Chapter 8
Orion
"Your an ass," Nix spat, "but, we shall deal with them."
"Why?" asked I but Nix had already stormed off. He looked at Cynthia, the only other person left. She let out a sigh while rubbing her forehead.
"She probably thinks that you lead them here on purpose." She paused before looking me in the eyes, "You didn't lead them here on purpose, did you?" she asked
"What?! No, why would I lead a group of girls back to my home?!" I yelled back. Cynthia let out a small smirk.
"What, are you afraid of girls or something?" She asked. I felt some blood rush up to my face.
"What are you kidding me?! Who in their right mind would be afraid of a group of teenage girls. Heh heh." I let out a nervous laugh while slowly backing up and looking away from Cynthia so she couldn't see my face. "Hey, waddya know there's two of them over there, I 'll go and cut them off. Seeyoulaterbye." I rushed the last part while rushing towards the scents of the two, probably Beacon students.
I let out a sigh while sitting down on a chunk of debris from a fallen house. I pulled out NightFall and grabbed a piece of flint from my pocket that I grabbed from my house earlier. I shifted NightFall into it's broadsword form and started to slowly sharpen it. When their scents got closer I pulled out my mask and put it on. I have to admit, with my mask on and slowly sharpening my sword makes quite the intimidating scene. When they finally arrived I looked at them from the edge of my field of view without moving my head so it looked like I was still looking down.
The first one was a scrawny looking guy with shaggy blonde hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a pair of worn out jeans, sneakers, a black hoodie, and white armor over his chest and shoulders down to his elbows. He had a short sword and shield combo, but they didn't look like they shifted into anything,'He must like old school weapons' I thought to myself. He looked like he was stuck between deciding whether he should be scared or confident.
The other person was the girl with orange hair and turquoise eyes I saw earlier when I was in Vale, the one looked like she was on a permanent sugar high. She was wearing a pink skirt, a white and black shirt with a small heart shape cut out in the middle of her chest above her breasts, pink gloves, and white high top sneakers. She was expertly twirling around a large war hammer like it was a toy. She was humming something that sounded like '∽I'm queen of the castle∽I'm queen of the castle∽' or is it '∽I'm going to kill you∽I'm going to kill you∽' I can't tell from here.
'From what I can see the guy is clearly the weak link out of the two and the girl seems to have enhanced strength. I should keep the girl at a distance while focusing on the guy first.' I thought to myself while I continued to sharpen 'NightFall' in it broadsword form. They continued to walk towards me until they stopped about 15 feet away from me. The guy nervously tightened his grip on his shield and sword while getting into a defensive stance while the girl stopped swinging her war hammer and was resting it over her shoulder. Her smile started to turn into a large grin.
"A-all right, we can do this the easy way o-or the hard way." Said the guy.
"How about the third option?" I asked while making my voice sound deeper. They tensed up before the guy decided to reply.
"A-and what would that be?" He asked. I let out a deep chuckle while dropping my piece of flint and slowly standing up. I looked up right into the guy's eyes. Then using my semblance to increase my speed past human limits, I vanished, or to be more precise, I ran at him so fast that to them I just dissapeared. I can only move this fast in short bursts and only in straight lines though. I raised my sword to stab at his shoulder so I could disable it.
"You die."
Jaune
"A-and what would that be?" I asked while silently cursing myself for stuttering. It's not my fault the guy we are supposed to bring in is scary. I kept my shield up and ready incase he decided to try anything.
"You die." I didn't even have time to think when he was suddenly in front of me mid lunge, so I did the only thing I could and brought up my shield to block it. The moment his sword met my shield I felt a strong jolt or pulse of electricity run up through my arm and into my shoulder, but I had managed to block his attack. I jumped back to create some space between us when my arm suddenly went numb and I couldn't move it. I looked back our opponent just in time to see him narrowly dodge a hit from Nora's war hammer.
Orion
I had to lean back before I could rush the guy again when the girls hammer came out of nowhere and left a small crater in the ground in front of me. 'I was right she does have enhanced strength or she has large reserves of aura to strengthen her swings.' I thought to myself while backflipping to avoid another swing, 'There's no way NightFall can block her swings without sustaining some damage.'
"Don't let him touch you Nora. The moment he does he'll paralyze part of your body. Keep him at a distance." Yelled the guy. 'Damn, for being a little weak he has a good tactical mind.' The girl nodded while shifting her weapon into what looked like a grenade launcher and aiming at me. I let out a growl while running around her to avoid getting blown up, wait, is she firing pink explosives. Yes she is, huh I didn't know they made those. I shifted NightFall into its spear form and attached my chain to the end of the spear. I lined up my shot and threw my spear at my target. It flew right past the girl, missing her by mere inches.
"Ha ha can't touch dis!" She yelled.
"Who ever said I was aiming at you in the first place?" I asked. She panicked when she realised who I was aiming at and when she heard the sound of flesh being torn and her partner shouting out in pain.
