hey guys. I hope you like long chapters. I've noticed that there has been a number of new followers lately, and I really appreciate you guys. Centurion, I hope that this makes it better(I'm really trying here) and I know it might sound weird, but I am honestly glad that most of the problems you and others have voiced are mainly based on the format rather than the story. Ginger, How could I not add stuff from volume 4, they're so cool. Anyways, Here's the new chapter. I hope you all love it, and review to tell me what you think.
Team RWBY was suffering. Not physically, but mentally. Without team ENDD to answer all of professor Oobleck's questions, team RWBY
was totally at his mercy. Ruby rested her head on the desk, staring at the clock. Weiss was doing her best to continue take notes, but was faltering, and Blake was just content with simply listening. Yang was… drawing pictures of her and Allister, in a number of romantic, and lewd, positions, totally ignoring the class. The four let out a collective sigh as the bell rang and professor Oobleck stopped speaking.
"Thank God." Ruby yelled out exasperated.
"IT's finally over." Blake stated. The girls quickly grabbed their stuff and ran up to leave the classroom. Once outside they were intercepted at once by professor Ozpin. "Would you girls please follow me." Ozpin instructed. The girls glanced at each other before following the headmaster.
"Hey, What were you drawing in your notebook?" Blake asked Yang.
"Oh, nothing just some pictures of… me and Allister." Yang answered nervously.
"Wow, To be honest I've never seen you this happy." Blake answered.
"Neither have I." Ruby chimed in.
"What do you want me to say. Allister's perfect. He's strong, caring, always there for me. Nobody's ever made me feel that way." Yang admitted.
"That is true. I've never see Yang actually stoop to drawing pictures nervously just because her boyfriend has been gone a few hours." Ruby confirmed.
"Well, I love him and that's final." Yang stated Yang leaned over towards her partner.
"Probably just as much as you love Darron." Yang whispered. Blake's face fell sad at the mention of Darron's name. Weiss swooped in behind Yang and slapped the back of her head.
"See now you made her sad." Weiss scolded.
"No I'm fine really." Blake insisted.
"It doesn't matter, because we all know how Weiss feels about Zade." Yang teased.
"Can we please not do this!" Weiss demanded, her face red.
"We have arrived." Ozpin stated, watching the girls amused. The girls were brought back to focus by Professor Ozpin. The four girls walked into a rather large conference room. At the other end of the room was team ENDD. Yang waved cutely at Allister. Allister winked back but indicated that this was a serious meeting. Team RWBY were shown to their seats. Teams SSSN, JNPR, and CFVY were also present. Team RWBY greeted all their friends until Ironwood cleared his throat. Everyone sat at attention. "
This is the mission." Ironwood began. " early this morning and this afternoon team ENDD performed a reconnaissance mission to the site of a potential White fang base. They discovered something terrifying." The lights in the room began to fade and a projector displayed all of the information. Pictures of large radio towers, the downed air ships, and the inside of the base as well as top secret documents scrolled through.
"We've discovered a white fang plan that intends to launch a full scale aerial offensive against Vale. We want you and a squadron of Atlesian combat robots to thwart them. We don't know how long they've been preparing this or how much firepower they have. That, in conjunction with the grimm implications, will make this a very serious issue." Ozpin explained. The teams all appeared to grasp the situation.
"As a result of conflict between team ENDD and the white Fang." Ironwood stated, angrily, earning him some annoyed stares from Max and Kenneth. "We don't have time to set out a full battle plan, as the white fang have most likely also shortened their time table exponentially. Instead we will be doing a simple breach and clear. You will enter from the front and hunt down the terrorists with extreme prejudice. We also have reason to believe that there are high ranking White Fang officials on the premises, so exercise extreme caution. You lift off in 45 minutes prepare." Ironwood finished. The lights in the room turned one and Ozpin, Glynda, Ironwood walked out, leaving the children to their thoughts.
"Well, I guess this is different than getting back on the dammed train." Ruby stated.
"Yeah cleaning up after that really sucked." Coco agreed.
"But seriously how are we going to address this mission?" Sage asked the group. Everyone immediately turned towards team ENDD, specifically Allister. Allister just looked back at all of them.
"What?... oh for fucks sakes. Fine. We shall raise hell. New squads for specific goals. Zade will lead Blake, Sun, Ren, and Fox. Use your speed. Max, run with Ruby, Coco, Neptune velvet. You will act as sniper cover and support. Kenneth, take Weiss,Scarlet, Jaune, and, Pyrrha, use your skill albeit recently developed, To perform high risk tasks. I will roll with Sage, Yatsuhashi, Yang, and Nora. We will be the powerhouse front line, We shall also deal with the more powerful of the white fang units." Allister teams nodded in agreement with their new groups.
The groups split apart into their operation units, to get situated with one another. Sun immediately made a beeline for Blake. "He-he-hey." Sun stammered, getting Blake's attention.
"What's up?" Blake asked.
"Well, I just wanted to know, before the mission, that we're still friends right?" Sun asked, even more nervous than before.
Blake chuckled, "Of course, I know there have been… problems recently ish, but I still don't see why we can't be friends." Blake answered.
"Oh, cool. I mean honestly you're still one of the coolest people I know." Sun replied. Blake raised an eyebrow at Sun curiously.
"You seem different." Blake stated.
"We'll. Promise you won't be mad?' Sun said. Blake nodded. "OK, well you see. After Darron was acquitted, and before he left to… wherever, he may or may not have shown up and kicked my ass. That followed by a brief intervention from my team. And I realized I was totally a dick while we were dating." Sun explained.
