Chapter 14:No Brakes
Ruby was thrown across the floor, as she looked up to see Roman, who was laughing.
"Wow! You are much more manageable without that over-sized gardening tool of yours," He said, as Ruby charged at him, but he simply sidestepped, as Ruby fell to the floor once more. "Oh man. You know, Perry, I really did need this." Perry raised his thumb, as Roman said "But seriously. How'd you find this place, Red?"
Ruby growled, and tried to escape by using her Semblance. But, Roman brought his cane up, and pointed the handle at her. He fired it, as the handle popped off, like a grappling hook, and catches Ruby's hood, allowing Roman to pull her back.
"I see you've got some tricks up your sleeve," he said, as Ruby was dragged to his feet. "Let me make this clear: We're not through here yet." A massive explosion was heard, as Roman looked up to see smoke from behind a destroyed building. "Oh, what the... Perry, if you and the boys could take care of that? Kinda in the middle of something."
Perry nodded, but before he could investigate, another explosion happened.
"WHAT is going on here," Roman shouted, as a third explosion happened, as multiple White Fang members were running away from the building, firing at an unknown enemy. Both Roman and Ruby found out, as they saw Weiss, Blake, Yang, Legion, Zwei, and Oobleck run around the corner. As Roman growled, Ruby jumped on his shoulders, pushing his bowler hat over his eyes, then fled towards her team.
Roman put his hat back into his original position, and yelled "Somebody kill her!" He used his cane to shoot at the young girl, as the members followed, but missed every shot. Roman turned around in anger, as he said to a member "Attach this cart and spread the word: We're starting the train."
"But we're not finished," the member said, as Roman used his cane to pin him to the train.
"Do it, or you're finished," Roman said, as he let go of the member and walked on to the train.
As Ruby fled, she was stopped as White Fang member went in front of her and brought up their weapons. Before they could fire, an explosion behind them sent them flying, revealing Yang behind them.
"Ruby," she shouted, as Ruby jumped into her arms for a hug.
"Are you okay," Weiss asked, as the rest walked to them.
"I'm fine, I'm fine," Ruby said. "But listen! Torchwick's got all kinds of weapons and robots down there."
"What," Blake said, as she handed Ruby her weapon.
"Androids, mechs, they're all loaded up on the train cars!"
"Ahhhh, that's ridiculous," Oobleck said. "These tunnels are sealed, the tracks lead to a dead-end."
From a speaker system, Roman shouted "Get to your places, we are leaving now!"
The train then started to move, as Legion muttered "Crap."
"Well, it sounds like they're going somewhere," Yang said.
"We need backup," Ruby said, bringing out her Scroll. "Let me call Jaune." It flashed to a 'Low Signal.'
"I can't get through!"
"Double crap," Legion muttered.
"So, what do we do," Weiss asked.
Oobleck turned to look at the train, saying "I believe we only have one option..."
Ruby turned around, her weapon out, and said "We're stopping that train!"
On the train, a White Fang member was standing in one of the train cars, as helooked out and saw rose petals. He brought out his walkie-talkie, and said into it "I think they're on the-" He was interrupted as Oobleck hit his head with his weapon.
In the front of the train, a member went in and said to Roman "Boss! They made it on the train!"
Roman sighed and said "Then grab some cargo and get them off the train!" As he left, Roman said "Man, animals, every one of them." He then awkwardly turned to the White Fang member, who was sitting next to him, and said "Not you though, you're, heh, you're great."
Roman heard a grunt, as he turned to see Locus, who was standing next to Neo and the Lieutenant.
"What," Roman said.
"Your plan…it will not work," Locus said.
"What, you got a better idea?"
"Might I suggest we do not give them the chance to stop the train?"
Roman thought about it, and said "Alright, what's your plan?"
As Team RWBY+L climbed onto the top of the train car, Oobleck said "Hurry, children! We must get to the front and stop this train!"
"Err…Professor," Weiss said, looking into the cart.
"Doctor…"
She pointed down the hatch, and asked "What's that?"
Oobleck kneeled down and saw a box-shaped device and said "That my dear... appears to be a bomb."
The team cringed away as he said that. Ruby looked up, pointing to the front of the train, and said "We've got baddies!"
They all turned to see members climbing out of the train, as Oobleck said "Well, I didn't expect them to go-" He was interrupted as the bomb started to beep. "-easy on us." He stood up and said "Time to go!" As they jumped to the next car, the doctor stopped Blake and said "Blake! Detach the caboose! It will kill us all!"
"Huh," Caboose said.
"What, Caboose," Church angrily said, trying to sleep.
