A/N: I… Genuinely forgot that this fic existed… I was too focused on my other story… Well, consider this fic as a side project of sorts, I guess that's bound to happen sooner or later
"Black" Trailer
"So this is about Blake." Yang said
"Didn't we already figure that out?" Weiss rhetorically asked
"Well ye-" Yang was about to answered it but was interrupted
"Stop, that was a rhetorical question." Weiss interrupted, Yang looks like she wanted to say something more but eventually sighs already knowing there's no point continuing it any further
The screen starts with darkness, then texts fades in
"Your hopes became my burden, I will find my own liberation."
The screen cuts to a broken moon and mountains in the horizon and a forest with red leaves is in the bottom part of the screen with piano music
"Ah… That's Forever Fall, isn't it?" Summer asked no one in particular "Brings back some memories."
"But not particularly good ones though…" Qrow commented and Summer grimaced a bit
But that's a story for another time
The screen screen goes down to see Blake sitting on a rock
Then a man in black but was not fully shown appears at the side of the screen
"Blake... It's time." The man said
Blake's eyes widened in shock as she immediately recognized the voice, I mean, how could she not? This is the same man who looked after all when her parents could not, the same man whom she grew attached with, and the very same man who fell so far she almost couldn't recognize him anymore
Blake started to hyperventilate a bit but steeled herself and calmed herself down, she could not let the past affect her present too much after all, she made that mistake before, now she shouldn't be making that mistake again
Of course, quite a lot of the other watchers noticed her little show but said nothing, well… Most of them at least
"Are you okay Blake?" Ruby asked Blake with obvious worry in her tone
"Yeah, I'm okay now, don't worry about it." Blake answered, trying to let the topic die out
Ruby looks unconvinced for a moment and thought over things a bit, and whatever conclusion she reached led her to just returned back to her seat, but worriness is still very much obvious in her posture
Blake is actually quite glad she has friends like this, not everyone could be blessed with friends like them after all
Blake turns around to look at the man, her eyes are now shown with a color amber
"...Okay." Blake said to the man
The screen fades into black
The screen then shows a part of Forever Fall when Blake and the man is shown running and the music picks up
And then the screen cuts to the edge of the forest where Blake and the man stops, The man is now shown wearing a Grimm mask, a crow suddenly appears while cawing and train sounds are heard
"That's… A unique mask." Summer said, still at least trying to be nice "It looks nice…?
Summer cringed hard as she realized what she just said 'Aaarrrghh… Now I get why my sister always used to say to just keep quiet…'
Blake was a bit quiet after she heard what Summer said, although she isn't really angry at all because she knows that Summer is just trying to be nice, Ruby is something like that too, I guess they really are Mother and Daughter huh?
The screen kindly shows the train coming, the screen cuts back to Blake and the man jumping and descending into the train
'...' Weiss was a bit quiet in all of this, she hasn't said a word ever since the video started, but so has Glynda and Ozpin for even longer, but they're really just like that, it'll be even weirder if they suddenly became talkative actually
But anyways, Weiss was quiet because she knows she has a tendency to become a little bit aggressive and might accidentally offend someone
And if a fight breaks out between the two teams here, she knows that the other team is going to annihilate them in no time, she might not know what year the other team with them is but it's quite obvious that they're seniors to them and by extension, more experienced than them
So… Long story short, it's better for her and her team for her to just keep quiet, she already somehow gotten the ire of one of their members after all, it's too risky now
Blake and the man started to run, they then stop and opened a hatch using his sword, the man opened it and the man entered and Blake followed
"This isn't what I think it is, is it Blake?" Weiss asked, immediately breaking what she just thought earlier "Oh what am I saying, of course it is…"
"..." Blake didn't immediately respond to that, she was a bit guilty about it too really "I'm sorry…"
"No. No, don't worry about it." Weiss said as she shakes her, sighs, and waves her hand in dismissal, nothing she could do about it now, what's done is done, and also, she heard that the train cart was disconnected by someone who used a blade to do it which made it different than the others who either stopped midway through or hijacked the whole train and left it afterwards
And now that she knows the people hijacking the train, it's not hard to put two and two together and see who did it
The screen cuts in the cart to show the man and Blake kneeling
"Looks like we're doing this the hard way." The man said
"Don't be so dramatic." Blake said to the man
Some of the members of team STRQ snickered at that because it reminds them of a certain someone
Then Atlesian Knights 130 started to activate and surrounding the man and Blake
Then the screen turns to one of them showing that it's two arms are now turning into guns
"Intruder, identify yourselves." The android ordered them
"Oh yeah, that'll obviously work because why wouldn't intruders who broke in illegally not identify themselves after all?" Qrow said which is pretty full of sarcasm if you ask me
