Last time on RWBY X Meta Runner: Worlds Collide…
After reuniting with her father, Ruby can happily recover after hatching from the cocoon she was in. After a good night's sleep, she and her new friends, Tari and Theo, enjoyed her breakfast made by her father, Taiyang. But much to her surprise, Roa-Nyn, Ozpin, and Qrow joined in on the reunion. As Roa-Nyn discussed his battle plan to take Remnant back, Tari learned how Vekk-Torr got here before she and Theo did. The shocking discovery revealed more info about the early days of the Camylonian warlord's invasion, including how Salem became a prisoner in the first place, the cyberization of the Grimm, and how Ruby and the other seven hunters got into the cocoons in the first place. Not to mention how he will fall. Back to the plan to take Remnant back, the first stop is Vale. As of now, it is under the control of Braane-Strom, the master strategist of Vekk-Torr's generals. If things can't escalate any further, they just did. Braane-Strom has recruited a tough-as-nails Distortion who runs an underground fighting ring. Not only that, Lamar, Sage, and Arma-Kade have been spotted in Vale as well.
What business does the Distortion have with Braane-Strom, and who will get to those three first? Stay tuned to find out!
At Patch, Ruby, Tari, and their group discuss the plan to take back Vale.
"Okay, here's the plan. We need someone to scout ahead on what danger is at Vale." Tari started.
"Looks like that's my job." Qrow groaned.
"You do not have to do it alone. I'll come." Theo chuckled. "Besides, they won't see me coming when we scout."
"Enthusiasm, I like that," Qrow responded.
"That solves one problem. Tari, you and Ozpin will search for Lamar and his friend." Roa-Nyn suggested.
"Seems easy enough, I know Vale like the back of my hand." Ozpin approved.
"So that leaves you and me, Roa-Nyn, and we are finding the Distortion together," Ruby concluded.
"Seems I have to agree with you," Roa-Nyn responded. "Also, you need to make sure everyone in that fighting cabal thinks you're a one-trick pony."
"Good point." Tari agreed.
"So, we all know our roles, where we need to go, and what we need to do," Qrow said.
"See you all when we rendezvous!" Tari cheered.
The group then sprinted off towards the dock to catch the next ship to Vale. However, Roa-Nyn used his staff to trip Ruby.
"Not you, Ruby. No one has seen your fighting prowess yet. Especially, with my people's technology." He informed.
"So, this is practice before I fight that Distortion?" Ruby questioned as she dusted herself off.
"Yes. As I said earlier, you need to make sure everyone in that fighting cabal thinks you're a one-trick pony." He responded as he got into a fighting stance.
"Not you, Ruby. No one has seen your fighting prowess yet. Especially, with my people's technology." He informed.
"So, this is practice before I fight that Distortion?" Ruby questioned as she dusted herself off.
"Yes. As I said earlier, you need to make sure everyone in that fighting cabal thinks you're a one-trick pony." He responded as he got into a fighting stance.
Ruby then responded by activating Crescent Rose. She then attempted to graze the Camylonian but evaded every slash she threw out. As Roa-Nyn saw an opening, he struck the young Huntress in the solar plexus with his staff. Which made her drop her weapon, and reel in pain.
"Sloppy, predictable, and repetitive." He said.
He then threw Ruby into a tree and Crescent Rose in the other direction. He then approached the recovering Huntress.
"If you want to save your world from Vekk-Torr, you need to think smart. Improvision taught me that well." He insisted.
As Ruby got up from the throw, she then noticed her left hand, which is a part of her new Camylonian prosthetic arm, began to twitch. Soon, Roa-Nyn's staff began to get attracted to it.
"Now, let's see how you defend yourself without a weapon." He continued as he raised his weapon.
Suddenly, Ruby stuck her hand out and then, the Knight's staff was loose from its owner's grasp and into hers.
"Uh-oh." He blurted.
She then struck Roa-Nyn in the head, knocking him out. By dropping his staff, she reached out her arm and tried to call Crescent Rose. And miraculously, in a few seconds, her weapon came back to her like a boomerang and she caught it singlehandedly.
"You were saying?" She asked.
Roa-Nyn then regained conscience and saw Ruby with her signature weapon pointed at him. Amazed by this, he began to ponder the possibilities of what she could do with her new arm.
"Well, that electromagnet could be useful." He whispered.
Elsewhere in Vale, Lamar, Sage, and Arma-Kade exit a hotel after they check out. Concerned about her friend in danger, Lamar pulled out his scroll, figuring out where she might be.
"C'mon, Tari. I know you're here somewhere." He panicked.
