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Back at Red base, Church was still trying to convince Tex that O'Malley was not in him and was somewhere else, with Weiss and Tucker just observing the display.
"I am not O'Malley," Church insisted. "I'm telling you, it's Flowers."
"Who is Flowers?" Weiss asked.
"Flowers was our captain in Blue team," Tucker explained. "But it can't be him because Flowers is dead. Isn't that right, liar."
"I am not lying," Church said. "Who else could it be?"
"You're just making up more lies because we're on to you," Tucker said.
"I'm telling you the truth," Church said. "It has to be Flowers. He's the official Blue leader in this canyon. I don't know how he's alive, but it's him."
"I think he's telling the truth," Weiss said.
"What?" Tucker said. "How the fuck can you believe him?"
"Because why I may not like him," Weiss said. "I don't see any logical reason to be pointing fingers to a dead man unless he might still be alive. I think we should trust him."
"Please listen to Weiss!" Church pleaded.
"I still don't buy it," Tex said.
"Yeah," Tucker agreed. "For all we know, you probably killed the Reds too. That's why they're not in the base."
"They're not in the base because they're still underground with Ruby and Yang!" Church shouted, getting irritated. "And when the hell did I find time to go here and kill the Reds? I certainly didn't have any time when I was dealing with you and Tex, and that new yellow freak, and that stupid disgusting kid of yours."
"Okay, okay, I get it. I guess you might be telling the truth" Tucker said, finally relenting to Church's explanation. "Man I hope if Flowers is alive he doesn't want his armor back."
"You're wearing your dead captain's armor," Weiss said, a disturbed and disgusted tone in her voice.
"Hey, it's not like he was using it," Tucker shrugged. "So wait, if the Reds are still underground with Ruby and Yang, then how come we haven't heard from them yet?"
"I don't know," Weiss said, slightly worried. "I've been trying to call Yang, but the signal isn't getting through."
"Maybe they got back and decided to leave, and they took Ruby and Yang with them" Church suggested. "It's not like there's any reason to stay here."
"All their stuff is here," Tex said, finally putting her rifle down. "I don't think they evacuated."
"What do you think?" Weiss asked.
"I think we may have walked right in to a-"
"A trap?"
Weiss, Church and Tucker turned to see who spoke. Weiss saw a soldier in white armor pointing his rifle right behind Tex's head.
"Wyoming," Tex growled, not bothering to turn around to know that the mercenary had her.
"Okay see?" Church said. "Now, if I was O'Malley, I would've known that was gonna happen."
"How comforting," Weiss muttered.
After finally getting out from below ground, Ruby and Yang listened as Sarge finalized the attack at Blue base.
"Shouldn't we rethink this plan?" Grif suggested.
"Why?" Sarge asked.
"Well, now that Simmons has cut us off from Command, we're attacking the enemy base with no support," Grif said.
"I didn't cut us off from Command," Simmons insisted.
"You and Ruby interrupted the radio transmission!" Grif exclaimed.
"Hey!" Ruby shouted. "We did not interrupt anything."
"Whoever Sarge was talking with was already down in that cave," Simmons explained "We just walked up and started talking to Sarge in the middle of it."
"I don't think you know what interrupting means," Yang said.
"The four of you, can it," Sarge said.
"Yeah, you're givin' me a headache."
They all turned to where the voice came and saw Andy the bomb across them.
"Andy?" Simmons said. "Is that you?"
"I'm the other talkin' bomb, Francis," Andy answered sarcastically "Pleased ta meet ya, ya dickhead."
"Where're your buddies?" Yang asked. "You know, the ones that knocked us out."
"Yeah, I thought you were busy helping the enemy," Simmons accused.
"Nah, they didn't need me anymore," Andy explained. "Apparently that revived guy learned enough alien language to get by. And then it was 'What have you done for me lately?'"
"Hey, what was that deal they were talking about when Yang and I were all drugged out?" Grif asked.
