Mount Glenn, Neo's POV
Roman: COME ON, WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!
It had been an hour since Neo and Bella had arrived at Mt Glenn. They told their teammates that they were out with CVFY (at least the CV part). Since they arrived, the White Fang henchmen were hard at work prepping the train for departure. They were about 98% of the way there until a loud crash could be heard throughout the whole cave. A White Fang member with antlers came rushing towards Roman, Neo and Bella running from where the sound came from.
Roman: What's all that noise, eh? You'll attract Grimm to early damn it.
W.F. Member: Hunters! About five, four female and one male with a dog sir, they're headed this way!
Roman: Shit. EVERYONE HURRY UP, FINISH WHAT YOU'RE MOVING INTO THE TRAIN AND GET IN, HUNTRESSES ARE ON THE WAY!
The White Fang quickly began to get inside the train whilst Bella and Neo stood watch. Roman eventually turned to them, twirling his cane in his hand.
Roman: Get in, we must hurry.
Once they got in, the train began to move, though Roman was still unsure of wether they lost the hunters or not. He pulled out a map and laid it flat onto a nearby table.
Roman: Neo, you guard carriage 3 and Bella, you guard carriage 1, i'll have the lieutenant guard carriage 2.
Neo and Bella both nodded and rushed to their respective carriages. Once Neo made it in hers, she hid waiting for the perfect moment to make her entrance. She soon received that moment when someone opened the door. She appeared in the hall with her signature smirk, but when she looked up, her smirk vanished and was replaced with a look of shock. In front of her, was none other than team RWBY.
Yang: Neo? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with Coco and Velvet?
Neo: We came here to… help you guys!
Suddenly, the door behind Neo opened revealing a White Fang henchman with a chainsaw.
Lieutenant: Lieutenant Neo, Torchwick requests your pressen-…
Neo motioned the Henchman to get out of there. He slowly backed up and closed the door just as Neo looked back towards the WBY part of team RWBY who just drew their weapons.
Yang: You two go on ahead, I've got this.
Weiss and Blake walked past Neo and moved on to the next carriage. Yang reloaded her shotgun gauntlets and faced Neo.
Yang: How could you? We trusted you.
Neo: Yang, I'm sorry, if you just could let me explain we cou-
Yang: DIE TRAITOR!
Yang lunged at Neo, trying to hit Neo with all her strength. Neo did nothing but dodge and block her attacks, she didn't want to hurt her friend, if she could even call her that anymore. Yang wouldn't stop her barrage, it was just relentless punching with the occasional shotgun shot from her gauntlets. Neo wouldn't be able to keep up for ever, she had to try to talk to Yang.
Neo: Yang please! Just let me explain!
Yang: JUST FIGHT BACK ALREADY!
Neo: I HAD NO CHOICE! IT WAS EITHER THIS OR DEATH!
Yang wouldn't stop, Neo had to get out of there but she risked bringing Yang with her if she attempted to teleport. She could only pray that she would be fine.
Carriage 1, Blake's POV:
Weiss was stuck battling a lieutenant with a chainsaw while Blake went after Torchwick herself. She entered carriage 1 only to be met with a familiar face.
Blake: B-Bella?
Bella: Blake? What are you doing here?
Blake stood there in silence. She eventually realised what was going on and drew her weapon.
Bella: Blake, please.
Blake charged but was brought to a halt almost immediately. Four portals appeared, two to her left and two to her right. From each portal came a thick piece of rope tying her up and stopping her from doing any harm to Bella.
Bella: Blake, I'm so sorry about this, but I'm afraid you can't go any further.
Blake: Why? Why did you betray us? TORCHWICK IS THE BAD GUY! HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THAT!?
Bella: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH, HE DOES AND SO DOES NEO!
Blake: Why are you doing this?
Bella: I have no choice, you wouldn't understand.
Blake: What about your friends? Your team?
Bella: I'm afraid the secret must remain a sec-!
Bella was hit by something, something white. Her aura managed to block the projectile but also caused her to let Blake go. Blake nodded to the person who shot the projectile and ran towards the front of the train. Bella looked up in shock.
Luna: Heya Bella, wanna dance?
Carriage 3, Neo's POV
To the wall, to the floor, to the ceiling and to the wall again. This is what Neo was going through, her refusal to fight Yang was going to be her downfall. What was bad was her aura had completely depleted, meaning every hit brought her one inch closer to death. Eventually, Yang held her by the collar, ready to deliver the final blow.
Neo: C-Could you g-g-give B-Bella a m-m-message for m-me?
Yang: Make it quick.
Neo: T-Tell her I l-love her and I'll s-see her in t-the afterlife.
Just as Yang was about to deliver the final blow, she was blocked by something, causing Neo to fall to the floor and look towards Yang.
Chris: Tell you what Neo, you can tell her yourself in jail.
Yang: What are you doing?
Chris: She may be bad, but she doesn't deserve death, nobody does other than Torchwick.
Neo immediately came to her senses after hearing that. Roman was in danger. She teleported herself to the front of the train leaving no trace.
Chris: As for yo-… motherfucker.
Yang: C'mon! We gotta get her.
Carriage 1, Bella's POV
Bella dodged another projectile, her aura at half while Luna's at three quarters. Bella had never sparred with Luna, it certainly wasn't easy. Suddenly, Neo appeared in the back doorway, leaning on the wall with many signs of injury.
Bella: Neo? Are you alright?
Neo: Roman's in danger c'mon!
