AN: Now to see some bot scrapping!... Uhhh... please ignore that.
Pyrrha vs Penny And The Beginning of The End
In the arena, Pyrrha and Talos were standing side by side. The Champion of Mistral was in much higher spirits than she was several minutes ago. But she still had to apologize to Jaune for lashing out like that.
"You ready for this Pyrrha?" Talos asked his Driver.
"Yes, let's win this one for Yang," Pyrrha said with a smile, one that Talos returned through his eyes.
"Salutations, Pyrrha Nikos, Talos," Penny greeted the Driver and Blade duo. "It's an honor to finally meet you," the mechanical maiden said with her usual smile.
"Master and I hope we prove ourselves a worthy opponent," Kos-Mos said from her spot next to Penny before summoning her gold colored Ether Cannon and holographic pink armor with several spikes appeared around her. Earning multiple gasps from the audience.
"We shall see about that," Talos replied as he summoned his Megalance.
Pyrrha also prepared Miló and Akouo.
"This is going to be so much fun," Penny said happily.
As this was happening, Ruby and Roze were staring down Mercury who was standing in front of them with a crooked smile.
"You should have stayed in whatever hole you were hiding," Roze said as he trained his scythe on the gray-haired teen.
"Nah, got bored, so decided to make sure everything goes smoothly," Mercury said with a shrug.
"What's supposed to go smoothly?" Ruby asked with narrowed eyes, but this time Mercury didn't answer. He just kept staring at the two. "Fine, if you won't tell us," Ruby said as she moved to walk past Mercury, only for the boy to follow the movement.
"Out of the way, Mercury," Roze said as he pointed the gun end of his weapon at the boy.
"Or what?" Mercury asked with a cocky grin.
"Move out of the way, or I will move you," Roze threatened, only for the boy to just cross his arms. "Fine then." And then the rose reaper opened fire.
Meanwhile in the arena the countdown for the battle was about to begin. The audience was waiting with baited breath. And the rest of team JNPR was cheering, although Jaune was still wondering what the previous incident with Pyrrha was about. Still, she looked to be fine now.
"3! 2! 1! Begin!" And the fight begun with Talos charging forward with Penny deploying all of her swords before firing upon the approaching Blade who had his shield up. But the shots were not having any effect on Talos' shield or whatever part of his body they hit.
"Master, your attack isn't working," Kos-Mos informed as she was also blasting at her fellow Blade which didn't seem to faze him much more.
"I can see that," Penny said before moving two of her swords to intercept the approaching Blade, but Talos deflected them with his weapon and bashed another away with his shield arm. And then Pyrrha jumped up from behind her Blade's large frame and opened fire with Miló's rifle mode. The shots staggered Penny and made her Blade stop firing for a moment allowing Talos to get a couple stabs in. That is, until his spear was redirected by well-placed ether shots from Kos-Mos.
"Master, I believe a change in strategy would be most effective right now," Kos-Mos said before throwing one of her two cannons to Penny who easily caught it as she used her swords as makeshift engines to stop her flight.
"Roger! Tech Blaster!" And then Penny fired several shots at Pyrrha who tried to move away from them, but the ether blasts homed in on the champion. Despite Pyrrha blocking the attack, she was still flung ways away, as her Aura took significant damage from the shots that didn't hit her shield.
"Two can play that game," Talos growled before throwing his weapon to Pyrrha who sheathed Miló before catching the spear.
Penny kept using her swords to fly around while firing Kos-Mos' weapon on Pyrrha who tried to get closer. Just then, Penny chose to take more distance, before taking all of her swords into a circle and started charging a big laser.
"Pyrrha, stand back!" Talos shouted as he brought out his shield arm, before getting in front of his Driver. Right on time for his shield to take on Penny's laser.
"Talos!" Pyrrha shouted out in concern, seeing as her Blade didn't even use the barrier.
"When Penny stops firing, close in and attack," Talos said his shield holding a laser that unbeknownst to him cut entire Bullheads in half.
