Chapter 12: Power Move
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Sirens blared throughout Menagerie as Team CRCL sprinted into town, the citizens ran in the other direction fleeing danger. There were a few citizens standing on the docks pointing at a ship in on the horizon, Team CRCL came to a stop and gazed at the battleship in the distance. "What's the plan, Carmine?" Regalia asked as she readied her Honey Badger, chambering a round from the magazine.
"Well, I don't think we have the munitions to sink it so I guess we're gonna have to board it." Carmine said scratching his head, a loud boom could be heard from the distance. The sound echoed across the sea as two artillery shells screamed through the air, the first shell hit a building and reduced it to a crater while the second one hit the town square behind them, chunks of concrete and dirt were sent flying in all directions. As the dust cleared Carmine heard someone scream behind him, he spun around and was faced with an all too familiar sight. A woman with cat ears knelt in the crater cradling another person with cat ears, she couldn't have been more than 14 years old.
Carmine raced over and slid to a stop, kneeling down beside the woman as Regalia came to a stop near them. Carmine grabbed the teenager from her mother's arms and started performing CPR, using his hands to deliver chest compressions "COME ON DAMNIT!" Carmine yelled as he pushed down one more time, the girl sucked in air as she came back to life, the mother wrapped her arms around her "Oh thank the gods you're alive!" She cried out, tears streaming down her face, she looked up at Carmine "Thank you so much, how can we ever repay you?" She asked as she held her daughter, Carmine shook his head "I was just doing my job, now after Regalia patches you up get out of town, it's about to get worse." Carmine said as Regalia's hands started glowing purple, projecting her aura into the two Faunus.
The mother and daughter ran toward the town exit as Carmine stood up and looked at the ship in the distance, he clenched his fists in anger "Find us a boat, I feel like being a pirate today." Carmine said in a low tone, Celadon nodded and made his way to the pier. Just as Carmine was about to make his way back to the Belladonna house, an Atlas VTOL flew over and landed on a landing pad nearby. Carmine sprinted toward the airship with Laurel and Regalia behind him, he came to a stop by the pilot's window "We're not leaving but I need you to get a message to Ironwood. Tell him to ready the TLAMs to fire on my beacon." Carmine said, the pilot nodded and restarted the airship, quickly taking to the air again.
The VTOL flew through the air toward Atlas but was ripped out of the air by the destroyers Centurian anti-air defense "Well… Fuck." Carmine said as the VTOL crashed into the water, Celadon came running up to him "Hey, I found a boat but bad news, it's a merchant ship." Celadon said panting, Carmine shrugged his shoulders "Eh, it'll do I guess, everyone ready up." He announced, clapping his hands together.
Celadon sprinted back to the pier as Carmine, Laurel, and Regalia ran back to the Belladonna house. Blake, Ghira, and Kali stood on the front porch with fear plastered on their faces "What is it? What was that explosion?" Ghira asked as his daughter ran off the porch into her boyfriend's arms, he caught her in his embrace "It's the White Fang, they stole an Atlas destroyer, one capable of firing cruise missiles." Carmine explained as he held Blake close, she buried her face into his chest "Please don't go." She pleaded but Carmine patted her head "I'll be fine Blake, I need you to make sure everyone is safe over here while I take care of these unwanted guests." Carmine said as Blake let go of him, she nodded in agreement.
Laurel and Regalia went into the house and grabbed a backpack labeled Carmine, Laurel tossed it down the stairs to the awaiting hooded man. "Alright, let's go fuck shit up!" Carmine shouted, Laurel and Regalia cheered behind him. They returned to the town square where Celadon was waiting with the merchant ship "Let's go, I think they're zeroing in on us." Celadon shouted as he waved them over to him. Carmine ran and hopped into the boat, taking control behind the wheel and starting the boat up, the engine rumbled as it idled along, Regalia climbed in and made her way to the front of the boat. Laurel detached the mooring from the dock and hopped in "Punch it!" Laurel shouted, Carmine pushed the throttle forward causing the boat to take off, ripping through the water.
"Alright when we board the ship, Celadon I want you to take out the tower and take control of it. Laurel and Regalia, I want you to clear the munitions area to prevent them from leveling Menagerie. I'll take care of the main deck, I'll do my best not to sink the ship." Carmine explained as they got closer, bullets flew from the deck of the destroyer most of them hitting the water "Look alive, it's go time!" Carmine shouted as he pushed the throttle down more, the engine let out a deep growl as it tore through the water. Carmine circled the boat around the rear to an opening on the side, he pulled the boat up to the opening "GO GO GO!" Carmine shouted as he lifted his teammates into the ship. Celadon was the first to enter, he pulled himself into the ship and took point, looking out for White Fang patrols. He scanned the area with his G36 drawn, he replaced it on his back and helped the others into the ship.
"Now, let's retake this ship from these mother fuckers!" Carmine exclaimed as he drew his Scar and chambered a round, White Fang rushed through the bulkhead door and fired at the huntsmen in training, bullets ricocheted off of the metal walls as they flew past Team CRCL. Carmine pulled a red grenade from his pouch and ripped the pin off, tossing over the cover he was using. The grenade exploded into a ball of fire, coating the WF in burning dust, they screamed in agony as the fire burned their skin. They dropped to their knees and keeled over, their bodies contorting into the feedle position, Carmine stood up and moved through the burned bodies putting down any survivors.
Carmine climbed the stairwell and came to a hallway, Carmine and Celadon went left while Laurel and Regalia took the right. Carmine and Celadon came to a ladder leading up, Carmine climbed up and opened the hatch "Alright, this leads to the deck. Get ready for a fight." Carmine said in a hushed tone, he pushed the hatch open and climbed out onto the deck. He raised his rifle at the WF soldiers, he quickly dispatched them, putting two in each of their chests. Carmine sprinted forward and drove his shoulder into a soldier's chest, throwing him into the wall.