"You just got that?" Blake asked, looking stern.
"Had I known I was doing it while dating you I probably would have stopped myself, but the point is. I'm sorry I was an asshat, you are still the prettiest girl I've ever met though. I mean, I would've have said it earlier, but that's the best I could come up with without sounding like a bigger ass. I was waiting so you wouldn't think I was trying to win you back or something, I understand the results of my own actions. Since we're... basically about to go to war, I figured I might as well do it now." Sun had started to ramble until Blake stepped in and hugged him.
"It's cool. You are forgiven." Blake said. As sun set out a sigh of relief, a round of applause started. Sun and Blake looked to the side to see Ren, Zade, and Fox, All applauding them. "Really?" Blake asked.
"Oh totally." Zade responded. "Now can we please get to work." Blake and Sun nodded as Zade began speaking.
Once, each team was finished briefing they made their way down to the school's air field. Ironwood loaded all of the teams onto one airship. "You will be landing roughly 300 meters from the base, you will have 150 atlesian robots at your disposal. Remember, your job is not to capture all of these white fang members, The first priority of this mission is simply to move in and prevent them from executing their plan!" Ironwood as he jumped off the ascending plane. Once the hatch closed, everyone could feel the acceleration.
"Alright, terrorist stopping time." Neptune said.
"This is gonna be a lot of fun." Kenneth agreed. Kenneth and Neptune leaned across the aisle and fist bumped each other. Sun and Blake sat next to each other, conversing. Zade gently held Weiss close as he leaned over to Allister.
"Something about this feels off." Zade voiced.
"I know but we are out of options." Allister responded. Zade sat back, shaking his head. He couldn't tell what, but he could feel that something would blow this mission to shit.
Ironwood walked out of the elevator into Ozpin's office. "Status." Ironwood asked. Glynda glared at the general sharply.
"They are all enroute to the base." Ozpin informed.
"This is the first time ENDD will be involved in a major offensive. Are you sure they can lead?" Ironwood asked.
"Of course, these boys have broken into much harder facilities, and they broke out of your cuffs. Though I do believe Allister may be a little... irresponsible should things get hairy. " Ozpin responded. Glynda held back a laugh, earning her a dirty look from Ironwood.
"I wouldn't worry about them. If anybody, I'd worry about your little pet project who's still looked up down their." Qrow said, walking out from a separate elevator, sipping from his flask."
"He's still not ready." Ironwood demanded.
"Not ready, Bullshit. I just squared off with him. That power is phenomenal. Surely put your ass in it's place. He's capable of calling and dispersing it at will. He still isn't strong enough to defeat me but, He's definitely ready." Qrow argued. Ironwood looked back to Ozpin to make a decision.
"Hmmmmm." Ozpin mused, thinking on the decision.
Everyone was visibly nervous as the airship finally landed, except for Allister, Zade, and Max. As the hatch opened up they were the first to exit. "We are moving! NOW!" Allister called out. The group of huntsmen and huntress broke off into their individual teams. Allister's squad looked confused as Allister just sprinted, in front of the atlesian squad.
"Trust me go." Zade instructed. Allister's team immediately took off after him. As they approached the base Allister saw the door begin to open.
"Drop and Fire!" Allister called out. Allister's squad took the hint and they all hit the deck as fast as possible. All of the atlesian robots and Max's sniper squad began opening fire. The relatively small doorway provided a perfect funnel for limiting White fang coverage. White fang began falling fast, as the robot's approached.
"Stay down and crawl forward.!" Allister commanded. Allister and his squad began to army crawl, disguised while the white fang were busy fighting their robotic adversaries.
Kenneth and Zade held their groups back, far back, They stalked behind Max's squad as they pelted the opening with fire. "What's the plan boss?" Sun asked.
"Hold on. We need to get closer." Zade said. Kenneth nodded, indicating that their team would do the same.
"So...what is the plan?" Kenneth asked. Zade stared at Kenneth."What!" Kenneth yelled defensively. "Just because I'm from Atlas doesn't mean that I've done THIS before." Zade laughed.
"Never said you did. You need to relax, if you fight stiff you will die." Zade coached. Kenneth sighed, annoyed but relaxed. "OK now!" Zade yelled as he jumped forward from their position.
"Huh, fuck GO." Kenneth said. The two teams began racing across the plane, the robots had just about reached the entrance to the cave. "Coco suppress for us." Zade instructed. Coco nodded and began firing like crazy with her death machine. The teams raced into the compound, promptly followed by Allister's team.
"I don't care destroy everything." Allister commanded. The groups fanned into the different hallways. They ducked into every room possible, destroying every piece of equipment they found, and killing everyone who stood in their way.
After nearly 20 minutes of raw destruction. Allister was still leading the fight against some goddamned resilient white fang forces. "Hey Kenneth, Is that the big fucking door you couldn't get in earlier?" Allister asked. Kenneth peaked around the corner they were suppressed behind.
"Yeah." Kenneth answered.
"Then what the shit is behind it." Allister demanded.
"I don't know I couldn't get in there." Kenneth yelled.
"And where the hell did everybody go." Allister asked. Kenneth shrugged.
"Honestly we all got separated like 7 minutes ago." Kenneth answered.
