Dead By Roselight

Chapter 11: Another Loss

The group was at a standstill, as Weiss and Clark were staring at Bruce. While the heiress was staring at the raven-haired man with anger, the brown-haired man's eyes were full of disbelief. While he knew that his childhood friend had been harboring negative feelings towards him and Lois, he could have never expected Bruce to do something like this.

''What did you do, Bruce?'' Weiss asked while glaring at said man. ''Or better yet, why did you do it?''

''I-I don't know what you're talking about!'' Bruce answered, but it was obviously a lie. The way he was sweating and trying not to look at the other two were proof that he wasn't telling the truth. ''Besides, shouldn't we be focusing on getting out of-''

Suddenly, Clark grabbed the raven-haired man by the front of his shirt, lifted him up and slammed him against the wall. Bruce cried out in pain, as he was still wounded, but it was obvious that the brown-haired man didn't care at all. He was too enraged by the murder of his wife that he wasn't going to hold back at all.

''Don't you give us that bullshit, Bruce!'' Clark said with pure rage dripping from his voice. ''It's obvious what you've done! You're the on who killed Lois, not the killer! The only thing I want to know is why the hell did you do it!? Weren't the three of us friends!? Were you really that jealous of me marrying her that you had to take her away from me, just because you couldn't have her!?''

For a couple of seconds, Bruce stared at his attacker with wide eyes, like he couldn't believe what was just said to him. Then something that neither Weiss nor Clark could expect happened. The raven-haired man started to laugh and it wasn't any small chuckling either. This was full blown laughter from the murderer.

''WHAT THE HELL IS SO GODDAMN FUNNY!?'' Clark yelled, enraged by how his wife's killer was acting.

''You think I actually gave a shit about Lois!? That I did all this for her!?'' Bruce managed to say while still laughing. ''I never cared about that whore in the first place!''

''WHAT!?''

''What are you saying, Bruce!?'' Weiss asked, confused by the man's answer. ''I heard from Clark that you have been jealous of him ever since he got married! Now you're telling me that you didn't care about it at all!''

''Oh, I was jealous alright. But I wasn't jealous of Clark getting Lois. I was jealous of Lois getting Clark,'' the raven-haired man explained, causing the two people who were questioning him to go wide-eyed. ''Really, Clark, I'm kind of hurt that you never realized this yourself.''

''W-What do you mean?'' Clark asked, shocked over what he just heard.

''Did you really think that I would fall for someone like Lois? I have never in my entire life considered her any kind of a friend. To me she was nothing more than a spoiled bitch, who didn't know how hard life could really be. The only person I like is the one who can understand me,'' Bruce explained. ''You and me, Clark. We both know how tough life can truly be. Both of us were orphaned and suffered a lot thanks to it. Even before you became my friend, I had been interested in you. I knew that you were someone I could truly relate to. And when we did become friends, it was the first time I had felt true happiness. Unfortunately, Lois had to come between us and mess things up. You may not know it yet, but the two of us belong together. No one else can have what we-''

The raven-haired man's explanation was cut off by Clark punching him in the face and sending him to the floor. Bruce spat out blood and looked up at the person who had attacked him, which caused his body to freeze in fear. The look of utter anger and rage the brown-haired man was giving him was truly terrifying.

''I don't care who you think belongs together. I don't care if you're crazy or not. You killed the one person I loved in this whole world and I'm going to make you pay for that,'' Clark said while cracking his knuckles. ''I really thought you were my friend, Bruce. I really did. But now I see that you're just a lonely lunatic, who thinks he can do anything he wants. And now I am going to make you pay for what you've done.''

The brown-haired man was about to give his wife's murderer the most painful beat down ever, but was suddenly stopped by a sword flying at him from behind and impaling his shoulder to the wall. Clark screamed in pain as another sword came flying at him and impaled his other shoulder, completely attaching him to the wall.

Weiss turned to look where the weapon had come flying and saw Pyrrha walking into the room with another sword at the ready. The heiress could feel her blood run cold as she saw her former friend turn her attention towards her. The amazon was about to go and charge towards Weiss and murder her, but something suddenly ram into the killer. For some reason, Bruce had decided to try and tackle Pyrrha in an attempt at putting her down on the floor, but managed to only stagger her a little. The raven-haired man's fists were flying wildly as he kept throwing punches at the redheaded killer.

