowing a hole in the side of the tower. Carmine ran and tackled Cinder to the ground, driving a knee into her side.
Cinder erupted in fire, sending Carmine across the room and into the wall. Ruby extended her scythe and began to slice and cut at Cinder who kicked the reaper in the chest, sending her off the side of the tower. "Ruby!" Carmine and Pyrrha yelled at the same time, Carmine charged his fists up and ran at Cinder, throwing a right cross to her face. The charge exploded, sending her across the room and into Ozpin's desk.
Pyrrha picked up her sword and shield, readying herself for combat with Carmine who had his shotgun in hand. Carmine cocked the pump and ejected a spent cartridge as Cinder stood up, she shot fire out of her hands as she walked toward the pair. Carmine held the shotgun with one hand and aimed at Cinder, squeezing the trigger and firing at Cinder. The buckshot pelted Cinder and the wall behind her, Pyrrha used her polarity to rip one of the cogs from the roof and shot it at Cinder. The cog slammed Cinder into the wall, she ripped more out and threw them at her.
The cogs slammed and stacked on top of her, Cinder exploded in a ball of flames and sent the cogs flying every which way. A large cog flew at Pyrrha who tried to block but was slammed into the wall, her aura dissipated. Carmine ran to her aid, lifting the cog off of her "Pyrrha, are you ok?" He asked, shaking her. She nodded weakly as she sat up. Carmine stood up and readied his sword, Cinder strutted forward and ignited her hands "So, another girl will die because of you, how sad. I'll make it quick." She said slicing fire at Carmine, he rolled out of the way and ran toward her, bringing his blade down but missed.
Pyrrha got up and ran to her shield, Cinder kicked Carmine across the face and knocked him over. He picked himself up in time to see the top of Mountain Glenn exploded and a giant Grimm dragon emerged, it flew towards Beacon, closing in very quickly to the tower. The TOS-1 batterie's aimed at the dragon and unleashed a barrage of missiles, they collided into the dragon and exploded into a cloud of fire and smoke. The dragon roared through the smoke and clipped the tower, ripping the roof of the tower off.
Cinder walked toward the dragon as it hovered by the tower "Shh, this is your home now." She said, stroking its snout. The dragon roared as it pulled away from the tower, Pyrrha stood up and readied her sword and shield, Cinder turned around and formed a glass bow. She tossed her shield at her and rolled out of the way as Cinder shot an arrow at the redhead, the arrow dematerialized around the shield and reformed, hitting Pyrrha in the ankle.
Pyrrha let out a yelp in pain as she collapsed onto the ground, she tried to stand up but fell to the ground again, Cinder walked towards her "It's unfortunate you were promised a power that was never truly yours." She knelt down and lifted her chin, looking into her eyes and smiling. "But take comfort in knowing that I will use it in ways you could never have imagined." Cinder said with a sinister chuckle, Pyrrha pulled away from her and sat up on her knees, staring into her eyes "Do you believe in destiny?" Pyrrha asked seriously.
Cinder formed an arrow on the string and drew it back, she frowned and narrowed her eyes. Carmine pulled himself up and picked up his sword, stumbling toward Cinder. Cinder spoke "Yes." She released the arrow into Pyrrha's chest, Pyrrha gasps in pain, she placed her hands on her chest. She dropped her head as Cinder walked toward her. Ruby finally made it back to the roof as Pyrrha took an arrow to the chest. Carmine charged at Cinder and tried to tackle her but she grabbed him by the throat "Now to eliminate another annoyance." Cinder said, dragging a struggling Carmine to the edge of the tower. "Now, join your whore of a girlfriend in hell." She said, releasing Carmine and letting him fall from the tower.
Ruby let out a scream "PYRRHA!" She screamed as a huge flash of light enveloped the roof, Carmine watched as he fell toward the ground. "Stay safe, little red." Carmine said as he crashed into the ground, the concrete exploding around him. "CARMINE!" Weiss screamed out as she ran toward the smoking crater. Carmine faded in and out of consciousness, he heard people screaming and talking around him as he slipped into darkness. "Just hang on Carmine, we'll get you patched up, we need a medic, now!" Laurel shouted.