The soldier collapsed to the ground and gasped trying to catch his breath, Carmine brought his boot down on the back of his neck, sending an audible crack echoing across the deck of the ship. He holstered his rifle and withdrew the shotgun on his lower back, he cocked the pump, chambering a buckshot and launching the pellets into an oncoming soldier. The WF soldier dropped to the ground in a pool of his own blood, Carmine sprinted ahead as Celadon breached the control tower.
Carmine reattached the shotgun to his lower back and withdrew his Scar, transforming it into its sword form, Carmine charged forward and slashed the chest of a soldier standing in front of the main cannons, he then plunged the blade into the guard's chest and dropped him to the ground. Carmine pulled the sword from the dead soldier's chest and shook the blood from it, He pressed his earpiece and radioed Celadon "Front deck is clear, I'll hold thi…" Carmine began to explain but was cut off by loud footsteps, a large man walked forward toward Carmine.
The man wore a white fang uniform with an IBA ballistic vest and full face grimm mask, he stepped forward carrying a Gatling gun with large barrels and raised it up toward Carmine, Carmine let go of his earpiece "You the captain of this ship?" Carmine asked as he placed his hand on his holstered 500. The man let out a growl, Carmine chuckled "I take that as a yes. Did Sienna Khan send you to kill me?" Carmine asked the heavy who shook his head. "TAURUS…" The heavy said in a deep tone, Carmine tilted his head "Right… So what are your plans with this ship?" Carmine asked as he moved to the right of the main cannon, the heavy pressed a button on his neck "Fire." The man said into a microphone, the main quad barrel cannon on the front came to life and raised up, loud explosions rang out as artillery shells shot out of the main gun.
The shells screamed across the sky as they neared Menagerie, the shells peppered the island and ripped through houses and other buildings. Carmine turned back to the heavy "You're gonna pay for that you son of a bitch!" Carmine yelled as he drew his Scar, the captain raised his Gatling gun and spun up the reel, 40mm grenades shot out of the barrel and exploded around Carmine who rolled out of the way and sprinted toward the captain, Carmine charged his right fist and drove it into the captains gut, the captain hunched over but only laughed and kicked Carmine across the deck.
Carmine rolled to a stop and pushed himself up slowly as the captain walked toward him "What… What is your name?" Carmine asked as he stood up "Moss." The captain said in a low tone, Moss spun his Gatling gun up again and shot out more 40mm grenades, they exploded around him. Carmine grabbed his sword and slashed at Moss's neck but he leaned out of the way, throwing an elbow at Carmine who blocked it with his forearm. As Carmine fought in hand to hand combat his earpiece kicked in "Carmine, the lower deck in clear, we're moving to aid Celadon." Regalia said through the comm set, Moss drove his knee into Carmine's gut.
Carmine stumbled backward clenching his gut, Moss ran forward and grabbed his IBA, throwing him across the deck. Carmine rolled to a stop and pulled himself up, charging a supernova in both of his fists. As Moss got closer Carmine shot up off the ground and struck Moss in the jaw with an uppercut with his left fist, as Moss was airborne Carmine jumped up and punched him back down to the ground with his other fist.
Moss impacted the deck with a thud, as he started to move Carmine drove a supernova charged foot down into his gut, the explosion bent the metal underneath him "Stay down!" Carmine hissed but Moss picked himself back up, Carmine charged his hand and grabbed his throat, lifting him up and carrying him to the side of the ship, holding him over the water "Goodbye mother fucker." Carmine said, detonating his hand and dropping Moss's now headless body into the water. Carmine sat down on the deck and detached his gasmask, exhaling a cloud of steam, he looked out into the now quiet sea and observed Menagerie from a distance.
The silence was broken by his comms system kicking in "Carmine, the tower and lower deck is clear, we're coming out to the deck." Celadon said, five minutes later the rest of his team joined him on the front deck, Regalia sat down next to him and rested her head on his shoulder "Oh that was so intense." She said exhaling, Laurel laid down on the ground and sprawled out "Ahhhh, why did it have to be a destroyer!" Laurel exclaimed, Celadon leaned against the railing and looked down into the water "Uhhh Carmine, who's that?" Celadon asked, Carmine cleared his throat "That would be Captain Moss of The White Fang." He explained as he rubbed Regalia's head, Laurel looked over to the two sitting next to each other "Oh Regalia, don't catch feelings now." He said laughing, Regalia chuckled "Nah, I want some of Yang." She said, the other three guys looked at her with wide eyes "Uh what did you say?" Celadon asked, Regalia looked up at him "I want a piece of Yang." She said with a straight face, Laurel and Celadon nodded taking it all in.
"Well Laurel, Celadon, do you have any love interests?" Carmine asked as he adjusted his IBA, Laurel thought for a moment "Uh, well I'm a player so I don't want to be pinned down but if I had to choose, I'd say Coco or Velvet. Coco's has those curves but Velvet is so sweet and cute." Laurel said, Celadon sighed "I'd say Ruby for me. I would also say Nora but she has the hots for Ren, and she could break my legs." Celadon said with a shudder, Carmine sucked in air through his teeth "Yang is so protective of Ruby so be careful." Carmine explained as he stood up, he helped Regalia to her feet "Alright, let's get this into harbor." Carmine led them into the tower where Laurel and Celadon moved the bodies outside and tossed them overboard.
Carmine fired up the engine and pushed the throttle forward, the hulking behemoth lurched forward through the water. He pulled a cord sounding the fog horn on the front of the ship, as the ship got closer to harbor Carmine turned the wheel causing it to go sideways. He cut the engine off and let it drift into port where they dropped anchor, lowering the ramp onto the dock "Laurel, I want you to cover up the white fang symbol and replace it with this symbol." Carmine said handing him his dogtags, Laurel nodded and ran back onto the ship. Carmine turned around and was faced with a crowd of people, a small woman stepped forward "I…Is it over? Are the bad people gone?" She asked, her voice shaking with fear.
