Team C.R.S.N.'s Dorm Room, Beacon Academy
A few days later…
Looking out the window of his team's dorm, Colys blinked a few times at the sight of Airships landing at the docks.
"Hey Rhydwyn, is there any sort of... war going on?" The raven haired man asked of his fellow non-remnant native, who rubbed his eyes noticing the view outside their room… or lack thereof.
"Not that I can think of." The brunette responded, still not over the shock of what could classify as warships at the doorstep of the school, and directly in front of their window.
"Then, why are these here? Only thing that could be the cause of this would be a wa-" Colys was cut off as his door slammed open, Darragh of all people panting in the doorway from over exertion.
"Oh thank god you're here. Team R.W.B.Y. was looking for you, something about what happened last semester involving Colys." The forestry themed male informed the two, with Colys giving a sheepish grin when Rhydwyn gave the ice-user a stern glare.
"Wait, then why were you sent here?" The team leader asked of the dark skinned man, who put his index finger up as he caught his breath.
"En-Enkaar and Riley were also asked in and figured that you guys would be needed based on the messages they got, so sent me and Dani to find you guys." Falling to the ground in exhaustion, he gave off a small sigh and wiped his head of sweat. Before standing back up, as if nothing happened.
"Anyways, where are Nuada and Sinikka?" The green haired man asked of the only present members of Team C.R.S.N. on the whereabouts of their partners, Colys shrugging.
"They said something about a research project that they had to do, and rushed to the library. No idea what they were so worked up about as I finished mine last month." The noirette informed the tree-like man, who face-faulted at the earliness of his work's completion.
"Wait, how did you finish it a month ago when we weren't even here, let alone before we were told about it?" Rhydwyn asked of his friend, earning another sheepish grin.
"I might have asked for some extra work to do over break if I got bored, and the project was one of them. That's why Oobleck pulled me aside last class, so as to inform me that I was exempt from the project due to having completed it over break and turning it in." Colys told the sound user, who just sighed.
"Whatever. Let's just get to R.W.B.Y.'s dorm before Yang decides to blow something up. Be sure to message Nuada and Sinikka about this so they know to show up too." The laser-spear user instructed before walking down the hall to his fellow Red-shade team's room…
Beacon Library
Around the same time…
Groaning at the amount of information in front of him, Nuada picked up the book he was reading to put it away when he heard a familiar, if distantly so, voice behind him.
"You do know that book belongs on the shelf over there, right?" Turning around, Nuada noticed the armored form of Dani Hydranis, as she directed him to the correct shelf.
"Oh, thanks Dani. It's been awhile since I last saw you. What have you been up to?" The brunette asked of the armor clad female, who shrugged in response.
"Not much, mainly typical school stuff. Have you seen Sinikka around here anywhere? I was told to bring the two of you up to Team R.W.B.Y.'s dorm for some reason." The much shorter brunette asked, Nuada giving a slight questioning gaze as to why before pointing in a seemingly random direction.
"She should be at one of the tables over there. I guess I should get going there seeing as it most likely involves my idiot of a partner. I'll see you two there, then." Walking off to the back of the library, Dani spoke up.
"Exit's the other way, Nuada." The relatively short female informed the man, who gave a quick thankful nod, before heading the right way. Giving a quick smile, Dani headed towards where Nuada told her Sinikka was, a bright smile on her face.
Team Dorms, Beacon Academy
Not long after…
Standing outside the dorm room of the team whom called the meeting, Colys rested on the wall beside the door with his eyes closed, waiting for the last two members of his team. Sighing as he heard footsteps, Colys turned to see another team, one he was unfamiliar with, walk through the hall before walking towards him as the presumed leader, a dark haired female with amber eyes, strode over to him.
"Hello, could you direct me to exchange student dormitory?" The dangerous looking female asked of Colys, who gave a quick sigh before pulling out his scroll.
"You see, right now we are in the student dorms. You'll want to head down stairwell G before taking a right through this hallway, ending up in the courtyard. Cross said courtyard before you reach a set of double doors. The Exchange Student Dorms should be in there." He explained, mentally analyzing the group so as to determine why something felt off about them. Mentally shrugging, he just closed his eyes again while the exchange team went off, heading to the area that the noirette told them to. As they were out of earshot, Colys placed a hand on his forehead.
"Something just felt… off about those four, especially the one with the eyepatch." He muttered as Nuada slowly creeped up behind his partner, a small grin on his face.
