Ruby was thrown across the floor by a laughing Roman. "Wow! You are much more manageable without that oversized gardening tool of yours." He said. Ruby got up and charged at Roman, which he simply sidestepped, sending Ruby stumbling across the floor. "Oh man. You know, Perry, I really did need this." Roman said, Perry raising his thumb in agreement as Roman laughed. He walked over to Ruby and aimed Melodic Cudgel at her. "But seriously. How'd you find this place, Red?" He asked.
Ruby growled at this and used her Semblance to escape Roman and started running for an exit. "Whoa!" Roman shouted in surprise, looking around, briefly startled, before smiling as he stood up, spinning Melodic Cudgel in his hands and aiming the handle at Ruby. He fired the handle, which doubled as a grappling hook, at Ruby, catching her by her hood and allowing Roman to pull her back. "I see you've got some tricks up your sleeve! Let me make this clear: We're not through here yet." He said threateningly. But suddenly, a massive explosion sounded, causing Roman to look up. "Oh, what the... Perry, if you and the boys could take care of that? Kinda in the middle of something." He said. Perry nodded and went off to investigate the explosion just as another one sounded. "WHAT is going on here?!" roman demanded, annoyed.
"The others!" Ruby whispered to herself hopefully.
A third explosion sounded and multiple White Fang members come running around the corner, some firing at an unknown enemy. Team SCRN, the remainder of Team RWBY, Zwei, T'Challa and Oobleck ran around the corner, much to Roman's annoyance. Ruby decided to take this moment to try and escape. She jumped on Roman's shoulders, pulled his hat down over his eyes, and then fled towards her friends. "Somebody kill her!" Roman snapped, readjusting his hat and glaring after Ruby. Roman and the White Fang members around him open fired on Ruby, which she dodged and weaved between.
Roman turned angrily to the White Fang member next to him. "Attach this cart and spread the word: We're starting the train." He ordered.
"But we're not finished!" The White Fang member said.
Roman pinned the White Fang member up against the wall with Melodic Cudgel. "Do it or you're finished!" He ordered once more.
The shot cut to Ruby fleeing, but screeched to a halt as she realized she was running towards a group of White Fang members. A huge explosion appeared behind the White Fang members, sending them flying and revealing Yang and Bayonetta with her rocket tonfas behind them.
"Ruby!" Yang said happily as Ruby jumped into her arms, Bayonetta hugging her sister as well.
"We got here as fast as we could! They didn't hurt you, did they?" Bayonetta asked.
"Please tell us you okay!" Weiss said worriedly.
"I'm fine, I'm fine! But listen! Torchwick's got all kinds of weapons and robots down there." Ruby told everyone.
"What?!" Blake asked, handing Ruby her weapon.
"Androids, mechs, they're all loaded up on the train cars!" Ruby elaborated.
"Ahhhh, that's ridiculous. These tunnels are sealed, the tracks lead to a dead-end." Oobleck explained.
"Get to your places, we are leaving now!" Roman announced across a speaker system, the train starting to move towards the tunnels.
"Well, it sounds like they're going somewhere." Yang said.
"The must be playing at something else..." T'Challa said, trying to think of what the plan could be.
"That doesn't bode well. None of this does..." Ryu said.
"We need backup. Let me call Jaune." Ruby said, pulling out her scroll, but it still flashed "Low Signal". "I can't get through!" She said.
"So, what do we do?" Weiss asked.
"I believe we only have one option..." Oobleck said.
"We're stopping that train!" Ruby said determinedly, turning around to face the escaping locomotive.
"Aww, yeah! This party's getting crazy!" Dante said.
The scene cut to the train rushing through a tunnel, loaded with mechs. A White Fang member standing on the train heard a noise and looked outside the train to see rose petals. He brought out a communication device. "I think they're on the—" The White Fang member started, before falling down as Oobleck hit him in the head with his weapon.
The shot cut to Roman and Dio in the front of the train as a White Fang member rushed in. "Boss! They made it on the train!" He reported.
Roman sighed at the news. "Then grab some cargo and get them off the train!" He ordered. The White Fang member nodded and left to follow Roman's orders. "Man, animals, every one of them." Roman grumbled, Dio raising an eyebrow a bit.
"Roman-" He said awkwardly, darting his eyes towards the person next to the hat-wearing criminal.