"Jauney!" She yelled out and went to run to his side when I used my semblance and ran a non-lethal, but still painful, current of electricity down the chain which is still connected to my spear, which is also impaled in the blonde kids shoulder. He let out another scream of pain before he was shocked into unconsciousness. I yanked on the chain, tearing out of the boy's shoulder and into my outstretched hand. I shifted NightFall into its broadsword form and got into an offensive stance, while waiting for the girl to make her move. The girl froze when she saw her partner fall over. Then suddenly her aura exploded around her covering her in a pink glow. She gripped her war hammer tightly before turning around to look at me.
"You hurt Jauney, now I'm gonna BREAK YOUR LEGS!" She yelled before rushing at me faster that before. I was still faster than her but she wasn't giving me any opening to attack her with. I was too busy avoiding her ground shattering swings to effectively look for an opening. Now it was just a waiting game, who would give out first, me or her.
"Stand still so I can break your legs!" Yelled the girl while I backflipped away to dodge another crater making strike. The clearing we are fighting in was now covered in craters and chunks of broken buildings. I shifted NightFall in its spear form and knocked her incoming swing to the side and jabbed her left shoulder with my fist, paralyzing her entire left arm. She let out a yelp when I kicked the back of her right knee, knocking her down into a kneeling position. I the spearhead of NightFall against her throat.
"Now you have two options." I said while putting my right foot on her war hammer so she couldn't use it.
"You can take your friend over there, leave this town, and never comeback. Or I can pump enough electricity through your body that you die. Your choice." She looked at me and tried to glare at me. I say try because it came out as more of a pout.
She didn't answer me, she just continued to glare/pout at me. I was about to question her further when I heard a group of people approaching us. I looked over to find that it was Scalic, Nix, and Cynthia in cuffs standing in front of an old guy, the older blonde lady who threw a desk at me, the girl with black hair and red highlights, and a guy with black hair and a magenta strand. I did something stupid, I loosened my hold on NightFall causing the spear head to move away from the girl's neck. She must have noticed my momentary distraction cause she yanked her war hammer out from under my foot causing me to lose my balance. While is was trying to regain my balance she gripped her war hammer with her right hand and spun around building up force and pulled what looked like a trigger on her war hammer. I heard what sounded like a grenade being launched and her war hammer suddenly doubled in speed and most likely force as well. I didn't have time to bring up my guard or to move out of the way when her war hammer was already in my face.
"Oh shi-" I was cut off when I felt something impact my face with the force of raging boarbatusk. I heard and felt something crack and then everything went dark.
Cynthia
"Seeyoulaterbye." Orion rushed out that last part and ran. I let out a small chuckle before walking in the only direction that nobody else had gone in. I walked for about 10 minutes before I ran into two people.
The first was a girl with black hair with red highlights and silver eyes, who looked to be 15 years old, she must be pretty good if she got into Beacon two years earlier. She is wearing a black blouse and skirt with red trimmings, as well as a red cloak. She was holding a large black and red scythe, that looked like it could fold into itself. She readied her scythe and had a determined look on her face.
The other person was a guy with black hair in a ponytail that reached his back as well as a magenta strand in it, he has magenta colored eyes and looked to be 17 years old. He is wearing a dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long sleeved tail coat, with black and gold trimmings and pink cuffs. The trimming goes down the right side of his torso and forms a black collar. He has light tan pants and black shoes as well. His weapons are two green automatic handguns with an extended clip and large blades that extend down from the front of the gun. He looked calm and collected but ready for anything at the same time.
"I don't suppose you two could turn around, walk away, and act like this never happened?" I asked them. The girl smiled while shaking her head and the boy just slowly shook his head.
"Please?" I tried asking again. They just continued to look at me. I sighed before pulling out Frost and shifting it into its bo staff form.
"Then don't blame me if you guys get hurt." I said before I brought Frost up to block a swing from the girl when she rushed at me leaving behind a trail of roses.'Fast.' I thought before I pushed her away and went to swing at her legs before I spun Frost in front of me to block the bullets fired by the guy who had his pistols aimed at me. I focused my arua into Frost and slammed it against the ground causing a wave of ice to rush at the girl while simultaneously freezing the ground around us. The girl jumped back while the guy just backpedaled a little to avoid the ice. I didn't give them a chance to ready themselves before I rushed at the girl again. She reacted quickly and brought her scythe up to block my vertical swing but I stopped the initial swing and switched to a horizontal one sweeping her feet out from under her. I slammed Frost into her gut knocking the air out of her lungs leaving her in a coughing fit as she tried to regain her breathe. I kicked away her scythe before focusing my attention on the guy. He focus his aim on me again and started firing at me again. I spun Frost around a blocked his bullet while I ran at him. When I got close enough he stopped firing and tried to slash at me but I sidestepped his first couple of swings before I tried to sweep his legs out from under him. He saw what I was trying to do and jumped over the swing but in doing so he jumped right into my trap.
"Gotcha!" I shouted while pulling my left arm back, coating it with my aura, and punched at him. His eyes widened when he noticed my plan. He tried to dodge the punch by twisting his body but he was too slow, I ended up hitting him in his left arm. He flew back a few feet before landing on his feet. he tried to bring up his weapons but only his right arm moved. His left arm was encased in a block of ice from my punch. He looked down at his arm before focusing his attention on me again.