"Heh, this will be perfect." He mentally whispered, reaching out to tap Colys' shoulder when the offending limb was grabbed in a vice-grip. It only lessened when Colys realized who it was that he held in a near wrist-crushing grab.
"Oh, sorry there Nuada. I'm just a tad bit spooked from a team that passed by." Shaking his head, he motioned to the room he was outside.
"Everyone else is already inside. I was just waiting for you and Sinikka. Where is she, anyway?" Colys queried, not seeing the Cronos user until he felt a presence behind himself.
"Nevermind. Let's get going." He stated, grabbing Sinikka's arm as she reached out for his shoulder before dragging the two into the doorway they were outside, ignoring any protests they gave.
"Hey Colys! What took you so long?" A certain violet themed albino joked, waving to the ice user with a jovial smile on his face.
"Oh, not much. Just had to wait for the rest of my team to show up. Anyways, does anyone know why this meeting was called?" The darker themed man asked, noting a certain team missing from the area. Team R.W.B.Y.
"Not really other than it involving the Forever Fall incident." Enkaar informed the group, as Dakura gained a look of contemplation.
"Hey, I wonder what even happened to Aria?" The darkness user examined, realizing not much had been said on the whereabouts of said former member of Phantom Lord. As he said this Team R.W.B.Y. walked into their room, Ruby giving a look of what seemed to be gratitude before Weiss spoke up.
"Good, you all actually showed up. I presume you all know why you are here?" The partial albino began, Colys blinking in response.
"Not really. I was just told to come here by Darragh with little to no explanation besides it involving the incident at the do-" The ice user cut himself off, realizing what this could be about before giving a knowing look to his team, trying to signal them about something. Something vitally important involving their past.
"I assume you figured it out?" Weiss asked of the noirette, a look of absolute serious normally not present on his face, before he gave a solemn nod, as if asking for approval.
"Then you may begin." At those words, Colys looked around the room, taking a deep, focused breath.
"Alright. But what I am going to tell you may shock you, it may even cause you to burst out laughing or call me crazy. However, this is only the absolute truth." He began, gauging the reactions of the other present teams before continuing.
"Myself, or rather Team C.R.S.N., are not from Remnant. Sure it may sound outlandish, however it is completely correct. Our home is known as Earth. A planet free of the Grimm, no constant threat of death when living outside cities, and no Faunus. That does not mean that it is a peaceful planet. Ours was one of war, with our home country of the U.S. being the best at the art. Sure, there was no White Fang to worry about attacking our homes, but we had a different threat. Nuclear Warfare. What our home lacked in terms of Elemental Propellent, it made up for in terms of raw energy. With this kind of power, we've managed to reach our Moon, explore the neighboring planet of Mars, and even send long range satellites to view other Galaxies. However, this power was also used for making weapons of war. Atom bombs capable of wiping out an entire city with one blast, Drones that could be remotely piloted to eliminate enemies one by one. As for how we ended up here, on Remnant? We have no idea. The only evidence of our entry is a crater that formed in the Vacuo desert from the explosion our entry caused. Despite the fact that we are light years away from home, we still have yet to lose hope of returning eventually." Breathing in and wiping away a tear that slightly flowed down his cheek, he looked at the other two teams expecting either laughter or dismissive looks, but all he got were tear stained looks, as if they could understand his pain despite the fact that it is something unlike they had experienced.
"Well, Colys, it seems there is more in common between the two of us after all." Raiden said, putting an arm around his rival's shoulder in camaraderie, the rest of Team DARKER giving slow nods as well.
"The reason why we work so well as a team is because we come from another dimension as well." Dakura started the shock still sinking in from Colys' speech.
"I need not go into to much detail due to the information drop Colys just gave, but it is not the same as this 'Earth' that Colys spoke of." The darkness user stated, before continuing.
"The reason I recognized Aria and grew angered was due to him being a major foe of the Guild that I was a member of prior to arriving here. This 'Titania' he referred to, is my younger sister. I… won't go into too much detail as it is still too much to bear despite having been three years however she was a great person." The crimson eyed man continued, weeping at the sorrow filled memory.
"Wait wait wait. Was? What happened to her?" Yang interrupted, before Dakura wiped his eyes with his sleeve.
