Woo early chapter, I felt I should at least do that sense I was stupid enough to start another story while I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do about this multi crossover. Anyway lets get to this. Enjoy.
"FUCK!" Fidelis shouted holding on to the right ear on top of his head, blood was trickling down his face but the wound wasn't bad. Yang pulled his arm from the wound. After a few seconds she let go.
"Quit crying you baby, it barely grazed you. And you!" She shouted turning to the frantic man only to be cut off by another gunshot as the man turned the gun on himself and put a bullet in his mouth. Blood spewed everywhere even getting some on her hair as she stood there silently staring at the body. "He's dead." She muttered looking down at the blood pooling around her feet.
Fidelis stepped forward and knelt down next to the body one hand still on his ear. "Crazy bastard took the easy way out." After checking the body to be sure he was dead, Fidelis stood back up and turned to Yang. "Yo, let's go get Ruby and get the f-" He stopped when he saw the blank look on her face. "Hey hot stuff, you okay?" He asked taking a step forward.
"He killed himself." She said under her breath.
"Yeah, he did." Fidelis was confused, he didn't realize what was happening until Ruby came running over and latched on to her sister with tears in her eyes. "Is this the first time you two have seen someone die up close?" He asked as Ruby looked over to him and gave a small nod, clearly trying hard not to look at the body. "Shit." He cursed to himself as he remembered a few recruits freezing up like this after their first kill during a mission, he knew if he was going to get anywhere with them he'd have to snap them out of it fast.
He walked over to the two and began ripping the bandages off his face. He then placed a hand on both of their shoulders and made them face him. "Ruby, Yang, I need you both to listen very carefully to me. You to are both huntresses in training, you were going to have to deal with death at some point. I know this is a very bitter pill to swallow, and I may be asking a lot of you two, but I need you to get it together okay? If we don't leave soon then chances are we'll never leave. That guy is dead, we can't save him, but we can save each other. Now I may not be one of the best brothers in history, but I know that my siblings safety is more important than my mental breakdown. So please, keep it together long enough to get off this god forsaken boat and then have a breakdown."
The two were silent for a bit until Ruby spoke up and pulled on her sister. "Yang he's right, we have to leave." Ruby shook her sister a bit.
Yang closed her eyes and screamed loudly before punching a nearby crate hard enough to dent it and send it sliding back a few inches. "Lets go." She said making her way to the door out of the cargo hold. Fidelis followed close behind placing a explosive charge on the nearest crate that had 'Volatile' posted on it.
The three began running in the direction they had come from when another one of those liquid creature appeared in their way, but they didn't stop running. Fidelis pulled out the fire crystal he took and threw it at the creature. "Ruby!" He shouted to the girl who wordlessly pulled out her gun scythe and shot the dust crystal causing it to explode, completely engulfing the creature. The three never stopped as they leaped through the fire, however as they jumped a cross beam fell from above and crashed into the floor behind them pinning Ruby's cloak and leg under it.
"Fucking hell!" Fidelis shouted in frustration at their luck before running over to the downed girl. Yang was next to him trying to move the beam with no luck. "Ruby, are you okay?" Fidelis asked genuinely worried about the girl.
"Yeah, but I cant pull my foot out." She said yanking at her leg.
"Yo boss man its me again." Clef's voice came over the intercom. "Blakey was able to got the radio working and put out an immediate SOS. We got a ship flying in ETA five minutes. Whatever your doing make haste for our chariot won't wait long." The intercom went dead.
Fidelis closed his eyes for a second. "I fucking hate boats." He turned to Yang who was still trying to free her sister. "Yang we got fifteen minutes to get out of here or they leave."
"I'M NOT LEAVING HER!" She shouted enraged.
"Neither am I, but I need you to go on ahead without us."
"NO!"
"Yang, please listen to him." Ruby pleaded, wanting her sister to be safe even at the cost of her own life.
"Yang. I give you my word I'll get her out of here and onto a life raft even if I have to strap floats to myself and be that raft myself, but I need someone to make sure they know to look for us!" Fidelis shouted begging the girl to go.