"Grif, I'm proud of you," Donut said. "Admitting you and Yang have a problem is the first step."
"We're not doing drugs," Yang stated. "Stop being weird."
"Yeah, fuck off Donut," Grif said.
"Baby steps guys," Donut replied in (mistaken) understanding. "Baby steps."
"That new alien is here to find the old one, and he revived the blue guy to help him," Andy continued. "But then somethin' happened to him. I don't know what, started actin' all... funky."
"Wait, the alien revived him," Ruby said, shocked. "They can do that?"
"Yeah," Andy replied. "They don't treat life and death the same way we do. Fact that little guy that everyone thinks-"
"We don't have time for this," Sarge interrupted. "Let's go."
"Wait," Ruby said. "I think he was going to say something about Tucker's-"
"No time," Sarge interrupted again. "It's time to attack Blue base."
"Wait, take me with you!" Andy begged.
"Andy, we're going into battle unmanned, low on ammo, and with no support," Sarge stated. "What use could we possibly have for a bomb?"
Yang facepalmed while Grif and Simmons just shook their heads as they heard Sarge's words.
"Let's just go," Yang said.
They all then made their way to the exit of the cave.
"I could always act as a lookout... or a spy... or a chef?" Andy offered as they disappeared. "Or you know, you could always, use me as a bomb..." He then noticed that there was someone else with him. "Oh, hey Lopez."
"[Up yours,]" Lopez replied.
Back at Red base, the Blues and Weiss were now being held prisoner by Wyoming.
"Wyoming," Tex said to him, a furious tone in her voice.
"Ah yes, hello Tex," Wyoming greeted, his rifle still pointed at her. "So sorry to sneak up on you when you were busy quarreling about, well whatever it is exactly you people do here. I'm guessing some kind of ditch digging or something."
"Blue team doesn't even have shovels," Tucker stated. "Which kinda sucks because our guys are the one who keep dying."
"Seriously?" Weiss said, but she wasn't really surprised.
"Yeah, it's not something to be proud of," Tucker sighed.
"And it looks like that trend is going to continue," Wyoming commented.
"Oh what, you're here for Tex?" Church asked. "Because if you are, she's right here. All yours buddy. Go for it."
"How chivalrous," Weiss said sarcastically.
"Yeah," Tucker agreed. "Ladies first. In fact, we can throw in Weiss as a bonus."
"Hey!" Weiss shouted.
"Not at all," Wyoming said. "I'm not here for Tex. I'm here for your little friend. He's very important to a lot of people."
"Are you talking about Junior?" Church realized. "Well you can have him."
"Hey, that's my kid!" Tucker argued.
"If giving him that disgusting creature means we don't die, I'm all for it," Weiss said.
"Oh, don't relax just yet," Wyoming said, turning to Weiss. "I'm not just here for the child, I'm also here to take you and the rest of your team."
"What?" Weiss said in confusion.
"There are some parties that are interested about your story of coming from another dimension," Wyoming revealed.
"Oh no," Weiss said. She didn't know how, but Wyoming knew about where she and the rest of Team RWBY are actually from. Which meant that they needed to stop Wyoming, or things were going to get much worse for her team.
Church then coughed very loudly.
"Excuse me. Just got something in my throat," Church said. "So Wyoming, you just showed up here and decided to attack us. And now you've caught us at gunpoint, and it looks like we're in big trouble."
"Yes, obviously," Wyoming said.
"Here at Red Base. Wyoming," Church said. "You found us and are holding us prisoner. At the Red base. Wyoming."
"Yes?" Wyoming, now becoming confused by Church's words.
"What is he doing?" Weiss asked Tucker.
"How the fuck should I know?" Tucker said, confused as well.
"If only someone nearby," Church continued. "Someone with access to a tank, somehow who knew what was going on and could help us. Someone for instance, in blue armor, who somehow knew about the situation, and figured out what the fuck other people were talking about, and tried to fucking help us, and then we would be saved."
