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Darkness. That was all Jaune could see. He struggled to move, but he was chained down.
He was still breathing, so that was good. Unfortunately, he was naked, chained down, had cuts and bruises everywhere, and couldn't defend himself.
The hood covering his face was removed, and now he wished it wasn't.
Bodies littered the pit around him, some still alive, some dead, but all of them were covered in blood, bile, piss, and shit. Bones littered the altar he was chained to. Around him, there were jagged spikes of rock, seemingly carved with fire. Lava rained distantly, and herds of the flying skulls that attacked the ship earlier flew around in the blood-red sky.
Four creatures surrounded him. They each were about 10 feet tall, and looked like a skeleton that had flesh stretched across its bones. Each had red energy surrounding their hands as they touched the chains, unlocking them almost immediately.
Before he could react, a pair of giant, red, horned creatures picked him up roughly by the arms. He tried to resist, but found his body too tired to do more than swing his legs lazily. The two minotaur-like creatures dragged him across the ground for a long while, before tossing him to the ground in the middle of the ground.
The four fleshy skeletons surrounded him again, a fifth one with a blood red tall hat with a dark orange pentagram joining them. Each one stood at one point of the pentagram, arms outstretched and hands surrounded in flame. They began to chant in a language that Jaune couldn't understand, and he wasn't sure he wanted to know what they were saying.
He didn't have time to think about it more before he was lifted off of the ground by an unseen force. As he looked down, he noticed that the pentagram was filling with blood. A shadow began to block out the land, and he looked up.
A giant, shadowy figure was towering over him. It seemed thin and skeletal, but it was over twice the size of the CCT back on Vale. It had four limbs, each tipped with six sharp, deadly-looking claws. Two pairs of giant, deadly looking horns sprouted from it's head, one pair coming down like a ram's and the other pointing up like a bull's. The only features that could be made about it's head were the two fiery-orange orbs that made up it's eyes. He shuddered as it spoke.
"LEAM ENIF A EKAM LLIW UOY. EID WON."
It opened it's mouth, and Jaune saw rows of razor-sharp teeth before a burst of unbearably painful red energy engulfed him.
He screamed, feeling the flesh peel off of his muscle, then his muscles melting from his bones, and then his bones turning to dust, before…
"AUAAHGH!" Jaune screamed, sitting bolt upright and panting heavily. This startled the rest of the group, as they weren't prepared for his sudden awakening. That being said, that didn't stop Nora from tackling Jaune in a hug.
"Jaune! Thank goodness! We thought you'd never wake up!" Pyrrha said, Ren and her running over to help pry Nora off. Once they did, Pyrrha asked, "What happened?"
"Some nightmare. I'm trying to remember, but it's all kinda faded. Whatever it was, I felt like I was actually there." Jaune said, rubbing his head. He blinked for a moment, then added, "How am I alive?"
"Well…" Pyrrha said, looking away. Ruby piped up to finish the champion's sentence. "We found something from someone who said that they were a friend. We used it on your burns, and it seems to work."
Jaune nodded slowly, standing up and grabbing his things. "Well, looks like rest time is over," Yang said, standing up and cocking her shotgun. The rest followed suit, but just before they stepped through the door, Ren pulled Jaune to the side.
"You actually took one?!" Ren whisper-shouted, looking at Jaune with a stern expression.
"What? It's just one! They were getting destroyed anyway, so what's the big deal?" Jaune replied, sliding the bag to a more comfortable position.
Ren continued to stare at Jaune, not letting up.
"Okay, I just… don't know why, but I've felt like that in places like this, I might actually need it." Jaune said, throwing his hands up.
Ren sighed, patting Jaune on the back. "I know how you feel, but you know the AAC's disobedience policy far too well."
Jaune shuddered, clearly uncomfortable with the subject. "Please don't remind me," he said, stepping into the Nuclear Plant's doorway after Ren.
Almost immediately, they heard gunfire coming from their right. The two men looked at each other, nodded, and then bolted to the scene.
When they got there, they noticed a few things before they had to run for cover. One, there was a new type of zombie in a suit of red armor, wielding a chaingun. The second thing they noticed was that said zombie was currently pinning their team under a barrage of gunfire. The third thing they noticed was the red keycard hanging from the front of his armor.
Peeking out from behind the wall, Ren ducked back as a line of bullets whizzed past his head. Jaune turned to his teammate and said, "Well, what do we do now?"
"I could run around and see if there are any other directions to attack from," Ren replied. Jaune snapped his fingers, muttering to himself. "That could work," he said aloud. "But I should come with. To help take out the big guy while you do crowd control."
Ren nodded, and the two sprinted off.
Things were not looking good for the rest of the team.
The Commando had them pinned down, and whenever he had to go for a reload, a group of gun-toting zombies kept them ducking under cover. Occasionally, one of them would get a lucky shot off, taking out one of the Trooper zombies, but that only helped occasionally.
"Oh fuck you!" Yang screamed, flipping them off. Apparently, they still had enough human in them to take offense to this, and the gunfire aimed towards Yang increased dramatically. "Okay. Note to self; don't tell the zombies to fuck themselves." she muttered, the grip on her shotgun tightening.
Then, the sound of a chainsaw roaring to life as a loud battle cry echoed through the complex.
Jaune charged at the Commando from behind, catching him off guard. He raised his weapon to block, but the chainsaw's teeth tore through the metal easily, sawing the weapon in half. The blade connected with the big zombie's neck, tearing into the flesh and bone with ease. He sawed the large zombie in half, spraying the floor, walls, enemies, and himself with blood.