"She, as well as the main members of our guild, was killed." Dropping that emotion bomb on everyone, The non-Earthlanders reeled back in shock at the fact.
"How? How were they killed?" Rhydwyn near pleaded, getting emotionally attached to a group of people he hardly knew.
"It was an elaborate attack. An enemy guild, Grimoire Heart, assaulted us during our annual S-Class trials. While we managed to hold of their forces and even defeat their guild master, they somehow managed to do an impossible task. The summoned Acnologia." Looking up with determination flashing in his eyes as well as semi-uncontrolled rage.
"Who, or rather what, is Acnologia?" Nuada inquired, as only those from Earthland would know of the beast.
"Acnologia is known by many titles. His greatest and most feared is The Black Dragon of the Apocalypse. He is a terrifying beast, with black, feathery wings not unlike those of a Nevermore and black scales coating the majority of his body." Kaito described, shocking the other eight at the description.
"How did you survive then?" Ruby asked of the other six, a look of curiosity and almost fear at their response etched into her features.
"We somehow got lucky. The beast attacked us, sending us flying to a nearby Island before vaporizing the Island everyone else was on. I don't get why it wouldn't just leave us with the others. However it never came to investigate as it presumed we died upon impact with the ground." Raiden explained, the others gaining further solemn looks.
"I didn't think that he would attack, but he did! Why couldn't I have managed to stay back on Tenrou to help!" Dakura cried out, having a mental breakdown at his failure.
"I was her older brother, Damnit! I'm supposed to protect her!" The crimson eyed man practically howled, tears flowing like fresh rain. As Abigail consoled him, Colys gained another serious look before looking at his fellow team leader.
"Dakura, I can promise you that I will do anything in my power to aid in killing Acnologia with you, even if it means going through hell and back. I may not be a mind reader, but I feel as if the others agree with me, correct?!" The ice user exclaimed, a chorus of yes's reverberating through the room in agreement.
"Now, I believe we may want to retire to our dorms for the night, as it is nearing midnight." Enkaar told the others, gazing at his scroll for the time. Hearing this, everyone besides Team R.W.B.Y. filed out, giving quick goodnights as they went to sleep…
Beacon Library
Around one week later…
"Yang Xiao Long, Prepare your kingdom for battle!" Ruby shouted, the heavy speeches from the week before put to the back of her mind.
"Bring it on!"
"I deploy the Atlesian Air Fleeeeeeet!" The darker haired female announced, earning a shocked gasp from her elder sister.
"Looks like I get to fly right over your Ursai and attack your walls directly!" Making plane like noises and a bird-esque shape with her hands, a look of maniacal joy on her face.
"You fiend!" Yang gasped out, pointing dramatically at the attacker.
"And, since Atlas is part of mantle, my repair time only lasts one turn." Ruby stated, her eyes level with the table.
"Pretty sneaky, Sis. But you just activated my trap card! Giant Nevermore! If I roll a 7 or higher fatal feathers will rend your forces in two!" The blonde exclaimed, staring directly into her younger sister's eyes.
"But if you roll a 6 or lower the Nevermore will turn on your own troops." Ruby retorted.
"That's just a chance I'm willing to take." Continuing to ramble, Colys gave a slightly derisive scoff from his table.
"Some people are trying to run a campaign over here!" He shouted before turning back to his teammates with a look of malicious glee as he prepared a fight for them.
"As I was saying, as the four of us are walking through the forests, we hear a semi mechanical whirring as a mecha shaped like a spider crawls out, preparing to fire a laser. Roll initiative." The dungeon master ordered, preparing the two sets of d20's he had on him for such an occasion. At that moment a certain blonde Faunus waltzed in, a bluenette newcomer in tow.
"Sup losers?" Sun asked, holding a peace sign.
"Hey Sun." but Ruby and, surprisingly, Colys responded, the Frost Emperor giving a small smile towards his fellow prankster.
"Ruby, Blake, Yang, Ice queen." The blonde began, earning an indignant cry from Weiss at the nickname that everyone has given to her.
"I never got a chance to formally introduce you to my old friend." Sun continued, ignoring Weiss' shouts of protest.
"Uh, aren't Libraries for reading?" The bluenette inquired.
"Thank you!" Was heard from Ren, waking up Nora, eliciting a cry of pancakes from the orange haired female.
"Shut up don't be a nerd." Sun told his partner in mock annoyance.