"Why do you keep explaining things to me?" Wyoming asked. "I understand the situation perfectly. I ambushed you, you're quivering in fear."
"Yeah," Tucker agreed. "What are you, the narrator now or something?"
"Church, what is wrong with you?" Weiss asked. "I mean besides your other issues."
"I just want everyone to be on the same page about Wyoming," Church stated. "Ambushing us, at the Red base."
"We know," Tucker and Weiss said, both of them getting tired of Church's repeated and pointless explanation.
"Wyoming," Church said again. "The bad guy."
"We know!" Tucker and Weiss shouted.
"And we're here at the Red base," Church continued. "Which isn't the Blue base. Or the caves, or the cliffs, or that weird tree, or the windmill."
"We get it dude," Tucker said. "We're standing right here."
"Please shut up," Weiss said.
"Maybe we should take this from the top," Church said. "Do you wanna write this down?"
"No!" Tucker and Weiss yelled.
"I think your friend here has lost his marbles," Wyoming noted.
"Oh you wanna see crazy, wait until you try to take my fucking kid," Tucker threatened. "What do you want with him, anyway? He never did anything to you."
"And my team and I won't say anything about our world," Weiss stated.
"It's not about what your child did, it's about what he's going to do," Wyoming said. "That child is very special."
"Yeah, I know," Tucker said. "I guess I should have read to him more, or something."
"Not that kind of special, you half-wit," Wyoming shouted. "I mean he's important." He then looked to Weiss. "And as for you and your companions, there are many ways to make you talk. And if you don't, we can always dissect your bodies to find out what we want to know."
His words caused a feeling of dread in Weiss, and for the first time since arriving here she truly felt fearful for herself and her team.
"Red base!" Church shouted. "No one is in the State of Wyoming!"
After exiting the cave, the Reds, Ruby, and Yang could see the Red base and the situation unfolding.
"There's our base," Sarge said.
"What's going on there?" Donut asked. "Is that the Blues? And a guy and girl in white?"
"Wait, that's Weiss!" Ruby said as she recognized her partner immediately. "What's happening?"
"And who's the guy in white armor?" Yang asked.
"That's Wyoming. A bounty hunter," Simmons said. "That's guy's a dick. It looks he's holding Weiss and the Blues hostage."
"Hah!" Sarge exclaimed triumphantly. "The Blues have overextended themselves and spread their forces too thin! Classic blunder. Change of plans, men. Instead of hitting Blue Base, we're going to take back our own base!"
As Sarge finished speaking, they all saw the tank pass by them and headed towards Red base.
"Tank!" Grif shouted.
"Oh shit!" Simmons said in panic as well.
Upon seeing the tank, the Reds began to scramble around.
"Rechange of plans, men!" Sarge shouted. "Blue base it is."
Sarge, Grif, Simmons, and Donut then ran towards Blue base.
Yang just shook her head. "Come on Ruby. We better-"
However, Yang soon saw that Ruby was running towards Red base.
Wide-eyed, Yang immediately ran after her, getting ahead of Ruby and stopping her from going any further.
"Where do you think you're going?" Yang asked.
"To save Weiss and the others," Ruby stated.
"You can't just go there Ruby," Yang said.
"Why not!?" Ruby said. "We need to rescue our friends!"
Yang sighed. "You know that I'd be the first one there in a second. But we're not exactly at our best. Our Auras haven't fully recovered, which means we can't use our Semblances too much and we're vulnerable to severe injuries. We can't just charge over there without a plan. If we did, we could get hurt, or Weiss and the others could get killed."
"Urrgh," Ruby grumbled. While she wanted to rescue the others now, she knew that Yang was right. "Fine."
Yang placed her hand on Ruby's shoulder. "Let's go to the Reds."
Ruby nodded and they both turned and ran to the direction of Blue base, Ruby's thoughts still with Weiss and the others.
Back at Red base, Wyoming was continuing his explanation about the plans regarding Junior and Team RWBY.
