Hey guys! RGQC here with an intermission focusing on the aftermath after another race blew up their galaxy. Why? Well… I've noticed that I couldn't start on the next mission for some reason and I suspect that I'm suffering from a bit of writer's block. I really need to take a break if this goes on in the future. So, for those who are only here for the missions, you may skip this chapter.
Sorry about that…
J-SECTION-L: I agree. I share your terror of All in.
Kragh: Glad to be of service!
Ssgtsplatter: Yes, there will be other reality breakers like Deadpool in future chapters, though they won't be so friendly to RGQC's realm. And I agree that Ruby's reunion with Summer was the best part. I've spent a large amount of time trying to craft that part specifically.
Dakzillaman: Yea! Them meeting Zeratul would be interesting indeed. And I can imagine their utter horror at seeing the hybrid for the first time. Also, aw how nice of you :)
Guest: Yea, that's one way of seeing it. Raynor does this stuff, Kerrigan does that stuff and Artanis does all that stuff.
Guest 2: Command and Conquer. The best RTS at the time if I do say so myself.
Nitro54: Yea, when the time comes, Nora would probably put her emblems to show that she owns that stuff.
Guest 3: Yea that sounds about right. Though, they are doing what the Zroni had done in the past so who knows, maybe they did ascend to become gods. But in this story, their efforts damage reality itself which forces RGQC and his fellow realm lords to patch up the damages every time it happens.
Biogust.45: Yea, jumping Zergling and Banelings are indeed terrifying now that I think about it. Living acid balloons jumping at ya, all small things filled with claws and teeth jumping at you. Now that's horror. Or Ultralisk that leaks acid out of its body. Oh no... Yea nightmare fuel over there.
Anyways… I hope you all will enjoy this intermission… I do not have my hopes up in the slightest.
"Talking"
"Whispering"
'Thinking'
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Like before, I do not own RWBY or StarCraft. All of these belong to their respective owners: Rooster Teeth, StarCraft 2 belongs to Blizzard Entertainment. I only own my OC in this story. Nothing else.
Intermission 2
RGQC was busy grumbling to himself as everyone else could only look at each other before they all stood up only for the entire theatre to shake again. But this time, the magnitude is clearly much higher compared to the tremor earlier. This had a side effect of throwing everyone onto the floor, including RGQC who tried to remain on his feet but failed and proceeded to bang his head against the wall before sliding down.
"Again?!" Mercury yelped out in shock at the sudden tremors that happened again.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Yang was next to yell out.
"I'm getting sick of this!" Neo was next.
"I believe this is a magnitude 6 or above father!" Penny then spoke out as the entire theatre shook for another minute or so.
But it stopped eventually only for QAI to give an alert.
[Alert! Multiple rifts have been detected in the realm! Majority of those are of no concern but two are major threats if left open for a significant time. They must be resolved now.]
RGQC rubbed his head with a groan as he got up. "And what are these two major threats QAI?" He asked as his forehead was red after slamming it against the wall during the tremor.
"One of the rifts had opened to the realm of Chaos. More specifically, to the realm of Khorne. The rift is located at sector 846 and Daemons are pouring into the realm as we speak. The other major rift is connected to the realm of darkness. Multiple crazy hands detected crossing the rift. Dharkon hasn't shown himself yet, but time will tell how long till he shows up. The rift connected to the realm of darkness is located in sector 425.]
As everyone was listening to QAI, Ozpin flinched when QAI mentioned the realm of darkness, though it was justified as it reminded him heavily of the god of darkness, yet Ozpin had a bad feeling about that being called Dharkon. Others were cautious when QAI mentions that demons have entered the realm. Are they similar to the tales of demons back at home? (Not in the slightest)
"Ah great just my luck." RGQC let out a tired groan before he spoke again. "QAI, initiate orders one-nine-six-eight-two-five. Deal with the Daemons of Khorne and leave those hands to me."
[Affirmative. War protocols initiated. Security levels set at maximum. Aries is ordered to head to this room with Lily.]
"Good." RGQC nodded before facing everyone else in the theatre. "For your safety, please stay here, ok? I wouldn't want any of you to get caught in the crossfire. But what's with my luck today?" RGQC grumbled the last part to himself as a portal opened up beside him as numerous drones came out of it and attached themselves to RGQC's body before forming into an exo-suit of sorts.
This earned raised eyebrows among the audience but most commonly from those from Atlas, Ruby, Cinder and Mercury. RGQC then summoned a hand cannon in one hand and a sword in the other before jumping through the portal as it closed behind him.
…
"Soo… Now what?" Yang then asked as several of them shrugged in response.
"I guess we just wait?" Jaune then offered a suggestion.
"That seems most wise." Pyrrha added in.
"Na. That's too boring. I mean sure, RGQC and QAI have to deal with invaders into his realm but at least give us something to do at least." Sun then pointed out as an argument started to brew only for it to be interrupted by the headmistress.
