The Ruinverse Chapter 70- Fermata Planetaria, a rwby fanfic

The screen began to bubble and boil as the familiar silver door rose from it's depths, the thick purple chains corroding and breaking apart as the door opened up and bathed everything in dark purple.

From the tainted light, came a single red eye that glared at the screen before the door slammed shut and everything became static, a crumbling rose symbol appearing every so often as the title began to form.

The Ruinverse: Chapter Seventy, Fermata Planetaria.

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-Remnant, Soltias, Atlas, Snowbound Forest-

Woooosh.

The cold Solitas wind moved across the snowy evergreen forest as all seemed calm, the occasional fox jumping into the snow in search of its next meal.

PLOP!

SPLAT!

As the fox's head entered into the three foot deep snowbank, tail sticking out like a small furry tower, the strange glow of light blue energy illuminated the snow, only for it to vanish and reappear every so often.

Woosh!

Wooosh!

"Stay!"

SNAP!

Woosh!

As the camera zoomed towards the direction of the energy flashes, several blobs of falling snow were suspended in midair by an unknown force, as a figure kept on snapping their fingers, causing snow and the occasional wild animal to become immobilized in place.

This figure being a tall dark skinned man with long greenish black hair tied in a bun, blue eyes, a long dark gray dog-like tail, wearing a white long sleeved dark blue accented double-breasted silver buttoned coat with dark blue cuffs and a dark blue collar, dark blue shoulder flaps, long split coat's tail splits, a red ascot, a long sleeved red shirt, a dark blue belt with a silver buckle, a dark blue pouch on the right hip, dark blue trousers, black knee-high boots, and had dark gray rifle with a black hilt on his back, who was seemingly smiling with joy as his tail wagged from side to side.

This was Marrow Amin, an Atlasian dog faunus of the foxhound breed and youngest Ace-Ops member with a loyal disposition, who was here for one tiny reason.

He wanted to become an expert Ace-Ops member, not a rookie. Thus, he is here in the coldest forest in the inner Solitas continent to train in his semblance, to break the limit of his own powers and become a respected member of the group.

And so far….he was doing quite well.

SNAP!

"Stay!" he said with joy while turning around, causing several birds to freeze in place on the tallest branches. "Ha! I can't believe I never did this before! Training my semblance to do multiple objects at once, and they haven't moved for five minutes!"

SNAP!

"Stay!" he chuckled while snapping his fingers again and again and again with reckless abandonment, causing several elk to free in place while sharpening their antlers on the available bark. "Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay!"

SNAP!

"Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay!" He exclaimed with joy, his tail wagging wildly before he tripped and fell face first on the snow. "Ow."

As he slowly moved his head out of the snow, a sudden thought kicked in.

Why not freeze the worms in the ground?

Yes, it's immature and unfair to the helpless worms, but he had to get stronger, to become a worthy member of the Ace-Ops and be respected as an equal, not as a rookie.

'Yeah, why shouldn't I try using my semblance on something small? That's the hardest to keep frozen, especially those tiny ants.' He thought to himself while standing up, brushing the snow off his face as his tail wagged with excitement. 'And once I do it, maybe I can stop bullets in midair? Oh yes, that would be so cool!'

As he began to move his fingers into position, his entire being felt like it had entered a sugar high, adrenaline rushing through his body as his positive emotions flared up in short bursts of 'flames' around his body.

SNAP!

"Stay!"

Woooosh.

"..." he blinked while seeing that his work was for not, snow falling down his shoulders as he looked rather annoyed by this. "...I said stay!"

SNAP!

Woooooosh.

"...stay!"

SNAP!

"...I said stay!"

SNAP!

"Um….is this working?" he muttered to himself before smacking his cheeks. "No! Don't fall to sadness Marrow, you can do this! Be positive! Be positive!"

As his smile grew, his confidence and joy fueled the aura in his body, causing it to cover his body like a burning inferno, the first in a very long time, as he pointed to the ground and explained in a very excited yell.

"STAY!"

SNAP!

WOOOOSH!

A wave of light blue energy hit the snow covered dirt, causing a shockwave to form in every direction as Marrow's aura shattered into pieces, leaving him exposed to the elements.

FLLOSH!

PLOP!

"Ah….ah….ah….." he panted as his adrenaline dissipated, the cold starting to affect his lightly clothed body and a snowy imprint formed behind his back. "ACHOO! Ugh….can't….move…." 'So…cold….'