"That little alien of yours has a very important destiny to fulfill. And we're going to make sure he does it," Wyoming explained. "As for Team RWBY, we're going to find out everything you know that may benefit us. For starters, that stuff you call 'Dust' might prove useful."
"Like I told you before," Weiss stated. "You will get nothing from me and my team." She said it confidently, but a small part of her was still worried about what methods Wyoming would use to get the answers.
"Yeah," Tucker agreed. "And as for my kid, he's not here, so guess what. You're shit outta luck."
"I'm well aware," Wyoming stated. "My partner's taking care of those little acquisitions right now. I'm just here to tidy up a bit."
"Wait, what do you mean by 'acquisitions'?" Weiss asked, noting Wyoming's use of plural form.
"Oh yes, I forgot to mention," Wyoming said knowingly. "Other than the little devil, my partner is also acquiring your friend in black."
"Blake!" Weiss realized. "If you've harmed her-"
"Oh don't worry," Wyoming assured her. "She's still breathing. Just knocked out is all."
"Yeah, well, you try to do the same thing with my kid, and I'll-" Tucker began to say.
"You'll what?" Wyoming interrupted. "In case you forgot, I was able to take you prisoner and you didn't even notice me until it was too late."
"Oh yeah," Tucker remembered. "How'd you sneak up on us anyway? Tex, I thought you were supposed to be good at this stealth stuff."
"I am," Tex said. Then, she turned invisible, leaving the three of them with Wyoming.
"Wow, that's awesome," Tucker said flatly. "Good for you."
"I can't believe she just abandoned us!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Yeah, you get use to it," Church said.
"Oh no Tex has gone invisible. Whatever shall I do," Wyoming said in mock fear. "Fretting, worry."
"Dude I wouldn't sound so smug," Church said. "She kicked your ass last time and you weren't outnumbered like ya are now."
"Well technically, Tex and I would probably be the only ones capable of fighting him," Weiss said. "You two would probably get beaten quickly. Or get killed."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence," Tucker said sarcastically.
Just then, they all saw the tank roll up behind Wyoming.
"Haha yeah! Hey it worked!" Church cheered at seeing the tank. "I can't believe Caboose came through!"
"What are you talking about?" Weiss asked.
"I was on the radio with Caboose signaling him to send the tank to take care of Wyoming," Church explained. "The guy actually sent it."
"Oh, so that's why you were talking weird," Tucker realized.
"How ya like that, Wyoming? We even have our tank now," Church said triumphantly. "Boo ya, mother fucker!"
"Ho ho ho ho ho, your tank?" Wyoming laughed. "Look again."
"KNOCK KNOCK CHURCH," Gamma's voice said from the tank.
"Oh shit," Church said.
"Dude, is that Gary?" Tucker asked.
"Yeah," Church said. "Turns out he's Wyoming's A.I. Gamma."
"So we have no Tex, and the tank is now in the hands of the enemy," Weiss said. "Wonderful."
"Yeah, don't need to be so snippy," Church said. "Seriously, why is it that something dramatic seems to happen exactly every five minutes? I mean, I can't possibly be the only one out here noticing this trend."
Back in the caves, after knocking Blake out, it wasn't at all difficult for Flowers and the alien to keep Doc and Sister from escaping and procuring their alien prize. Once that was done, they moved them all to another area of the caves with a computer in the middle of the area. Now, the green alien had Junior, who was confused with the whole situation and wasn't really doing much in terms of escaping, and was keeping an eye on the now captured Doc and Sister. As for Flowers, he was across from them and was talking to the computer, discussing with the one he was speaking with about the current progress of the plan.
"Yes, everything is coming together as planned," Flowers said. "And these fools still have no idea. Once the young one gets his sword, there will be no stopping us."
"Hey, what about the other guy dude?" Vic asked, revealed to be the one that Flowers was speaking with "Does he know about the thing with the thing?"
