Chapter 15: The Maiden Voyage
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Emerald walked up and stood next to Mercury, wielding her twin revolvers with one of the blades extended and pointed toward the ground. Carmine looked over to the corner where Weiss was laying on the ground, Regalia and Jaune were knelt over her with their hands extended as she seemed to be glowing purple and white "Come on, baby. Pull through." Carmine said to himself, Mercury ran forward and threw a roundhouse kick into Carmine's side while he was distracted. Carmine refocused and charged at Mercury, driving his elbow into Mercury's chest following it up by driving the back of his fist into Mercury's face. Carmine reached back and wrapped his hands around the back of Mercury's neck, flipping him over and slamming him into the ground then driving down his foot into Mercury's gut.
Mercury spat up blood as Carmine reached down and grabbed him by the jacket, yanking him up to his feet and headbutting him in the nose. Carmine pushed Mercury away and let him stumble backwards while he loosened up his leg "Sorry to do this but I have to incapacitate you." Carmine said as he got a running start and drove his boot right into Mercury's nards, the silver haired man dropped to his knees and collapsed onto the floor in the feedle position. Carmine stood up and picked up his rifle, placing it on his back before turning around to assess the situation, a large man with burly arms walked over and kicked Oscar across the room before he reached into a pouch on his side and pulled out to yellow dust crystal, stabbing them into his arms.
The man let out a roar as the electricity coursed through his body, the electricity crackled and popped as it formed arcs around his forearms, shoulders, and his wrists. Qrow crossed his blade with Raven's as they fought each other, Oscar clattered across the ground and into a wall. Carmine looked to his left and saw Ruby unconscious on the ground while Yang traded blows with Emerald by the staircase, Emerald kneed Yang in the gut and knocked her to the ground "You chose the wrong side, honey." Emerald said as she stood over Yang, Yang laughed a little "Funny, I was gonna say the same thing to you. Honey." Yang said as she sat up, Emerald drew back her leg but was stopped when Celadon ran up and threw a superman punch into her face, Emerald fell to the ground and was knocked unconscious. Celadon shook his fist as he walked over to Yang, he extended his hand and pulled her to her feet "Thanks, Celery." She said with a smile, he sighed and rolled his eyes "Please don't call me that." Celadon said as he rolled his shoulder.
Carmine turned around and saw the large man walking toward Oscar "Tell him Ozpin, tell him how you killed her!" The man yelled, Carmine looked at Oscar as he talked to Ozpin "Did she know?" Oscar asked the man, causing the man to stop in his place at the question "Did she know the risk of being a Huntress?" Oscar asked again while wielding Ozpin's cane, the man growled "She was only a child! She wasn't ready!" The large man yelled, Oscar raised his cane up defensively "She made a choice! A choice to put others before herself! And so do I." Oscar said as he readied himself for combat, the man narrowed his eyes "Then you've chosen death!" The man said.
Carmine coughed to get his attention "Mind if I get in on this battle royale?" Carmine asked as he walked toward the large man, the man turned to face him "And who are you?" The man asked, Carmine adjusted his gloves and sleeves "The name is Carmine Sable of Wolf Pack, you may know me as Titan. Who are you?" Carmine asked as he stared at the man, the man growled "Hazel. Rainart." The man said as he cracked his knuckles, Carmine rolled his shoulders and neck as he got ready to fight. Qrow used the distraction to get Oscar out of the way "Let go of me!" Oscar said in protest as Qrow carried him away, Qrow sat him down and withdrew his scythe to defend Oscar. Oscar's eyes went wide when Ozpin delivered an important message "Carmine! His semblance makes it so he doesn't feel pain." Oscar said, Carmine raised his hand and gave him a thumbs up.
Ren walked over and stood next to Carmine, his pistols in hand and anger on his face "Weiss is gonna be alright, Regalia and Jaune got her stable." Ren said as he stared Hazel down, the sound of gunfire echoed outside the building as explosives detonated everywhere. The sound of intercom chatter could be heard coming from Carmine's earpiece "Sounds bad." Ren said, Carmine chuckled lightly "They're just confirming White Fang presence and engaging their targets, I'll let you know if it gets bad." Carmine said as he clenched his fist, Hazel let out a roar as he charged at Carmine and Ren. Ren leaped out of the way as Carmine charged at Hazel, driving his shoulder into Hazel's gut and pushed him back to the ground. Carmine drove his knee down into Hazel's chest and started driving his fists down into Hazel's chest but Hazel reached up and back handed Carmine, sending him crashing across the floor. Hazel pushed himself off of the floor, brushing himself off "Is that the best you got?" He asked but was cut off by Ren who unleashed a flurry of strikes to Hazel's back.
Hazel spun around and grabbed Ren by the neck, throwing him into a wall which he followed up with a bolt of electricity from his dust filled arm, the lightning struck Ren and electrocuted him, causing him to scream out in agony. "Ren!" Nora yelled as she stood guard in front of Regalia, Jaune, and Weiss. Jaune looked up "Go! We got her!" Jaune said as he held his hands over Weiss's torso, his hands were glowing white while Regalia's were glowing purple. Nora nodded and sprinted toward Hazel, unleashing a battle cry and leaped into the air, swinging her hammer downward but Hazel caught it and slammed her into the ground. He reached down and picked her up by the head, unleashing electricity into her head "Nora!" Carmine yelled as he ran toward Hazel, Nora shot a smirk at Carmine as she reached up and grabbed Hazel by the wrist, she used the electricity to amplify her body and stood up, she flipped Hazel over and slammed him into the ground. She picked up her hammer and got ready, Ozpin took control of Oscar's body "His Semblance… he can block out pain. It's how he is able to handle injecting so much Dust into his body." Ozpin said, warning Nora but she grinned "I don't need him to hurt… I just need him to go down!" She said as Hazel ran at her, she drew her hammer back and slammed it right into Hazel's chest, the force sent him flying through the wall and into the outside area.
Hazel crashed and rolled across the ground, Carmine jogged over to the opening and saw Adam Taurus standing outside with some White Fang insurgents, Adam turned around "What's going on in there?" Adam asked Hazel as he picked himself up "None of your concern." The brute said as he brushed himself off "I wouldn't say that, I'd say that he just got his shit wrecked." Carmine said as he walked through the hole in the wall, Adam gritted his teeth "Titan!" Adam yelled in anger, Carmine put his hands on his hips "What's up, fuck face?" Carmine said, pissing off the White Fang leader. Taurus drew his sword and pointed it at Carmine "Are you ready to die, human scum?!" Adam yelled, Blake leaped up onto a roof of a building and looked down at him "Adam!" She yelled and got his attention, the other insurgents aimed their weapons at her but Adam made them stand down "To think that I went through so much trouble to find you, only to have you deliver yourself to me." Adam said as he looked up at Blake "It's over Adam, she has the high ground." Carmine said snickering to himself.
"This isn't what's right for the Faunus! Stop what you're doing and we can end this peacefully." Blake said as she stared at him, he laughed evilly "You're wrong, Blake, and you can't stop us." Adam said as he held his arms outward, she smirked "No, I can't. Not by myself." Blake said as the Wolf Pack walked up behind them "That's why we're here, fuck face." Laurel said as he cocked his shotgun, the insurgents pointed their weapons at the Wolf Pack, who pointed their weapons back at the White Fang. Laurel walked forward and rested the shotgun on his shoulder "But wait! There's more, for a limited time only you will get not one, not two, but three ass whoopings for the price of one!" Laurel shouted as the Menagerie Militia walked out of the forest followed by Mistral Police Airships, Adam growled and pulled out a detonator "Screw this!" Adam yelled as he pressed the button but nothing happened.
"Yeah, that's not going to happen." Carmine said as he pointed to the tower, Ilia walked out of the shadows and dropped a handful of wires to the ground. Adam looked back at Carmine as he adjusted his gas mask "Problem? You seem tense, need a back massage?" Carmine asked as he shifted his weight to his right leg, an insurgent raised his rifle toward Ilia as she stood on the roof. "Die, traitor." The insurgent yelled as he placed his finger on the trigger, Regalia leaped forward and placed her M9 to his head "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Regalia said as she cocked the hammer back, the insurgent lowered his rifle as she pistol whipped him unconscious. "It's all over, Adam. Just give up and turn yourself in." Blake said as she leaped down off of the roof, Carmine converted his Scar into its sword form as he watched Adam.