Carmine knelt down "Yes they're all gone, we commandeered the ship and will be taking it with us." He said with a smile, a voice spoke up from the crowd "Who was responsible?" Carmine stood up and placed a hand on the back of his head "Well, it was the White Fang who were operating the ship. Apparently there was an insurrection in the White Fang ranks and this was a splinter cell, Adam Taurus's faction." Carmine explained cracking his knuckles.
The crowd gasped in the sudden horror, a man stepped forward "Sir, I just want to say thank you for saving us and that those people don't represent the Faunus as a whole." The man said with sorrow in his voice, Carmine shook his head "I completely understand, just like not all humans are racists and bigots. We all have our bad apples so it is our duty to make a better name for ourselves and not let the actions of a few people tarnish the name of our people." Carmine said, giving a mini-speech, the crowd cheered and clapped as he walked through the crowd. Carmine walked up a dirt path to Ghira's house where they were waiting for him to return.
"You're okay!" Blake said happily as she ran off of the porch and hugged Carmine, he wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "Listen, I need to ask you something. Do you know a White Fang captain by the name of Moss?" Carmine asked, Blake let go of him and stepped back "Yeah, he's Adam's right-hand man. He does all of his dirty work, he has taken many lives and stolen a lot of trains. Why do you ask?" She asked tilting her head, Carmine sighed "That was who was on the ship, Captain Moss. He said Adam sent him to kill me but I have a feeling he was sent to kill you and your family as well since when I asked his intentions with the ship, he ordered the crew to shell the island." He said.
Ghira and Kali were shocked by what they just heard "What! How dare he do this!" Ghira shouted, clenching his fists in anger. Sun walked over to Carmine "So that would mean all the things the White Fang has done were not Sienna Khan's fault but solely Adam Taurus's fault." Sun said, Carmine nodded "It appears Adam has a splinter cell faction of the White Fang, they are going behind Sienna's back and doing all this." The rifleman said shaking his head, he chuckled lightly "On the plus side, I have a new trophy for my collection. It's still on the ship because it's heavy as fuck. It's a 40mm Gatling gun grenade launcher, I've never seen anything like it." Carmine said, describing his new trophy.
Celadon and Regalia came up the hill behind them "Hey guys, how did it go for you?" Sun asked as the sniper and the medic reached the house "Oh you know, another day another life taken." Celadon said with a sigh, he pulled something from his pocket "Carmine, here are your tags back." Celadon said handing Carmine back his dogtags, he slipped them back around his neck and let them fall down onto his chest. Blake reached up and felt the snake on the front of the tag, running her thumb across the cold steel. She flipped it over and read the back of it "General Carmine Sable, Wolf Pack. No Retreat, No Surrender." She read it out loud then looked up at Carmine "So that is Wolf Pack's motto?" She asked curiously, he nodded "Yeah, it was a saying Onyx and I came up with, we all had it tattooed on our backs just like we all had the Beowolf with the sword through its head on our arms." Carmine explained as he rolled up his sleeve, revealing the Wolf Pack tattoo.
Carmine's stomach roared with hunger, Kali laughed "Somebody's hungry, come on inside and I make something for you all." She said as she opened the door, as they were walking inside Carmine stopped "Wait, where's Laurel?" He asked Celadon who gestured back to the harbor "He's securing everything and will be here ASAP." Celadon said, putting Carmine's mind at ease.
Twenty minutes later there was a knock at the door, Carmine answered the door and let Laurel through "Sorry to keep you waiting, sir. There was a lot of White Fang stuff onboard, I also reloaded all the main guns and also performed a sweep and clear through the whole ship. Some of the men from town helped me get rid of the "Garbage" as well" Laurel said, Carmine nodded "Thank you, Laurel. You have been a great help and I thank you for all you've done as a teammate." Carmine said, Laurel bowed his head in appreciation. They walked into the dining room and joined the others around the table, Carmine sat down next to Blake while Laurel sat down between him and Celadon.
Kali walked over and sat down large bowls of noodles with steak and chicken in them in front of Team CRCL "Eat up, I'm sure you all are starving." She said with a smile, Carmine picked up a pair of chopsticks and dug into his food. After devouring their food, Carmine sighed in relief and laid back on the floor "How was everything?" Kali asked as she sipped her tea, Carmine shot his hand up and gave a thumbs up "It was so good!" Carmine exclaimed, his team laughed at his gesture.
Ghira spoke up "So Carmine, what will you do now? Now that you have a destroyer in your arsenal." Ghira asked the rifleman who sat up and sighed "Oh well, I was gonna sail it back to Atlas to get it put under my command officially, then I'll try to find the others from Beacon. I still have to hunt down Cinder's team, Adam and the White Fang." Carmine said, Ghira nodded "Well you have my complete support, anything you need just ask." Ghira said placing his fist on his chest, Carmine copied his gesture "Thank you, and consider Menagerie under my protection." Carmine said, his team placed their fists on their chests as well.
"Well, we are all grateful for all you've done for us." Kali said thanking team CRCL, they bowed their head in appreciation. Sun spoke up "So are we not gonna talk about how the White Fang found us?" He asked, breaking the silence. "I figured it was those fuck sticks from the other day, the robe wearing guys who brought that bear guy to fight me, also I figure that ship was in the area already when those two guys radioed it in that I was here." Carmine said, counting on his fingers.
"Wait, in the area?" Sun said spitting out his tea, Carmine nodded "Yep, when you and Blake arrived here they sent word to nearby bases until they reached the ship." Carmine explained, Ghira slammed his fist down on the table "How dare they! Those men will pay for this!" He shouted, Carmine raised his hand "Trust me Ghira, they will pay for this!" Carmine said with anger in his voice. Carmine calmed down a bit "But not now, I'm pretty sure they went into hiding." He explained calmly, Ghira nodded "Well, I'll have my guards keep a look out for them and if they are spotted, I'll have them arrested." He said, Carmine shook his head in agreement.
