Ch. 12 – Gun Moll
Good evening boys and girls, are you ready for another spooky tale from beyond the grave? Hey, how did you get in here? Why do you have a gun? Wait. Wait, no. No! Gunshot Gunshot Gunshot
What's good, I don't know how skeleton boi got in here, anyway, I want to give a shout out to my boys RebelKira and TheBurningRuler, bois out here doing work big time (big time rush theme song plays in head) Well, enough of this intro, let's kick start this bitch! Hey, where did the crypt keeper's body go? Oh god no! Gunshot Gunshot Gunshot
A week had passed since Falcon was released from the hospital and they were taking the day to relax in their dorm, they left their dorm door open to allow anyone to enter at any point during the day. Falcon was laid up in bed reading some book, Crys laid face down in her pillow with headphones in, and Carnel and Alicia cuddled with each other in Carnel's bed.
Carnel had his arms wrapped around her waist as he held her close to his own body, she turned her head back and kissed him on the lips before he nuzzled into her neck. "Babe, that tickles." Alicia said giggling, Falcon cleared his throat which caused Carnel to look up to see Falcon holding his revolver, he cocked the hammer back before he sat it back down.
Alicia rolled her eyes "Falcon, could you just not." Alicia said annoyed, as they resumed their affection, Ruby, Weiss, and Yang ran by the dorm which caused everyone to sit up. "Yo, where's the fire?" Carnel asked as his scroll dinged, he pulled it out and read a message from Diam to himself.
'Get to the docks ASAP, we got a situation. Stephon was killed by the White Fang and they're in our territory, what do you want to do?' Carnel typed back into his scroll 'Have everyone arm up, I'll be there asap.' Carnel typed before he hit send.
"Alright babe, I got some stuff to go take care of." Carnel said before he kissed her on the lips and got out of bed, he pulled out his 1911 and cocked it before he put it in his waistline, he pulled on his black hoodie and grabbed his black steel horned mask off the table. He started to walk toward the door when his team stopped him "Wait, do you want back up?" Falcon asked, Carnel shook his head "I'm meeting up with some of my guys, but thanks." Carnel said as he reached for the door, Falcon got out of bed and grabbed his revolver "Tough shit, we're going." Falcon said as Crys and Alicia followed.
Carnel closed the door while they were still in the dorm "Listen, once you go down this road with me, there is no going back. Do you understand?" Carnel asked in a serious tone, Alicia nodded her head, Crys gave a thumbs up, and Falcon nodded his head. "Yep, we got your back." Falcon said as he opened the door.
Carnel led them to an airship while Team RWBY was boarding another to Vale, Carnel walked up to the pilot and handed him a hundred Lien "Port number five." Carnel said as he the engines kicked in, he sat down next to Alicia and leaned back against the wall.
The VTOL landed near the docks and opened to reveal a black SUV with Diam, Red, Bones, and Harlequin were waiting, Carnel walked out and bumped fists with each of them. "Guys, this is my team from Beacon; Crys Winters, Falcon and Alicia Bliss, and this is my Syndicate, The Undead; Diam, Red, Bones, and Harlequin. Well, you all know Red at least." Carnel said as he introduced everyone. Everyone climbed into the SUV as Diam got in and started the engine up.
As Diam drove down the road, he handed Carnel a folder which he flipped through "They saw this man running this operation and that he was the one who killed Stephon." Diam said as he turned right and came to stop next to a warehouse.
As Carnel got out, he pulled on his mask and pulled his hoodie on over his head "Guys, from now on, refer to me as Cerberus, not Carnel. Until we get back to Beacon." Carnel said as he opened a side door and led everyone inside, Bones kept Falcon, Alicia, and Crys behind the stage while Carnel, Diam, and Red got onto the stage.
"Alright boys! They killed one of ours, so now we'll kill all of theirs!" Cerberus yelled into a microphone, there was three rows of four vehicles in each row; four M1161 Growlers, four Gaz Tigrs, and four Panhard VBLs. All the Undead militants loaded their AKs, MP5s, Mossberg 590s, M32s MGLs, M110 SASS, and AK-9s before they boarded the vehicles with mounted HMGs on top.
"Alright guys, we get there, and we surround the area. Then, we hit them hard, harder than they've ever been hit before." Cerberus said before he jumped off stage and got into a Rheinmetall Landsysteme LIV with Diam, Red, and Harlequin. Falcon, Alicia, and Crys got into the back of the jeep before it started to pull out.
