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Chapter Cover: Weiss and Blake standing back to back with each other as they both looked forward...
Chapter Sixty-Nine
Cometh the Hour
Blake was staring at the glowing eyes that were under the white mask in front of her. She couldn't believe what the man had turned himself into. The young woman was holding her sword with both of her hand as Adam pushed against her, his strength seemingly to have doubled since the last time they had battled against each other.
Then using her sword's special ability, Blake simply displaced herself, letting Adam push forward as she was now above him in the air. Blake then aimed her blade straight down toward his head but before the weapon could reach his head, Adam had managed to block her again and with a grunt, the man pushed her off causing Blake to jump backward and sliding upon the ground, her feet sliding backward.
Adam was upon her again, his sword coming straight at her, the dark haired girl paring it but the force behind the attack pushed her back and Blake slammed against one of the large cages that were in the room causing her to wince in pain as she slid down upon the ground, pain throbbing through her form. Something slammed against the bars that were beside her, growling and snapping at her causing the girl to instantly jump away from it, her eyes turning toward what it was. It was a Grimm, but the face of the creature was so chillingly human that it caused her golden eyes to widen in horror.
Blake then turned her eyes toward the man.
"Are you really okay with this Adam?" she asked, "Are you really okay at what these people are doing?"
"All I wanted was power," Adam answered her, giving his sword a spin, "I couldn't care less about what they were doing."
"The man I respected could never have been okay with this," Blake yelled at him launching her blade at him.
Adam blocked the attack effortlessly.
"Then you didn't know me at all Blake," he answered.
His free hand then aimed straight at Blake, stabbing the girl's form causing her to yell out in pain at the place. She stepped back, one of her hand rising toward the wound as blood started to drip, sipping between her fingers as her golden eyes fixed themselves upon Adam as the man was calmly walking toward her.
"Do you know what we lacked Blake?" Adam asked, "What we lacked in all of the battle the White Fang had over the years. We lacked power to be able to defeat the White Clan, something that they had in spade. It made me so mad that we were treated like dirt because we didn't have power so I searched for it."
Blake eyes stared at him.
"And turning the White Fang into monsters is going to change all of that?"
"Change always demands sacrifices," Adam answered her, "I sacrificed the White Fang so that the Faunus all over the world could live in peace. That cry of vengeance which had echoed from the ages of the Destruction of the Faunus Clan will have finally be answered when the blood of the Schnee family will dyed the ground red as they finally answer for the crimes they have committed against us."
Blake knew what he was saying. It was the same reason she had wanted to fight against the White Clan. It was the same reason she had charged straight into Vale and tried to kill Weiss Schnee on that day during the battle but back then…something had stilled her hand into killing Weiss…
A sudden explosion from their left drew the duos attention and a white clothed figure slid backward not too far away from where they are. The white robe danced upon the person's form as the Schnee Family crest was plastered upon the back of clothing, long white hair falling around.
Blake knew who it was.
Weiss, she thought.
The girl didn't even see them for she was focused upon the enemy in front of her.
"Weiss Schnee was your target Blake," Adam said drawing her eyes toward him, "Since you have failed…I will take care of her."
The young man disappeared in a burst of speed aiming straight toward Weiss unprotected back. Blake's eyes widened in shock at what was happening…
Flashback
"Why would you do that? Why would you obey her?"
Noir gave her a look.
"Because she is the change," he said, "The change I was hoping you'd be."
Blake's eyes widened.
What?
"The change…," she repeated.
"Born into that family," Noir said, "You would expect her to feel the same way as they do. To have the same disgust in her eyes when they look at us, but when I look into her eyes I don't see them at all. You noticed it didn't you, when you fought against her?"
Blake did notice it. It was those same eyes that had haunted her dreams for six days since the fight in Vale.
"Her eyes…they were sad…,"
End of flashback
"Purr, Nigri Fellis (Black Cat)
The enhanced speed of her Awakening caused Blake to flash toward where Weiss was and blood splattered around Blake's form as Adam's sword sliced her. The girl let out a gasp of pain as her blood fell down upon the ground and her eyes found Adam's glowing one underneath the white mask that had appeared upon his face.
"Blake…," he said.
Blake let out a gasp of pain as she fell down upon her knees.
"Blake?" she heard Weiss said from behind her, and she could hear the surprise in them.
"You protected her?" Adam growled.
"I'm…making the same choice as my brother," Blake said, "If you continue this path…there will be no peace for the Faunus."
Adam stepped back from her.
