Mama Yang
"Ow, ow, ow." Nora whined as Weiss was pulling on her ear, just as Ruby stepped out of the shipping tube from the SDC Subsidiary. "C'mon, that was a once in a lifetime experience."
"Good." Blake said, her hair a mess as she stepped out of the tube. "Because I never wanna do that again."
"Dido, I bet Athena would have loved it though." Wendy smiled, combing her hair down.
"Alright Robo girl, you're up." May said, as Penny scanned the halls. "Which way?"
"We'll cross the bridge, then go left, straight, right, straight, left, up, up, straight, right, right, straight, left, left." Penny stated, motioning the directions they'd need to go. "An' my name, is Penny."
"An' we're all basing this off your point of view, not ours, correct?" Rogue asked.
"Correct." Penny smiled, before May used her Semblance on all of them. "Follow my lead."
The instant they were across the bridge, they followed Penny's directions exactly, until they reached the elevator. They had to go up two levels and that was gonna be a problem if anyone else got on. Their fears were confirmed, when the elevator stopped one floor up, and two guards got on board.
"The squad captain knows what's going on out there. They can't get close to that storm, without getting shot right out of the air." The male guard said, as May motioned for them all to stay quiet.
"It's creepy, all those Grimm just, waiting." The female guard said. "Worse then if they'd attacked."
"Hey, don't say that." The male guard said, as they reached their floor, with Penny motioning for them to follow. "You'll jinx us."
"I just hope the CO can get us some answers soon or…" The female guard paused, not liking the thought of what was to come, while Nora swiped her hand on all the buttons.
The male guard looked to the control panel for the elevator, before looking ahead again. But he had to do a double take at the control panel, before looking out ahead at the 'empty' hall, right as the doors closed.
Heading further down the hall, the team reached the control center that was in their path for getting to the terminal. Penny raised her left hand, and poked her finger into the security panel, accessing the control center with her fathers credentials.
"Cool." Ruby said, in awe of Penny's finger key.
"Welcome back, Dr. Polendina." The computer said.
"Alright, where to next Penny?" May asked, as they stepped through the doors.
"Right through Central Command." Penny stated, as if it were no big deal.
The doors to Central Command opened up, revealing dozens of operatives working diligently at their terminals. This was gonna prove to be a problem.
"Of course." Weiss sighed.
"I can't maneuver us through all that." May said.
"An' I doubt Tsuki will be conspicuous if she tries flying us over them. At the size she'd need to be, to carry all of us over there, the wind generated by her wings will give us away." Wendy stated, rubbing her shoulder dragon on the head. "No offense Tsuki."
"I could probably get us through there with my Shadow Travel, but I'd only be able to do one person at a time." Rogue said.
"Do not worry." Penny said, turning to look right at them. "Ruby is capable of traveling at an extreme velocity, from one point to another, by breaking herself down to her molecular components, thus negating her mass, and then reassembling them at the destination. Theoretically, that would make it possible for her to transport all of us in the same way, as mass would no longer matter."
"I uh… what?" Ruby asked.
"You can basically use your Semblance on all of us at once." Rogue said. "The more people though, the harder you have to focus. An' after reviewing your grades at Beacon, focus isn't really your strong suit."
"Hey." Ruby complained, looking to Rogue with a cutsie annoyed face.
"Did, Penny just figure that out before you did?" Blake asked.
"Blake, she knew you were a Faunus before I did." Ruby countered.
"Actually, Athena and I both figured it out during our days at Beacon." Penny said.
"Then why didn't she tell me?" Ruby asked.
"According to Athena, she tried several times to tell you, but you just brushed her off." Penny stated.
"Oh, I'm gonna have to apologize to her, big time." Ruby whined, with Wendy patting her back.
~Ironwood~
"Apologies for the delay." Ironwood said, the doors opening up as he came into the heavily armed, and watched office, before adjusting his tie. "Today has been, busy. Have you made any progress?" He asked, stepping up behind Arthur Watts, and putting his hands on the mans shoulders. "I'd hate for us to try motivating you, again."
