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We continue from the last chapter. Lie kicked Chanese in the face and backflips away. This cause Chanese to stumble back.
Chanese regain his balance. "Lucky shot." Chanese said. He pulls back the chain at maximum force in order to hit Lie. Lie notices this and ducks to avoid the chains.
"Let's try something new." Chanese said. He launched a chain at a huge rock and threw it at Lie. However Lie jumps on of it and runs to Chanese. Lie punched Chanese at the chest area. But that didn't do anything did to Chanese. Lie then pulls his hand and moans in pain.
Chanese grabs Lie by the neck and throws him into some rubble.
"You think one punch can stop me." Chanese said. He picks up Lie from the rubble and mover closer to him to bite. But Lie opened his mouth and released an ultrasound vibration. Chanese drops Lie to cover his ear as he cringes in pain from the attack. Lie rolls away Chanese and stands up.
"I guess you're not much of a singer." Chanese said.
"You're not much of a fighter." Lie said. Chanese upset by this remark, charges at Lie. But Lie just releases another ultrasound vibration at Chanese. He covers his ears for a few moments. But he takes them off walks slowly towards Lie.
"YOU THINK THIS CAN STOP ME!" Chanese yelled. When he got close to Lie, Lie stops the sound attack and kicks Chanese in the face. Chanese covers his face and stumbles back in pain.
"No, but that can." Lie said. But Chanese just roars in anger and charges at Lie again. Lie once again dodges and Chanese crashes into a wall.
"This is what happens, when you attack my friend!" Lie said.
"I will devour her soul." Chanese said.
"Not a chance." Lie said.
Camera switches to Ruby and Jaune
They were still battling Adam. They strike Adam at the same time. But Adam block both of their weapons with Sword. Jaune fall backed. Ruby and Adam were deadlock in combat. They looked into the other's eye.
"Tell me, have you seen Blake." Ruby said.
"You will not find her." Ruby said.
"Why did I even ask?" Adam said. He and Ruby broke deadlock. Ruby dashes where Jaune is.
Ruby and Jaune were exhausted and were breathing heavily. In contrast Adam was still in top shape.
"Wow, I thought this battle was going to be interesting." Adam disappointed said. He began to walk slowly to them.
"How's this guy not exhausted." Jaune said. He was breathing heavily.
"Jaune." Ruby said.
"Yeah Ruby." Jaune said.
"Time to fall back." Ruby said.
"Alright." Jaune said. They retreated into the town.
"You think you can run from me!" Adam said. He began to chase after them.
Camera switches to Nora and Xizor
Nora was still holding her broken arm and Xizor was following her.
"Why did you come back Xizor?" Nora asked.
"That's not important." Xizor said.
"It's is important!" Nora said.
"Whatever. Where are you taking us?" Xizor asked.
"To someone who can fix my arm." Nora said.
"Um I'm pretty sure it takes a while for an arm to heal." Xizor pointed out.
"Don't worry this will take a minute." Nora said.
They run into Jim's bar and see's June sitting at a table.
"Hey guys, the battle is already over?" June asked.
"Not yet. Can you fix my arm? Nora asked.
"Um…" June said.
"I don't think June can do that." Xizor said.
"No I can. It just been a while." June said. She puts both of her hands on Nora's arm broken arm. "Wait I forget, we need to be outside for this."
"Okay." Nora said. She, June and Xizor exited the bar.
Camera switches to outside of the bar
June hands began to glow and Nora return to normal.
"Thanks." Nora said.
"Where's is everybody?" June asked.
"They're fighting." Nora said.
"We need to help them." June said.
"We would, but our weapons broke." Xizor said.
"No, you threw yours at the bad guy and gave the other to Lie." Nora corrected him.
Xizor ignored her remark and said "June can you make us more weapons?"
"I'm on it." June said. She went back inside and morph a wooden table into a giant mallet. June tosses it Nora.
"Thank you." Nora said.
"Um what about me?" Xizor asked. June went to another table and began to shape into two swords.
