Alrighty then, I kinda have been neglecting this like I was Mercury's father but no more procrastinating. Cuz I am not sure how much time I got left anymore.
The Wyvern is flying past the hijacked Atlesian Airship, as Ruby Rose locks on her target. Through the surrounding Griffons roaming the skies she managed to evade them all in one straight shot. A Griffon lands on the airship, but Ruby easily cuts it down with Crescent Rose, causing to disintegrate into black particles. But suddenly, she hears several clicks to see multiple White Fang now aiming their several different weapon types at her. As she readied for the fight after taking a moment to compose herself, another dark winged figure flew in from behind.
"Guess who..." Tucker said with his wings spread out.
The White Fang Lieutenant looked through the camera to see what the commotion was, "Oh, you can not be serious!"
Having realized one of his own kind was interfering yet again, the wanted criminal quickly picks up his chainsaw sword and walks up to the top of the airship.
Right outside of Beacon's dining hall, Blake Belladonna backs away from the shattered window, staring in horror at her old partner.
Adam taunted Blake, "Running away again? Is that what you've become, my love? A coward?"
"Why are you doing this?" Blake questioned.
Adam spoke in a delusional tone, "You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!" He stomps on a downed Atlas student's chest, "Consider this... the spark." As a horrified Blake watched Adam draw Wilt, his blade and aim to stab the student.
Blake charged into the dining hall, drawing her sword in a flash. Her blade clashed with his as she pushed him away from the student, and they stood with their blades locked.
Blake stared at Adam, "I'm... not... running.
"You... will." Adam replied as he kicked her away, knocking her onto the floor. A nearby Creep ran toward her, only to be shot by Adam, "But not before you suffer for your betrayal, my love."
He smiled and began to walk toward her.
Back outside the Beacon grounds, Velvet Scarlatina groaned as she struggles to get up, only to get knocked back down when Coco Adel bumps into her after getting knocked away from a Paladin. Neon Katt and Reese Chloris dodge and weave between groups of students fighting against Grimm plus the infected Atlesian Knights and Paladins. The rest of Team ABRN surrounds a Griffon attacking it with bullets and fireballs, as Bolin knocks a Knight aside. Reese spins her board and slices through another as she passes by it. Nearby Sun and Neptune try to hold back a Paladin, while Nora and Ren decimate another group of Knights. Yatsuhashi Daichi is fighting another Griffon while Fox Alistair dashes over from a pile of robot parts. Two Creeps rush at Flynt Coal who uses his trumpet to send the first one flying. Neon and Reese use their weapons to freeze a second Paladin's legs in place. Weiss Schnee then arrives on the battlefield, and charges in but gets swatted aside by its arm.
Neptune reached his hand out, "Weiss!"
Yatsuhashi tried to hold back a Paladin's fist with his sword, but he gets overpowered and knocked back. The Paladin then turned and started to approach a distracted Lie Ren.
Nora tried to warn him, "Look out!" she pushed Ren out of the way of the Paladin's incoming strike, taking the hit instead.
"Nora! No!" he reached out to her, but gets knocked back by the Paladin too.
Coco and Neptune Vasilias fire their weapons at the Paladin, but it is unfazed.
Neptune began to panic, "Uh, this is bad."
"Well, I guess now's a better time than any. Velvet!" Coco called out.
Velvet excitedly responded, "Really?"
"Just make them count." Coco asked of her.
Velvet nods as she walks up to the Paladin.
"What are you doing!? She's going to get hurt!" Weiss worried for one of her friends.
Coco eased Weiss down, "Just watch."
Velvet holds her hand out as Anesidora glows, forming a scythe. Grabbing the copy of Crescent Rose Velvet leaps into the air, dodging cannon fire as she imitates Ruby's overhead spin, she descends slashing at the Paladin. She then replicates Myrtenaster to deflect the Paladin's punch and land a few blows before pushing it back with an Ember Celica imitation. Once after she lands a few shots, she slides under the Paladin's fist, similar to Blake as she uses a Gambol Shroud copy and uses its string to trip over the mech, before moving to the second Paladin by lopping off its hand, and jabbing it in the head with the cleave. Before it can react, it is immediately peppered with holographic bullets, thanks to a copy of Gianduja. As it moves forward, Velvet switches to using Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang to counter a blow, as she lands another few hits while landing a downward blow from above with a copy of Magnhild, severing a limb.
