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Minutes Before the Mushroom City Prison Blew Up
"Mmm…" Jacques looked up from the book he was reading, seeing someone in front of him. "Can I help you?"
"Jacques Schnee, your death is close at hand. I had sensed that your death is quickly approaching. I am waiting for the moment I take your soul."
"…Uh-huh. What is your name?"
"Death. I work for Count Dracula."
"And you think I am going to die by a simple gardening tool?" Jacques mocked.
"I am not the one who will kill you. I am just here to collect your soul after you perish."
"Ha! Good one. Go bother that Faunus over there. You're in my light."
"Hmhmhmhmhm… how foolish to think you can brush death away." He floated away.
"Why do these prisons always attract the weirdos… first it's that bombastic musician who has clown make up on her hair and now this moron."
"…What are you reading?" A Lakitu asked.
"To Kill a Mocking Loser. I have to say, there's a character in here that I would appreciate if he jumped off a bridge and let a train put him out of his misery."
He would take a sip of coffee right after. "…Strange, the coffee tastes a little different. Must have given me the wrong flavor."
Meanwhile, at Toad's Factory…
"Alright, so if we put these Bullet Bills in these item boxes, these would be potent enough to secure you to first place."
"Oi… why do they have races in this factory again?"
"Same reason they have races in a mall. No one knows!"
"Lovely."
"Anyway, so I was thinking that-"
Suddenly, the alarm started blaring. "What the hell?"
"Oh, dag blast it. Who's the wise guy who started the fire alarm!"
"Come on, let's go… best not to stay inside should this place explode from a single spark."
"Was it Johnson again? I told him not to smoke inside the factory but does anyone listen? Nooooo!"
The workers all walked out, while one straggler was the last one out… or at least he was, until he was grabbed from behind and yanked into the shadows.
"Mmmph?! Hey, what are you doing?! We have to evacuate the-"
Snap!
BGM: Three Days to Live (Team Fortress 2) (Start at 0:31)
Seryu walked out of the shadows, wearing a construction outfit and a hard hat, not to mention noise cancelling headphones for her dog ears because of the lousy fire alarm blaring loud enough to wake up the dead.
She would walk over to the explosives nearby. Bob-ombs, Ka-Bombs, Para Bob-ombs, Bullet Bills, Banzai Bills, Bill Blasters… but she would spot a large pink Bob-omb. That must be the Bulky Bob-omb. She thought as she smirked devilishly.
She gathered up all she needed with a bag and walked outside, loading it up in a truck. She hopped on in and turned the ignition on. She took a deep breath. Go time. She thought and then drove off right as the fire alarm stopped blaring.
"False alarm, people!"
"Alright, well, back to the daily grind… might as well check on the equip… ment… what the? I could've sworn they were right here!"
"Hey guys? Come look at this!" A Koopa said as they came running over and saw a limp body on the ground.
"…Is that Jerry? Why is he in his underwear? Dude… wake up! …Oh… oh no…"
"Our equipment is gone… a colleague is dead… we've been robbed."
"…Oooh, we are so fired." A Toad groaned.
End BGM
At the prison…
"Tell me, was this wall remodeled?" Death asked.
"We put it back together and sealed it up tight. We're getting a shipment tomorrow to truly fix it. You can thank a soldier for that. He's friends with a few girls, one of them having a guitar."
"I see. So this wall is weak."
"For now. We'll strengthen it soon."
"Frankly, I do not think you have until tomorrow."
"Oh, what do you know, you creepy skeleton?" One of the security guards rolled his eyes. "Seriously, you cosplayers go too far into your characterization."
""Cosplay"? I do not know the meaning of that word."
"At least he's bothering someone else…" Jacques mumbled, casually glancing out the window as he saw a truck drive by before turning the corner. A feeling of dread overcame him for a few seconds before he dismissed it. Bah, that skeleton's trying to get one in over me. Not going to happen.
Seryu parked behind a building, taking off her disguise as she opened the back doors. She pulled out the bag and then strapped it over her shoulder as she started to climb up the ladder. She got up on top of the roof and looked down at the prison.
With a smirk, she reached into the bag and pulled out several Bill Blasters, she even put a small cube in the middle and pressed a button to have it grow into a Banzai Bill Blaster. With a nod, she stuffed all of the Bob-ombs and Bullet Bills into the Bill Blasters. She would then put a longer fuse for the Banzai Bill Blaster and shoved the Bulky Bob-omb into it.