He stood up from the table, taking his bowl to the kitchen to wash but Kali stopped him "Nonsense Carmine, you're our guest, please allow me." She said taking the bowl from him, he shrugged and walked back to his team "Alright, I think we should do final checks on the ship then we'll depart." He said, his team nodded in agreement and stood up from the table. They made their way to the door but Carmine stopped, he turned around "Hey Blake, you wanna come with us?" He asked his girlfriend who shot up from the ground and ran out the door.
Carmine chuckled, looking back at the yellow-haired man still at the table "Sun! What are you doing? All hands on deck." Carmine exclaimed with a grin, Sun lit up and ran out of the house. Ghira shot Carmine a look of thanks, Carmine laughed before heading down the road to his ship. When he reached the dock he admired the ship anchored in the harbor, the black King Taijitu painted on the side "Man, Laurel did a hell of a job on the emblem." Carmine said to himself as he boarded the ship, the deck was nearly spotless save for a few dents and scuff marks.
Carmine walked into the main command center and ordered everyone to attention "ALL HANDS ON DECK!" Carmine yelled, Celadon, Regalia, Laurel, Blake, and Sun lined up in front of him. Carmine walked slowly in front of them with his hands behind his back "Today, we will be assigning positions, Celadon: Radar, Laurel: Main Weapons/Secondary Weapons, Regalia: Navigation, Sun: Communications, and Blake: Captain's Assistant." Carmine explained, Celadon, Laurel, and Regalia shot him a salute and manned their positions.
Sun took a seat at a wall of radios and dials, Blake sat down in a chair by the Captain's area. "Alright, let's collect our stuff, say our goodbyes, then we'll head out." Carmine stated, everyone followed him out of the ship and back to Ghira's house. They entered the house where Blake and Carmine said their goodbyes to Ghira and Kali "Ghira, thank you so much for the hospitality." Carmine said in a formal manner, Ghira pulled him into a bear hug "Nonsense! You're practically my son-in-law and you're welcome back anytime!" Ghira exclaimed happily, he dropped the rifleman who took in a deep breath, Kali giggled "He can get overly excited, thank you for taking care of our daughter. She has only said great things about you and you've surpassed them by ten miles." She said praising the rifleman, he bowed his head in thanks.
Laurel called from the door "Alright, I got all of our stuff and we're ready to go when you are." He said tossing Carmine his rifle, he grabbed it midair and placed it on his back, securing the rest of his gear. He looked over to Blake "You ready?" He asked her softly, she nodded and hugged her parents "I love you guys, don't worry about me. As long as I'm with him I'll be safe." She said, Ghira chuckled "I don't doubt it, he is a very capable warrior!" The large man exclaimed, Blake looked over to Carmine who was slipping on his gas mask "Ready." She said, Carmine nodded and escorted her out of the house, Ghira and Kali saw them off as they went down the road toward the harbor.
"Man, your parents love me." Carmine said as he walked hand in hand with Blake, she smiled "That's an understatement." She said with a chuckle, Carmine shrugged his shoulders as they reached the ship. He picked Blake up and carried her onto the ship, she wrapped her arm around his neck "My knight in black armor!" She exclaimed as she hugged him, he walked onto the deck and put her down "Everyone to your positions, prepare to disembark." Carmine ordered, Celadon, Laurel, Regalia, and Sun made their way to the command tower.
Carmine raised the platform that rested on the dock, pulling it onto the deck and making his way to the tower, he entered the room and took the wheel. Blake sat next to him as he flipped switches and twisted dials, he pressed a red button which caused the ship to rumble and roar to life. Carmine pressed a glowing green button which caused a loud fog horn to sound off, echoing through the pier and island.
After raising the anchor, the large battleship pulled from the harbor and moved into the sea, he sounded the horn again to announce his presence to smaller ships, as the ship hit open water Carmine addressed his crew "Alright guys, we're in open waters so Celadon keep an eye on the radar and let me know if we have company. Regalia, plot a course for Atlas and Sun, scan for nearby radios and ask if anyone has heard from a Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, or Jaune Arc." Carmine said, Sun nodded and started messing with the radio, the sound of static echoed through the room, Regalia input coordinates into the ships GPS and set the route for "Captain" Carmine.
As the ship cut through the water, sea fog seemed to roll in and swallow up the ship. "Sir, there seems to be a dense fog in the area." Celadon announced, Carmine nodded and pulled back on the throttle, the ship slowed to what seemed like a crawl. After sailing for hours, the ship broke from the fog and started to pass an island, a black flag flew from the pole in the middle of the island. The flag had a familiar red beowolf head on it, Carmine watched as they sailed past the island and looked around the area, he saw people gathering on the beach. Carmine pulled the throttle back and stopped the ship, he addressed his crew "Alright guys, there's a white fang Island and it looks like they want to go at it." Carmine said pointing to the beach, the soldiers were setting up heavy weaponry and munitions, Laurel accessed the main weapons and pointed them at the beach.
The giant four barrel cannon moved as it aimed at the beach, a twin Zuni missile pod system came to life and adjusted itself, pointing at the island. Sun spoke up "Hey Carmine, it seems they're trying to speak to the Captain." Sun said, handing the handset to Carmine who answered "This is the B.M.S Valor, we're just passing through so stand down," Carmine said, the person on the other end ordered them into the harbor or prepare to be sunk, Carmine laughed and spoke into the microphone "I warned you." Carmine said hanging up, he walked over to the intercom system and plugged his scroll in, selecting a song.
Ready To Die – Andrew W.K.
The song started to play through the speakers outside, blaring toward the island as the main cannons fixed on their targets, bullets flew from the island and peppered the side of the ship. As the guitar and drums kicked in, Carmine signaled for Laurel to fire. The main cannons spit out fire as four artillery shells rocketed toward the beach, as they hit they ripped through the soldiers on the beach, sending sand and fire exploding outward.