Adam drew his sword "Never, harlot!" Adam yelled as he charged toward Blake, Carmine leaped in front of Blake and blocked Adam's sword "You gotta be quicker than that." Carmine said as he elbowed Adam in the face, Adam stumbled backwards and held his face. Adam wiped the blood from his face as he readied his sword, Carmine taunted him as he spun his sword around "Let's dance, fucker." Carmine said as he lowered his body to the ground, Adam charged forward with the blade pointed toward Carmine's chest but he stepped out of the way of his katana, Carmine stomped his right foot twice, causing a blade to extend from the front of his boot. Carmine kicked Adam in the side and pierced his body, Adam grabbed his side in pain as he stumbled backwards "Make no mistake, brothers! These are our enemies! And we will not let them ruin our chance for vengeance!" Adam said as he preached to the White Fang insurgents.
The insurgents rallied as they raised their weapons towards the Menagerie Militia, a couple militants raised up their shields and created a phalanx of shields with rifle barrels sticking out of the openings of the wall, as the White Fang started firing at the militants. The Insurgents were shredded by a hail of gunfire by the Wolf Pack, a few insurgents collapsed to the ground in a pool of blood while the militants charged forward to secure the rest of them. A man with large wings on his back charged forward and slammed the shield into an Insurgent, knocking him to the ground and pointing a pistol at his head "Make my fucking day." The man said as he cocked the hammer back, the insurgent raised his hands in defeat as the gunfire stopped. Adam looked around as his vengeance quest was snuffed out, he sheathed his sword and sprinted into the forest, Sun pulled out his staff and ran towards the forest but Carmine stopped him "I got a better idea." Carmine said as he pulled out red canister.
Carmine pulled the pin and threw the canister into the forest, the canister flew through the air and bounced off a few trees before it started spitting out red smoke. Carmine turned to the militia and the Wolf Pack "Everyone! Down! Now!" Carmine yelled as he pulled Blake to the ground, the militia hit the ground as hell rained down from above. 105mm, 40mm, and 20mm rounds rained from the AC-130 that flew above Haven, the munitions hit the ground and destroyed the trees, bushes, and foliage. A 105mm shell hit a tree and blew it into splinters of burning wood that flew through the air, the fire support continued to rain down into the forest but eventually stopped. Carmine stood up and looked at the crater that once was part of a forest, smoke flowed from the crater and passed across the grounds of Haven.
"Well, you think he survived that?" Carmine asked as he picked Blake up off of the ground, she dusted herself off and looked at the Crater "Let's hope not." Blake said as she hugged Carmine, Carmine looked around at the carnage that was spread across Haven but was snapped out of it when he heard the sound of radio chatter, he walked over to a body and rolled it over, pulling a radio out the body's pocket. He turned the knob and clicked the radio on, a voice came through the speaker "Target designation set: FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!" The voice yelled as artillery shells rained down from the sky, a shell hit a Mistral Air Ship and blew it up, the ship crashed into the ground and exploded into a ball of fire.
Shells continued to pepper the campus, a few shells hit a building and reduced it to rubble "Shit where is this coming from?!" Laurel yelled as he took cover behind a statue, Carmine pulled out his scroll and accessed the drone above. Carmine switched on the thermal and looked for a heat source, he flew the drone through the air as the shells stopped firing. The Reaper flew more than eight miles away before it found six M777 Howitzers, Carmine zoomed in and looked at the glowing figures as they reloaded the batteries. The rifleman accessed the weapons and deployed two GBU-24 bombs onto the battery site, the bombs hit and reduced the site to a smoking crater littered with heaps of twisted metal and charred corpses. Carmine stood up and disengaged from the drone, looking around Haven at the carnage "Man, this went to shit fast." Laurel said as he walked up to Carmine, Carmine stomped his foot twice and sheathed the knife back into his boot "You can say that again, bro." Carmine said as he stretched his arms.
The Wolf Pack's attention was brought back to a screaming Hazel who was fighting against the huntresses-in-training, Carmine looked to the rest of the Wolf Pack "Out of the frying pan and into the fire." Carmine said as he pulled out his Scar, everyone followed suit and withdrew their weapons as they ran toward the fighting. Mercury was back in action and drew his fist back to strike Ruby but Carmine intervened "Ding dong! It's the pain train!" Carmine yelled as he delivered a superman punch to the left side of Mercury's face, the silver haired man collapsed to the ground with a thud. Laurel sprinted toward Lionheart but he turned and ran away "Where you running, Leo? I just want to chat." Laurel said as he turned the corner and chased the headmaster into his office, Leo slammed the door and blocked it shut. Laurel pounded on the door "Come on, Leo! A house cat has more balls than you!" Laurel yelled as he kicked the door before turning to rejoin his team, he stopped when he swore he heard the sound of blood splashing onto the ground but shook it off.
Regalia grabbed Emerald by the wrist and tossed her into a pillar, while Carmine looked toward the hole in the ground "Go, Yang needs your help." Ruby said as she panted and tried to catch her breath, Laurel walked up behind him "Do it for Sapphire. Do it for your brothers. Do it for Remnant." Laurel said as he patted Carmine on the shoulder. Carmine nodded and sprinted toward the hole, leaping down into it and bouncing off of the walls before he reached the ground. As he landed, he saw Raven and Cinder fighting in an explosion of fire and ice, Carmine took a knee and pulled out his Scar. He swapped the regular magazine for a magazine of fire dust rounds, he pulled back the bolt and aimed down the sight towards Raven but he felt a nudge on his side, Carmine looked to his left and up where Yang was standing "Leave Raven to me." Yang said as she clenched her fist, she started to walk forward but Carmine stopped her and caused her to turn around as Carmine looked up at her "You know, I always saw you as the sister I never had. Be careful and come back to us, Blonde Fury." Carmine said with a chuckle, Yang gave him a smirk as she turned back to the fighting women.
Carmine adjusted his aim toward Cinder who landed on a boulder, her left arm turned black and shot toward Raven, it grabbed her by the throat and started to choke her out. "Not today, Cinder." Carmine said as he squeezed the trigger twice, two fire rounds hit the black arm and severed it from her body, the arm hit the ground and started to smoke black "She had a Grimm arm the whole time?" Carmine asked himself as he stood up and walked toward the Fall Maiden but his eyes focused on the body of Vernal who had sat up slightly and raised her weapon, she squeezed the trigger and shot Cinder in the back, completely breaking her aura. Carmine went from walking to jogging to sprinting as he ran toward Cinder and drove his shoulder into her abdomen, slamming her into a boulder. The fall maiden collapsed to the ground and struggled for air "Yeah, it's kind of hard to breathe when you got a few broken ribs. I don't think your aura can fix that." Carmine said as he paced back and forth in front of Cinder, she tried to push herself up but he placed his foot onto her back and slammed her back to the ground.
Carmine removed his foot and backed away from her, he stood next to Yang and watched as Raven picked Cinder up, she carried her over to the edge of the bridge and dangled her over the abyss. Raven placed her right hand onto Cinder's face and charged an electricity attack, detonating and destroying the black mask that hid the scarred part of Cinder's face.
"Enjoy total darkness, bitch." Raven said as she froze Cinder and dropped her into the abyss below, Carmine moved to the edge and watched as the Cinder-cicle disappeared into the dark below. He reached into the pouch on his side and pulled out two grenades, he pulled the pins and dropped them into abyss, after a couple of seconds they exploded into a brilliant flash of light and fire, a plume of smoke rose out of the hole. Carmine turned around and came face to face with Raven's sword "I told you that the next time we meet, only one of us would leave alive." Raven said as she placed the blade to his throat, Yang cleared her throat "You do it and I will kill you where you stand! He saved you." Yang said as her eyes turned red, Raven sighed and withdrew her sword, sheathing it.