''How dare you!? HOW DARE YOU!?'' Bruce screamed as he kept punching Pyrrha. ''No one comes between me and Clark! No one! NO ONE!''

With the killer distracted, Weiss did the only thing she could and ran. She was easily able to slip past Pyrrha and Bruce, allowing her to run out of the room and away from the fight. As she was making her escape, the heiress could hear someone's scream, most likely Bruce's, which told her how the fight had ended.

Weiss quickly made her way around the stadium, hoping to find a place to hide from Pyrrha. She eventually found some sort of an utility room, most likely meant for the cleaning staff, where she would be able to hide. The white-haired girl climbed inside a large trunk that held all sorts of cleaning equipment and waited in silence. It didn't take long until she could hear footsteps approaching the room. Judging by the sound of the person's feet and the growling they were making, Weiss was certain that it was Pyrrha. The heiress stayed as still as possible and held her breath, hoping that the killer would walk away and wouldn't find her.

The sound of footsteps walking away from her caused relief to wash over Weiss' body. It seemed like the danger had been avoided, but she still decided to wait a bit before coming out of her hiding spot. Pyrrha could still be lurking nearby, waiting for her prey to reveal itself. Luckily for the heiress, the redheaded killer wasn't waiting for her, as she finally came out of the trunk she had been hiding in.

Now that the danger had been avoided, Weiss needed to decide what to do next. While the most logical thing to do would be to go and fix the generator, so that she could escape, the white-haired girl decided to go and see what had happened to her comrades. Even if it was unlikely, there was still a slight chance that either Clark or Bruce had survived their encounter with Pyrrha. If that was the case, then Weiss would need to go find them and do something, depending on who had survived. If Clark had survived, then she would obviously do everything she could to help him. But if it was Bruce, the heiress would make sure the traitor would pay for his crimes.

However, upon reaching the room she had last seen the two men, the heiress found out that there would be no need for her to do anything with either Clark or Bruce. When she walked up to the room's entrance, Weiss could only find what was left of the two men. In the middle of the room was one of Bruce's legs, which had been cut off by Pyrrha. And what remained of Clark were his two arms, still stuck to the wall, where the amazon had attached them with her swords. The brown-haired man had apparently been torn off the wall, leaving his limbs stuck there while the man himself was taken away.

Weiss had to lean against the door frame in order to not fall down. The smell of blood that was filling the room and the realization that she had lost all of her comrades again was something that nearly brought the white-haired girl to her knees. Right now, she was all alone in this nightmare world and her chances of survival weren't looking good. Weiss even wondered if she should just give up completely.

But instead of succumbing to despair, the heiress decided to fight. She had not survived the terrorism of the White Fang, her father's cruelty and the hordes of Grimm so that she could give up here. Weiss was going to fight with everything she had and get out of this world or die trying.

With a feeling of determination in her, the white-haired girl started to look for the room that had the generator. She was going to fix the machine, so that she could then move on to finding an exit from the stadium. However, Weiss would need to be very careful, as Pyrrha was still patrolling the place, looking for her. If the heiress were to be discovered by the amazon, it would most likely be over for good. She would have to move around as slowly and carefully as possible, so that she wouldn't cause any sound that could give out her location to the killer.

As she moved around the stadium as silently as possible, Weiss eventually heard the familiar noise of the generator. The machine was running somewhat, but not in full power. This wouldn't be enough for her to open the exit and escape. Anyone who tried to open up the exit without getting the generator to full power would only get themselves killed, as the siren would alert the killer, but the gate itself wouldn't open. This was something Weiss had learned from Clark and Lois, and she was not about to go against their advice.

With her work set up for her, the white-haired girl got on her knees and and started to work on repairing the generator. As she was working, Weiss would every now and then glance behind her, fearing that Pyrrha might sneak up behind her while she was working. Luckily for her, the heiress didn't get any disturbances to her work, allowing her to quickly go through the process of repairing the generator. It seemed like things were finally looking good for her.