The front of the warehouse opened as the LIV pulled out into the night and turned left down the road as the twelve other vehicles followed. "Alright guys, when we get there keep your head down and take cover, bullets will be flying." Carnel said the LIV pulled up to giant warehouse that had four armed guards outside, one ran into the building and closed the front of the warehouse.
Two Growlers drove past the LIV and engaged the White Fang insurgents, the .50 Cal bullets leapt from the mounted M2 Browning HMGs. The White Fang were instantly ripped apart and splattered onto the concrete while their body parts were strewn everywhere. As the doors closed, Carnel could see a V-22 Osprey with its propellers spinning up.
The LIV came to a stop while the other vehicles surrounded the warehouse, Carnel got out and snapped his fingers, he reached into a rift and pulled out an MBB Armburst. He walked out until he was looking at the dead center of the door and raised the launcher up to his shoulder, he squeezed the trigger which caused a 67mm rocket to leap from the launcher and scream as it flew toward the warehouse door.
The rocket slammed into the door and exploded, the door was blown wide open as he dropped the launcher and grabbed an AK-12 from the rift. The undead stormed the warehouse floor but were met with a wall of gunfire. Three undead dropped to the floor in a pool of blood as Carnel leaped over their corpses and fired at four insurgents that were on a walkway above, one of the bodies fell off the railing and into the rotor, blood and guts were sent spewing in every direction.
Diam ran forward and kicked one in the throat, he knocked the man into the ground before he put a 12-gauge shell into his chest, Carnel snapped his left hand and opened a lock up portal before he threw a White Fang insurgent into it and closed it again. A White Fang insurgent ran up on Carnel who slammed the buttstock of his AK into the insurgent's throat, he straddled the man's chest and slammed the stock down on his chest repeatedly until he was dead. Bullets flew past as Carnel scurried behind a container with a giant purple unicorn sticking out of the top, a bullet flew out and hit the unicorn which caused it to explode into a cloud of white powder, he dipped his finger into the powder and rubbed it on his gums under his mask.
"Huh, Cocaine. This means you guys are dealing in Undead territory, and that's paramount to death." Carnel said as he dropped the magazine out and slapped a fresh mag into his AK and pulled the bolt back. He stood up and shot three other White Fang insurgents before the gunfire seemed to stop.
"So, is this the weakling that replaced me?" A man with orange hair said as he walked out from behind a large crate, Crys gasped as she saw the man "Blaze?! You're alive?" She asked in disbelief, the man laughed "Yes, and you left me for dead! You didn't even check to see if I was alive!" The man yelled, Crys ran forward to plead with the man, but he back handed her to the ground. He was missing half of his body that was replaced by a metallic chest piece and arm, along with a metal leg that was fused with his flesh.
Alicia ran forward "Crys!" Alicia yelled as she grabbed at Crys's arm, but Blaze slammed her to the ground. "Now! I will no longer wait for things to come my way, I will take it by force." Blaze said with a sadistic laugh before he threw himself on top of her, he attempted to unfasten his belt as he held Alicia down.
Carnel was filled with every ounce of rage in his body as he unconsciously ran forward and kicked him square in the jaw, Blaze was sent back to the floor as Falcon walked past Carnel. Blaze grabbed his jaw as he sat up, Falcon used his semblance to rip Blaze's prosthetic leg off and beat him with it. The tissue and sinew dangled from the metal leg as it smashed against Blaze's face. Carnel knelt next to Alicia and wrapped his arms around her as she cried into his shoulder, the held her tightly as Blaze screamed in agony.
"Make him hurt, Falcon." Carnel said as he held Alicia tightly, Falcon cracked his knuckles after he dropped the metal leg "With pleasure." Falcon said as he slammed Blaze's skull down onto the concrete repeatedly as he cursed in pain as blood leaked from his leg nub. He formed his metal into a blade and sliced off Blaze's belt, he ripped the pants off his leg and tossed it aside "Now, to take your little blazers." Falcon said as he stabbed him in the pelvis and sliced off his testicles, Blaze dropped to his knees and writhed in agony as blood poured from his pelvis.
Falcon used his semblance to rip Blaze's chest piece from his body, he reached up as blood poured from his body, Falcon pulled out his revolver and shot Blaze in the head with a fire round. The round caused his head to explode in an explosion of skull fragments, brain matter, teeth, and an eyeball.