As the first Paladin attempts to recover, Velvet immediately copies Floating Array, as she leaps off the second Paladin and slices apart its legs before blasting it at full power. However, the first Paladin sucker punches Velvet. She is sent skidding from the blow, landing on her back.
Coco cried out for her teammate, "Velvet!"
Seeing her friend hurt she unloaded her weapon on the Paladin to no avail, Neptune, Nadir, and Reese rush to her side and add their own firepower. But the barrage has little effect and the Paladin continues to loom over Velvet.
Furious, Weiss immediately rushes in past the others, as she instinctively uses a summoning glyph, confusing her. When she gets in between Velvet and the Paladin about to bring its fist down, she raises Myrtenaster defensively then closes her eyes and grits her teeth. A thud is heard as she looks up and discovers she summoned the arm and sword of the Arma Gigas she fought before, which blocks the Paladin's fist and bisects the machine in half. She takes a brief look at her summoning before being surprised by a camera flash, which was taken by a smiling Velvet.
But before they can take a breath, another advanced Paladin rushes in from the corner and begins to charge at them.
Sun said what everyone was thinking, "You have got to be kidding me!"
"Hope Tucker's having more fun than us."
Back at the airship, the battle commences as Ruby performs a low swing, taking several White Fang members down to the floor. Ruby then twirls Crescent Rose before attempting another low sweep, only for several members to back away from her consecutive twirls. Once Ruby finishes spinning her weapon, she lodges Crescent Rose on the hull and fires a shot, knocking a single member down. The fallen member revealed that the Lieutenant has arrived as he swings his mighty weapon at the young girl, sending Ruby flying several feet, before she lodges Crescent Rose to safely grip herself from the surrounding gales.
The Lieutenant growled in his low voice, "Your interference will cease now."
"What are you doing!? Without these ships, the Grimm will destroy everything!" Ruby tried to reason.
Reason has long left these people, "That's the plan!"
Ruby then swats aside the chainsaw sword just as he attempts to strike her, causing him to move a few feet off-balance, before Tucker returns and leaps over her, kicking the big one in the left cheek, and using the momentum to flip him over and send the Lieutenant tumbling on his back. The Lieutenant jumped on his feet then follows up with a roundhouse to the Tucker, as he bumped into Ruby, knocking both off balance.
Ruby continued to question them, "But why!? What do you get out of it!?"
"So the world will see that Faunus will not remain silent to the injustice that has befallen us." The Lieutenant stated.
As Ruby charges in, the Lieutenant blocked her incoming hit and then proceeded to move closer. As he grabbed her by her head and began to toss her around like a ragdoll, Tucker lept on his back and continued to leave multiple scratches with his sword. The Lieutenant had to shake them off so he armed a grenade he kept hidden, and detonated it sending all of them flying in different directions. The blast is enough to send Ruby holding on for dear life, with the embedded blade of Crescent Rose in the side of the ship, the only thing preventing her from falling.
The Lieutenant held Tucker by the throat, then threw him over the edge, passing by Ruby's face. As he now stood above the young lady to taunt her.
"Like it or not, the people that aided us, are going to change the world! You can't stop us. No one can stop what's coming."
As his monologue continued he was rushed and pricked by a sharp blade from behind, by a smaller White Fang member. Only to have the member, suddenly morph before their eyes and change into the figure of none other than Neo.
Another voice joined in yhe crowd among them, "You know the old saying, "If you can't beat 'em..."
"Join them..." Another polite voice said.
Torchwick pulled Ruby up onto the ship and stood beside her as his partner in life and crime stood on the other side of her.
"I don't care what you say! We will stop them and I will stop you! BET ON THAT!!" Ruby shouted.
As Ruby charges at top speed with the use of her Semblance, the Lieutenant held his chainsaw sword with both hands. He gripped his weapon tight, with a swing he slashed up a piece of metal and hurled it at Ruby. Knocking her away before bullrushing her backwards, ramming the weapon hilt in her stomach, finally grabbing her by her head, throwing her back once more.
