Approaching the end of season 5. Excited to get into the new content!
Only Guardians that are going to be in this story are Saint-14 and Osiris. I will tie in some Hive with Remnant too, but that's for later chapters.
Also, I think anyone would get knocked out by a giant hammer coming at them at uncountable speed.
And to be fair, Saint-14 probably headbutts anything. In that one cutscene where he's exiting the Infinite Forest, he headbutts a single Vex Minotaur multiple times.
Saint-14 leans over the boat's railing, letting air enter the vent ports of his helmet. It passes through the back of his neck, cooling it with a nice, cold draft.
The ocean is beautiful. A pigeon lands on the railing, staring at him with its small, bulging eyes.
"Oh no, no, how did you end up here?" He mumbles, scooping the little creature into his hands. "You're far from home."
"Maybe it wants to discover Mistral," Blake says from beside him. He looks to his right and there she is, also looking at the faraway horizon, where the sun is close to disappearing. "We're a few hours out, get ready to knock some skulls together." She smirks and exhales, her breath forming a mist.
"Any priorities I should be aware of?" He huffs and pets the pigeon.
"Don't kill anyone. You'll be in the advance duo with Ilia, give her cover while she disables bombs, if there are any." Blake's demeanor turns serious and the whole air around her gets dark. "If Adam's there, he'll be violent, you can hand it back to him. If you get overwhelmed, there's no shame in backing up."
"Understood." He pauses. "They'll see the power of the Light."
"…Light?" She says. "You mean your semblance?"
"If that is what explains it best for you, then yes, my…semblance." Saint feels weird for saying that word. Wrong, dirty; it's the Light, not whatever she just said. "In other words, Adam will feel it. I only hope he's as powerful as you describe."
"Saint, I think you're underestimating him…" He brings his hand up and shakes his head.
"Nonsense, I've destroyed armies before, what more is another—oop!" He almost drops the pigeon.
"Is he gonna stop Adam with you too?" Blake gazes to the bird then her eyes flicker back to Saint. Someone hops in from behind.
"Saint carries birds around?" Sun asks as he looks over Saint's shoulder. "That's pretty cool, knowing that he has a secret soft side behind all the robot macho and toughness."
The Titan looks at him confused. "What?"
"Ah, nevermind." Sun forces a smile and a fake laugh. His posture stiffens. "Please don't break my legs, or any of my precious, precious bones."
"You seriously think that breaking your bones is worthy of my time?" Saint turns to him.
"Okay, I'll just leave. Please don't hurt me!" The monkey-Faunus runs off to somewhere on the boat, out of sight.
"Is he always like that?" Saint looks at Blake.
"Yes, he is," Blake replies, her lips a flat line. "It helps to lighten the mood sometimes, other times it's…unbearable."
"He reminds me of Cayde, and not in a good way."
"Cayde?"
"An old acquaintance, he has the same…impulsiveness, like Sun," Saint replies. "Quite a bit funnier, too."
"I think Sun is pretty fun to have around," Blake says. "He's a good friend."
"You two are very different." The pigeon flies to Saint's shoulder and perches on top. "Lessons could be learned."
"He's taught me a good few."
"Hey, Saint, you ready?" Ilia calls out from behind him. He turns around and is close to gasping at how she looks.
She doesn't look any different from before the attack!
"Ilia, your recovery…"
"Miracle, isn't it? Though my depth perception could be a bit…better." She points at the black bandanna wrapping around her head, covering her right eye. "Couldn't save my eye."
"Oh…I'm sorry," Saint looks down in shame.
"Don't be. I learned my lesson." Ilia walks to the railing and looks out to the sea. "We'll head out once the ship docks. Try not to get too popular, alright?"
Saint laughs. "That will be afterward."
/
Osiris charges a Blessing grenade and tosses it to Ruby. The healing charge provides her an extra layer of protection. Jaune seems to get a flash of inspiration and looks at his hands that emanate a very faint pulse.