Roman raised his own eyebrow, before looking awkwardly at the White Fang member sitting next to him. "Not you though, you're, heh, you're great." He said with a nervous chuckle. "Dio! Head up top and make sure they don't cut through the roof and drop in like a cheap cartoon!" He said.
"Very well." Dio said, heading towards the car's door and stepping out.
The scene cut to Teams RWBY and SCRN with T'Challa and Oobleck, standing on top of the train.
"Hurry, children! We must get to the front and stop this train!" Oobleck called.
"If this is there master plan, we cannot afford to fail. Hundreds of innocents could be in danger." T'Challa said.
"Don't have to tell us twice." Dante said.
"Err... Professor?" Weiss asked.
"Doctor..." Oobleck said in an annoyed tone as he leaned toward her.
"What's that?" Weiss asked, pointing down a hatch into the train.
"That my dear... appears to be a bomb." Oobleck knelt down to take a look at the strange device.
Teams RWBY and SCRN all cringed away from the hatch. "I think a bomb warrants more of a reaction than THAT!" Kratos snapped at the Doctor.
"We've got baddies!" Ruby warned, pointing forward on the train, where dozens of White Fang members could be seen climbing onto the top of the train.
"Resistance should be expected." T'Challa said, readying his claws.
"Indeed! I didn't expect them to go—" Oobleck started, when suddenly, the bomb underneath them charged up and started beeping. "—easy on us." He said, standing up. "Time to go!" He said, everyone starting to move ahead. As Team RWBY started running away, Oobleck stopped Blake. "Blake! Detach the caboose! It will kill us all!" He ordered.
"On it." Blake acknowledged, jumping down onto the connectors and getting ready to cut the connection, but as she does, the connection came loose on its own. "Huh?" She said in confusion, before looking up at Oobleck. "It decoupled itself!" She reported.
"What?!" He asked in disbelief.
"I guess he really doesn't want us on this train." Yang said.
"No. We caught them by surprise. There's no way they could've planned for us getting on the train. This was part of the plan." T'Challa said.
"Blowing up their own train was their big idea?!" Ryu asked in confusion.
"Not a great plan." Dante said.
As Oobleck looked back at the detached cart, it exploded in the tunnel. "That's not good..." He said.
"Err, neither is this!" Ruby said, standing next to another open hatch.
"Another bomb?!" Blake asked.
"Why are they destroying their own train!?" Bayonetta asked in confusion.
Oobleck looked around and ran to the next train car. "No. No. No." He said, starting to get an idea of what their enemy's goal was. He opened the hatch and looked in, finding that... "They ALL have bombs!" yelled back to Team RWBY.
The bomb under Team RWBY charged up and started beeping and the cart they're on detached itself, forcing Team RWBY to run to the next cart. "This doesn't make sense!" Yang said.
The White Fang members climbing the train could be seen again. "Get the humans!" One of them shouted.
The two teams jumped forward to attack the incoming White Fang members. Yang countered an attack from one thug, swept his feet from under him and gave him a wink before punching him down the hatch into the car below. Blake glared at her former brothers in arms before rushing forward, slashing a few in front of her out of the way, making them fall off the train with a few others she cut and backhanded one more, sending him flying off the train, screaming. Weiss glided forward, freezing several thugs in ice as she passed them and slashing down a few more. Finally, Ruby smiled and readied Crescent Rose, readying a bullet in the chamber and launching herself forward, a wide swing from her scythe launching about a dozen more White Fang members into the air.
Ryu ran forward, jumping into the air and sailing forwards at blinding speeds, cutting a few more thugs down with his Flying Swallow attack. A couple more thugs right in front of where he stopped attempted to attack him, but Dante slid in and knocked them back with his Stinger attack. Some more towards the back had the decent idea of staying back and shooting with their guns, but Bayonetta unleashed a wall on fire with both guns in her hand and one on her foot. A small group of about 8 now remained and charged forward as a group, but Kratos rushed at them, spinning and swinging his blades like a deadly tornado of slicing, sending them all flying.
Oobleck turned around and watched the detached train car explode. Only this time it created a hole allowing multiple types of Grimm to emerge. "Oh, dear..." He said, finally understanding as the horde of Grimm begin advancing quickly toward the runaway train. "He's leading Grimm to the city!" He called after the others.
"What?" Weiss asked.
"It's the cars! They detach and explode, creating openings for the Grimm!" Oobleck explained.
"That's insane!" Blake said.