Allister sighed, "Fuck me in the ass." Allister peaked around the corner. 3 white fang mechs stood stout before the door. Another 15 white fang soldiers were trenched in. Allister pulled out his scroll. "Hey Guys. Now that we have affirmed that i've fucked this job at being a leader. I need you all to converge on my location. I am going to rampage the bullshit out of this." Allister called. Allister began sucking air into his mouth at a terrifying rate. Allister turned the corner and released all of the energy. The white beam of pure energy filled the entire hallway. As the beam dissipated the mutilated white fang who were unfortunate enough to not be killed laid traumatized. The students all filed behind Allister.
"Damn." Scarlet stated.
"Oh goody you're here." Allister replied sarcastically. "Could we please stay together and fucking get this damned door open." Allister yelled. Scarlet slowly stepped over to Zade as everyone else stared silently.
"He has… problems doesn't her?" Scarlet asked. "No… he just needs to work on his… calm head in a fucking warzone. But honestly, that is why we have Darron. Allister gets too emotional and angry at times." Zade answered.
"Anyday people!" Allister yelled again. Yatsuhashi and Max ran forward and grabbed a section of the door. All three began to lift strenuously against the weight of the door. "UNDER!" Allister yelled. The hunters and huntresses all took turns sliding under the hole at the bottom of the door. With a final push the 3 hunters managed to slam the door up. The three ducked under at the last second before it slammed down again. "See was it so hard to stay together?" Allister asked. At the lack of response Allister looked up. "Ah fuck." Allister said, visibly annoyed.
The room they had just broken into was a massive airship hanger. Nearly 300 airships packed the room, circling one massive airship. "Well, Lets blow that ship up to." Zade answered.
"Attention, liftoff is to commence in 5 minutes." A pa system announced to the room.
"Shit." Kenneth yelled. Allister just shock his head before running straight at the air ships. Screaming bloody murder.
"See emotional." Zade stated.
"Just kill things." Max finished. The rest of the teams rolled their eyes and advanced on the enemy.
"God I want Darron back." Zade cried.
"I know. Maybe murder will clear your mind." Max consoled his friend. Zade sighed and teleported away. Max turned, shaking his head as he began firing at the white fang.
Darron sat, staring at Amber's body in the container. "How the fuck did I end up here." Darron thought to himself.
"Well, Whose fault is it we are here." The voices in his head commented.
"You assholes." Darron snapped back.
"Regardless. Hey, When we get Blake back. You are totally going to hit that yes" One voice asked.
"No." Darron answered.
"Why the hell not. You want to hit that too." Another voice complained.
"Yeah but the hell am I giving you the satisfaction!" Darron yelled back.
"Well I'd rather not know what that was about." Darron immediately spun around to see Qrow staring at him.
"What do you want?" Darron asked.
"Well, Ozpin and Ironwood just gave me permission to tell you that your team and their friends are currently raiding a Whitefang base and fighting for their lives." Qrow responded. Darron immediately shot up,
"WHAT!" Darron yelled. Qrow chuckled. "This shit's not funny!" Darron continued.
"That why I'm here. Go, save them, do your thing I don't know." Qrow explained, drinking from his flask.
"Dick." Darron said as he pushed past Qrow.
"Godspeed." Qrow called after him.
Allister and the students had managed to board the main airship, and were currently flying at 4000 feet. The students were held up in the cargo hold being pinned down by heavy fire. "How the hell did all the robots remain on the ground." Allister said.
"Ok, calm your emotional ass down. We need to break through their lines." Zade yelled. Allister and Max yelled at each other.
"Ok yeah I suck at this shit." Allister(I need to stop fucking watching archer and writing) admitted.
"Ya think." Zade said. "Max, blow it." Zade commanded.
"Sure." Max responded. Max unloaded a number of rockets from from Titan. Branching through the enemy forces.
"Go, split up and bring this ship down. Zade and I will handle the other ships." Allister commanded. The other students surged forward. Allister grabbed onto Zade's arm. Zade quickly teleported them to onto a nearby ship. Allister immediately lashed out, punching a shocked white fang soldier off of the ship. Zade stepped forward, using his guns to kill the pilots. The airship sharply dropped in altitude. Zade jumped back into the body of the ship, where Allister Was crushing in a man's skull. Zade gripped into Allister's robes before teleporting out of the ship. The two reappeared high above the fleet. The two tucked into stream line positions ready to rain hell.
"Oh man oh man!" Jaune worried. Jaune raised his shield to deflect another white fang sword. He,Pyrrha, Scarlet, and Sage had managed to become surrounded by white fang soldiers. Pyrrha knocked away another sword while Scarlet jammed his cutlass into the man's chest. As the man fell to the ground Scarlet quickly raised his sword to deflect a second attack. Sage had managed hold back a second attacking force with his massive claymore. With a growl Sage swung ,hard. The blade cut clean through 2 soldiers and impacted the wall! As Sage tried to pull the blade out his eyes widened in fear. The blade was stuck in the wall Some white fang noticed this and rushed forward. Jaune immediately took initiative and hopped over Sage sword. Jaune kicked away one lance and slashed open the soldier's chest. Jaune lashed out backhanded with his shield, connecting with a soldier's face. Jaune dropped to his knees and cut down two more soldiers at their knees. Jaune rolled backwards and popped up.
"Thanks." Sage said, as he freed his sword.
"Shit!" Came a cry of pain. Sage and Jaune immediately turned. Scarlet leaned up against the wall, his hand pressed to his side, blood seeping through his fingers. "On of em got me." Scarlet said. Seeing that one of their enemies were hurt, the white fang pushed with renewed fervor. Jaune Sage and Pyrrha did their best but were continuously pushed back.