"Relax, hombre," Sage replied. "Besides, what's the worst that could happen?"
Just then, all the TV screens then show Braane-Strom making an announcement.
"Attention, Braane-Strom here! As of now, it seems that two renegade Huntsmen have been spotted in Vale. Wait, no. Three! Tari is here too! Lord Vekk-Torr demands that they must be captured. HAVE AT THEM!" He ranted.
Just then, the trio then sees a dozen robot foot soldiers in different shapes and sizes, carrying various weapons, charging at them in different directions.
"I see two of them!" One of them shouted.
"Oh, shit." Lamar groaned.
"Don't just stand there, prepare for a fight against those VekkTroopers!" Arma-Kade hissed.
The two Huntsmen then pulled out their weapons and embraced the danger coming towards them.
"I hope we scrape out of this alive," Lamar murmured.
Meanwhile, at the docks, an airship lands there with a few VekkTroopers pointing their weapons at it as the door opened.
"Hello?" One of the VekkTroopers asked.
He stepped into the landed craft and investigated it to see if someone is on board.
"What are you doing?" Another questioned his colleague.
"Investigating! I'm just making sure this thing isn't abandoned!" The first one replied.
The other two shrugged and joined their colleague. Inside the ship, the three VekkTroopers walked around the ship to find someone.
"We should turn back now. This looks like a ghost ship." One suggested.
"Nonsense, we should take it and melt it down for weapons!" The one who entered the ship first responded. "What could go wrong?"
Suddenly, a Multi Action Dust Rapier skewered its head. The other two screamed in fear as it happened.
"Oh. That. Herk, ble-ag!" He said before dying.
Then, a figure used her twin swords to slice the remaining two in half.
"If you excuse us, we are here to save Ironwood and Penny." It informed the dying VekkTroopers.
As the figure, who revealed herself to be Winter Schnee via sunlight, exited the ship, she was shot in the waist by a sniper. She fell to the ground, clutching her wound, and was then swarmed by a few armed VekkTroopers.
"Winter Schnee, you're under arrest for your defiance against lord Vekk-Torr!" One of the soldiers announced.
As they were about to arrest her, two blasts came from the ship, destroying the robotic foot soldiers.
"Thanks for the save, sister." She complimented. "Now take care of that sniper."
Another figure exited the ship. This one is a form of a young woman wearing a combination of a combat skirt and high-tech armor with shoulder-mounted cannons that double as a jetpack. It then rocketed towards the sniper, and in hesitation, it fired at the rocketing heroine. She responded by evading the shot and giving the sniper a foot dive. This knocked the sniper into the ocean and made a splash into the ocean. Atop the spire where the sniper once stood, the figure looked down and saw the defeated sniper. As the sniper resurfaced after her fall, the figure noticed her look.
"May Zedong? What are you doing in Vale?" She asked.
"Now's not the time! Get me to a medic!" Winter yelled.
"Have you looked in the cockpit?" The figure responded.
Winter groaned and stormed back to the ship to look for the medical kit and the figure rocketed off into the city to search for anyone fighting the robot soldiers. In a street, a crow, who is secretly Qrow, is evading gunfire from Theo, who is masquerading as a VekkTrooper. As two more VekkTroopers walk towards him, they look in confusion at what he is doing.
"Excuse me, what are you doing?" One of them asked.
"That crow right there is Qrow Brawnwen. Are you going to help me shoot him down?" Theo questioned them both.
The two soldiers shrugged, and then pulled out their rifles and joined in firing at Qrow. The three of them chased the bird into the alleyway. Cleverly, Theo stopped at the entrance of it, waiting for Qrow.
"Show yourself, birdbrain!" One of them ordered.
Suddenly, the two of them were impaled by Harbinger in the back. They were then sliced in half and Qrow exit the alleyway, giving Theo a thumbs up. Then they saw the rocketing figure fly by in the sky, questioning if it was a friend or foe. Elsewhere, Lamar, Sage, and Arma-Kade conflict with a horde of the aforementioned robotic foot soldiers. As the trio of heroes bested them one by one, they began to pause for a moment and take a breather.
"You know," Lamar interjected. "This should be the part we should take a five-minute break. And it looks like these robot goons should do the same."
"I concur; we better recover before they send more and… HOLY SHIT!" Sange responded as he saw a larger VekkTrooper, wielding two battle axes, land in front of them.