Flower turned to look at the green alien, who was still watching their prisoners. "No that beast does not suspect anything either. Everyone has played right in to our hands. Muuhuhohuhhahahahaaa!" Flowers laughed then stopped immediately. "...Okay maybe that was a little loud. Huhahahaaa." He laughed more quietly. "There. That's better."
"What about the other thing?" Vic asked. "You know, the four girls you still need to catch."
"Three more girls," Flowers corrected. "I already have one." He then looked to the unconscious Blake across the cave wall.
"It's not gonna be that easy, dude," Vic said. "You saw what those chicas can do, won't be a walk in the park."
"I'm aware," Flowers said. "I have a way to handle it."
"Well then, leaving it to you and Wyoming," Vic said. "Better not screw it up." The call then ended.
"Hmm, soon I'll have everything in my control," Flowers said. He then turned to see Blake beginning to wake up. Flowers then approached her. "Well, glad to see you getting up and about."
"What did you do to the others?" Blake asked weakly, the effects of whatever they knocked her out with still lingering in her.
"Oh, they're alive," Flowers assured her. "For now. But I wouldn't worry about them right now. Right now, you need to focus on helping me capture your other friends."
Blake gave a weak chuckle. "I don't know what's more idiotic, that you think you can take on my friends, or that you think I'm going to help you."
"Oh, I'll be doing the catching," Flowers said. "I'm just going to need a new meat suit."
"What are you-"
Blake was not able to finish her sentence as Flowers immediately placed a helmet similar to the ones used by the Reds and Blues over her head, forcing her to wear it. Blake began to try and fight back, but Flowers held her down.
"Let's not struggle any further," Flowers said as the telltale sound of the helmet radio was heard from Blake's helmet. He then let go of Blake and dropped to the ground suddenly, now unconscious.
Blake on the other hand, soon stopped struggling as Flowers collapsed. Slowly, she stood up and began to make her way out of the caves.
"Now for the others," Blake said, her voice now deeper. "Hahahaha!"
Back at Red base, Church, Tucker, and Weiss made no movement as the tank aimed the barrel of its cannon towards them.
"You know I really can't thank you enough for leaving your tank completely unattended. It was very kind of you old chap," Wyoming gloated. "Makes your defeat and humiliation so much easier."
"Yeah? Well, great, glad we could help," Church said sarcastically. "I'm sure if you give us enough time we'll just kill ourselves. Save ya some ammo."
"If it makes you feel any better your death is for a very noble cause," Wyoming said.
"It doesn't, but thanks for saying it," Church said. "What do you want with Tucker's kid and Weiss and her team anyway?"
"Ahhh!" Weiss suddenly shouted.
"What? How did we get here?" Tucker asked in confusion.
"Weiss, Tucker, What's wrong with you two?" Church asked.
"With us? What's going on around here!?" Weiss asked, clearly freaked out.
"Yeah," Tucker agreed. "What's happening?"
"Um... we're being held prisoner?" Church said as if it should be obvious. "Where the hell have you two been?"
Weiss rubbed her temples. "How are we here!?"
"I'm so confused," Tucker said.
"What do you mean 'How'?" Church said. He had no idea what was wrong with the two of them. "Are you two retarded?"
"But Tex!" Tucker shouted.
"Yes, Tex," Weiss said. "She-"
"Tex will take him out," Church assured them.
"Oh right, Tex," Wyoming said calmly. "You mean, her."
As he finished speaking, Wyoming lunged forward and punched the air in front of him. Suddenly Tex became visible in front of Wyoming. She then fell to the ground, knocked out.
"Poor Tex," Wyoming said. "Never could figure out when she'd been beaten."
"What?" Church said, surprised at what just happened. "How did you know where she was?"
"Um, we already went through this" Tucker said.
"That's where she was before," Weiss said.
"Before what!?" Church shouted, getting irritated with how the two of them were making no sense at all. "Tucker, Weiss, have the two of you gone insane!?"