"Jaune! I don't know how much longer we can keep this up." Pyrrha called out.
"We just need to hold on a little longer." Jaune replied. Scarlet sat against the wall, trying his best to shoot at the white fang members. Pyrrha raised her shield to block a white fang attack, but missed another lance, coming in from below. Pyrrha screamed as the lance punctured her shoulder. Pyrrha dropped her sword and fell behind Sage. Jaune and Sage each fought desperately, to protect themselves and their friends. Suddenly a comforting sound rung in both of their ears. It was the sound of Coco's minigun. Jaune grabbed Pyrrha and pulled her to the ground. Sage just dropped flat. The white fang looked confused, for only a moment, before bullets began tearing through them. Any White fang who weren't killed in the initial assault fled for other sections of the ship. Coco and Fox immediately ran forward.
"Are you guys ok?" Fox asked.
"Mostly," Jaune answered as he began inspecting Pyrrha and Scarlet's injuries. Coco and Sage stayed on lookout while Fox and Jaune continued to treat the wounded.
"Well, we are stuck here for a while. Hopefully other are having better luck than us." Pyrrha said.
" You should worry about yourself first." Jaune answered. "But hopefully they get here soon."
Kenneth, Blake, and Sun were traversing through the ship, as stealthily as possible. "Max. You have everybody right?" Kenneth asked through his scroll.
"Yeah. I got most of them. You guys just follow that path right along the hull and get to the bridge." Max responded,
Kenneth put away his scroll. The three turned the next corned, startling 4 soldiers. Blake wasted no time using Gambol shroud to slit the first soldiers throat. Sun drew his staff and split it into their nunchuck form. Sun lashed out with them and discharged to shotgun shells, blasting large holes in two soldiers chests. Kenneth rushed forward with his blades, cleanly decapitating the final soldier. "We need to get to the bridge." Kenneth commanded. Blake and Sun nodded before running forward. As Kenneth went to follow them, bullet fire suddenly distracted him. Kenneth looked behind him and saw two white fang soldiers advancing down the hallway. Kenneth used his aura to activate the red dust crystals in his swords. Kenneth aimed his swords and fired off two beams of heat energy. The beams burned directly through the chests of the soldiers. Kenneth smirked as their lifeless bodies hit the ground. Kenneth ran around the corner, and nearly ran into Blake. "Hey what's up?" Kenneth asked, also noticing a shocked Sun. Blake trembled but pointed in front of her. Kenneth looked to where she was pointing and his own eyes widened. At the end of the hallway stood Adam Taurus, leader of the white Fang. Adam stepped forward, his eyes, though under his mask, were fixed directly on Blake.
"Hello, dear." Adam greeted in his dark voice. "How good of you to come back."
Blake stumbled over her words as Adam started to draw closer. Blake gripped Gambol Shroud, ready for a fight. Before she could even flinch, Kenneth had dashed forward. Adam smirked at his challenger. Kenneth opened by swinging both blades at Adam's head. In a sharp movement, Adam unsheathed Wilt and caught, both of Kenneth blades. Adam aimed blush at Kenneth's feet. Kenneth jumped back evading the blast. Kenneth stepped in and began slashing furiously at Adam.
"I need to help him." Blake thought as she began to walk forward. She was interrupted, however, as Sun grabbed her shoulder.
"Stay back. You obviously have some history with him. You'll only get in Kenneth's way if he has to protect you as well." Sun explained.
"No you don't understand." Blake argued. "Kenneth can't win this fight. Adam is too strong."
"Have some faith. Kenneth was chosen to be a temporary replacement for Darron. That should say enough about what he can do." Sun countered.
"Not even Darron has even beaten Adam!" Blake yelled. Sun fell silent, unsure of how to respond. Sun took a deep breath
. "But Kenneth is the best of us, and all we have." Sun responded. Blake looked down sadly, before looking back at her friend and ex fight viciously.
Kenneth slashed at Adam's chest. Adam blocked the blow and kicked Kenneth's legs out from under him. As Kenneth hits the ground, Adam slammed a boot on Kenneth's chest. Adam kicked Kenneth in the ribs and he rolled across the floor. Adam placed his sword inside its sheath. As Kenneth stood up Adam dashed forward, redrawing the sword and slashing kenneth's chest. Kenneth slid backwards from the hit. Kenneth regained his composure and attacked Adam again. However, no matter what kind of moves Kenneth seemed to throw at Adam, Adam always seemed to be one step ahead.
"You are standing between me and my darling. You are a nuisance." Adam stated.
"Well, I have no plans on giving up anytime soon!" Kenneth yelled defiantly.
"Then die." Adam responded. Adam sheathed his sword and ducked under a swing from Kenneth. Adam fried his sword from his sheath, catching Kenneth right in the nose. Adam reached out and grabbed his sword midair. The sword began to glow an ominous red. Adam spun around and slashed upwards with his sword. Everyone stared in amazement as the blade cut clean through Kenneth's left arm, amputating it. Kenneth staggered back and screamed in pain. "Fuck!" Kenneth screamed out.
Adam simply laughed. "This is what you deserve." Adam smirked. Adam moved to walk past Kenneth, when out of the blue, Kenneth began attacking with his other sword. "Pathetic." Adam mused, as he easily sidestepped all of Kenneth's attacks. Adam simply grabbed onto Kenneth's arm and pulled him forward. Adam drew his blade up and swiped down. Severing Kenneth's Right arm. Kenneth was soundless as he staggered backwards, coughing up blood. Adam glared lecherously at Blake and began to advance towards her. Just as Adam was about to pass Kenneth, Kenneth kicked out and connected with Adam's stomach. Adam stepped backwards.