'Classic Uncle Qrow I guess.' Yang thought to herself as she looks at the considerably more younger version of Qrow compared to the one she knows very well, looks like some things really never changes with time
"Actually, now that I think about it, what's the guy's name?" Yang asked Blake
Other people in the room were also interested in knowing that too but decided not to for several different reasons, so Yang asking that really helped them out too
"Adam, Adam Taurus." Blake answered
"That Adam Taurus?" Glynda asked and Blake reluctantly nodded after a while
"Woah, the woman actually talked, I think the world is ending." Qrow whispered to Summer and Taiyang and they both chuckled quietly a little
"The woman is right behind you, don't you forget that." Glynda said to Qrow while glaring at him, while Qrow did shut up, does that really stop him for long? No, no it doesn't
Then Adam standed up straight while holding the scabbard
The swords then launches and hits the head of the android that talked
Adam dashes and takes the sword and slashes the neck part then shoots the head and slash the body and sheathes the sword in the scabbard and the body finally moves and falls apart
Most people would blink at how fast he did that, but that's just child's play in experienced Hunstmen
But even though team STRQ are not official Hunstmen just yet, they're still capable to see what just happened, they aren't newbies after all
The screen cuts to two androids looking at the one in the middle, the middle one pulls out blades from its hands and runs at the intruder and others follows it
The screen cuts to Blake holding Gambol Shroud still sheathed while two android coming at her from her back
Then a second Blake is shown jumping at the two androids and the first one disappearing, that's her semblance
Blake strike those two cutting them in half both of them while she is landing
"From shadows..."
"Hm, nice Semblance." Summer said, not really knowing what else to say about it
Blake nodded in acknowledgement as a response
Blake then runs toward Adam, Adam slashes an android coming at Blake while Blake also doing the same at Adam
"... We'll descend.."
Adam shoots in front of him and Blake finishes the android
"...Upon the world..."
They continued destroying androids while the camera revolves around them
Blake then changes form while Adam is behind her
"...Take back what you stole."
The screen cuts to see an android readying to shoot at them, it then started to shoots from it's arms
"From shadows..."
Adam blocks a few strikes but sheaths his sword again and Blake charging at the android while blocking the shots, she strikes it destroying it and jumps
"...We'll reclaim..."
Blake strikes another one and then she lands and slashing a feet of another android and the screen goes slow motion to see Blake unsheathing her weapon to a dual wielding, both the sheath and katana
"...Our destiny..."
"Damn, not gonna lie, that's some genius engineering there, how does it even work?" Summer said to Blake with a slight joking tone "Just note, I was joking."
Blake nodded, she actually thought that Summer was being serious and was about to explain it but yeah…
"You have some big dreams there huh? Dual wielding is not an easy thing to pursue." Raven commented, actually saying something and not just murmuring in the corners
"Yeah… It wasn't easy to learn, but I managed." Blake replied
Then time goes back to normal and Blake is shown to destroy an android using the sheathe, Blake jumps
The android tries to get up but was stopped when Blake kicked it
Blake then lands and dashes to an android to slash the sheath upwards and the katana vertically, she used her semblance to dash forward and used the sheath to slash an android upward and used the katana to cut the arm
"...Set our future free..."
"Do you guys understand the lyrics?" Summer asked everyone else
"I mean… Yeah, some of the words are a bit muddled from the sounds of fighting but are more or less okay I guess." Taiyang answered
"'a bit muddled'? More like incomprehensible." Raven said
"Well… I guess so…" Taiyang said with a little agreement, some of the words being said are so muddled that it couldn't be understood anymore
"Same here." Qrow said
"Yeah, it is a bit hard to understand." Yang said
"Do you think we'll get a version of the song without other sounds?" Summer asked particularly to no one
"That's a 50/50." A distorted voice said…
Majority of the watchers actually was taken aback by the response, either they thought that the voice is gone or they just forgotten about it
No one really know what to say in response to that
Blake now destroys 3 more androids one after another
Blake then strikes another one vertically then another strike horizontally, then she kicks upwards and attacks it mid-air and she used her semblance to land while Adam kicked the still flying to open the door
"...And we'll rise..."
The screen cuts to see Adam and Blake are now outside and the screen cuts to see multiple androids coming at them
"...And we'll rise~"
The screen goes back at Adam and Blake
"Let's do this" Adam said
"Yes Mr. Dramatic." Qrow said in mock
Adam and Blake started to run towards the androids
Adam strikes two androids horizontally which sent them flying then Blake attacks the two androids mid-air, then the two androids fell and Adam finishes the deed
"Above the darkness and the shame..."
Blake looks around to see there still many enemies left, she turns Gambol Shroud to its gun form and throws it while holding the ribbon
"...Above the torture and the pain..."
The screen cuts to Blake pulling the ribbon and the screen goes to the weapon to see the trigger was pulled
Gambol Shroud then fires and goes back to where it came from and cuts an android in the process
"...Above the ridicule and the hate..."
