Chapter XIX
Meanwhile:
Emma was running as must as she could in the hallways of Beacon in direction of Glynda's office. Her team absolutely need her help to beat the enemy that is assaulting his teammates.
When she entered Glynda's office, it looked like she wasn't aware of the attack that was going on in front of the school.
-Ms. Goodwitch! , said Emma.
-Hmm? Ms. Gemstone? Is there something wrong? , asked Glynda.
-It's Yuri! He's attacking our team! , said Emma.
-Lead me to him. , said Glynda, standing up of her desk.
While they were still talking, Simon was shooting the robot with his pistols, damaging its armor and mechanic parts. The robot is an AK-130 Android model from the Schnee Dust Company, but it looked heavy modified: his armor was now red with white stripes on it and his armor is now much more resistant to gun and blade damage. Also, the gauntlets the robot was wearing in human form were apparently directly attached to the robot, explaining the fact that Yuri was always wearing them.
Simon and Anna attacked it by the sides, making it engage on two flanks. Simon also found that the robot had the same anti-hack system the SDC used on their robots, forfeiting the hacking option. Not only that, but it was also very fast and agile, making it hard to hit.
Simon took his scimitar and started to strike its arm by increasing his Aura, doing an increasing power to his weapon. A blade appeared on his arm and he strike Simon's scimitar to stop his attacks. Then, Anna took out one of his legs and it fell on the ground.
Even if it was on the ground, it was still though to fight. He began to crawl with his arms and jumping very fast, slashing, punching and shooting beams as much as it could. But, after 5 minutes doing this, it finally arrived on Simon's chest.
-You don't know what we can do! Even if I am only a spy and an android, I am intelligent! The dead you saw in my class was Stark's bodyguards, coming to destroy me because I killed Stark by my own hands! Yuri Stark has been killed by the White Fang and I took his appearance to make people thinks he is still alive! Even if I am close from death, YOU WILL BE PUNISHED! , said the robot with a mix between a normal android voice and Yuri's voice.
Then, with its blade, the robot cut the left arm of Simon by attacking where his Aura couldn't help: the shoulder. When his arm fell on the ground, he was still standing there with the robot on him.
-Oh shit! Simon, are you OK? , said Tyler, worrying about his friend.
Emma and Glynda arrived at the scene, but it was too late.
-Oh no, Simon! , shouted Emma who was about to run toward him before Glynda has put her hand on Emma's arm.
-Don't go near him, something is happening in him. , warned Glynda.
Suddenly, his eyes began to shine in a bright blue light and his Aura began to spray out of him, much like when Emma saw Yang fighting in the training rooms versus the Grimm program. He took the robot by the neck with unbelievable speed while his face was foreshadowing, surprising the robot's AI and kicked its body, launching the metal junk back.
-Who said I was gonna be punished? , said Simon.
He then took the head in his hand and crushed it, destroying the AI completely. After looking to his left arm on the ground, his rage stopped.
-Ah…..shit. , said Simon, before he fell on the ground and fainted.
-Oh no! Anna, help me carry him to the medical center! , said Tyler.
-Okay. , said Anna.
-Oh god I hope he's all right. , said Emma, who was approaching him.
3 hours later, medical center of Beacon Academy:
Simon finally got up in a hospital bed three hours after the fight, noticing that he was in a room with his teammates and Ozpin waiting on chairs that were in the room. The walls of the hospital room were white with the usual medical tools in it. There was also a little window that had a sight on the Emerald Forest.
He also noticed that he was in a green coat that patients were put into when they were on operations and that he still had his left arm.
-''sigh'' So it was just a dream. , said Simon, relieved in this information.
-Not quite. , said a man in a white medical coat.
-What….what do you mean? , asked Simon.
-We….had to replaced it. Your left arm was too much damaged to be put again, so we replaced it with a prosthetic one. , said the man.
-What?! , said Simon. So….this is a fake one?
-Well, at least, you have one back. Or do you want it to be put out and to be kicked out of the Academy? , said the man.
-Huh…..no it's all right. I'm gonna live with it. , said Simon.
He left his prosthetic arm to verify it. At first look, it looks like a real one, but you can see that there are some writing on it and that there is a black ring on his shoulder to retain it from failing. He also happily noticed that it was moving like a normal one, so he would not be affected in combat.
-Still, I thank you for what you did to me. I surely would not be here anymore if it weren't for you. So…..how much will this cost? , said Simon.
-''laughs'' Nothing! All the medical operations made on Huntsmen or Huntresses are all free for the students and paid by the schools. , said the man.
-Oh yes, I completely forgot about that. , said Simon.
-Well, I'll leave you with your guests. Tomorrow morning, you will be able to get back in class as soon as possible. , said the man.
-Thank you. , said Simon.
When the doctor got out of the room, he sat on his medical bed and his guests stood up, gathering around him.
-Maybe I should have been more careful with this one. , said Simon.
-You are just like your parents, you want to continue with the most you can do, even if you lose something on the way. , said Ozpin. I think that's what a real student should be. And that's exactly why you were able to enter my school.
-What? So it was not because of the Signal final test? , said Simon.
-No, M. Seablue. In fact, every student has their results and personal files studied within their career in their previous school. Those who have a significant result will be placed into Beacon as soon as possible. But, there are exceptions, which are placed when their skills are shown into an important battle.
-I didn't knew that before though. , said Simon. Are there any of these ''exceptions'' in Beacon?
-Ruby Rose is one of them. She still had 2 years in her hand before the end of studies at Signal, but she fought the White Fang in a public area and was saved by Ms. Goodwitch before getting killed. Her skills in combat was what let her come in Beacon.
-I saw her fight while we were in the initiation test. She is quite the scythe-wielder she is. , said Simon.
-Indeed. Well, I'll let you with your teammates as now on. Be prepared for tomorrow's next class. Oh, and don't forget, the Vytal Festival is only in a month now, I would practice the most possible to get myself ready. , said Ozpin, getting out of the room.
-Um….could we please talk in private, me and him? , said Emma.
-Umm…..okay. If this is what you want. , said Tyler.
When Anna was getting out of the room with his brother, she returned herself back to Emma and Simon, smiled for a second, and join her brother. He noticed that she had some red around her eyes, meaning that she cried after what happened to him.
-Okay, their gone. ''sigh'' I just wanted to tell you something from the beginning. , said Emma, suddenly very nervous.
-What is it? , said Simon.
-I….I love you. , said Emma, with a little voice while she was blushing.
-You….love me? , said Simon, smiling. This….is the first time someone actually says that to me since five years ago.
Emma, then, hugged him and kissed him. Finally, for the first time since his father's death, he was finally happy.
What they didn't know though, is that Tyler and Anna were watching by the window that was by the side of the door even though Emma said it had to be private.
-I knew they would had done that someday, they are kind of made for each other. , said Anna, smiling.
-At least he will not be depressed for some time now. , said Tyler, with a grim on his face. It would have been a perfect happy ending, I guess.