"I just got this feeling that someone said that I would kill them all."
"Caboose, you would probably kill us all if you held your gun."
"Probably."
"On it," Blake said, as she jumped down, ready to cut the connection, but, it came loose on its own. Confused, Blake said "It decoupled itself!"
"What," Oobleck said.
"I guess he really doesn't want us on this train," Yang replied.
They all looked to see the car explode, as Oobleck said "That's not good..."
"Err, neither is this," Ruby shouted, looking down a hatch of another car.
"Another bomb," Blake said, as Oobleck ran to the next car.
"No. No. No" He opened the hatched, and saw another bomb. "They ALL have bombs!"
The bomb under RWBY started to go off, as the car detaches itself. The girls jumped to the next car, as Legion grabbed Zwei and followed.
They looked at the car go, as Yang said "This doesn't make sense!"
They turned back to see more White Fang members, as one of them said "Get the Humans!"
RWBY started to attack, as Oobleck and Legion stayed back. Yang dodged the punches of a member, tripped him and punched him into a car, but not before winking at him. Blake brought out Gambol Shroud, and sliced at the members, causing one of them to fall off the train. Weiss sprinted between the members, freezing their feet, and slicing at the end. Ruby charged at them with a single slash, causing them to fall.
As they fought, Legion turned back and said "Um…doctor?"
Oobleck turned back to see the next car explode, but this time, multiple types of Grimm fell through the hole the bomb made. "Oh dear," he said, as the horde of Grimm charged at them. Legion brought out X, switched ammo types to armor piercing bullets, and started to shoot at one off the multiple Deathstalkers, causing it to have a scar on the front of its face. The Grimm looked at the robot, remembering its prey.
"He's leading Grimm to the city," Oobleck shouted.
"What?"
"It's the cars! They detach and explode, creating openings for the Grimm!"
"That's insane," Blake shouted, as another car detached.
"We have to hurry!" He ran up to them, and looked at Weiss, Blake, and Yang. "You three, go below and try to stop those bombs!"
"What about us," Ruby asked.
"We're going to stop this train."
"Yeah, I know. I said that earlier."
As the three went into a car, Ruby, Legion, Zwei, and Oobleck ran up the train, as they saw White Fang members go into Paladins, and jump onto the train.
"Up ahead," Oobleck said, as one of them ran at them. "We got a problem."
He took a sip from his thermos, before switching it into its weapon mode, a small flame burning at the tip. Zwei barked, as he jumped up, as Oobleck batted him, turning the corgi into a small fireball. The fire dog slammed into the Paladin, as it fell off the train, exploding when it hit a barricade. Zwei looked up to see another Paladin, aiming at the dog. But, smaller fireballs hit the mech, as Oobleck knocked it off the train as well.
Ruby and Legion ran up to them, as the robot said "One day, you have to explain to me what's up with your dog." As they kept running, Legion stopped and stood there.
"What's wrong," Ruby asked.
Legion looked down, and said "Be right back." He kneeled down, as a blue laser came out of his eye, making a small circle.
Below, the others entered the car, as Yang said "I guess this is what we trained for."
Weiss pulled out a magazine filled with Dust vials, and handed it to Blake.
"Here, this should help you," She said, as Blake took it.
As Blake reloaded, a White Fang member went up behind them, and pulled out a small knife. He was prepared to fight, when he heard a sizzling noise. He looked up, as part of the top fell on him, as Legion dropped down.
The three saw him, as the robot said "Even if you don't mean it, Yang, you still make shitty puns."
Yang looked confused, as she said "Oh…I see what you mean…"
The four ran through the car, but were stopped as Neo dropped down from the ceiling, and stood there.
"You three go on ahead," Yang said. "This one's mine."
The three ran forward, as Neo prepared for their attack. But, Yang fired a round at her, allowing her teammates to continue. Yang went up to the small girl. Neo gave her a sinister smile, as Yang brought her fist up, ready to punch her. But, something caused the blonde to stumble back, as she looked at Neo. The girl opened her parasol, as their fight began.
Yang dashed forward, unleashing a flurry of several punches, resetting each time instead of redirecting her blows, as Neo simply dodged each attack, moving her body swiftly in order to avoid them in a very laid back, but extremely effective style. With every unsuccessful punch, elbow, and kick, Yang continued moving forward as her last three blows bring her to a knee, where she attempted a roundhouse kick, allowing Neo to deliver a spinning hook kick, knocking Yang to the ground, the former's guard completely open on the left side.
While on the ground, Yang growled in anger, to which Neo responds by performing a drop kick. However, Yang dodged by rolling away, and subsequently springing up to attack once again.