"How!?" He asked incredulously. Kenneth ran forward and jumped into the air, kicking Adam's face twice.
"Because. I will always protect my friends, and I'm fucking terrified of what Darron would do to me if I let you touch her." Kenneth declared. Adam growled.
"Do you think this is humorous?" Adam asked, murder in his voice.
"Since you've disarmed me. IT's all I have left." Kenneth countered, chuckling to himself.
Blake looked on horrified. "How can he be so light about this. He's going to die." Blake thought, fighting back tears. Kenneth took for a roundhouse kick to Adam's head. Adam ducked under the swing. Kenneth followed by spinning into an Axe kick. Adam lunged up, slicing off Kenneth's leg. The force cause Kenneth to back flip, landing on his last leg. Kenneth began to teeter back and forward, the blood loss starting to get to him. Despite his aura's best efforts. Adam grabbed Kenneth by the throat and lifted him into the air. With a light swing, Adam removed Kenneth's final limb.
"You! Will! Die!" Adam roared, as he plunged his blade into Kenneth's abdomen. Adam placed a foot on Kenneth's chest and launched him towards Blake. Blake caught Kenneth and placed his bleeding form gently on the ground. Blake could hardly see through her tears. Kenneth coughed up more blood.
"Blake." He called out quietly.
"Stop talking. Save your strength." Blake demanded.
"Blake. It's ok. It's the least I could do for Darron. He helped me, saved me. Became the reason I joined Atlas' military academy. And To you. You guys were my first true friends. I lived everyday hoping to see you again. I got my wish. If my death could allow for you to be happy. Then I would die a thousand times." Kenneth said as he nodded into unconsciousness.
"No no nonono." Blake cried frantically. Suddenly she threw her head back. "ALLISTER!" Blake screamed out. Immediately Allister and Zade appeared.
"Wha Oh Fuck!" Allister said as he immediately set to healing Kenneth.
"Don't die asshole." Zade said. Zade stepped forward to protect his friends. Sun decided to race at Adam.
"You will also die." Adam said. Adam's entire body began to glow red. By the time Sun realized the mistake he had made, it was too late. Sun closed his eyes as Adam dashed forward with his blade.
"Huh? Am I dead… no" Sun thought as he opened his eyes. Sun jumped back as he noticed Adam's katana mere inches in front of him. Sun looked up confused. Right behind Adam, grabbing his arm, was Darron. Darron grabbed Adam's head and jumped forward, slamming Adam's head into the wall. Darron punched Adam in the stomach, lifting him off the ground and throwing him down the hall. Darron drew his sword and readied himself for a fight. Adam drew his Katana. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind began rushing through the hallway. Adam looked to his side and noticed a large hole in the hull of ship. "Son of a bitch." Adam though. Adam and Darron raced each other, clashing swords.
"I'm amazed you're alive." Adam said, relatively calm. Darron smirked.
"I wasn't going to give you that satisfaction." Darron responded. The two continued to push one another, their hatred easily apparent. Blake sat next to Kenneth, watching Darron fight.
"Blake. focus." Darron said, snapping Blake from a daze she hadn't even noticed she was in. "Listen. Allister." Darron called, narrowly dodging a slash from Adam. "
What boss?" Allister asked.
"I'm taking charge. I sent a location to your scroll. Meet up with everyone there. Form a single unit and take the bridge. Allister, take center and act as a healer. Place Max as rear guard. Coco should lead the way with that massive minigun. Cover your flanks with shields and massive sword wielders. First wave should be fast melee weapons, they can move in and out quickly without being hurt. Second wave should be mainly ranged fighters. Use them to pick off enemy gunman. Zade, teleport him to a hospital, then act as vanguard. Go wherever you are needed." Darron instructed. Allister nodded as Zade disappeared with Kenneth.
"Darron wait! I… I want to say." Blake began.
"Don't worry about it. You can tell me all about it when I'm done here." Darron answered. Darron deflected another slash from Adam and punched Adam straight in the throat. Adam Staggered back, gasping. Darron grabbed a fistful of Adam's hair, and tossed Adam out of the hole Darron had created on the way in. Darron stretched his wings through slits in his greatcoat and jumped out after him. Blake ran to the hole and stood there, watching the two fighters fall.
"Be Careful." Blake thought. Blake jumped slightly as a hand fell on her shoulder. Blake turned to see that Zade had reappeared behind her.
"C'mon, we need to do our job, let him do his." Zade encouraged. Blake sighed and stepped back from the hole.
"Let's go." Blake said, as the all took off for the mark on their scrolls.
Max ran down the hall, followed by the rest of their hunter group. Luckily Coco and Fox had lead Jaune's group back to where they were. Max rounded a corner and slammed face first into Allister. Both hunters hit the ground, dazed. "Good we found you." Zade noted, watching the two stand up. Alister craned his neck and looked around at his group. While Allister began delegating Darron's instructions, Max walked up to Zade.
"Where's Kenneth?" Max asked.
Zade flinched noticeably before answering. "He got hurt pretty badly. On the bright side, Darron showed up and is currently fighting the most wanted terrorist on the planet." Max sighed as Allister called out to them.
"Take your places guys. We're gonna burn the bridge." Allister yelled. Max and Zade rushed towards their spots.
"Hey, how long do we have before they reach Vale anyway." Weiss asked.
