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The Shadow conjure several spears made out of shadows and fire them at Ruby, Neptune and June.
"Get behind me!" Ruby said. Neptune and June listen to her order and hid behind her. She began to twirl her scythe extremely fast. All of the shadow spears disappear as they hit Ruby's weapon.
"What happen to your old weapon?" Neptune asked.
"Long story." Ruby replied.
The Shadow ran towards Ruby, while creating duplicates of herself from shadows of nearby objects.
Neptune began to shoot at the duplicates, duplicates dodge and close in.
"Let's try something more offensive." Neptune said. He turns his weapon into his trident mode which had electricity coming out of it. Neptune charges at one of the duplicates. He was able to stab it and it disappears. Two other shadow duplicates came from both sides of Neptune, respectively. Neptune changes to his gun mode and fire a shoot at one Shadows, which caused disappear. He rolls away from the other Shadow's and fires another shot. The shot missed and the shadow punched Neptune several times in the face.
"Ouch." Neptune said.
"That's not all." The Shadow said. She pulls a shadow sword from her arm and raised it strike Neptune down. Before The Shadow could do that, a white laser beam is shoot through her chest. The shadow disappears and Neptune looks to see who saved him.
It was June. Her had hands are raised and glowing white.
"Thank you." Neptune said.
"Don't thank me yet, we still have some more to battle." June said. They stood back to back as a dozen Shadows run towards them.
"What know something? Believe or not, this isn't the weirdest thing that has happen." Neptune said.
"Same here." June said.
Ruby was fighting three duplicates with just her wooden weapon.
"Wish you had your actually weapon." The Shadow asked.
"This is good enough." Ruby said. She swipes all three shadows with her weapon. However it just went through them.
"You can't hit us, but we can hit you." The Shadows said together. They rushed at Ruby. Ruby raised her weapon to block the attack, but they just pass through the scythe. Before they could strike Ruby, she moved away using her semblance.
Malakai then stepped in front of her and pointed one of his double side swords at Ruby.
"Ruby you have gotten strong. Just like your mother." Malakai said.
Ruby hits Malakai with her weapon several times. Malakai blocked her attacks with just one double side sword and He then smiles.
"How do you know about my mother?" Ruby asked.
"I was there when Summer Rose died." Malakai said. Ruby ran Malakai at super speed. Ruby tried to strike Malakai from the side. She slashed from the left and right side, but Malakai blocked both attacks. There weapons lock.
"Your mother was strong, but not strong enough." Malakai said. Ruby enrage, pushed Malakai away and tried to land more hits on Malakai, However Malakai disappear in blink of an eye.
"Where he go?" Ruby asked.
Malakai reformed behind her, Ruby saw this from corner of her eye and immediately slashed Malakai left. Malakai is pushed back side, but remains on his feet.
"What do you know about my mother's death? Did you kill you her!" Ruby said anger.
Malakai just chuckles humorlessly and says "You'll have to find out." He raises one of his swords and points it at Ruby.
Team JNPR and Sun came in.
"Huh, Xizor was right." Nora said.
Malakai notices them and says to the Shadow "demon, handle them."
More shadow clones began to come out of shadows of nearby objects. They surround Team JNPR and Sun.
"This is a first." Nora said.
"Now, let's continue." Malakai said. He then tried to attack Ruby with both of his weapons. She was able to raise her in time and blocked the attacks from Malakai swords. Malakai pushes back Ruby back. Ruby cringes as Malakai walk towards her.
"Time for history to repeat." Malakai said.
Camera switches to the Library
Blake is shooting her gun at Mercury. He however covers his head with one of his hands and charges at Blake. When Mercury gets in close enough he launches kicks at Blake, but she dodges and turns Gambrel Shroud into its default mode and hits Mercury arm.
"Trying to take me arms off." Mercury said. He grabs Blake by the wrists and throws her to the ground. This causes Blake to drop Gram Shroud. Mercury puts his left leg on Blake's chest.
"I'm not losing them too." Mercury said.
Blake then creates two shadow clones of herself that also laid on the ground.
"Your clones can't hurt me." Mercury said. The two clones then stood up and pushed Mercury off Blake. Blake stand up and grab Gambrel Shroud.
Mercury grabbed the two Blake clones head and smashed them together, causing them to disappear. He regain his footing and went into fighting stance.
"You're going to pay for what you did to Yang." Blake said.
"You mean the bimbo, she had it coming." Mercury said.
"What did you even get from this?" Blake asked.
"Simple…revenge." Mercury said.
"You're not getting away this time." Blake said. She Gambrel Shroud turns to its katana form and removes the sheath that cover it. She runs towards Mercury and raised her weapon to attack. Mercury attempt to kick her, but slides under the kick and slash Mercury backside. He growled in pain and tried to kick Blake again. Move around and got behind Mercury.
"It's over." Blake said. She started slashed Mercury multiply times. Each attack getting stronger than last. And for her final attack she sent Mercury into a wall. When Mercury hit the wall it broke apart and he hits the floor of the hallway. His left cheek swollen up and blood was coming out of a cut on his head. He looks back and sees Blake coming out of the hole. She begins to walks toward. Mercury tried to crawl away for a futile escape. Blake picks Mercury and slams him into a locker.