*3 Months Later*
Carmine stirred in his sleep and shot up "Cinder!" Carmine shouted, looking around the unfamiliar room. He attempted to get out of bed but was stopped by an immense pain shooting through his leg "Ahhh!" He exclaimed, a woman in white ran into the room "Sir, you have to stay still. You were badly injured." She said, trying to keep Carmine in the bed. "Where am I?" Carmine asked confused, the woman looked toward the door "I think she should explain." The nurse said, gesturing to the door. Weiss walked in and pulled up a chair "Hey Carmine, how are you feeling?" Weiss asked, Carmine laid back against the pillows.
"Like I got in a fight with an Ursa and lost, where am I? Where's my team and Blake?" Carmine asked, looking over to the ice queen. "You're in Atlas, Ironwood and I brought you here after you were thrown off the top of Beacon Tower, that was a seventy story plummet. You almost died, I think your heart stopped twice. As for your team, Regalia went home to Mistral, Laurel went back to Vacuo, and Celadon, well Celadon disappeared. No one knows where he is, and Blake ran away. We don't know where she is either." Weiss explained, catching Carmine up on what he missed.
There was a knock at the door, the Doctor came in and greeted the two "Hello Ms. Schnee, Mr. Sable. I'm glad to see you're awake." The doctor said, looking at Carmine's chart. "So doc, what was the damage?" Carmine asked curiously, the doc looked up slowly and adjusted his glasses. "Well Mr. Sable, you were brought in with a broken left arm, fractured ankle, dislocated shoulder and jaw, two cracked ribs, a bruised lung, multiple lacerations, and a fractured tibia." The doctor explained, Carmine's eyes went wide as the doctor continued "You've been in a medically induced coma so you could heal fully."
Carmine looked up at the roof and closed his eyes "How's the fight in Beacon going?" He asked, turning his attention to Weiss "Well, this is the last info we got. The CCT towers are gone." Weiss said, holding up her scroll, showing Carmine a picture of the fighting. The APCs engaged Beowolves, Tanks fought Deathstalkers, an AC-130 flew overhead and was ripped out the sky by three griffons. Carmine placed a hand over his mouth in disbelief "Oh good gods, this is bad, where's the dragon?" Carmine asked Weiss as she put her scroll away "It's frozen. Yes, frozen." Weiss said sitting back down in the chair.
There was another knock at the door, a nurse walked in with a tray "Good afternoon, Mr. Sable, are you ready for your treatment?" She asked, Carmine looked at her sideways "Treatment?" He asked curiously, the nurse walked over to the counter and placed the tray down "Yes sir, we have a medication that speeds up the bone healing process, downside is it hurts. A lot." She said, pulling out a syringe. Carmine nodded and grabbed the bed rail as the nurse readied the syringe. The needle broke the skin on his leg as the nurse injected a blue serum, the needle exited his leg and the nurse tossed it into a biohazard bin. Carmine grabbed the rail with his right arm as the serum took effect, the sound of bone clicking and moving could be heard in the room.
Carmine grunted in discomfort, beads of sweat formed on his forehead as the bones in his left arm started to shift. "Mother fucker!" Carmine muttered through gritted teeth, he finally passed out from the pain and discomfort.
He reawoke an hour later, the bone shifting had stopped "Good, you're awake. How do you feel?" Weiss asked standing up, walking over to the bed. "Well, my leg doesn't hurt as much so that's good. Let's take this on a test run, shall we?" Carmine said, moving to stand up out of bed. He placed his feet on the ground and added weight to his feet, he slowly stood up from the bed, stumbling a bit. Weiss helped him regain his balance, he stood up straight and slowly walked to the counter. Carmine picked up a stack of clothes and examined them "No, they're not your original ones. I had Klein fetch some that matched your original style." Weiss said as Carmine put the pants and shirt on. Weiss handed him a black box with a white star on top of it "I also had these made for you." Weiss said with a politely, he opened the top and was greeted by a pair of black and red high top sneakers, he placed them on his feet and tied the laces.
"There, you look like your old self. We just need to get that haircut." Weiss said with a giggle, Carmine touched his head and felt that his hair was down to the top of his shoulder "Wow, I've never had it get this long." Carmine said as he stepped in front of the mirror, his red eyes looking back at him, a scar went across his cheek. He followed her out of the room and down the hall "Oh, this is yours." Weiss said, pulling out another scroll and handing it to the rifleman. He took it and turned it on, a black skull with red X's for eyes came onto the screen, laughing before disappearing. Weiss saw the animation and spoke up "Wait, that skull is yours?! I saw that at the Vytal Festival, what is it?" She asked curiously, Carmine placed the scroll into his pocket.
