I'm back! I was going to post this earlier, but I was trying to let my heart rate go down, long story on that one. And to clear a something up, Darrel never worked with the WF, he was captured by them but escaped and works to help the world.
Also, only 3 chaps left of Creature Shifter counting this one!
Let's hop to it!
At midnight, Ruby has spotted a lone Beowolf shuffling through a ruined building. It spots her, but does nothing. And with that, she breathes a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, everyone else is sleeping contently. Yang wakes up, as does her boyfriend. "Blake, are you awake?"
"Yeah." However, Darrel isn't there. "Hey, where's Darrel?"
They all wake up and notice too that he's missing. Suddenly, a small green blur tackles Blake to the ground. Darrel was 1foot long, barely a foot tall, 20lb green scaled, yellow-eyed Euparkeria.
"What the hell, Darrel? And where were you?"Blake asked angrily.
"I had to use the little dino's room. So, I changed into a form that allowed me to see at night."He said in a squeaky voice. He was about to change back, but Blake stopped him. "Don't. I could use something like you to rub."
He sighed. "Fine." He climbed into Blake's lap, layed down, and let Blake rub his scaly armored back.
"Hey, why do you think he asked us about being a Huntsman or Huntress? Like, what was he trying to say."Yang inquired.
"Maybe he was just curious."Blake suggested.
"And I think he…when I said I wanted to honor my family's name, I meant it. But…it's not what you think; I'm not stupid. I'm fully aware of what my father has done with the Schnee Dust Company. Since he took control, our business has operated in a…morally gray area."Weiss suggested.
"That's putting it lightly."Matt stated.
"Which is why I feel the need to make things right. If I had taken a job in Atlas, it wouldn't have changed anything. My father wasn't the start of our name, and I refuse to let him be the end of it."Weiss said firmly and then layed down.
"All my life, I fought for what I thought was right. I had a partner named Adam."Blake began.
"Whoa! Back the truck up! Adam! Like, Adam Taurus?!"Darrel said, rather angry. "Yeah why?"
"Because that's the assassin I talked about on the news!"He shouted. "And he escaped before I could kill him."
"Anyway, he was more of a mentor really. He always assured me that what we were doing would make the world a better place. But of course, his idea of a perfect future turned out to be…not perfect for everyone. I joined the academy because I knew Huntsman and Huntresses were regarded as the noblest warriors in the world."Blake explained. "Always fighting for good, but I never really thought past that." She looked down at Darrel. "Plus, I never thought about falling in love, but here I am: with a guy who can both a warrior and my boyfriend." She kissed his cheek since his sharp teeth made it difficult to kiss his lips.
"At least you six have something that drives you. I've just always…gone with the flow, you know? And that's fine, I mean, that's who I am. But how long can I really do that for? I want to be a Huntress. Not really because I want to be a hero but because I want the adventure. I want a life where I won't know what tomorrow will bring, and that's a good thing. Being a Huntress just really happens to line up with that."Yang stated. She glances towards Ruby. "I'm not like Ruby; she's always wanted to be a Huntress. It's like she said; ever since she was a kid, she dreamed to being the heroes in the books; helping people and saving the day, and never asking else in return. Even she couldn't fight; she knew that's what she wanted to do. That's what she trained so hard to get where she is today."Yang explained.
"Well, she's still a kid."Weiss stated. "She's only two years younger…we're all kids." Darrel coughed. "Except for Darrel."Blake replied.
"Well not anymore."Yang said glumly. "I mean, look where we are; in the middle of a warzone and armed to the teeth."
"Actually, I'm the only one armed to the teeth-literally!"Darrel said. "Very funny, dear."Blake said sarcastically. "It's the life we chose."She added. "It's a job."Weiss retorted. "We all had this romanticized vision of being a Huntress or Huntsman in our heads, but at the end of the day, it's a job to protect the people; and whatever we want, will have to come second. That is excluding our guys." Everyone had a little life and then went back to sleep.
(SCENE CHANGE!)
It was now 2a.m. Their fire had nearly gone out. Darrel had already changed back and was sound asleep.
Yang was now taking watch, so Ruby was now asleep next to Matt, and Zwei had now woken up. "Ah Zwei, it's late; go back to sleep."Ruby said drowsily. Zwei ignored her and ran off. "Zwei! Zwei!"Ruby sighs in frustration, kisses Matt on the cheek, takes Crescent Rose and follows after her pet.
She pokes her head out from the edge of their campsite. "Zwei…Zwei where are you?" She finds him urinating. "Zwei! This is a wasteland. You literally could've done that anywhere!"She stated, slightly annoyed.
Suddenly, she heard a voice: "What was that?" She grabs Zwei and hides behind a building. "What was what?" She peers from behind her hiding place to see two WF grunts. "I thought I heard a Dromator or something."One stated.
"Get real; the only raptor we have to deal with is back at base."The other stated. "Anyway, let's just finish our patrol and get back."He added.