"The White Fang only care about eliminating the humans. They'll do anything to accomplish that goal." T'Challa said.
Another train car detached itself. "We have to hurry!" Oobleck said, turning to Weiss, Blake, and Yang. "You three, go below and try to stop those bombs!" He ordered.
"What about us?" Ruby asked.
"We're going to stop this train." Oobleck explained.
"Yeah, I know. I said that earlier." She said, annoyed.
"They're deploying resistance! We're going to take it out!" T'Challa said.
"Our specialty!" Kratos said as the group moved forward. As the train continued towards it destination, White Fang members started to pilot multiple Atlesian Paladin-290s, and jumped to the top of the train. Ruby, Zwei, and Oobleck were shown running past Team SCRN and the White Fang members they were fighting.
"Up ahead!" Oobleck pointed out as a Paladin was seen charging towards them. "We got a problem!" He said.
Oobleck took a sip from his thermos before transforming it into its weapon mode, a small flame burning at its tip. Zwei barked, prompting he's ready for an attack. He jumped and flipped in the air, and Oobleck batted him, turning him into a small fireball. The Paladin was seen shooting, only for it to get knocked off the train by the combination attack. The Paladin tumbled on the train tracks, and exploded when it hit a barricade. Another Paladin appeared in front of Zwei, its guns aimed at him. Suddenly, multiple fire attacks hit it, and Oobleck swiftly knocked it off the train as well with an impressive spinning attack.
Another one rushed in and prepared to strike, but T'Challa rushed in and slashed through the mech's fist with his claws, made from the incredibly strong Dust in his country. "The strong shall hunt the weak!" He said, running between the mech's legs and slashing the back of its right knee, bringing it down to one knee, jumping on its back and ripping through it. "That is the law of nature!" He said, finally reaching the core and clawing it out, causing the mech to fall, the White Fang member crawling out, only to be knocked out by a final punch to the head from the royal Huntsman. "And my rule is law!" He said.
Down below, Yang, Weiss, and Blake entered the train car. "I guess this is what we trained for." Yang said.
Weiss reached into her pouch and gave Blake a magazine filled with Dust vials. "Here, this should help you." She offered.
Blake slid the mag into Gambol Shroud, and then the three of them charged forward. Suddenly, Neo dropped from the ceiling and blocked their path.
"You two go on ahead. This one's mine." Yang said.
Blake and Weiss proceeded forward. As Neo prepared for their attack, Yang fired a round to distract her, allowing Blake and Weiss to continue. Yang stepped forward toward her opponent, staring down as Neo gave a sinister smile. Yang tightened her fist, and threw a simple forward punch towards Neo's face, which was deflected with a white flash of unknown origin from Neo, causing Yang to stumble back. Neo opened her umbrella, and the fight began.
Yang dashed forwards, unleashing a flurry of several punches, resetting each time instead of redirecting her blows, as Neo simply dodged each attack, moving her body swiftly in order to avoid them in a very laid back, but extremely effective style. With every unsuccessful punch, elbow, and kick, Yang continued moving forward as her last three blows bring her to a knee, where she attempted a roundhouse kick, allowing Neo to deliver a spinning hook kick, knocking Yang to the ground, the former's guard completely open on the left side.
While on the ground, Yang growled in anger, to which Neo responded by performing a drop kick. However, Yang dodged by rolling away, and subsequently springing up to attack once again.
Neo countered through a pull in redirection of force technique, pulling Yang's arm in with her own left arm, and performing a well-executed ax kick to hit Yang on the chin, before kicking Yang in the stomach with a perfect side kick. Neo then began pushing Yang back via her umbrella, now on the offensive, as Yang tried to counter her movements with Ember Celica. Neo was able to effortlessly push Yang back against a wall, until the latter shot a blast directly towards the former's feet. Neo, however, simply backflipped effortlessly, and she landed perfectly on a metal container, before sitting, waiting for Yang's next attack.
In the next train car, Blake and Weiss were seen running, and then looked at each other when they heard the sound of revving up ahead. A figure was seen dragging a chainsaw along the floor. The camera panned up, revealing the White Fang Lieutenant.
"You go on ahead!" Weiss ordered.
"Got it!" Blake confirmed.