"Wait a minute, what's going on?" Wyoming wondered, noting the strange behavior of Tucker and Weiss.
"I THINK THEY KNOW," Gamma stated.
"I think you're right," Wyoming said in agreement.
Before they could do anything about it, everyone began hearing loud shouting from a distance.
They all turned to the direction of the shouts and saw Caboose charging towards the base.
"Church!" Caboose continued shouting. "I'm coming to help! Don't start without me!"
"It's the idiot," Wyoming said. "Take care of him."
"RIGHT," Gamma replied. He then pointed the barrel of the cannon to Caboose's direction.
"Oh no, not again," Weiss said. "Caboose, stop!"
"Stay back!" Tucker shouted. "Don't get near the tank!"
It was too late. Gamma fired a machine gun hidden in the tank. The gunfire hit Caboose directly, killing him.
"CABOOSE!" Church shouted. "NOOO!"
At the now captured Blue base, the Reds, Ruby, and Yang were observing the crisis at Red base unfold.
"Caboose!" Ruby cried out at seeing Caboose's death.
"Whoa," Sarge said. "Looks like the blue one just got killed by the tank."
"A Blue got killed by their own tank?" Simmons said in mild surprise. "Man, I just had the weirdest sense of déjà vu."
"No duh!" Yang shouted at him. "We've seen this before."
"Hehey, speaking of getting tanked, we should see if the Blues have any beer around here," Grif suggested.
"Hey-o!" Sarge said in agreement.
"I am not going to go through this again," Yang said. "Ruby, let's go. They need our help."
"Right," Ruby said.
The two sisters then made their way out of Blue base and headed to their friends.
"I just hope we're not too late again," Ruby said.
"Don't worry," Yang said. "Whatever weird thing is going on, we'll figure it out later."
After Gamma killed Caboose, he turned the barrel towards Church and the others and began firing shots from the main cannon.
"Move!" Weiss and Tucker shouted.
They pulled Church out of the way before the blast hit him. The three of them then ran down the ramp and away from the base, with the tank still shooting at them.
"Look out!" Weiss shouted as the tank continued firing at them. They were able to get behind the base and some rocks, giving them some cover, though the tank still fired at them.
"Caboose, Caboose!" Church shouted across them towards the still body of Caboose. "Ah fuck, he's not moving."
As he turned back to face Tucker and Weiss, they all saw Wyoming firing at them as well.
"Church, I'm sorry. But he's dead," Weiss stated.
"Just like last time," Tucker added.
"Okay that's it," Church said, finally having enough of Tucker and Weiss' weird behavior. "Tucker, Weiss, you are gonna start making sense right now. That's an order."
"Everything that's going on has already happened," Weiss tried explaining.
"It's true," Tucker said. "Wyoming shot Caboose, Tex jumped Wyoming and knocked his gun away and then-"
Tex is unconscious!" Church shouted.
" Fucking A, I know, that's what we're saying!" Tucker said.
Just then, they heard Wyoming stop firing. Church took this opportunity to aim his rifle and fired. This shot actually hit Wyoming.
"Ahh!" Wyoming shouted and fell down.
"Oh- I hit him! I hit him!" Church shouted in surprise. "I can't believe I hi- I mean, I knew this sniper rifle was awesome."
"This is just like last time!" Tucker pointed out to Weiss.
"I know," Weiss said. "Once Wyoming lost, everything seemed to-"
In a split second, Weiss and Tucker found themselves back on top of Red base, with the to of them and Church being held at gunpoint by Wyoming and Gamma.
"Reset," Weiss finished.
The two of them then saw the same conversation between Wyoming and Church. Again.
"You know I really can't thank you enough for leaving your tank completely unattended. It was very kind of you old chap," Wyoming gloated. "Makes your defeat and humiliation so much easier."
"Yeah? Well, great, glad we could help," Church said sarcastically. "I'm sure if you give us enough time we'll just kill ourselves. Save ya some ammo."
