Down the hallways of Shade Academy, students were running, while professors were doing the best they could to try and stop the mysterious assailant that had just breached their front door. Emphasis on try
Meanwhile, another hooded figure was lurking around in one of the terminals within the academy
Oracle was just done cracking the information, now leaving behind a sort of "self destruct" protocol, in order to avoid spoofing her escape by leaving traces of her presence
"You clearly had the worst plan if you thought that allying with Gambit for this was going to help you" said a hooded figure behind her
"Not now, Psyche. I'm busy" Oracle replied back, in a neutral tone, giggling under her breath a bit
"Hey. Busy or not, you and I are still on the same team, geek" said Psyche with an obvious familiarity
"Yeah. And the same goes for Gambit in this operation. They...she is doing her part, let me do mine" she replied back
"Oh. Gambit's a she today? Can't tell with that scrappy voice she carries with her while off-duty" said Psyche still in that smug tone
"Psyche. You know the cause of that" Oracle replied, back to her neutral tone
"Yeah. Sorry, sorry. But. You found the Summer Maiden?" said Psyche, showing evident hurry and expectative
"Yes. Where are Medea and Numerian? Did they get back to you?" said Oracle with a bit of concern but then returning to work
"Dead. They didn't make it to Vacuo. The thirst and some Grimm beat them somewhere in the desert. Last they communicated with me was to ask for reinforcements. Found their bodies buried head first in the sand" said Psyche with a slight bit of sorrow in his voice
"Well...That's ... unfortunate. Did you bury them properly?" said Oracle her voice still neutral as she was concentrated on the work at hand
In response, Psyche shows Oracle a couple masks. Oracle takes the one on the right and keeps it under her cape
"Ah. I hope this whole Relic hunt thing makes it worth the sacrifice" she says as she quickly closes every window and wipes the terminal she was working on of any trace of her presence
Oracle and Psyche head out of the server room and start wandering around, but then get intercepted by a Faunus Rabbit Huntress
"Oh great. More interruptions" said Psyche, with his smug tone
Psyche jumps forth to fight, while Oracle falls back and deploys a flying drone she controls from her pad, which isn't anything that resembles the normal scrolls of any of the kingdoms
"Who are you?! Why are you attacking Shade?!" asks the Faunus, putting up a good fight against Psyche's Scythe
"None of your business, girlie. I suggest you do like the students here and run"
"You people are with the White Fang, aren't you"
"The White Fang? You think we would ally with those losers?"
"Who else if not the people that destroyed Beacon?!" exclaimed the Faunus Huntress, before being expelled by Psyche's Scythe switching into a Kusagirama, a scythe attached to a weighted chain
But then, the Faunus, instead of charging back in, makes room for what appears to be her partner, a Huntress carrying a suitcase
"Oh. Great. You brought your friends. Just what I needed. Oracle, you really aren't helping" said Psyche, pulling another smug comment
"Oh. Sorry, I was kind of busy enhancing your senses" she replied in her more casual tone
Then, the Huntress turns her suitcase into a minigun
Meanwhile, Gambit had reached the Headmaster's Office, where he would obviously encounter them
"So. Headmaster Theodore, am I correct?" said Gambit, gently opening the door to the Headmaster's office
"Yes. Who's asking? Salem?" replied Theodore, in a very calm, "cool guy" like tone
"You mean the woman from the Darkness Derrelict? You really think I work for a derranged maniac like her?"
"What? The Darkness what? You must be confused buddy, the Land of Darkness may be what you are looking for"
"Are you seriously telling that to a local from the region, Headmaster?"
Theodore then would drop his normal, calm expression to reflect some genuine amusement
"Local from the region? You're from the Land of Darkness?!"
"Cold. Guess again"
"No way...There's no way, that whole continent is uninhabited"
"That's what all of the 4 Kingdoms believe" said Gambit, preparing the Crownbreaker beneath the cloak
"What we believe?! It is uninhabited! Nothing can live in there!"
Then, Gambit jumps to the attack, obviously getting blocked by Theodore's gloves
"And you would be right...if only we were made of nothing"
After that, Gambit bounces off and starts shooting at Theodore from door of the office, Theodore deflecting with almost perfect precision
Gambit would switch the Crownbreaker into a sturdy tonfa blade, with which he would engage in close combat with Theodore. Both fighters throw their punches and kicks with perfect precision, only to get blocked by the other in time, but with each time Theodore parried, his aura weakened, while Gambit's only got stronger, nullifying any damage that Theodore dealt
"What the hell kind of Semblance is this?!"
Gambit would land and switch the Crownbreaker back to the Assault Rifle form and get in a position that looked like he would rush back in to the fight
"If only it was my true Semblance..."
Theodore then rushed right into Gambit, but Gambit instead immediately jumped over Theodore, with Theodore crashing face first into Oracle's support drone shooting a barrage of rubber bullets into him
Paired with the impact of Gambit's rubber bullets, Theodore was knocked out immediately
"Oracle"
The drone returns to Oracle, with her moving her head sideways
"Oh...Then...Pigmallion...I guess"
Pigmallion then nods, the masks of Psyche and her other 2 partners hanging off her bag
"Well. Let's make sure we come out of this place alive so that your partners have a proper funeral. Where's the Summer Maiden?"
Pigmallion then guides Gambit to one of the classrooms, where a student is lying, both arms impaled to the chalkboard, presumably by Pigmallion herself after the fight she had
"She was hiding here. I had found her running around after...Psyche died"
"So. Summer Maiden...Looks like she's still alive"
Gambit removes their cape, revealing a big backpack and his metallic arm. They start walking towards the Summer Maiden. She wakes up
"Ughh...Mister...Theodore...wait...Who are you?! WHY AM I LIKE THIS, WHAT IS HAPPENING?!"
Gambit would choke the Summer Maiden with their metallic arm, then, using her other arm she would slowly remove her mask
"Sorry. But your time with this power is over"
As the Summer Maiden was slowly stripped of her power and saw the face of Gambit, she couldn't help it but to let out one scream of horror before dying