Diam and Red picked up Blaze's corpse and carried it out of the warehouse, Harlequin and Bones guided over eight White Fang insurgents that had their hands zip tied together. Carnel stood up as Harlequin and Bones led them outside toward the edge of the docks. Bones lined them along the edge as eight Undead with AKs lined up opposite of them, Alicia and Crys followed as Carnel walked out with his AK-12.
"This is the part I mentioned that, once you see this, there is no going back. Crys, I guess I'll explain later." Carnel said as he walked toward the eight Undead.
"Your first mistake was coming into our territory, your second mistake was killing one of my boys, your third mistake was thinking these acts of terror are justified and that you're right, but truth is, you're just digging yourself deeper down that hole." Carnel said as he paced back and forth, he looked at the eight WF insurgents as the Undead raised their weapons. "But the one thing you did wrong was try and set up shop in my town, because this isn't Serpent territory anymore or Vajo territory. This is MY TERRITORY! and I'll be damned if I let someone threaten this town. Rot in hell, dumb mother fuckers." Carnel said as Diam snapped his fingers, Alicia covered her ears and turned around as the eight Undead opened fire and executed the insurgents, their bodies were riddled with bullets before they dropped into the water and sunk below the water as the surface of the water turned blood red.
Carnel turned around and walked up to his team "This is what I was talking about, there is no going back once you've seen my side business." Carnel said as he removed his devil mask, Alicia seemed standoffish "Why? Why would you do that to them?" She asked confused, Carnel sighed and looked down "It's about sending a message, it says 'I run these streets and I better not catch you mother fuckers here again.' Crys, I wasn't just a member of the Undead. I'm their leader and a part of the syndicate known as The Golden Lion, a mafia syndicate in Atlas, same as another Syndicate known only as Third Street. To Atlas PD, we're nothing more than two street gangs, but in actuality we're mobsters. I've had people wacked, assassinated, paid off politicians, and laundered money." Carnel said as he explained his truth to Crys.
"Cool, that sounds awesome." Crys said as Diam walked up "Hey boss, what do you want us to do with Stephon's cut?" Diam asked, Carnel turned around "See that it gets back to his family and send them a nice bouquet of flowers giving them my condolences." Carnel said before Diam nodded and went to make the arrangements.
"So how did Stephon die?" Falcon asked as he crossed his arms, Carnel rubbed his chin and sighed "He uh… well, he was tortured to death and marked as a rat, which is where they take a zippo lighter, spark it, heat up part of it, blow out the fire, and burned an oval into their cheek, it signifies to others that you're a rat." Carnel said before looked up at the roof and saw rose petals blowing in the wind.
Falcon looked up in time to see a silhouette with a bow sprint across the rooftop, he lowered his head as he realized what it meant "Ah shit." Falcon said as he rubbed the back of his neck. Bones jogged out of the warehouse they came from and jogged up to Carnel "Boss, we found something you might want to see." Bones said before he led Carnel back to the warehouse with Alicia, Crys, and Falcon following behind them.
Bones picked up a switch and pressed a green button that caused the back of the Osprey to open, inside were sixteen women who were shackled together by the wrists and ankles. "Cut them loose, get them clothed, fed, and send them to Poppy, she'll take care of them." Carnel said to Harlequin who nodded and informed the women as he climbed into the cockpit.
The back closed as the main doors opened, the Osprey pulled out before it lifted into the sky and took off toward Atlas, Carnel pulled out his scroll and flipped through his contacts. He pressed call and put the scroll to his ear as the scroll rang.
"Hey Poppy, Harlequin is on his way to Atlas with about sixteen girls who need to be taken care of, I found them when they were about to be shipped out, so they need some help to get back to their lives." Carnel said, he nodded his head slightly "Alright, thank you, Poppy. Tell Silver I said hello and I hope he's well." Carnel said before he closed his scroll.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm starving." Carnel said as he walked back over to Alicia and Falcon. Crys put her hands behind her head "Sure what are you thinking? I mean, it's very late. What is even open right now?" She asked confused, Carnel smirked as Bones walked up with a folded envelope and handed it to Carnel.
He took the envelope and opened it, counting the Lien within it before he closed it again. He snapped his fingers and stuck the envelope inside his Rift before he closed it. "Well, I'll pull some strings and get a place at the Jade Dragon." Carnel said as he pulled out his scroll and dialed a number. He placed the scroll to his ear as he called the restaurant as a black SUV pulled up "Hey, it's Carnel. Can I get a reservation for eight?" Carnel asked as he got into the SUV.