The Lieutenant chuckled menacingly as he held up his chainsaw. The two Huntresses-in-training charge forward, with Blake deflecting an attack as Weiss flipped backward. Weiss delivered multiple strikes at the Lieutenant and the two dueled, each parrying the other's attacks successfully before Weiss flipped the Lieutenant over, knocking him down. She then smiled at Blake as she proceeded to the next car. The Lieutenant got back up, again chuckling menacingly. "Finally, I get to kill a Schnee..." He laughed.
Weiss held up Myrtenaster en garde.
Back up top, T'Challa ran towards a Paladin, jumping onto the head and using his claws to easily slash through the glass and break into the cockpit, throwing the White Fang Member inside out of it and pulling the Paladin to the right, causing it to lose balance and jumping off before it fell into the tracks. Suddenly, he heard the commotion below inside the train and sensed Yang and Weiss going up against powerful and dangerous auras. "Dante! Cereza! Go below! Your siblings are in trouble!" He said.
Dante froze the legs of another Paladin with Cerberus and Bayonetta sliced them off with her Chernobog. "What?!" They asked together.
"Yang and Weiss?" Ruby asked, off-guard, almost getting hit by a Paladin, but Kratos stabbed it with the Blade of Remnant and short-circuited it with the powerful electric blade.
"You must hurry, or these fights may be their last." T'Challa said.
"Weiss..." Dante said, rushing back.
"I'm on it." Bayonetta said, heading back as well.
"You have to save Yang, Bayonetta." Ruby said.
"You shouldn't even have to ask, Ruby." Bayonetta said, hurrying back to save her twin.
"Ryu! You go ahead! Try to reach the front of the train from above. You may have better luck!" T'Challa ordered the other black-clad warrior.
"On it!" Ryu said, rushing towards the front of the train.
In the next train car, Blake stopped and grit her teeth when she was greeted by a familiar foe.
"Hello, kitty cat. You miss me? You know, we really gotta stop meeting like this. People are gonna talk..." Roman taunted
Blake charged forward to attack, starting their battle. Blake feinted and used her Semblance combined with dust to create a fiery shadow of herself. Roman striking it and it exploded, propelling him into the air. Blake jumped up and delivered some midair strikes to knock him down, then landed in a fighting stance.
Roman fired a blast from the Melodic Cudgel, and Blake used dust to create a stone shadow of herself to take the blow. She leapt overhead and prepared to strike, only to feint again and create another shadow of herself with her Semblance. Roman blocked a flurry of attacks from Blake and tried to strike her with an overhead blow, but she dodged back and created a frozen shadow that trapped his weapon. As he tried to retrieve it, Blake performed a vertical slash that sent a shockwave down the train car, destroying the ice sculpture and knocking Roman into the door where he dropped his weapon.
Before Roman could stand up, Blake stepped on his chest and held her blade to his face. He chuckled nervously before trying to talk his way out of it. "Why are we fighting? I saw you at the rally, we're on the same side and you know it..." He asked, his voice getting a dramatic change in tone. She responded by lowering the blade to his neck.
Back up top, Kratos wrapped the chains of his swords around the legs of a Paladin, causing it to fall to its side, where he then grabbed it, dragging and shoving it off the edge of the train. T'Challa brought another Paladin to its knees and created an energy spear with his semblance and flung it through the Paladin and into the one coming up behind it, shorting out both of them. But much further ahead, Ryu finally reached the last train, where he encountered a familiar figured. "What's a 3-letter word for... 'Total dick?'" Dio wondered, his back to Ryu, a crossword puzzle in his hand.
"Dio!" Ryu said, having heard of the monster from his teammates.
"Hey, that works!" Dio said, filling it in, before turning around. "Ahh, Mr. Hayabusa, the only member of Team SCRN I have yet to face." He said.
"And I will be the last!" Ryu said, readying his Falcon's Talons.
"Quite confident, I see. I'm curious to see how long that will last when you're faced with... THE WORLD!" Dio shouted, stopping time and sending his stand forward towards the foe he now believed immobile and helpless...
Meanwhile, Weiss was fighting the Lieutenant. He ran towards Weiss as she raised her weapon defensively before using Myrtenaster to draw a pale blue circle in the air, forming a force-field. Cyan shockwaves radiated from the center of the force-field as the Lieutenant tried, in vain, to saw through it. Weiss then knocked him back with a slash from her weapon. He attempted another overhead swipe, but Weiss pointed her weapon downwards and let the chainsaw simply run down the side of it, creating sparks but missing her completely. She then spun and slashed him again, knocking him back. She flipped gracefully over him, slashing at his head and landing on the other side of him.