"Who is she?" Osiris mumbles to himself.
"Cinder…" Ruby says with a great deal of anger.
Four other people come out of the portal. One being a brown-skinned and amber-haired woman with…revealing clothing. Another being Raven's right-hand woman. The third being a woman with her hair covering one eye in a long, form-fitting red dress. The last one is a man wearing a gray outfit, topped with gray hair.
The man in gray snorts and grins at them. "Come on guys, is that any way to greet your old friends?" His sarcastic tone indicates cockiness.
The doors behind them swing open, scraping against the floor. A tall beast of a man wearing an olive-green coat that extends to his legs steps in. He's the tallest person Osiris had ever seen and Sagira estimates him to be about 2.5 meters in height.
He overhears Oscar mumbling something to himself.
"He's even taller than Saint-Fourteen!" Sagira remarks.
The man closes the doors and keeps his back turned to them. "The White Fang are prepping demolition and securing the school grounds." He turns around, revealing his surprisingly clean face, with only a brown beard on him. "No one's getting in, and no one's getting out." His voice is gravelly, coming out as a very low rumble.
Another voice calls out something indistinct outside.
"We've been led into a trap," Osiris states, turning back to Raven. "Are these all part of your tribe too, Raven?"
Raven scowls at him.
"And who might you be, old man?" Cinder snickers, her soft voice emphasizing her mistress look. "Another one to add to the list?"
"People know me as Osiris," he says, loading a fresh magazine into his rifle. "Raven has met me before, ask her."
The robed woman glances at Raven.
"He won't be much trouble," the black and crimson dressed Raven mumbles, through gritted teeth.
"Osiris, look at Cinder's arm! It's part Grimm!" Sagira says, and he looks at the limb. It's covered by a wide sleeve but he feels the energy emanating from it. "I'm sensing some Hive magic in it, your Light might be able to burn it away!"
"That's good to know…" Osiris pulls the Monte Carlo's slide and raises it to Cinder.
"Raven, tell me…how long have you been with them?" Qrow says, his hands curling into fists.
"Aw…don't take it personally, little bird." Cinder's voice is mocking, confident. "Your sister was a recent addition. The lion on the other hand…Entrance into the Vytal Festival was a real treat. Leonardo's been sending Salem all sorts of information for a very, very long time. Isn't that right, professor?"
Lionheart closes his eyes in humiliation.
"So, he sold us out?" Osiris says.
"You…you sit on the Mistral Council, you had information on every Huntsman and Huntress in the Kingdom, and you gave it all to her?" Qrow is appalled, disgusted.
"I-"
"I couldn't find any of them, because you let her kill them!"
"Seems like he missed one," Cinder snarks, sneering at Osiris.
He scoffs. "Don't make me laugh."
Little tears drop to the floor. Jaune Arc's body shakes in dismay and hatred. "What is wrong with you?" His voice wavers. "How can you be so broken inside…to take so many lives, and then come here and rub it in our faces like it's something to be proud of!?"
"Don't do anything stupid," Osiris glances over to the enraged boy.
"All with that damn smile on your face!" Tiny streams of tears flow from his eyes.
Metal rubs together and weapons click as everyone draws their weapons.
"Everybody, stay calm!" Qrow's attempt to de-escalate fails.
"I'm gonna make you pay for what you did! Do you hear me!?" Jaune's feet look prepared to rush at her.
Cinder only glares at him. "And who are you again?"
The boy's face falters and transforms into one of pure rage. His longsword widens and his other hand holds onto the bottom half of the hilt.
Osiris fires again. Cinder deflects the bullets with a molten scimitar before parrying Jaune's two-handed swing.
"Seems like bullets won't be enough," Osiris thinks. He twirls and summons forth his Solar Light into a Dawnblade. Wings of fire appear at his back and he soars into the air.
"Osiris!" A voice calls from below him. "We have a grudge to settle."
He turns around and looks down. It's the short-haired woman that accompanies Raven.