"Yeah, I know, stay open late for us. You owe us." Carnel said as the SUV took off down the road, the SUV turned down a brick road that had a single dojo building with two large jade statues of dragons on the outside. There were no vehicles outside when they came to a stop outside the front of the restaurant, two women in yukatas were outside and greeted them as they got out of the SUV.
"Welcome, Mr. Melone. We're so glad that you can join us tonight." The two women said as they bowed before Carnel, Carnel smiled "Sorry ladies to keep you late, but we're starving." Carnel said as they walked into the restaurant.
"Well Falcon, you may be the leader of our team at Beacon, but on the streets, I'm the boss." Carnel said as he sat at the end of the table, Diam and Alicia sat to his left and right while the Undead filled the right side and the rest of BAWM filled the left side, Red sat at the end of the table.
"Sir, we have prepared a signature dish for all of you. A favorite of Mr. Melone himself, this is yakisoba with steak, chicken, shrimp, and diced ramps." The chef said as he placed large bowls down in front of each of them, Falcon tilted his head in curiosity "What the hell are ramps?" Falcon asked as he picked up a diced piece of ramp.
"Also known as wild leek or spring onion, they're a delicacy in Atlas since they only grow in the spring time at the top of a mountain." Carnel said as he dug into his bowl of noodles, Falcon bit into the ramp. His face lit up like a thousand suns as he savored the flavor, he chewed the spring onion slowly as he ate the vegetable "Oh gods, this is amazing!" Falcon said as he dug into his noodles, Alicia ate hers with a little more grace.
"So, Diam. Are there any updates I should know about?" Carnel asked before he ate a piece of steak, Diam pulled out his scroll and showed a picture of a man in white wearing a bowler hat. "This man has overseen part of that White Fang sector that we eliminated. Some escaped as we closed in, mainly one with silver hair and another with green hair." Diam said, Crys almost choked on a piece of ramp when she heard what Diam said. She drank from her tea and coughed lightly as Carnel reached for a spring roll from a plate in the middle of the table "You alright, Crys? I know it's good but take your time." Carnel said as he dipped the end of the spring roll into a small saucer of soy-ginger sauce.
"I know, it's just that this stuff is so good! How come we've never heard of it?" Crys asked, Carnel ate a chunk of Ramp before he sat his chopsticks down "Because they only take reservations two weeks in advance." Carnel said as he sipped from his tea cup.
After an hour of eating and talking, the check came and Carnel quickly paid it. With everything being squared away, they thanked the staff and left the Jade Dragon. The eight people got into the SUV and Diam drove them back to the air docks, as they drove down the road, Red handed Carnel another envelope from the backseat "Here's this week's cut, boss." Red said, he opened the envelope and counted the lien that bulged from the white envelope.
"Wait, what was that other envelope you had?" Crys asked, Carnel chuckled "That was payment for a weapons shipment." Carnel said as he stuck the new envelope into his pocket. "Oh hey, there's that nice bar, I think they're having open mic night tonight." Carnel said as they drove by a building that had a neon sign.
"You want to hit up the bar this weekend?" Diam asked as they pulled up to the docks "Yeah, that sounds awesome." Carnel said as he got out the SUV along with the rest of Team BAWM. BAWM boarded the airship, as Carnel stared out the window into the night sky over the water, the lights inside the airship caused two shadows to project on the wall from Carnel's body.
"Uh, is that Ghost?" Alicia asked, Carnel turned around and nodded as Ghost materialized next to Carnel, Crys was surprised at Ghost's sudden appearance "Oh what the fuck?!" Crys said as she fell out of her seat and drew her pistol.
Ghost bowed before her with one arm across his chest and the other behind his back before he vanished, Carnel chuckled "That was him apologizing for scaring you." Carnel said as he grew a second shadow again. The airship touched down at the Beacon air docks, Team BAWM disembarked from the airship, but were met by a welcome party of Team RWBY.
"You have a lot of nerve showing your face here, murderer!" Blake yelled, Carnel looked confused as he stepped forward, but Yang ran forward and caught him with an uppercut. Carnel stumbled backward as Ghost dematerialized and placed his sword to Yang's throat "Ghost, stand down." Carnel said as he shook his head, Ghost removed his sword and sheathed it before he dematerialized again.
