And we are back, i hope everyone and your loved ones are doing well and staying safe with Covid-19 at the moment and i hope you all remain so.
Now this time we will be seeing two peoples points of view for the attack. Frenda and Tammy's, their will be a bit of over lap but hopefully i have made it ok, if you find it jarring or confusing let me know as a later fight this Volume is planed to be like this so if its bad i need to rethink.
Also check below character inspiration is below.
As always any mistakes let me know and i hope you enjoy.
(Frenda's POV)
Frenda ran as hard as she could for the gate, in front of her Fídi and Beurling were running like the wind.
Tammy, Tomoko and Maple weren't far behind, taking cover behind a bolder, they were trying to cover their advance and draw some of the fire off the Atlas troops.
"Tomoko, right tower!" Frenda heard Tammy shouted over the gun shots "We need to draw fire off the Atlas forces."
"Maple snipe those in the gate house!" Tammy ordered.
Behind her she could hear some of the soldiers screamed when they were hit "Damn you bandits, just wait till I get my hands on you!" Frenda screamed in her head.
As she ran a series of bullets kicked up in front of her creeping closer to her, making her take a step back, suddenly Maples rifle sounded off, Frenda wasn't sure if it was because she'd been training with her so much or if there was a mechanical reason, but to Frenda, Maples rifles stood out, it sounded more like slam then the Atlas forces clock like knocking noise, the bullets stopped and Frenda saw one of the shooters fall forward hanging over the front of the fort.
Just as Frenda began to run again she saw some of the bandits pock out again from one section of wall, everyone seemed to be aiming directly at her, Frenda then heard Maples rifle go off five times and five of the bandits recoiled back.
"Thank you, Maple, I owe you one." Frenda thought as she ran.
It didn't take her long to reach the gate, Beurling hugged the right side of the gate while Fídi hugged the left side. Frenda took the bag full of bombs and placed them near the bottom of the gate and set the timer.
"Remember, once you're in go for the gate house, I'll hold the entrance." Fídi ordered just before the bombs blew up.
"Go!" Fídi shouted.
Frenda followed her friend in, the fort was rather similar in lay out to the one they were holed up in but instead of vehicles there was a bunch of cages with people inside. Frenda looked at the people trapped inside, most were women and kids a few were men. The kids looked at her their eyes pleading with her to open the cages and let them out.
"Frenda come on!" Beurling shouted pulling her friend to the stairs.
"What about them?"
"They are safer in them then out of them right now, come on!"
Frenda gave one last look as she ran up the stair "We're coming back for you!" she shouted at them, trying to reassure them, though she felt guilty for leaving them there, the sights of the kids faces were heard to ignore and twisted her heart.
As she ran up, she heard a cry of "Get them!"
Turning back again she saw a group of five heading straight for Fídi who was blocking the stairway up "Sorry, but if you want hurt my students you answer to me, let's see what you have."
Once Beurling reached the top of the stair one of the bandits tried to club her with their rifle, Beurling grabbed the rifle near the bandit's hands, she then headbutted the bandit.
Two more came up to attack her "Get to the gate house!" Beurling shouted to Frenda, as she ran at the two.
All Frenda could hear was Beurling screaming as she ran to the door, she placed her canister like bomb at the base of the door, she stepped back and the canister detonated blowing the door back into the gatehouse.
As she entered she saw two bandits laying on the floor groaning after having been hit by the door, a sudden scream caught Frenda's attention and she turned to see two bandits charging her, the first tried to club her with the rifle but she beat it away and caught him with the hammerers head at the same time sending him sprawled on the floor.
The second hit Frenda's hand with his sword before trying to shoot her with his pistol, but she brought her arm up to force the pistol away before kicked in her semblance and punched him right in the gut the explosion forced him in to the wall.
The other three were about to rush her but she brought up another canister, the bandits stopped confused and glanced at the canister as Frenda put her hand on a button on the top.
"It's a bomb, now anyone want to try!"
The bandits looked at each other before another voice came from the door way.
"I'd surrender if I was you, she's crazy enough to try." Frenda glanced back, she saw Beurling with a pistol in one hand and her Kukri in another and her flames burning brightly.
"You took your time."
"Sorry, got a little caught up."
The bandits looked at each other again, before they dropped their guns Beurling picked up some rope and tied the three up.
As the pair made off to try and clear the other side of the wall Beurling asked "I thought you ran out of bombs?"
"I did, this is a flask I had."
"So was that pistol."
Beurling and Frenda had a quick giggle, ignoring the three bandits' angry glares at them.
As they opened to other door to clear more of the wall, they heard shouts coming in the fort followed by more gunfire.