"So I'm guessing you semblance is ice?" he asked but it came out as more of a statement. I let out a small chuckle before shaking my head.
"Close, but no my semblance is not ice." I said while pointing at the ground. All of the ice from my earlier attack had melted and was currently forming a pool of water under him. I smirked while grabbing Frost with my left hand and clenching my right hand in a fist, while kneeling down on one leg.
"It's much more then that." I said while raising my right hand while it's still in a fist. He was pondering my words before he noticed the water under him. His eyes widened in panic but before he could react I slammed my fist in the ground causing a fist made of water to shoot up from underneath him. I winced when the hit connected. Why? Because I made a mistake when launching the attack, instead of hitting him in the chin in an uppercut, my attack launched up and slammed into his crotch. His eyes rolled up into his skull while he slowly fell forward.
"… why?' He managed to get out before he slammed face first into the ground. I let out a nervous chuckle while scratching the my cheek.
"I did say you guys were going to get hurt." I said. I sighed before looking back at the girl who was previously trying to get her breath back. She was staring at me with her jaw hanging open in shock.
"What? I warned you guys." I said while shifting Frost into its bow form. This knocked the girl out of her shock as she tried to grab her scythe that I had kicked away. I pulled the bowstring back and willed the moisture in the air to form an arrow out of water before freezing it. I shot the arrow at the girls cape, causing her to yelp when she was suddenly yanked back. I didn't give her a chance to get up because I shot arrows at her again. They didn't pierce her flesh they just caught her clothes pinning her to the ground. I slowly walked towards her and notched another frozen arrow, only this one was blunt, and pointed it at her forehead. The girl laughed nervously.
"I don't suppose you'll let us go and act like this never happened?" She asked. I only smiled and shook my head.
"Please?" She asked again. 'Wow deja vu.' I only pulled the arrow back. I was about to release the arrow when voice behind me interrupted my shot.
"Wait." I turned back to find that it was Scalic and Nix cuffed standing in front of an old guy and a middle aged woman with blonde hair. I looked at Scalic, then the old guy, and then back at Scalic.
"This is the old man you were telling me about last year isn't it?" I asked but it came out like a statement. Scalic just nodded. I let out a sigh before snapping my fingers causing all of the ice in the area to melt, including the arrows that I had fired at the girl. I shifted Frost into its compact form, which is basically a foot long rod, and handing it to the girl I had pinned to the ground. She gave me perplexed look before taking my weapon and going to grab her own. I walked over to the middle aged blonde lady and held out my hands for her to cuff them. She looked amused, like this had happened before, and placed the cuffs on my wrists. We were about to leave when the guy I had hit earlier in the crotch let out a pained groan. 'Oh yeah, almost forgot about him.'
Orion
I woke up face first in the ground. I was about to get up when several scents flowed through the air. Then I remembered why, I lost my previous fight. I sent out a discrete, non-lethal pulse of electricity out through the ground. It acted like a sonar, showing me that there were at least 9 people around me. Probably Nix, Scalic, Cynthia, the old guy, the middle aged blonde lady, the guy knocked out, the girl who knocked me out, the girl with black hair and red highlights, and the guy with a magenta strand of hair. They were talking but I was still somewhat out of it so I couldn't fully understand what they were saying.
"Well know that that's over I'm afraid you and your companions will still have to come with us." I think it was the old guy talking. They continued to talk but I wasn't paying attention. 'Is he arresting us? Is that why Nix, Scalic, and Cynthia were in cuffs without their weapons? I'm pretty sure I could get out of here if I used my semblance but I highly doubt I could the others out of here. Wait, why am I even thinking of helping them? I've known Nix a couple of days and Scalic and Cynthia even less, so why do I want to help them?' The others oblivious to my inner turmoil continued to talk.
"Even if I was to believe your companion over here isn't associated with the White Fang, as the only surviving person of this town then he will need to be questioned so we can figure out what happened here." This time it was a woman, maybe the middle aged blonde one. 'I can worry about this later. For now I just need to get away from these people, grab Alpha, and get out of this place.' I heard two people walking towards me.
"We can discuss the details about this later, for now I believe your companion is waking up, no, I believe has been awake for the majority of this discussion, haven't you?" The old guy spoke up again, and this time his question was directed at me. 'Shit!' I sent out another pulse to try and locate NightFall. There it is, only about 10 feet away, good. I activated my semblance causing my body to light up with silver electricity. I heard some of the people let out surprised gasp before I discarded all of the electricity around my body, basically sending out a large, non-lethal, paralyzing pulse of electricity. After that I rushed towards NightFall, grabbed it, shifted it into it compact form, and ran out of their like a bat out of hell, or maybe a wolf. I didn't bother to look back, just kept running until I reached the forest. 'I need to hurry up and grab Alpha, maybe some ammo as well.' I thought to myself while I kept running towards the surrounding forest.
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