Max ran the calculations through Titan's processor. "Yeah we have like 20 minutes." Max answered.
"Then I guess it's time we go." Allister noted as Coco lead the group down the ship and towards the bridge.
The group from Beacon pushed onward. The closer they got towards the bridge, the more fierce the resistance from White fang personnel. Currently, they were enjoying a brief repose between waves of enemies. Allister, Zade and Max, stood watch diligently. Coco was quickly trying to reload her minigun, Jaune and Weiss were attending those who were already wounded. Allister pulled out his scroll to check how much time they had.
"13 Minutes. Crap!" Allister though. "Ok guys le-." Alastair started but was interrupted by Max's hand.
"Do you hear that?" Max asked.
"Hear what?" Allister responded.
"IT sounds like a drill spinning. ITs getting faster and louder." Max said as he tried to pinpoint the sound. "Closer, closer. FUCK!" Everyone jumped as a massive drill pierced through the floor. The drill impacted Titan's chest and carried Max up through the next floor.
"MAX!" Ruby yelled as she activated her semblance to follow after him.
Allister and Zade looked at each other and sighed. "Well let's go. He'll be fine." Alastair said. The rest of the impromptu legion stood up and resumed the assault. The next wave of white fang spilling from around the corner.
Max felt himself break through the floor of the floor above and fly down the hallway. Max staggered to his feet. Where he had busted through the wall stood his enemy. The man had almost grotesque muscles. He was obviously a powerful faunas, based on his ridiculous arm strength. However, both of his hands were covered by massive drills.
"Me Vayne. You human. Human bad. Human die." The enemy said.
"Not very bright is he." Max noted. Max studied his opponent carefully when suddenly he heard a high pitched battle cry. Ruby came bursting through the hole in the floor and lashed out with her scythe. The blade bounced off of Vayne's aura. Vayne turned around and thrust with his drill. Ruby activated her semblance at the last second and managed to slip past the drill, and Vayne. Vayne turned to roar at Ruby, but was immediately bombarded by a barrage of gunfire. Ruby took cover behind Max. Vayne began spinning his drills and raised them to his face. Max grunted as he watched his bullets bounce of the drills harmlessly. Max stopped firing and ran forward. Ruby flipped Crescent Rose into its sniper mode and waited. Noticing the lack of bullets Vayne lowered his arms. Suddenly, One of Ruby's sniper rounds landed straight to Vayne's face. Vayne stumbled backwards, leaving him open to Max's punch, straight across Vayne's face. Max brought his knee up, smashing into Vayne's nose. Max quickly followed up with a headbutt. The metal of Titan's helmet made the blow even more effective. As Vayne stepped back he could feel a small trickle of blood run down his forehead. Vayne spun his drill and lunged forward at Max. Max raised his arms defensively. Vayne's drill connected with Titan's forearms, but continued to spin, sending sparks flying in all directions. The metal on metal also resulted in an ear splitting screech of noise. Max thrust Vayne's drill off to the side. Max grabbed a hold of Vayne and tossed him into the air. Max opened a panel on the back of Titan's armor. A volley of missiles launched out and headed right towards Vayne. Vayne spun his drill and dove through the missiles, exploding them where they couldn't damage him. Vayne hit the ground and glared at Max. "Vayne mad. Bad people make Vayne mad." Vayne grunted. Vayne riled up his drilled and charged at Max. Max Jumped to the side. Avoiding Vayne's charge. Ruby took advantage of the situation and slid on the ground, reaching out with her scythe. Ruby hooked Vayne's leg, causing him to trip. Vayne tumbled along the ground and rolled back to his feet. Max jumped straight in, chainsaws revving. Max's chainsaws slammed against Vayne's drills. Ruby stayed far clear of the sparks, firing sniper rounds at Vayne. "Vayne kill human!" Vayne yelled out. Vayne bent his knees and pushed Max backwards. Vayne drew his drill back and it began to cackle with electricity. Vayne slammed forward, spearing Max's chest. Max groaned as he felt the electricity arc across his skin.
"Get off of him!" Ruby yelled as she rammed herself straight into Vayne's chest. Vayne was barely affected. Vayne spun his other drill. Ruby's eyes widened as the drill was engulfed in flames. Vayne punched forward, looking to shred, and burn Ruby. Max reached out with his hand and gripped on to the tip of the drill. Max yelled as Vayne's drill began tearing apart Titan's arm, and the flames began singing Max's arm.
"Arm integrity 35%." Titan told Max. Max thought on this information for a moment before acting. Max released the drill, causing Vayne to fall forward. Max delivered an uppercut to Vayne's chin. Max landed more punches to Vayne's face. Max reached down towards his legs. A small slit opened in Titan's armor, causing lightning dust to spill out. Max raised his hand, and the dust followed. Max reached out and managed to grab a hold on to Vayne's face. Vayne thrashed frantically, smashing his drills into Max's side.
"No! Human bad! Human must die!" Vayne yelled out.
"Just die." Max responded. Max raised the lighting dust. Into the air. Max willed the dust to form into a long thin chain. Max swiped his hand and the dust flew in through Vayne's ear. Vayne roared in pain as he felt his eardrum perforated. "Now let's amplify some stuff in here." Max instructed. Vayne screamed as the Lightning dust discharged, directly into his brain. Vayne convulsed and his eyes popped out of his skull. Just a suddenly as the shocks started, they stopped. Max reached up and gently pressed Vayne's forehead. Vayne teetered backwards before hitting the floor,dead. Max turned around and disengaged Titan. Titan repacked itself in its case and began to perform self maintenance. As soon as Titan was placed away Ruby barreled into Max.