"What did you say?" he growled.
Blake stared at him.
"Do you really believe…that simply killing the Schnee is going to put an end to this war?" she asked, "The other Clans are going to get involved and soon enough, the White Fang would have become the enemy of the entire world and the Faunus will simply continue to suffer."
"Then we will destroy them as well," Adam said, "We will crush all of the enemies of the Faunus that oppose us."
Blake couldn't help the tears that had fallen from her eyes at the man's words. She stared at Adam in front of her, unable to recognize what the man had become.
"How can you ever hope for peace…," she said, "When all that you do is fuel the flames of war? You turned our people…the ones who trusted in us to change things...turning them into monsters. How long before you realize that what you are going to do is just drag the entire world into your vengeance."
Adam let out a scoff.
"You're lecturing me Blake?" he asked, "Your hand is as stained as mine with blood of innocents. You are no different than I am."
Aura started to leak out of Blake's form as the girl's power surged forward.
"I lost it because of you," Blake said, "Because I believed in your dream Adam…I had lost the one thing that mattered most in a fight. I had lost it but both Noir and Weiss had managed to help me get it back."
"Oh…and what is that?" Adam asked.
Blake's eyes fixed him.
"I lost my ability to hope," she said, "That hope I had when I was a child…that hope that one day, both Faunus and man will stand side by side."
Blake let out a gasp as pain surged through her but then a hand caught her shoulder to help her stand. She glanced at the direction finding Weiss there, the white haired girl holding her upon her feet. Weiss gave her a light smile and Blake finds herself returning it.
She then turned her attention toward Adam.
"After all, without that hope, I would have never dreamed that I would stand side by side with Weiss Schnee here today as comrades fighting against a common enemy."
Adam stared at her, his eyes narrowing lightly at what she had said.
"You call her a comrade?" he said, "I had such high hopes for you Blake…but in the end, you have become as weakened as Noir was…Then so be it. If you want to die like a nobody in my revolution, then let me grant you that wish."
He swung his blade as her launching a large red wave straight at Blake but before the girl could move, a sudden ice cold Aura surged around them and then a spiral made of ice spun around both girls as the attack slammed upon it sending ice everywhere.
The girl glanced at Weiss noticing the glyph that was underneath them and it was surging with power as well. The white haired girl had her weapon aimed toward the ground as they were completely enveloped in the ice cocoon.
"Did…did you mean it?" Weiss said, not even turning to face her.
Blake glanced at the girl beside her and it was then she noticed how short Weiss really is. The girl's height reached only her jaw line with her white hair dancing lightly in the soft wind. Blake turned her attention forward now standing back to back with her.
"Every word," she answered, and surprised to find herself meaning it.
She heard a soft sound come from Weiss as the girl raised her blade from the ground.
"Thank you," she said.
Blake only nodded. The girl's eyes were fixed in the direction that she knew Adam was in before the ice around them disappeared and then she launched forward aiming straight at her former friend. Adam launched his blade at her but then Blake used her Soul Weapon special ability and cloned herself forming about three of them launching at Adam at every direction before she slashed at him with her glowing lines that came from the claws that were upon her hand.
Blood grew out of the wound that appeared upon Adam's form as the young man landed down upon the ground in a crouch as she glared at him. Adam glowing eyes turned toward her and then she raised her hand.
"Gambol Shroud," she said as the weapon made of Aura appeared in her hand.
Adam stared at her as he stood there blood dripping from the wound that had appeared upon his shoulder. The darkness around the man started to get even denser as his glowing eyes were fixed upon her the man's sword started to turn red as that action caused her to become tense waiting for the attack that she knew will soon come at her.
She wasn't disappointed for Adam was suddenly upon her as his sword made contact with Gambol Shroud the two weapons clashing against each other as their Aura pushed against each other. The red from the swords was starting to leak out as the power surged from Adam's weapon causing Blake to jump back from him and Adam launched a strike straight at her. Multiple red projectiles were launched at her direction and spinning her weapon into a wind mile, Blake managed to parry most of them and then there was a burst of speed as Adam appeared right beside her.
"Red Blade Projectiles," he said.
The attack caused Blake to be engulfed by the power and the girl landed down upon the ground in a crouch causing the ground around her to yell out in pain as she slammed down upon the ground with force causing the earth to rumble around them. Adam then launched down straight toward her with his blade aiming straight for her but when his attack reached her, Blake's form on the ground faded completely…
"How long are you going to keep running away Blake?" Adam yelled.