Adam and Blake then uses their teamwork to kill all the androids that are attacking them
"...Above the binding of our fate..."
After all the androids all destroyed, Blake and Adam dashes forward only to see more androids waiting for them
"You know, I noticed, that train has an oddly large amount of robots guarding it, you know?" Qrow commented
Blake kept quiet, she knows what the reason is for that and it's them, the White Fang, because of their continuous and increasing raids, the SDC responded to it by heavily increased the amount of robot guards all their transport has
Hence why it's only Blake and Adam raiding the SDC dust train, because if anyone else joined then they might actually die in the raid
"Huh, now that I think about it, yeah, that's an unusually large amount of robots… Hm…" Summer said before humming in wonder 'Is it because… Of them? Blake and… Adam, now come to think of it, they are raiding that train and it doesn't look like they're new to that either.'
'Most likely, whoever is in charge of that train increased their defences on board because they either know about them or already experienced being on the receiving end of one of their raids… But that makes both Blake and Adam… Bandits… Though, that's not something I'm not familiar with so eh.' Summer thought to herself, slightly nodding to herself
It's weird that you just thought about that now huh?
Adam dashes faster and strikes 6 androids and destroying 5, Blake destroys the last before they both destroy the androids one by one
Blake launches two androids and another one was launched by Adam
Adam strikes the three, three times to keep them in the air and Blake uses her semblance to cut two and kicked one at Adam, the said man slashed it while his back is turned around and shoots it and he then sheaths his sword
The screen goes cuts too see Adam and Blake entering a cart, they looked at each other and walks and the music cuts
Adam looks at a crate
"Perfect." Adam said "Move up to the next car. I'll set up the charges." Adam orders Blake but they didn't see something moving in the ceiling
"Charges huh? Exploding the train, now that's a cold right there, also, there's something behind you two that you guys didn't notice." Qrow said
"Yeah… I think that's the… Spider robot we fought there." Blake responded but purposely did not answered, responded or even reacted to Qrow's first sentence
"What about the crew members?" Blake ask Adam worried
"What about them?" Adam ask not caring about innocent lives
"What!?" Ruby exclaimed in shock… Actually, this is the first time she actually said something for a while, quiet much?
"Yep… Definitely cold." Qrow said
Then a sound was heard behind Adam, Adam and Blake to see the Spider Droid dropping from the ceiling
"That's huge." Ruby commented
"That's what-" Qrow was about to say something but was interrupted with Summer slapping the back of his head
"There's a time and a place for jokes like that." Summer said to Qrow
"Yeah yeah, I get it." Qrow replied
"Born with, no life, into subjugation..."
"Adam" Blake says to Adam worried
"...Treated, like a, worthless animal..."
"It's clear that the song implies at how faunus are being treated" Qrow commented and some people nodded
"Oh really? Who could've guessed that?" Raven said, her tone dripping with sarcasm
"Oh shush." Qrow said in reply
Then the Spider Droid fires at them continuously, but Adam and Blake still charges while dodging every bullets, but Adam stops and let Blake go
Blake jumps and get ready to slash it but the Spider Droid head buts Blake and was knocked back
"...Stripped of, all rights..."
The Spider Droid then started to walk towards Blake but Adam attacked it to help Blake recovers
"...Just a lesser being."
But as soon as he lands, he got kicked and the Spider Droid shoots at Adam but he dodges it all
"Crushed by, cruel, ruthless human rule."
The Spider Droid was about to crush Blake with it's foot but Adam appears and takes Blake away and into the front of a door, Adam then helps Blake to stands up
"At least he cares for those with him." Qrow said
"Pretty sure a lot of people do that if they fight alongside each other for long enough." Taiyang said, and he knows damn well what he's saying because that describes their team too
"When it started..."
"We need to get out of here." Blake's said to Adam while he is holding his sword
"...All we wanted is to live our lives..."
The screen cuts to the Spider Droid readying a large laser strike
"...Now in darkness..."
It attack it and then sent Adam and Blake flying
"...Taking anything we want and we will rise."
They both got up and look back only to see the Spider Droid coming out the hole
"Come to think of it, how did the two of you even defeat that thing?" Qrow asked Blake
"Adam used his semblance." Blake answered
"And that is?" Qrow asks again
"He can store the power of the attacks he receives in his sword and release it all in a single blow, the more he receives, the stronger." Blake explained
"Sounds like Yang's." Ruby said
"Yeah." Blake agreed
"Wait, you defeat that using a semblance like Yang's, but what did he absorb?" Weiss ask Blake, a bit curious
"You'll see in a bit." Blake said
"Actually, that sounds like an overpowered semblance not gonna lie." Summer commented
"Yeah… Yeah it is actually." Blake agreed
"Buy me some time!" Adam orders Blake
"Are you sure?" Blake ask unsure
"Do it!" Adam answered with conviction
"...We'll rise~..."