Looking upon the snow covered branches, he felt his body slowly losing the heat his aura had maintained over the last few hours, making him groan a little before realizing that due to his status as 'the rookie', he might have a chance to get home….however….

'My team is going to hate me.' he thought to himself while closing his eyes. 'I just know it….especially Harriet, oh gods, she's going to give me such a talking to.'

As he lay in the snow, awaiting his eventual recovery, he would dream about a future where he was respected, treated with pride and with equality.

Yet unbeknownst to him, that dream will never bear fruit.

(Some months later)

-Atlas, Atlas Academy, 'The Donut', Atlas Command Center-

BEEP!

BEEEEEEP!

BEEEEEEEEP!

Red lights illuminated the formerly white halls of the command center as every technician, Huntsmen and soldier in the 'Donut' were scrambling in a panic, screens flashing with 'WARNING' icons as the alarms rang like trumpeting heralds of the battlefield.

"Dust Cables are destabilizing!"

"Intense flooding reported in lower Mantle!"

"Shield generators are at their maximum! They won't hold much longer!"

"Shit!" cursed one of the soldiers while slamming their hands on the console. "If they break down then Atlas will be unable to survive the deluge! Get someone down there now! Stabilize them!"

BEEEEP!

BEEEEEEEEEP!

BEEEEEEEEEEEP!

"Brace for impact!"

BAM!

BEEEP!

BEEEEEEP!

"Dust Cable 2 and 4 have been severed!" yelled one of the technicians as everyone in the room were stumbling from the sudden collision, several chairs having fallen to the ground as a coffee machine spilled its hot contents on the formerly pristine floor. "Gravity Dust generators have taken water!"

"GAH! Get someone down there stat! We need those generators up and running RIGHT NOW!" the soldier yelled while gripping his hands on the sides of his head. 'General Ironwood, what are you doing right now!? Atlas is about to fall!'

(Elsewhere)

-Ironwood's Office-

"Ace-Ops." Ironwood said while standing near the large window overlooking the city of Atlas, dark storm clouds formed in the sky as rain fell across the metallic buildings, while the Ace-Ops stood near the table. "As you know, we have a situation."

"Yeah, Mantle and the entire Solitas continent are underwater now." Harriet said while not really caring about protocol right now. "And if we don't do anything right now, we will be swept away as well!"

"It's not that Operative Bree." he said with a frown. "It's Remnant itself."

Marrow, who was currently sweating a little since he arrived at the general's office, gulped while his tail puffed up, something that his team noticed and ignored, assuming that he heard some lighting or something, as the headmaster of Atlas Academy turned towards his direction.

"For the last seven months, the world has been changing. The air is becoming harder to breathe in locations such as Atlas, the oceans have been receding from the equator and flooding the northern hemisphere." Ironwood said with a stern frown. "The average temperature has been steadily rising, the poles are melting, earthquakes are becoming more frequent and apparently anything running on non Dust powered electricity is 'fired'. If that isn't bad enough, the days are becoming longer."

"I know." Elm grumbled while her eyes were covered in dark circles. "I haven't had a decent sleep in ages….and I feel like I'm seeing things."

"No one has." Vine said while twitching every so often. "And it's harder to remain on active duty when your aura is in flux."

"Did you guys forget we are about to be hit by a deluge!?" Harriet snapped in anger. "We need to get the city floating, or at least stabilized before anything else happens!"

"Operative Bree, calm down-"

"I can't calm down! I'm literally unable to!" she snapped while Clover, who looked ready to fall asleep while standing up, shook his head a couple times to snap himself out of his daze. "I can't stop being angry! Especially when Atlas is about to DROWN!"

"Umm….but where…I mean when…did this fi..rst…occ…zzzz." Clover said groggily before falling asleep, only for Elm to slap his back hard. "Ah! I mean, when did the strange events start occurring?! And OW!"

"Sorry, I wasn't thinking clearly." Elm said while noticing Marrow's very nervous face. "Hey, are you ok?"

"Um, yes, I mean..yes…I mean…" he stuttered out while Ironwood raised an eyebrow at his erratic behavior. "Yes. I'm fine….really I am."

"Operative Amin."

"I-I'm fine General, just…nervous. I mean we don't know how the entire planet….um…you know." he said nervously while feeling the stares permeating his soul.

"..."

"I mean it could be the Grimm right?"

"Impossible." Harriet frowned. "No Grimm, not even a Leviathan, could affect the weather this badly, or even affect the PLANET like this!"

