Chp. 45: Russians and Nazis Pt. 2

Outer Wall

At the Outer Wall of Mantle, the American, Canadian, and Atlesian soldiers aimed their weapons at the Russians and the Grimm that were closing in. The Grimm sirens begin going off, and the street lamps turn red. Several paladins and Leopard 2A4 tanks positioned themselves in front of the soldiers and began to open fire upon the oncoming Grimm. A group of Mantas fly toward the stampede and began to fire missiles at the Grimm.

"Those Russians are getting closer!" an American soldier shouted.

Sure enough, the Russian military was just about to reach the American, Canadian, and Atlas militaries station in front of the outer wall. The Russian tanks eventually came to a stop next to the military forces and the turrets rotated towards the Grimm and began to open fire. Suddenly six Grimm flew over the military forces and over the outer wall and into Mantle.

The first Grimm flying ahead of the others was a large and slender Grimm with a feline body and large feathered wings. It has a round head with a very short, somewhat narrow snout and a four-crested bone mask that takes the form of some feline. Each paw has three toes, and their tail is a white snake. Its mane appears to resemble human hair. This Grimm is known as a Sphinx.

The five other Grimm behind the Sphinx all have the body and head of a lion, wings of a predatory bird and the tail of a scorpion. They also have black fur and feathers, with white bone-like spines on their bodies, including a white lion skull and a large, crown-like mane of bone. A pair of bull horns also protrudes from their skulls. These flying Grimm are known as Manticores.

The seven Mil helicopters flew over the outer wall and into the city behind it, chasing after the flying Grimm.


Meanwhile in the streets of Mantle, a large fleet of Mantas arrive in Mantle, and one lands near the crowd of citizens that Yang, Blake, and Sun were defending holding their weapons. The side door slides open, and a ramp deploys. Inside are two Atlas soldiers.

"Get in, get in!" one of the soldiers ordered.

Civilians begin entering the Manta in a single file line, while Yang, Blake, and Sun guard the ramp. Suddenly a loud roar was heard and everyone turned to see the Sphinx and Manticores flying over them. Three of the Manticores turned around and landed several feet away from the Manta while the other Grimm continued to fly down the streets.

One of the Manticores spits a fireball at the civilians who were running inside the airship. Sun jumps into the path of the fireball and twirls Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang in their bow staff form, deflecting the attack away. Yang boosted herself toward the Grimm with Ember Celica as Blake followed behind her partner. Yang gave a couple of punches at one of the Manticores making it stumble to the ground. Yang gave one more punch to the Grimm killing it instantly. Blake slashes at a second Manticore. The Manticore tries to pounce on top of Blake, but draws her katana and uses fire Dust to create a fire clone. Upon impact with the fire clone, the Grimm catches on fire and dies.

The third Manticore began to charge towards the Manta. Just as Sun prepared himself, a storm of bullets shot down at the Grimm killing it. Everyone looked up and saw two Mil helicopters hovering close to the Manta. A couple of ropes then dropped down from each helicopter as a group of Russian soldiers then slid down from the ropes one at a time from each helicopter. The ropes were then unhooked from the Mil helicopters, making them fall to the ground while the helicopters started to fly away. The Atlesian soldiers and Mantle citizens all stood stunned.

"Уведите этих людей отсюда! Сейчас же!: Uvedite etikh lyudey otsyuda! Seychas zhe! (Get these people out of here! Now!)" one of the Russian soldiers said to the two Atlas soldiers, pointing at the civilians into the airship then away.

The Atlas soldiers didn't know what the Russians said, but understood what they were implying. and closed the door. The Manta hovors into the air and began to fly away. The Russians turned to face Yang, Blake, and Sun who stood with stunned looks on their faces.

"So I guess you guys are on our side?" Sun asked

Meanwhile in another part of Mantle, Jaune, Pyrrha, Ilia, and Rebecca were all escorting a crowd of civilians through the street.

"Are we getting close?" Rebecca asked.

"According to what Fiona told us, we should be getting close," Pyrrha answered, looking at the map on her Scroll.

"Hopefully we can get these people to the shelters," Jaune said.

A roar was heard and everyone looked up to see the Sphinx and Manticore as they flew towards them.

"Pyrrha! Boost me up!" Rebecca shouted.

Pyrrha knelt down and raised Akoúo̱ over her head as Rebecca jumps on top of it. Pyrrha launched Rebecca toward the Manticore. Rebecca readied Hailstorm and slashed at its wings, cutting them off. It falls to the ground as she rides atop it. Rebecca quickly cuts its head off and transforms her scythe to a machine gun and begins to shoot at the Sphinx. The Grimm lands in front of Jaune, Pyrrha, and Ilia who readied their weapons.