"Given what we're after, I've got all the motivation I need." Arthur stated. "Sadly, it doesn't make taking down Pietro's magical science project, any less cumbersome. It doesn't help the footage from the fight in the Maiden's room, is too damaged to use."
"Oh, I trust you can come up with something." Ironwood said.
"Ooh, the trust is palpable." Arthur stated, before an alert appeared on his screen. "Speaking of the man… Are you aware that dear Dr. Polendina, is gallivanting around your military compound? Unless of course, someone else is using his credentials to access Central Command." The man suggested.
Ironwood just glared in anger, before he pulled out his Scroll and accessed his speakers.
~Ruby's Team~
"A security threat has been detected in the compound. Status Alert, Level3 Red. Lockdown initiated. Authorization to handle any threats with lethal force." Ironwood's voice echoed through the halls.
"You've got to be joking." Weiss said.
"The pneumatic tubes have all been closed off." Penny said.
"We're trapped." Blake said.
"We passed a hanger, I can hijack an airship and get us off this floating rock." May stated.
"Wait, we can still succeed." Penny said. "We are so close."
"I might have an idea." Nora smiled, with a snap of her fingers.
A few moments later, the doors to Central Command opened up, allowing for them to make their way in, while one of the soldiers was leaving. Stopping, May waited as one of the data workers moved past her, before she stuck her foot out, causing him to trip. The man was holding a mug of coffee, with the writing on it saying #1 Dud, with the A for dad, covered by a U.
The hot drink flew through the air, before it landed on one of the terminals, and one of the workers there, causing him to scream in pain.
"Read the sign Bill. Read the sign." The other terminal worker said, annoyed at Bill's actions, while pointing to a sign drawn with a Megalodon, swimming up to a burger, fries, and drink floating in the water, with the sign saying, No Food or Drink in Central Command. "Why don't you ever just pay attention?" This little fiasco drew everyones attention to them, and away from a cleared path for Ruby and her team. "You're in here late all the time, your coworkers are constantly suffering from your spills."
"Why?" The data processor with the coffee burns questioned, running out the door to get medical treatment, while Ruby used this opportunity to use her Semblance on everyone.
Making her way through the cleared path, Ruby avoided any confrontations, or being spotted by any workers, as she entered the access point to the terminal room, and went up the stairs, before stopping and letting everyone out of her Semblance, while striking a Magical Girl pose.
"Another thing, I don't wanna do, ever again." Blake said, her legs shaking as she was clinging to the wall in fear.
"It wasn't that bad." Wendy smiled. "Where's Rogue?"
"He was with us when that guy ran out with the coffee burns." Nora said.
"In here." Rogue said, from Penny's shadow. "I thought this might make it easier on Ms. Rose."
"Why don't you stay right there." Ruby suggested. "Knowing Ironwood, he's probably sending the Ace Ops, and they're gonna have some sort of trick up their sleeves for getting Penny alone with them."
"Good call." Rogue said.
Making their way across the bridge to the sealed off terminal room, Penny lead the way again, and used her father's credentials to access the terminal room, filled with data cores and processing unit towers. Once the doors were opened up, the lights flipped on, revealing there was no one there.
"Uh, where is everyone?" Ruby asked.
"This is a highly classified area. So most of it's automated to work on its own, aside from assistance needed at the terminal." Penny stated.
As soon as the doors shut themselves again, the electrical security gate powered on again, giving Nora some ideas about it, before she went with Wendy, Blake, and Weiss to the side, while Penny and Ruby went straight for the terminal.
"I can handle this next part." Rogue said, before popping out of her shadow, and taking a seat at the terminal, before powering it up. "Penny, would you mind plugging into the terminal?"
"Of course." Penny said, plugging her finger into the terminal's data port.
"What are you doing Rogue?" Ruby asked.