"What are you going to do, kill me?" Mercury coughs up some blood.
"No, you're going to tell the truth." Blake said.
Mercury just laughs at Blake's request.
"Even if I wanted to tell the truth, Cinder would kill me before I could do that." Mercury said.
"Maybe you need some persuasion." Blake said. She throws Mercury to the ground. Blake put her katana at Mercury's neck.
"Are you trying to scare me? It wouldn't work." Mercury said.
"Do you value your life?" Blake threaten.
"You not a killer and you won't kill me. Beside I have nothing left to lose." Mercury unfazed by Blake threats.
Blake just chuckles at what Mercury said. Mercury had a surprised and confused look at Blake's chuckles.
"What's so funny?" Mercury asked.
"Well I know for a fact that you do have something left to lose. And guess what, I don't have nothing left to lose." Blake chuckles.
"Stop that." Mercury said fearfully.
"Even if I took you back and expose you and teammates for who you really are, there's no hope for me. Yang would never forgive me for abandoning her." Blake said. Mercury starting to shake a bit.
"Plus the team has no chance of reforming and my friends lives would still be ruin because of you." Blake chuckles again.
"What have you become." Mercury asked fearfully.
Blake comes in close and whispers "you." She raised her weapon as seemly prepares to attack.
"No, no, wait stopped, please I'll confessed." Mercury said fearfully.
"Blake!" a familiar voice called out. Blake turns around and sees her friend Yang.
"Yang?" Blake said surprised.
"Yeah it's me." Yang said.
"How did you get here?" Blake asked.
"Doesn't matter, stop what you're doing." Yang said.
"This isn't what it looks like." Blake said.
"I know what it exactly is!" Yang said angrily. She slowly stomps towards her.
"First you abandon me when I need you, now you're going to kill Mercury." Yang said furious.
"I was going to…" Blake said trying to explain herself
"NO, you don't get to speak, after all this!" Yang yell.
Camera switches to the Library.
Xizor regains conciseness and groans.
"Where did those two go?" Xizor asked himself. He then looks out the hole that Mercury went out of, and see's someone, but couldn't tell who it was.
"Who's that?" Xizor said.
"Get up you garbage." Someone said.
"Who goes there?" Xizor asked. He is then grabbed by the hair and pulled up. The person who pulled him up was Qrow.
"Let go." Xizor said annoyance.
"You're going to help me to take down some human trash." Qrow said.
"And if I don't." Xizor asked.
Qrow bring him in closer and threatens, "Let's just say this is the only reason why I haven't kill you yet. Even though you deserve it."
Xizor gulped and asked fearfully "What's the plan?"
"You'll go around the corner and attack who's there. While I attack the person at the hole." Qrow said.
"Can you let me go?" Xizor asked. Qrow let go of Xizor's hair. Xizor grabbed his swords and follow Qrow's order.
"If you betray me you are a dead man." Qrow said. Xizor listen to his words and thought "good to know."
Camera switches to Blake
"I don't want to do this Blake, but I have to stop you." Yang cracks her knuckles.
From the corner Xizor sees what's going on.
"Yang, you don't want to do this." Blake said.
Mercury stands up, but slowly because of his injuries.
"Oh yes I do." Yang said. Xizor jumps up and tries to hit Mercury from behind.
"Mercury behind you!" Yang yelled. Mercury turns around and kicks Xizor into a wall. Xizor dropped his weapons. He tries to get Mercury's leg off his neck.
Before Yang could do anything Qrow grabs her and slams her into a wall, knocking her unconscious.
"Qrow you're hurting Yang!" Blake yelled.
Yang shape into Emerald.
"Emerald." Blake said.
"Mercury let him go, he's mine!" Qrow said.
"Don't try anything or I'll break his neck!" Mercury yelled.
Xizor is trying to say something, but all that he's doing is making choking noises.
"Speak up. I can't hear you." Mercury said sadistically.
Xizor gives up on trying to say anything and points his right arm up. Sleeve moves down to reveal that he is wearing one of the Ember Celica gauntlets.
"What how?" Mercury thought. Before Mercury could do anything, Xizor punches Mercury's legs with arm that Ember Celica. The blast from the attack destroys Mercury leg, Xizor immediately grabs one of swords and takes off Mercury's left. Mercury screams in pain at the loss of arm. He curled up floor and placed his remain hand on the wound. There was no blood coming out of the wound. There is just shining grey area.
"I was trying to say, please take your foot off my neck." Xizor said. He then puts his sword at Mercury's neck.
"My turn." Xizor said angrily.
"Stop I need him alive" Blake said.
"I don't." Xizor said. He is about stab him in the neck, when his sword is knocked out of his hand by bullet. It was Qrow, with his weapon in its shotgun mode.
"She said don't kill him." Qrow said.
"Okay." Xizor said fearfully.
Blake and Qrow walks to Xizor. Blake grabs his right wrist.
"Eh, what are you doing?" Xizor asked annoyed. Blake removes Ember Celica off his wrist. Blake then waves in front Xizor face.