The Grimm's snake tail lunges at Pyrrha, but Jaune jumps in front of her and bashes the snake-head with his shield, then swung down with his sword, slicing the snake-head tail off. The Sphinx spits a fireball at Jaune and Pyrrha who raise their shields blocking the attack and push back a few feet. Ilia slides underneath the Grimm's torso as it turns to face her. Ilia whips at the Sphinx's head with Lightning Lash. The Sphinx tries to swipe its claws at the chameleon Faunus, but Rebecca runs up and slashes its paw away with her scythe.

Rebecca and Ilia ran to its side and bisect the Sphinx's torso, finishing it off for good. Both girls faced each other for a moment until a voice called out.

"Kids!"

Jaune, Pyrrha, Ilia, and Rebecca turned and saw Joanna, Fiona, and May running up to them. A Mil helicopter hovered toward the civilians. The rope dropped down as four Russian soldiers slid down from them. Suddenly a Grimm flew at the helicopter and latched itself onto it.

It was a raptor-like Grimm resembling the now-extinct family of the Dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. It possesses large, translucent red wings with visible veins. It has bone-like spines on their neck and tail, resembling feather quills. Its black skin appears to be somewhat frozen and has white patches, most likely due to the fact that they inhabit the cold tundras of Solitas. Its toes have raptor-like hooked claws. This Grim was known as a Teryx.

The Grimm bit onto the tail of the Helicopter as it then spun out of control down the street as everyone watched on.

"Get these people to the shelters! We'll help those pilots!" May said.

"Right!" Jaune replied.

He, Pyrrha, Rebecca, and Ilia began to escort the civilians to the shelters as the Happy Huntresses, and Russians ran toward the crash site.


Mantle Crater

Mantle Crater Slums

Meanwhile down at the slums, Jacob continues to fight Victor. Both father and son viciously attack each other and so far had not landed a single hit on each other. Victor swung down at Jacob as he stepped to the side to avoid the attack. Jacob bashed his shield at his father, making him stumble to the side. He swung God's Trust at Victor, but he he quickly blocks it. Victor headbutts Jacob's nose, making him clinch on it in pain. Victor thrusted his sword at his son. Jacob leaned backwards, narrowly avoiding the attack.

"How did you get here?" Jacob asked.

"I had a little help from a pale woman and her circus of freaks," Victor answered.

"Salem," Jacob muttered.

Victor transformed his sword to his assault rifle and began to open fire at Jacob. Jacob quickly raised his shield, deflecting the bullets away from him. He transformed his sword to his assault rifle and fired back at his father. Victor ran away from the shots and jumped behind a crate. He poked out from behind the crate and fired a shot at Jacob from the attached grenade launcher. Jacob raises his shield again to block the shot. Upon impact, the explosion launched him back several feet and crashed into a small tent full of crates. Jacob slowly gets up and sees Victor charging towards him with his sword ready. Jacob transformed his assault rifle back to his sword and the father and son's blades clashed.

"You're good. I'll give you that. But even that won't be enough to save you," Victor said.

"Wanna bet?" Jacob asked.

Jacob pushes Victor away and swings his sword at him to which he blocks. Jacob tried slashing at the Nazi leader, but Victor blocked and dodged the attacks. Victor and Jacob's swords clashed once more.

"I don't know what went wrong when I put my sperm into your mother to make such a waste as yourself!" Victor said, angering Jacob. "You're just as much of a failure as Keaton!"

Suddenly Jacob felt a strong pain in his stomach, making him step back and clinching onto his stomach. Victor grins and punches Jacob in the face, knocking him to the ground. Jacob rubs his jaw and gets up back to his feet and rushes at his Victor. He swung God's Trust at him, But Victor caught his wrist mid swing.

"You were an even worse failure than your brother, Jacob! He only joined the military to get away from me, leaving you all alone!" Victor shouted.

The pain from earlier came back as Jacob grabbed on to his stomach, gritting his teeth. Victor gave a couple of slashes at his son's chest, making his aura flicker. Jacob bashes Victor's sword away, saving himself from another attack.

"I heard you had a baby sister after I taught your mother her place! Maybe she won't be a disappointment to me!" Victor said, infuriating Jacob. "Hell if she decides to act up on me, I'll do the same thing to her like I did you mother!"

With a furious battle cry, Jacob tries to rush at Victor, but the pain in his stomach returns and he clinches on to it again. Victor punches Jacob in the stomach and kicks him in the face, making him fall on his back, causing his aura to dissipate. Jacob tries to swing his sword, but Victor kicks it out of his hand. Victor stomps his foot on the edge of Jacob's shield which the other end shifts up and is followed by the sound of bones snapping. Jacob cries out and grips onto his shoulder in pain. Victor swung his sword down as Jacob rolled away from the attack and grabbed his sword.