Carmine slowly crept away from the edge of the bridge and walked over to Vernal, he placed two fingers onto her throat and felt for a pulse but found none. He reached up and closed her eyes, he looked up to the glowing doorway "Hey Yang, what's this?" He asked as he stood up and walked to the giant door, Yang stood next to him "I guess it's the relic." Yang said as she turned around "Qrow and Oz told me how the Maiden powers are transferred. The girl you found… she would've had to have trusted you if you were in her final thoughts - cared about you a lot." Yang said, shifting her weight to her left leg. Raven scoffed "I'm sure they told you plenty, and you just sat and obeyed. He obeyed because he's just a trained killer for the highest bidder but even trained killers have leashes." Raven said, Carmine placed his rifle onto his back as he turned around "Bold accusations from a bandit, I've killed plenty of bandits to know that all of them are all talk but then again, everyone turns into a beggar when looking down the barrel of a .45" Carmine said as he crossed his arms, Raven gritted her teeth in anger.
"No, I'm starting to ask questions like you said. So tell me... what happened to the last Spring Maiden? Did she die in battle? Was it sickness?" Yang asked, Carmine held up a finger "Wait, you mean 'Mom of the year' over there is the Spring Maiden?" Carmine asked confused, Raven shook her head "Fuck you too, Carmine." Raven said in distaste, Yang nodded her head "Yeah, so how about it, Mom of the year?" Yang asked sarcastically, "What does it matter to you?" Raven asked angrily, Yang's eyes widened "I can already see the answer. It's all over your face. How could you?!" Yang asked in anger
"She was scared when we found her! Weak. No matter how much training I put her through, she never learned! She wasn't cut out for this world! And with those powers, she would've been hunted her entire life! What I did…" Raven started to say but Yang cut her off "Wasn't personal." Yang said, finishing her sentence. "It was mercy!" Raven shouted as Carmine sat down on the ground by Yang "Which is it, mom? Are you merciful, or are you a survivor? Did you let me walk into that trap because you knew I could handle it, or because it meant you could get what you wanted?!" Yang asked angrily, Raven shook her head as she bit her lip in anger "It's not that simple. You don't know me, you don't know what I've been through, the choices I've had to make!" Raven yelled back at Yang.
Yang chuckled a little "You're right. I don't know you. I only know the Raven dad told me about. She was troubled, and complicated, but she fought for what she believed in, whether it was her team or her tribe! Did you kill her too?" Yang asked, Raven eyes went wide and she turned around shaking her head.
"I've stared death in the face over and over again! And every time I've spat in that face and survived, because I'm strong enough to do what others won't!" Raven yelled, Carmine sat up and looked at the maiden clad in red "Oh, shut up! You don't know the first thing about strength! You turn your back on people, you run away when things get too hard, you put others in harm's way instead of yourself! You might be powerful, but that doesn't make you strong." Yang said as she clenched her fist in anger, Carmine laid back onto the ground and looked at the rocky roof above.
"Who do you think you are lecturing me?! Standing there, shaking like a scared little girl?!" Raven said as she shouted at her daughter, Carmine sat up and raised his hand but Yang stopped him "Yeah, I'm scared. But I'm still standing here! I'm not like you, I won't run, which is why you're going to give me the Relic." Yang said as she nudged Carmine, he nodded and stood up. Carmine walked toward the Relic door and began push it open.
"And why would I let that happen?" Raven asked as she placed a hand on her hip "Because you're afraid of Salem! And if you thought having Maiden powers put a target on your back, imagine what she'll do when she finds out you have a Relic. She'll come after you with everything she has. Or she can come after me. And I'll be standing there, waiting for her." Yang said as Carmine opened the door to the Relic, Raven narrowed her eyes "You don't want to do this, Yang." Raven warned her daughter but Yang rolled her eyes "Nope. But I'm gonna do it anyway." Yang said as she walked toward the Relic, Raven lifted her hand up but dropped it back down "I… I'm sorry." Raven said as she sliced open a portal and converted to her bird form, flying through the portal.
Yang stood in front of the Relic with tears streaming down her face "Yeah, me too." Yang said as she walked into the Relic chamber, Carmine followed her into the sand filled chamber. "So what exactly is this?" Carmine asked as he looked around the room, Yang walked up to the vase and lifted it up by the handle, Carmine looked at the canister "Well, let's bounce." Carmine said as he opened the backpack, Yang placed the vase into the bag and Carmine zipped it up. Carmine led Yang back to the elevator and Yang pressed the button on the floor, the elevator went upward and came up to the main floor. Carmine walked out with Yang and looked at Cinder's goons "Yeah, you can go sweep up your friend." Carmine said as he walked out, Mercury stood over Emerald who was on the ground sobbing "No, she'll come back to us." Emerald said, Carmine tilted his head "Aww, you actually cared about that sociopath?" Carmine asked sarcastically.
Emerald slammed her fist onto the floor, Mercury gritted his teeth "Emerald, we have to go now." Mercury said as he stared at Carmine, Emerald activated her semblance and flooded the room in darkness, a twenty story figure emerged from the smoke and slowly took form. Twisted arms pushed from the silhouette and developed fingers, a face emerged from the figure and opened its soulless eyes, it released an ear piercing shriek that knocked everyone to their knees. The darkness cleared and everyone stood back up "What the fuck was that thing?!" Carmine asked as he looked around, Ozpin pushed himself off of the ground "That… was Salem." Ozpin said as he helped Qrow up off the ground.
Carmine walked up to Ozpin and pulled out the Relic "This it?" Carmine asked the small headmaster, Ozpin took the Relic "Yes, this is the Relic of Knowledge." Ozpin said, Carmine tapped his foot "So have we won half the war? Because knowing is half the battle." Carmine asked, making a bad joke. Laurel booed from the balcony "Boo, tell a better one." Laurel said as he leaned against the rail, Carmine turned around and walked up to his team "So, how did the fighting go up here?" Carmine asked as he sat against the wall, Laurel leaped from the balcony and sat against Carmine "Well, we kind of just had a stand off with Hazel and Mercury while Emerald just cried like a bitch. Speaking of bitch, Lionheart locked himself in his office and you're our explosives specialist." Laurel explained, Carmine sighed and rested his head against the wall "Let me just rest for like five minutes." Carmine said as he closed his eyes but an explosion brought him back to reality "Oh god, what now?!" Carmine asked as he stood up and walked across the room.
Ghira and Kali walked into the ballroom, Blake ran up to them and embraced them "The police rounded up the remaining White Fang members. Haven is safe." Kali explained as Carmine walked up, Ghira sighed "Unfortunately, it appears that Adam escaped." Ghira explained, Carmine chuckled "Well, he might have gotten away but if he was in that forest when literal hell came down, then he might have eaten shit." Carmine explained as Blake rested her head on his shoulder, Carmine let go of her and took a step back "I'm gonna go check on Weiss, be right back." Carmine said hugging Blake.
Carmine jogged over to where Ruby and Yang were talking to Weiss, Carmine wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her up "I'm so glad you're okay, I was worried about you." Carmine said as he hugged her, she placed her hands onto his shoulders "All because of you, Carmine." Weiss said planting a kiss onto his visor, Carmine sat her down onto the ground and pulled her into his embrace, she traced circles on his pouches and ballistic weaving. Ozpin cleared his throat "Enjoy this victory but we need to get to Atlas. Carmine, do you think you can get us there?" Ozpin asked, interrupting his reunion with his girlfriend. Weiss put her hand onto his chest "Go, we'll talk later." Weiss said hugging him, Carmine walked up to Ozpin "Yeah, I have a Battleship and an Airship or we can go knock down Lionheart's door." Carmine said, Ozpin thought for a moment "Yes, I would like to have a word with Lionheart. Lead the way, Carmine." Ozpin said, releasing control back to Oscar.
"Wolf Pack, rally up!" Carmine shouted, his team joined him at the door that led to the hallway of Lionheart's office. Laurel kicked open the double doors and led Carmine to Lionheart's locked office "Here it is, boss." Laurel said as he shook the door but it wouldn't budge, Carmine clapped his hands together and charged them both up with a Supernova in each. He placed his hands on the door and detonated the charges, the door exploded into shards of wood and metal that shot across the room. The room was very dark except for the light from the hall "Someone find a light switch, also does anyone smell blood?" Laurel asked as he searched for a switch on the wall, Celadon found a switch and turned on the lights, illuminating the office. Lionheart was sprawled out on the ground in a pool of his own blood, covered in lacerations and stab wounds.