"I'm not running away," Blake said raising both of her hands, "Black Dust Level 66, Jahalak."
Chains of light suddenly sprung around her as they all launched at Adam as they completely covered the man's body. Blake then placed both of her hands forward as lines of light appeared upon her skin and two symbols appeared upon her palms which were aiming straight at Adam.
Two beams of light surged from her hands and aimed straight toward the man as he was completely covered with the attack which caused the area in front of her to become completely destroyed as she huffed from the technique she had just used.
But to her surprise, soft laughter started to came from the place in front of her drawing the girl's golden eyes toward the area. As the smoke was dissipating, she noticed two long horns growing from Adam's body as the young man form came to stand. His body didn't have any damage from the attack she had launched at him and his clothing looked different. Fur was growing from his form as his hand was completely covered by bones as the white mask he was wearing upon his face seems to have merged with his horns.
His eyes were glowing gold now as he stared at her. Darkness was surging around his body as he stood there his form shaking from the laughter which was echoing around him.
"Did you really believe that attack will have any effect on me?" he asked.
Blake found herself stepping back.
"I have gotten power Blake," Adam told her, his manic grin growing, "Power to destroy the White Clan and you think I would allow myself to die here by your hands?"
Adam…, she thought.
"You and your comrades have walked into Hell," he said, "This island…will be your graves."
With Winter…
The white haired girl was huffing as she held her two blades in hands. The young woman had her attention fixed upon the black clothed figures that stood in front of her. The ground around her was completely destroyed the bodies of Grimm decaying around her. The blue eyes were fixed upon them, her eyes narrowing with the sight around her.
The other members of the Advanced Combat Squad were all down around her, defeated by the sudden arrival of the black clothed figures around her. Before, the battle had been going well for them and they had been able to take down a lot of those Grimm that were around her but then with the arrival of these new people, the battle instantly turned against their favor and before Winter knew what had happened, she was the only one left standing facing five of the black clothed figures, all of them wearing Grimm masks upon their faces.
We completely underestimated our opponents, the white haired young woman thought, I believed that we would have faced only Grimm but these people…they're something that none of us are prepared to handle…
Winter knew that if they are defeated here, Remnant will not be ready for these people. The information that Blake had given them had been accurate in saying that they were those two people and she had believed the two that she had faced had been all that they were but now staring at those five figures in front of her…she had made a grave error.
But the young woman stood tall as she placed herself into a stance, her Aura surging through her.
As Commander of the White Clan, she thought, I won't allow myself to fall here, not before I take each and everyone of you down.
Meanwhile
Penny was lying down upon her bed when she had felt the first wave of explosion. The young woman had instantly seated up upon the bed, glancing around herself in surprise. She could feel numerous powers surging in the area as battles were taking place all over Las Hazard and it made her wonder exactly what was going on.
The young girl pulled herself out of bed and could feel the strange warm power that Blake called Aura surging through her in waves. Thinking of Blake, it caused her to remember meeting the girl within her mind and how Blake had managed to help her escape. Some of the things Blake said about her Father caused unsettling feelings within Penny. Penny felt affection toward her father from the many years he knew the man but never once did her father do anything for her except keeping her in this room, and Penny had believed that was because her father was a little overprotective but…
Blake had opened her eyes to another reason why and it caused Penny's heart to ache with a pain that she had no name for. Then, that strange feeling surged through her. It was like she was remembering something…an old memory resurfacing from the depth of her mind. She could see a white area with a large pool of water. It was circular shaped but the water was completely black as they was no reflection within it. A breath of wind from behind her causes Penny to turn around, finding a large Doorway behind her. A sea of darkness and merging light was coming from within it. It was cold yet something about it was so familiar and it was then she noticed the figure standing in front of the massive Doorway with their back facing her.
Long white hair cascaded down upon their back.
"You know the truth," a woman's voice said, "Why do you still doubt yourself then?"
Penny raised a hand toward her as if to reach for the woman but then a light came from the back of her hand burning something upon it. Penny winced in pain as she took hold of the hand.
"Harbinger of Change," the woman said, turning toward her and Penny found a three eyed being before everything shifted as the world disappeared from around her and Penny blinked finding herself upon her bed.
She looked at the back of her hand and then burned there against her skin was the same symbol from her dream. It was like a tattoo on the back of her hand and Penny could feel it burning through her as she got out of the bed. Power was surging through Penny's body as her entire form had completely transformed into light itself and then…
She was gone.
What is going with Penny...
Next Time: Awakening the Dragon
Jacques0 out.
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