"This process, is a little complicated." Rogue stated. "But thankfully, I'm more then qualified for the job. If I weren't, then Professor Polendina would take remote control of Penny to do it himself."
"So what are you doing?" Ruby inquired.
"Basically, I'm rerouting the request signal." Rogue said. "Instead of coming to the terminal when the request for the launch approval is given, it'll be sent to Penny, who will give the approval."
Off to the side, Nora was walking around, bored out of her mind with nothing to do, as Blake and Weiss were in the exact same situation, while Wendy was petting Tsuki.
"I hope the others are okay." Blake said. "I've never seen Yang and Ruby fight like this."
"Don't worry, they're sisters." Weiss said. "Sometimes sisters, just have very different ideas about what's right."
"Yeah, they'll be fine." Nora said. "Jaune's a great leader, Oscar's grown a ton, and Yang is more then capable of protecting them all in a fight."
"Hmm." Weiss and Blake thought, as they looked at Nora.
"Oh, and of course Ren is, um… I don't know what he is." Nora stated. "Every time I think the two of us are making progress he…" She sighed in annoyance. "We've been together our whole lives, but I feel like I understand him, less now then ever. An' I don't know if that's his fault or mine." She stated.
"When you've been at some ones side for so long, after a while they become a part of you." Blake said, speaking from experience. "But that's just it, they're only a part of you. Don't forget about the rest."
There was a moment of silence, before Nora spoke up on what she was thinking.
"I don't actually know who I am, without Ren." Nora said. "Pretty sad, huh?"
"Well, maybe take this opportunity to find out." Weiss said. "Do something only Nora can do."
"Like what? Be strong and hit stuff?" Nora questioned.
"You're more then just your strength Nora." Wendy said. "You're the Great Granddaughter of Makarov Drayer, one of the Ten Wizard Saints of Fiore, and the greatest Guild Master Fairy Tail's ever known. You're not defined by who your family is, you're defined based on how you choose to live your life. An' so far, I'd say you're living your life, as a Huntress."
Nora just looked at Wendy, with a small smile on her face, as she felt like Wendy's words really were encouraging, before their attention was drawn to the terminal.
"There, downloading the cloned imprint into Penny's systems, now." Rogue stated. "Once Penny gets to Amity, Pietro, Geralt, and Maria will run the launch sequence. Amity's computer will try and connect with the launch terminal, but instead the signal will be rerouted to Penny instead."
"An' after the launch, I'll return to help you all with the evacuation." Penny stated.
"Not a good idea Penny." Rogue said, before disappearing into her shadow once more. "Ironwood still thinks you're the Winter Maiden. So Pietro and I agreed that it would be best if you stayed on Amity Tower with him. I'll be joining you on the tower as well."
"But, they need me here, right?" Penny asked, before looking to her friends.
"Well, if you stay far out of Salem's reach, if she's under the assumption that you're the Winter Maiden, then she won't be able to open the Vault. Even if she gets her hands on you, she'll just kill you when she learns the truth, so it's probably safer you stay as far away from her as possible."
"We should probably head to the hanger." Blake said.
Penny looked to her friends, before looking to Rogue, and went to the access panel, where she used Pietro's credentials to unlock and open the door.
"I guess, we all have to do some things, we would rather not." Penny said, stepping up with her friends.
The instant the doors opened however, everyone was shocked to find the Ace Ops standing there, ready and waiting for them.
"Hello kids." Harriet said. "Time to come home now, Penny."
Wendy just glared at the Ace Ops, before stepping forward past the door. The Ace Ops didn't even flinch at this, as they didn't see her as any sort of threat.
"If you want Penny, then you're gonna have to go through me." Wendy said, as Penny's shadow extended, before Rogue emerged from the ground, and he glared at them.
"Myself as well." Rogue stated. "If you want my little sister, then you're gonna have to face two Dragonslayers, and the Spring Maiden."