"Alright." Ruby cheered, hugging his neck. Suddenly, Max hissed in pain. Ruby shot off of him. "Are you ok?" Ruby asked nervously. Max raised his arm, revealing the burns that stretched about halfway up his forearm. "Oh I'm sorry." Ruby said, nervously.
Max just chuckled. "It stings but it's fine don't worry about it." Max said as placed a hand on Ruby's shoulder. Ruby gasped as Max pulled her into a one armed hug." Ruby just tried to snuggle deeper into Max's side.
"You're awesome." Ruby said. Max just looked down at the red riding hood in his arms.
"C'mon, we left in quite a hurry, we should head back." Max suggested. Ruby frowned as Max let go of her, but sighed and followed him nonetheless.
"At least this will make one hell of a story." Ruby mused.
After the departure of Max and Ruby, Allister lead the rest of the team towards the bridge. Currently they were at the final stretch. Allister could see the bridge at the end of the hallway. Despite the hunters superior firepower, The whitefang still had them severely out numbered.
"Zade we need a plan." Allister said, looking over at his friends. Zade was firing rounds down the hallway, killing whitefang after whitefang.
"Look, I don't know. Darron's busy, and the only thing we need to know is that we have a job, and that he wants that job done." Zade responded. Allister groaned before throwing another beam of light down the hallway. Suddenly, it came to him.
"Zade, grab Weiss and teleport to the bridge, Take if from the inside and start working backwards." Allister instructed. Zade reloaded his smgs as he thought the Idea over.
"Got it." Zade agreed. Zade sprinted across the hall, keeping his head down. Zade lunged forward, grabbing onto Weiss, and teleporting the two of them to the bridge.
"Zade!" Weiss yelled, not expecting the sudden shift. Zade laughed as He stepped in front of Weiss.
"Sorry dear, but orders are orders." Zade said.
Weiss rolled her eyes. "Fine what are we doing here?" Weiss asked.
"Well, we were supposed to clear out the bridge, and then flank the white fang who have our friends pinned down, but I'd have to say, it's pretty quiet in here." Zade explained, looking around the empty bridge.
"Maybe they're just out there helping to fight." Weiss suggested. Zade nodded, agreeing with Weiss. Suddenly, something clicked in Zade head. Zade spun around, lashing out with his scythes. Zade scythes cleaved through a chair that had suddenly rocketed across the room. Weiss quickly drew Myrtenaster.
"Show yourself!" Weiss called out to their attacker. A gruff laugh filled the room. From behind one of the control panels rose the white fang lieutenant.
"Remember me…Schnee." The lieutenant said.
"Old boyfriend?" Zade asked, smirking.
"Really, you want to do this now?" Weiss snapped back.
Zade laughed. "Nah, I'd much rather kill him." Zade answered.
"Good luck." The lieutenant responded. The lieutenant jumped over the control panel and revved up his chainsaw sword. Zade teleported, appearing right in front of the lieutenant, and began swinging his scythes. The lieutenant used his massive chainsaw to block. Zade teleported up in the air, placing a side kick to the lieutenant's face. Weiss summoned a glyph and dashed forward. Weiss used Myrtenaster and landed some shallow slashes on the lieutenants chest. The lieutenant batted away Weiss' rapier before kicking the heiress away. Weiss staggered backwards. The lieutenant stabbed forward with his chainsaw, hoping to slice the heiress open. Zade responded by jumping in front of Weiss teleporting the two of them away. The two reappeared across from the control room. The lieutenant growled before running at them. Zade whipped out his smgs and opened fire at the lieutenant. The lieutenant tried to hit the floor to avoid the hail of bullets, but Weiss used one of her glyphs to propel the lieutenant into the air. The lieutenant barely managed to cover his face, much less the rest of his body from Zade's attack. As Zade clips emptied, he re holstered his weapons and teleported above the lieutenant. Weiss released her glyph, allowing Zade to slam down with his foot, crushing the Lieutenant's head. The lieutenant grunted, but remained entirely unphased. The lieutenant reached up and grabbed Zade's ankle. The lieutenant stood up, lifting Zade overhear, and slamming him down on one of the control panels. The lieutenant revved his chainsaw before hacking down at Zade. Zade managed to unfold his scythe's to hold of the lieutenant. Zade grimaced as the lieutenant continued to press down with his chainsaw, sending sparks from the grinding metals into Zade's face. Weiss used a glyph and launched herself at the lieutenant. Weiss drew her rapier back, and impaled it into the lieutenants side. The lieutenant cried out in pain as he drew away from Zade. the lieutenant slammed his chainsaw down on Weiss shoulder. Weiss cried out, as her aura fought desperately against the rotating blades. Zade lashed out with his scythe, pulling away the chainsaw. Zade brought his other scythe in a large arc, hoping to cleave through the lieutenant. "Shit!" Zade called out as he scythe only shallowly cut into the lieutenants shoulders. The lieutenant barely flinched and placed a solid punch straight to Zade's nose. Zade pulled back his scythes and stepped backwards, blood running down his nose, and tears clouding his eyes. Weiss stepped in with myrtenaster, trying her best to defend Zade. The lieutenant reached down and grabbed Weiss by her throat. Weiss dropped Myrtenaster as she clawed as his hands, desperate for air. The lieutenant drew back and through Weiss, straight into Zade. The two tumbled across the ground before hitting ungracefully against the wall.
