Chapter 34: Endgame

He followed Vayla as she walked quickly through the halls. They arrived in the new holding place of the prisoners as Adam was securing the last prisoner to the rope. There were only a few of them left, quite a change from the four team attack squad. Team RWBY was the only team that suffered no casualties, aside from Blake earlier. Team BOLT had lost Omega. Team JNPR had lost Nora. And Team HEAT had been reduced to just Hailey. Of the nineteen prisoners, only ten remained.

Vayla pulled out her Magnum, loading a round in as she did so. She looked over all of the prisoners, searching for any sign of weakness. She settled on Jaune again, walking over to him. He looked up in fear at her as she spun the barrel and handed him the gun. He glanced at Pyrrha, who turned away, before yelling and pulling the trigger.

*Click

Jaune and Pyrrha both let out sighs of relief. Vayla wrenched the gun from Jaune and moved over to Hailey. Hailey stared up in defiance when Vayla tried to hand her the gun, and got a whack to the head for it. Vayla tried to give her the gun again, but Hailey still refused to take it. Vayla finally lost her temper and threw the Magnum at her. Hailey slumped to the ground, unconscious, while Vayla picked the gun up again and aimed it at her head. She pulled the trigger with a smile.

*Click

Vayla frowned and decided to move on to someone else. From the group, she selected Weiss for the torture. The two stared daggers at each other before Vayla shoved the gun at her. Weiss grabbed it and brought it slowly to her head. She knew that there was a one fourth chance of the bullet hitting her and she hesitated, sensing this would be her last move. She turned to Ruby and kissed her before calmly pulling the trigger.

*Bang

"We have to hurry." Sun grabbed his teammates by the hands and started leading them out of the arena.

"What about the awards ceremony?" Krystal asked.

Colton rolled his eyes and turned to her before being interrupted by Sun.

"Glad your priorities are in order, but we have friends to get to before something bad happens to them."

The four had just made it to the exit when Chase caught up with them.

"What's the hurry? You just won the tournament, and now you're ready to just leave?" He asked in bewilderment.

"We have some friends that need our help." Aurora cut in.

Chase's expression hardened.

"How so?"

"Well, they left this morning to rescue another one of our friends and they haven't returned yet."

"What do they need rescued from?"

"A girl named Vayla."

Chase visibly recoiled at the name and turned to motion for his team to move over to him.

"I'm sorry, do you know her?" Sun asked.

"Yeah," Chase turned back to answer. "We have been chasing someone working for her. He uses a crossbow?"

"Haven't seen him yet." Sun shook his head.

"Hmm. You three, get the car started and bring it over." Liz ran off with Seven and Ethan and Chase looked back to Sun. "Count us in."

"Weiss!" Ruby squealed as the gunshot rang out and touched her lips, where she could still feel Weiss' final kiss.

Vayla watched the two with contempt and moved off to confer with Adam.

"I'm getting bored with this, line them up and tie them each to stakes." She said.

Adam moved to do so and Vayla sat back for a second to recover.

"Done." Vayla opened her eyes and saw Adam standing over her with a glint of sadness in his eyes.

"Good." She stood up and surveyed the assembled remaining Beacon students.

Jaune was first, followed by Hailey, Tyger, Blade, Pyrrha, Yang, Ren, Lance, and finally Ruby. Vayla walked over to them, throwing her Magnum to the ground as she did so. The hope growing on the prisoners' faces were quickly diminished as she pulled out her other pistol.

"I'm tired of watching you guys live, so I'm done with games. Prepare to die." Vayla brought the pistol up to Jaune and pulled the trigger.

*Bang

What used to be Jaune sagged to the ground and Vayla moved on to the next person. She brought the gun up again to Hailey and began to pull the trigger.

*Bang

Vayla was thrown back as the wall suddenly exploded behind her and a vehicle drove in, skidding to a stop. Team SCAR jumped off the roof and ran forward. They barely noticed the prisoners and focused their attention on Vayla, Adam, and… and…

"Lunas?" Sun stopped in his tracks as he realized who the third person was.

"Hello, Sun. It's been a while."

"You know him?" Vayla asked Lunas in mild confusion.

He nodded and stepped away, leveling his crossbow on Vayla.

"Not only do I know him, but he's my brother."

"Treachery." Vayla spat out as Lunas shot.

Adam fell to the ground, clutching at the bolt embedded in his neck. Vayla cackled and took off, leaving her meat shield lying on the ground.

"You go after her, we have to attend to the prisoners." Krystal called to Sun as she knelt down beside Adam.

"I'm with you." Lunas said.

"Me too." Chase sidled up beside Sun and pulled out his knives.

"We have no time to waste, let's go." Sun sprinted after Vayla with Lunas and Chase close behind.

"She's up there." Chase pointed to one of the rooftops, where the small form of Vayla could still be seen.

"Got it, follow me." Sun used his tail to grab a lamppost and catapult himself up to the rooftops.

Chase summoned water and a geyser shot out under him, sending him and Lunas up behind Sun.

"She's heading for the river!" Sun called back as he jumped to another rooftop.

"The boat! She's going to try to escape by a boat!" Lunas yelled as Vayla's plan dawned on him.

"We just have to get to her before she makes it." Sun gritted his teeth and plowed on.

Chase was assessing distances and slowed as he finally put two and two together.

"We can't, she had too much of a head start."

"Just keep going!"

The three continued forwards as fast as they could before Lunas misjudged one of the jumps and landed on the streets below. Sun slowed and yelled down.