"Master! Stop firing," Kos-Mos suddenly shouted.
"Don't worry Kos-Mos, he can't block forever," Penny said with a slightly more ferocious grin than usual.
"He's not blocking your attack," Kos-Mos said, and that made Penny stop firing in alarm. And that's when everyone saw it, there were lines on Talos' shield arm that were glowing the same green color as Penny's laser.
"Let's see you survive Revenge Strike!" Talos shouted out as a green energy bolt was forming at the half-circular hole where his fist peeked from. Before the metal Blade fired the shot by punching into Penny's direction.
The mechanical maiden ducked under the shot which sailed all the way to the opposing wall, which then erupted into an explosion that shook the entire Amity Coliseum much to the shock of the entire audience. But thankfully, the barrier separating the arena from the audience still held.
"What just happened!?" Port shouted out in alarm.
It was Adenine who decided to answer, "It appears Talos has an ability that allows him to absorb energy-based attacks and send them back at the enemy. If I heard right, he called it Revenge Strike."
"Master, are you alright?" Kos-Mos asked her Driver who looked back to where the shot had hit with wide eyes.
"Yeah, but-" Penny was interrupted by Pyrrha having gotten close and jabbing at Penny with Talos' spear. The champion was also surprised by Talos' ability but she remembered the plan and acted on it, reigning in her surprise.
However, Kos-Mos quickly deployed a barrier to block any further attacks.
In the hallway, Ruby, Roze and Mercury felt the shaking too.
"The heck was that!?" Mercury shouted out, which unfortunately for him meant that Roze was able to hook his scythe beneath the boy's legs and topple him.
"Ruby, go!" Roze quickly shouted, "Stop the match! I'll hold him!"
Ruby instantly nodded before using her semblance in a burst to get past Mercury and down the hallway to the entrance of the arena. "Make him hurt, Roze!" Ruby called back as she kept running.
The gray-haired boy was quickly back on his feet while glaring after the girl. "Get back here you little-" Mercury was interrupted when Roze got in front of him with a victorious grin.
"Surrender now, Merc. You can't beat me," Roze said as he twirled his scythe.
"Shut up!" Mercury shouted back as he used his mechanical legs to shoot at the Blade.
In the arena, the battle raged on, both Drivers and Blades were using teamwork to get the upper hand over the other, but they were surprisingly evenly matched. While the four victories in Mistral tournament weren't for nothing for Pyrrha, Penny was able to keep up with her using those swords. Meanwhile Kos-Mos' ether shots dealt damage to Pyrrha's Aura and even push her back when she blocks them. And that's assuming that Talos doesn't get in front of her to tank them. The metal Blade's body is able to take a lot of hits, and even when it is damaged, any dent's, scratches or even small holes close. Pyrrha could only get close in with Talos' spear when she used her semblance just enough to disrupt Penny's swords and get several hits in.
But now, the fighters were staring each other down. Drivers side by side to their Blades.
"Talos, can you use that Revenge Strike again?" Pyrrha asked her Blade.
"Not for a while, sorry," Talos apologized, "And frankly, I don't think I should. If Penny hadn't stopped firing that laser, my arm would've exploded." That last part was whispered, because Penny did not need to know that.
"What do you think we should do?" Pyrrha then asked, wanting Talos' opinion on this.
"I could try and tackle Kos-Mos while you use your semblance to stop Penny's swords," Talos said just as Penny prepared the said swords for what the metal Blade assumed was to fling them at them. "Or, I could take the swords and you jump on her from behind me, Pyrrha," the metal Blade suggested then. "…Pyrrha?" Talos called out after not receiving an answer for a couple seconds. Daring a glance, Talos saw Pyrrha having a look of horror on her face. "Pyrrha, what is it?" Talos asked his Driver, "Pyrrha!" that shout was accompanied by Talos grabbing her shoulder, but to the armored Blade's increasing worry, Pyrrha wasn't reacting to his touch. "What's going on!?" Talos thought in worry, it was like Pyrrha couldn't see or hear him.