"Oh Leo, why did you have to turn on us?" Ozpin asked as he looked at Leo's corpse, Verde flipped through a bookshelf and twisted a mini statue. A wall lifted and revealed a secret room, Verde peaked is head from behind the wall "The fuck is this?" He asked as he looked into the room, Carmine walked over and looked into the room where he heard the sound of clicking that grew closer. A black, floating orb came out of the room and looked around, its tentacles were covered in blood "Found out what killed Leo." Carmine said as he pulled out his revolver "Carmine Sable of Wolf Pack, we finally meet." A female voice said from the orb, Carmine tried to pull his revolver out faster "Nope, nope, nope, nope. That is a whole bunch of nope." Carmine said as he put the barrel to the floating orb and pulled the trigger, the orb exploded and crashed to the ground.
"That voice was Salem, she must have infiltrated Haven academy too, not just Cinder." Ozpin explained as the orb began to smoke, Carmine replaced his revolver back into its holster "Regalia, search his desk for anything of value." Carmine said as he looked through the bookshelf, Regalia ripped out all of the drawers in the desk. She pulled out a large drawer and revealed a button in the back of the desk, Regalia pressed the button and activated the button. The floor to the left of the desk separated and pushed out a large steel box out of the floor, Carmine knelt down in front of the box "Huh, this must be his important belongings." Carmine said as he twisted the knob on the safe, Regalia walked up and squatted down by him "I think we should check the infirmary for a stethoscope or find someone with sensitive hearing who can listen to the tumblers." Regalia said as she felt the metal door.
Carmine pulled off his bag and set it on the floor, unzipping the bag and digging through it "Here Ozpin, hold this." Carmine said as he pulled out the Relic and handed it to Oscar, Verde walked over and stood behind Oscar while he faced the door "I got you covered, kid." Verde said as he aimed his LMG at the hallway, Carmine dug through his bag some more before he pulled out a spray can "Ahh, here's the good stuff. Foaming Thermite, when I light this you need to get behind cover." Carmine said as he started spraying the foam down the side of the safe door, the foam expanded and clung to the door. Carmine pulled out a lighter and ignited the foam, the foam started sparking and burning as it ate through the metal. Carmine turned away from it as everyone got behind cover, the Thermite cut into the metal and burned upward toward the top of the safe.
After the Thermite stopped burning, the safe door dropped to the floor and collapsed to the ground, Carmine turned back around and waffed away the smoke "Alright Leonardo, let's see what you were hiding." Carmine said as he started digging through the safe, Oscar walked up behind him with the Relic still in his hands "What do you see?" Oscar asked as he looked over the rifleman's shoulder, Carmine pulled out a stack of files and placed them on the desk. He opened a red folder labeled 'Threat Level: Black' and flipped through a stack of papers "You son of a bitch, if I had known about this I would have killed you on the spot." Carmine said as he glared at Lionheart's corpse and clenched his fists.
Blake and Weiss ran over to their boyfriend and comforted him "What's wrong? What's gotten you so worked up?" Blake asked as she held onto his arm while Weiss held the other arm, he lowered his head "Lionheart had a detailed dossier on everyone in the Wolf Pack: Onyx, Crimson, Nightshade, Grullo, Keppel, and Myself. The bastard helped them kill my brothers, there's even a paper on Sapphire which labels her as 'Carmine's weakness'. He had to bring her into this." Carmine explained as he flipped through the papers, setting them out on the desk in order.
Blake rested her head on his shoulder "It's alright, he's gone and won't hurt any of us." Blake said as she rubbed his shoulder, Laurel nudged Lionheart's body with his foot to make sure he was dead, Leo groaned in pain which caused Carmine's head to snap over to the body. Carmine leaped over the desk and slid to his knees next to Leo, grabbing him by the collar "You son of a bitch! Why did you help them kill us!?" Carmine yelled, steam purged from his gas mask in anger. Leonardo coughed up blood onto his chest "Because… they forced me to." Leo said as he struggled to stay alive, Carmine sighed "If you knew how powerful we were, why didn't you ask for our help? We could have helped you." Carmine said, Leo looked up into Carmine's crimson visor "I'm… Sorry, Carmine. Sincerely, I'm sorry and I hope you can forgive me" Leo asked as tears formed in his eyes, Carmine sat the headmaster back down onto the floor "I forgive you for creating a dossier on us but not for helping them kill us, that I can never forgive." Carmine said as Leo closed his eyes and passed away.
Carmine stood up and walked back over to the safe, he knelt down in front of it and dug through it more "Well, let's see what else you got in here, traitor." Carmine said as he pulled out more files, Carmine found a box on the bottom of the safe and pulled it out, setting it on the floor. The box was padlocked shut "Celadon, look for a key to this lock." Carmine said as he jiggled the lock, Celadon searched Leo's body but found nothing "Nothing, sorry man." Celadon said as he walked back over to Carmine, the rifleman nodded and grabbed the lock in his hand, charging a small Supernova in his right hand. He detonated the charge and blew the lock off of the box, he pulled the broken lock off and tossed it across the room, he lifted the lid and came face to face with a box of gold bars.
"Holy shit-fuck-balls!" Carmine exclaimed as he stared at the box of gold, Laurel and Celadon walked over and looked at the bars, Celadon reached down and picked up a bar "Hmm, if I remember correctly the going rate for a kilo of gold was 43,109 Lien and this bar is roughly ten kilos so that means one bar is…. 431,090 Lien and let's see this box has about five layers of eighteen bricks." Celadon said as he started writing down on a piece of paper, "This box contains 38,798,100 Lien." Celadon said as he slid the paper over to Carmine, Laurel's eyes went wide with surprise "I wonder what this was for, like payment wise?" Laurel asked as he grabbed the gold bar from Celadon and sat it back into the box, Carmine closed the lid and put a pencil where the lock was "Well, it don't matter because it's ours now." Carmine said as he sat it on the desk.
Carmine placed the box into his backpack along with the rest of the contents of the safe, zipping it up afterwards and placing it onto his back "Alright, I'm ready to move when you guys are." Carmine said standing up, Laurel and Celadon picked up Lionheart's body and carried him out of the room "What should we do with his body?" Laurel asked as he looked back, Carmine shook his head "Well Ozpin, how about it?" Carmine asked as he looked over at the boy.
Oscar let Ozpin take control of the body "Do what you think is right." Ozpin said as he shook his head, Carmine looked up to Laurel "Toss him down the hole with that bitch, Cinder." Carmine said as Laurel and Celadon carried the body down the hall but Carmine stopped them "Wait! This isn't right." Carmine said as he walked up to the body, he grabbed Leo's arm and unlatched his shield "Alright, now you can dispose of the body." Carmine said as he looked at the shield, Carmine led them back out into the main room "Man, we sure did a number on this room." Verde said as he looked around the room that was covered in craters and bullet holes, Carmine walked out of the hole in the wall and onto the Haven courtyard.
Mistral police airships flew around the area while Carmine's airship flew up higher in the air, Carmine looked around the area and sighed in relief "I think we're good for a while." Carmine said as he extended his arms to the side. As he relaxed, a tank shell flew across the courtyard and hit one of the Mistral Police airships, the airship crashed to the ground and exploded into an inferno of fire. Carmine looked toward the direction it came from and saw a K1-88 tank drive out of the bushes, followed by a BTR-80, a BMD-3, and a M113 APC, the APC pulled out further and the gunner opened fire at the group from Beacon. Carmine pushed everyone back into the war-torn room "Get down, get down!" Carmine yelled as he got behind the wall, he leaned against the wall and pulled out his scroll, tapping into one of the drones above.
Carmine flew the drone over and dropped a GBU-24 onto the BTR-90, the bomb exploded and ripped the hull apart but the BMD-3 shot the drone out of the sky. The drone crashed into the forest and exploded, severing the connection to Carmine's scroll "Shit, wait we have tanks here." Carmine said as he looked out, three tanks tore across the courtyard and fired at the threats. Four KA-52 Alligators flew around the campus and performed multiple strafe runs onto the attacking force, Carmine put his hand to his ear as a female voice started talking "Carmine, this is Reaper squadron engaging the targets, orders sir?" The pilot asked as she fired at the tank, Carmine looked up into the sky "Reaper squadron, two break off and perform a recon sweep, look for any threats out there. I have a feeling that whoever this is, they're just testing the waters." Carmine said as two helicopters broke off and flew over the forest, six more tanks drove across the courtyard as they responded to the threat.