Right from the get go, Wendy's hair began waving through the air, defying gravity as it turned rosé pink, with white feathery scales emerging along her wrists and ankles, with a pair of feathery dragon wings sprouting from her back, with sky blue flames spewing from the corners of her eyes.
"So your first time losing to us wasn't enough?" Weiss questioned, as the others drew their weapons.
"We were holding back." Marrow stated.
"We have all said some things we regret. But please, hear me out." Vine said. "I know you believe you were doing the right thing, when you left with the Maiden Power. But Salem and Acnologia, are here now. Things have changed."
"Nothing's changed." Wendy stated, Tsuki hissing on her shoulder. "What Ironwood plans on doing, is the equivalent to committing world wide, genocide. He's no different then Master Hades of Grimoire Heart!"
"The General, is nothing like that monster." Harriet stated, rather angrily.
"So you know about all Grimoire Heart's done in Earthland?" Rogue asked.
"We learned about him, from Fullbuster when he was still on our side. We know that Hades was a monster, hell bent on destroying most of the world, while only sparing those he deemed worthy to live in his new utopia." Elm said.
"Same gun, different trigger." Wendy stated. "Honestly, what you just said, could be used to describe Ironwood's current mental state, right now. He's lost it."
"He's doing what's right for Atlas!" Harriet stated.
"How about, what's right for Remnant?" Ruby questioned. "He's willing to leave millions, to die at the hands of Salem and Acnologia, just so he can save a few thousand. He's nothing more, then a wannabe Hades."
"Athena has the blade that can kill immortals." Blake stated. "She can use it to end them, once and for all."
"An' what if she can't?" Harriet asked. "What if she holds back, because they're her biological parents? What if the things Taiyang have been saying about her, have been true all along?"
"You can't honestly tell me, you're starting to believe a control freak like him." Ruby said. "He tried to murder her, out of some delusional situation he made, to justify killing her."
"Athena has put her life on the line, multiple times, for Remnant." Blake stated. "But I can see, you're not gonna listen. You're all just gonna keep following the Generals orders, like the obedient little dogs you are." She said, looking right at Marrow.
"Whoa, hey now…" Marrow began, before he was cut off.
"If General Ironwood still plans to leave Mantle behind, nothing has changed." Penny stated.
"I thought you were supposed to protect the people, not hurt them." Vine said, before he was sent flying back into Elm's arms, with a funnel of wind, slamming into his chest.
"Don't you fucking dare, try to make her the villain in all this, when you know exactly who the real bad guy here is." Wendy stated, pulling her outstretched arm back to her side. "An' you're taking orders directly from him."
"Wait, no don't do this." Penny said, stepping through the door.
The instant the copper haired android girl was through the door, Harriet pulled a remote from behind her back, and pressed a button that closed it, and initiated the electrical fence once more.
"Thanks for sealing them in." Wendy said, as the air within the compound, began rising into storming winds. "Now I don't gotta hold anything back, while worrying I might accidentally hurt them."
"This isn't good." Elm said.
"We can take her." Harriet stated confidently.
"Har, we're taking on a Maiden, who's had over a decade to hone her craft, and master her abilities." Marrow said.
"Not quite." Harriet said. "She's the Maiden, that brat brought back to life, remember? She's only had a handful of years to hone her magic."
"Still, that gives her an undeniable edge over us." Elm stated.
"This won't be easy." Vine said, before he was grabbed in ropes of shadow. "What the?"
"Did you forget about me?" Rogue questioned, appearing from Vine's shadow, with black scales decorating more of his face. "Shadow Drive!"
"Vine!" Elm called to him, before she was struck with the back edges of Penny's blades.
"I might not be as strong as them. But I can still certainly fight." Penny stated.
Harriet glared, before she equipped her strength enhancement gear, and went charging at Penny. But she was stopped, when out of nowhere, wide open jaws of a Dragon Grimm came right at her from the left. She looked to the jaws, eyes opened wide as Tsuki bit down on her, and flew around the limited space in the passage leading to the terminal room.
"A Dragon?" Marrow questioned.