"Ah ah ah, Intellectual, okay? Thank you. I'm Neptune." The now named google head responded, introducing himself entirely.
"Hey, what are we? Chopped liver?" Colys asked in mock pain, walking over to the duo of transfer students, his hand held out to Neptune.
"Anyways, name's Colys. Anyone who is a friend of Sun must be a pretty chill dude." The ice user introduced, shaking hands with the bluenette.
"Agreed. Sun told me about your unique circumstances, and I would like to give you my deepest condolences." Neptune told Colys, earning a curt nod from the noirette.
"So Neptune, where are you from?" Weiss asked of the goggle head, who began walking over.
"Haven. I don't believe I caught your name, Snow angel." Neptune responded, eliciting groans from Colys at his attempt at being smooth.
"Uh, I'm Weiss." The pseudo albino answered, Jaune grumbling in the background at the fact that when he tried it it failed but Neptune succeeded.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." The blunette replied. Colys began walking back to his Team, not really caring anymore about the conversation anymore as he sat back down.
"Now, where was I? Ah yes, Nuada. As you go to strike the Guardian Stalker you just barely manage to clip it's leg, severing one of its many limbs." The ice user described, before looking to Rhydwyn.
"Now, it's your turn Rhydwyn." He informed his friend, who nodded.
"Alright. I'll shoot one of my arrows into it's eye to stun it." Rhydwyn said, rolling his d20.
"What?! Only a 10!" The brunette exclaimed at his bad roll.
"Keep track of your arrows. Now it's my turn, so I'll go and slash it's neck area with my right Scimitar." Rolling his 20 side, Colys gave a pleased nod.
"Alright. A 16 hits. And because the Guardian Stalker is a construct, I deal double damage." Grinning, he rolled his normal die, the noirette gave a pleased whoop.
"Nice! 12 damage thanks to my buff! That brings the Guardian down to zero health." Turning to his team, Colys continued.
"With that, we can head back into town to claim our reward. Nuada, if you would?" The noirette finished, giving his partner a knowing smirk,
"Right. I go to look for a chicken." Nuada responded, a grin of his own stretched across his face.
"Oh, believe me, you have found one." Telling his partner this, Colys prepared a set of 8 d100's.
"Then I strike the Chicken." The short haired brunette said, beginning to chuckle.
"Alright. You are now being chased by 240000 chickens. Congratulations. And with that today's session is complete." Placing his dice into a bag he brought with him, Colys began to pack up his sheets for next time…
Team C.R.S.N.'s dorm
Later…
Colys sat on his bed, a scroll laptop open on his lap as he began to write the next chapter of his campaign.
"Alright, how about we throw in some Romanian Iron Guards for them to face?" He said to himself, furiously typing on the keyboard. It was then that he heard the familiar sound of yelling coming from a nearby dorm room. Blinking thrice, Colys stood up, closed his scroll laptop before placing it on his bed, and walked over to his window to close it. Looking out he noticed Neptune standing on a ledge outside team R.W.B.Y.'s Dorm window as Sun hung from the branch of a nearby tree. Shrugging at this, the noirette grabbed his scroll before heading out of his room. Upon exiting the room, he walked across the hall and knocked Team R.E.D.D.'s door, having to wait only a few seconds before Enkaar walked out.
"Oh, Colys. I wasn't expecting you here. What's up?" The teal eyed Faunus asked of his fellow Team Leader, who gave a dismissive shrug.
"Eh, I noticed Sun and his one friend outside R.W.B.Y.'s dorm, and figured something might be going on. I was going to go get Teams D.A.R.K. and V.R.D.T. and see if they wanted to join as well. Where's the rest of your Team, anyway?" Colys answered, noticing a distinct lack of noise coming from the room.
"Dani and Darragh said they had a midterm paper to write, and Riley's on a date with Kaito. I wouldn't try with Team D.A.R.K. as the other three went to the library to study for the test Oobleck is giving on Tuesday. What about Team C.R.S.N.?" Enkaar replied, seeing that the rest of Colys' team was also, in fact, missing.
"They wanted to head to the training grounds to spar. I declined going as I had some writing to work on." The ice user responded, giving a dismissive shrug before walking down the hall. "You coming or what?"
"Oh, yeah. Just let me grab some stuff." Walking back into the room, Enkaar exited a moment later with his knife at his side. "Let's go."