"Where were they earlier?" Laurel asked as he joined everyone as they watched the action, Carmine's earpiece went off "Sir, bad news: They're only testing us, seeing how we would respond. We see about five panzer divisions lined up and ready. We're returning to… what the hell is… LILY! DODGE! DODGE! OH GOD, REAPER 3-1 IS DOWN!" The female pilot screamed as the other helicopter was blown out of the sky, Carmine clenched his fists as he heard the other pilot sobbing "NO! LILY, GODS DAMN IT!" The pilot said in anger "Reaper 3-2, pull it together! You have a job to do and that is to survive, dammit. If you die, who will carry on Lily's memory? Live for her, Reaper 3-2." Carmine said as he calmed her down "The name is Lavender, sir. Lily was my sister, we were known as the Twin Flowers of Atlas." Lavender said as she flew back towards Haven, Carmine stood up and walked out of the building, he looked up at the sky as the helicopter flew over "Lavender, if you need anything, please don't be afraid to ask." Carmine said as he lowered his head, the comm was quiet for a minute before Lavender spoke up "Thank you, sir. It means a lot." Lavender said as she rejoined her squadron.
"I wonder who has the balls to attack us." Carmine asked as he walked back into the building as the tank divisions drove around the academy, Laurel sat back against a broken wall "Man, should we call in the airship and leave while we can?" Laurel asked as he stared at the staircase, Carmine walked around the room and cradled his head in his hands "Son of a bitch! Kind of caught between a rock and a hard place." Carmine said as he paced the room, Carmine turned around and saw a M9 Half Track Comm Truck tear across the campus. Carmine sprinted outside and waved the truck down, the Half Track turned and pulled up in front of the building "Sir?" The driver asked as he got out of the truck.
"How far will this reach? Is there any nearby airbases?" Carmine asked as he walked up to the truck, the driver pulled out a map and placed it on the hood of the truck "Alright, there's a base here and they should be able to relay a message to this base and this base to that base, so on and so forth." The driver explained as he tuned the radio and handed the handset to Carmine, Carmine pressed the button on the side and began to speak "This is Carmine Sable with the Wolf Pack, we are at Haven Academy and we are surrounded by five Panzer Divisions with an unknown force per Division. We are requesting immediate air support, we need the 588th Airborne!" Carmine said as he finished his message, Carmine tapped his foot as he waited for a response.
"Sir, who is the 588th Airborne?" Celadon asked as he and the others walked outside to join Carmine, the Rifleman turned around and looked at the crowd "The 588th is an elite group of all female bomber pilots, they are dubbed The Night Witches since they cut their engines off when they're on bombing missions. I personally trained a couple of them, they fly an assortment of bombers: a B-52 Stratofortress, two B-1 Lancers, two B-2 Spirit, and three F/A 18 Hornets with an escort of six F-22 Raptors." Carmine explained as a voice came through the radio, Carmine picked up the handset and listened for a reply "Roger, 588th has been scrambled to your location. We're are sending a recon drone to your location to capture the enemies position." The radio operator informed the Wolf Pack, Carmine hung up the handset and turned to his allies "Alright, let's dig in and get ready for combat." Carmine said as he guided everyone back into the building, Laurel guided the Comm truck into the building to keep it safe.
"Alright, let's fortify this position: Verde, go and secure the main doors that lead to the headmaster's office." Carmine said, Verde nodded and made his way to the door, he slammed them shut and dropped a statue in front of the door "Door is secure." Verde said through his radio. Verde walked up to the rail and extended his bi-pod on his M240B, he placed the LMG onto the rail and pulled back the bolt, chambering a round from the box mag. Carmine looked over to Weiss "Hey sweetie, you think you can bring out Igor, the giant swordsman?" Carmine asked as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, she rested her head against his shoulder "Anything for you." Weiss said as she kissed his exposed skin on his neck.
Weiss walked into the center of the room and conjured a glyph, smoke billowed from the glyph as a giant white swordsman came from the floor. The swordsman kneeled and thrusted his sword into the ground, Carmine walked up next to Weiss and looked up at the swordsman "So does it use up your energy to maintain its existence?" Carmine asked as the swordsman stared at him, Weiss sighed "Yeah, I don't know how long I'll be able to hold it." Weiss said as she shrunk the swordsman down to fit on Carmine's shoulder, the swordsman sat on his shoulder while kicking his feet and nodding his head.
"Wolf Pack, this is recon unit one Alpha; we are seeing five Panzer divisions: five T-55s, five T-72s, five Type 88s, five K-2 Black Panthers, and five T-62s. Also, two divisions are on their way toward Haven so get ready, 588th is about seven minutes out." The operator told Carmine as he stood next to the Comms Truck, Carmine walked out and looked up into the sky where he saw a red flashing light in the night sky. Carmine pulled out his scroll and pressed call on a contact labeled 'Spectre', the phone rung and was answered quickly "Hello hello, this is the Sky Reaper: Who can I send to hell for you?" The pilot of the AC-130 said as it flew in circles.
"Sky Reaper, what is your fuel level looking like? There are two Panzer divisions making their way here and we are out gunned." Carmine said as he looked around the dark woods, he could hear the rumble of tank engines getting closer. The Wolf Pack tank divisions sped by as they raced to combat the Panzer divisions, Carmine backed into the building as the sound of tank cannons firing filled the area, a K-2 broke through the treeline and pulled onto the campus. Carmine put his rifle onto his back and walked out toward the tank with his hands raised "I SEEK DIPLOMACY WITH YOUR CAPTAIN!" Carmine yelled as he walked, the tank hatch opened and a man with a beret climbed out, he made his way towards Carmine.
Carmine lowered his hands "So, are you military or mercenaries?" Carmine asked as the captain walked up to him, the captain pulled out a cigar and lit it "We're with the 184th Mistral Militant Battalion, so yes, a mercenary group like yourselves except that we're larger in size." The captain said as a battalion of foot soldiers walked out of the forest followed by a Panzer Division came out through the trees. So, why are you coming after us? What did we do?" Carmine asked as the man took a drag from his cigar and dropped it to the ground, stomping it out "Well, someone hired us to take out the Wolf Pack who laid siege to Haven Academy." The captain said as he shifted his weight to his other leg.
Carmine sighed "Well, someone gave you wrong information, we were here fighting off the White Fang and the people who took down Beacon academy." Carmine explained, the captain laughed "Whatever, if that is true than where are the bodies?" The captain asked, Carmine pointed toward a Mistral Police Airship "Most of them have been arrested and detained in those airships, those who resisted were killed. A good amount of them surrendered." Carmine explained.
The captain rubbed his head "Look, I'm sorry about this but I'm just the platoon leader, the real leader is back that way and he's loyal to our buyer." The captain said as he sighed, Carmine tilted his head "Who's your buyer?" Carmine asked, the captain placed his hands onto his hips "I wish I could tell you that, I really do but it would go against my code but I will say that his initials are R.T. and he has a two colored assistant." The captain said as he extended his hand "Good luck, I'll try my best to help but I doubt I can." The captain said as he shook Carmine's hand "Can you provide an escort for our non-combatants?" Carmine asked, the captain nodded and gestured to his platoon, a jeep drove to the building, the driver left the jeep there as he returned to his platoon, the captain nodded as he walked back to his K-2 Tank.
Carmine walked back to his people "Alright Qrow, Oscar, Ruby, Yang, Ren, Nora, Jaune, Weiss, and Blake: load up into the jeep, Regalia, take them back to the B.M.S. Valor. Everyone loaded up but Blake and Weiss "We won't leave you, not again." Weiss begged, Carmine hugged her and reassured her that he'll be fine "We'll be fine, I'll come back and take you both on a trip, just the two of us, ok?" Carmine asked as he hugged her, she buried her face into his shoulder "Please come back to us, please." Weiss said softly, Blake grabbed Weiss by the arm and dragged her into the jeep.
Regalia started the jeep and tore down the road, leaving only a trail of dust behind them as it drove down the road, Carmine walked back to his team "Alright, let's get ready for combat." Carmine said as he pulled out his SCAR, he pulled back the bolt on the battle rifle. Sun pulled out his AK and changed mags, pulling back the bolt and chambering a round, Sun leaped and bounced off the walls until he reached the roof. He got into the rafters of the building and wrapped his tail around a support beam.