As the smoke cleared, bullets tore across the sky and impacted the side of the ship, a truck pulled up hauling an M777 Howitzer. "Well, there's one of the artillery systems, now where are the other five?" Carmine asked himself, taking a sip from a mug.
This is your time to pay, this is your judgment day, we made a sacrifice and now we get to take your life. We shoot without a gun, we'll take on anyone, it's really nothing new, it's just what we like to do.
As they lowered the howitzer, Carmine noticed that it was missing its anchors, Laurel looked over to Carmine "Sir, what should we do?" He asked nervously, Carmine held up a finger "Just wait, this is gonna be hilarious." He said crossing his arms.
As they lowered the barrel of the howitzer, it started to tip forward and dug into the sand and flipped the truck over. Carmine busted out laughing "What idiots!" Carmine said laughing, he pulled himself together and wiped a tear from his eye "Ah ha ha, fire." He said, patting Laurel on the shoulder, Laurel adjusted a lever and pressed a red button. The cannons on the front shot out four shells and peppered the beach, one of the shells obliterated the howitzer and reduced it to a hunk of smoking metal. The other three ripped the foot soldiers apart, sending them flying in every direction, their lifeless bodies bounced and skidded across the ground.
With the checkpoint cleared, Carmine restarted the engine and chugged the hulking behemoth of a ship forward through the water "Alright, next stop Atlas." Carmine said, sounding the fog horn. As they sailed past islands, the radio in the back chattered to life "Sun, isolate that signal." Carmine ordered, Sun nodded and started adjusting knobs, a scrambled voice came through "… Need help… Dead… slaughter…please help…town of Armani… please hurry." A female voice came through, Carmine pulled back the throttle "Regalia, where is Armani?" He asked, walking up to the purple haired medic, she pointed to the screen "About three miles west." She said, he patted her on the shoulder and ran back to the wheel, turning the massive ship.
"Change of plans, next stop: Armani, everyone go get ready." He ordered, his crew nodded and made their way to the ships Armory, Carmine pushed the throttle as far as it would go. The ship plowed through the waves and sped toward the small island in the distance. After thirty minutes of sailing, Carmine slowed the ship down and docked in the harbor, his crew stood ready behind him "Ready when you are." Celadon said, tossing Carmine his rifle, he caught it and pulled back the bolt, chambering a round. "Before we go, everyone place your hand on this scanner and say your full name into this computer." Carmine said, pulling his glove off and placing his hand on the scanner "Carmine Sable." He said, his team following suit one after the other "Blake Belladonna. Sun Wukong. Celadon Bisque. Regalia Aureolin. Laurel Vermilion" The computer beeped and confirmed their biometrics.
"So what was that about?" He asked curiously, Carmine chuckled "The ships auto defenses run off of Biometrics and voice identification." Carmine said as a minigun descended from the roof, Carmine led his team off the ship and onto the island, he pulled on his gas mask and tested the purge setting, pulling his hood over his head. As they moved deeper into the island, they noticed smoke rising from a town which caused them to pick up speed, sprinting toward the town. As they got closer, Carmine signaled them to stop as he heard someone yelling, they peaked around the corner and saw a man in a hooded robe with his arms outward yelling while holding a shotgun "I AM THE HAND OF GOD, I AM HERE TO PURGE THE UNCLEAN, THE UNWORTHY! COME AND KNEEL BEFORE ME TO BE JUDGED BY THE LORD, GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS SON AND IT IS I!" The man yelled, bodies laid around him
"Oh god, a religious zealot. Do we even have religions?" Carmine asked, everyone shrugged as they readied their guns but Carmine stopped them "I think I can end this peacefully." Carmine said placing his rifle on his back and walked toward the crazed man "AND WHOSOEVER SHED MAN'S BLOOD, BY MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED, FOR IN THE IMAGE OF GOD MADE HE MAN." Carmine yelled with his hands out, the man turned and raised his gun.
"YOU DARE SPEAK TO A PROPHET OF THE LORD?! KNEEL AND BE JUDGED, LIKE THE REST!" The man yelled, pointing to the countless bodies scattered across the town square, Carmine looked back at the man "WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO A MAN WHO TELLS YOU HE PREFERS OBEYING GOD RATHER THAN MEN, AND THAT AS A RESULT HE'S CERTAIN HE'LL GO TO THE AFTERLIFE IF HE CUTS YOUR THROAT." He shouted back.
The man stepped back a bit "THROUGH THE LIGHT OF GOD, YOU SHALL BE SAVED BY THE SPILLING OF YOUR BLOOD. TIS THE WILL OF THE LORD THAT MORTAL MAN BE PURGED FROM THIS WORLD, I AM AN AGENT OF THE LORD AND I WILL COMPLETE HIS HOLY TASK WITHOUT QUESTION!" The man yelled, Carmine chuckled and pulled out his 500 magnum.
He began to speak as he checked the ammo in his revolver "THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN IS BESET ON ALL SIDES BY THE INIQUITIES OF THE SELFISH AND THE TYRANNY OF THE EVIL MEN. BLESSED IS HE WHO, IN THE NAME OF CHARITY AND GOODWILL, SHEPHERDS THE WEAK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF DARKNESS, FOR HE IS TRULY HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER, AND THE FINDER OF LOST CHILDREN." Carmine yelled as he closed the reel on the revolver, his team was repeating what he was saying word for word, Sun and Blake looked shocked that they knew what he was saying.
"AND I WILL STRIKE DOWN UPON THEE WITH GREAT VENGEANCE AND FURIOUS ANGER THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO POISON AND DESTROY MY BROTHERS. AND YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD WHEN I LAY VENGEANCE UPON THEE!" Carmine yelled, he pulled the trigger when he was finished speaking. The rounds ripped through the man's body and dropped him like a sack of rocks, the man's blood splattered on the ground as his body hit the ground.