"It's what's called a cyber cell, it hunts down viruses, malware, spyware, and trojan horses. It will literally eat the target program, it also gives me full control over a system. When it eats another program, it will tell me who uploaded it and where the source is. My good friend Nightshade developed it back before our final battle." Carmine said, explaining his program as they walked down the hall. They reached the main building, entering a large hallway and turning left. "My father wanted to speak with you." Weiss said as they walk down the hall, they reach a door and can hear shouting inside "I'm not talking about the good of my company; I'm talking about the good of Atlas, our entire Kingdom!" A voice yells inside "That is a load of garbage and you know it." Another voice yells back.
Carmine opened the door and walked in "Why the fuck is everyone yelling!?" Carmine shouts in a booming voice, silencing the room. Ironwood was speaking to a white-haired man, Ironwood turned around "Ah, Carmine, it's good to see you awake." He said, shaking Carmine's hand "It's good to be back. So, what are you two ladies bitching about?" Carmine asked with a chuckle, the white-haired man looked furious "Do you have no manners or respect?!" The white-haired man asked furiously, Carmine shot him a sly grin "Sir, with all due respect, when you've been through as much as I have, you just stop giving a fuck." Carmine said with a straight face.
Ironwood stepped between Carmine and the white-haired man "Carmine, this is Jacques Schnee, leader of Schnee Dust Company." Ironwood explained, Carmine and Jacques shake hands. "Jacques and I were talking about my dust embargo, seeing as how the white fang has been stealing a lot of it. I proposed the idea after you found that warehouse in Vale, you understand right?" Ironwood asked, Carmine nodded "Oh completely, we can't have the dust falling into enemy hands." Carmine said, agreeing with Ironwood. Jacques slammed his fist down on his desk "Enough! Your Dust embargo has already cost me millions! I can promise you, I have not forgotten!" He shouted, Ironwood laughed "So this is about you!" He stated, stepping forward.
Weiss stood by the door and watched as the three men of power argued "Jacques, this embargo is necessary, at least for the time being. You don't profit off of it being stolen, do you? I have seen what they do to people on those trains and frankly, it's not pretty." Carmine said as he walked toward the desk, placing both of his hands down on the desk and getting close to Jacques' face "Do you really want more people to die so you can make a little bit more money? Cause I won't let that happen, not again." Carmine said in a serious, deep voice.
Weiss felt a little scared by his voice, Ironwood stared at Jacques "Don't make a mistake that you will regret." He said as he started to leave but stopped when he saw Weiss standing there "Miss Schnee! My apologies. I should have been gone by now." He said apologizing "It-it's ok" Weiss said stuttering a bit, Ironwood bowed to her "Please know, you'll always have a home at Atlas Academy, Miss Schnee. We'll be back in session before you know it. That offer stands for you too, Carmine." Ironwood said as he left the office. Jacques sat down in his chair at his desk, facing his daughter and Carmine "Did you forget your manners while you were away?" He asked her, she just sighed "No, Father. I'm sorry." She said apologizing, Carmine stepped forward "Now, you wanted to see me about something?" He asked sitting down in a chair in front of his desk.
Jacques put his hands together on the desk, sitting up straight "I'd like to hire your 'services' for my company." Jacques said, pulling out a file and sliding it to Carmine. Carmine took the file and opened it, he read the dossier and looked at the photos "I want you to eliminate the CEO of Shakor Dust Company, Icterine Shakor." Jacques said with a grin, Carmine tossed it back on the desk "No deal, I don't do assassinations anymore. Find someone else to do your dirty work." Carmine said disgusted, Jacques sighed "Name your price." He said, but Carmine shook his head "No, I will not do it. I don't take the lives of innocent people anymore!" Carmine shouted and stood up, Jacques sighed in defeat.