Celadon sprinted over to staircase and posted up against the wall, he extended the barrel on his G36C into its G36 sniper variant, he extended the Bipod onto one of the steps and aimed down the sight "Overwatch: Ready, Celadon said. Support: Ready, Verde said. Recon: Ready, Sun said. Main Assault: Ready. Carmine and Laurel said, Laurel pulled back the bolt on his Stryker shotgun. The radio scrambled "This is the 588th Airborne coming in, we have your targets in our sights, and we're about 6 minutes out." The pilot said, Carmine ran over to the Comms truck and dug through a box on the side until he pulled out a flare gun. Carmine pulled out his scroll and typed in a single word 'Fire!' he pressed send and a minute later the AC-130 started to engage the Mistral Battalion.
105mm Sabot rounds screamed through the sky as they were chased by 60mm autocannon rounds, the munitions impacted the Panzer divisions and ripped into them. A HE Shell rained down and hit a Type 88, the heavy tank exploded and flipped over. The Wolf Pack Tank Division engaged the Panzers, an Abrams drifted around a tree and fired into the rear of a T-72, the T-72s engine caught fire and burned as the tank stopped moving. The crew crawled out of the compartment on fire, they ran screaming as their fuel covered clothes burned. The gunner of the Abrams lit into them, the .50 Caliber bullets shredded them and dropped them to the ground as they burned. The K-2's main gun turned and targeted the Abrams, it fired a Sabot round that ripped through the Abram's hull.
The Abrams exploded into burst of fire and shrapnel, a line of T-72s crept from the forest and lined up, firing a volley at Haven. Many of the shells hit the rest of school, Carmine pulled out the flare gun and fired at the center tank, the flare leaped from the barrel of the gun and raced toward the tank. The flare bounced of the outer hull and ignited, the gunner laughed "That all you got!?" He laughed as the AC-130 fired at the tank line, regular 105mm shells rained down and destroyed the tanks. One after another, the tanks exploded and burned. "Hey, where is the Menagerie Militia?" Celadon asked as he fired at the battalion, Carmine turned around and looked at the sniper "They're securing the rest of the school, they should stay safe there." Carmine said as he pulled his rifle back out.
"Three minutes out, sir. Targets have been marked and are tasked to be eliminated. Squad one break off." The lead pilot said as they approached their objective, Carmine looked up as a B-1 and two F-16s flew over, dropping their payload onto the forest below. The bombs hit the ground and exploded, engulfing the forest in a thick cloud of smoke and fire. Mercenaries from the 184th ran out of the forest as it burned, an F-22 flew over and finished off the stragglers with six 500 lbs JDAMs. The bombs hit and exploded, ripping the mercs from the 184th apart and sending their limbs flying in every direction, Carmine watched as an arm landed by his foot and he quickly kicked it away.
"Alright boys! Momma's home! WooHoo!" The lead pilot yelled through the intercom as a B-52 flew in, followed by two B-2 Spirits, a B-1 Lancer, and two F/A-18 Hornets, Heavy metal started blaring through the speakers as they approached.
Night Witches – Sabaton (It fits perfectly, don't judge me. :)
From the depths of Hell in silence cast their spells, explosive violence, Atlas night time flight perfected Flawless vision, undetected.
Pushing on and on, their planes are going strong, Air force's number one. Somewhere down below they're looking for the foe, Bomber's on a run. You can't hide, you can't move, just abide their attack's been proved, Raiders in the dark. Silent through the night the witches join the fight, never miss their mark.
The bottom of the planes opened up as they got closer to their targets, bombs fell from the harbingers of death as they flew over. The bombs hit their mark and exploded in a huge blast, they effectively carpet bombed a large area around their target.
Foes are losing ground, retreating to the sound, Death is in the air. Suddenly appears, confirming all your fears, Strike from witches lair. Target found, come around, barrels sound from the battleground, Axis aiming high. Rodina awaits, defeat them at the gates, Live to fight and fly.
The explosions lit up the night sky as two F-18's broke off from the pack and circled around the school, the jets cut back around and lined up for another run. The F-18's flew overhead and deployed their payload into another part of the forest, one of the jets descended and engaged the ground targets via the plane's 25mm auto-cannon, the bullets tore through their targets and coated the ground in a thick layer of blood.
The F-18 preformed a barrel roll as it ascended back to its flight altitude, rejoining the other F-18 and the rest of the 588th Airborne.
Canvas wings of death, prepare to meet your fate. Night Bomber Regiment, 588. Undetected, unexpected wings of glory, tell their story. Aviation, deviation, Undetected Stealth perfected.
The radio clicked with feedback "Confirm, four of the five divisions have been eliminated while the others seem to be retreating, do you want us to pursue?" One of the pilots asked as they seemed to disappear into the night sky, Carmine picked up the handset and pressed the button on the side "Negative, Night Witches. You return to Atlas, good job." Carmine said, the radio cracked with audio feedback as a male voice came through the radio.
"Well… I guess I should have expected that from you, Sable. Did you like my little present?" The voice asked, Carmine picked the radio back up "I take it you're the one who bought the services of 184th, right?" Carmine asked, a laugh came through the radio "Oh, yes I did. I didn't expect them to live anyway. How's little red, Carmine?" The voice asked, Carmine froze in place "Torchwick?! I heard that you died!" Carmine shouted into the handset, Roman chuckled lightly "Well, technically I did when I was eaten by a Griffon but I guess you should know, Griffon's don't swallow their food and I had my cane with me. When it flew away, I killed it from the inside and was saved by Neo before I could fall to my death, I lost an arm thanks to that Grimm." Roman explained, Carmine leaned against the radio truck "So, you're back to your evil ways?" Carmine asked as he lowered his head, Roman was quiet for a moment "Your psychological experiment wore off shortly after Ironwood took me in." Roman said, Carmine shook his head in anger.
"I guess next I see you, I'll skip the mercy and get right to putting you down." Carmine said as he exhaled steam through his gas mask, Roman was silent for a moment before he answered "That's a nice ship you got there, I wonder if anyone is home." Roman said with a laugh, Carmine's heart dropped inside of him, Wolf Pack regrouped with their leader as he stared into the war torn campus, Laurel grabbed the handset as Carmine pulled out his scroll "Listen here you son of a bitch, you so much as scratch that ship and I will personally kick your ass back to the stone age." Laurel threatened as the Wolf Pack's Airship landed, the main bridge extended.
The Wolf Pack mercenaries boarded the Airship, Carmine took control of the airship and rose back into the sky "I'm coming for you, you son of a bitch." Carmine said as he engaged the thrusters, the airship tore through the night sky as it slowly reached its destination. Carmine activated the Vulcan cannon from the bottom of the airship and scanned the harbor where the B.M.S. Valor was docked. He flipped a switch and turned on the gun's thermal camera, the ship glowed white as did five tanks that slowly approached the large battleship "I don't suppose you can control the battleship remotely?" Laurel asked as he looked at the tanks, Carmine shook his head "Nope, I wish but alas we're going to have to do this the hard way." Carmine said as he moved a joystick which moved the Vulcan underneath the airship.
"Lucky for us, this Vulcan is the same one used in A-10's and those shred tanks to pieces." Carmine explained as the gun finished loading itself, Carmine pointed to a door in the back of the room with his foot "Check that storage room and see if there is anything of use." Carmine said, Celadon walked over and opened the door, turning on the light but the sniper froze in place "I didn't find any weapons but I did find this." Celadon said as he pulled a Faunus from the storage, the man cowered in fear "Please don't hurt me." The man begged, Carmine turned around and looked at the man who had black Eagle wings protruding from his back.
Carmine patted him on the shoulder "Hey, we aren't going to hurt you. What were you doing in there?" Carmine asked, the man raised his head "I-I was working on the lighting inside that room when you guys suddenly came in and took control, I thought you might have been White Fang so I was scared and hid in this room." The man explained, Carmine sighed and dropped his head "Well, we're not with the White Fang. My name is Carmine Sable of the Wolf Pack, this is Laurel, Verde, Sun, and the one who found you is Celadon. Who are you?" Carmine asked as he picked the man up off the ground, the man stuttered slightly "M-My n-n-name is C-C-Cobalt E-Ecru, I'm a technician with Haven Helios Electricity." Cobalt said as he introduced himself, Carmine extended his hand to Cobalt "Well Cobalt, do you have any combat experience?" Carmine asked, Cobalt nodded his head "I used to attend Beacon Academy but after the Fall of Beacon, my father put me to work with Helios since we're unsure when Beacon will reopen." Cobalt said.