Bella wasn't paying attention and got hit by a projectile, causing her to fall to the floor. As if that wasn't bad enough, Weiss, Yang and Chris had come into the room. Bella teleported her and Neo into the front of the train, sealing the door shut, only to find that the train had stopped and Roman was being held by the throat by Cinder.
Cinder: Ah, I see your lackeys have arrived, just in time to see your failure.
Roman: Neo… Bella… run…
Cinder threw Roman to the floor and stared at the two. She conjured a fireball in her palm and pointed it at the two.
Cinder: Roman's failure cannot go unpunished, he'll be taking most of it, but one of you must take a small bit.
Bella: I'll do it.
Neo: Bella, no!
Bella: I have aura left, you don't, i'll be fine.
Cinder: Your choice, not that it matters.
Bella: What do you mean?
Cinder: Aura penetration.
Neo: NOOOO!
Bella closed her eyes waiting for the scorching pain to hit her, but it never did, she opened her eyes only to see Cinder's somewhat surprised expression staring at the floor. Bella looked down only to see the one person she was fighting to protect.
Bella: Neo?
Neo didn't respond, she just laid there at Bella's feet. Bella, beginning to tear up got on her knees right over Neo's motionless body.
Bella: No… no… not you too please no… Neo? Neo?! NEO!?
Bella's eyes suddenly began to light up green, behind her countless portals opened up, each revealing different projectile types. Lightning, fire, stone, it was all there. Cinder backed up, quickly grabbing Roman and teleporting out of there, but not before getting hit countless times. The portals disappeared, leaving Neo and Bella there on the ground. Bella suddenly heard a sound behind her but was knocked unconscious before she could turn around.
Unknown location, Cinder's POV:
Cinder: DAMN IT!
Emerald: Cinder? Are you alright? What happened?
Cinder: This idiot's lackey with black hair is stronger than I thought. Mercury, lock him up.
Mercury: Sure, c'mon old man, we got a nice place for you.
Mercury left, dragging a Roman in tears through the hall. Cinder turned to Emerald.
Cinder: Get me a med box.
Emerald ran off to get the med box as Cinder thought about what just happened. Through one of those portals, she could've sworn she saw something weird, but no matter, she needed to rest up for the next part of the plan.
Beacon med wing, Bella's POV
Bella slowly opened her eyes, she took a look at her surroundings and realises she was back in Beacon. She immediately sat up and looked around the room. She was sat atop a bed in a row of 7 total. To her right, was Blake who had burn scars on her arms, Cinder's doing clearly. And to her left was-
Bella: Neo!
Bella got out of her bed and knelt down beside Neo. She lay unconscious without any signs of life.
?: She will be alright.
Bella looked up to see Ozpin with his signature cane and mug.
Ozpin: She's going to be alright, but I'm afraid I can't say the same about a part of her.
Bella: How do you mean?
Ozpin: After a detailed description of events from miss Belladonna over there who's also going to be alright, it appears as if miss Politan had jumped in front of you to block the fireball. But due to her lack of aura, the fireball hit her in the neck and managed to damage her vocal cords.
Bella: Meaning?
Ozpin: Miss Politan is now unable to speak. We've tried every healing type possible, but I fear this condition may become a… permanent thing.
Bella: …, You already know about me and Neo's past, don't you?
Ozpin: Indeed. Whilst any person would immediately kick you out of the school, I have chosen not to.
Bella: Wait what?
Ozpin: It would be a waste to kick out two students with excellent grades and skills. The staff also seem to agree, not a single other teacher voted to kick either of you out. Now, I suggest you go to your teammates and friends to sort things out with them, I believe Miss Belladonna already understood your motives and is therefore on good terms with you.
Bella nodded and left the room, leaving Ozpin to watch over Neo and Blake. She walked through the halls past students who were whispering to each other. Eventually, Bella reached her dorm room. She knocked on the door before opening it with her key.
Chris: Come to pack your bags?
Bella: No, Ozpin said me and Neo get to stay in Beacon by a staff vote.
Luna: How was the vote?
Bella: All teachers voted for me and Neo to stay.
Chris: Damn it! They found me and Yang's fake votes.
Bella: I'm sorry, we should've told you.
Luna: All I want to know is why him?
Bella: Well, to tell you, we have to do it in a more remote location.
The three entered The Void Base where they could continue the conversation privately.
Bella: So, to answer your question Luna, I have to go back to where it all began… Bionic City.
Chris: Where?
Bella: You see, I'm not actually from Remnant, I'm from a world similar to this but without Grimm, an alternate universe, if you will. We lived peacefully in Bionic City, me and my friend Charlotte, or Charlie for short. One day, an Alien race known as the Soahc showed up and attacked the city, leaving almost no survivors. Whilst my ability was teleportation, Charlie's was universal teleportation, meaning-
Chris: She could create portals between alternate universes. *Bella and Luna stare at Chris* What? I do my research on 0.1% chance semblances.
Bella: Anyways, Charlie sacrificed her life to help me get away. I was warped into Vale where Roman and Neo accidentally ran me over with a car, then I just kinda joined them I guess.
Luna: And you never told us because..?
Bella: It's… a bit painful to think about, also I don't go around telling people "hey, I'm from another world!".
Luna: Fair enough.
Chris: We should probably head back now, I should probably go apologise to Neo for almost killing her…
Bella: You what?
Chris: NOTHING!
Chris rushed through the portal with Luna and Bella behind him. School was about to get a whole lot worse for Bella and Neo.
Hey everyone! SO SORRY FOR NOT POSTING THIS LONG! i've been a little busy lately and will be for another while as well, so do expect me chapter releases to decrease a bit. Hope you enjoyed anyways and I'll see you all next time!
-NeopolitanShyGuy