"You okay?"

"I'm fine, just keep going!" Came the reply.

Sun grabbed Chase and they reached the dock as Vayla was just pulling out. Sun pulled out his staff and threw it with deadly accuracy at Vayla. She saw it coming at the last second and swatted it back onto the dock. Sun ran to it and picked it up for another throw before Chase grabbed his arm and pointed at a small Zodiac.

"We can use that to catch her!" Chase led the way and took his place at the motor.

Sun hopped in the front and the two began chasing Vayla once again.

Lunas staggered through the hole in the wall and sat down just inside.

"What happened? Are Sun and Chase okay?" Aurora asked as she moved over to him.

"They're still following, how are things here?"

"Not well," Aurora looked at the group with a frown. "We lost a lot of people, and the psychological damage could be the issue with the ones still living.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to gain her trust." He said miserably, putting his head in his hands.

"It's okay, I don't blame you. Just Vayla."
"But… But…"

"We were all pawns, used for her own gain."

Lunas took a deep breath and brought his head up again.

"We need to help them."

Aurora noted the new fire in his eyes and knew who he was talking about.

"I know, let's call a chopper from Beacon and get over to them."

"But the issue is, I don't know where they are."
"Not an issue, I have a tracker on Sun at all times. For no reason, of course." Aurora coughed a few times and strode off to help Krystal again.

Lunas looked at her and laughed before turning his thoughts to his future actions.

"She's getting in a helicopter!" Chase yelled.

He and Sun had been following Vayla for the past few minutes, through what seemed like all of the White Fang. There had been helicopters circling both them and Vayla and men with RPG's on bridges. They had finally dodged the last RPG shot and the helicopters had slowly moved off, but then another had come out of nowhere and Vayla had hopped in.

"Keep it steady!" Sun called back as he stood up and aimed.

He hurled his staff at the rotors and the helicopter lurched. It began spinning and going down and Sun let out a sigh of relief, before watching as the helicopter seemingly disappeared into the water. He frowned and came to a conclusion just as Chase shouted a warning.

"Waterfall! Hold on!"

The Zodiac plunged over the edge and Sun watched the water as it came up to meet him. There was an almighty splash and his vision went black.

Sun awoke to the feeling of sand on his cheek and looked around his surroundings groggily. He could hear the sound of the helicopter rotors slowly spinning in the near distance. He suddenly bent forward and coughed up some water before looking around beside him. He saw one of Chase's knives and quickly grabbed it. Chase was nowhere to be found and Sun stood up slowly. He began making his way towards the sound of the helicopter and realized for the first time where he was. He had somehow made his way out into the desert, and a massive sandstorm now faced him. The thought didn't deter him and he stumbled onwards before seeing the burning remains of the helicopter.

A vague hope reignited inside him and he quickly made his way over to it. There was a lone man sitting with his back to the wreckage and as he saw Sun, he grabbed a pistol from behind him and pointed it at Sun. Sun watched in agony as the man pulled the trigger connected to the gun that could end Sun's life.

*Click *Click

The man looked at the gun in surprise before passing out. Sun moved around him and saw Vayla moving quickly from the burning husk of the helicopter. She glanced at him and made her way off into the desert, with Sun in hot pursuit. He lost her to the sandstorm but kept moving and finally found her leaning against a destroyed car for support.

Sun brought the knife down on her but she grabbed his arm and smashed his head against the metal frame. He went down and Vayla grabbed the knife from his limp hand and plunged it into his stomach.

Sun watched as Vayla loaded bullets into her Magnum, which she had seemed to have recovered before escaping her hideout. She finished and brought the gun to aim at Sun.

"I know you understand." She said as she began to pull the trigger.

*Bang

Sun winced, but as he felt no impact, he looked up. Chase had tackled Vayla onto the ground and had kicked the gun away from her. Sun began crawling towards the gun as Chase and Vayla fought in the background. He was a meter away before he saw Chase get thrown to the ground in front of him. Sun's hand closed around the gun before it was kicked away by Vayla. She quickly turned and brought her foot into Sun's face, knocking him unconscious again.

Sun awoke again to Chase and Vayla fighting in the background. It was a dead heat for a while but Vayla eventually gained the upper hand, proceeding to beat the crap out of Chase. Sun turned his gaze to the knife embedded in his chest and he brought his hand to it. He began to pull it out, ignoring the pain that it was causing him. He brought his other hand and continued pulling as his vision began to turn black again. As he was just about to pass out from the pain, the knife came free. Sun reversed his grip so he was holding the blade and he turned his head to look at Chase and Vayla. Vayla was holding Chase down with her knees while she continuously rained blows on Chase's face. Sun brought his arm back and then forward, throwing the knife at Vayla. She looked up just as the knife struck her left eye, lodging itself in the brain and killing her instantly.

Sun closed his eyes and started to drift back into unconsciousness when he heard Chase cough. He opened his eyes wide as Chase threw Vayla's leg off and crawled over to Sun.

"Sun" Chase said huskily as he made it over to Sun. "Sun"

Chase was hastily applying bandages to Sun's wounds when he heard the sound of helicopter rotors. He looked up and saw Lunas landing the chopper. Chase grabbed Sun and began half dragging him in the direction of Lunas. Lunas ran over to them and pulled Sun to his feet, helping Chase with carrying Sun to the helicopter.

"The White Fang will be looking for us, you know." Lunas said.

"Lunas, we have to get Sun out of here."

"Da, I know a place."

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