Laurel tilted his head "I don't remember seeing you there." Laurel said confused, Cobalt chuckled "That's because I spent most of my time in the library, studying everything from electrical engineering to mechanics. I work well with my hands, as you can see." Cobalt said as he gestured to the monitors and lights. Carmine nodded his head "You got some skill in you, want to join us as our Technician. We'll train you in combat or anything that you need help with." Cobalt nodded his head "That sounds great, I know this ship like the back of my hand so if you got any questions, just ask." Cobalt said, Carmine patted him on the shoulder "Welcome aboard W.P.A. Harbinger." Carmine said, Celadon walked back into the room and looked around before bringing out a large crate "Here, AT-4s and SMAWs. This should take care of those tanks down there." Celadon said as he pulled the lid off of the crate, Carmine picked up an AT-4 "Well Cobalt, you feel like showing us what you got?" Carmine asked, Cobalt was hesitant for a moment.
"Are you sure? I never fired one of these before." Cobalt said hesitantly, Carmine reassured him "It's easy, just place it onto your shoulder, aim down this sight, and when you're ready to fire, press the red button." Carmine said as he handed it to Cobalt, Cobalt took it from the rifleman and walked out to the deck of the Harbinger. He extended his wings and took off into the night sky, he flew around above before diving down toward the ground, Cobalt aimed as he flew closer to the ground. He pressed the button and caused a rocket to leap from the launcher, the rocket flew and impacted the side of one of the tanks. The rocket exploded and blew the tank up, the inside of the tank burned as the tracks fell off of the T-55.
Cobalt flew back up to the Harbinger and landed on the deck, his pupils were pulsating up adrenaline "I can't believe I just did that!" Cobalt said excitedly as he walked up to one of the monitors, he started typing as he pulled up the ship's mainframe "I installed speakers onto the airship as a way of communicating with those below since this was to be used as a Tank for the Mistral Police, the program was scrubbed when Beacon fell and they had to divert funds. I kept working in hopes of using as my own but it's better off in your hands." Cobalt said as he pulled up the auxiliary port, parts of the ship opened up to reveal metal speaker covers, he sat his scroll into the outlet dock and activated the audio system.
Unstoppable – The Score
There's a moment, in your bones when, when the fire takes over. Blood is running, heart is pumping as the battle gets closer. Ooh, they can say what they want now, ooh, cause we'll be screaming out.
"Alright, let's get to work." Carmine said as he took control of the Vulcan's joystick, Cobalt picked up a SMAW and ran back outside as he took off into the night sky.
We can be heroes everywhere we go, we can have all that we ever want. Swinging like Ali, knocking out bodies standing on top like a champion. Keep your silver, give me that gold, you'll remember when I say. We can be heroes everywhere we go, keeping us down is impossible, cause we're unstoppable.
Carmine squeezed the trigger on the joystick and caused the Vulcan to spit out 30mm rounds from the gun, the rounds screamed through the air as they tore into the tops of the tanks. One of the tanks emitted a cloud of smoke in an effort to get away, Cobalt flew overhead and fired the SMAW, the rocket impacted the side of another T-55 as 30mm rounds rained down onto the same tank.
Every spotlight, every sound byte, Everybody who gave up, is just the fuel for, wanting it more than anybody against us. Ooh, they can say what they want now, ooh, cause we'll be screaming out.
We can be heroes everywhere we go, we can have all that we ever want. Swinging like Ali, knocking out bodies standing on top like a champion. Keep your silver, give me that gold, you'll remember when I say. We can be heroes everywhere we go, keeping us down is impossible, cause we're unstoppable.
"Two down, three to go!" Laurel said as he watched the monitor, Cobalt flew back up to the airship "Shit, these things can take a beating." He said panting as he sat down against the wall, Carmine turned to him "This ship doesn't happen to have an AGM's, does it?" Carmine asked, Cobalt shook his head "They were supposed to be added but the project got scrubbed." Cobalt explained, Carmine nodded his head understandingly as he flipped on a switch that read 'Trophy'. A box extended from the bottom of the ship and began to spin slowly, Laurel looked at the monitor on the roof by the main window "Trophy System activated, countermeasures?" Laurel asked as he looked at the rifleman who nodded, Carmine took control of the ships controls and caused it to descend toward the ground.
He gave control to Laurel and walked over to a table, he pulled his backpack off and sat it onto the table. He unzipped it and pulled out a couple of hand grenades, placing them into his pouch "Fly us near the tanks and when I jump, take off back into the sky." Carmine said as he opened the door, Laurel nodded. Carmine readied himself as they got closer to the ground, he leaped from the airship and landed on the roof of a K-2 as the airship took off back into the sky. The hatch opened as an operator popped out and aimed at Carmine, the operator fired but missed and Carmine kicked him in the throat, grabbing him by the harness and tossing him out of the tank. Carmine hopped into the compartment and took control of the tank, the main cannon turned and fired into the tank to the right as he pressed the pedal and caused the tank to drive forward. The tank to the right fired and hit the side of the K-2 as it turned, the K-2 sped off and drifted around, the tracks sparked as they scrapped against the concrete and the tank faced the other two tanks.
One of the tanks turned its attention toward Carmine while the other made its way toward the Valor, Carmine loaded a HE shell into the main gun and closed the chamber, he raised the barrel and fired. Fire and smoke blew from the barrel as a shell flew from the gun, the shell hit the side of the approaching tank, the shell exploded and ripped a hole into the side of the tank. The tracks fell off of the now destroyed tank as it started to burn and smoke. Carmine turned his attention to the last tank that had taken aim at Carmine, he stomped on the pedal and took off down the harbor, the enemy tank fired but the shell just grazed the K-2 and exploded behind him. Carmine sped past the enemy tank and turned the main cannon back toward the last tank, Carmine ejected the spent shell and reloaded a Sabot round, he closed the chamber and targeted the side of the tank as it started to turn. He slowed his breathing as he looked through the sight and lined up the sights "Goodbye, motherfucker." Carmine said as he pulled the trigger, the round screamed from the barrel and impacted the side of the tank.
The round punched a hole into the side of the tank, the main gun stopped turning as it began to smoke. The operator opened the hatch and pulled himself out of the tank, the man fell to the ground as the tank smoked, Carmine drove forward and stopped close to the man. He climbed out of the tank and walked over to the man, he grabbed him by his harness "Hang on, buddy. I got you." Carmine said as he dragged the man away from the now burning tank, the held his leg in pain as Carmine sat him up against the K-2 "Alright, let me see what you're dealing with." Carmine said as he pulled out his knife and cut open the man's pant leg, blood was seeping from a laceration on his left leg. "Which pocket is your field dressing in?" Carmine asked as he slapped the man to keep him awake "Right shoulder." The man said, Carmine opened the pocket and pulled out a medium sized pouch that read 'First Aid.'
"Alright, this should help with the pain." Carmine said as he pushed a needle of morphine into his leg, the man stopped shaking after a minute. Carmine pulled out Gauze and started to dress the wound, the man started to fade in and out of consciousness as the side of the Valor started to open. Regalia ran out and knelt down next to Carmine "Alright, I'm here." Regalia said as she started to work on the operator, she removed the packed Gauze and focused her aura into the wound. The wound glowed purple as it started to close, the man stopped writhing in agony as the wound closed fully and the blood stopped seeping from his body. The man slowly opened his eyes and looked at the two Mercenaries that were working on him.