"You're probably wondering what that pain you had felt was after I talked. From what Salem told me, it's my semblance. It allows me to turn mental and emotional pain into physical pain. And you were doomed from the start of this pathetic battle," Victor explained.

Jacob swung his sword at his father, but Victor easily knocked it away with his sword. He looks down at his sword for a moment before sheathing it away. He then throws a punch at Jacob.


Meanwhile in another part of the crater, Penny flies over the crater carrying Cade and Amber in her arms as they search for Jacob and the hostages.

"Any sign of them?" Amber asked.

"Negative," Cade answered.

"Wait! I see him," Penny said before gasping. "But he needs help!"

Amber and Cade looked down to see Victor punching and kicking at Jacob as he struggled to protect himself. A Manta approaches and flies next to Penny. She flies down to an open area and drops Amber and Cade safely to the ground before landing on the ground. The Manta makes its landing as the two androids and Fall Maiden approach it. The door slid open and out came General Ironwood, Winter, Robyn, Keaton, and six Atlesian soldiers.

"Amber, what are you doing here?! You're supposed to be up in Atlas!" Ironwood said.

"I came here to help," Amber answered.

"Sir, Jacob's close, but he's in trouble!" Penny cuts in.

"Where is he?" Keaton asked

"Show us," Robyn said.


Back with Jacob and Victor, Jacob was panting heavily and was covered in cuts and bruises. Victor hurls an uppercut and Jacob knocks him to the ground. He crouched down staring at his son for a moment before he grew a furious expression.

"WHY DID YOU MAKE ME DO THIS?! WHY EVEN BOTHER PROTECTING THIS WORLD FULL OF FREAKS?! THINK JACOB! THIS WORLD SHOULD NOT EVEN EXIST! IT IS SOMETHING THAT GOD HIMSELF DID NOT CREATE! IT WAS NOT MADE IN HIS IMAGE! WHY PROTECT SOMETHING THAT GOD DID NOT CREATE?!" Victor screamed.

"Because... God... values all life... And so... do... I..." Jacob groaned out.

Victor sneered in disgust at Jacob and unsheathed his sword as he stood to his feet.

"Then you're a lost cause," he said.

Victor was about to swing his sword down on Jacob until felt someone grab his wrist. He turns around and sees General Ironwood who punches him in the face. Ironwood draws out Due Process and aims it at Victor, but he quickly knocks it away. Victor swung his sword at the general, but his attack was blocked but a sword held by Winter. She pulled the trigger on top of the hilt, ejecting a second sword and held it back handed with her other hand. She unleashes a flurry of slashes at Victor which he dodged and parried away.

"The general's top bitch is here too! Still trying to run away from your daddy I see!" Victor said.

Winter jerked back in pain and Victor slashed at her chest, knocking her to the ground. Victor was about to strike at her when suddenly, Keaton runs up behind him and leaps onto his father's back. He proceeds to viciously stab Victor in the chest with a knife. Victor grabs Keaton's arm and throws him off of him and onto the ground. A crossbow bolt flies past his head and Victor turns his head to see Robyn rushing at him. She folded her crossbow into its shield form and tried slashing at Victor as he stepped away from her attacks. Victor grabs Robyn's arm and bashes her in the face with the blunt end of his sword.

He then kicks her in the stomach, knocking her back several feet. Victor then hears the sound of jets whooshing above him. He looks up and sees Penny with Floating Array in front of her. She fires a laser at the Neo-Nazi as he rolled away from the attack. Victor transforms his sword back to his assault rifle and fires a round from its grenade launcher at Penny, blasting her away. He quickly reloads the attachable grenade launcher and fires at Ironwood, Winter, Keaton, and Robyn who all quickly jump away from the blast.

Before he could reload again, Victor felt a blast of wind push against his back making him stagger a bit. He turned around to see Amber who carried a double crystal-headed staff in her hands, and Cade who stood behind her. Victor fires several rounds at the Maiden, but each were deflected away as Amber twirled her staff in front of her. She continues to twirl the spear around her body, kicking up the winds and blasting it towards her opponent, forcing Victor to slide back.

Amber swung the fire Dust crystal end of her staff sending a stream of fire at Victor. He rolled beneath the attack and charged at his opponent, transforming his assault rifle back to his sword. He tries to land a hit on the Fall Maiden as she dodges his attacks. Amber jumps away from another sword attack, but her cloak gets snagged on to it ripping it off of her. She closed her eyes for a moment and opens her eyes and orange energy pour from her eyes. The winds erupt from the Maiden, swirling around and making Victor cover his face from the force Amber lifts off the ground and spreads her arms to the sky, lightning now rumbling in the clouds for her to aim at Victor, who barely got out of the way in time.