Author note: Sorry to interrupt I just want to say that Xizor swords are Chinses Dao. Aright bye
June threw the swords at Xizor.
"Don't throw swords at me!" Xizor snapped.
"Sorry. Let's go help Ruby." June said.
"Where do we go?" Xizor asked.
Ruby and Jaune were running by. Adam was still chasing them.
"That way." Nora said. She pointed to where Ruby and Jaune were going.
Jaune accidently tripped and hit the ground. He turns to see Adam about land the killing blow on him. But Ruby blocks the attack. Adam gritted his teeth and push Ruby away from Jaune, so he can kill him.
Xizor charges at Adam with his swords. He tries to stab Adam's chest, but Adam just blocks the attack with his sword. Xizor wooden swords were sliced in half.
"Oh." Xizor said
Adam kicks Xizor in the side. Causing him to be launched back. He picks up Jaune and puts his sword to Jaune's neck.
"Stop. I'll kill him!" Adam said. Everybody stop moving.
"First I'll kill him. After that, I'll kill you, everybody in this town and then your families!" Adam said. He smile sadistically at thoughts of killing.
Ruby, Nora, Xizor and June had a look of anger.
"Hell, right now my new guy is already killing everyone who lives. So I don't need to worry about that." Adam said.
Chanese came crashing through a building, right next to Adam and his back was facing the ground. Ruby, Nora, Xizor, and June had a look of surprise. While Adam was upset.
"What are you doing? You're supposed to be killing, not being killed!" Adam enrage.
"That guy- that guy kicked my ass." Chanese said dizzy. Lie came walk out of the hole.
"What! You're supposed to be the best." Adam said.
"This guy was not what I was expecting." Chanese said.
With Adam distracted, Jaune took the opportunity to escape. He slammed his foot hard on Adam foot. Adam screamed in pain and let's go of Jaune.
"Jaune catch!" Nora passes Jaune his sword. Jaune grabs the Sword and slashes Adam face. Adam left eye was cut. This causes his mask to be fall off and his left eye to bleed. Adam goes into a bowing positon and covers his eye. Adam drops his sword.
Jaune takes his sword puts it right next to Adam head.
"You will leave and never harm anyone or my friends ever again!" Jaune demand. Jaune had enough of this. His eyes were of a raging fire and he was low on patience.
Adam took his hand off his eye and began to tilt his head up to face Jaune. The attack cause blood to come out of where his eye used to be. The other eye was brown and it was blood shock. A single spark of fear was in Jaune eyes. Adam without warning, charge at Jaune and pits him against the wall.
"Jaune!" His friends yelled in fear and concern.
Adam took out a small dagger and start to repeat stab Jaune in the side. Ruby ran to them using her semblance.
Adam finally stops and let's go of Jaune. Jaune body falls hard, face first to the ground. Ruby comes to Jaune side and turns him to his side. From her perspective Jaune was dead.
"No, not again!" Ruby said.
"This is what happen when someone stands in my way." Adam said. Ruby did not play attention to what he was saying. Imagines of Pyrrha's death began to play over and over in her head. Her eyes started to glow white.
"And now you will die!" Adam said. He raised his sword for the final strike to end Ruby. But then the same energy that Ruby release on the night of Pyrrha's death, was beginning to flood out of her.
"What!" Adam said surprise. He was frozen in fear.
"Holy crap, she's going to exploded!" Chanese said. He ran cowardly into an alleyway. Lie grab Jaune quickly headed back to Jim's bar.
"Everyone back in the bar!" Lie yelled. Without question everybody runs into the bar. Ruby releases the power and Adam is engulfed by it.
Later
Ruby opened her to see she was in a bed and Nora, Lie, Xizor and June around her.
"What- JAUNE!" Ruby yelled. Remembering the fact Jaune was stabbed in side several times.
"Don't worry Ruby. I'm fine." Jaune said. He comes between Nora and Lie. He had bandages on where the stab wound is.