"If it makes you feel any better your death is for a very noble cause," Wyoming said.
"It doesn't, but thanks for saying it," Church said. "What do you want with Tucker's kid and Weiss and her team anyway?"
"Weiss, what is going on?" Tucker asked.
"How should I know? I'm just as confused," Weiss admitted.
"Um... we're being held prisoner?" Church said once again. "Where the hell have you two been?"
"Church, don't you remember any of this?" Weiss asked.
"We already did this," Tucker said.
"What the fuck are you two talking about?" Church, clearly not remembering.
"THEY KNOW," Gamma said.
"How the devil is he keeping up with us?" Wyoming wondered.
"IRRELEVANT," Gamma said. "ELIMINATE THEM." He then began firing towards Tucker and Weiss.
"Run!" Weiss shouted as the shots missed them.
"Move!" Tucker shouted as well.
The three of them then began to run.
"Tex look out, he knows where you are," Weiss said as they ran.
Tex then became visible as they ran past her. "What?"
"Church!"
As the three of them continued to run, they saw Caboose heading towards the base.
"I am coming to help!" Caboose shouted. "Don't start without me!"
"Oh shit," Tucker said. "We forgot about Caboose!"
As if on cue, Caboose was then shot in the face.
"Ow!" Caboose screamed. "I am dead!"
"CABOOSE!" Church shouted. "NOOO!"
"Yowza!" Sarge exclaimed as he and everyone at Blue base watched the situation at Red base. "Looks like the blue one just got sniped!"
"Nooo!" Ruby wailed. "We're back here again!"
"Why does this keep happening!?" Yang shouted.
"What're the two of them talking about?" Simmons asked Grif.
"No idea," Grif said. "But hey, speaking of getting sniped, we should see if the Blues have any ...beer around here?"
"What the fuck's that supposed to mean?" Simmons asked.
"I don't know," Grif admitted. "Sounded a lot funnier in my head before I said it."
"Man, I just had the weirdest sense of déjà vu," Simmons said.
"Aw crap," Tucker said as the three of them saw Caboose drop dead.
"Whaddaya mean 'aw crap'? Caboose just got killed," Church stated.
"We know," Weiss said. "But I'm sure we'll eventually end up back where we started."
"What are you two talking about?" Church asked
"Look, we don't know how, but somehow Wyoming keeps looping us through the same events over and over again," Tucker tried to explain.
"And it seems no one remembers any of it except for Tucker and I," Weiss said.
"We don't know how," Tucker said. "But every time he gets hurt things just start-"
Once again, Weiss and Tucker were back on Red base, Wyoming and Gamma holding them at gunpoint, and Church not remembering any of this.
"What do we do?" Weiss whispered to Tucker. "We can't keep going through this over and over."
"I have an idea," Tucker whispered. "Just follow my lead."
"Yeah? Well, great, glad we could help.," Church said sarcastically, again. "I'm sure if you give us enough time we'll just kill ourselves. Save ya some ammo."
"Yeah," Tucker replied. "What do you want with my kid anyway?"
"You don't, remember?" Wyoming asked cautiously.
"Remember? You never told me anything," Tucker said.
Wyoming faced Weiss. "What about you? Do you remember anything?"
"What are you talking about?" Weiss said, playing along with what Tucker was doing. "You were just gloating while these two idiots were standing around and not doing anything."
"I THINK IT WORKED THAT TIME," Gamma observed.
"Apparently," Wyoming agreed. "Keep your eye on them next time."
"The fuck are you guys talking about?" Church said, seeing Wyoming and Gamma talking with each other. "Oh you know what, never mind. Keep talking. Waste time until Tex kills you."
"Oh right, Tex," Wyoming said calmly. "You mean, her."
Once again, Wyoming lunged forward and punched the air in front of him, causing Tex to became visible once again, getting knocked out and falling to the ground, again.
"Poor Tex," Wyoming said. "Never could figure out when she'd been-"
Wyoming failed to finish the sentence as Tucker, who was able to get behind him, stabbed him right trough his chest with his energy sword.