Victor glances down at the green cloak on his sword and grabs it. Victor pulls out a small smoke grenade, pulls the pin, and throws it at his feet. The grenade detonates and a cloud of smoke emits the area around him. Amber blasts a large gust of wind to blow away the smoke. When the smoke was cleared away, Victor was gone.

Amber hovers down to the ground and the power from her eyes disappears. Ironwood, Winter, Robyn, Cade, Penny, and Keaton all looked at her before Keaton gasped..

"Jacob!" he shouted.

Everyone turned to see two Atlas soldiers loading an unconscious Jacob on a stretcher. Keaton rushes over to his little brother.

"He's unconscious, but he needs medical attention," one of the soldiers said.

"Get him out of here," Ironwood ordered.

"Yes, sir," the second soldier replied.

The soldier started to carry Jacob to the Manta as Keaton looked on in worry.


SDC Dust Refinery

Meanwhile inside the refinery, the Council, Willow, Whitley, and the Council's cab driver were all still tied to their chairs as two Neo-Nazis stood guarding them. Two more Nazis were strapping a bomb vest on to the frightened cab driver.

"What are you doing?" Sleet asked.

"In case things go south, we're making a plan be," a Nazi answered.

"It's armed and ready," the second Nazi said as he held a small remote. "One push of this detonator, and in a few seconds this room is gone."

Suddenly, the door blasts open and Alexey and three Russian soldiers storm inside with their guns pointed out. Three of the Nazis were about to shoot at the Russians, but were quickly shot. The Nazi with the denotator pushes the button. Alexey rushes at him and strikes him in the head with the butt end of his rifle, knocking him unconscious. The bomb on the cab driver started beeping and one of the soldiers ran up to him.

"Дерьмо! Он вот-вот взорвется!: Der'mo! On vot-vot vzorvetsya! (Shit! It's about to go off!)" the soldier yelled.

Alexey ran to the cab driver and lifted him over his shoulder. He rushes over to the window.

"Wait! What are you doing?! Stop! No!" the driver cried.

Alexey slams the driver through the window and tosses him over. The driver screamed as he was now falling.

"Спускаться!: Spuskat'sya!(Get down!)" Alexey yelled.

The bomb explodes killing the cab driver and the force of the blast knocks Alexey to the ground. A moment later Alexey slowly gets up and looks at the shocked Council and scared Schnees.

"Это сержант Белитров, заложники взяты.: Eto serzhant Belitrov, zalozhniki vzyaty. (This is Sergeant Belitrov, hostages are secured.)" Alexey said into his radio.

"Скопируй это. Уберите их с территории.: Skopiruy eto. Uberite ikh s territorii. (Copy that. Get them out of the area.)" a man in the radio ordered.

Alexey walks over to Whitley and begins to cut him free as the soldiers proceed to do the same to Willow, Sleet, and Camilla.

"You are safe," Alexey said.

"Who are you people?" Camilla asked.

"We're the Russian Airborne Forces. Just got word of your situation and decided to jump in," Alexey answered.

Before anyone else could speak, Ironwood, Keaton, Winter, Robyn, Penny, Amber, Cade and four atlas soldiers ran inside the room and pointed their weapons at Alexey and his team.

"Drop your weapons!" Keaton ordered.

"Wait! Stop! These people saved us!" Sleet said.

Everyone paused for a moment before lowering their weapons as Keaton was reluctant when he lowered his rifle. Winter approaches up to Whitley and a visibly shaking Willow. She puts her hands on their shoulders in comfort. Alexey looks at Keaton for a moment before he speaks.

"You're American. I hope you're easy to talk to," he said.

"What are you doing here? How did you get here?" Keaton asked.

"The White Fang entered into our soils along with a Grimm. Thankfully the situation was easy to contain. They brought back with them a stolen shipment of this unknown Dust. After we... persuaded them a bit, they told us what it can do, and here we are," Alexey explained.

"Unknown Dust? General, what's he talking about?" Camilla asked.

"We'll tell when you meet with our leaders," Keaton answered.

A low groan was suddenly heard. Everyone turned to see the unconscious Neo-Nazi starting to wake up. Ironwood turned to two of his soldiers and pointed at him. The Atlas soldiers walked up to the Nazi and restrained him.. They then dragged the Neo-Nazi out of the room. Alexey turned back to Keaton.

"We heard that President Trump and a few other leaders back home are here too and are going to be meeting up with the Council here. We told President Putin about this. And he wants in on it," Alexey said.

Keaton wasn't sure what to say to this. Just before he could speak, Ironwood cuts in.

"I'm sure we'll be pleased to have him here."

"Good. We inform him of this immediately," Alexey said.