"Where did you get this?" Blake asked.
Xizor looks to Qrow who is glaring at him. Xizor gulped.
"I just grabbed it from some closet." Xizor said.
Blake says "Oh crap Ruby." She runs into the library. Xizor went to grab his swords, but Qrow his weapons.
"Not by a long shot." Qrow said. He and Xizor followed Blake.
Camera switches to Ruby and Malakai
Ruby continue to launch attack after attack, but Malakai just blocks every single one of them. They locked their weapons into battle once more.
"Surrender right now!" Malakai said. Ruby ignore him and continue pushing Malakai back.
"Join me, and I can help you avenge your mother." Malakai said.
"Why would listen to you?" Ruby asked.
"How about I change my offer. If you don't help me I'll kill your friends." Malakai whisper. This grabs Ruby's attention.
"I not willing to kill you, but I willing to kill your friends." Malakai said.
"I have been beating you this entire fight, you can't do nothing." Ruby said.
"I been holding back, beside my demon will do it for me." Malakai said. Ruby turns to see June and Neptune fighting of the Shadow clones. She then turns to Team JNPR and Sun also fighting the Shadow clones.
"I don't believe that." Ruby said.
"So be it, hunter." Malakai said. He let's go off his weapons and grabs Ruby's face. Malakai fingers glowed purple. From his fingertips Purple lines began to spread across Ruby's face. She falls to the ground into an unconscious state.
"Ruby!" Jaune said concern.
"Demon grab all of them and bring them into dark world." Malakai order. The Shadow clones melted in a goop and spread across the floor.
"Everybody get away from it." Jaune yelled, however everyone in the hallway felled in black abyss. They all scream except for Malakai and Ruby.
A few moments after that move Blake, Qrow and Xizor came in.
"Where did they go I just heard them?" Blake said.
"Please don't let it be." Qrow said. His thoughts were thinking the worst has happen to Ruby. Xizor slowly walks towards.
"Do you know where they are?" Qrow said in low voice
"What?" Xizor said confused. Qrow angrily slams Xizor into a wall.
"Where are they?" Qrow said in serious tone.
"There probably underground!" Xizor said in terror.
"Where's Malakai." Qrow said enrage.
"Underground!" Xizor said.
"What is Malakai plan!" Qrow threatens.
"He's trying to return The Grimm Lord." Xizor fearfully. Qrow lets him go and had a look of pure fear on his face.
"No…he can't." Qrow whisper.
"Qrow's what's hell is this person talking about!" Blake said.
"Blake get of here while you still can." Qrow said.
"I staying here to say my friends." Blake said with fierce determination.
"Dammit, Blake this is serious!" Qrow said.
"I know it is. Now tell me what the hell is going on!" Blake said angrily. They both stare at each other for a few moments until Qrow releases a sigh.
"You those old fairy tales about the Grimm Lord?" Qrow asked.
"Yes, but aren't those just fairy tales." Blake said.
"…No those stories are true." Qrow said.
"What!" Blake said surprised.
"The Grimm lord is real, and if we don't stop his return then it's all over." Qrow said grimly. There was a silence in the room as Blake absorb this information in.
"I know where they're weapons are." Xizor broke the silence.
"What." Qrow and Blake said confused.
"I'll take you to their weapons are hold at." Xizor said.
"I'm not falling for that." Qrow said.
"You don't trust me, fine, but right now you're going to have to listen me." Xizor said.
"Blake and I can free them without your help." Qrow said. He begins to walk away from Xizor.
"And what's your plan of getting out?" Xizor asked. Qrow stops and faces Xizor.
"I haven't thought that hard ahead." Qrow said. Blake and Xizor face palmed.
"I can think of something just need time." Qrow said.
"Ruby doesn't have time." Xizor said.
"What do you mean?" Blake asked.
"The ritual to bring the Grimm Lord is going happen soon. Once the she returns Ruby and her friends are good as dead." Xizor said.
Qrow pulls Xizor by the shirt and looks down upon him. Xizor closes his eyes and moves his head away in fear at being threaten by Qrow again.
"What's your escape plan?" Qrow asked. Xizor opens his eyes and looked back at Qrow.
"There's a machine that can fly us away from this place. Can you let go of me?" Xizor said. Qrow move his hands.
"Thank you um." Blake didn't know name of this person.
"Xizor. Does this forgive me attacking you earlier?" Xizor asked. Blake moves her face in and say sternly "No."
"Okay. Let's go." Xizor said. They began to run back the way they came from, with Xizor leading them to the closet that hold Ruby's and Team JNPR weapon.
What are your thoughts?
Now you might be asking why Blake was threating Mercury. Isn't that a bit out of character for her? Well she wasn't going to kill him. Blake was doing what I call "pulling a Batman". Which is basically threating your opponents with death, but not actually going to do it. Plus Blake wants justice for Yang so she is more willing to do that.
You might be asking why Malakai didn't tell the Shadow to do what she did earlier. I'm going to explain that next chapter, but it's basically showing what his personality is.
You might be asking why the other Ember Celica is at Haven. Pretty sure someone would have grabbed it.
Any prediction on what will happen next. Let me know.
Have a good day.