"Beaten!?" Tucker finished.
"Oh dear!" Wyoming choked out. Tucker then pulled out his sword, letting Wyoming collapse to the floor, dead.
"REGGIE!" Gamma shouted.
"Was that really necessary!?" Weiss shouted, shocked at Tucker's actions. "You didn't need to kill him."
"Hey, it's was us or him," Tucker said. "I take care of my kid."
They then heard Caboose's shouts once again and saw him running towards the base.
"I'm coming to help!" Caboose shouted. "Don't start without me!"
Tucker quickly grabbed Wyoming's sniper rifle and fired in front of Caboose's feet.
"Caboose, get the fuck outta here!" Tucker shouted.
"Okay bye," Caboose said as he turned around and headed back. "I don't wanna help any more."
"Whoa," Sarge said. "Looks like the white guy just got stabbed."
"Hey, speaking of getting stabbed..." Grif began to say, but stopped. "I think I have a headache all of a sudden. For some reason I want a beer."
"Man I just had the weirdest sense of..." Simmons began, but stopped speaking as well. "What's that thing called? When you, think you've done something, but you don't know if you did it?"
"How the fuck should I know?" Grif stated.
"This is different," Ruby said. "The white soldier never got beaten in any of the other times."
"I think that means there won't be anymore of those loops," Yang guessed. "I hope."
"It doesn't matter," Ruby said. "We need to go help Weiss and the others."
"Right," Yang agreed.
The two of them then headed out of Blue base and made there way towards Red base.
"What were those two talking about?" Simmons wondered.
"Who knows," Grif replied. "Probably girl stuff."
Ruby and Yang were on their way to Red base when Ruby noticed something.
"Wait!" Ruby shouted as she stopped running, causing Yang to stop as well.
"What is it?" Yang said, wondering what could stop Ruby since Weiss and the rest of the Blues were in need of their help. Yang then turned to where Ruby was looking, and realized what she saw.
Or specifically, who she saw.
"Blake?" Yang said. "What're you doing here?"
"And why are you wearing a helmet?" Ruby asked.
"Blake" responded by unsheathing Gambol Shroud, turning it into its gun form, and began firing several shots at them.
After killing Wyoming, Weiss, Tucker, and Church began to flee from the base as the enraged, tank wielding, Gamma began firing at them. As they ran, Church started asking the two of them some questions.
"Weiss, Tucker," Church began. "How did you two know that was gonna happen?"
"'Cause of Wyoming," Tucker answered.
"Tex said that every freelancer had an A.I. and special ability, remember," Weiss reminded.
"Yeah," Church replied.
"From what we experienced, we think Wyoming can loop us through little segments of time, and he just keeps doing it over and over again until he wins," Weiss explained.
"Wait, what?" Church said as he stopped running.
"Why are you stopping?" Weiss asked.
"How many times did we loop?" Church asked.
"Who knows?" Tucker replied. "Doesn't matter now. That cocksucker's dead."
"Though I don't approve of killing him, Tucker has a point," Weiss agreed. "We shouldn't concern ourselves with how many times Wyoming brought us back in time now that he's dead."
Tucker and Weiss then began moving again.
"No no, it does matter," Church insisted as he followed them towards the bottom of Red base. "Tucker, don't you remember when we came here to begin with? I got stuck in a loop, and every time I went back, I left a bunch of-"
Weiss, Tucker, and Church stopped when they reached the bottom of Red base. Inside the base, they saw Wyoming. Specifically, seven Wyomings all grouped together, and who have now noticed them.
"Copies," Church finished, hating that he was right.
"Hello," the Wyomings said together. They then began laughing as they raised each of their weapons and pointed them at the trio.
A/N: Greetings! Thank you once again for your continued patronage of my story. Just to give you the heads up, this is the penultimate chapter. I will be releasing the final chapter as soon as I can. Once again, thank you very much.