His team ran up and came to a stop near Carmine "I thought you were gonna try and end it peacefully?" Celadon asked, Carmine holstered his revolver and turned around "Negotiations broke down." He said as he walked into town, looking around the square. A woman ran out of a building and wrapped her arms around Carmine "Oh thank you so much, that man was gonna kill everyone." She said pointing back at the building she came from, thirty people walked out in stunned silence with looks of horror plastered on their face. Carmine looked back at the woman "If I were you, I'd invest in weapons." He said as he collected his team, Blake handed him the man's shotgun "Figure you'd want to add this to your collection." She said with a half grin.
Carmine took it from her hands and put it into his pack "I'll put it in my crate when we get back, thanks honey." He said, pulling his mask off and kissing her. She traced the scar on his cheek with her hand, he placed his hand on hers and moved his forehead onto hers smiling "I'm sorry you have to see this horror." He said as he held her close, she pulled away from him "It's a part of war, right? Besides, as long as I'm with you I couldn't be happier." She said as she wrapped her arms around his torso and rested her head on his armored chest.
As they began to head back to the ship, the woman stopped them "Wait, who are you? You don't look like Atlas." She asked, Carmine turned around "We're Wolf Pack and we'll destroy any evil that raises a hand to hurt the innocent." Carmine said as he led his crew back to the ship, as they entered the tower Carmine started flipping switches and pushed a lever forward, causing the ship to lurch forward as it left the harbor.
Carmine sat back in the captain's chair and sighed "Hopefully no more distractions and it's smooth sailing from here." Carmine said as he closed his eyes. Two hours later, Carmine was shaken awake by Blake who pointed out the window, Carmine stood up and grabbed a pair of binoculars. He peered at the object in the distance, it was an airship being chased by these strange flying Grimm. "Laurel, prepare the Flak cannon, we got some bugs to exterminate." Carmine said as he sat down the binoculars.
Two large cannons came to life on the front deck, raising into the sky and targeting the Lancer Grimm. As soon as the ship was in range, it opened fire at the flying Grimm, the flak rounds exploded in the sky around the Lancers. Some of the wasp-like Grimm fell from the sky, slowly dissipating away as the others closed in on the merchant ship, the flak exploded in the sky around the Grimm and blew them out of the sky. The radio crackled to life "Thank You, whoever you are. If you hadn't come along we would have been goners." A voice said through the radio, Carmine grabbed the handset from Sun "This is Captain Sable of the B.M.S. Valor, we're on our way to Atlas; is the way clear?" Carmine asked, there was a short silence.
"Atlas? Yeah I just left there but if I were you I wouldn't hang around for too long, the dust company is in disarray, I was even paid to escort one of them out of…" The pilot was cut off by an explosion at the rear of the ship, a giant Lancer emerged from the cloud of smoke behind the airship and dissipated. The pilot screamed into the radio "Mayday Mayday! We're going down! We're going d…" The radio cut to static as it crashed into the treeline of the mainland, the flak cannons fell motionless again.
"What just happened?" Carmine asked with a shocked look on his face, Celadon raised his hand "Yeah, as you were talking the Lancer queen came from some rocks and attempted to attack the ship, but something exploded from the rear and killed it, the explosion sent the ship plummeting." Celadon explained, Carmine nodded and steered the ship toward the shore "Let's go see if there are any survivors." Carmine said as he dropped the anchor.
As they were leaving the ship, Carmine turned to Sun and Celadon "I need you two to stay with the ship, there's a manual on the captain's chair about how to operate everything." Celadon and Sun nodded and made their way to the ship. Carmine, Blake, Regalia, and Laurel pushed into the forest, taking out the occasional Grimm along the way. They came upon the mangled wreckage of the merchant airship, the transport ship was engulfed in fire.
Carmine charged up his left hand and placed it on the side door, detonating and blowing the door off of the ship. Carmine moved inside the ship and pulled the pilot out of the cockpit, he placed him on the ground and pulled his helmet off, Carmine placed his ear to the pilot's chest and listened for a heartbeat but there was none.
Carmine started to perform CPR on the pilot, he placed his hands on the pilot's chest and pushed down trying to restart his heart "Come on, dammit! Don't. You. Die. On. Me!" Carmine shouted as he compressed the man's chest, Laurel pulled Carmine back "Dude! Dude, he's gone." Laurel said, Carmine broke free and moved back to the pilot's body "I'm not giving up yet!" Carmine yelled as he restarted the chest compressions, he slammed his fist down on the pilot's chest in anger and dropped his head, Blake knelt down next to him "I'm sorry, Carmine. We can give him a nice burial." She said as she rubbed Carmine's back.
They buried the pilot on a hill by a tree with a view of the ocean, Carmine knelt down by the makeshift headstone "Rest easy, friend." Carmine said solemnly, he stood up and moved back to the wreckage with the others. As he examined the wreckage, ten bandits ran out of the woods and surrounded the group, a bandit with long black hair grabbed Carmine by the shoulder "Hey fucker!" The bandit yelled, Carmine grabbed his wrist and pulled the bandit toward him, slamming his head into the metal ship and breaking his humerus.
The bandit cried out in agony, grabbing his arm in pain and running back to the group. Laurel drew his machetes and plunged the blades into two of the bandits, twisting the blades and making their bodies turn into blood sprinklers. Blood hit a female bandit in the face, she screamed in terror and ran away, Regalia chased after her into a clearing as Blake fought off three of them.
Two gunshots rang out from the clearing, Regalia escorted the female bandit back to the group and tied her up as Carmine fought the other bandits, Carmine planted his boot into one of their throats causing the bandit to collapse on the ground and suffocate. Laurel and Carmine pointed their guns at the rest, they dropped their guns and raised their hands into the air, Laurel zip tied each of their hands together and tied them up in a line.
Carmine walked up to the bandit with the broken arm and placed his knife up to his throat "Where's your camp at?" Carmine asked, the bandit spat on the ground "Fuck you, pig." The bandit growled, Carmine chuckled and slit his throat. He cut the zip tie and moved the body into the burning craft, he walked back and wiped the bloody knife on the next bandit's shirt "So, where is your camp?" Carmine asked, placing the blade against another bandit's throat "Go straight until you reach a clearing then take the path on the left." The bandit said fearfully, Carmine sheathed his knife "Good, get walking." Carmine ordered.