Blake then starts to run towards the Spider Droid leaving Adam that is holding his weapon while slightly glowing
"... We'll rise~"
Blake dodges two shots and used her Semblance to jump at the Spider Droid, she passed it and left stuck the gun in the head while using the ribbon to swing herself
She then pulled Gambol Shroud and in a similar manner from the last two trailers, she made a pose mid air while the broken moon is behind her
"Nice pose." Qrow commented which earned him a smack from Raven "Ow!"
"Shut up for a change." Raven said to him, already annoyed by her brother's constant comments
Blake then used Gambol Shroud and swing it around her while striking the Spider Droid two times, then she lands and strike it again leaving her weapon stuck
Blake pulls her weapon while running, she catches it and changes it into the katana while running faster
She strikes the feet twice but the Spider Droid tries to stomp her but she used her semblance to escape and strikes another foot
The Spider Droid shoots at her but Blake just used her Semblance and now in front of the head, she strikes it but the Spider Droid shoots at her mid-air
Blake used her semblance and land on the ground, she jumps and impales her sword to the chin part, she then shoots at the neck multiple times
"That'll be a pain in the neck, won't it?" Yang said and some people groaned
"That's a nice one." Taiyang compliments
Blake jumps away and back flips until she reaches Adam, then she stand up
The screen cuts to see the Spider Droid readying for another large laser strike, then the screen goes back to Adam and Blake
"Move!" Adam orders Blake which she complied by running away
The screen cuts to see the Spider Droid fires the large laser strike, the screen follows the strike while Adam unsheathes his sword and stops halfway and he absorbs the large laser strike, Adam lets out a small evil laugh while his clothes and hair glows red
The screen goes back to the Spider Droid to see it jump and was about to crush Adam but he just slashed it
The Spider Droid disintegrates while the crates and the leaves in the Forever Fall goes flying everywhere
Everyone (Well... Most of them) was stunned, they just saw two people fighting a Spider Android but barely scratches it, and then one of them uses their semblance and killed it immediately
"So I take it, enduring one is out of the question." Yang said
"You even thought of that?!" Blake asked Yang surprised
"Well, yeah, if I endured it, I could have a massive power boost myself and defeat him." Yang said, explaining her reasoning
"Yep… Definitely overpowered…" Summer commented
Adam sheaths his sword and starts running to the next cart only to see Blake on the next cart standing near the connecter
Adam stops running and Blake looks at him sadly
"Goodbye." Blake said sadly as she disconnect the two carts
Blake silhouette slowly fades away with the train
"That's one way to say goodbye." Qrow commented
The four panels suddenly appears and Blake I now fully revealed while Y is still blacked out
"And we're done, finally, just one more to go and-" Qrow was talking but was interrupted by someone
"And we're going to watch a whole show… Yeah, we're gonna be here for a while…" Summer said
"Come on, let's start the next trailer already and be done with this already." Taiyang said
"Wow, impatient huh? Try waiting, it's actually pretty good you know?" Raven said to Taiyang with sarcasm obviously in her voice
"If you two want to fight, there's an arena behind the cinema room." The voice said
Once again, everyone was taken aback, the voice really just comes out out of nowhere and nobody expects it
"Wait… An arena!? Behind the cinema room!?" Summer said in shock as she stands up from her seat and darts out of the cinema room and into the hallway
Summer looks around and true to her suspicions, there has been changes in the hallway… Many changes in fact
Before, it was just one hallway with three doors, two leads to the place where they were trapped before and the other one is probably the cinema room she was in just a few moments ago
But now… There's another double door just across the hallway and four more extra open areas, presumably more hallways, two on the left and two on the right
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(Warning: Bad Artwork due to hiatus)
'... It changed, the hallway really did change… It changed without even a single sound… Really… Just how powerful our captor really is?' Summer thought to herself
"More powerful than you could ever comprehend, not even your emotions are out of my grasp." A familiar distorted voice whispered in her ears but she did moved from her spot
She felt oddly calm really… This sudden change in emotions… I guess the voice wasn't lying…
"Not even your memories."
Summer blinks '... Should I tell the others about this change? Yes, why shouldn't I actually.'
Summer sighs in tiredness 'Now I get why she was always sighing… Life feels tiring sometimes…'
Fun Fact:
When Summer asked everyone if they could hear the lyrics, only the rest of STRQ and Yang answered, Ruby is still a bit awkward talking with the younger version of her mother so she didn't answer, Weiss being quiet was already mentioned and Blake… being Blake
The two teachers? What do you mean? Just kidding, they're just quiet, leave it at that
A/N:Heya… There's… Really nothing I could say actually, have a good day/night
Date of Publish: December 30, 2022 (GMT plus 8)