He got up and spun around, viciously swiping towards her sideways with the chainsaw. She acrobatically lowered her body underneath it, dodging the blow and backflipping out of range before attacking in a series of slashes and stabs that threw him into the air and back onto the ground. She flipped over him, facing him from another angle.
Rising from the ground, he slashed towards her, but she ducked out of the way. After attempting another overhead slash, which she dodged again, he managed to briefly knock her back after the two weapons clash. However, his subsequent kick towards her met only a pile of boxes, as she leapt onto the ceiling. She spiraled downwards with her weapon outstretched, but he stepped out of the way. She landed, before getting up, deflecting one of his attacks, performing a backflip and countering with a stab of her own, which sent him flying backwards. As he stood back on his feet, Weiss held Myrtenaster in front of her and concentrated, mixing yellow Dust with a glyph to create a haste glyph beneath herself. Utilizing her speed power-up, Weiss charged forward and created a series of glyphs that surround the Lieutenant. She leapt and began ricocheting off each of the glyphs, slashing him extremely quickly each time she passed him, knocking him to the ground.
Creating another glyph, Weiss attempted to stab him where he lied, but he rolled backwards, preventing her from doing so. She jumped in the air in order to attack him again, but things took a turn for the worst.
"C'mere, princess!" The Lieutenant snapped as he grabbed Weiss' face before brutally raising her above his head and slamming her into the ground, causing debris to be flung around, knocking her unconscious. He then threw her in the air, readying to hit her with his chainsaw...
Only to be hit in the chest and knocked back from Dante's stinger attack, the younger Schnee twin catching his sister with his free arm. "Weiss! WEISS! Talk to me, sis?! Are you okay?" He asked worriedly, horrified at the thought of losing a sibling once again.
"Dante..." She said quietly. Dante sighed in relief. She'd be okay.
"You sit tight. I'll deal with this guy." Dante said, setting her down and looking at the recovering Lieutenant.
"Ahh... The other one. I remember hearing of you. You stopped our original assault on the Schnee's so many years ago. Killing your sister would've been enough, but killing you will make me a legend among the White Fang." He boasted, revving his chainsaw.
Dante growled a bit. "A legend, huh? That fits you pretty well. Because legend's don't exist!" Dante snapped, rushing in again. He attempted to use his Stinger attack again, but the Lieutenant deflected it, staggering Dante back a few steps. He then swung his chainsaw down at Dante, who blocked each attack. The two clashed weapons several more times before Dante managed to break the Lieutenant's guard and slash his shoulder. He shouted in pain, but managed to knock Dante back with a powerful kick to the stomach.
Dante skidded to a stop a few feet away and observed his surroundings for a moment, coming up with a plan and pulling out Spiral, aiming the sniper rifle at the Lieutenant's feet, which the chainsaw-wielder prepared to block, but Dante then aimed to the right, the bullet bouncing off the ground, into and off a wall, hitting and bouncing off a metal crate, now coming back towards the two, bouncing off the roof and miraculously hitting the Lieutenant in the back, taking him off-guard and causing him to fall forward a bit. He managed to stop himself, but looked up just in time to see Dante hit him with an upward strike, launching him into the air, slamming into the roof and coming back down, only to be juggled by several hits from Cerberus, his aura vanishing before Dante finished the fight with a brutal Revolver attack from the weapons, leaving the Lieutenant unconscious and partially frozen. "Take some time to cool off." Dante said, walking back to Weiss.
"Oh, don't you start with the puns... Yang is bad enough..." Weiss groaned, sitting up and holding her head.
"Hey, take it easy. We gotta meet back up with the others, we're running out of time." Dante said, starting to help her up. "Here you go." He told her, putting one her her arms around his shoulders and his arm around her back, leading her into the next train, where he hoped Blake was done with Roman.
Yang's fight was still going badly. As Yang approached her, Neo smiled, taunting her, before Yang unleashed another attack. Neo countered, and began kicking Yang back. Yang unleashed another blast from Ember Celica, which Neo blocked. The two sparred briefly, hand to hand, before Yang grabbed Neo's foot, and pulled her closer to throw her, only for Neo to perfectly counter, before grappling Yang and using her momentum to throw her into the ceiling, knocking her unconscious. The smaller girl then approached Yang, slowly and menacingly...