As the two approached Team V.R.D.T.'s door it swung open on it's own as Geod walked out with his Drill Blade already at his side.
"I already know, so let's go." The Albino said, a look of determination on his face as he walked to the door next to his, grabbing the two by the back of their shirts.
"Huh?" Colys intelligently responded, forgetting that Geod had three Faunus on his team, and that he neighbored the Team in question before he knocked on the door, a small smirk on his face. A muffled 'I got it' was heard through the door as Ruby opened it, wearing a different outfit than usual. Blinking in surprise at the three team leaders at the door, Colys managed to break the awkward silence.
"Yo. I guess you guys are up to something?" He began, noting the differing clothes the Team wore as well as the locationing, as if they were splitting off into partners. "Well, whatever it is, we want in."
Blinking rapidly at the blunt response, Yang managed to recover first. "Ok then." This resulted in a shrug of amusement from Colys as he walked into the room.
"Alright, so what are the different plans we got going?" The ice user asked, his hands firmly clasped behind his back as if he were a General over looking his army.
"Blake and Sun were going to head into vale to check out a White Fang recruitment meeting for any signs of Torchwick, Yang and Neptune were heading to a contact that Yang supposedly has in downtown Vale, while Weiss and I were heading to the CCT tower for any new information involving abnormalities in the Schnee Dust supplies. I think that you three shoul-" Ruby was cut off mid sentence by Colys putting his hand in the air, his other hand on his chin in thought.
"Alright I think I have a plan. Enkaar and I will join Blake seeing as Enkaar can easily get in due to being a Faunus himself and I can either stay behind as a scout or lookout or head in with my own disguise, while Geod goes with Yang and Neptune to downtown Vale. Any questions?" At that, Yang gave Colys a bit of a Deadpan.
"We were planning on taking my Motorcycle Bumblebee there and it can only hold two people." The blonde told her fellow brawler, who gave a short chuckle.
"You forget, Geod can quite literally form anything with his semblance, like that small mech from the docks." Colys replied, a smirk on his face. "Alright, let's get going, teams!"
"Wait, who made you leader?" Ruby asked with a mock glare, as the noirette gave a nervous chuckle.
"Sorry, force of habit."
Downtown Vale
Later that Evening…
Pulling to the side of the road Yang stepped off her bike as Geod popped from the ground in the small mech he created with a short drill coming from it's horn that reformed said horn.
"So, this is the place, huh?" Geod asked, skeptical of the legality of the location. Approaching the door, it was immediately shut in his face once the people behind it noticed Yang standing near him. "Well, time for plan B."
"Plan B?" Neptune spoke up as Geod reared his arm back.
"Just, be sure to stand back a bit." At that his Aura wrapped his arm, forming a metal fist in a similar style and proportion to his mech. Punching forward, the fist dented the door, causing a groan of annoyance from the Albino. Pulling it back again, he punched it again, causing a creak of protest to come from the hinges. Pushing further, he heard the sound of rivets popping until the door itself fell in from the force, knocking back the guards attempting to hold it shut. Walking in slowly, Geod glared at the guards pointing their weapons at him as he prepared to smack them from their hands with his mech arm but was stopped when they switched targets to Yang.
"Guess Who's Back?" The blonde shouted, earning the attention of the man behind the bar,
"Stop! Nobody shoot." who walked through the crowd of armed guards towards Yang.
"Blondie, you're. Why?" He asked, straightening his tie in the process with a bit of a nervous chuckle.
"You still owe me a drink." Yang responded, grabbing the man's arm and dragging him to the bar with Geod and Neptune in tow.
In another part of Vale
Around the same time…
"So, how exactly do you plan to blend in as a Faunus despite not being one?" Sun asked of Colys, who slicked his hair back a bit as well as having changed into a more formal attire.
"You seriously can't tell? I'm posing as a Vampire Bat Faunus. As evident by the fangs. Duh." As he mentioned that he opened his mouth to reveal that be put a thick layer of ice over his canine teeth, increasing the length of them to look like, well, fangs.
"What about night vision? Or enhanced hearing?" The blonde retorted as Colys grabbed a mask from behind his back, which slightly resembled a Nevermore's beak but with four eye slits rather than actual eyes.
"I outfitted this to work like a pair of night vision goggles using the pair I used at the docks. I can't help with the hearing, but whatever." The ice user responded, a now vulpine smirk on his face.