"Raven must be so very proud of you, lackey," Osiris hums as he glances over to Jaune dueling Cinder.
"They'll be fine…I hope," Sagira says.
Osiris dashes to evade a few bullets and swings once.
"Vernal, be careful!" Raven says as she clashes with Qrow.
"Well, Vernal…I'm sorry we have to meet this way." Osiris performs a Phoenix Dive, planting his sword into the ground. A wave of flames pulses around him. Vernal traps his blade between her crescent-shaped blades and grins when she locks them in place. He Icarus Dashes backward and does a back flip, throwing the woman over himself before dashing once more to create distance. She reorients and fires a set of yellow beams at him, missing by a hair. She lands on her feet and transfers the momentum to lunge at him.
"And I don't recall having a grudge with you, but to your superior," he says, parrying her jabs with relative ease. "Is Raven too scared to fight me?"
"Don't you fucking-agh!" She takes an arc of fire to her chest and falls backward.
His flame extinguishes and she stands up, dusting herself off.
"What, is that it?" She smirks. "You're done already?"
"No, I'm only preparing my lesson in nuclear fission." Reality bends into itself and Void energy consumes the entirety of his body. His body begins floating. "A trial by fire."
"What the-" Vernal jumps away when he teleports in an erratic, zig-zag motion towards her. Meanwhile, he charges a Void charge between his clasped palms. He releases and swings his arms away from himself, letting his body release the energy. Vernal doesn't stop to fight and continues to flee.
He manages to chase her into a wall and readies himself to destroy her at the atomic level. The charge begins, and he's about a Blink or so away from being in range. A zip and he unleashes the energy.
Raven blocks the force with her crimson sword. A few few bits of her weapon crumble away and it loses its smooth look. She pushes him back, yelling with all her might.
"You wanted to fight me!? Well, here I am." She flies at him with impossible speed.
/
"You alright down there?" Ilia asks. Saint-14 rolls his metal neck, hearing satisfying cracks. He uses a downloaded map of Haven Academy to navigate towards the CCT tower.
"I'm fine," he says.
His first contact with the White Fang comes in the form of a lone guard with a cat's tail.
"H-hey! What are you doing here!?" The woman demands him, raising her pistol. "We have an intrude-" She tries to speak into the Scroll hanging on her chest.
A swift punch to her face cracks her mask and sends her to the floor.
"Emily, what is it? Emily?" He hears the device vibrate, and he snatches it from the body, crushing the flat device with a crunch.
He advances, looking up to the CCT tower that is in style with the rest of the academy. It all screams pre-Golden Age Earth. It looks like a lighthouse with two ropes connected to anchor points on the floor.
He wants to admire the architecture but is rudely pulled away from his reverie. Two more White Fang goons approach him with weapons pointed.
Saint blinks once and doesn't let them speak before slamming the floor with an Arc charged fist. The ground shakes and they stumble. He grabs their heads and knocks them together. They both drop to the ground without a word. He advances and notices red blinking dots littered all over the support beams of the tower.
"I see bombs. All over the tower," Saint murmurs.
"Roger, I'm moving in." The sound of air whooshing through the communications link. "Heh, whoops."
"And what do we have here?" A male, somewhat unmatured voice cries out to him. It sounds like he's caught with a permanent rough throat. "Another lost Huntsman?"
"Not exactly lost," Saint replies, squinting to see a man in a bone Grimm mask and black-and-grey jacket standing with his arms wide. A grin grin on his face can be barely made out beneath the night-time lighting.
"If you're not lost, then you must be here to try to stop us?" That must be Adam Taurus. A few steps closer and the boldness in his facial expression is clear.
"Your actions do match her descriptions of you," Saint cries back, still on approach.
"Who's descriptions…?" Adam Taurus puts a hand on something hanging from his waist.
"You've been looking for her. She's sent a messenger." The Perfect Paradox materializes in his hands, and he pushes the slide back. "Me." A shotgun shell bounces on the floor.