Yang just kept looking back and forth between the of them clearly torn between the logic of the situation and her love for her sister. After a glance at Ruby's pleading face Yang gave in. "Fine, but I swear to god if you don't get her out I will rip you out of hell and kill you again myself!" She shouted with tears in her eyes. She gave her sister a quick tight hug before turning and continuing to run.
Fidelis turned to Ruby who looked scared. "Don't worry, I'm gonna get you out." He then began to try and lift the metal off her leg but couldn't budge it. "Shit this thing is heavy."
"Maybe you should go to." Ruby said with a quiet voice.
"No, its either we both leave or neither." He said quickly shutting down the suggestion.
Fidelis refused to give up, he wasn't going to leave her here. After about three minutes he stopped to take a breather. "Hey Fidelis?"
"Whats up kid?"
"Why did you ask about Cain earlier?"
"Is now really the time to be asking that?" Fidelis said as he examined the beam from another angle.
"I know I just thought I'd ask in case we..." She trailed off.
Fidelis closed his eyes and took a breath. "Cain is the only person I will allow myself to die to, he is the legacy that should have never been."
Ruby was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Do you remember how my mother died?" She nodded sadly. "Well a few years ago I hunted down the men who were responsible. It was difficult but with some help and a lot of favors I found out who they were. The human had died a few years after they killed my mom from a dust mining accident. The faunus however was still alive and well. He was a widower with a single child, Cain. After I found him I made sure he suffered for what he did, it wasn't a quick end." Fidelis explained this to Ruby who wanted to be disgusted but just kept remembering what that man had done to Fidelis and his mother.
"It wasn't until after I had killed the bastard that I noticed his son was in the door way watching the whole thing. I told him I was sorry he had to see it, I told him I was sorry for the nightmares I knew would haunt him for the rest of his life. After that I knocked him out and stuffed him in a sack ironically like his father had done to me years ago, however instead of selling him to an underground arena for children, I dropped him off at an upscale orphanage with nothing but a letter and a knife my father left me when he died."
"I know I'm probably just trying to ease my own conscious by doing so but I created a bank account for him and made sure Signal Academy knew of him and would approach him, his tuition was paid in full by the account I made him. Cain has every right to hate me and want my blood, just as I did with his father. And so he has become but another link in this miserable chain." Fidelis said thinking about the events.
"Cain was always quiet, but he never struck me as hate filled. He always kept to himself but never pushed away others even when they got on his nerves like I did. Fidelis will you make me a promise?" Ruby asked looking serious. "If we get out of here, I want you to go talk to him."
Fidelis was quiet for a minute, before a small smile appeared on his face. "Fine, but no more dying talk." She smiled and Fidelis stood straight up before reaching into his coat and withdrawing two things. The first was what looked like a key with a needle at the end, the second was black pill. "Lets get you out of here."
Fidelis placed the needle key above his heart. "I really hope I aim this right." He then plunged the needle in with a wince before turning it to the right. and removing the key. Seconds later there was a large burst of energy and wind around him as he had completely unlocked his aura by temporarily deactivating his limiter. Ruby was surprised by the weight of the energy, she knew he said he had a very large amount of aura but this felt absolutely massive. Fidelis then put the pill into his mouth and crunched down on it before swallowing.
After a few moments his muscles began to bulge and his canines grew longer, his eyes took a more beastly look. Letting out a loud roar Fidelis grasped the beam and began to force all of his aura into lifting the metal. At first nothing happened however after a few seconds and a growl of exertion the beam began to rise actually breaking the metal bar that it was stuck under in half.
This gave Ruby enough room to crawl out and try to stand as Fidelis dropped the beam. Fidelis saw a quick wince on her face. "I swear to god if you tell me you can't walk on it right now you will turn me to alcoholism."
Ruby tried to smile meekly. "Sorry."
With a groan he bent down and she got onto his back, piggy back style. He took his gunbai in his hand and prepared himself. "Hang on, I'm not use to doing this with my aura unlocked." Before she could ask what he meant they were moving down the hall at incredible speed as the wind behind them seem to be pushing them forward. "Alright heres the plan, we find the nearest life boat, cut it down, and put as much distance between us and the boat as physically possible before this shit blows up." He shouted as he ran, taking corners at blinding speed that almost rivaled Ruby's own.