Purple fire conjured up in her hand. She hesitated for a second. She had thought about Dimentio giving her magic to gain the upper hand… although the last time she used it, a Nergigante shrugged it off and she teleported away once she was at the Observatory.
Am I really going to do this? Seryu thought, hestiating for a few seconds. She backed away, biting her lower lip and held her breath. Was it truly going to be worth it?
She closed her eyes before exhaling, then she opened her eyes with determination. If someone wasn't going to kill this son of a bitch, then no one will.
She ignited the fuses, saving the Banzai Bill Blaster for last. Once everything had lined up fired, she lit the last fuse, belonging to the Banzai Bill Blaster.
In the prison, a Faunus walked by the windows and casually looked out. "Huh? What the hell is-"
BOOOOOM!
"Ack!" Jacques yelped, coffee spilling on his pants as explosions rocked the building. Death, meanwhile, casually read a magazine as explosions happened next to him.
"Oh, that shirt does not go with those pants, human…" Death mumbled. "Is this what humans call "fashion" these days? Humans really are a doomed species…"
Jacques had fallen off the bench, groaning. It was that moment when the Bulky Bob-omb was the last to shoot out and landed inside the building. Jacques saw it and quickly flipped the bench over and took cover right as the Bulky Bob-omb exploded and incinerated everything and everyone in it who hadn't taken cover.
BGM: Enemy (Imagine Dragons)
Seryu front flipped off of the building and used her magic to levitate, catching herself before she hit the ground and looked at the mess she's made. She walked straight in while onlookers looked on in disbelief.
Jacques let out a groan, peeking out at the mess from the table while the alarms blared. "What in the-"
"JACQUES GELE! THE HOUNDS OF HELL HAVE COME FOR YOU!"
Jacques froze, seeing Seryu walk out of the smoke with murderous intent in her eyes. "Seryu?!"
Seryu loaded her guns. "I've waited a long time for this…"
"Hey! Stop right there!" A few security guards came in. "Don't do anything stupid… put your hands in the air. You are breaking into a prison! …Which is ironic."
Jacques took this opportunity to get the hell out of there and booked it. Seryu glared at the guards. "Don't make me do this to you. Move."
"Lower your weapon now! We will not ask you again!"
"…Fine. Have it your way." Seryu dropped the gun, only to kick it toward a guard's face.
"OOOOF!" The guard grunted as Seryu teleported behind the guards and shot them down. She picked her other gun up and walked after Jacques.
Jacques hid behind a wall, glancing around to try to find something to get this hell hound off of his tail. He would spot a button on a wall with a warning label reading "CELL RELEASE". He would immediately press the button as the cell doors opened up right as Seryu turned the corner.
The prisoners all got out and started charging at many things. "FREEDOOOOOOOOOM!" They yelled as prison guards tried to keep things organized, yet would get themselves clobbered by the prisoners. Seryu walked through fearlessly, aiming her gun and firing at Jacques, but he ducked and grabbed a security guard who ducked underneath a Chargin' Chuck's punch.
"Wah! Hey!" He yelped right as Seryu fired, where Jacques used the guard as a meat shield and ran off after he tossed the guard to the side. Seryu let out a growl as she clapped her hands and formed a rocket launcher, firing rockets at the walls before she switched to grenade launchers.
A grenade bounced off of a wall and ricocheted, rolling near Jacques as he quickly kicked it, exploding near a wall as he quickly ran up the stairs. Seryu gave chase as she shot more grenades, only for them to explode on the staircase.
Jacques quickly jumped into a room, finding himself in the cafeteria as he looked around for an exit. He found a few exit points and tried to make a run for it, but Seryu kicked open the door and fired rockets at the exits, the explosions was enough to cause debris to fall and block the exits. Jacques paled and turned around, seeing his potential killer in front of him.
End BGM
"I never imagined how squirrely you'd truly be… but now I've caught you. I've waited a long time for this moment!" She said, pulling out a pistol that had a larger barrel and aimed directly at him. "I've got a bullet with your name on it… because this is the end of the line, Gele."
"Hmph! So… it's come to this." Jacques said. "You decided to break out of the mental asylum after all this time. I've heard that you've burnt it down."
"What of it!"
Jacques smirked. "After all this time… you decide to blow this prison up all because I did some things to you in that asylum? I did you a favor! Do you not recall the branding?"
"Your tricks won't work on me… you took me out of that hospital just so you can show the world how much of a scumbag you truly are! You promised me peace before you kidnapped and PUT ME IN THAT HELLHOLE WHERE YOU TORMENTED ME FOR TOO LONG! That just goes to show how much you despise Faunus!"