Ruby followed after them, trying to act sneaky. She hides behind a wall when she sees they've gone into something. "Did they go in yet? One bark for yes, two for no." Zwei barked. "This is it, this is it!"She says eager. She then tries dialing the rest of her team, but she has low signal. "Rats! Come on, we got to get the others."
As they walk back, the ground beneath them cracks suddenly. The floor caves in, and she hangs on to the ledge with one hand, while keeping Zwei up with the other. She flings him up to the surface, but then she falls into the ground!
She continues falling into a large cave network. She recovers from her fall and is taken aback by what she sees: virtually the same landscape as Mt. Glenn!
She then hears a door behind her open and she sees the two WF grunts aiming at her. With nowhere to run, and realizing she left Crescent Rose behind, she tries to fight, but ends up unconscious. "The boss is going to want to see this one."
(SCENE CHANGE!)
Not much later back at camp, Yang decided to turn in. "Hey Weiss, it's your-"She started, but noticed Ruby wasn't sleeping next to Matt. "Hey, where's Ruby?"She asked, concerned.
Everyone gets up as does Dr. Oobleck. Suddenly, Zwei rushes back to Yang. "Zwei?"
"What's going on?"Blake asked. "Grab your weapons; Ruby may be in trouble."Oobleck stated.
"Alright people, let's move out!"Matt stated, slightly angry.
(SCENE CHANGE!)
Ruby was just now coming to when she was being dragged through the WF base. She looked to her right to see a stolen Paladin lifting a crate of Dust. To her left, she saw two grunts prepping some type of explosive.
"Hey boss, we found something that you might want to see!"One of the grunts holding Ruby announced.
"Is it good or bad, Perry, because let me tell you, I've had one hell of a day."An unknown, yet vaguely familiar voice stated. "Uh, it's a little girl?"Perry stated, unsure.
Then out stepping from a boxcar was…Roman Torchwick. "That would be bad." He whistles, and then they hear a raptorial shriek. Just then, leaping on top of the boxcar was a Deinonychus!
Ruby's eyes went wide. 'Darrel, why…'She thought, but then she noticed the feathers were red, not blue. "You're not Darrel!"Ruby shouted, angry. The raptor leaps down in front of the trio, and then she changes back into…Amy!
"So, you're Amy Fall, Darrel's ex-friend." Ruby said, spitting venom.
(SCENE CHANGE!)
Meanwhile, Zwei had led them to were Ruby had fallen, Crescent Rose lying on the ground. "Ruby's scythe!"Yang pointed out. "Oh no."Darrel/Blake said, afraid.
Weiss walks up to the hole. "Do you think she fell?"She asked rhetorically. "Fell?!"Oobleck asked shocked. "Down there." "Oh dear."
Darrel had realization. "Of course!"He shouted, face-palming. "Darrel, what is it?"Blake asked. "How can I forget?!"He shouted. "Darrel, what's wrong?"Yang asked.
"Mt. Glenn was an expansion of Vale that was inevitably destroyed by the Creatures of Grimm! And was previously home to thousands of people! Working people commuting to Vale developed a subway system to Vale! Grimm attacks increase! Their population was in danger now, desperately searching for shelter! Most of the populace evacuates into metro tunnels, and what do they find?"He shouted, pacing back and forth. "The south east quadrant of Vale is known for wild forests and deep caves!"He added.
"Darrel, what are you saying."Yang asked. "Yang, my good friend, we're looking for an underground crime network!"He shouted. "They've been working in caves?"Blake suggested.
"Wrong, Mt. Glenn was Vale's first serious attempt at expansion, sans for Bastion. It worked for a short time, thanks to aggressive perimeter defenses and unique transportation. The city developed an elaborate subway system to carry citizens safely from the new territory in to the main kingdom."He stated.
"Sadly, without the many natural barriers Vale had to help protect its borders, Mt. Glenn was doomed from the start. As the end drew near, the citizens of the territory made one last attempt at survival. They took shelter beneath the city, in the massive caves they had cleared out for the subway and they had cut themselves off from the surface."Darrel stated grimly.
"An underground village?"Yang suggested.
"In a nutshell, yes."He stated. "It was a safe haven…until an explosion opened the mouth of another cave filled with Grimm. After that, the kingdom officially sealed off the tunnels, creating the world's largest tomb."He said sadly.
Oobleck extended his thermos into its weapon form. "My question is, how do you know so much about this?"He asked.
"Because my grandfather was a survivor before it became too overrun."He stated. "And if Ruby is down there, we must find her."
Well, why this was short, it does build up to a chapter that will definitely change on how I shall do my stories. Speaking of next chapter, here's the riddle: I'm bigger than T-rex, I live in Africa, and I'm named after a fish; what am I?
Euparkeria-Parker's good animal
1foot long, barely a foot tall, 20lbs
Usage: Night time-scout
Melee Attacks: Teeth, claws, tail
Abilities: A DNA-enhanced version can camouflage itself and also shoot a beam of green energy that paralyzes his opponents on contact.
Appearance: The one mentioned
Until then, R&R my friends!