The bandits that had been on the wall had disappeared, looking along the wall she just saw one running into a similar structure they had to their own fort at the back.
"Come on!" Beurling shouted as she pulled Frenda by her arm.
As she ran she looked down a handful of bandits were on the ground in the corner opposites the cages behind a well trying to fight off the Atlas troops, just as she reached the end of the wall and began to turn to the door for the structure, it detonated.
Frenda saw flames and was then lifted off her feet and sent flying backwards into the wall, Beurling landed right next to her, the pair groaned as they stood up, Frenda using her hammer as a crutch, her hearing gone replaced by a loud ringing. The explosion seemed to have killed off the gunfire, as she looked at the ground Frenda could see the bandits on the ground dropping their weapons and the Atlas soldiers walking up to take them prisoner.
"You two ok?" Frenda could faintly hear Fídi shouting at them as she ran up to them her hood falling down to reveal her dark green blindfold and short light green hair.
"Yeah, can't hear to well but other then that we're good." Frenda groaned.
"What did you two do?"
"We had nothing to do with that." Beurling protested as she dusted herself off "We turned the corner then boom."
Fídi looked confused at the still burning building "It doesn't matter now, you two best head down there and take those in the gate house with you." the teacher ordered before she shuffled them back to the gatehouse.
The bandits walked back with their hands behind their back, once they got to the courtyard, they saw all the other bandits sitting with guards keeping an eye on them.
"Beurling!" Frenda heard Tomoko shout and saw the wolf faunus run up, jump and hug her partner tightly, her tail wagging rapidly, Beurling also hugged her partner tightly.
"What did the pair of you do?" Maple scowled as she dusted Frenda off and checked her over.
"Wasn't us, we just got to the corner, then bang, next thing we know we're on the deck."
"So the bandits blew themselves up?" Tomoko asked turning to face the rest of her team but still hugging Beurling.
"No idea, maybe it was an accident." Maple theorised.
"Frenda, break the locks!"
(Tammy POV - Starts before the Gate is blown)
The gun fire was intense, after the Atlas troops had reached their rock Ironclad had told his troops to lay down on the ground so they were less exposed, but as the rocks and pebbles on the ground were hit they splintered and hit any in front of them wounding dozens of them.
Tammy looked back at the gate to see it go up in an explosion of fire and the three shadow like figures in the distance run in "Come on now's out chance!" Ironclad stood up and led the charge in.
"Come on girls." Tammy ordered Tomoko and Maple.
Once inside they were met with another hail of gunfire, two rounds hit Tammy causing her aura to fizzle at the hits, Tammy moved the two students behind an old wagon before she peered over the top, she could see handful of bandits trying to fight behind a well.
Tammy also saw the Major lead two troops up with her behind the cages, just then she saw three flashes come from beyond the cages, where the flashes originated she saw a figure standing in a door way, the shadowy figure looked like the person she had been told about 'Sky' she thought to herself.
"Maple, Tomoko stay here and pin those guys down." she ordered as she ran to the figures location.
Tammy ran up to the back of the fort, running as hard as she could as she reached the door way, just as she entered the doorway and explosion filled her ears as she entered she was greeted by the sight of two people, one was laying on the floor with two bullet wounds.
The second was a young girl in a light grey cloak, in her hand was a pistol pointed at the door, Tammy pointed her revolver in response.
The girl scoffed before she spoke up "You're getting slow."
"Hello Sky, long time no see."
Sky let her gun fall to her side "Hello captain, nice to see you."
"Is that a lie?" Tammy lowered her gun too.
"Maybe, but when it comes to lying, you're the master aren't you?"
"Sky, you know I did everything I could."
"It doesn't matter now does it?"
"Sky, I can help you, surrender, I promise…"
"Stop it!" Sky shouted as she pulled the pistol up again "I trusted you, you said you'd help us and you abandoned us, you let us down, you abandoned me."
"I never abandoned you Sky, but your right I did let you down, let me make up for it, please." Tammy held her open hand out to Sky.
"It's too late...for me." Sky stuttered her pistol shaking in her hand.
"Why kill him?" Tammy asked nodding at the body on the floor.
"It's the way we are now, you fail you die, we're not the same band you knew Captain." Sky holstered her pistol before going for a back door. Sky dropped a switch from her other hand "We're all monsters now, even me ." Tammy noticed the tremble and tear she was holding back.
"Sky!" Tammy shouted making the girl stop just before she walked through "I'm not giving up on you, I know you want to leave them."
"Oh, because you know so much about who I am now, don't you?"
"You still call me captain; I bet you still have that pendant I gave you to, you're not one of them, you're still the girl I knew."
Even though she couldn't see fully Tammy saw Sky's arm move, she guessed Sky raised her hand to her chest "I'm too far gone, no one will want me."