"That….That's true. But they are evolving-"

"It's not the Grimm." Ironwood sighed. "Even if they did evolve to affect the weather to this magnitude, why would they affect the air we breathe? They need air to survive as well." 'Although the Queen might have changed it. But I highly doubt it, she doesn't have the Relics and her powers aren't THAT powerful. If anything, she might die as well.'

Marrow looked at his feet while Vine decided to change the subject.

"General, the events occurring right now have been going on since seven months ago, but even then it's a long shot." he said calmly, barely that is. "However, it could also be the work of a semblance."

"Out of the question." the headmaster said sternly. "I know it would never be a semblance because I know Qrow Branwen. His semblance is bad luck manipulation, not geokinesis. Even if he could do it, he has nieces, a family, and I doubt he's sober enough to try a mass suicide attempt on this scale."

Marrow froze in fear as he backed away slowly, trying to get out of the room as Elm took notice and pushed him back with her left hand.

"I see." Harriet frowned. "But it still doesn't mean that's not a possibility. Speaking of which, where is Specialist Schnee? She's the residential bird hater."

"..." Ironwood turned around and looked out upon the city, the Hard Light Dust barrier slowly forming cracks as another cable snapped away from the rushing flood below. "She's MIA. Has been ever since she helped evacuate the Mantleians…for all I know, she drowned just moments ago."

The room became silent, the sounds of thunder and wind echoed outside the office as Marrow felt his blood turn cold.

'What….WHAT!? No, not another one!' he thought while his tail stood on end. 'First the people of Vale, then Vauco, then Menagerie, then Mantle…and now my superior!? Oh gods, why is this happening to me!? WHY!?'

"Operative Amin-"

"GAH!" he howled in frustration, causing everyone to jump back in surprise. "I can't hold it back! I did it! I DID IT!"

"What are you-" Clover, now fully awake, asked before getting interrupted by the now panicked faunus.

"I did it! I was the one to cause this! I DID THIS!" he yelled while gripping the sides of his face. "I…I used my semblance….on the planet! I…I caused all of this!"

"..."

"...WHAT!?" Harriet screamed in anger and disbelief.

"I didn't mean it! I just…was training my semblance, trying to stop worms. Nothing else!" He panicked while Harriet grabbed him by the collar. "I didn't know this would happen!"

"If YOU started all of this, then YOU can fix this!"

"But I don't know how! It was a fluke! A FLUKE!" he yelled while Harriet threw him across the floor. "AH!"

"You little-"

BAM!

The entire office shook as the Ace-Ops and headmaster struggled to stand, a massive wave hitting against the barrier as Marrow started to panic.

"I'm sorry!" he yelled while running away.

"Hey! Get back here!" Harriet yelled while attempting to use her semblance, only to fall on her ass from another 'quake' that suddenly hit the domed city. "AMIN!"

"I'm sorry!" He called out before the doors closed, leaving them alone as Ironwood felt betrayed by the 'insubordination', only to calm down slightly as the faunus was currently guilt ridden and wasn't in his right mind.

BAM!

RUMBLE!

"General!" yelled a technician from the nearby speaker on the desk. "Dust Cable 1 has been severed and the Gravity Dust generators were damaged! Atlas is about to sink into the sea!"

"Hold fast, Atlas will not-"

BAM!

WOOOSH!

"Sir! Water has just breached the MV! The gateway is destroyed! The gateway has been destroyed!"

Ironwood's eyes widened before noticing the barrier breaking and a massive tsunami rushed towards the building.

CRASH!

SPLASH!

And obliterated everything as everything went black.

(Four years later)

-Somewhere in Anima-

The sun rose in the distance as its light illuminated the now dried up swampland, the carcasses of hundreds of animals littering the ground as the trees were bleached white and lifeless.

Yet, standing in the middle of the hardened midlands, was a small wooden shack, one that was slowly turning black as small embers began to eat away at its hardened bark.

And sitting alone inside the shack, only furnished by a single wooden bed and a rocking chair, was Marrow Amin, his clothes now tattered and his face covered in a small beard, who looked at the nearby window with darkened eyes.

Regret, pain, and guilt weighed heavily in his heart as he could feel the air slowly burning his lungs, making it harder and harder to breathe with every passing second. For how could he, the traitor of Atlas, face the now dying world that he had allowed to occur.