"Sounds good."
With the Pilot
Jude was pissed off right now, first he was woken up in the middle of a great dream, then he received a mayday from the ship he just dropped those kids off at. Instead of doing his usual checks before taking off he decided to just take off based off the urgency in the girls voice. As he approached the ship he saw three of the people he dropped off waiting.
"This is Jude Redgrave with Beacon air, respond." He said into his radio.
"This is Blake Belladonna, we need immediate pick up, landing zone has been cleared."
"Roger that." Jude brought the bullhead in for a soft landing and opened up the hatch letting the three in. The one in the hat entered the cockpit.
"Thanks for the pickup J-man, things were starting to get a tad bit heated." Clef said thanking the pilot. "We've got three more coming, though if their not back in ten minutes from now we bug out."
"Got it." Jude didn't like the idea of leaving anyone behind, especially a bunch of kids but he knew they were Beacon students and could handle themselves. As they waited he never took his eyes off the clock, not until the blonde girl came running out of the maze of shipping crates and hopped aboard.
She went straight to the cockpit. "How much time do we have?"
Jude looked at the clock. "Two minutes."
Yang closed her eyes and nodded her head before looking back at the pilot. "Call in a search party, they're likely to be on a life boat."
Jude wasted no time in complying and getting the coastal rescue teams ready for his call. As the last few seconds ticked away he brought the ship into the air as he was told. He noticed the blonde girl was on the floor of the ship sobbing and also praying at the same time while her two teammates comforted her, though he could tell they were just as worried. The strange fellow in the hat however seemed completely at peace sitting in the copilots seat while tuning a guitar he didn't have before.
"Aren't you worried about your friend?" Jude asked the strange man.
"Me? Nah, the boss man will be fine. And the lass will to, theres no way the boss man would let her die." He said rather calmly as he continued to tune the guitar.
"I hope your right pal, I hope your right."
With Fidelis and Ruby
"Jump!" Ruby shouted from the life boat to Fidelis who didn't stop staring at the water.
"I'm gonna just give me a damn second!" He shouted angrily.
"We don't have a second! Whats the problem?"
"I CAN'T FUCKING SWIM!"
"...Really?" Ruby asked surprised.
"YES REALLY!"
Ruby extended her scythe and held it out to him. "Jump and grab Crescent Rose, I'll pull you in."
"Shiiiit." Fidelis curse before backing up and jumping into the water and going under. Seconds later he emerged flailing until he grabbed the scythe and pulled himself onto the boat and pulling out his fan. With one huge swing he blasted them away from the boat with a full power gust of wind, then he did it again and again until they were at least a mile away from the ship. "Holy shit I hate boats." He said falling onto his back shivering slightly from the cold and his wet clothes.
"We made it!" Ruby shouted happily.
As she said this the boat in the distance lit up as a few explosions could be seen and heard. Fidelis pulled a detonator out of his pocket, he grabbed Ruby and pulled her down into the floor of the boat before pressing the detonator. The whole ship was then engulfed in a massive inferno. Fidelis pulled Ruby closer to himself until they were practically hugging, causing the girl to blush. "Why are we like this?" She asked clearly embarrassed.
"Two reasons. First is I'm freezing cold and this will help keep me from getting hypothermia. As for the second well..." Instead of saying anything he just held up three fingers and began counting down. When he reached zero their boat was hit a series of large rough waves that threatened to capsize their tiny boat. He had to hold onto both Ruby and the boat to keep them both from fall overboard.
After about a minute the waves calmed down a bit and Fidelis let go. "I really miss Neo right now." He muttered thinking about the girl he loved. He then pulled a small survival bag out of a compartment at the front and activated the gps beacon. "We'll probably be here for an hour or two so get comfortable." He said tossing Ruby one of the emergency blankets and grabbing one for himself. "I fucking hate boats."
And another arc down. Now we get to go back to hijinks at Beacon academy! Anyway I'd like to thank my boy Mojo for letting me barrow another one of his characters, Jude Redgrave, I love that guy. Tell me what yall thought in the reviews. LATER.