"That's Tsuki." Wendy stated, hitting him with a roundhouse kick.
"She's one of Athena's." Penny stated. "She's a very gentle creature, so long as you don't do anything to annoy her."
"An' attacking Athena's friends and family, definitely qualifies as more then annoying her." Rogue stated, as Tsuki threw Harriet into the air, and grabbed her by the leg, before slamming her into multiple surfaces, damaging her weapons more and more with each hit. "Tsuki's pissed."
Twisting through the air, Tsuki threw Harriet to the ground, sending her to the bridge bellow. Just as Harriet was about to land head first on the bridge, at an angle that would have surely broken her neck, Wendy came flying at the Ace Ops Huntress, and hit her with a spinning roundhouse kick that sent her straight into Vine, knocking them both to the ground, with Harriet's aura shattering, as it had reached its limit.
"Surrender, or none of you, will leave here alive." Wendy stated, creating gales of wind with her magic.
The wind continued to pick up, before it wrapped around Wendy with the density of bricks. After a moment of being concealed by the wind, Wendy dispersed it, revealing she was dressed in a rather risque version of witches garb.
She wore a black top, with a diamond-shaped opening in the center, exposing a portion of her breasts cleavage, and a heart-shaped pattern around the borders. It extends down to the naval of her stomach where it meets a large angular scar on the right side of her torso. Not left bare, her neck is decorated by small cloth-based accessories, including a wide bow. She wore an elongated black loincloth with the symbol of the Fairy Tail insignia emblazoned on its front, having white borders on its edges and being connected to another cloth piece with the very same heart-shaped design. She also wore black thigh-high boots with heels that have a white colored border near the top and gloves of the same color and design, with claw-like extensions. Wendy wore a witch's hat, much smaller then that of her predecessors of this outfit, possessing dreadlock designs with white bandaging near its ends.
"Residual Thought Enchantment: Irene Belserion!" Wendy said, as Tsuki landed behind her, roaring in rage. "Who's brave enough to come forth, and meet their doom?"
"Wait, don't kill them." Penny said. "Just incapacitate them."
"As you wish." Wendy said, raising her hands, and collecting magic into her palms, as wind wrapped around her forearms. "Sky Dragon: Wing Attack!" She shouted, sending wings of wind at the Ace Ops.
The power of the attack, was pushing Elm and Marrow back. Marrow was already on the fence about facing Wendy as she was the Spring Maiden, but to face her now, with a Dragon behind her, he was certain they didn't stand a chance, as he used his weapon to block the Wing Attack.
"Marrow, what are you doing just standing there?" Harriet questioned. "Use your Semblance on her."
"Will that even work?" Marrow questioned. "It's obvious that she's got that dragons backing so there's not a whole lot that we can do."
"We have to at least…"
Harriet stopped talking, when the General began speaking through the com-links, interrupting the argument, and giving the Ace Ops different orders then before.
"Harriet, bring me one of Penny's weapons." Ironwood stated.
"But sir, Penny's…"
"That's a direct order Harriet." Ironwood said. "Watts has a plan on bringing her to us."
"Can we even trust him?" Harriet asked.
"He doesn't give us any reason to, but he's familiar enough with Penny's inner workings that this plan is sure to succeed." Ironwood explained. "Besides, he doesn't have any choice, but to cooperate with us."
"Understood." Harriet said.
Inside the control room, the others were worrying about what may be happening to their friends. Even if two of them were powerful Dragonslayers, with one of them being a seasoned Maiden of Lore, it still concerned them that it was the three of them against the Ace Ops.
"We have to get out there." Nora said, stepping up to the door.
"What can we do about it?" Blake asked. "There aren't any openings for me to travel through as a shadow."
"An' my Cocytus Soul isn't gonna be much use to anyone against that Lightning Dust." Weiss said.
"Then there's only one thing to do." Nora said, pulling her hammer off its holster and extending it to the close combat war hammer form. "Be strong, and hit stuff."