"You sure you ain't part Fox Faunus?" Sun jokingly responded, punching the noirette on the arm slightly in jest.
"Yes, I'm sure. Now I'm guessing that Blake and Enkaar are waiting for us to show up." Colys said with a slight glare aimed at the blonde in annoyance. "So let's get going."
"Jeez, no need to get so angry." The monkey Faunus replied, a small hint of fear creeping into his voice. At that the two made their way to the supposed meeting place, marked by three claw marks made on the wall.
"So, this is the place, huh?" Colys asked of Blake when he reached the Cat Faunus, a now vulpine smirk present on his face. "Seems a bit dark for my tastes, but whatever."
As the four walked to the nearby door, the guard looked a Colys and Enkaar with a questioning look.
"Hey, you two. You don't look like Faunus." The man growled out but was met full force by Colys' growl.
"You wanna say tha to my face, bud? See these fangs? You best be glad they aren't aimed at YOUR neck right now." The human-in-disguise growled back, gnashing his teeth at the guard for emphasis.
"Ok, ok fine!" The faunus fearfully responded, backing off from Colys before turning to Enkaar. "But what about you, huh?"
"Lizard Faunus." The illusionist quickly said, flicking his know forked tongue out to prove it.
"Well, don't let me keep you two waiting. It isn't very often we get a reptile or Vampire Bat Faunus in our ranks." The guard replied, moving to the side to let the two pass with a nod. Walking to the area with Faunus wearing normal clothing, the quartet of students noticed that on the stage was another White Fang member, although he appeared to hold more authority than the grunts based on his distinctly different uniform.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you all for coming out here tonight." At that thunderous applause rang from the crowd. "Now, for those of you who are new here, we of the White Fang have some very special guests for you to meet tonight." With a bow, the lieutenant walked of the stage to more applause which died down as the sound of multiple canes tapping drew their attention until a very familiar effeminate redhead walked onto the stage as well as the yellow demon himself, causing an uproar of confusion and rage from the newcomers.
"Thank you, thank you. Please, hold your applause." Torchwick joked out, as Franmalth gazed into the crowd.
"Kekekekeke, looks like they don't like you candlehead." He croaked out, much to the shock of the crowd.
"Now now, I'll be the first to admit, Humans…. Are the worst." Roman began, earning a short chuckle from Franmalth.
"Well, you wouldn't be wrong there, candlehead." The mono-eyed demon chuckled.
"Yes, anyways, I would like to point out that we have a common enemy. The one's in control. The Government, the military, hell, even the schools. They're all to blame for your lot in life." The applause returned at that, with the four infiltrators sharing knowing looks while reaching for their weaponry. "Luckily I managed to get my hands on a little bit of Atlas technology so we can get our revenge, so to speak." At that the curtain behind the effeminate man fell, revealing an Atlesian Paladin 290 in all it's glory.
"Kekekekeke, don't forget about me now, Torchwick." Franmalth chortled out as he raised his cane and stamped it on the ground. Hard. This resulted in a series of deep, inhuman groans to resonate through the warehouse, when a door opened to the side and in shambled a large group of mummified creatures, some carrying large swords while others looked more skeletal in appearance. "Introducing the Redead Corps. Coming in straight from the depths of hell these undead troopers won't stop until their target has joined them in undeath. Sadly we could only bring a small contingent of 100 here for you tonight, but rest assured that you will soon see the streets crawling with these guys, and nothing will stand in our way!" As he said this, he felt a familiar Aura in the crowd, as he narrowed his eye at Colys seeing as he was the source. As the crowd noticed this, Colys created a quick burst of ice using Frost Spark, as he quickly darted to a circuit breaker on the wall before short circuiting it with a quick electric-enhance punch, resulting in the lights shutting off, which only served as a minor distraction for the team to jump out the nearby window, shattering it in the process. As the four hopped through the rooftops, Roman barreled through the wall in the Paladin, while the Redead Corps trailed behind him, displaying speed betrayed by their size.
"I sure hope you have a form of backup!" Sun yelled out, as Colys whipped his scroll out from his back pocket.
(AN: Play 'God Mode' by Sons of Amon here.)
"Already on it. C.R.S.N., I need some backup here! Meet by the Highway overpass!" As the ice user yelled into his scroll, he heard affirmative yells from the other end of the line while he continued his mad-dash. "Enkaar, you got anyone?" Colys yelled at his friend, who nodded.