"Hmph! Go ahead then. Shoot me. It won't change how people will see you as a mad dog. They'll lock you up again. Left alone in a crate and left to suffer!"
"Nnngh!" Seryu grunted, her painful memories resurfacing as she fell on her knees, clutching her head. "No… no… please!" She whimpered, recalling how much Jacques tormented her.
"Your friends have abandoned you."
"No one truly likes you."
"You are now part of the SDC."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Seryu covered her ears.
"Don't you see, Seryu! Killing me won't get you anywhere! You're just like all the rest of the Faunus! You think killing is the answer. Your miserable species deserve to be hung as trophies on walls! You ought to be hunted!"
He walked over to Seryu and kicked her in the face, knocking her down. "You think you deserve peace? The world will truly be at peace if you weren't part of the equation!" He said as he looked her in the eyes. "Ah yes, I remember that look on your parent's faces before I had them killed." He chuckled. "Perhaps I should do the same to you…"
He picked up one of the guns she dropped, aiming it at Seryu. "I've branded you once… now I'll brand you again if I have to!" He fired, but Seryu's instincts kicked in and blocked with her metal arm. "You think your arm will save you? No one will save you… just like your friend Sheele Marvell!"
Seryu let out a gasp as he kicked her arm and pinned it down with his foot. "I wonder what it would be like if she found out you died trying to kill me. All of this effort for naught… perhaps I should pay the bitch a visit!"
"…Don't… DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT HER LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF ME!" She screamed, snapping her fingers as dark fire ignited his pants.
"Ack!" He yelped, shaking it off as Seryu sprung back up and slugged him in the face, followed by a few quick right and left hooks before delivering a strong straight to his face, knocking him down on the ground several feet from her.
Seryu picked up the gun, snarling and aimed it at Jacques who got back up, wiping the blood from his nose. "Heh… just like you animals. You're all violent. They should put you all down… and as I said earlier-" Seryu shifted her eyes to the right, seeming to gather intel on her surroundings. "You will be left in a crate and leave you to suffer, and when they're done with you, they'll put you down like the dog you are-"
Seryu aimed her gun to the side and fired, the name "Jacques Gele" burned brightly on the side of the bullet as it started to ricochet off the walls. "-And you will have achieved NOTHI-" The bullet ricocheted off a pipe, directly to Jacques as it pierced through his jaw… and shot his lower jaw completely off, splattering blood everywhere and his tongue fell to the ground. "Muuuuh?!"
BGM: Right Behind You (Team Fortress 2)
"Only thing wrong about that, Jacques… I achieved shutting your pompous ass up." She said, walking toward him as he was reeling in pain from the bullet wound he received. He glared at Seryu right after as Seryu aimed her gun at him with a smirk… until he grabbed a salt shaker and threw salt directly in her face. "AAAAGH!" She cried, covering her eyes as he made a run for it, climbing over the debris.
"Hah… hah… RRRRRGH!" Seryu growled, her sight returning and chased after him.
Jacques continued to run up the stairs until he kicked open the door and ran out on the roof… only problem was, he had nowhere else to go as the only way out is by jumping to his death. He would hear a helicopter fly by shortly after.
"We're live at the scene and… holy shit, is that Jacques Schnee?" The reporter asked as the door swung opened up to reveal Seryu. "AND IS THAT SERYU UBIQUITOUS?!"
At the Schnee home…
"What in the…?!" Weiss said in surprise as her family looked on in shock with the Belladonnas with them.
"Oh my gosh… is she…?" Blake wondered as Whitley swiftly texted his band.
With CRDL…
"Hmm?" Cardin wondered, his scroll ringing as they were chilling in the dorm. "Yo."
"Turn on the TV and go to the news, now!"
"Okay okay…" Cardin turned it on and switched to the news. "What the hell?"
"Is that… is that who I think it is?" Russel asked.
With ATMC and Kokoro…
As Chelsea and Kokoro were performing a street duet together as ATM watched, with Ieyasu and Sayo watching, Akame would get a phone call. "Hello? Oh hi, Ling… huh? Hey Chelsea, Kokoron! Ling says this is important!"
"What?" Kokoro wondered as they walked over.
"Okay, I'm sending a link to a live broadcast." Ling said as she hung up and sent a link to them on Lakitube, where they would see what was going on.
"Hold on… is that Seryu?" Chelsea wondered.