The White Fang leader starts laughing. "So, she's too scared to fight me herself, that she has to hire Huntsmen to go after me?" He cackles some more. "And ones that are crazy enough? Her parents must have a lot of money."
"I'm putting an end to your evil. You'll know me by Saint-Fourteen."
Taurus scoffs. "Kill him." A group of about twelve White Fang trooper emerge at his sides, wielding all sorts of weaponry. Six carrying melee weapons do a battle cry as they begin to rush him. Those with guns start shooting.
Saint does away with Perfect Paradox and summons his Sentinel Shield. His body boils with Void Light and he makes sure to tone down the strength. His free hand grabs a troop holding a longsword by the vest and throws them into another goon. He grabs both by their heads and bashes them together. They collapse like bowling pins.
A staff snaps down towards his shoulder but he blocks the strike with his forearm and backs up. He spins and throws the shield at an angle to the floor. It recoils back up and strikes the staff's wielder in the stomach before bouncing away and tracking another. Someone he hasn't even seen yet cries out in pain and then slumps over with a thump.
Two more down.
Saint blocks the gunfire bouncing off of his armor with his shield. He grabs another brawler and headbutts them in the face, letting them go as soon as he makes an impact. They spin around and around before falling over with a low moan.
The last one looks at his fallen comrades then throws his baton down and runs.
A shotgun blast rings out. All other gunfire stops. The White Fang member falls, a sizeable hole in their head.
Saint looks to Adam, who is holding an old-style rifle in one hand. A white smoke trail is coming from the barrel. In the other is a red sword which he points to the side.
What is it with these people and outlandish weapon designs? Saint thinks, shaking his head.
"And you expect people to rally behind you? Faunus, look at your leader!" Saint glares at Adam. "Willing to shoot his own kind!"
"The White Fang have no tolerance for cowardice, you hear me!? We're going to make the humans pay for they've done to us!" Adam brings his forearm up, closing his fist with an angry scowl on his face.
"If you want to make humans pay, then you will have to fight me, coward," Saint seethes. He points at Adam with his index finger, then back to himself.
Taurus chuckles, and grins. "So be it. You're not the first to try and kill me." He sheathes his sword into his rifle.
Saint will have to ask Blake about that sometime later.
"You are correct but you haven't fought someone your size yet," Saint grumbles, pointing his shield at the Taurus. "You prey on those at their most vulnerable and twist them for your own selfish purposes. You have no value as a warrior, you're only a cheat and a fake."
Adam growls and dashes at him, placing both hands at the hilt of his sheathed sword. Saint stands ready and brings his shield up when he notices the weapon's back end coming at him like a bullet. It bounces off like rubber.
If Saint could take a picture of the shock in Adam's face, he would have taken it a million times over. He bashes the man to his fallen sword.
"Tell me…have you met a Titan before?" His Void Light bubbles.
/
Osiris moves backward in his Nova Warp, keeping the same zig-zag movement in his short Blinks. Raven pursues him with murder in her eyes.
He recalls the Void Light back to him and his form returns to normal. He blinks upwards as she lunges at him while swinging her sword and puts his energy into a massive Nova Bomb.
Raven isn't fast enough to evade and takes the brunt of the explosion. She is sent spiraling away but manages to land without issues.
"Raven!" Vernal calls out to her as she starts rushing up to her leader.
"Deal with the Schnee! I have him covered!" Raven glowers at Osiris and dashes to him. He Icarus Dashes and strikes her shoulder with his Celestial Fire. Her clothing singes and burns away.
She turns and slashes at him with enough force to push him away. Using his moment of vulnerability, she pushes off to deliver a straight kick to his stomach. His boots grind against the floor underneath the carpet.
"As I said, some debts should remain uncollected," Osiris says, charging a Handheld Supernova. He throws it at her when it primes, only for it to come right back at him. He's caught by surprise and takes several slashes to the chest. His lost vitality is replenished by a Blessing grenade that he consumes in his palm.