"What happen to Adam?" Ruby said. She was afraid to know the answer.
"After you released that power froze him. His servant saved him before he could be capture." Lie said.
"Frozen." Ruby said. Being remind of the Grimm Dragon. At that moment she decided to tell the truth.
"I need to tell you something." Ruby said.
"We know Ruby." Jaune said.
"You do." Ruby said.
"Yeah, we know that you release that power to freeze the Dragon. We put two and two together." Nora said.
"Oh." Ruby said. She was a bit a surprise that her friends figure it out.
"Ruby, June has something to tell you." Lie said.
"Alright." Ruby said.
"Ruby, you're the winter maiden." June said.
"What!" Ruby said in shock.
"Yes, the power you demonstrated was an ability of the Winter Maiden." June said.
"But that's impossible, the winter Maiden is back at that base." Ruby said.
"Well that base was overrun by Grimm." Jaune said.
"But it still makes no sense, the Winter Maiden was probably capture before the Fall of Beacon?" Ruby said.
"I'm going to get some drinks." Jaune said.
"Jaune you're too injure to walk around." Nora said.
"Not to worry. I been through worse." Jaune smiled. He walk out of the room and closed the door.
Ruby lower her head down
"Ruby what's wrong?" Xizor said.
"I thought my friend die, and you ask me what's wrong." Ruby said.
"Sorry I'm not good with this sadness thing." Xizor said.
"That's okay." Ruby said.
"Should we tell Jaune?" Nora asked.
"No, not yet." Ruby said.
"Tell him what?" Xizor asked.
"I can't tell you." Ruby said.
Xizor sigh and said "What to know why I came back?"
Ruby raise her head curiously.
"Because I consider you my friends. In fact you all are my first friends." Xizor said. A tear came down his cheek. He wipe it away before he turn to face Ruby, Nora, Lie and June.
"I always thought friendship was something that makes people weak. But these last few days have changed my mind." Xizor said. He comes to Ruby and knees down.
"So as a friend, I am asking you what's wrong." Xizor said. Ruby hesitant for a moment.
"I watched Pyrrha die and I did nothing." Ruby said.
"What?" Xizor said confused.
"I was afraid, I didn't know what to do." Ruby said.
"Why hide it from Jaune then?" Xizor said.
"Jaune loved Pyrrha." Ruby said.
"Love?" Xizor said confused.
"Love is something makes care about someone very much." Nora said.
"I guess you all loved Pyrrha?" Xizor asked. Ruby, Nora and Lie nodded yes.
"I want to tell Jaune after our mission is finish, because if I told him this, he would want revenge even more." Ruby said. A few tears came down her face.
Jaune came in with a few drinks.
"Okay here's some water." Jaune said. He notices Ruby crying.
"Ruby, are you alright?" Jaune asked concerned.
"Never better." Ruby putting on the best smile she could. Jaune gave each them a drink of water. Jaune raised his glass.
"Tomorrow we finally going to arrive at Haven. On this journey we fought old foes and made new friends." Jaune gesture to June and Xizor. "But lest we forget why we came here, we came for answers. We came to save people. And we came here for our love ones." Jaune remembering Pyrrha smile. "To friends and family."
"To friends and family." Everyone said at the same time. They took a drink off their water.
Ruby actually smile at Jaune speech and memories of spending time with her friends began to flood her mind.
Camera switches to The Collective
Malakai and the Shadow walked into the torture room.
"Is it done?" Malakai asked.
A collective solider began to press a button and the tables that hold Cinder and Neopolitan begins to move upright. They had many scares across their bodies.
"It is done." The Collective Solider said.
"Excellent." Malakai said. He smiled as he was satisfaction of success of his brainwashing. He and the Shadow moves next to Cinder.
"Open your eyes." Malakai asked.
Cinder opened her eyes slowly and began to look around the room.
"Who do you serve?" Malakai asked.
"You." Cinder said.
"Good" Malakai said. He turns to the Collective solider.
"Release them" Malakai asked.