Carmine reached up and tried to take off his harness but he reached for his gun, Carmine caught his hand "I'm trying to check for wounds, you were badly injured." Carmine explained, the man removed his hand from his holster and laid it on the ground as Carmine unzipped his harness along with his utility shirt. Carmine searched the man's body searching for open wounds but found none, he back against the tank treads and sighed in relief as he pulled his gas mask off, setting it in his lap. A cool breeze caressed his face as it blew across the harbor, the smell of sea salt, oil, and smoke filled his nostrils along with the scent of blooming flowers, pink petals blew across the harbor and coated the concrete "The cherry blossoms are blooming." Carmine said with a smile on his face, he held out his hand as a petal landed in his palm. Regalia looked up and smiled as the pink petals seemed to dance around her, RWBY and JNR walked out of the ship to check on Carmine. Blake and Weiss ran over to the rifleman and collapsed into his chest "Please don't do that again, you had us so scared." Blake said as she started to cry, the Airship flew around and landed on the back of the Valor.
Weiss kissed Carmine on the cheek "Thank you for protecting us." She said as she rested her head onto his shoulder, Ruby hopped up onto the tank and sat on the barrel, swinging her feet while Yang looked around the harbor. Oscar walked up and let Ozpin take control "Mr. Sable, do you mind telling me who that was?" Ozpin asked, referring to the tank divisions that attacked Haven, Carmine sighed "It's Roman Torchwick, he's back." Carmine said, Ruby gasped "I watched him get eaten by a Griffon." Ruby said, Carmine shook his head "He had his cane and shot his way out, he was rescued by Neo." Carmine explained. "What does he want? The Relic?" Ozpin asked, Carmine shook his head "He wants me, since I manipulated him psychologically." Carmine said as the tank operator began to stir.
"Ugh, where am I?" He asked as he rubbed his head, Carmine tapped him on the shoulder "You're safe, I rescued you and we patched you up." Carmine explained, Qrow walked up and pulled out a set of keys "There is a truck over there that you can use to leave." Qrow said as he handed the keys to the operator, the man nodded "Thank you for everything." The man said as he stood up and limped his way to the truck, he climbed in and started it up. The truck drove off into the distance before disappearing into the night, Laurel walked up to Carmine "We're ready when you are, Captain." Laurel said with a salute, Carmine had his arms wrapped Blake and Weiss's waists but just nodded. Carmine lightly shook Blake and Weiss "Hey, we're leaving." He said softly, Weiss raised her head and looked into his crimson eyes "Alright, come on, Blake. Let's go get his room ready." Weiss said, Blake perked up at the last thing Weiss said and shot up with Weiss, they ran back onboard the ship and disappeared into the main cabin.
Carmine shook his head as he stood up with his gas mask in hand and clipped it to his side, Carmine looked over to Celadon "Hey, go open the main storage area." Carmine said as he climbed back up onto the K-2 and opened the hatch, Ruby slipped inside with him "Can you show me how this all works?" She asked curiously, Carmine shrugged as he sat down into the driver's seat "Well, this is the driver's seat, the seat you're in is the loader and the one behind you is the gunner, the gunner controls the heavy machine gun on the top of the tank." Carmine said as he pressed the ignition, the tank rumbled to life and Carmine shifted the tank into gear, he pressed the pedal and caused it to move forward.
"Now turning the tank is surprisingly easy, you just turn this steering wheel and it will slow one of the tracks down so that the other will go faster and in turn, it will turn in the direction of the slowed track." Carmine explained as the tank turned around and faced the open side of the Battleship, Carmine pressed the pedal and drove forward onto the ramp of the ship. The K-2 pulled into the storage area and turned around, he backed it up in line with the other vehicles like the Iron Mountain and the M1126 Stryker ICV. He cut the engine off and climbed out of the hatch on the front of the tank while Ruby climbed out of the hatch on the main gun "Thanks Carmine." Ruby said as she hopped down off of the tank, Carmine patted her on the head "You're welcome but why did you want to learn anyway?" Carmine asked curiously as he walked with her up the staircase, she looked at him "You've done so much for us, I just want to be able to help out when the time comes." She said, Carmine looked into her silver eyes and saw the sincerity "Alright, anytime you have a question, don't be afraid to ask, okay little red?" Carmine said, she shook her head "Alright, Carmine." Ruby said happily, Carmine hit a switch on the wall that closed the side of the ship.
He opened the bulkhead door and walked in while Ruby followed "Hey, what happened to ladies first?" Ruby asked confused, Carmine turned to her "It's how I was trained, I go in first to make sure the coast is clear." Carmine said as he closed the bulkhead door behind her, she nodded "Oh, I understand." Ruby said as she walked down the hall, Carmine followed her to the main bridge where he took control of the steering wheel. He turned the ignition key and fired up the main engine, the ship rumbled loudly as the turbines spun inside the engine bay "So do you ever worry about the propeller getting tangled or something?" Yang asked as she spun around in one of the chairs, Carmine shook his head "No, the propellers are too strong to get tangled, also, they're too big." Carmine explained as he pushed the throttle forward and the ship pulled away from the harbor, he pressed a button and activated the fog horn. The horn bellowed out as it rung across the sea, Carmine activated the ship's lights that illuminated the dark sea "We use a combination of lights, radar, and sonar to navigate at night, we also operate in shifts. The day shift is a full crew while the night shift is a skeleton crew." Carmine said as they passed a collection of rocks.
Celadon tapped him on the shoulder "You go get some sleep, we'll take it from here." Celadon said as he took the wheel from Carmine, Carmine nodded and made his way to his room. He opened the bulkhead and entered his room, closing it behind him and walking into the dark room. Carmine pulled out a glow stick and cracked it, the stick started to glow white as it lit up the area around him "Alright, where is that switch." Carmine said as he searched the wall until he eventually found it, he flipped it on and lit up the room "Ah, there we go." Carmine said as he put the stick into his pocket, he turned around and gazed upon Blake and Weiss in his bed while wearing nothing but a sheet.
"About time you got here, we were gonna start without you." Blake said seductively, Weiss kissed Blake on the lips and groped her breasts. Carmine unclipped his IBA and sat it onto the chair, along with his hoodie and holsters "Ladies, I would love to do that but first I want to wash the blood off of me." Carmine said as he showed the blood on his arms, Blake and Weiss got out of bed and walked over to him.
"Then we'll shower with you." Blake said as she took his hand into hers, Weiss followed suit and took his other hand, together they led him into the shower. Carmine turned on the hot water and pulled off his blood stained boots along with his battered and bloodied pants "Man, I need to wash these." Carmine said as he shook a bit of shrapnel from one of the pockets, the metal clanged to the floor and slid into the corner. Carmine stepped under the water and felt it flow over him, the water chipped away at the dirt and soot on his body along with the blood on his arms. The water turned a combination of black and red as the dirty water was swallowed by the drain, Carmine washed his body under the hot water as the heat soothed his sore muscles that ached from a day of intense battle.
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Blake and Weiss stepped into the shower with him after he was done scrubbing the filth away, Blake pressed her lips again up against his while her breasts were pushed up against his chest. Weiss lowered herself to the ground while Blake continued to kiss Carmine, she jolted in surprise when Weiss went to work on her downstairs along with his. Blake wrapped her arms around his neck as she started panting in ecstasy, she raked her nails along his back while she kissed his neck. Carmine pulled away from Weiss with a pop and pushed Blake up against the wall, he kissed her neck and lightly bit down which caused her to moan more intensely "Quit playing and fuck me already." Blake pleaded to her lover, he nodded and got closer to her. Weiss stood up and moved over beside them.
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Carmine turned the water off and stepped out onto the cold floor and laid a towel out onto the floor, Weiss stepped out panting while Blake followed and swallowed with a gulp. Weiss looked at her "Lucky." Weiss said playfully, Carmine handed them both a towel as he pulled on a pair of boxers and shorts. Carmine exited the bathroom and climbed into bed "Oh, this feels great" Carmine said as he sighed in relief, Blake and Weiss followed him into bed again wearing nothing but a smile.
"You two really like sleeping in the nude, don't you?" Carmine said as they laid next to him, Blake and Weiss kissed him on the cheek "You know it, big boy." Weiss said seductively, Blake pulled the sheet over them as Carmine closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep, Blake reached over and turned the lights off with the switch on the wall. The ship was quiet as he slept, his arms wrapped around his girlfriend's waists and their faces nuzzled into his neck.
(Thank you for reading Chapter 15: The Maiden Voyage, sorry it took so long. Life is crazy, Chapter 16 has yet to be started so stay tuned and be on the lookout for the continuation of this epic story. Remember to Favorite, Follow, and Review and as always, this is Nightmare 6-4, signing off.)