"I want you Sky, I can save you just let me, you're just saying this to convince yourself and doing a bad job at it."
"I wish you luck with your fools' errand." Sky whispered softly before leaving.
Tammy watched the girl go thought he door "Sky." she muttered before she turned back to the courtyard.
'I'm sorry.' she thought to herself.
As she left the rooms she saw troops carrying a wounded and groaning Steel away
"Frenda, break the locks!"
(Frenda POV)
"Frenda, break the locks!" Tammy ordered as she came out of a back doorway.
"Yes boss."
Frenda took her hammer and walked up to the first cage "Stand back!" she shouted as she drew the hammer back. As she swung her eyes turned red and when the hammer hit the lock the exploded.
With the lock gone the people inside flooded out all trying to hug Frenda and thank her. She repeated the process twice more before she came to the last cage. It holding only two, one was a girl, Frenda recognised her as the girl that had been in the picture at the briefing, she looked quite young about the same age as Frenda and terrified. The second was a boy the girl was cradling him, the boy's arm and half his face was warped up and was blood staining the wrappings on his arm and face.
Once the lock was gone, Frenda climbed into the cage, the woman pulled the boy tighter to her. Frenda knelt down in front of the pair folding her hammer away and putting it on her back "Hey, it's ok, I'm a huntress, your safe now."
"Why should I trust you?"
"You did just see us fight our way in didn't you, look I know your scared, but trust me we're here to help, I'm Frenda, what's your names?"
The girl remained quiet, she looked to be debating whether or not to trust Frenda then a raspy voice filled the air.
"Leo." The boy coughed.
"Leo, do you know Wynn and Faye?"
"Yes...are they...ok?" Leo's dry raspy voice struggled to get out, accompanied with coughs.
"Their fine, they asked me come get you?"
"Thank the gods." Leo whispered, before letting out a sigh.
"Snow, Snow Moon." The woman spoke hesitantly.
"Come on, let's get you out of here."
Frenda helped carry Leo out the cage, the rest of the team and Fídi came up to the trio, Fídi knelt down and looked over Leo.
"Here this should help a bit." Fídi comforted Leo as she placed a hand on his shoulder before the pair we're glowing with the dark green of Fídi's aura "I don't have enough to remove the wounds but they should hurt less now."
"Thanks." Leo sighed with a half covered smile, his voice still raspy, but sounding slightly stronger.
The team set about helping the rest of the captives. Frenda stayed with Leo and Snow. Once the wounded from outside were brought in, Ironclad brought the trucks in to take everyone back.
"Right, let's get out of here." Ironclad shouted to his troops "Tammy can your huntresses go with miss Moon?"
"What about the bandits sir?" One soldier asked.
"We can't take them with us, we don't have the man power with the wounded or the space in the trucks." Ironclad thought for a second "Lock them in their own cages."
This got a cheer from the cages previous occupants, once they were locked up everyone boarded a truck, Snow and Leo boarded with the team, they all headed off back to the fort.
The trip back was silent apart from an occasional groan from Leo. Once they were back at the fort Beurling took Leo into the large store room at the back with Snow.
Fídi, Tammy, Maple and Tomoko started to help the other prisoners to the store room as well.
Frenda went back to the team's room to check on the kids, when she opened the door Wynn and Faye ran up to her.
"Did you get him?"
"Is he ok?"
The pair asked with hopeful eyes. Frenda felt exhausted, but she managed a smile before she answered.
"Yes, we got him and everyone else their."
The pair looked at each other with a smile before they hugged Frenda tight.
"Can we see him?" Faye asked hopeful.
"Not tonight, he's been through a lot and needs some rest, but tomorrow I promise to take you to him ok?" Frenda reassured the two.
The pair looked a little sad but nodded. After a few minutes the rest of the group filed into the room. Last to come in was Fídi.
"Erm miss Fídi?" came a nervous voice.
"It's just Fídi, is their something you need Faye?"
Wynn walked up and joined her friend before she talked next "We just wanted to say thank you for helping rescue Leo."
Fídi pulled her hood down to reveal a smile "Your welcome."
The pair then hugged the teacher, who returned the hug.
"I guess they aren't that scared anymore huh?" Frenda whispered to Maple.
"They have a good example."
"Aw thank you."
"I was talking about Fídi."
"Oi, meanie." Lightly elbowing Maple, making the sniper giggle.
Aw Fídi got a hug, she's earned it.
Also who is Sky? well guess we'll find out.
Now of the character inspiration:
Leo: based of Richard Lionheart.
Snow Moon: is based of the Snow Moon, whats a The Snow Moon it's the first Full Moon of February.