"Master, something seems to be wrong with Pyrrha Nikos," Kos-Mos pointed out, as Talos got in front of his Driver and tried to snap her out of whatever she seemed to be under.
"Don't worry Kos-Mos, we can win this," Penny said with a savage grin.
"That's not what I meant," Kos-Mos said, wondering where that came from. But that was all she could say before Penny sent her swords straight at Talos' back.
"PENNY! PYRRHA! STOP!" Ruby shouted from beneath the stage, just as Pyrrha used her semblance in a massive burst to send all of Penny's swords away and Talos who was caught up in it. "PENNY!" Ruby shouted as she used her semblance to hopefully get her friend out of the way of Talos who was rapidly enclosing in on Penny like a bullet.
Even as both the audience and the commentators were shouting in confusion about what Ruby was doing, Penny soon found herself being caught up in Ruby's semblance, but what Ruby didn't realize was that the wires that Penny uses to control the swords had wrapped themselves around the girl. And now, the pressure from both the swords being flung away harder than they ever were combined with the opposing force that was Ruby's semblance trying to move her away, Penny's systems were warning her of a rapid drain in Aura as the pressure grew, and grew and grew until...
"R-blade!" The pressure disappeared and Penny was taken away by Ruby just as Talos flew past the spot she used to be at, all the way to the arena wall to join Penny's swords.
"What is going on in here!?" Oobleck shouted from the commentator's booth even as there seemed to be some kind of commotion in a particular spot among the audience.
In the arena however, Ruby was unable to keep up her semblance as she fell flat on the floor with Penny accidentally sliding across the floor for a moment with a screeching sound. The little red reaper quickly got up and saw Penny on the floor face down. "Penny!" Ruby shouted in concern as she ran to her friend, who was now getting up and faced Ruby with a confused look. Or with a confused look on half of her face where the fake skin wasn't scraped off. Revealing her robotic frame on the other half. This sight made the audience gasp more as murmurs of confusion and anxiety were sounding out. And then the screens turned red with a queen piece appearing on them.
"This is not a tragedy," a woman's voice sounded out from the speakers, "This was not an accident. This is what happens when you hand over trust and your safety to your so-called guardians. Who in reality are nothing more than men. Our Academies' headmasters wield more power than most armies."
As this speech was going on, Oobleck and Port were frantically trying to tell the broadcast crew to cut the feed, but as it turns out, the system was completely out of their control. They couldn't even shut down the broadcast. All the while Ironwood who was looking down at the arena while gritting his teeth and moved away as the speech was still going on.
"One of them was even audacious enough to command both. They cling to this power in the name of peace. And yet, what do we have here? An attempt at a synthetic army almost being torn apart by Beacon's star pupil."
The screens now show a close up of Penny's face which still revealed the robotic shell underneath. Penny covered her face, but it was for nothing. The image on the screen was a shot taken when Penny was still getting up. All the while Pyrrha looked in horror as she realized what she almost did to Penny, not to mention how she flung Talos away.
"And don't get me started on Atlas' latest invention attacking innocent people," the voice kept going as the screens now showed Nox struggling in the grip of several Beacon students that were clearly trying to restrain him. Which made Ruby look around until finally she saw the dark ninja out of the grips of the students. But the dark Blade didn't seem to be concerned about the footage, but rather something he seemed to be searching for with his lone eye. If Ruby wasn't currently overwhelmed, she might have realized that that particular part of the seats was where Emerald used to be at. "But the biggest question here is, what need would Atlas have to disguise one of their robots as an innocent young girl? I don't think the Grimm would be able to tell the difference." The footage switched back to the shot at Penny's face. As Kos-Mos moved in to wrap an arm around her increasingly fearful looking Driver. Followed by Ruby hugging the poor synthetic girl. "I wonder if the attempt to destroy this creation of Atlas was Ozpin's way of making the public forget his colossal failure of protecting Vale when the Grimm invaded it's streets? Or if this was his message to a tyrannical dictator occupying an unsuspecting Kingdom with armed forces?" As this part of the message was heard, Ozpin was gritting his teeth in his office. Thinking back, the headmaster realized that when Cinder infiltrated the CCT, she must have done something to the tower, but Ironwood claimed that nothing was wrong with the system. And that wasn't even counting the fact that the general refused to believe that the infiltrators were not running away in fear of his army. Then the headmaster looked outside as the Atlas fleet was mobilizing, and he had a pretty good idea why, considering what this message will do.