"Cover her!" Torchwick said as he tossed his cane to Wyoming and picked up the briefcase they had. A briefcase that had a barrel sticking out of the side, machine gun fire, flare shots and sniper rounds filled the air as the two aimed down every nearby Grimm.
The Lieutenant was hunched over the downed Ruby as he began to pummel her with his punches. Ruby could only curl up in a ball as she blocked and let her aura take the hits.
The Lieutenant stood up as he walked back to his sword, "The real world is cold and cruel, the real world doesn't care about spirit but if you wanna be the hero. Then play the part and die like every other Huntsman that came before us."
He then proceeds to smack Ruby with the hilt of his chainsaw sword.
"Now time to finish this story..." The Lieutenant raised his sword. Just as he prepared a final, overhead swing, another blade pierced through his chest, Tucker came back from below.
"Forgot I had wings, huh?" Tucker joked, "Guess what rhymes with wings..." He then yanked something off the back of his enemy, showing it to be the pin rings on the grenades. Tucker slid his sword out, then delivered a double kick to the back of the Lieutenant, sending him into the cockpit of the ship.
As the ship began to plummet, the avenger plane that was now piloted by Neo flew close by as the four remaining good guys rushed to it. Tucker used his wings and speed to swoop up Ruby, and catch Roman and Wyoming by their coat collars and fly through the open rear door.
Back in the city, Glynda Goodwitch used The Disciplinarian to knock back a few Creeps, while Qrow Branwen sliced and blasted at a few infected Knights with Harbinger. Nearby, Cardin Winchester giddily knocked back an Ursa with his mace, but then gets held at gunpoint by a few infected Knights. Suddenly, their heads are shot off, surprising Cardin. As the smoke clears, it is revealed that General Ironwood miraculously survived his crash, his damaged uniform exposing the right half of his body to be cybernetic. Without hesitation, he shoots down all of the infected Knights with Due Process. Flipping it into his right hand to club the last one as it leaps at him.
Caboose rushed over to check up on Cardin to make sure he was alright and could still fight.
Ironwood began to focus everyone up, "This area's secure! We need to-"
Upon looking in Ironwood's direction, Qrow's expression changes into what appears to be anger. He transformed his sword into a scythe and charged toward Ironwood.
"Qrow! This isn't my doing!" Ironwood tried to explain.
Qrow continues charging, despite Ironwood's words. The general flips his gun in his hand and gets into a battle stance, preparing for the perceived attack. However, Qrow lept past Ironwood, who turned around just in time to see a large Griffon lunging at him. With one swing of Qrow's scythe, the Griffon is sliced in two. Upon landing, Qrow turned around to address Ironwood.
Qrow scoffed at the general, "You idiot. I know you didn't do this."
Ironwood relaxes and sighs, lowering his head and putting his hand to his forehead, while Glynda places her hand on his shoulder.
"So what now, General?" Qrow asked as they all geared up again.
Ironwood started relaying all the information he had, "Someone's done the impossible and gained control of my machines. And that enormous Grimm seems to be fixated on the school. Glynda, form up the local Huntsmen and establish a safe zone here in Vale. We need to evacuate Beacon. Qrow, I'm leaving that to you and my men. I still need to get to my ship."
The three hear a loud noise and turn to see its source: Ironwood's ship, slowly nosediving into the ground.
"Found it..." Caboose pointed to the sky but turned back to Cardin, "Where's Emerald?"
"Last I saw her, she was going downtown to get some people to safety." Cardin said.
Sarge came charging to the group as he heard what Cardin said, "We established a safe area downtown at Junior's club, we started evacuating civilians from the rooftop."
The Atlesian Knights that are still functioning attempt one last time to harm the Huntsmen, before powering down. As Caboose ran in the direction knocking down the decommissioned Atlesian Knights.
In the Beacon courtyard, the students stand prepared to fight the Atlesian Paladin that is charging toward them. However, electricity arcs across it and it suddenly powers down, collapsing and sliding to a stop in front of them.
"Hm. That went better than expected." Sun said.
Weiss doubled over, exhausted, leaning on Myrtenaster to keep herself up as her teammate came running towards her.
Yang went to help Weiss stay standing, "Weiss! You're okay! Have you heard from Ruby?"
Weiss could only shake her head.
