Chapter 6: The Rose

Sorry to anybody who was wondering where I was, I had finals to do, and other stuff to take care of. I hope I can be on here more often. As always, I only own my original characters. Everything and everyone else belongs to their respective owners.

[CRAIG]

So, I got my weapon, which I named 'Casey MK 2.' (1) Fortunately, Gris had a bag of dust that he said I could take. I knew I would have to buy some for it eventually, so I decided that either I do it right away or procrastinate, and risk not having any when I need it so I found a Dust shop aptly called "From Dust Till Dawn." It looked kinda similar to the one from… the show! Right! Earth is Remnant. Events are probably the same.

I went inside to try and throw a wrench into the mix, and it was surprisingly empty. Just the shopkeeper and a girl wearing a red cloak. Her music was so loud, I could almost hear it from the counter. I assumed that this was the Main Character, Ruby. The guy up front asked if I wanted anything, but I just said "Nah, just looking."

I walked over to where Ruby was standing, and started browsing the shelves, seeing some bags labeled "fire", "electric", "water", and so on. Suddenly, who else but Roman Torchwick and his hired "muscle" stride on in like they own the place.

"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?" he inquired. As he was saying that, one of the goons pointed his gun to the owner's face.

"P-please! Just take my Lien and leave!" the keeper pleaded.

"Shhh, calm down, we're not here for your money," Torchwick said, almost as if to comfort him. "Grab the Dust." At his words, the lackeys started to drain the containers and take the crystals from his display case.

One of the four henchmen saw us, took out a red sword, and said, "Alright kids, put your hands where I can see 'em." I did it just to humor him for the time being, but when he saw that Ruby didn't comply, he yelled, "Hey, I said hands in the air!" She still didn't hear him, so he turned to me and asked, "She got a death wish or something?!"

"Hang on, I got it," I said. I tapped the girl on the shoulder, and pointed towards the grunt.

"Yes?" she took off the headphones.

"I said, put your hands in the air, now!" he commanded.

"Is he… robbing us?" she asked.

"I do believe so." I replied.

She narrowed her eyes, and said "Oh."

I gave a bit of a smile and inquired, "Ladies first?"

"No, no. You should take this one." she responded.

Suddenly, the goon was sent flying back, and Torchwick sent a look to the other henchmen as if to say, 'Take care of it'. Another lackey tried to threaten us, but to no avail.

"Freeze!" he shouted.

"Dibs!" the girl with the cape yelled.

"Aw! Okay." I mumbled, somberly.

She ran at the attacker and kicked him through the window. The other criminals looked and saw her weapon unfold into a huge scythe. "Okayyy… Get her!"

While the hired men were sent to try and take down the scythe wielding teen, I went behind the boss, and said, "Pretty badass, right?"

He turned around, startled, and shouted "agh!?" Then he noticed that I had my weapon drawn back, ready to swing, and said "Well, shi-OOF" as I rammed my bat straight at his stomach, knocking the wind out of him. He somehow managed to get out of the way of the second attack and threw me out to where the girl was just about finished fighting his goons. "You were worth every cent. Truly, you were," you could almost feel the sarcasm dripping from his voice as he lamented on the poor use of his money. "Well, Red, other person, I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around… I'm afraid this is where we part ways," he sneered, pointing the end of his cane at us.

He shot a projectile at us and used the explosion as a distraction, and started to make his escape. We looked around for any sign of the thief, when I spotted him on a ladder and shouted, "Over there!"

The girl turned to the shopkeeper and asked him, "You okay if we go after him?"

"Uh huh." he replied.

"Sweet. Shall we?" I inquired.

"Last one there's a rotten egg!" she taunted, using her weapon to propel herself toward the enemy.

"No fair! Oh well. Thermal Thruster!" (2) I yelled. I felt the warm steel of the engine appear on my back, and the shape of the handles fill my hands. I didn't know exactly how to use it, but I activated it anyway. I started flying uncontrollably, shouting and screaming. Fortunately, I was able to get to my destination quickly. I dropped down, and said "Hello there!" (3) just as Ruby landed on the roof.

"Persistent…" he growled.

"It seems that you're very annoyed," I gloated. "I'm glad we were able to do that to you." Suddenly, a bullhead rose from in front of the building.

"End of the line, pests!" he shouted as he tossed a red crystal at us.

I smiled, because this gave me the perfect opportunity to test whether this function of my weapon would actually work. I readied my trusty bat-gun, and yelled, "No, you!" As I gave the ultimate comeback, I slammed it into the gem. Amazingly, instead of blowing up in my face, (quite literally, might I add,) the projectile was sent flying back at the man, (1) who shot it out of the air. As the shards of Dust came raining down upon us, a magic-like circle appeared above, shielding us from damage. It belonged to a blonde woman that seemed like the teaching sort. She pushed her glasses up, and turned the circle into beams of pure energy. The beams blasted into the airship, shaking it.

[THIRD PERSON]

Torchwick went to the front of the vehicle and said, "We got a Huntress!" He then started piloting the bullhead.

The woman up front walked to the open door, and started to return fire at the Huntress. She used fire magic to try and stop us, but the Huntress was able to shield it, and make a spear out of the rubble. It was dispelled, however, and the two villains got away.

[CRAIG]

"Well, crap. They got away!" I yelled.

Ruby turned to the lady, almost fangirling, and said, "You're a Huntress! Can I have your autograph?"

1: Casey is a weapon from "Enter the Gungeon" it is a red and gold bat known to be able to reflect bullets. I basically gave my character that, but also made it a gun, because everything in Remnant is also a gun.

2: The Thermal Thruster is a weapon from "Team Fortress Two". I was initially thinking of using a jetpack from "Jetpack Joyride", but as they were in a street that would likely have at least a few bystanders in it, and most of the packs from joyride are deadly, I decided against it.

3: "GENERAL KENOBI!"

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