Many zombies raised their guns, but they didn't have the chance to fire, as a burst of rifle rounds tore through their heads. Ruby ejected the spent clip, loading in a fresh one and taking aim.
Jaune swung the chainsaw into the waist of another, cutting it in half and spraying blood everywhere. It's upper body landed on the ground, screaming and crying until it bled out. He stabbed the blade into the chest of another, bringing the blade up and sawing it's head in half. He decapitated another zombie, kicking it's body onto another. A zombie tried to defend itself with it's arms, but it was in vain as the saw turned them into stumps before their former occupant was cut diagonally across the chest.
The carnage and chaos continued, until the last zombie hit the ground. Jaune panted heavily, dropping the chainsaw and falling to his knees. His breath started to shake, and he grabbed the sides of his head. He began to repeat "No" almost silently, his voice growing in volume until he was basically screaming, slamming his head against the floor repeatedly.
"JAUNE!" Pyrrha screamed, and he stopped. He sat up, and twisted his neck with a sickening crack, staring right at her. He opened his eyes, and they were filled with fire. He opened his mouth and spoke.
"Run… Run… Run… Death… Life… What is it to one who has experienced both?" He spoke, his mouth moved, but it was a chorus of screaming voices that came out. Jaune's mouth opened, and something appeared in front of him.
It was a skull. A flaming skull, similar to the one that destroyed their ship. It opened it's mouth and let out a screech that caused everyone to cover their ears. As everyone was reeling in pain, it opened it's mouth again, charging quickly at Pyrrha. She recovered, swinging the bayonet at it, but it dived under the attack, biting her on the arm. Immediately, she collapsed, screaming and crying.
"Shoot it!" Yang screamed, leveling her shotgun and pumping out a shot. The skull strafed to the left, then took a charging lunge at Yang. Yang sidestepped, just in time for Nora to toss a grenade in it's mouth and for Blake to shoot the grenade. The horrifying creature exploded in a burst of flame, showering the crowd in bone fragments and extreme heat.
Jaune shot up, panting. The two members of his team ran to his side, Ruby, Yang, and Blake checking on Pyrrha, and Weiss securing the red keycard.
Once they had figured out that Jaune and Pyrrha were alright, they hauled themselves out of the blue carpeted room and back to the main area. Once they reached the red door, Weiss scanned the keycard, and the door slid open.
They walked down a hallway, up a flight of stairs… and into the middle of a toxic spill. Jaune almost immediately turned around, but Yang grabbed him by the back of the armor, keeping them with him. Ruby and Pyrrha put a few rounds in the heads of a few Imps, before carefully navigating the stone walkway seemingly melted into a shape.
Each member made it safely across the path, leading to a lift that took them down… Right into a horde of Imps. Yang screamed, punching out with her knuckledusters. The Imp stumbled backwards, giving Yang enough time to recover from the pain going up her forearm.
"Gahh, what the hell are these things made of?!" Yang screamed, before taking a fireball to the chest. Her combat armor took the fireball, but the force was sure to leave a bruise on her chest.
Weiss wasted no time slashing down on one of the Imps. To her surprise, the Imp caught the blade, tearing it out of her hands and tossing it away. However, it wasn't prepared for the sudden knife that impaled it through the spine. Ren pulled the knife out, letting the corpse fall to the ground and handing the girl her saber.
Nora slammed her hammer into the chest of one, blowing it to a bloody pulp. She shouldered the hammer, not noticing the zombie lining up with her head. Just before he could pull the trigger, a single gunshot rang out, piercing his scope, eye, skull, and brain in one shot. Nora looked on at Ruby, who smiled sheepishly before darting off into the fray.
Almost ten minutes later, the fight stopped, with Pyrrha skewering the last Imp through the head before pulling the trigger. The group collected themselves, gathering as much ammo as they could (which wasn't much, surprisingly) and taking off for the tram. As the doors to the trams closed, their helmet comms crackled to life.
"Hello? Hello? Is anyone there? If you are, I need help. I'm at the Military Base, all of the trams are locked down, and I can't get out. I'm freaked the hell out and I need to know if someone is there." A very familiar accented voice spoke, slightly static sounding, but it meant good omens for the rest of the group.
"Velvet? This is Ruby Rose, reporting on the tram from the Nuclear Plant to the Toxin Refinery. Over." Ruby called, eagerly waiting for a response.
"Ruby?! Oh, thank the Heavens! I thought I was alone on this Oum-forsaken rock!" Velvet screamed, clearly very excited. "There should be a tram somewhere in the Refinery that leads to this place. But," she paused, then added, "Watch out for the gorillas. They bite hard. One nearly took of my fucking arm."
"Got it. Out." Ruby said, switching off her helmet comms. As they all awaited their arrival, they all had one thought on their mind:
Maybe things are taking a turn for the better.
Well, there we go.
Reviews:
37: I won't kill them, I'll leave them alive, killing everyone else off and letting them watch, giving them severe depression and PTSD, leaving them to think about how they could have saved each life lost so many times over that they cry themselves to sleep at night and having frequent nightmares about everyone who died. *cackles*
Evinco: I think I understand. So like a whole "You are the spirit of an ancient devil that left fire wherever they went," kind of thing for Yang? I might explore something like that on the teleport to Deimos.
Anyways, I am planning on introducing some monsters early, like Doom II monsters in the Doom I setting. I may make variants of creatures as I see fit (like normal Lost Souls vs. the ones in the original Doom press release with the psychic attack), and I may change designs on some creatures to make them more terrifying.
Also, I would love it if someone could draw me a cover image for this. I would, but my drawings suck and my scanner is broken. If you want to, PM me and we'll discuss.
Anyways, Read and Review!