But suddenly, She felt a massive pain in her stomach from Bayonetta suddenly appearing from nowhere, delivering a devastating double kick to her stomach, sending her flying back into the doorway before it could even open, leaving a massive dent in it. Bayonetta had used Witch Time just as she entered the train car and saw Yang unconscious so she could get a free hit on Neo. "It seems you have you to learn a very important lesson, little one... Don't fuck with a witch!" Bayonetta snapped.
Cut back to Roman being held down by Blake, he grunted as she pointed her blade at his throat. "Oh, still feisty. Soooo, what are we gonna do now? You think a little bow on top is gonna make people forget who you were? What you've done...?" He taunted
As she gritted her teeth at his words, Blake heard the door from the previous train car open behind her. Dante moved through the door, helping Weiss along with him.
"Blake! There's not much time left! We gotta get out of here, now!" Dante said.
"You heard him. So what's it gonna be, Blake?" Roman taunted.
She sheathed Gambol Shroud and kicked Roman in the face, knocking him unconscious. Blake went over to help with Weiss' aid, and the three hurried to the top of the car.
Meanwhile, Neo and Bayonetta were in the heat of battle. Neo continued to dodge around Bayonetta's chainsaws while landing the occasional hit to the former Umbran. Switching tactics, Bayonetta switched the chainsaws into their flamethrower and ice-thrower forms, spraying the deadly elements at Neo, who shielded herself with her Umbrella, before running forward at Bayonetta, the sword she would've used as a hidden blade to finish Yang now sticking out the front of her umbrella, giving her a deadly spike to her impressive umbrella defense, but luckily, Bayonetta had a new trick for this. Just before the blade hit her, she transformed into a cluster of bats, appearing behind Neo and landing some devastating hits to the smaller girl's back, knocking her forward.
Neo looked over her shoulder furiously, her eyes turning red as she glared at Bayonetta, jumping back to her feet, drawing her sword and rushing at Bayonetta, who readied her katana and prepared for the attack. She countered Neo's strike and swung down on her, but in a flash of light, she was gone. Bayonetta looked around quickly, before turning around just in time to see Neo as the smaller girl kicked her in her hip, bringing her to one knee, raising her sword for a deadly blow. Suddenly, a masked warrior - raven-haired and clad in red and black - came out of nowhere and attempted to strike at Neo. Thankfully, at the last minute, a mass of shadows appeared from nowhere and formed into Celty, who hugged Neo protectively with a shield on her back, the swordswoman hitting it and knocking the two back, the sister's falling to the ground. "What the?!" Bayonetta demanded.
Neo looked up and instantly recognized her attacker, her eyes changed from brown and pink to white, mirroring her fearful expression. But then Celty got back up, holding her scroll up for Neo to see. [Neo! Are you okay?!] It asked, the visor of Celty's helmet up so Neo could see her sister's concerned eyes.
Neo was shocked that her sister, who she'd constantly snapped- well, texted at furiously and all but abandoned was now here, ready to protect her. [Sis...] She texted back, before both sisters looked behind them. The mysterious swordswoman slowly drew her sword again - long and crimson red - and held it up intimidatingly. Celty jumped a bit in fear, before quickly typing something into the scroll. [We're getting out of here! Forget Roman, if two people are going to survive, it's going to be us!] The text read. Neo, realizing the imminent threat before her, nodded wasted no time clinging to her big sister, the two being engulfed in a cyclone of darkness that quickly escaped from the train.
"That takes care of them..." Bayonetta said, turning to face the mystery woman. "So who are you?!" She demanded, readying Shuraba. The swordswoman looked down at the still unconscious Yang, before jumping away as Bayonetta slashed at her. "Stay away from her! And I asked who you are!? Are you going to tell me, or am I going to have to make you?!" She demanded again.
"Don't talk to your mother that way." She said, taking off her mask, revealing she looked just like Yang, only with black hair and read eyes, just like Bayonetta. "Well, you managed to hang in there longer than your sister, I always knew you had more potential than she did. After all, you're much more like me, than she is. Although clearly not enough, since you didn't finish your enemy as soon as you had the chance." She said.
"I am nothing like you!" Bayonetta snapped, lunging at her mother, only for her attack to be easily deflected, sending her to the ground, next to Yang.