Neo countered through a pull in redirection of force technique, pulling Yang's arm in with her own left arm, and performing a well-executed ax kick to hit Yang on the chin, before kicking Yang in the stomach with a perfect side kick. Neo then began to push Yang back via her parasol, now on the offensive, as Yang tried to counter her movements with Ember Celica. Neo is able to effortlessly push Yang back against a wall, until the latter shoots a blast directly towards the former's feet. Neo, however, simply backflips effortlessly, and she lands perfectly on a metal container, before sitting, waiting for Yang's next attack.
In the next car, the three were running when they heard a revving up sound. They saw the Lieutenant dragging a chainsaw on the floor.
"You two go on ahead," Weiss said.
"You sure," Legion asked.
"I'm sure."
The robot and Faunus deflect the Lieutenant's attack, as Weiss delivered several strikes, allowing them to escape into the next car.
The Lieutenant got back up and chuckled menacingly. "Finally, I get to kill a Schnee," He said, as Weiss held up Myrtenaster.
As Blake and Legion ran into the next car, Blake gritted her teeth when she saw Roman.
"Hello, kitty cat," Roman said, twirling his cane, standing next to Locus, "You miss me? You know, we really gotta stop meeting like this. People are gonna talk..."
Blake and Legion readied their weapons, as Roman said "Locus, take care of the robot."
"Yes, sir," Locus said, bringing out a railgun, as he turned it into a sword.
Legion ran at Locus, striking him with his axe. Locus blocked the attacks, trying to get a clear shot of him. As they fought, they went into the other room, as Roman and Blake started to fight.
Blake charged at Roman, as she used her Semblance, combined with the dust given to her, to create a fiery shadow of herself. Roman strikes it and it exploded, propelling him into the air. Blake jumped up and delivered some midair strikes to knock him down, then landed in a fighting stance.
Roman fired a blast from his cane, and Blake used dust to create a stone shadow of herself to take the blow. She leaped overhead and prepared to strike, only to feint again and create another shadow of herself with her Semblance. Roman blocked a flurry of attacks from Blake and tried to strike her with an overhead blow, but she dodged back and created a frozen shadow that traped his weapon. As he tried to retrieve it, Blake performs a vertical slash that sends a shockwave down the train car, destroying the ice sculpture and knocking Roman into the door where he drops his weapon.
As he tried to get up, Blake stepped on his chest, pointing her sword at his neck.
Roman laughed nervously and said "Why are we fighting? I saw you at the rally, we're on the same side and you know it..."
The Lieutenant ran towards Weiss as she raised her weapon defensively, before using Myrtenaster to draw a pale blue circle in the air, forming a force-field. Cyan shockwaves radiate from the center of the force-field as the Lieutenant tried, in vain, to saw through it. Weiss then knocked him back with a slash from her weapon. He attempted another overhead swipe, but Weiss pointed her weapon downwards and let the chainsaw simply run down the side of it, creating sparks but missing her completely. She spun and slashed him again, knocking him back. She flipped gracefully over him, slashing at his head and landing on the other side of him.
He got up and spun around, viciously swiping towards her sideways with the chainsaw. She acrobatically lowered her body underneath it, dodging the blow and backflipping out of range before attacking in a series of slashes and stabs that threw him into the air and back onto the ground. She flipped over him, facing him from another angle.
Rising from the ground, he slashed towards her, but she ducked out of the way. After attempting another overhead slash, which she dodged again, he managed to briefly knock her back after the two weapons clash. However, his subsequent kick towards her meets only a pile of boxes, as she leaped onto the ceiling. She spirals downwards with her weapon outstretched, but he steps out of the way. She lands, before getting up, deflecting one of his attacks, performing a backflip and countering with a stab of her own, which sent him flying backwards. As he stood back on his feet, Weiss holds Myrtenaster in front of her and concentrates, mixing yellow Dust with a glyph to create a haste glyph beneath herself. Utilizing her speed powerup, Weiss charged forward and created a series of glyphs that surround the Lieutenant. She leaped and begins ricocheting off each of the glyphs, slashing him extremely quickly each time she passes him, knocking him to the ground.
Creating another glyph, Weiss attempts to stab him where he lies, but he rolls backwards, preventing her from doing so. She jumps in the air in order to attack him again.
The Lieutenant looked up and said "C'mere, princess!"
He grabbed her face and slammed her to the ground. He then threw her back up and tried to slice her with his chainsaw.