"Honestly, I don't have the slightest clue as to who is right, but our Kingdoms are at the brink of war. Yet we, the citizens, are left in the dark. I am from Mistral and I can tell that things there are…equally undesirable." As the speech went on, Emerald, who had gotten away when Nox tried to catch her, exited the area. The girl considered herself lucky that to everyone else it looked like the Blade had attacked her for no reason. "So, I ask you all, when the first shots are fired, who do you think you can trust?" With that, the screens in the arena turned to static.
"The feeds are all jammed! We can't get a message out," Oobleck said frantically in the commentator's booth.
"Would someone tell me what the heck is going on!?" Port shouted out too, his jovial tone gone.
"For the moment, that, apparently," Adenine said with a hard look as she pointed at the open ceiling of the Coliseum. A giant nevermore had just landed on the forcefield covering the area and it started pecking away at it. Then the alarms blared. "Warning! Incoming Grimm attack! Threat level Nine! Please seek shelter in calm and orderly fashion!" That was it, the people started screaming as they started running to the exits. Then the general appeared into the commentator's booth and seized the mike, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please. There is no need to panic." But it seemed like the general's words didn't have much effect. And then Ironwood's personal scroll rang, which the general answered with an apprehensive look, "Look, Ozpin, the girl. I can explain-" "You brought your army into my kingdom James," Ozpin interrupted the general, "Use it." With that command, Ironwood understood that there were bigger things to worry about, so he used his scroll to do just that.
In one of Ironwood's ships, things were in chaos…Well, more like controlled chaos, seeing as the soldiers on board were doing their job to the best of their ability. "Damn it," the commander of the battleship cursed as he took out a mike off the console, "This is Blue 4. Blue 2 and 3 move into defensive positions. "Roger! Blue 3 in position." was the response that was received. "Blue 2 what's your status?" the commander then asked.
Unfortunately, on Blue 2 everyone was taken out by Neo who was wearing an Atlesian uniform to get inside the ship. She took out the sword, that was normally hidden in her parasol, out of the last soldier in annoyance. These guys weren't as easy as she thought they were, but at least she was able to do her job. Speaking of which, Neo soon found her way to the brig of the ship with a bowler hat and a cane in hand while having her parasol in the other. Then she opened the brig.
"It's about damn time," said Torchwick. "What took you so long? I heard you fighting these guys for longer than was necessary." Neo rolled her eyes before signing at her boss. "Really? A couple of budget soldiers gave you a hard time?" Torchwick asked in disbelief as he retrieved his hat and cane from his partner in crime. This earned a pout from Neo, but the ice cream girl decided not to comment on it, after all, they had a job to do. Soon enough, Roman had taken control of the ship and turned it to face the other two before opening fire. Destroying the other two ships that were probably wondering what was going on until they both exploded. Roman laughed at the scene, "It's good to be back!"
On Beacon airpads, several bullheads appeared to land. One of them opened revealing Adam Taurus with the White Fang. "Bring them to their knees!" Adam commanded with a bloodthirsty grin, which was mirrored by all of his subordinates.
All but one. "What about the Faunus that are part of this school?" Asked Perceval who was frowning at this scene.
"You need to ask!? They're traitors that are just as evil as the humans!" One of the grunts shouted with pure hate in their voice. She couldn't wait to slaughter those wretched traitors that like to be pets.
As this little conversation happened, the other bullheads unloaded their cargo on the school grounds. Grimm. Beowolves, Ursi with a couple of Alphas and Majors among them.
