Chapter XII – Purple and More Purple
As we fought to stay on the ground, twin purple and white tendrils shot out of the shadows of a nearby building. They grabbed onto a couple of Beowolves and slammed them into the ground hard, burying them in several feet of dirt, rock, and whatever else was in there. I heard an excited shout as a girl dressed primarily in purple jumped out of the shadows, seeming to enjoy the lack of hold gravity had on her, unlike the rest of us, who wanted to get our feet back where they belonged.
She was literally jumping around as she cut the Grimm to pieces as they snarled, growled, and clawed at empty air. I then noticed that what I thought had been something's tendrils turned out to be ribbons somewhat similar to Blake's attached to both katanas' pommels. I quickly took in the situation and formed a plan. It was a bizarre one, then again, nothing beat the strangeness of the situation we were in now.
"Hey, guys. We need to form a chain." I said. "And just how are we going to do that?" Weiss asked as she got Ruby to stand on a glyph. "Anybody that isn't part of the chain right now, just get over here. We don't exactly have a lot of time for words right now." I responded, ignoring Weiss's question.
There was no comment, but I did see that team RWBY along with Penny were starting to make their way over to where I was. Blake threw her weapon and Jack caught it. The black haired girl pulled herself along the ribbon's length, momentarily stopping to get Yang. Ruby and Weiss were running along a path of glyphs that the frosty girl had set up. Penny was walking along the ground as well, plunging her blades, which she wasn't even holding, into the ground to use them as anchors for each step.
Once we formed the chain, I slowly started to spin us around. I couldn't do a fast start due to the gravity. Once I had gained enough momentum, Blake threw her weapon again, this time throwing it at a building. It stuck and we stopped moving. I pulled the Bowmerang out of the ground and let the zero gravity take hold of us. I looked around to see that the new girl that had arrived was helping people get into the buildings while taking down Grimm. I figured we could do that as well.
Using my fire, I propelled my at a citizen that had just let go of a structure. Once I caught him, I got him into a building and shot my out of there, burning several bear like Grimm along the way. Blake was using the Grimm as grapple points. Once she was hooked onto one, she spun in the air, using the creature to hit several others within her range. And the gravity shifted again, this time feeling really heavy, as if I had the weight of the world on my shoulders.
"And now this really hurts." Bob said. "No kidding." I responded, landing on my feet with a grunt as I barely avoided getting slammed into the ground. I saw that my other friends and the new girl barely avoided the same problem. None of us, not even the remaining Grimm, were able to move as gravity pressed down on us. And then I saw a glyph form and glow underneath me and I was able to stand up once again. When I stood up, I saw that my friends had the same thing used on them.
"Thanks Weiss." Ruby said. "That wasn't me." The white haired girl responded. "Then who was it?" Iris asked, looking around. "That would be me." A voice said from yet another alleyway shadow. We all looked in that direction as yet another girl dress in purple came into the streets, walking on a glyph similar to the ones we were on. "Ravena?!" How did you get here?" Weiss exclaimed, clearly surprised. "Wait? Who is she, exactly?" Jack asked.
"Hold on a second. Can the questions wait until after we finish off whatever's causing the problems here? We still have Grimm here, after all." Blake pointed out. "Good point. Let's finish this!" I said, heading towards the Grimm in a fiery charge. As I reached one, I disappeared in an explosive burst of fire and then reappeared right behind the thing. Its body broke apart into lots of pieces, seeing as to how I had done many cuts in the split second I charged through the Grimm. Iris, Jack, and Bob caught up with me. Team RWBY was doing their own thing. Same for Penny and the two purple clad girls.
I used the Bowmerang as a platinum for Bob as he jumped off of it and really high into the air. Well, as high as he could go with gravity the way it currently was, despite the glyph from Ravena aiding him. Jack went after him. While they were in the air, Bob caught hold of Jack and spun him around, releasing him when he was going fast enough. Jack rolled through the air, claws out. He continued to roll for a little while after he hit the ground, cutting and slashing through Grimm along the way.
Iris and I mowed through our fair share of the creatures. Jack had kind of gone a little overkill on his amount. Once the Grimm had been cleared up, we all met up in the middle of the street. "So any idea as to where the thing that's causing these gravitational distortions is?" Bob asked, scratching his head.
"I have no idea about you guys, I see some ice cream parlors that look really good right now." The dual katana wielding girl said, licking her lips and rubbing her hands together. "No, Skyla. First off, we have a problem to clear up. And secondly, remember all the ice cream shops you had blown up in Vale.
"Those things couldn't handle my scoops." The newly named Skyla said, crossing her arms. "Even Xera couldn't see how you managed to do that. All I know is that that happens whenever you get your own scoops. And they were not even close to malfunctioning before you blew them up." Weiss said, face palming.
"Can we talk about this after we clear up the problem? I don't even know what you guys are talking about." I said, scratching my head in confusion. "Alright. Alright. Let's get this thing over with. Penny, would you mind leading the way?" Yang said. "Sure. Follow me." The robotic girl said. We, including Ravena and Skyla, all followed her.