"Yes sir" The Collective Solider said. He press another button. The restraints that were holding Cinder and Neopolitan, opened. Cinder and Neopolitan took a step of the table and fell to their knees.
"Get them up" Malakai asked the Shadow. The Shadow helped Cinder to her feet. They both looked into the other's eye and nod to each other.
Malakai walked to the Spring and Winter maidens. He look over the two girls. Cinder, The Shadow, and Neopolitan walk towards Malakai. Cinder had small flame in her left arm.
"I may not have the summer maiden, but this is close enough." Malakai said happily. He then began to sniff the air.
"What's that awful smell?" Malakai said. He began to the sniff the air more. He looked at the Winter Maiden.
"Why is she producing this smell?" Malakai said. He then saw a small red stain at her chest.
"No!" Malakai said. He pull the shirt up and saw bandages wrapped around her chest. They were stained with blood.
"NO!" Malakai yelled enrage. Cinder, the Shadow, and Neopolitan stop moving. Small flame that was in Cinder left hand went out.
"What is it?" The Shadow asked.
"The winter Maiden is dead." Malakai still angered.
"What, how." The Shadow said shocked.
"I don't know." Malakai said. He then turn to the Collective solider and pointed his finger at him.
"YOU!" Malakai said.
"Wait, I didn't know she was dead." The Collective began to step back in fear.
"You were with her for days and you didn't notice." Malakai stomped towards the Collective Solider.
"Forgive me." The Collective pleaded.
"Cinder, kill him!" Malakai said.
"Please don't!" The Collective begged.
Cinder fire a torrent of flame at the Collective Solider. The solider was lighted on fire and screamed in pain. After a few moments, all that remains of the solider was just ash.
"Crispy." The Shadow said looking over the remains.
"My plan is ruined, I need all the maidens." Malakai said. A Collective came running in.
"Sir…" The Collective said. He stopped and saw the burning corpse of his fellow solider.
"This better be important, otherwise you're next!" Malakai said even more angered.
"We have intercepted a message from the White Fang. They say that Ruby Rose is the Winter Maiden." The Collective Solider said. This information calmed down Malakai.
"Good. Cinder transfer the powers of the Spring Maiden into the Shadow. We leave for Haven in an hour." Malakai said. He and the Collective member left the room.
Cinder and the Shadow went to Spring Maiden. Cinder put one hand on the Shadow's face and the other on The Spring Maiden face. Cinder begins to transfer the power of the Spring Maiden. Cinder eyes turn to black, and then back to their original color. After the transfer Cinder and the Shadow looked at each other in the eye. They smile evilly as everything is going to plan.
Camera switches to Malakai and the Collective Solider
"I going to need security to be double. We must be prepared." Malakai said. He did not want to any chances with this.
"I have some bad news sir." The Collective Solider said fearfully. He was afraid of telling because he knew that it would be a bad idea.
"What is it?" Malakai said. He didn't want hear any more news due to fact he was already stress out.
"Chanese escaped." The Collective Solider said. Malakai just stopped and didn't move a muscle.
"Sir?" The Collective said.
After a long silence, Malakai said "Get every available solider to Haven."
"Sir?" The Collective said.
"DO IT!" Malakai yelled. The Collective Solider left to do that order.
"Oh god!" Malakai said. He was afraid of what might happen next with Chanese
Alright that was Showdown part 2. What are your thoughts?
Now time for me to explain why I made Ruby the Winter Maiden. Because at the end of Volume 3 Qrow said that her sliver eyes have cool powers. Now people assume that it freezing thing. But I'm going to mix up a bit. The Sliver Eye true power will be reveal soon (possibly at season finale or in Volume 5, if make one).
I also like to say that over the next week or two I'm going to release side stories that shows what Blake, Weiss, Yang, and some other side characters been doing since. I would work on them now but since I'm going to out of town soon. I can't work on them now. Sorry about that
Have a good day. And if there is any problems tell I will try and fix it. Bye