"Yeah, Kaito said he and Riley would be there as soon as they could. Dakura, Raiden, and Abigail didn't answer though." The Lizard Faunus yelled back, before raising a hand towards the mecha chasing them. As Torchwick went a different direction briefly, the quartet landed on a roof for a brief moment, catching their breaths.
"Alright, we should wait for the others to arrive, and formulate a battle plan." Colys said, a serious expression on his face for once as he glanced at the four around him. Just as he said this the familiar sound of buzzing was heard as Kaito landed on a platform made from beetles, Riley next to him. Looking at the group, Colys nodded to the beetle user and his girlfriend, forming some ice constructs in the meantime when the sound of crashing was heard behind them.
"Alright, you little pests! You thought you could hide from me?" Roman shouted from within the Paladin, rushing towards the now sextet from a side street, Enkaar's illusion having worn off when he got far enough away. At that Colys had his constructs, namely some Pebblits, rush the mech while the group ran, Kaito forming into his swarm once more to try and find the others. Reaching the overpass, Colys formed a pair of ice skates as he froze the street ahead of him, keeping the momentum from when he hit the highway by doing so. Coincidentally, this caused Roman, or more specifically the Paladin, to slip up and hit fly off the overpass onto the ground below. At that the group jumped down, Geod showing up within a new mech similar to the smaller one, but it more resembled a full body mech, including a tail sprouting from the back and a larger face on it's torso.
"Alright! It's time you showed up, Geod!" Colys shouted to his fellow team-leader, as he began to form… something out of his ice. It resembled the mech Geod was in but far bulkier and well, made of ice. Gaining a look of extreme concentration, Colys ran into the main body of his construct, forming the rest around himself. Once complete, the ice-construct looked to be a crude, clunky re-model of the Paladin, with some elements of Geod's mech added in. Grinning despite the effort it took the maintain the thing, Colys nodded towards the others. "Now, let's rock this place to the ground!" At that, the group charged the Paladin with their weapons blazing, while Colys reared back the right fist of his Ice Paladin to strike the original in front of him. Shattering on impact, Colys reformed the fist, but into a spear-like shape as he plunged it into the Paladin's left shoulder, denting the metal severely. As this was happening, the sound of groaning was heard as the Redead Corps. shuffled in, their speed much slower than initially for unknown reasons. Until a certain gunblade user dropped down, her right hand raised at the entire crowd, strain evident on her face when a series of sub-sonic blasts rang out, shattering the more skeletal members of the undead army. As this happened, an enlarged fist hit the Paladin in the back, sending it toppling forward and towards Colys and his Ice Paladin. Grinning even wider, Colys created a quick opening in the back of the construct before jumping out as the actual Paladin crashed into it. Raising his right hand, he caused his construct to reform into a sphere around the mech, trapping it fully. However his grin fell when multiple hatches opened on Paladin revealing hidden rocket launchers, which shattered the Ice Prison around it. The shock continued as the Paladin transformed the right fist, shooting bursts of electricity at the ice user. Raising and Ice Wall, Colys began to form a Frost Talus to attack the Paladin, though that was when the sound of Tires Screeching was heard as Yang and Neptune arrived, with the bluenette taking out his spear and stabbing into the already damaged left shoulder, resulting in the attached arm to only be attached through some wiring. Yang then jumped out and punched the mech repeatedly, caving in the exterior from the force applied. As her relentless assault continued, Roman rammed the front end through several concrete pillars resulting in the blonde to go flying. Upon landing, Yang looked up with a look of pure rage including her eyes going blood red as she charged the Paladin, her right fist cocked back. Impacting the already weakened front end, it soon was sent crashing into the ground, shattering upon impact with the concrete although Roman escaped unscathed. As he stood back up a female with pink and brunette hair, and matching eyes, landing in front of the crime lord, holding an umbrella gracefully.
Ladies, Gentlemen, Ice Queen." The orange haired criminal began, tipping his hat mockingly when Weiss cried out in indignation at the nickname, "Always a pleasure. Neo, if you would?" Looking at the, admittedly, diminutive woman in front of him who gave a terse nod in response, prompting both Yang and Colys to bolt forward as they just stood there, not moving at all.
