Chapter 4

Arc's Gon' Give It To Ya

It hadn't taken long for Jaune and Pyrrha to make it back to their hotel room. Despite coming with the group, four rooms were provided: one for them, Ren and Nora, Ruby and Weiss, and Yang and Blake. The majority of the day, everyone had casually mingled in and out of the series of rooms as the group unpacked and took in the resort's luxuries.

This time, Jaune saw Pyrrha flip the lock on the door.

"I'm just gonna change," Jaune said, as he watched Pyrrha close the blinds on both windows in their room. The room's air conditioning kept it nice and cool, and Jaune was beginning to shiver in his swim trunks. Pyrrha gave a sly grin as she walked past him, placing a hand on his bare chest and letting it glide off.

She strolled back to the door and flipped the lightswitch. The room was plunged into a hazy midday darkness; light still peeked in from the fringes of the blinds, but Jaune's eyes still had to adjust to see Pyrrha walking back over to him.

Even in the darkness, he could tell she was no longer wearing her bikini top.

"Oh, Jaune…"

He thought he'd be more nervous, but Jaune felt his body on autopilot, his hands on cruise control over Pyrrha's body.

"Yes… yes…"

Underneath the covers, their bodies intertwined seamlessly. He had been hesitant before, but this moment, right here, was all he wanted now.

"Ahhhh… ahh!"

Jaune couldn't take his eyes off her as she writhed and moaned. His Pyrrha, she was all his now. The glowing power had brought them together.

"Jaune… just a bit… more…"

Nothing would ever pull them apart now. No Cinder, no Mercury, no one. Jaune could feel the heat rising once more, sending sparks through his entity body.

"Wait… Jaune…?"

No one would take her from him. He would kill them all.

"Ouch… Jaune that… Stop!"

Kill them all. Kill them all.

"Jaune!"

"You're up, Watts. Think you can handle it?"

"Your concern is adorable."

"Why don't we just kill the boy already?"

"He killed Cinder, even after she obtained the Fall Maiden's power. It could have been a fluke, but we need to be cautious."

"What say you, child?"

"..."

"He killed your little boy toy too, didn't he?"

"...shut up."

"She has fangs! How lovely."

"Tyrian! Show her some respect. She's one of us now. Watts, how much longer?"

"The show's just about to start…"

"Miss Nikos?"

A man in a white lab coat peered into Pyrrha's room from the outside hall.

"Yes," Pyrrha nodded.

The man entered, closing the door behind him. "I'm Dr. Brown, I just wanted to go over the x-ray we did with you."

"What is it, doctor?"

"Well, it's a type of imaging using electromagnetic waves to—"

"What is wrong with me!?" Pyrrha snapped, wincing at the pain in her pelvis.

"Ah, yes," the doctor shuffled through his paperwork. "Miss Nikos, after looking over your results several times, it seems to me that you're suffering from multiple comminuted fractures and bruising around the pelvic floor."

"What does that mean, doctor?" Pyrrha asked.

"Miss Nikos, you have a broken vagina."

"A broken vagina?!" Pyrrha exclaimed.

"Yes, a broken vagina," the doctor confirmed.

At that moment the door flung open and Jaune scrambled inside. "I just went to go get chips, but the vending machine was broken, so I had to run across the street, and wouldn't you believe it, their machine was out!"

"Jaune!" Pyrrha shouted at the flustered Jaune. "You broke my vagina!"

"I…" Jaune paused, "I broke your vagina?"

"Yes! You broke my vagina!"

"Doctor," Jaune turned to the medical professional. "I broke her vagina?"

"Correct," the doctor nodded. "You broke her vagina."

"Pyrrha, I…" Jaune stepped over to her side. "I'm so sorry. I don't know how…"

"Just stay away from me!" Pyrrha shouted.

The words hit Jaune so hard he took a step backwards. Pyrrha instantly regretted being so harsh; she was still in immense pain and frustrated that her personal moment had been ruined.

"Jaune, I'm sorry. I didn't mean that." she said, trying to sound as sincere as possible.