For four long years since Atlas' fall, he tried everything to fix the situation. Using his semblance, using Dust, locating the Grimm, and even finding a half insane madwoman calling herself 'Salem' and asking her for help. But all were for not, as every attempt failed and the world was becoming hotter, airless and unsustainable for any form of life.

Even now, as the flames began to ignite the very shack he had constructed from the former swamp, he resigned himself to death, wanting nothing more than to redeem himself in the next life, to perhaps…be reborn in a better world, one where he never tries anything like this ever again.

To be a better soldier.

To be a better person.

And to be a better version of himself.

'I'm sorry Hare, I'm sorry everyone.' he thought as he felt his mind tilting towards the brink of insanity, his sleepless body finally giving way as the flames began moving towards his feet. 'I should've just stayed the same, I should've just been the rookie instead of the destroyed.'

Fizzzzzz.

Woosh.

'I'm sorry.' he thought as the flames moved towards his feet.

Only for the flames to suddenly dissipate, confusing the faunus a little before he felt the air igniting inside his lungs, causing him to gasp in affixation.

"Ah..ah…" he gasped in pain before noticing that a rainbow colored line formed in the sky and began trailing outwards in every direction, causing his skin to blister and burn upon contact with the neverending daylight. "Ah…ah…h…a..!"

SIZZZZZZZLE!

Flesh boiled and carbonized as the world outside the now boiling cabin began to turn into molten magma, sucking everything into its dark orange goop, the air dissipating into superheated glue within the bodies of the last remaining organisms on this formerly green planet.

Bubble.

Yet for the former Ace-Ops, the one that started it all….he had already entered the realm of the deceased, and as of now.

SIZZZZZLE!

The body, now unrecognizable due to the intense heat and carbonized bones, was sinking deeper and deeper into the magma as the screen faded to orange and then….blackness.

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Name/Designation Title: Marrow Amin (Fermata Planetaria Marrow Amin- FPMARWBY)

Age: Mid 20s.

Affiliation: Ultimate Evil (Accidentally, is normally a very loosely associated Normal Evil.)

Dimension: - 02003- 28 FPMARWBY

Abilities: Enhanced strength, speed, agility, endurance, and durability, Huntsmen skills and knowledge, hand to hand combat skills and knowledge, limited Ace-Ops skills and knowledge, Atlasian Specialist skills and knowledge, night vision, automatic rifle handling and knowledge, boomerang handling and knowledge, bladed weapon handling and knowledge, high aura pool (pushed to extremes due to training), extreme guilt (via semblance 'accident').

Semblance(s): Freeze.

Bio: In this timeline, following the Fall of Vale and set in the distant city of Atlas, the young and inexperienced Ace-Ops member, Marrow Amin, feeling unable to help Vale or even offer assistance to his superiors during a time of crisis, resolved himself to learn and break the limitations of his own semblance, Freeze, so he could not only become more experienced but also feel like an actual member of the team instead of just a 'rookie'. However, once the Ace-Op started training in the Snowbound Forest, he started to become overexcited, feeling his limits breaking away as he kept on using his semblance willy nilly, culminating in commanding the very ground itself to 'freeze'. Normally this isn't possible, at all, but due to the increased aura levels, made during a passionate moment of joy nonetheless, the semblance was ten times as powerful than normal and, while it did cause Marrow to lose consciousness for an hour by overextending his entire aura supply in one go, this one command spelled doom for Remnant as the planet's molten core stopped spinning entirely. This resulted in the slow deterioration of Remnant's ozone layer, along with the destabilizing of the magnetic poles, increased earthquake activities, the breakdown and stopping of the ocean currents, the movement of the planet's ocean waters to the poles, floods, droughts, an increase in solar radiation, extreme temperature changes, an increase in hours/days that would eventually lead to the nullification of day and night as a concept, extreme insomniactic breakdown/insanity in all forms of life, technological malfunctioning, extremely powerful storms, and a decrease in breathable air, causing the collapse of civilization itself and the complete breakdown of Remnant's fragile ecosystems over the intervening five years. Unable to restart the planet's core or even alter the 'command' of his semblance, Marrow watches as the world around him is slowly burned away, due to the solar winds hitting the now defenseless planet, scorching it in the process. With the extinction of all life, sans for Salem due to her immortality, all hope fades away, a swift end for a timeline like this. Sometimes being excited can lead to deadly consequences, and for this timeline…it, strangely enough, caused a 'merciful' end, a rarity in the Ruinverse itself….but poor Marrow, he was just trying to be a good boy and you can't fault him for that, right?