Back in the arena, the Nevermore that was pecking at the barrier was about to break through as Pyrrha was staring at Penny's disfigured face still shocked at almost killing someone and a friend of Ruby's no less.
"Pyrrha! Snap out of it!" Jaune tried to shout his partner into action, but it seemed like the Champion was totally out of it. In frustration, Jaune jumped off the audience side and ran to Pyrrha.
"Milord!" Joana shouted out as she followed her lord Driver with the Catalyst Scimitar at the ready in case that thing breaks in. Which it did, swooping down and sending both Pyrrha and Jaune flying back from the wind it brought. But Kos-Mos was able to keep both Ruby and Penny on the ground.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune shouted towards Pyrrha practically begging for her to snap out of it.
"Lady Nikos!" Joana joined in as the Nevermore started charging at the Champion who seemed to have no intention to stop her impending doom. Except the monster then stumbled in its steps, courtesy of Kos-Mos opening fire on its legs.
"Stay away from her!" Was another shout that rang out as one of the beast's wings was stabbed by Talos' spear which the Blade had thrown.
"Talos?" Pyrrha sounded out as if she couldn't believe it. Then the metal Blade leaped at the giant Grimm's wing to retrieve his spear, causing the monstrosity to thrash in pain as Talos then leaped in front of his Driver.
"Stand up, Pyrrha!" Talos shouted, not taking his eyes off of the monster, "Do you really plan to let yourself be killed by that overgrown feather duster!?"
"Talos…I'm-" "Save it!" Talos shouted harshly, causing Pyrrha to feel her heart constrict. "The Grimm first." Which was eased by the softer tone her Blade used.
Speaking of which, the monstrosity had taken to the air, circling around the stadium once before swooping down on the Drivers. Only to be pelted by what looked like several rocket propelled lockers which hammered it down. The lockers opened revealing weapons of several students who now came to retrieve them. Ren, Nora, and Jaune, with Otohime, Electra and Joana standing by their respective Driver's side, armed and ready. Team CFVY was also here ready to fight. As was team SSSN with Wu brandishing his Trick Pole next to Sun. Team ABRN had also joined in, with Rykiri crossing his arms behind Arslan. Flynt and Neon had also joined this fight, with Hazuki and Azai brandishing their respective weapons.
The inspiring moment was ruined by the Nevermore struggling to get up, just before it was able to shake off all the lockers that it was pelted with, along with most of the fighters that were still on its back. Keyword being most, as Ren ran across it's back slashing at the side of the Nevermore's face with Stormflower, while Arslan used her ropedart to swing herself down to pick up Yatsuhashi from the ground. Sage jumped as high as he could, while Nora ran across the Nevermore's back towards the head, jumping off of its neck before smashing Magnhild, causing the monster's head to slam on the ground. Or it would have if it's rapidly descending head wasn't met with Rykiri's fist from beneath. As this happened, Arslan was able to fling Yatsu above the Nevermore's head, meeting Sage in midair, just before the two came down with their respective swords aiming for the monster's neck. The creature soon disintegrated with its head gone.
At this moment, Ruby and Penny stood up, the mechanical maiden looking down in fear at how everyone's would react to her now that they knew the truth.
"So…you were a robot," was the first comment that came out of Nora.
"Master is the first synthetic being that is able to generate an Aura," Kos-Mos replied for her Driver.
"But how is that possible?" Arslan asked with a skeptical look.
"The process is unknown to me," Kos-Mos replied simply. "Besides, is there a point to these questions?"
"Well, is she even really alive?" Nadir asked, earning a scowl from Ruby who hugged Penny tighter.
"She is a Driver, "Otohime interjected, "So that must be the case, for only a living being can even hope to become one."
"She's not wrong," Rykiri told Arslan. With that, team ABRN at the very least seemed to accept that.
"Penny," Pyrrha then said, earning the ginger girl's attention. "I'm so sorry," the Champion apologized.
"It wasn't your fault," Talos said, placing a hand on his Driver's shoulder.