"Nora wait." Weiss gasped.
Before any of them could to anything, Nora jammed her hammer into the electricity suppressing the door. The electrical current coursed through the hammer, into her body, giving the orange haired girl a boost, while causing the lights to flicker on and off as the power surged in all different directions. Her Aura was being pushed to its limits, while her soul throbbed with a power, familiar yet foreign to her at the same time. As she continued to let the power course through her body, Nora's eyes shot open, glowing with power as her cheeks shined with the formation of a familiar pattern, while her arms and body were aglow with veins of electricity, as her hair stood on end.
(Cue Music… They don't really care about us: Matty Carter+Ariel)
Pulling her hammer back, Nora held it like a baseball bat, and swung it forward, slamming her weapon into the doors, and causing them to break apart, as if made of glass.
This sudden, and violent outburst of power caused the fight outside the room, to skid to a halt, as Nora came marching through the dust and smoke, her eyes still glowing with power, while the her cheeks, and the veins of electricity dimmed down, with her forearm gloves having been destroyed from the power she absorbed, revealing the electrical scars from the electrical burns, and the electric pink dragon scales that had formed on her cheeks and forearms with her magic awakening. Her hair went flat again, as she looked at the Ace Ops, surprising them as to what she'd done. Her orange hair, was now adorned with a neon pink skunk stripe on the right side, and hot pink frosted tips.
"Now then." Nora said, planting her hammer on the ground, the indent that formed, keeping the weapon in that upright position, as pink electricity sparked around her body. "Who among you all, is brave enough to face this pissed off Huntress." She smirked, cracking her neck as she slammed one fist into her opposite palm.
"The hell just happen, did that drunkard bite her or something while they were in training?" Harriet asked.
"I got this." Elm stated, running for Nora.
Wendy and Tsuki, saw Elm running for the orange haired girl, but the blue haired Maiden, stopped the Dragon Grimm from intercepting, and just looked on as she let her pass.
"Just watch Tsuki." Wendy said.
Elm pulled her hammer back, and swung at Nora. The bazooka hammer was on a direct course with Nora's head, but the orange haired Dragonslayer just smirked, everything moving slower around her, as she pulled back, bending in a way that allowed her to avoid Elm's weapon. The instant Nora's eyes landed on an opening, Nora clenched her fist, and threw it forward, slamming the punch into the vulnerable area.
The impact caused Elm to gasp out, before the force of the strike sent her flying all the way across the bridge, and she was embedded into the wall, above the entrance to the bridge.
"Not possible." Marrow gasped.
"Keep focused. That was just a lucky shot she got in." Harriet said.
"Nora." Wendy said with a smirk, as Tsuki shrunk down and perched herself on her shoulder.
"Whoa Wendy, what are you wearing?" Nora questioned, seeing Wendy's outfit.
"I'll explain later." Wendy said. "Wanna handle the Ace Ops yourself? You've got a lot of pent up power, as a newly awakened Dragonslayer."
"A what?" Nora asked, before looking at her forearms, and feeling her cheeks. "I am a Dragonslayer. I must have inherited the magic from my dad."
"An' you awakened it, by absorbing more electricity then your body could safely handle, forcing this awakening, which is why you have a pink skunk stripe in your hair, instead of just the normal frosted tips." Wendy explained.
"Are they seriously having a conversation right now?" Harriet asked.
"I bet I look so hot now." Nora smiled. "But why are my scales pink?"
"The electricity your body produces is pink, so it's possible, you're a whole new species of Lightning Dragon." Wendy said.
"Awesome." Nora smiled.
"So, you up for a fight?" Wendy asked, directing Nora's attention to the Ace Ops.
"Oh, definitely." Nora smirked, with an excited look on her face.
"Har, what are we going to do?" Marrow asked.
"They're underestimating us. They're only sending one of them at us." Harriet stated. "We can take her."
"She just took Elm out of commission, with a single punch." Marrow stated. "I'm not sure we'll be able to do that, and I don't think they're underestimating us."