"What about Blake?" Yang questioned again.
Weiss pointed to the direction she went in, "She went after an Alpha... and some members of the White Fang."
"You look for Ruby. I'll meet up with Blake." Yang stated.
Yang hurried off in the direction that Weiss pointed, while the heiress gives a thumbs up.
In the Beacon vault, an elevator opens up to reveal Ozpin, Jaune, and Pyrrha. The three immediately sprint out of the elevator and down the corridor.
Jaune had several questions, "What is this place?"
"It's... a type of vault." Pyrrha answered.
"You've... been here before?"
Pyrrha couldn't bare to answer and look at him.
"What would this school need to... hide?"
Finally seeing the Aura transfer machine, Jaune stops in his tracks, gazing wide-eyed at the strange contraption and the comatose girl inside.
"What? Who?" Several questions flooded his mind.
Pyrrha wanted to explain everything she was told, "Jaune..."
"Pyrrha! Get to the pods!" Ozpin interrupted.
Pyrrha looks at Jaune, then runs to the second pod.
Ozpin turned back to Jaune, "Mister Arc, if you'd like to help, you can stand guard here."
Jaune looks at the two with uncertainty, then turns around and gets into a guarding stance.
"What do we do now?" Pyrrha wondered.
"We do nothing..." Ozpin typing on the machine's hologram keyboard.
The second pod opens, and Ozpin turns his head to look at Pyrrha.
Ozpin then turned to Pyrrha, "You, Miss Nikos... have a choice to make."
Pyrrha looks at the pod, then at Jaune, hesitating. Her expression changes from uncertainty to sadness, and she wipes a tear from her eye, still looking at Jaune. She then climbs into the pod, which closes.
[With Blake And Adam]
Adam continued with his crazy belief talk, "This could've been our day! Can't you see that!?"
Blake was attempting to speak reason to the madman, "I never wanted this! I wanted equality! I wanted peace!"
She raised her sword, its blade folding into sickle mode, and shoots at Adam, who blocked both bullets with his sword.
"What you want is impossible!"
He sheathed his sword and backhands Blake across her face, knocking her over.
"But I understand because all I want is you, Blake."
She began to raise her sickle again, only for him to kick it out of her hand, knocking her over once again.
"And as I set out upon this world and deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves, I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love."
Yang could be heard just outside, "Blake!"
Yang's voice draws their attention to one of the broken windows. She soon comes into view and shoots a White Fang member, before looking around for her teammate.
Yang called out again, "Blake! Where are you!?"
Adam looks at Blake to see her terrified expression, then returns his gaze to Yang.
Adam: Starting with her.
"HEY!" A loud voice called out to Adam from behind as the flames kept rising. With a lever action rifle in one hand and a revolver stood Church, with a growl showing his teeth and fangs he asked Adam one question, "Mind if I cut in?"
"You..." Adam growled back.
[Underneath the School]
Ozpin checked with Pyrrha one last time, "Are you ready?"
Pyrrha looked at him and gave a slow nod.
"I... I need to hear you say it."
"Yes." Pyrrha laid her head back, staring ahead.
"Thank you, Miss Nikos." Ozpin pressed a few more buttons on the screen, and Amber's pod raised up. Amber began glowing orange, and her eyelids fluttered. The orange glow traveled along the pipes connecting the two pods - first up to the ceiling, then down to Pyrrha's pod. An orange glow surrounds Pyrrha, who begins screaming out in agony.
Jaune turned around, "Pyrrha!"
Jaune ran over to Pyrrha's pod, moving his gaze back and forth between Pyrrha and Amber's pod. While Jaune panicked, trying to understand what's going on, Ozpin looked away.
"I'm... so sorry." Ozpin apologized.
Suddenly, a flaming sword pierced the glass of Amber's pod, striking her in the chest. Amber gasps, and her eyes open, then begin to close again, while the machine begins beeping an alarm. Ozpin and Jaune turn around to see CT and Darius Pill standing halfway down the corridor from them, an obsidian bow in her hand. She lowered her hand a tiny smirk creeping across her face.
[Just above the school]
Adam drew his blade and sneered at the sight of Church who put one arm up and rested the barrel of the revolver against it. The fight was just moments away, but Adam knew he wouldn't have a chance against Church, especially if Church could get backup soon. So he vanished and ran through the fires to escape.