"That's right." Said Roze who was walking towards them alongside Nox. "It was Emerald who made you see whatever it was that made you do what you did," the reaper Blade said with a firm look.
"How do you know that?" Coco asked, glaring behind her shades.
It was Nox who rolled out his scroll for everyone to read, "I was not certain before, but after asking Velvet about Coco's defeat, I am very certain that my left eye throbs whenever someone uses an ability that makes a person see things that are not there. My eye throbbed right before Coco was defeated during her and Yatsuhashi's fight. It throbbed again when Yang 'attacked' Mercury. And now it throbbed right before Pyrrha overused her semblance."
"That bitch!" Coco growled through gritted teeth.
But Ruby had another question, "Roze, where is Mercury?" This earned a series of surprised looks.
"The…brat ran away when I lost my focus at whoever was at the mike," Roze said, censoring what he thought of the gray-haired teen for Ruby's sake.
"Wait, the guy whose leg Yang busted is here!?" Neptune exclaimed.
"We believe Mercury had cybernetic legs," Roze said, earning more angry looks.
"That son of a bitch!" Azai was the first to shout, "And Hazuki even felt sorry for him!"
"Don't remind me," the female Blade in question said, now feeling stupid for it.
Any more conversation was interrupted by loud roars. Looking above the Coliseum, the gathered huntsmen, huntresses and Blades saw a group of four legged winged Grimm.
"Griffons," Ren said, glaring at the beasts.
"Pyrrha," Jaune then said placing a hand on his partner's shoulder, "This wasn't your fault, whoever was on the mike was responsible and no one else."
"That's right," Talos said, now sparing his Driver a glance, "Now stand back up and fight like you always do."
With those encouragements, Pyrrha took back the weapons she had dropped in shock with a determined look.
Meanwhile, Ruby had called in her own locker with Crescent Rose in it.
"Here they come!" Electra shouted as the Griffons were now swooping down on them. Except they got shot by a weapon that didn't belong to any of the students or their Blades.
Turning towards the source of the gunfire, the students saw Professor Port and Dr. Oobleck with their weapons ready alongside their Blades.
"Students, I believe you should all leave," Port said, slinging his blunderbuss axe over his shoulder.
"But-" "Miss Rose," Oobleck interrupted, "This day will surely go down in Remnant's history, and I would prefer if you all lived to tell about it."
"As for you Blades," Adenine added in addressing the Blades present, "Just do what you all do best and keep your Drivers safe."
"Like we need to be-Ow!" Azai's remark was interrupted by Flynt smacking him upside the head. Try as he might, Flynt has never been able to make Azai have even the most basic of manners. Neon was tolerable and actually fun, but Azai was for the lack of a better word, an asshole.
"Let's go everyone," Ruby called out and with that, the students and their Blades moved out. But not before Velvet managed to take a picture of Ruby pointing to the direction they were supposed to go with Crescent Rose's scythe form in hand. But then they left too, leaving the two teachers and their Blades to deal with the Griffons that were now pouring in.
"Whohho, Barty! How about one last match?" Port said as the two adult Drivers and their Blades stood back to back.
"Whoever gets the least kills owes the rest a full course meal," Izuna added, brandishing his Great Axe
"No deal," Adenine said with an unimpressed look as she prepared her knuckle claws. Then she spared a glance at her Driver, "Don't do anything reckless, Barty." that notion was accompanied by a smile
"No promises," Oobleck replied with a grin, knowing that Adenine and Port will have his back. All the while preparing his club to take on these monstrosities.
Meanwhile, the evacuation was in full swing, everything seemed to be going just fine all things considered. Until more White Fang ships came in and released more Grimm into the docks upon the helpless civilians.
The Atlesian Knights gunned most of them down, but an Alpha Beowolf was merely annoyed by their guns that were peashooters against it. The beast caught two of the droids and ripped them apart. Then the beast stared down Ironwood himself. The general glaring at the beast. Then the two dashed at each other, with the Beowolf going for a pounce. But the general slid under the attack before pulling out his handgun and firing on the monster's stomach. Despite the gun being custom made to be a handcannon, it wasn't enough to kill the beast. Which quickly turned around and moved in to swipe at the general in an attempt to maul him. Except Ironwood caught the beast's palm before shooting the Alpha's legs from under it before using its arm to sling it in a way that allowed the general to shoot it in the head. Point blank. As the monster evaporated, the gang appeared on the scene.