However, Weiss unfortunately let her good mood get to her, which caused her to be a bit careless. Because of this, she accidentally connected one of the wires in the wrong place, resulting in a small explosion coming from the generator. While she didn't get hurt at all, the heiress was now facing a much bigger threat. The sound of that explosion must have been heard throughout the whole place, meaning Pyrrha must have heard it as well. It was only a matter of time before she came there to investigate the sound.

Sweat started to fall down Weiss' face as she tried her best to finish her work. If she didn't repair the generator now that she had a chance, she might not get another opportunity. As fast as she could, the white-haired girl made the last repairs needed for the generator. It was now completely fixed and running on full power, meaning that the exit could be opened now.

Now that her work was done, Weiss got up and ran out of the room. It wouldn't be long until Pyrrha came there and would chase her down. She needed to run and get to the exit as fast as possible. If the heiress had any luck, she might be able to open the exit and make her escape without having to face Pyrrha again.

It took her some time, but Weiss was able to find one of the exits. She quickly ran up to the switch that was for controlling the gate and pulled it down. Immediately upon doing this, the siren blared, telling everyone in the area that the gate was opening. The white-haired girl watched as her escape route was opening as slowly as possible, while the siren kept blaring. She was frantically looking around, fearing that she would see a familiar redheaded amazon somewhere with a weapon at the ready. After agonizing over the gate's slow opening, it had finally been opened, allowing Weiss to finally make her escape. The heiress felt nothing but pure joy, as it seemed like she was finally safe.

Unfortunately, her joy was quickly ended, when she saw none other than Pyrrha standing nearby.

Weiss ran to the exit, but was brought down by the killer throwing one of her swords and wounding her leg. The white-haired girl fell to the ground and started to crawl away from the stadium, hoping that she would be able to get out of Pyrrha's realm fast enough. Her struggles seemed to be in vain, as the amazon was soon looming over her with another sword at the ready. Weiss turned around and crawled backwards in a panic, as tears started to fall from her eyes and she began to beg her former friend to spare her life. Her pleas seemed to fall upon deaf ears, as Pyrrha simply raised her weapon up in the air and readied to strike down her prey.

However, when the redhead tried to take a step forward to deliver the killing blow, something pushed her back. It was like there was some sort of an invisible wall between the killer and her victim, preventing Pyrrha from attacking. Weiss could only stare with wide eyes, as the amazon kept trying to go for the killing blow, only to be pushed back every time. At first, the heiress didn't understand what was going, but soon remembered something Clark had told her. Each killer had their own realm where they would chase the survivors and they were unable to leave those realms, unless The Entity specifically allowed them to. Apparently, she had managed to make her way outside of Pyrrha's realm, preventing the killer from going after her.

With some painful effort, Weiss managed to stand up even with her injured leg. She watched as the horrifying monster that used to be her friend kept trying to attack her, only to be repelled every time. After giving one last look at what remained of Pyrrha, the white-haired girl turned around and walked away, leaving the amazon behind.

Weiss might have survived this time, but now she was all alone. Things didn't look too good for her at the moment.

Author's notes: I decided to return to this story quickly in order to end Weiss' confrontation with Pyrrha. I didn't want to leave you guys hanging on the edge of what would happen to her for too long.

When it comes to making Bruce a gay stalker for Clark, I kind of got the idea from a very old story of ''World's Finest'', which were stories centering around both Batman and Superman. Now this story was from a time when the writers did all sorts of crazy things and the ''inspiration'' I got came from a rather weird one. The plot apparently centered around Superman inviting Batman for a sleepover at the Fortress of Solitude, where they would then encounter weird alien worms that were drawn there by the two heroes' ''raw emotions'' for each other. Both Batman and Superman then watch the alien worms have sex before dying, and then two heroes let out tears over how touching the whole thing was.

And before anyone asks, THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

I also got the idea for Pyrrha bouncing on an invisible force field from the animated horror film, ''Dead Space Downfall,'' from the scene where the Necromorphs get repelled by an invisible force field surrounding the Marker. I thought it would be a cool idea as to how the killers couldn't leave their realms to chase after survivors.

Now that I have finished this chapter, I'll go back to working on ''Notice Me, Ruby!''. I'll still come back to this. It's just that I feel like working on that other story for now.

Until next time.

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