"Fine, then I want to hire you for another reason, I want you to be my daughter bodyguard." He said, surprising both Carmine and Weiss "Wait… What?" Weiss asked confused, Carmine nodded "What she said, why? Your daughter was top of the class." Carmine stated, Jacques nodded in agreement "Yes that may be true, but in this time I can never be too safe. There might be someone out for her." Jacques said standing up. "So name your price." He stated, Carmine thought for a moment. "30 Million Lien." Carmine said staring at the white-haired man who narrowed his eyes, staring back "Fine, 30 Million Lien." He said, pulling out his scroll and typing something. "You'll find your payment in your room." Jacques said with a smile, shaking Carmine's hand.
Jacques sat back down and addressed his daughter "Thanks to Ironwood, Atlas is forbidden from exporting Dust to other Kingdoms. "A precautionary measure," as he puts it, "until we're certain no one is going to declare war". How anyone could possibly find that to be sound logic is beyond me. Which is why the Schnee Dust Company will be holding a charity concert in the coming weeks." Weiss smiled "That's… wonderful news." She said, hoping to get things back to normal. "I know. And I think it would make a lot of people happy if you performed at the event." Jacques said, leaning back in his chair. Weiss's eyes widened "Excuse me?" She asked, surprised at what she had just heard.
Jacques stood up and fixed his jacket "Many forget that you were there. My own daughter, a Schnee, on the grounds, defending another Kingdom! We need to remind them! And we need to show them that the Schnee family is just as strong as ever!" He explained, walking over to a family portrait on the wall. Weiss was about to speak but Carmine cut her off "Are you asking her or are you telling her? Cause I highly doubt she wants this kind of publicity at a time like this." Carmine said with venom on his tongue, he narrowed his eyes toward Jacques.
Jacques turned around and got in Carmine's face "Do you not know your place, Merc? Because I will happily remind you." Jacques said angrily, Carmine laughed in his face "I'd like to see your bitch ass try, I'd wreck your shit." Carmine said stretching, Jacques drew his hand back and attempted to slap him but Carmine caught his wrist, applying pressure to it and bringing the white-haired man to his knees. Carmine knelt down and looked Jacques in the eyes "Don't EVER get in my face again. Now, you're gonna stand up and we're gonna have this conversation like nothing happened." Carmine said with a smile, standing up and giving Jacques some room.
He stood up and brushed himself off "I was asking her to perform at the Concert, unless you think you can do it." Jacques said with a chuckle as a smirk grew across Carmine's face "Oh boy are you in for a treat. Ask your daughter about the Concert before the Vytal Festival." Carmine said sitting back down next to Weiss "He's right Father, he performed amazingly." Weiss said, praising Carmine's singing ability, pulling out her scroll to show a video she recorded from that night. Jacques watched the video that depicted Carmine, Laurel, Celadon, Sun, and Neptune singing on the stage, when the video ended he handed it back to Weiss "Well, color me impressed. Alright Carmine, you're performing and just so you know, there will be sophisticated people there, royalty." Jacques said to the rifleman "Got it, anti-war propaganda it is." Carmine said with a chuckle, Weiss giggled at his remark. Carmine stared at him in disbelief "You don't remember me do you?" Carmine said before he made his way to the door.
Carmine led Weiss out of the office and down the hall, as they walked she spoke up "Thanks for defending me back there, it means a lot." Weiss said, thanking him. "Hey, you would have done the same for me," Carmine said putting his hands behind his head.
As they walked they were greeted by a young man with white hair "Hello sister, it's good to see you out of your room for a change, and who is your friend or is he your boyfriend?" The man asked, Weiss blushed "No, he's my friend and new bodyguard. Whitley this is Carmine, Carmine this is my younger brother, Whitley." She introduced the two "Hello Carmine." Whitley said, shaking his hand. "Sup Pipsqueak." Carmine replied, shaking Whitley's hand. "So how did your talk with father go? I know mother drinks because of him." Whitley said, Carmine raised an eyebrow at the last part.
"Well, it was a lot better with Carmine there. He's one to knock you off your high horse then shakes your hand." Weiss said, Carmine grinned with his hands on his hips "Yep!" He exclaimed, causing Weiss to giggle. "Well, it's good someone stood up to father. Have a good rest of your day, sister." Whitley said as he left. Carmine shook his head "What the hell is with all the 'father wherefore art thou' bullshit. Where I'm from we call them Mom and Dad, and our siblings are little shits. My family was very endearing." Carmine said with hand gestures, Weiss started to laugh at his actions as they walked down the hall.