At Bowser's Castle…
"What the hell?" Umber asked as he was glued to the TV. "Seryu…. Oh my Arceus…" He would get a text message from Guzma.
"Dude, are you seeing this?"
"I'm watching it on TV right now!"
Atlas…
"Holy shit, she's going for it!" Leone exclaimed.
"Seryu…" Sheele whispered, as Esdeath watched on silently.
Smash Mansion…
"She's actually doing it!" Sienna said.
"That's… that's a good thing, right?" Ilia asked.
"With her… I'm… I'm not sure…"
At the Keyblade Wielder's HQ…
"Oh my gosh…" Aqua could only say with Sora, Riku and Roxas saying nothing.
Back at the prison…
"Looks like we've attracted an audience." Seryu said, slowly approaching Jacques as he fearfully tried to find anywhere to hide. Unfortunately, he didn't have much luck. He could only look on in horror. He tried to plead for his life, but with no lower jaw, he couldn't get anything out.
"Should we do something?" The reporter asked.
"I'm not going anywhere near her!" The pilot said.
"Hey Jacques… let me ask you something." Seryu said in a low voice. "What do you get when you cross a mentally ill Faunus in a society THAT ABANDONS HER AND TREATS HER LIKE TRASH!" She screamed as Jacques took a step back, nearly falling off of the roof as he looked at her fearfully. "I'll tell you what you get… YOU GET WHAT YOU FUCKING DESERVE!" She aimed her gun and quickly fired into his chest, riddling his chest with bullets until she shot out one last bullet meant for his head, which was enough for him to fall off the building… and landed right on a spiked fence, piercing through his stomach.
End BGM
Everyone who was watching the live broadcast was left dumbstruck. No words escaped their mouths as a few of them had their hands over their mouths.
Except for Dimentio, who was watching it with Adam Taurus. "Well! How about that." Dimentio said.
"Glad to know she's okay…" Adam said.
"…Holy shit…" The reporter could only say.
Seryu looked up at the helicopter. "LET THIS BE A LESSON TO ANYONE WHO MESSES WITH FAUNUS!" She yelled and walked back into the building.
"Finally… heh… after all this time… he's dead… he's finally dead… I finally had my revenge… heh… heheheheh… hahahaha… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" She cackled. "JUSTICE PREVAILED! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Revenge, huh?"
Umber's words echoed in her head.
BGM: Midna's Lament (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"That's a slippery slope."
"What?"
"Revenge can blind a person. Sure, you'll have a brief moment of happiness but then what? You'll just feel dirty. Taking someone out all in the name of revenge won't bring you the satisfaction you think it will. You'll just feel… empty. You won't feel happy."
"But what if it's for the good of justice?"
"You have a very… interesting view of justice. You think yourself as some vigilante but… even vigilantes will have to, at some point, stop and think about what they're doing. If you decide to kill Jacques, what will you do after that?"
"Hahaha… hahaha…" Tears streamed down Seryu's face. "Hahahaha… hahahaaaaaaaa…." She fell on her knees and cried as loud as she could.
"He… he's right… I don't feel satisfied at all…" She sobbed uncontrollably.
"Seryu… if you're ever in trouble and I'm trying to look for you, use this flare gun. No doubt in my mind, I'll see it and I'll come running to you."
"Why go to all that trouble?"
"Because you're my best friend, silly!"
Seryu rubbed her eyes as she walked into a room and found a window. She pulled out a flare gun and aimed out the window. She closed her eyes and pulled the trigger, a flare shooting out of the wall.
"Huh? Why did a flare shoot out of the prison?" The reporter wondered.
At Atlas…
Sheele let out a gasp. "I know that flare…" Tears swelled in her eyes. "…She needs me…" Without even hesitating, she ran out the door.
"Sheele, wait a minute!" Kurome exclaimed.
Esdeath closed her eyes, then pulled out her scroll, calling someone. "I imagine you saw it?"
"Yes. We can now do what we should have done a long time ago."
"Understood. I'll be with you shortly, father."
With Seryu…
"Sheele… Sheele, please tell me you saw that… I need you… please!" She begged, sobbing as she walked out of the room, where she would hear guards running in.
"There she is! Shoot her!" The guards yelled but Seryu teleported out of there before they could pull the trigger.
Outside, where Jacques' corpse remained, Death approached him as his soul was brought out of his body. "Heheheheh… another soul for my collection." He said, putting it away and disappearing.
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To Be Continued In: RWBY: A Ubiquitous End
Ibuki: Holy... talk about a Pyrrhic Victory...
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