"It's fine," Jaune turned away. "I get it."

Before she could say anything else, Jaune had exited the hospital room.

How had it come to this? He finally had everything he wanted, and yet Jaune Arc had still managed to ruin it. The same power that had helped him save Pyrrha twice had caused him to hurt her in their most intimate moment.

He wanted to shout, to scream out his frustration, but more than anything he just wanted Pyrrha to forgive him.

"HALT CIVILIAN." The robotic voice of an Atlesian robotic soldier caught Jaune's attention. Three of them had approached him outside the resort medical facility, and their weapons were drawn.

"IDENTITY CONFIRMED: JAUNE ARC. ELIMINATE AT ALL COSTS."

A hail of bullets erupted from the robots' weapons. Jaune's aura too some of the shots, but he quickly sprinted back into the medical facility's lobby. He fumbled for Crocea Mors, but he had left his weapon back at the hotel.

"Shit!" Jaune cursed as another round of ammunition shattered the glass entryway of the facility. He ducked behind a planter; screams could be heard from inside as people began to panic.

"What are Atlas robots even doing at a Vale resort?" It didn't matter; the soldiers were closing in on his position and they seemed to want him dead.

He had to take them out before they could get to Pyrrha, but first he had to get a weapon.

Jaune focused on the thought of Pyrrha and felt his body beginning to heat up. He erupted in a brilliant golden glow; the Atlesian soldiers immediately began firing at his location.

With incredible speed, Jaune rushed forward and tackled one of the robots, knocking it to the floor and stealing its rifle. With precision accuracy, he pegged the other two with quick shots to the head.

A thunderous explosion rocked the facility as a huge section of the wall was blown away. Just outside was a Paladin, one of Atlas' larger mechs. Jaune could hear more commotion outside, including the sound of Bullheads flying nearby.

What in the world is happening?

"JAUNE ARC." the Paladin spoke in a robotic voice, "PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON SO THAT YOU MAY BE TERMINATED."

"Like hell I will!" Jaune raged, shooting the Paladin with the remainder of his rifle's clip. The bullets didn't seem to do anything, and the mech returned fire with a much more powerful ordinance, sending Jaune flying.

"Gah!" he winced. "I need a weapon!"

He felt a tingle in his palm, an itch that stuck out amongst every other sensation. Jaune clamped his fist and golden light shot upwards from it, forming into a sword. Jaune wasn't even sure if the blade of light would cut anything, but as he tested it on a piece of furniture he found that it sliced through with little resistance.

The Paladin was trying to enter the building through the hole in the wall, but Jaune was ready to fight back. He dashed forward, leaping straight into the rain of bullets to deliver an upwards slice, cleaving most of the Paladin's body in two.

Jaune wanted to pause to admire his handiwork, but the view outside the medical facility had him locked. The resort was now swarming with Atlas robotic soldiers, Paladins and Mantas, all of which had their turrets and guns trained on him.

Apologies for the shorter chapter! This was actually supposed to be much longer, but I just found out I'm returning to work and, despite trying to focus out the full chapter, some Discord drama kept me from getting the thing done. This is probably about the halfway mark of the chapter, so I'll just adjust going forward.

Now, to quickly address some comments and messages I've been receiving.

- Some readers have not found the story very humorous, despite it being in the "comedy" genre. This is mostly my fault for assuming that a crack story needed to be in "comedy" even if it didn't have many funny parts. I do try to sprinkle humor in, as always, but some people just may not find my jokes funny. And that's ok! Just think of this more as an Action/Romance story with crack elements.

- I've had a lot of questions about what Jaune's power is and what it does. If you pay attention, I give clues as to how he obtained it, how it is activated and what it allows him to do. Still, we're only in the middle of the story, and his power is going to keep evolving. I apologize for not giving a concise description of all his powers and attributes, but that's not how good storytelling works.

Thanks again for reading, I hope everyone has a great holiday, a Merry Christmas and I look forward to seeing you in 2021!