"The White Fang doesn't deserve to be killed like that! They're just misguided and don't mean harm to anyone." Blake said, Carnel lowered his head as he got silent. "Lost their way? Yeah, and what about Perry? Robin? Emert? Colby? Bella? Yenna? Stephon? Or what about Maple?" Carnel asked, Blake looked confused "Who are they?" Blake asked, Carnel gritted his teeth as he felt tears form in the corner of his eyes, but he suppressed them.
"They were personal friends of mine, Maple was my girlfriend when I was sixteen. They were all murdered by the White Fang!" Carnel yelled as he looked up, Blake was taken aback slightly. He sighed deeply and lowered his head "You still think this group has 'lost their way?' No! They want to see the world burn, and I'll gladly burn their world to the ground." Carnel said as he clenched his fists.
"The original group has lost their way, not all of them want to harm anyone. They're scared to leave because they're afraid of what will happen to them or their families." Blake said as tears started to form in her eyes, Falcon moved next to Carnel and whispered in his ear "Just walk away." Falcon said, Carnel sighed before he simply walked past the group toward the dorms.
"Gods, what is his problem?" Weiss asked, Falcon lowered his head as he sighed "I would rather have him tell you this, but I don't think he's in any mood to relive the past." Falcon said as he walked over to team RWBY.
"So, this all started thirteen years ago." Falcon said as he told Carnel's life story.
*Two Hours Later*
Carnel sat on the edge of Beacon as he looked out over the water "Hey Ghost, do you think I went a little too far?" Carnel asked in a solemn tone, an ethereal voice spoke around him "I think you went a little over, but if they knew the truth then they would understand why you're emotional. Those women were victims of the White Fang, and thus those men deserved their fate, the girl in the black bow, I've seen her before with the crimson sword. The one known as Adam Taurus." The ethereal voice of Ghost said around Carnel.
"Heads up, you have company." Ghost said, sure enough Carnel heard footsteps approach behind him. "Mind if I join you?" A female voice asked, Carnel chuckled "You got an appointment?" He asked with a chuckle, the woman scoffed as she sat down next to him.
"So, Falcon told your life story to everyone." Alicia said as she laid her head on his shoulder, Carnel sighed "And what was their reaction?" Carnel asked, Alicia intertwined her fingers with his hand as they looked out over the town. "Well, Crys was silent and walked away. Blake ran away, and Falcon ran after her, Weiss was disgusted that such filth lived in Atlas, and Yang was shocked and upset that she struck you. Ruby broke down and cried, saying 'poor Carnel, he still carries on.' I came here to check on you." She said as she kissed him on the cheek.
He freed his hand from hers and wrapped his arms around her waist "You're just the sweetest." Carnel said as he squeezed her waist and nuzzled into her neck, they fell over and he ended up on top of her with his hands on either side of her. She blushed lightly as he kissed her on the lips, she wrapped her arms around his neck as she pushed her chest into his, he broke their kiss and looked up "Ghost, you and Redeye go ahead and take the night off." Carnel said, the ethereal voice thanked him before Carnel's two shadows turned to one.
"You want to take this to the bedroom?" Alicia asked in a seductive tone, Carnel stood up and picked her up bridal style before he carried her to the dorm room. Carnel used his scroll to open the door and entered the dorm room, he laid Alicia on the bed and locked the door behind them. He pulled his hoodie off and tossed it onto the floor, he climbed into bed with her before he kissed her deeply again, he ran his hand down her side and up under her shirt.
"Ooh, someone's a little frisky." She said as she kissed his neck, he pulled her top off and tossed it onto the floor, he was greeted to a turquoise bra with sequins that held back a pair of large breasts. The sound of someone clearing their throat brought the steamy moment to a screeching halt "Can you two at least wait until I leave the room?" Crys said as she closed her manga book and left the room, she locked the door behind her. "Well, where were we?" Carnel asked as Alicia unclasped her bra and tossed it on the floor, she pulled out a condom from her pocket and pushed Carnel down onto the bed "I'm going to make you mine." Alicia said as she went south. 'I wonder how long she's been planning this.' Carnel thought to himself as his eyes nearly rolled into the back of his head.
A/N: WHOOOOO! Spicy ending right there! Blaze came back and who would have thought he was a misogynistic pig that ended up being castrated. Honestly, I felt like I was grasping at straws here, but we'll try to move the story along. Show some love to my co writers Rebelkira and TheBurningRuler, they putting in work. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an undead fuck to curb stomp, this is Nightmare 6-4, signing off. GET OVER HERE, SKULL BOI! GUNSHOT GUNSHOT GUNSHOT
Happy Halloween!