"Clearly." She scoffed, looking down at her glaring daughter. "I saved your lives here. I won't do it again. You two need to get stronger and learn to never give your enemies mercy or time to recover!" She ordered. And with that, she slashef her sword to the side, opening an eerie red portal. She walked away from her daughters and into the portal. At that moment, Yang regained some consciousness and slowly got into a sitting position.
"Yang!" Bayonetta said both happily and in relief as she opened her eyes again, the two of them getting back to their feet. She got a brief glimpse at her rescuer before the woman disappeared. Yang rubbed her head, still reeling after just regaining consciousness.
"Who... was that?" Yang asked.
"Someone I never want to see again." Bayonetta said, glaring at where the portal was, before the two sisters quickly left the scene.
Back to Ruby and Oobleck, the Doctor dodged a couple swipes from the Paladin, and then ran to the top of its head, and shot it in its engine before jumping back down. Ruby twirled Crescent Rose around a few times, and then she and Oobleck fired simultaneously at the Paladin's feet, knocking it off the train. The both of them switched positions.
"Ruby! You go on ahead!" Oobleck ordered.
"But-" Ruby started to argue.
"Don't worry, Ruby. It's time... I teach them a lesson..." Oobleck said dramatically.
The Doctor went to take on two oncoming Paladins. Before she left, Ruby noticed the saddened Zwei looking up at her. She smiled and motioned for him to go join his new friend.
"Go." She simply told him.
With that, Zwei expression changed dramatically and barked happily before running off to fight alongside the Doctor. Ruby hurried to the front of the train.
While all this was happening...
Background Music: "Holy Diver" by Dio
"The World!" Dio shouted, freezing time and sending his golden counterpart at Ryu. However, he was shocked when Ryu dodged to the left of The World's haymaker and slashed the apparition's right side with his left claw, before preforming a backflip, the knives on his greaves catching and cutting The World's chin a painful four times, the injuries appearing on Dio as well, who hissed in pain, holding the injuries and The World vanishing back into him. "Impossible! You're immune to The World's power!?" He asked in disbelief.
"You can stop time. I have a similar ability." Ryu said. Time suddenly resumed after this. "And it seems the time we both can do this is brief. Although, I'd say it takes more of a toll on you." Ryu said, noticing Dio already beginning to sweat as his injuries healed with aura.
"Impressive! It's not often I face someone who can pose an actual threat to me!" Dio said, before growing a sinister smirk. "But never forget! It's still two against one!" He laughed, summoning The World again and rushing in.
Ryu was now put on the defensive, blocking and attempting to counter their moves, but the other one would deflect the counters, putting Ryu back as square one. Eventually, The world threw a powerful hook that broke through Ryu's guard, leaving him open for a kick from Dio, but Ryu expertly used his off-balanced position to his advantage, leaning back and stabbing his claws into the ground, doing a cartwheel, avoiding Dio's kick and allowing to leave a couple of cuts across Dio's stomach with his greaves. "If faced far greater numbers of creatures far more dangerous than you." Ryu said.
Dio growled as he once again expended aura to heal himself and The World. "This isn't over yet, Hayabusa! You've yet to truly see the true destructive power of myself and The World together!" He snapped, He once again sent in his gold counterpart, who unleashed a massive flurry of punches Ryu struggled to block, a surprise kick to the ninja's hip taking him off-guard, one more powerful uppercut breaking Ryu's guard again, before disappearing, Dio rushing in with a flying round kick, knocking Ryu back. He quickly backflipped to get on his feet, but was immediately attacked by The World again, hit with a barrage of punches, The World grabbing him after this. "It just occurs to me, we never saw your boarding pass. I'm afraid that means your ride is over, Hayabusa!" Dio snapped.
"Ryu!" Ruby suddenly shouted, rushing in and leaving a deep slash in The World's side, twirling her scythe and leaving some deep cuts down the left side of the apparition's chest as it turned to face her.
"Great timing." Ryu said as Dio shouted in pain, the injuries appearing on him as well.
"Even if the odds are even now, it still won't save you!" Dio snapped, before looking at Ruby. (The silver eyes! This could be an even greater threat to the plan! I may lose this battle, but I'll have to ensure she doesn't survive to become a problem in the future! I'll just escape and fight another day! When this is all over, I will rule this world!) Dio thought. "The World!" He shouted again.