They eventually arrived at a set of large metal doors, Carmine lit up "Armory?!" He asked excitedly, Weiss shook her head "Library." She said, pushing open the doors to reveal a room full of books. As they walked in, the smell of paper and old books filled Carmine's nostrils, he took a deep breath in "Smells old and lacking gunpowder." He said, chuckling.
Weiss rolled her eyes at his remark, she walked up to a computer and started to type into it "So what are you looking up?" Carmine asked as he watched the door behind them. "Well, I want to help you find your team but that might be impossible since the CCTs are gone, so I'm gonna do the next best thing: send a letter. An Atlesian airship will take it to its destination." She said, moving so Carmine could type a letter to his teammates.
As he developed his letter in his head, Weiss spoke up "Hey, why did you say 'You don't remember me, do you?' Back there?" Weiss asked curiously, Carmine stopped in his place and looked down at the keyboard "The Wolf Pack was here a couple years ago, Beacon wasn't the first time we met. Your dad hired us to defend the gala after the assassination of the Sarcoline rep. It was a two phase assault by one mercenary group disguised as two different merc groups, The Devils Disciples and Viper Legion. Your mind most likely repressed the memory." Carmine explained, disclosing his past to the woman next to him.
He started to type 'Hey guys, it's your awesome and handsome leader, Carmine the great. I'm alive in Atlas, Weiss Schnee the Ice Queen saved my life so I'm working as her bodyguard for the time being. If you can, board the next airship here, I miss my team and we haven't destroyed anything in 3 months so we're overdue. Later fuckers, C.T.S.' he finished up his letter and let Weiss proofread it. She spoke up as she read "Inflate your own ego much?" Carmine shrugged, she printed three letters and put them in envelopes, writing the names on the front along with where they were going. She handed them to a butler who left for the mail room.
"There, we should hear back in a week or two." Weiss said as they left the room, Carmine yawned as he walked down the hall with Weiss "Tired huh?" She asked, Carmine chuckled "Yea, I guess surviving a 70 story fall and two daisy cutters really takes it out of you." Carmine said sarcastically, Weiss giggled again. She led him to his room, he opened the door to reveal a rather large room, his gear was on the dressers to the right, his Scar was in the corner leaning against the wall. There were three briefcases on the desk to the left and a stack of clothes on the bed.
He stepped inside the room and turned to Weiss who stood with her hands behind her back, blushing a bit "I guess I'll let you get some sleep, unless… unless you don't mind the company?" She asked, smiling nervously. Carmine smiled and stepped aside, she walked inside as he closed the door behind them. He climbed in bed and she got in next to him, draping her arm over his chest. Carmine's thoughts raced through his head 'Oh gods, I'm dating Blake yet I'm in bed with another woman. What are you doing, you idiot?!' His conscious screamed at him as he closed his eyes.
*The Next Day*
"Oh Blake, why must you hurt me?" a voice asked, echoing through the darkness as the sound of gunshots cracked through the sky "Do you believe in destiny?" another voice asked in the darkness. "Carmine!" a voice screamed in the darkness.
Carmine shot out of bed, panting heavily and beads of sweat rolling down his face. Weiss looked startled "Carmine? Are you ok?" she asked, placing a hand on his shoulder. He nodded as he slowed his breathing "Yeah, just had a nightmare. War will do that to you." Carmine said lying back down, Weiss still looked concerned as she laid her head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat. "I have to go to Vale, do you want to come with me?" Carmine asked the girl with her head on his chest "Uhh, sure. Aren't you worried about running into White Fang?" Weiss asked, Carmine smirked "I'm not worried, I can wipe the floor with them." Carmine said as he got out of bed and grabbed his gear from the dresser, he stared at the worn IBA "Alright old friend, out of the frying pan and into the fire." Carmine said slipping the vest on over the black hoodie.
He sheathed his Ka-Bar and checked the mags on his guns "FiveSeven: Full, MP7: Full, 500: full reel, and Scar: full, fire frags: two, ice frags: one, electricity frags: two. Alright, ready?" Carmine asked grabbing his gas mask, Weiss nodded as she sheathed her rapier. They made their way to the airdock, boarding a bullhead and heading for Vale.