Legion threw his axe at Locus, as it stuck onto his chest. The robot ran up to him, turning his hands into blades, and kept trying to stab Locus. Locus dodged the attacks, took the axe out and slammed it into Legion's right shoulder. Legion stepped back, as he took X out, causing sparks to come out. Legion eye turned red, as he ran at Locus, as the bounty-hunter turned his sword back into a railgun, and started to shoot at the robot.
As Yang approached her, Neo smiled, taunting her, before Yang unleashed another attack. Neo counterd, and began kicking Yang back. Yang unleashed another blast from Ember, which Neo blocked. The two sparred briefly, hand to hand, before Yang grabbed Neo's foot, and pulled her closer to throw her, only for Neo to perfectly counter, before grappling Yang and using her momentum to throw her into the ceiling, knocking her unconscious.
Blake brought her blade closer to her neck, as Roman said "Oh, still feisty. Soooo, what are we gonna do now? You think a little bow on top is gonna make people forget who you were? What you've done...?"
Blake gritted her teeth, as she heard the door behind her open. She turned to see Weiss thrown to the floor, and the Lieutenant emerging from the doorway.
"So what's it gonna be, Blake," Roaman asked, as Blake put Gambol Shroud away, and kicking him in the face, knocking him unconscious. She ran up to Weiss, holding her in her arms. She saw the Lietunenat run up to him, but was stopped as Legion kicked him away.
The robot turned to Blake and said "Go!"
Blake nodded, and fled as Legion sliced at Locus and blocked an attack by the Lieutenant.
Neo slowly approached the unconscious, pulling out a small, cylindrical blade from her parasol and raised it, ready to kill Yang. But, she was stopped when a masked warrior came out of nowhere and knocked Neo back. The small girl looked in horror, her eyes turning from brown to pink, as the warrior, a woman with raven-hair and wore red and black, slowly pulled out her weapon, a long and crimson red sword. She held it intimidatingly, as Neo wasted no time to escape, teleporting away.
The woman looked at the still unconscious Yang and slashed her sword to the side to open a red portal of some sorts. She walked away from Yang and into the portal. As this happened, Yang regains some consciousness and slowly got back up. As she opened her eyes again, she got a brief glimpse at her rescuer before the woman disappears at her next blink. Yang then rubs her head, still reeling from her unconsciousness, before standing up and leaving the scene.
On top, Ruby and Oobleck were still fighting the many Paladins, as one of them tried to hit the doctor. The man dodged the attacks and jumped onto the mech, shooting the engine before jumping back down. Ruby then twirled Crescent Rose around a few times, as she and Oobleck fire simultaneously at the Paladin's feet, knocking it off the train.
Oobleck saw more Paladins running towards them as he said "Ruby! You go on ahead!"
"But-"
"Don't worry, Ruby. It's time... I teach them a lesson..."
As the doctor ran at the Paladins, Ruby was about to leave when she noticed Zwei's sad expression. She knew why, as she smile and said "Go."
Zwei barked happily, as the corgi ran towards the Paladins. Ruby ran towards the front of the train. She then saw her teammates, excluding her robot friend, emerge from the train and reunite with their leader. They all turned to see the train about to collide with a wall.
"What do we do," Blake asked, as Ruby and Weiss grinned at each other. Weiss then formed an ice shield to protect them all from the crash.
Legion stood on his knees, his right shoulder sparking more and bullet holes around his body, as he looked up to see Locus, the Lieutenant, and Roman, who became conscious again, standing in front of him.
"Oh, when will you learn," Roman said. "You failed."
Legion tried to move but Locus fired near him.
"Don't try anything," the bounty-hunter said.
"Of course he won't," Roman said. "I've seen every trick he's played."
"True," Legion said. "But have you seen this one." He then curled up into a round ball, making the three confused.
Roman then knew that he was protecting himself, as he remember what was at the end of these tracks. "Oh, son of a b-" He was interrupted as the train crashed into the wall.
Ruby slowly opened her eyes, trying to recover from the shell shock, as she saw Yang and Blake slowly get up, her sister coughing. She slowly turned to see a round black ball that slowly turn into Legion. She then saw her partner, as the heiress painfully smiled, giving her the thumbs up, signaling that she was ok. They all looked around to see that they were back in Vale, making them worry. The citizens near the wreckage were confused of what was happening. That's when Ruby heard low rumbles, as a King Taijitu emerged from a hole, as multiple Grimm started to pour into Vale. As the RWBY watched in horror, seeing the citizens scream and run away from the Grimm. Ruby's worried and scared expression turned to angry and determine, as she brought out Crescent Rose, ready to fight.
So there it is, the final chapter to this story. Hope you enjoyed it. Nah, just kidding, the NEXT one is the last one. Hope you enjoy the final chapters. Please review and I'll see you next time.