Chapter 12
Yang held her shotgun close to her chest, wary of the possibility of a discharge. The brawler climbed over a broken window, and ducked into the corner and waited for her two companions to show up.
Vale hadn't changed much from when Yang last visited. Though she was unconscious for most of the battle, it didn't take much to see how bad the city had gotten.
But moving around in it, stepping through broken livelihoods and memories hurt worse than Adam Taurus' attacks. This was a city she'd spent her school time in.
And now it creaked and moaned…broken. All the life had been sucked out by a syringe.
Jaune got through the window, and sat down beside her. Ren was quick to follow.
"There should be more Knights," the black haired man breathed.
He was right. The trio hadn't encountered more than a dozen Knights. For the location that the whole ordeal had begun, the lack of the enemy's pawns was surprising.
"How far away are we?" Jaune asked.
"Not far," Ren said. "Two more blocks down. It's actually in a familiar place."
No more was said. Yang led the group again, following Ren's whispered directions.
They crossed the first block without incident. But when they poked their heads through the skeleton of a shop, they met opposition.
Six Knights stood outside a dust store. 'From Dust 'til Dawn' stood tattered above the store front. Yang lips withered into a frown. The place brought back memories of her sister. Ones she'd rather forget.
"Yang, your shotgun is good for the closest one," Jaune said. "I can get to the next before they attack. Ren, you can get two?"
"Easily," he said with an air of calm.
"And we'll just improvise the other two?" Yang asked.
"Yup," Jaune said.
"What a team leader," she rolled her eyes.
"Hey, I didn't get a full schooling," Jaune chuckled.
"Enough talk," Ren murmured.
Jaune drew his sword. Yang fired.
The shotgun's blast tore through the first Knight. The alabaster sentinel crumbled to the ground, defeated.
Jaune was out in the street a second later. Shots from Ren's pistols tore through the heads of two other Knights. Jaune's sword collided with the torso of the fourth Knight.
He brought his shield up and blocked the Knight's shots. Ren quickly plugged the next Knight with bullets while Yang drilled the other with her shotgun.
When the last Knight fell, the echo of the fight tore through the quiet. Ren reloaded the clips in his guns. "Now that clock is ticking. We need to move."
The three ran into the store, and wouldn't reemerge.