"What's going on?" Ruby asked the general who was about to step into his personal ship.
"The city is crawling with Grimm," Ironwood replied after seeing the armed students. "The White Fang is attacking Beacon and to make matters worse, some…vagabond has taken over my ship." At the last part, the general was glaring at the ship that was stolen from him. "And we have no control of the skies as long as that's the case, so I-" At this point the general pointed his gun behind the students to shoot down a Creep that tried to pounce on them. "-am going to take it back."
"What about us?" Roze asked for everyone.
The general gave each student a once over before replying, "The way I see it. You have two choices now. You can go and save the city and protect your school. Or you can save yourselves. No one would fault you if you left." But then the general turned to Penny. "Penny…Do you wish to help me reclaim the ship, or stay here," Ironwood asked the robot.
This startled the girl, "Well…if you ordered me to." the girl sounded unsure.
"Let me rephrase that," Ironwood then said, "What do you want to do?"
At that, Penny looked a little frightened, never before had the general truly asked what she wanted to do in any major situation. Then the girl felt Ruby's hand on her shoulder. The silver eyed girl was smiling at her mechanical friend supportively. "I want to stay with Ruby," Penny said with a determined look.
A ghost of a smile appeared on the generals face before he replied, "Then do that." With those words, Ironwood stepped into his personal ship and took off.
But the general's words had some impact on the students. They had varying levels of worried expressions. "You guys aren't seriously considering running and hiding, right?" Wu asked in a tone that dared anyone to say "yes".
"Dude, seriously?" Sun asked with a highly offended look. Which was joined by various other words of protest from other students. But the monkey Blade was smiling at the response he was getting.
However, as Ironwood was on his way to the ship, Roman decided to mess with the buttons on the ship. "Okayyyyy. Let's see what this button does," the criminal said as he pressed a random button. Which was followed by an explosion going off somewhere. "Oh, a fun button," Roman said with glee, before eyeing another, "Let's see what this one does." The criminal put a hand to his ear to hear any sounds that might come. "Nothing? Bummer," Torchwick sighed as he heard nothing. And then Neo came in with a black Scroll in hand. "Ohh, this one is fun," Torchwick said as he inserted the Scroll into a slot, causing every screen on the ship to turn red.
Down in the city, a group of Atlesian knights along with Qrow, Glynda and Kasandra were in the middle of exterminating Grimm. Ozpin had ordered them there earlier. Suddenly the knights stopped for a moment, before turning around, their visors glowing red and training their guns on the two professionals.
"What!?" Glynda exclaimed just before the droids opened fire.
"Get behind me!" Kasandra shouted as she shifted her hammer into it's shield form. Qrow and Glynda did just that as the shots were bouncing off of Kasandra's weapon.
"Please tell me this is a localized problem," Qrow said in slight sarcasm.
"We're not that lucky," Glynda hissed through her teeth.
"Well, it was lucky that I realized to block," Kasandra said, earning baffled looks from the two. Glynda was starting to understand why Qrow calls her an airhead.
AN: Psyche! Penny is still very much alive. But all Cinder had to do was improvise a little and the Grimm are still attacking. And if anyone is wondering how the soldiers put up more of a fight against Neo, remember who's job it was to put them through a wringer. But as you can see, it just wasn't enough.
Also to CTL0ver777, I don't think anyone is OP as of now. As for the threat of Salem, the way I see it, there are only three Blades who are even remotely capable of treating her as a "team Rocket" level nuisance, and they're not on Remnant.
In the future, if anyone wants to ask me questions like these again, I would prefer if you did it on your account so I can PM the reply. Of course... while you are allowed to ask questions, I don't really have to answer them :).