The captive convoy eventually reached said clearing and came upon a yellow motorcycle, Blake ran over to it "This is Yang's bike, but why is she out here?" Blake asked, looking around the forest. One of the bandits spoke up "She's probably at the camp, if anything." A bandit said, Carmine led the group into the forest again, they came upon a large wooden wall with spikes on top. The bandits opened the door and guided their hostage-takers inside the camp, some of the bandits in the camp raised their guns at Carmine, Laurel, Regalia, and Blake as they walked in.
A female voice could be heard yelling as they got closer "I didn't want a fight. They started it." The voice yelled, Carmine walked up and dropped the hostages to their knees "And I finished it, unless anyone else wants a piece of me." Carmine yelled with his arms outstretched, a yellow-haired woman turned around and stared at the rifleman "Carmine? Is that you?" The woman asked, Carmine pulled his gas mask off "Hey there, blonde fury!" Carmine said with a wink, Blake slapped him on the arm and she ran to Yang, wrapping her arms around her "I missed you so much!" She said, hugging Yang tightly. Carmine walked forward and replaced his gas mask "Now, I have a question; where is the passenger of the ship that went down?" Carmine asked with rage in his voice, a black haired woman is red scoffed at his question.
"And who are you, worm?" The woman in red asked, Carmine crossed his arms "Carmine Sable, leader of Wolf Pack and Captain of the B.M.S. Valor, who are you?" Carmine asked, staring her down. Yang let go of Blake and walked toward Carmine "That's Raven Branwen, my mother." Yang said, drapping her arm around Carmine's neck, Carmine chuckled "I now see where you get your hair from." The rifleman said, Raven interrupted him "Sorry to break up the reunion but I have no idea what you're talking about, what passenger?" Raven said, shifting her weight to her left leg. Carmine sighed and pressed his throat "Celadon, load four 105mm White Phosphorus and zero in on my location, wait for my signal." Carmine said into his radio.
He stepped forward and turned his attention back to Raven "As we speak, my Arleigh Burke class destroyer is zeroing in on my location with white phosphorus, if you don't know what White Phosphorus is then let's just say it will burn the skin from your body." Carmine explained as he looked around the crowd "So where is the passen…" He stopped abruptly when his vision rested on a short-haired woman who was holding a rapier, he stared at the woman "Where did you get that weapon?" Carmine asked as he held the grip of his MP7, the woman smirked at him "Oh you like it, does it accent my eyes?" She asked sarcastically, Carmine growled "Where. Did. You. Get. It!?" Carmine asked angrily, a bandit walked up to him and grabbed his shoulder "Watch your tongue, dog." He yelled, but Yang grabbed his other arm and threw him across the camp.
The bandit impacted and destroyed a large tent, the cloth fell and revealed a cage with a woman in white inside, she shielded herself from the dust and looked around. Carmine looked at the cage and his eyes focused on the person inside "Weiss!?" He asked as he removed his gas mask, she was holding a glowing figure which dissipated as Carmine ran over to the cage. He placed his hand on the lock and blew the lock off the door. He used his knife to cut her binds off, the rope fell to the floor as she wrapped her arms around the rifleman "I missed you so much!" She said, kissing him on the lips, Blake walked over to Carmine and Weiss, pulling Weiss to her and kissing her deeply. Laurel clapped his hands "Oh shit, Carmine! You've got to be the luckiest dude in all of Remnant." Laurel said cheering.
Carmine wrapped his arms around the two girls and pulled them into his chest "This is nice, I missed both of you." He said as he held them, they rested their head on each side of his chest. Blake and Weiss let go of Carmine as he started to walk forward, he turned around and spoke to them "We'll all catch up in a bit, but first I got some work to do." He said winking and reattaching his gas mask, returning his attention to Raven and the short haired girl.
"So, you mind telling me why she was in a cage?" Carmine asked as he crossed his arms again, Weiss spoke up "They kidnapped me, saying they were going to ransom me back to my dad." She said as Blake held her close, Carmine cracked his knuckles "You kidnapped her? And were gonna send her back to that douchenozzle? Now you're on my bad side." Carmine growled as he charged a supernova in his fists, a large bandit dressed in all black stepped forward. Carmine cheered "Yes, a challenge!" The black bandit gritted his teeth and withdrew a large ax, charging at Carmine who sidestepped the bandit, planting a roundhouse into his back.
The bandit fell to the ground, pushing himself up immediately and hitting the ground in anger. Carmine released the energy from his fists back into his body as the bandit charged him again, swinging the ax down at the ground and digging into the dirt, Carmine charged his right fist again and struck the large man in the jaw with an uppercut, the supernova detonated and blew him across the camp. The man stood up and planted his feet an equal distance apart, he placed his fists at his hips with his knuckles pointed outward, the man became covered in a yellow aura as he charged his semblance.
The clouds darkened and thunder began to rumble as the man raised his hand's into the air, rain started to fall from the sky and wind started to blow strong. The trees rustled and swayed as the wind blew across the camp, the air became statically charged as a bolt of lightning struck the ground in front of Carmine. Carmine stumbled backward as another bolt hit the ground, he charged his fists together and ran at the man controlling the weather. As he got closer, he drew his fist back and planted it into his chest, causing the man to collapse on the ground and the weather to dissipate, the sun shone through the clouds once again.
The yellow aura flashed across the man's body that lay on the ground, Carmine helped him to his feet and guided him to a chair "Take it easy, you fought hard. You have my respect." Carmine said as the man sat down, he shook Carmine's hand with a newfound respect "The name's Verde, Verde Amarillo." Verde said as he shook Carmine's hand "Carmine Sable." Carmine replied, he patted Verde on the shoulder and rejoined his team and his lovers, he wrapped his arms around their waists and pulled them into his embrace.