"Ruby!" Ryu said as time froze. Dio knew he was immune, but Ruby wasn't and if Dio managed to keep him busy long enough, Ruby would be vulnerable. Dio sent his counterpart out once more, rushing in as well to distract Ryu, but the ninja quickly pulled out a Lightning Dust Crystal and preformed the Art of Inazuma, blasting Dio and The World with lightning straight to the chest, depleting Dio's aura, forcing The World to retreat back into him. As he tried to recover from the initial shock of getting struck by lightning, Dio looked up in time to see Ryu leap towards him, grab him by the sides of the head, flip over and behind him and throw him off the front of the train with deadly force.
Dio hit the ground in front of the train, holding his neck in pain, before glaring up at the top of the train, where Ryu glared down at him. "A simple throw won't stop me!" He snapped, before realizing something. "Wait! My aura's gone... But time is still frozen... That means!" He said fearfully, looking at the train.
"I'm the one stopping time." Ryu explained. "And time resumes..." He said, restarting the time around them.
"Noooo!" Dio screamed as the train slammed into him, killing him instantly.
End Music
Ruby prepared to attack, when she suddenly realized the enemy was gone. "Whaaat just happened?" She asked, confused.
"We've won. And light has driven away the darkness once again." Ryu said. The remaining members of Teams RWBY and SCRN reemerged from the train cars to rejoin their leader and ninja. Ruby looked on worriedly as she realized the train was on a collision course with a thick concrete wall.
"What do we do?" Blake asked.
Ruby and Weiss smiled at each other, and the latter formed an ice shield to protect her friends and teammates, bracing themselves for the impending crash. The train crashed into the wall, the explosion causing the screen to go white.
Dante and the rest of Team SCRN snapped back to consciousness to the sound of the city's emergency alarms. They looked around in horror as they realized they were in the central part of Vale, and multiple civilians in the area noticed them among the debris. "Dammit! We're back in the city!" Dante said.
"And the Grimm can't be far behind." Kratos said worriedly.
"Cereza, help me with the others! Kratos, Ryu, try to get the civilians away from here! And get ready. We'll have company REALLY soon." Dante ordered, heading over to Weiss.
"You got it." Bayonetta said, hurrying to Yang and Blake.
"We'll take care of it." Ryu said.
"Count on us." Kratos said as the two tried to usher away the confused civilians.
"Hey, Weiss! Come on, get up! This is DEFINITELY not the time to get your beauty sleep." Dante said, shaking his sister.
"Hnn? Dante? What is-" Weiss started, before realizing what was happening. "Oh, no." She said.
"Yeah, get ready." He told her, helping her up and moving on.
"Citizens, please! You have to get away from here! Go home, get indoors! It's not safe here!" Ryu instructed.
"Move, people! The city's in danger! Get back to your homes, now! Or you're as good as dead!" Kratos snapped, confusing many civilians.
"Yang, Blake, get up! We really need you now! All hell's about to break lose!" Bayonetta said. (I might even be willing to take Inferno over this) She thought.
"What's going on?" Yang asked, stirring a bit.
"What happened?" Blake asked as well, pulling herself back to consciousness, both of them realizing what's wrong. "No! The people!" Blake said, horrified.
"The city..." Yang said, worriedly.
"We're working on it. You work on getting ready to fight!" Bayonetta said.
We now switch to Ruby's perspective as she starts to wake up, being shaken by Bayonetta. "Whaaa?" She asked weakly.
"Ruby, get up! We didn't make it! The train crashed and we're in the middle of Vale! People are in danger! Wake up and get ready! By now the Grimm are!" Bayonetta started, before everyone heard and felt the sound of low rumbles and growls from behind Ruby. Suddenly, a giant King Taijitu emerged from the hole, and multiple Grimm started pouring into Vale. The civilians screamed as they attempted to flee the chaos. The sounds of screams and roars filled the air, and all Team RWBY can do is watch in horror. "Dammit! Come on! Stop standing there! We have to help these people!" Bayonetta said, running into the fight.
"This way, hurry!" Ryu shouted, leading people down a narrow street, him and Dante using firearms to pick off the Grimm getting too close to civilians before Dante used some glyphs to send a good number of cars flying and block the road the civilians took, blocking them off from the Grimm.
Not too far away, some more civilians were heading down another street as Bayonetta kept the Grimm off them and Kratos slammed down one of the heads of a King Taijitu, before defending himself from the other to a close up on Ruby, her expression changing from worried and scared to angry and determined. The alarm continued to blare as the screen suddenly cut to black...