The disappeared jerk let Church call for help, "Yang, over here."
Yang rushed over and saw Church pick up Blake, "Oh good thing you were here."
"Thank Caboose, but we gotta get outta here." Church advised as he turned his back away from Yang, "Some asshole is still around here... we need to-"
"Behind... you..." Blake uttered out as Church picked up what she said.
Adam unsheathed his sword, smiling. Yang screams, her eyes turning red and a burst of flame erupting from her. She stood still, away from Adam, drawing her fist back with tears in her eyes. Adam swiftly aimed his sword, swinging it through the air at Yang, as his Semblance activates. As Yang fall to the floor, the lower half of her right arm separates from her.
As Church turned he let out a roar that sent chills down everyone spine, making that moment forever frozen in his and Blake's eyes. (A Tiger's Roar has the capability to paralyze, even professional tiger handlers and hunters. Whatever the reason it makes them even deadlier.) Church dropped Blake's legs and started to shoot at Adam, getting a few shots in, but after recovering he ran away. Blake freed herself from his grasp and grabbed Yang to get her out the way of danger.
Amber struggles to breathe, her eyes wide, the machine's alarm still playing. Finally, all breath leaves her. Her eyes drift closed, and her head leans to the side, her whole body going limp. The green flames that light the torches throughout the vault suddenly snuff out.
"ADAM!!!" Church yelled and cried multiple times as he shot at the direction he left and continued as the building burned around him. Walls and ceilings crumbling as flames consumed them, he would've burned in there, had it not been for her.
"Church..." Cinder, Tex called out for him. She was a bloody bruised mess, clothes torn, cuts along her face and arms.
"Tex... we need to get you out of here... there's a madman on the loose, I got-" Church started.
Cinder stopped him as she struggled to stand up, "Church... there's something I have to tell you and we don't have a lot of time. Just... try to understand."
Pyrrha frantically beat her fists against the glass of her pod. The orange glow left Pyrrha and travels back through the pipes into Amber. The glow then bursts out of Amber, shattering the glass in its way, and enters CT. The murderer glows, begins floating, and gains long trails of flame around her eyes, with orange energy swirling around her. Pyrrha bashed even harder on the glass, her stress increasing. Jaune raises his sword and charged toward CT
Ozpin tried to warn him, "Stay back!"
Cinder summons a large fireball casting it toward Jaune, who blocks it with his shield and is blasted backwards, landing on his back.
"JAUNE!" Pyrrha cried out.
Finally, Pyrrha used her Semblance to rip the pod's door off its hinges, throwing it at CT, who knocks it away like it's nothing. As CT begins to ascend above the floor, Pyrrha leaps out of the pod and charges, calling her weapon and shield to her with her Semblance. However, Ozpin puts his arm out, stopping her.
Ozpin gave them one last order, "Take Jaune and get out of here! Find Glynda! Ironwood! Qrow! Bring them here right away! The tower cannot fall!"
"But I can help." Pyrrha argued.
Ozpin slowly turned his head to stare Pyrrha in the eyes, "You'll only get in the way."
Pyrrha hesitates for a moment but obeys Ozpin, scooping up Jaune and running away. While she does so, CT descends to the floor and watches them leave, with the glow, the swirling energy, and the flames around her eyes all disappearing. Connie turned her attention back to Ozpin, her eyes still glowing for a moment.
Darius smiled as he prepared to watch his love finish the old man, "This whole time... right beneath our feet. He was right about you."
Ozpin turned his cane in his grip, staring hard at CT.
CT shook her head slightly, "Such arrogance."
Alright, now let's get to questions and comments.
SPARTAN-626 said.
Hmm nice changes and alterations from canon and adding your own touch here and looking forward to seeing more and how Tucker will help Ruby and nice with Caboose here being all assertive and in command, bet Emerald will like that
I'm pretty sure everyone liked me putting Caboose in authority. Good choice.
huntercolescheier pointed out.
I have noticed doc as been absent is this because of O'Malley or I could just be dumb and not notice.
Doc is absent because of O'Malley or Omega, there is a difference between them... also that's also why The Director and Counselor Price is not there.