Yang returned her attention to Raven "So, if you could stop wasting our time that would be great. Look, Ruby is with Qrow and they're at Haven Academy, I know your semblance lets you make portals for those you have a strong bond with. You got one for me, one for dad, and one for Qrow, so I want you to make a portal for us to get to them." Yang said, Raven looked disgusted "Typical, family only coming around when they need something." She said, Carmine cleared his throat as he held Blake and Weiss "If I may, what's stopping you from making a portal to Qrow? I mean, it's your semblance so it shouldn't be a problem." Carmine said, Raven rolled her eyes.
She looked at Yang "You don't want to get mixed up in all of that, Yang. Ozpin is not the man you think he is. And Qrow is a fool for trusting him. I would know, I trusted him once, too." She said, Yang shook her head "I don't care what you think." Yang stated with anger. "Your choice is your own. All I'm suggesting is that instead of getting wrapped up in something too big for you, for any of us, that maybe you take a moment to wonder if you're already where you belong." Raven said as she crossed her arms.
"Look lady, she's trying to find her sister and you're the fastest possible way to do that." Laurel said as he walked forward, Raven walked forward "It's none of your damn business, stay out of this." Raven shouted, Laurel shook his head in disbelief. Carmine sighed "If she won't help you then I'll take you there myself." Carmine said, Laurel and Regalia agreed behind him. Raven stepped forward "I'm warning you, don't get wrapped up with this, Yang! You have to trust me." Raven pleaded, Yang scoffed "Yeah, cause you were there for me my whole life. I trust Ozpin and Qrow more than I trust you, Raven." Yang said with Venom on her tongue.
Yang turned around and walked back to Carmine "Let's go, Carmine." Yang said as she headed for the camp exit, Carmine followed her with Blake and Weiss on either side of him. Regalia couldn't help but stare at Yang as she walked away, Laurel shook her slightly "Like what you see?" He asked, she snapped out of it "What? Yeah, uh… I was thinking." Regalia said, making up an excuse. Laurel laughed "Thinking about that ass." Laurel said as he followed Carmine out, Regalia followed behind him.
They made their way back to the beach where the B.M.S. Valor was docked, the bridge lowered down and rested in the sand. Carmine led his two ladies onboard with Yang, Laurel, and Regalia following him onto the deck, the bridge rose back up behind them. Carmine held up two fingers and waved it around, the ship rumbled to life as it started up, the anchor rose from the water and was pulled toward the sky, water and seaweed fell from the anchor and hit the water. The ship pulled away from the beach as the group entered the tower. Carmine sat down in the captain's chair with Blake on his left and Weiss to his right, Regalia sat down at the Navigation terminal and typed in the location of Haven, the location popped up on the holographic map.
Carmine pushed the throttle forward, propelling the ship forward through the water and out into the ocean, Yang sat down in a chair in the front of the tower and looked out over the ocean as the ship sailed past several small islands. She turned toward Carmine and broke the silence "So Carmine, you're dating two girls at once?" She asked in disbelief, Carmine shrugged as he removed his gas mask and clipped it onto his belt. He leaned over and kissed Blake, then kissed Weiss leaving both girls smiling and giddy "Answer your question?" Carmine asked as he sat back with a shit-eating grin.
Yang chuckled "Carmine Sable: The Soldier, The Student, and The Sex Magnet." She said, Blake giggled "Another title for a man of many titles." She said as she leaned against his arm, Weiss shot up out of her seat and looked around freaking out, Carmine tried to calm her down "Calm down, Snow bunny. Where's the fire?" He asked, concerned. She looked at him "My sword, that bandit still has it." She said, becoming slightly agitated. Laurel coughed and got her attention, handing her the rapier "Oh thank goodness, how did you get this?" She asked Laurel who shrugged, he motioned to Carmine "Verde handed it to me as we left the camp." Laurel said as he sat down at his terminal.
Carmine got Yang's attention "So what have you been up to since, the incident?" Carmine asked, Yang stood up and revealed her new metal arm "It even has a gun inside, it took some getting used to but it feels like I never lost an arm. With this arm, I only have to have one gauntlet." Yang said, extending her gauntlet and the barrel in her robo wrist.
Sun walked over and inspected her arm "It's so cool!" He said tapping on it, Yang flicked him on the nose. He grabbed his nose and walked back to the radio terminal, Carmine steered the ship to miss a rock that was in the way. Carmine spoke up "Laurel: Weapons check." Carmine ordered, Laurel hit some buttons and flipped a switch "Main Cannon: Check, Anti – Air: Check, Flak: Check, TLAMs: Check, Sea Mines: Check, Auto – Cannon: Check, Trophy System: Check. All systems nominal." Laurel said as he read the diagnostic report.
"Wait, this thing is loaded with Sea Mines!?" Sun asked surprised, Carmine nodded "Yep, they really come in handy if we're running from something." Carmine said as he adjusted the throttle, there was a sudden noise that filled the cabin. A red object suddenly appeared in the front of the cabin, Raven walked out with her sword drawn while wearing a Grimm mask, Laurel pointed his shotgun at her "Drop the weapon, now!" Laurel ordered her, she grabbed the shotgun and tossed it away, elbowing Laurel in the gut causing him to fall to the ground.
She walked forward and grabbed Yang by the arm, pulling her out of her chair and knocking her out, she sliced open another portal and dragged Yang through it, the portal closing behind her. Everyone was speechless, Carmine pulled back the throttle and stopped the ship "WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!" Celadon asked wide eyed and surprised, Carmine stood up and cracked his knuckles "A declaration of war." Carmine said as he threw the ship in reverse.
(A/N: Thanks for reading, remember to Favorite, Follow, and leave a Review. Since life is taxing, my uploads might be a lot less frequent. Stay tuned for Ch. 13, and as always This is Nightmare 6 – 4 signing off.)