Nora smirked grabbing her weapon and clenching the hilt tight, causing the metal to creak a bit, before she ran straight for Vine, zipping past Marrow and Harriet, with a gust of wind trailing behind her. Near instantly, Rogue let go of the Ace Ops, just before Nora slammed her hammer down on the monk like man, forcing him to the ground, before she removed her hammer, and reveled she'd shattered his aura, and knocked him out cold with that strike.
"Vine." Elm called out, struggling to remove herself from the wall.
(End Song…)
"Alright." Nora smiled. "Who's…"
Nora stopped talking, as she began to feel dizzy and light headed.
"Nora?" Wendy asked.
"I don't feel so…"
"I've got her." Rogue said, catching Nora as she passed out, with her aura shattering. "Her body's not used to this kind of power. She needs rest, and time to adjust to it."
"She'll have plenty of that, in a holding cell." Harriet said.
"Leave them alone."
Harriet smirked, as she moved out of the way of Penny's swords, before she managed to grab one, and pulled hard on it, snapping the wire from its source.
"Let's move." Harriet said.
With that, the Ace Ops began to retreat, with Elm freeing herself from the wall, and grabbing Vine, before following Harriet, and Marrow over the edge of the railing.
"They wanted one of her swords?" Ruby questioned.
"We can think about that later. Right now we gotta get to the hanger." Wendy said, standing next to Rogue with her magic focused on healing Nora. "Nora needs more medical treatment then my magic can provide."
~Hanger~
"We're here, let's get going and…" Ruby stopped as they ran into the hanger to see there was no one there. "Where's May and the ship?"
"Over here." Mays muffled voice echoed out. "You coming or what?"
Running forward, the others ran into the invisible cloaking barrier, and found May standing next to a ship, primed and ready to fly.
"All ready to…" She paused, when she spotted Nora in Rogue's arms. "What happened to her?"
"She woke her Dragon Faunus genetics, but in doing so put herself into some seriously bad shape." Wendy stated. "My powers aren't enough to handle her injuries."
"We need to get her somewhere safe." Blake added.
"An' I know just the place." Weiss said. "Wendy, mind destroying the hanger doors keeping us in?"
"My pleasure." Wendy said, sky blue flames igniting from her tear ducts.
Moments later, the alarms began to sound, with the doors being blown out, from the inside. May flew the airship out of there, cloaked in the power of her Semblance, as the others settled in, with Wendy keeping Nora's condition stable.
"I'm so, so sorry." Penny said, taking Nora's hand into her own.
"None of this, is on you Penny." Rogue stated. "This is all on Ironwood."
"At least Nora's a Dragonslayer now." Ruby said. "Something good came out of this, at the very least."
"It is time, for me to go, isn't it?" Penny asked, with Ruby embracing her in a hug.
"We'll see each other again, really soon." Ruby stated. "I promise."
Penny returned the hug, looking to Weiss and Blake, seeing them smile in kindness and understanding, before Rogue disappeared into her shadow once more. The instant Ruby ended the hug, May opened the airship's cockpit, and the copper haired girl stepped up, before turning to her friends, with a salute. After the salute, Penny took off, with Rogue still in her shadow, and went straight for the satellite compound.
~Ironwood~
"Good work." Ironwood said, holding up the sword Harriet pulled from Penny.
"Tsk, good work would have been capturing Penny." Harriet stated.
"Well, you know what they say." Watts said, as Ironwood gave him Penny's sword. "If you can't beat them, then make them join you."
~A/N~
Yes, I do mean Evangelyne from Wakfu, as that is who I based the Original Champion, off of.
As for Athena's eye, I'm not giving any spoilers, so anyone curious about it, is just gonna have to wait and 'see' to find out.
Regarding Zoro's, Three Sword Style, I have been considering making that her trademark fighting style, but I haven't figured out a good time to bring it in. I'll probably do it, near the end of Vol-8.