The two huntsmen were then knocked on their behinds. Luckily, they managed to get back up and shrug off the attack. Suddenly, the brutish VekkTrooper threw its axes down and used its gravity powers in its gauntlets to lift the asphalt under the duo like a carpet, knocking them off their feet and lose the grip of their weapons. It then encased them in the carpet-like asphalt and tied them up like trash bags. As Ruby was seeing the carnage unfold in Vale, she picked up Crescent Rose and bolted towards the docks. Roa-Nyn followed her as well, knowing that Braane-Strom has the upper hand.
"Well, your plan has gone sour!" Ruby scoffed.
"Believe me, he is one step ahead of everyone." He badgered.
As the duo on Patch arrived at their location, more VekkTroopers were waiting for them. The two made quick work of the robot soldiers, thanks to Ruby's new Camylonian prosthetic.
"That was easy, now what?" She questioned.
Suddenly, a portal to Vale opened, and Tri-El and Err-Yr jumped out and tackled Ruby. They tug her cape, and by their combined strength, yanked her into the portal to the urban warzone.
"NO!" Roa-Nyn yelled.
He then jumped into the portal before it closed to pursue the two kidnappers. As he entered the war-torn city, he saw dozens of VekkTroopers, pointing their weapons at him ready to fire. He then leaped and struck the ground with his staff, knocking them down. He managed to escape with his life, but only to get punched by what was supposed to be his former friend turned homicidal tyrant. But it turns out to be Velvet Scarlatina, brainwashed into serving Vekk-Torr and using a Hard-Light Dust construct of the said warlord as a mech she can control with her movements by Anesidora. As Qrow and Theo interrupt Tri-El and Err-Yr's escape, the two robots threw Ruby toward them.
"Here, take her!" Tri-El said.
"Qrow, I'm starting to think this is a trap," Theo warned.
As Ruby got up, she then ran to her allies. Suddenly, the three of them heard the sound of guns loading and swords unsheathing. The three of them were surrounded. Meanwhile, at the front of Beacon Academy, the figure from before looked at the city in peril.
"If Vekk-Torr wants to fight," She said as she converted her jetpack into two powerful technological cannons. "Then let's give him a fight."
She then fires numerous powerful Dust missiles in a volley, all of them targeting where the VekkTroopers are heavily located. The missiles flew so high they almost exited the atmosphere. Back in the scarred city, Tari and Ozpin found the hotel where Lamar and Sage stayed, only to be cornered by more VekkTroopers.
"Not so fast, Tari. The boss wants to see you." One of them ordered.
The group escorted the duo away from the hotel and into where a rift has opened. Out of it came Vekk-Torr, who was in a gleeful mood.
"Vekk-Torr!" Tari grunted.
"Good to see you too, Tari." He responded.
"Since your arrival here, Remnant has been a cesspool under your control." She explained.
Some of the VekkTroopers began mumbling about what Tari said.
"Good one." Ozpin complimented.
"SILENCE!" Vekk-Torr ordered.
Suddenly, the monitors all over the city began to show the Schnee family crest.
"Vekk-Torr, this charade you brought onto my home will be your undoing." A voice announced.
Then all of a sudden, the Dust missiles began their descent onto the robotic army. They all began to look up at the sky.
"The sky is falling!" One VekkTrooper screamed.
"No, it's not!" The warlord yelled.
"Time to take out leave," Ozpin whispered.
Tari and Ozpin then bolted to safety from the upcoming onslaught, and as Vekk-Torr regained focus on them, they realized that they have escaped. Frustrated, he focused on one of the monitors.
"What the hell is this?" He demanded.
"I'm glad you asked; this is the crescendo." The figure said.
"CRESCENDO?!" He gasped.
Then all of a sudden, explosions rang out in the streets as the Dust missiles begin to make their impact. All across the city, hordes of VekkTroopers began to get blown up by the missiles. In a spectacle of destruction, Ruby, Qrow, Theo, Roa-Nyn, Tari, and Ozpin watched in awe at how easily those missiles diminished the number of troops. Vekk-Torr then began to panic and then was struck by one of the missiles.
"My troops, fall back!" He ordered as he opened a portal.
Soon numerous surviving VekkTroopers came into the portal, and as Vekk-Torr entered, he closed it with his device. The ball of asphalt was destroyed by the last missile, with Lamar, Sage, and Arma-Kade flying out of the explosion. As the trio regains their consciousness they see the figure hovering above them, with her hands crossed.
"Guys," Lamar asked. "Is that who I think it is?"
Sage and Arma-Kade then gasped at the sight of the figure, questioning her signature look of superiority.
Who was this figure who saved everyone?
How did she get those powerful high-tech cannons?
And how will Vekk-Torr respond to his recent destructive defeat?
Be here for when all of those questions get answered in Chapter 6: The High Tech Heiress!