"Finally." the lieutenant muttered, as he approached the two. Weiss struggled to get up. Zade pushed back two his feet. Zade reached down and found that he had lost his grip on one of his scythes, which had slid across the room.
"He's stronger than I though. And we need to get back to the others. Better end this for real." Zade thought, placing his single scythe on his shoulder. A blue aura seemed to engulf Zade. "Reaper stance 8: Omnisce." Zade suddenly stopped as suddenly a agonizing pain erupted in his chest. It felt as if his heart was being crushed into dust. Zade fell to his knees, coughing blood.
"Zade!" Weiss yelled, concerned.
The lieutenant laughed. "Pathetic." Zade breathed heavily, clutching his chest, when the lieutenant kicked him sharply in the ribs.
"Stop!" Weiss yelled, pushing back to her feet, summoning a glyph to call back her sword, and attacking the lieutenant. The two engaged in a fierce sword battle. Weiss managed to land a few shallow cuts in various locations on the lieutenant's body. Weiss summoned a glyph and and tried to propel herself at the lieutenants skull, hoping to spear it. The lieutenant stepped out of the way.
"Shit." Weiss spat out.
The lieutenant smirked as he slammed a elbow down on Weiss' back. The lieutenant fell to the ground, slamming Weiss into the ground. Weiss yelled as a number of her ribs snapped. The lieutenant stood back to his feet, and looked down upon the heiress. The lieutenant laughed as he revved his chainsaw once again. The chainsaw inched closer to fearful Weiss's face. Weiss wanted to move, but was pinned down by fear and pain.
"Fuck you!" Weiss's eyes snapped open at the sudden exclamation. The lieutenant had staggered backwards, one of his arms laying on the floor. Above Weiss, Zade stood, with one scythe in hand, glowing its dull blue fiery glow.
"Weiss hold him down." Zade instructed, still breathing heavily. Weiss nodded, and with the last of her strength create a glyph, directly under the lieutenant. "Reaper stance 5: flesh render." Zade said, charging the glow on his scythe. Zade rushed forward and laid a large gash along the lieutenants chest. Zade folded up his scythe and stepped back, as the glyph disappeared. Weiss and Zade both watched as the lieutenant screamed in agony. The gash Zade had created on the lieutenants chest was slowly getting bigger. The skin on the edges being burned. Zade walked over and gently helped Weiss to her feet as the burns decimated the rest of the lieutenants skin on his chest, killing him. Zade picked up Weiss and sat her down in one of the chairs on the bridge. "I'll be right back." Zade explained. Weiss nodded and continued to tend to her wounds.
Allister was getting worried about the state of the other students. They had been fighting for a very long time, and fatigue was starting to set in. Sun, and Yang had both received injuries, trying to get too close with their shotgun weapons. Allister sighed as he rubbed his face.
"Is that the look of retreat I see?" A snarky voice came from behind. Allister turned to look at Zade. Allister wouldn't show it but he was relieved on the inside.
"I assume you got it done." Allister said. Zade nodded and gestured Allister over. Allister walked over and placed a hand on Zade's shoulder. Zade teleported them into the bridge. The first thing that captures Allister's attention was the injured Weiss sitting in one of the chairs. "Need some healing?" Allister offered. Weiss shook her head no.
"Nice work, now let's get the rest of them in here." Allister complimented. Zade nodded as he reloaded his machine guns. The two busted through the door of the bridge, Allister firing off a large continuous beam of holy energy, and Zade firing a torrent of bullets. The white fang were caught entirely off guard. Even the soldiers in the front tried desperately to account for this new development. However, the two front assault seemed too much for the white fang, and soon all of the members were either dead or had scurried off to some corner of the ship.
"Guys, move to the bridge. Keep the wounded in the back. Those who can still fight defend the doorways." Allister instructed. The students made their way down the hallway and into the bridge. At the back of the group, Ruby and Max finally sprinted in.
"Hey Max, good fight." Allister greeted. Max nodded. "Good, grab who you need and fly this ship. Start shooting down the others. We don't have long before we reach Vale. " Allister said. Max nodded again, grabbing Ruby's cloak and dragging her toward the control panels. Allister walked over to one of the empty seats and plopped down in it. Allister let his head fall back, as he rested.
"Hey, a small voice called out to him." Allister looked up to see a very nervous Blake. She had her arms crossed and her eyes were cast off to the side.
"What's the matter?" Allister asked softly.
Blake sighed before answering. "I'm really worried about Darron."
Allister smirked. "I understand." Allister answered. Blake immediately looked up.
"Darron has… spoken to us about Adam, however briefly. We know about their past." Allister explained.
"Then you know that Darron has never defeated Adam before." Blake responded.
"He will this time." Allister answered confidently.
Blake looked down. "I hope your right." Blake said. "Because if he doesn't, he will surely die."
Just a quick question, before I totally bias you with next week's chapter I'm curious. As of now, who is your favorite character, and which has been your favorite scene.(Again just curious to see how people feel about the story so far) It would mean a lot if you told me.
Ok, so I know this isn't one of my greatest works. I tried some things that I do not believe worked as well as I hoped I know some of you are pretty excited for the obvious Darron versus Adam fight. I just wanted to take this chapter and focus on the rest of the crew, especially Zade and Max, who I haven't given a lot of love to lately. I also did it to get them out of the way. I will be spending the entire next week solely focused on the next chapter, which will only contain the fight between Darron and Adam. I won't say more than that it will be long. It will be bloody, It will be thrilling. It will be glorious. I'll see you next week.