"Wait! It's only an illu-" Enkaar began, as the sound of shattering glass was heard when the dual boxers' fists made contact with the air in front of the two, "-sion. I swear they never listen." As the remaining shards broke, a rumbling sound was heard behind the group of now 14 as a pale creature with short, stubby arms burst from the ground, one of it's sockets glowing with a red- ethereal energy. One Kaito knew all too well.
"Guys, stay back, and look out for arms sticking out of the ground!" The Albino warned, preparing his beetles in front of himself, when they heard an eerie, hauntingly sweet voice in their heads.
"Aw, no warm welcome for me? I was hoping you would be the first I encountered, after you DISINTEGRATED me last time." The voice said, turning dark, grating, and much more malicious at the end. "Oh, not feeling so cocky now, are you BRAT? What, not able to use as much magic this time around? Or is it that you're scared? Scared of what these pitiful fools you call allies will think when you go all out?" It taunted, with Kaito beginning to shake out of pure rage while his beetles collected around himself, forming a dark cloud.
"You. You don't know how it feels, watching as your loved ones are ripped from you and then have no recollection of it afterwards, only to find out later from your only brother, who wants you DEAD! And the worst part? When the MONSTER who committed the act refuses to die!" As he shouted that, a pitch black magic circle formed at the top of the cloud before lowering over it, stopping at the bottom causing the beetles to disperse. "HIVE MIND SECRET ART: DARK BEETLE FORMATION!" Was heard from in the cloud of insects, as it suddenly exploded outwards with a dark shape was seen moving forward, stabbing the creature with it's long, insect-like horn before lifting it up out of the ground violently, a tearing sound being heard as the creature's intestines poured out, dripping a greenish-blue substance that moved almost like blood. Glaring at the body in front of him, a bright red light was seen on the beetle-like shape's back before a torrent of black, almost ethereal flames spewed out onto the body, engulfing it as the pained screams of the damned echoed in the minds of the other 13, until it just… stopped. As the flames died down, The beetle-creature was surrounded in another swarm of beetles which soon dispersed with an unconscious Kaito lying there, barely breathing.
"Guys, we need to get Kaito out of here now!" Enkaar yelled out, as Colys formed an Ice stretcher out of near impulse, before picking up the Albino and running full speed for the docks, intending to get Kaito to the Beacon Infirmary…
Team C.R.S.N. Dorm Room
The next morning…
"So, how's Kaito's condition?" Rhydwyn asked his leader who walked into the room with a smile on his face although it looked almost… apologetic?
"Well, he's expected to make a full recovery," Colys began, breathing in to calm himself briefly, "But he's apparently going to have to be in there a few extra days for psychological care. Apparently the deep hatred he holds for whatever that thing was still burns deep in his heart, and they want to do a quick scan of Raiden as well to make sure he isn't suffering the same form of depression."
"That's better than I expected, but how bad did they say his anger was?" Sinikka asked, concerned for one of the team's greater friends outside themselves.
"Not too terrible, but it still warrants concern. The psychologist said it might end up in a sort of split-personality, although it's unlikely." The ice-user responded, rubbing his temples in frustration. "The thing that bugs me is that it seemed almost too easy how Kaito killed that thing, almost like it was testing him."
"Eh, he probably just did something unexpected for it and was able to hit it with a powerful surprise attack." Nuada theorized, although Colys just waved him off.
"No, it seemed like he had killed it before. It mentioned him disintegrating it in the past, suggesting that it has some form of regenerative capabilities." The noirette replied, before walking to his bed. "I just want to sleep this off for now, I'll continue this in the morning."
"Uh, Colys? It is morning."
Blueghast900: And that's a wrap! I know I took a while on this one, but I have my reasons. It involves souls, that's all I'll say.
Colys: Damn, that was weird. What even was that thing we faced at the end there?
Blueghast: Well, you see, it's known as a-
Dakura: Deadhand. It's essentially a Demon that feeds on the life force of mortals through long, pale arms it can control through unknown means. I know Kait, Abigail and I killed one in the past but I didn't expect it to come back, especially not on Remnant.
Blueghast: Well, don't worry Dakura, for you too will get a crack at ol' Handy.
Dakura: D-did you nickname it?
Blueghast: Yes, for the laughs.
Dakura: You do know that thing kills people. For fun.
Blueghast: Yeah, I know. Why do you think it works as a good beat-em-up target?
Dakura: Wha?
Blueghast900: Nevermind. As Always, Read, Rate, Review, and Favorite.
*Blueghast900 has signed off*