"I can go at this all day, Raven." He stretches his arms for good effect. "A little warmup does well, no?" His wings of fire expand at his back. He soars in the air and draws his Dawnblade once more.
Raven smirks, sheathes her sword and slaps a wheel at her waist. She rushes up to him, drawing an ice-blue blade. Their swords clash and Osiris realizes his own's flame is dying.
"For someone so smart, you don't seem to understand basic science," Raven snarks as she presses into the attack and shatters his creation of Light.
"I will admit that I didn't expect that," Osiris says as he dashes backward and stumbles as she freezes his wings. He descends and converts the Solar Light into Arc Light. A spark traverses between his fingers. "Do you keep a wheel of swords to go through?"
"It looks like it. She's carrying a wheel of blades, you can say she's the…two-pi of swords," Sagira bursts into giggles.
Osiris rolls his eyes.
Raven readies her sword. Air swirls at her feet as she prepares to propel herself down to him.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Ruby cries out and everything goes white for a brief moment.
"That was…Light! Pure, unfiltered, Light!" Sagira says.
"Interesting…"
Osiris' attention shifts towards Cinder and Jaune. The woman falls to her knees, trying to clutch her missing arm, or more specifically, her shoulder stump. The naïve knight rushes her and thrusts his sword into her face, chipping off a corner of what looks like a glass mask. He stumbles forward and falls.
Cinder stands back up and the corner of her eye flares orange. She flips Jaune to his back and stands on his stomach.
"Did you think you actually had a chance against me?! You!?" She pauses and calms herself. "You're just a failure with a death wish."
A blur passes by as Raven lands a punch to the back of his head, distracting him from the current situation. He snarls and returns with a ball of lightning that shocks her in the head.
It's a tit-for-tat situation. He isn't affected by her attack, she isn't perturbed by his.
"No…" Jaune says as he rolls his body, watching Cinder throw a spear.
Osiris tries to snuff it out with Solar Light, but it phases right through and impales Weiss in the abdomen.
"NOOO!"
/
"Come on, Taurus, you haven't seen this before!?" Saint repels Adam's charged swing with a well-timed Suppression grenade.
"What…the fuck are you!?" Adam yells between pants. "This isn't possible, it's not…" Saint's fist makes contact with his nose, sending the man flying backward, he tumbles and rolls on the ground before stopping at quite a distance away.
Saint closes the gap in a few seconds. A voice from inside the grand hall of Haven Academy makes him pause.
"OZPIN!" The voice bellows, still audible through the building's walls. "YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD HIDE FROM ME!?"
"Now, as much as I would love to end your life, Adam, I feel that you should understand the pain that you've caused. Blake is coming, she'll deal with you." Saint pats the fallen warrior's head and rushes towards the grand hall.
His boots clack against the floor and the sounds of fighting grow louder.
"You'll pay for what you did," a rough, gravelly voice says. "You'll die, over, and OVER AGAIN!"
Saint doesn't waste time to kick the massive doors open.
One side is a group of…teenagers including a robed person surrounding a girl in a white dress. On the other is an absolute monster of a man chasing after a little boy and what looks to be his drunken uncle.
The giant man has crystals stabbed into his forearms and they crackle with yellow energy.
"Leo, open the pad to the vault!" A woman says as an older man puts a pocket watch into a statue at the center of two spiraling staircases that join together into a podium.
"What have I stumbled upon…" Saint mutters.
"I can keep her stable, Jaune, I saw something flash in your arms, you can help her!" A familiar-sounding Ghost says. "Wait…I'm detecting another Guardian signature!"
A prism flies up and its single blue eye makes contact with his photoreceptors.
"Osiris," the Ghost says. "You'll want to see this."
"OSIRIS!?" Saint-14 bellows as he sees his old Warlock friend stand up and face him.
"Saint-Fourteen!?"
2pi in radian is 360 degrees.
Next chapter wraps up season 5 and begins season 6.
I don't know if you can already tell, but Salem is super-fucked.