As they flew, Weiss caught Carmine up with everything that has happened since he was in a coma. "Grimm still prowl the school grounds and White Fang are scattered through the city but your defenses still hold so congratulations on that." Weiss explained as Carmine readied his weapons "Right, when we land keep your head down and stay on my ass. Let me take point, alright. We have to go to my dorm room to grab some things. It might get bloody so be ready, okay?" Carmine replied, Weiss nodded as the ship touched down.
As the door opened bullets ricocheted off the side, Carmine leaped out and exchanged fire with the WF, his shots were deadly accurate. Carmine took Weiss's arm and sprinted across the courtyard, placing his scar on his back and drawing his MP7, suppressing fire as they ran. Bullets spat from the barrel and flew down range, ripping through their targets. He grabbed her by the waist and slid behind cover, pulling her close to him, his filtered breath hot on her neck as bullets impacted the concrete behind them. He reached into his pouch and pulled out two red grenades, pulling the pins and throwing them over the cover. They exploded and engulfed the area in fire, burning everything down, he covered Weiss's ears as the WF screamed in agony.
Carmine stood up and put them out of their misery, the .308 tore through the burning flesh and splattered blood on the wall behind them. "Clear." Carmine announced, helping Weiss to her feet. She dusted herself off, looking at the carnage but Carmine stepped in front of her "Don't look, I don't want you to see this." He said as he led her to the dorms, they met up with three Atlas squadrons and were greeted by the fleet commander "Titan, it is good to see back in action. We heard the gunfire, everything under control?" Carmine nodded and informed them of his mission "Dorms huh? Well, we haven't cleared them so good luck, if you need anything you can reach us on channel 6. Also, take these breaching charges with you, they might help." The commander said handing him a stack of breaching pads, he folded them up and put them in his backpack.
Carmine and Weiss made their way to the dorm entrance, he pulled out a suppressor and screwed it onto the barrel of the SCAR. He pushed open the door and slowly entered the hall, he crouched down as he moved slowly as they passed dorm doors. He checked the knobs as he moved further down the hall, he got to the first locked door and used his scroll camera to look under the door "Clear." He announced softly, moving to the next door and repeating the process "Contact: 4 tangos." He said softly, he backed up and kicked the door in, popping off four rounds and cleared the room.
Carmine led them down the hall, turning the corner "Alright, my dorm is the third one on the left." Carmine whispered as they neared it, he pushed himself against the wall to listen for voices "Yeah, we're in his dorm but haven't found anything. There is no key here." Carmine heard a voice talking through the wall, he slipped the Scar onto his back again and drew his suppressed FiveSeven, racking the slide and chambering a round. Carmine moved to the door and slowly opened it, moving inside carefully. He knocked out one of the soldiers and held the other at gunpoint "Freeze! Drop the scroll and crush it, do it!" Carmine shouted, the WF soldier complied and dropped the scroll, stomping on it.
"Alright, so what is this about a key? What key do I have?" Carmine asked, the WF soldier scoffed "I ain't talking." Carmine sighed "You know who I am right? So you know what I'm capable of, so choose wisely." Carmine said threateningly, the WF soldier let out an audible gulp "We're trying to find the key to the Wolf Pack HQ." Carmine sighed and held up a key that was on a string around his neck "Ta-Da." He said sarcastically as he shot the WF soldier. "Alright, let's get to work." Carmine said, clapping his hands together and walking toward his closet.
He opened the door and started pulling out crates and boxes, stacking them on the floor. He radioed Atlas for some men to help move the stuff, three minutes later there was a cargo truck under the window with soldiers waiting to catch the crates. Carmine dropped them one after another until he got to the last one, he stuck his head out the window "Take that to the bullhead and load it up, we'll be there in a bit." Carmine shouted, he turned and lifted the crate, now with an armed escort, moved toward the exit and eventually made it outside to a Humvee. He loaded the crate into the back and climbed into the driver's seat "Anything you want before we leave?" He asked but she shook her head "No, I'm ok." She said somewhat solemnly. Carmine started the Humvee and tore out of there, making their way back to the docks.
The Humvee came to a stop, Carmine jumped out and grabbed the crate, moving it to the Bullhead. They said their farewells to the Atlas fighters, wishing them luck in their fight. The bullhead lifted off the ground, taking off back toward Atlas "So, what is in the crates? What was so important?" Weiss asked, Carmine perked up and walked to the stack of crates "Weapons, Explosives, Dust, and Attachments. If they got a hold of this, it would turn it in their favor." He explained, she nodded as he sat down next to her, she rested her head on his shoulder.
