RWBY: Team CRML
Chapter 42
Liam
Hiding amonst his copies, Liam rushed Mist along with them. As they reached her, Mist swung her halberd through one, it vanishing as Liam slid behind her, slashing his sword across her back as he shot a round, speeding up his attack. Liam ducked to the side as another copy took his place. Mist spun around, thrusting her weapon through it and causing it to vanish. Slashing her leg, Mist fell to one knee as Liam spun around, kicking her in the back and causing her to fall forward.
Catching herself, Mist shook her head as Liam slowly approached with his decoys. As he went to attack, Mist activated her semblance, her arms begging to glow black with her aura as she quickly turned around and grabbed Liam by the neck. Once she made physical contact with him, Mist's aura coated a small part of his neck before retreating back to her hand, her aura disappearing.
Kicking Mist back, Liam rubbed his neck a bit before taking his stance along with his decoys. Keeping her balance, Mist looked Liam in the eye with a smirk. "Thanks for sharing."
"The hell are you talking about?" Liam growled.
Mist closed her eyes as she activated her semblance once more, this time however, three exact copies of herself parted from her. Seeing this caused Liam to freeze for a moment.
Using it to her advantage, Mist rushed Liam with her copies. As Liam went to strike one down, it faded as his blade sliced through air. Seeing which was the real Liam, Mist quickly cut down his copies before knocking Liam to the ground with her halberd.
Spinning it as she walked away, Mist continued to smile. "Like my semblance?" she asked him. "It allows me to borrow the next persons semblance I come into physical contact with." Liam got to his feet as Mist's decoys took their stances. "I call it 'Copy Cat'. Unique, don't ya think?"
"If you just copy peoples semblance, you can never truly master them." Liam replied.
Rushing her, Liam sliced through Mist's decoys before slashing at the real her. Blocking his sword, Mist pushed back. "Maybe." she growled. "But I already beat you once!"
"I already told you: it won't play out like that again!" Liam replied before breaking the lock. Aiming his weapon at her, he fired off a sniper round point blank into her chest.
Sliding back a few feet, Mist stabbed her halberd into the ground to stop herself. Creating two more decoys, she had them rush Liam before rushing him herself.
Keeping her in his sights, Liam sliced through the two copies as Mist got near him. Slashing at her as well, she suddenly vanished, catching Liam off guard.
Mist slid swiftly behind Liam, slashing her halberd across his back. Stumbling forward, Liam turned around as Mist swung again. Creating a decoy as he ducked, Mist swung through it. Standing up, Liam punched the bottom of her jaw, sending Mist onto her back.
Bringing his weapon down on her, Mist aimed her weapon to the side and fired off a shot, sliding her out of the way of Liam's strike. As his sword hit the ground, countless cracks formed around the point of impact. Using her momentum, Mist flipped herself onto her feet.
As the two were about to rush each other, Hazel was suddenly knocked through the wall of the building, landing outside. Looking to the hole in the wall for a split second, Mist and Liam snapped back to the fight at hand. Rushing each other, the two clashed, shooting rounds to boost their speeds as sparks flew from their weapons with each strike.
As the two fought, Marek was having a bit of trouble keeping up with Shadow. Dodging and blocking strike after strike, Shadow forced Marek to go onto the defensive. "You've never been able to beat me, brother." Shadow growled. "Even now, we both know you'll lose." attacking Marek with a particularly hard strike, he slid back a few feet. Stabbing his weapon into the ground, Marek came to a stop as he fell to his knees, out of breath.
"You... Seriously... Talk too much..." Marek said as he got to his feet, catching his breath. Taking his stance, he pointed the tip of his weapon at Shadow.
"Still putting up a fight, huh?" Shadow shook his head as he took his stance as well. "I'm bringing you home this time, Marek."
"We'll see about that!"
As the two lunged at one another, the stinger of a Queen Lancer launched passed the two, knocking Shadow to the ground as the stinger went outside and impaled Hazel. Pulling him back into the building, Hazel rolled across the ground as he slid free from the stinger.
Looking from Hazel to the hole in the wall, three people stood there, each one had a look of shock. "Chrome?" Weiss said softly as her summon hovered above her.
Chrome, Nicci and Blake all stood in disbelief.
End of chapter 42
