Not as good as the previous one, but eh.
Screams littered the blood red night sky only to be cut off by Grimm who viciously devoured any and all survivors desperately pleading for help. Gunfire painted beautiful sculptures of corpse parties. Thanks to both Grimm and hijacked Atlas robots; gory body parts were strewn all over streets drenched in blood. Huge, looming airships crashed and burned into buildings. Despair was unmistakeable. Fear was a killer. Misery was served to all. And hope was nowhere to be seen.
Chaos and carnage rampantly wreaked havoc upon the once clean streets of Vale.
This was her hour.
If only she could live forever in this picture of absolute horror. While she couldn't capture the moment, there was something else far more enticing.
"It's such a shame, my dear." She took eerie delight in drawing out her pause, "You were promised a power that never belonged to you." Her eyes flashed gold and red, mirroring the fires which she had set ablaze.
Yes, this girl – Pyrrha Nikos, she was the beginning, the beginning of the end. Soon, the entire world would be kneeling at her feet just like the poor, little, helpless, hero before her. Now would have been the perfect time to cackle but Cinder Fall was not one of those dime-a-dozen 'villains' with schemes to take over the world. So, she refrained and instead settled for reading her bow.
Pulling back the drawstrings she could feel the- what was that?
Some abhorrent happy-go-lucky music was blaring from somewhere close to the base of the tower. Unfortunately, it seemed to be getting progressively louder. Cinder narrowed her eyes, and took five calming breaths just like her psychiatrist said she should. Then, she threw all of that out of the window and into the incinerator because the damn music was still playing!
Was this some sick joke?
What kind of insane madwoman would knowingly destroy this perfectly evil moment?
She could feel her irritation boiling beneath her skin, this was supposed to be her moment. Her hour. Instead, someone's stupid music was preventing her from enjoying anything! All her hard work and meticulous planning would not go to waste.
"ARGH!" Cinder screamed, tossing away her powered-up bow, in favour of twin fire balls.
Someone was about to pay.
She stalked over to the tilted elevator from which the infernal music seemed to be playing and peered menacingly down the chute.
Whack!
Cinder flew through the air, sailing past a very, very confused yet grateful Pyrrha Nikos and crashed into one of the few remaining walls, which promptly burst into flames and crumbled to cinders.
Standing in the wreckage of the ruined elevator was none other than; a rainbow coloured Ruby Rose?
Sparkles materialised from air and seemed to hang around her shoulders only to disappear when they landed on the ground. Her entire body was covered in the famous striped colours of the rainbow which seemed to be constantly shifting into another colour. A voiceless tune was emitting from her. She seemed to be a walking version of the 'star' power-up from Mario Kart, an infuriating semblance, nothing more, nothing less.
She was still doomed without a hope in this wrecked world, Cinder would crush her easily and take great pleasure in ending the torturous squeals THAT WERE SO, SO GODDAM LOUD.
"How could you?" Her voice cut through the apprehension that shrouded the air, "Cinder!" the dazed woman in question pulled her mouth into a scowl, "I-I thought we were friends!"
Cinder laughed.
"Friends?! Don't you get it?" She hissed, mouth forming a smug smirk, "It was all a lie. And now, I'm going to kill you, kill your friends and take the power that belongs to me. No one," Her voice boomed, disillusioning Ruby from her terror, "is going to save you. Ozpin's dead and soon the Grimm will have over run this pathetic city."
Ruby frowned, deploying Crescent Rose into scythe form, she muttered one final mercy, "You don't have to do this."
"Oh, I know," Cinder savoured the delicious words, "but I want to."
Boom!
The last remaining wall shattered as Cinder was thrown into it.
What was happening?
The fight had started off disastrously, after throwing her fireballs at Ruby, and pulling out her daggers, she was met with the wonderful sight of both of her fireballs hitting the defenceless girl. That happiness was soon soured with the revelation that she seemed immune to fire. The fireballs dissipated into the air leaving behind only a sizzling sound which was drowned out by the freaking music which was still shrieking.
After that, Cinder never seemed to stand a chance. Ruby's scythe which was also covered in bloody rainbows was impervious to every attack. Cinder could only watch as she was thrown like a ragdoll from place to place desperately trying to salvage a victory out if the ashes of her imminent defeat.
No! No! No!
This was supposed to be her day!
The moment everything paid off!
No.
She stumbled into a fighting stance, if nothing else, she would at least claim the maiden's powers for herself. Yelling a hoarse battle cry, Cinder sprinted towards Ruby seemingly deciding to try a direct attack. Ruby shook her head and manoeuvred her scythe so that it was in an offensive position, with the barrel of the gun facing Cinder.
Cinder was just about three meters from Ruby, when Ruby fired her first shot, confident it would be a direct hit. Unfortunately for Ruby, Cinder jumped up and above her, completely dodging her death. Landing behind the shimmering Ruby, Cinder continued to charge ahead, her target was sitting down, attempting to staunch the wound in her foot.
Cinder may never be able to touch the monster that was Ruby Rose. But she was still going to get her maiden powers, even if it meant strategically retreating. She'd take whatever she could, no matter the cost.
Pyrrha was still looking at her ankle when Ruby yelled out her warning, "Look out!"
Time seemed to slow as Pyrrha's eyes widened suddenly all too aware of the danger Cinder's daggers posed.
Yes!
Her hand was dragging the dagger down towards Pyrrha's heart.
The sweet, sweet taste of victory – even if it was only partial, was flooding her senses.
Wait.
Wait, no!
No!
HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?!
Just as Cinder's knife was piercing Pyrrha's skin, out of nowhere, a conspicuous red turtle-like shell had magically appeared in the place of Pyrrha. Cinder's knife made a 'clunk' sound and bounced of the shell.
Sobbing, Cinder gave up.
Curse Ruby Rose!
Curse Pyrrha Nikos!
Curse their ridiuclous semblances!
And most of all, curse the fricking world of Remnant for just existing!
Below the site of Cinder's crushing defeat, Jaune Arc ran around squirting a squid in the face of his enemies, Nora Valkyrie was electrocuting Grimm by creating tiny thunderclouds which followed them around and Sun Wukong was materialising banana peels out of nowhere for members of the White Fang to trip on.
Another win for team Mario Kart.
Cinder's last words before being locked up for good were 'Please, just stop the music, anything but the music.'