In a matter of minutes they were back in Atlas, the Bullhead touched down near the Schnee armory. Carmine directed the crew to unload it and put it in a section away from the rest, he led Weiss back inside her mansion "I didn't ask but are you ok?" Carmine asked, she nodded but seemed hesitant about something. Carmine looked up to the sky 'I miss you Sapphire, and I miss you Blake.' Carmine thought to himself, he felt himself tear up a bit at the thought of his two lovers but shook it off. Carmine pulled his gas mask off and took a deep breath in "Ah, unfiltered air, refreshing." He said, laughing to himself, Weiss giggled a bit.
"Do you mind if I join you again, I hate sleeping alone." Weiss asked the rifleman as they walked down the hall, he grinned "Yeah, I don't mind." Carmine said with a grin, she smiled back. They made it back to his room and he grabbed his clothes to shower "I'll be back, you know where my guns are." Carmine said, leaving to shower. He stepped into the hot water and let it run down his body, soot and gunpowder ran through his hair, turning black on the white marble shower floor. He finished his shower and got dressed, making his way back to his room, he opened the door and walked in. Weiss was lying in bed in a nightgown that looked somewhat see-through, Carmine shrugged it off and climbed in bed, she threw her arm over his chest, and that is when he realized what was wrong: She wasn't wearing a bra.
*Mild NSFW*
Weiss pushed her body against Carmine's side, her nipples poked him in the arm. "Carmine… I need you to touch me…" She pleaded as she straddled his waist, she pulled up at the base of her gown and took it off. She grabbed his hand and placed it on her breast, she massaged the other one herself, letting out moans of ecstasy. He pulled his hand away from her body "I… I can't, I'm with Blake, and I could never cheat on her." Carmine said solemnly, Weiss looked into his crimson eyes "Carmine, she ran away from you, from us." She said as she leaned down and kissed his neck "Besides, how will she ever find out? I won't tell her and you won't tell her." She continued, Carmine sighed in defeat and gave into his urges.
He rolled over and pinned her to the bed, kissing her neck and working down to her breasts, he took her right nipple into his mouth and teased it with his teeth, causing her to moan loudly but Carmine suppressed it with his mouth and massaged her breasts with his hands, a hand made its way down south causing her take in a deep breath "Fuck Me, Carmine!" She said through gritted teeth as she started kissing his neck again.
*End NSFW*
Carmine woke up in a daze, feeling dehydrated. He stood up and picked up his boxers, slipping them on and walking to the window "Hey sexy, that was amazing. I see why Blake was suddenly a changed woman after having sex with you." She said with a purr in her voice, Carmine winked back. He picked up the condom wrappers off the floor and tossed them in the trash as he walked to the bathroom, he stepped in front of the mirror and counted the hickeys on his neck '5…6…7…8!?' he thought to himself as he cleaned up, Weiss walked in and he pulled her close and planted a kiss on her lips.
He picked her up and sat her on the counter to better kiss her, she ran her fingers through his hair as they kissed and he squeezed her ass, causing her to squeal in excitement "Mmm, someone is ready for round four." She said with a purr but he shook his head "Nah, you kind of… sucked me dry. You've just got a body that won't stop." He said kissing her, his tongue pushing past her lips. She broke the kiss "So… are we…?" She asked, Carmine looked down at the ground "Look, until I find Blake, I can't decide who I want to be with. It's too bad I can't have you both." Carmine said with a chuckle but was stopped when he heard something he didn't expect "I don't mind sharing." Weiss said with a smile, Carmine pulled her close to him.
She hopped off the counter and wrapped her arms around him, looking up and kissing him on the lips. "Alright, you need to rehearse." She said, walking out of the bathroom, he smacked her on the ass as she left, she shot him a seductive smile. Carmine looked back into the mirror and sighed "Oh Carmine, what have you gotten yourself into?" He asked himself.
(Thus concludes Ch. 10, action, romance, drama, suspense all in one. Remember to Favorite, Follow, and REVIEW. Every review helps, any questions? Message me and as always, this is Nightmare 6-4, signing off.)
