Chapter 20
Colin
Yang ran into him at what he assumed was full speed, she hit the ground very hard Looking over he saw Blake, and knew what had happened. He looked down and extended his hand. "You have someone who needs to speak with you, could you kindly stop running?" He asked kindly. Yang took his hand and he pulled her up, keeping a good grip on her hand. "She needs this, and so do you." He whispered. She said nothing and looked at the ground, "But I can't." She said. The tension, stress, anger, and sleep deprivation drove him over the edge. "YOU WHAT! I CANT BELIEVE YOU, YOU CAN'T? YOU CAN'T? SOMEONE IS ABOUT TO GET SUPER EMOTIONAL FOR YOU, AND YOU CAN'T? I AM TAKING TIME OUT OF MY DAY TO HELP YOU NOT BE ABLE TO? I HAVE AN ENTIRE ENEMY BATTLEFLEET COMING FOR MY ASS, AND I AM WILLING TO TAKE TIME OUT OF MY DAY TO HELP. YOU BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUCKING BE ABLE TO! BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD I WILL KILL SOMEONE!" he screamed.
Both Yang and Blake had stopped, and everything was dead silent. He let go of Yang's arm, turned her around, took a deep breath, and walked her towards Blake. He stopped her about 2 feet in front of her. "Speak" he said to Blake, then walked back to his teleport pad. He took his helmet off and set it on the pad. The visor lit up and Sheila started up. "Sir, don't you think that was a little harsh?" she asked, projecting an image of her in front of the helmet. "No, But if you ask me after the fight the answer might change." He responded.
Blake
She was stunned by the volume, and by his blatant and coarse words. Then Yang was like 2 feet in front of her. He walked away, and she was left with Yang standing silent right in front of her. "Hey, so I wanted to talk to you about the …bed…thing." She said blushing furiously. "It was nothing, don't worry, I didn't mean anything about it!" Yang quickly spouted, also blushing. "Was it?" Blake asked looking straight into her eyes. "Was it what?" Yang asked, now curious. "Was it just that? Nothing?" Blake asked, her heart beating faster. "Why wouldn't it be? We accidentally slept together. And not in the sexual way. Besides, were teammates. Nothing more. " Yang finished.
Blake's heart hit the floor, her worst fears had been right, Yang was normal. The realization hit her like a bus. She took a step back, the turned and ran as fast as she could, tears flowing down her face. Yang reached a hand out after her, "Blake, don't go" she said as Blake left. She ran after her, her mind running through what she said. What did she say? She thought to herself. Then it hit her, Blake liked her? No way, not a chance. But she would have to catch her to find out.
Colin
He say Blake run away and Yang follow, knowing exactly what had happened he gave up and laid down on the grass. "Can I just give up? Why do I even try?" he asked rhetorically. "Lots of reasons sir. Commander Keys being one of them." Sheila answered. "You have 1 minute until the enemy battle fleet arrives. I suggest you prepare." She said closing the projection. He sighed and picked his helmet and put it on. "I'm gonna need an assist on this throw." He said to Sheila as he picked the second antenna up and got into the javelin throwing stance. The antenna folded into a spike and Sheila laid the throw out for him on his HUD. "15% power limiters off please." He asked, feeling the power flow through him.
"Can you start a countdown please Sheila. " He asked nicely. "16...15...14...13..." she started counting down, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1… Now!" she yelled. He threw the little antenna spear as hard as he could, hoping he got it right. The antenna blasted through the atmosphere at nearly Mach 20, glowing white hot and breaking the sound barrier and many windows with a massive boom. It exited the atmosphere and into space traveling just as fast, changing in color to a teal. Then a dark black and purple portal appeared, and a ship of mammoth proportion emerged, red and covered in spikes. The antenna slammed right into it with a massive explosion, transferring all of the kinetic energy right into the ship, knocking into a roll. Then the antenna splayed open revealing a teal light emanating from inside.
Colin stepped on the pad and Sheila started counting down again. "30…29…28…27…" he got into a kneeling position and drew his rifle, he loaded a mag and released the bolt with a "chink" of metal on metal. " What is the meaning of this" Came an angry voice from behind him. He turned towards it, seeing a very angry Weiss with Ruby in tow. "You don't want to be here Weiss" he warned putting his hand up. "No you don't want to be here. Do you know how much damage you just caused?" she yelled at him. "I'll fix it when I get back. And if I don't come back, it won't matter." He said taking his position back on the pad. "15…14…13…12….11…" "What do you mean later? You have to fix it now! You nearly destroyed the school!" Weiss shouted at him. "Sir, enemy dropship has just exited warp, they intend to invade the planet. "8…7…6" He wasn't surprised but he had to keep them safe. "Weiss Ruby, "3…" get Ozpin and get "2…" everyone out of beacon now!" "1… Teleport!" He shouted over Sheila as he was engulfed in a teal light.
He arrived at his destination very angry. He knew they were going to land on the planet, but he had hoped they weren't going to. He went full angelic and hit his 50% power limiter extending his wings and glowing with a white light. Running along the top of the exploding ship he jumped about 500 feet upwards to get a look over the bridge, and what he saw was terrifying. The largest Chaos armada to ever exist, and at its helm. The Arch Heretic himself, in his flagship the Corruption. The very same ship he had been tortured on for days. He grimaced and ducked as enemy fighters screamed over his head. He turned around to see his ship, looking better but still showing her scars, a few miles away. Drifting. He had no time to think as the cannon fire soon came in and he ran towards the bow of the ship.
Taking shots as he was running and looking at his ship, still hanging there in space. No lights, no shields, not even any return fire. He broke into a full sprint and started gaining speed at a remarkable pace. Reaching the end of the bow, he ran onto the prow ram and at its end he jumped towards his ship. Going fast enough to cover the distance in seconds. He returned fire in the general direction of the oncoming fleet, hoping to take out a fighter or two. He smashed into the hull of his ship, becoming lodged in the tungsten titanium hull. He pried himself out only to hear a familiar humming start. Which soon turned to a roar as his ships reactors started up. Smiling he looked at the oncoming fleet with a small bit more hope. The shields engaged and his ship started giving the enemy everything she had, and they retaliated in kind.
The ship he had leaped from exploded and a ship came flying towards his vessel, intent on ramming her. He lined up a shot, only to holster his rifle and wait. Just then a Blue and white portal appeared to the enemy's left and his brothers ship the Risen emerged, slamming into the side of the enemy vessel and splitting it in half. He smiled and went to go find and airlock when he felt something dark behind him.