"Students, that's enough! Even though we understand your boredom, I believe we shouldn't act rash. We still don't know much of RGQC's realm. Who knows what we'll run into." Glynda explained as Ironwood then joined in.
"Glynda is right. I believe it's best to not do anything for now. Though I suppose QAI is still here. Am I right?"
[Affirmative. However, most of my processors are currently dedicated to the expulsion of the Daemonic incursion into this realm under RGQC's orders. I can only give a glimpse as to what's going on as of yet.]
"I suppose that will do?" Coco mumbled out as QAI spoke again.
[It appears that Lily and Aries have arrived.] And with that, a portal opens up as both Aries and Lily walk into the theatre room. Though both of them looked a bit banged up.
[Aries. You are a minute late. What happened?] QAI then asked as Aries covered his mouth as he looked at Lily who just shrugged before taking over.
"Well… long story short, we were close to sector 846 when the earthquake happened followed by a rift and demons invasion thing… Aries kept me safe until he could get us both out of there. Can I also comment that those things are resilient as all hell? I shot one in the face and that thing can still fight!" Lily explained as everyone listened as the Belladonna family were paying the most attention.
"Lily. You shot a bloodletter in the face. Those things, despite their lack of armour, are sturdier than they look." Aries explained as everyone could only look at Aries.
"Bloodletter? What kind of demon name is that?" Emerald then asked.
[It would take too long to talk about it. However, it appears tha-]
"SKARBRAND HATES TINY MACHINE PEOPLE!" An almost monstrous roar could be heard throughout the realm itself as everyone covered their ears at the sudden roar.
"What on Oum is that?!" Yang yelled out as most would agree.
[It appears Skarbrand the Exiled One has arrived. Activating camera systems.] QAI deadpanned as much as an AI could as the screen flickers on to show the battlefield between QAI's androids and the Daemons of Khorne on could clearly be a massive garden turned warzone. Massive walkers carrying much larger guns could be seen letting out a hose of laser bullets that shred Daemons to nothing as melee specialised android charged into the fray and clashed against Bloodletters with their laser swords which seem to cleave though any daemons they hit.
Everyone could only watch in awe and fear at the sight of the endless tide of daemons clashing against QAI's defensive lines. Several others were at awe at the sight of those guns that those walkers have or those laser swords some of the androids were possessing. Ruby, Pietro, Winter and Ironwood began to observe those machines with detail as they began to scribble it down.
Cinder, on the other hand, was quietly observing the daemons clashing against the defensive line. Each of those things, ferocious, bloodthirsty and obviously dangerous… To think that emotions could manifest into these things into existence wherever they come from...
Furies of Khorne could be seen screeching in massive flocks as they flew towards the battle lines only to be disintegrated by missiles or laser fire. The entire battlefield was littered with android bodies while the daemons on the other hand just disintegrate upon death. And in the middle of the carnage was a massive demon that towers over other daemons while wielding two axes that seemed to cut right through anything and everything.
Androids? Gone. Walkers? Gone as well. Skarbrand just slices a path right through anything that goes against it while laser fire seems to deflect off it as Skarbrand lets out another guttered roar.
"SKARBRAND HATES GETTING SHOT!" And with that, Skarbrand charges straight for the defensive line as round after round was dumped onto that bloody daemon.
"First of all, what the fuck is that thing?! Second, is this what both you and RGQC have to deal with once in a while?" Qrow yelled out as Aries gave him a glance before resuming chewing some corn as if everything was fine.
[That's Skarbrand the Exiled one. One of the strongest Bloodthirsters under the blood god Khorne, to see it here is… troubling… As for your other question. Normally we would only deal with one major rift of concern. However, it appears that instead of one, we have two. RGQC and I would easily deal with one rift together. However now that there's two, our total strength to combat major rifts have dropped massively.] QAI explained when Ozpin spoke up.
"You mention that these demons follow Khorne? What is it exactly?" Ozpin then asks as the battle continues on screen as Skarbrand could be seen butchering everything in sight before he was engulfed in missile fire.
[Khorne. Known as the blood god, the Lord of Murder and the Hunter of Souls. Khorne as a god represents mostly Rage.]
"...A god that represents the human emotion of Rage?" Wiess then asked with a hint of hesitation as Lily then took over.
"Sounds like Mom's ex that Dad had to put down by himself. The guy from what they say, was really angry and insane at that point."
"Wait Lily, you're saying that Jade killed Adam in your timeline?" Blake then asked as both Kali and Ghira were observing their 'granddaughter.'
"Jade? That's an interesting name…" Kali whispered to her lovely husband who nodded back with a grunt.
"And Lily? That's a lovely name, hmm?~"
"Yea… It was more likely a self-defence since Adam attacked you and father while you were separated from your team to pull off one of your plans. And besides, father told me that you wanted to help stop Adam as well but he has a score to settle with him." Lily explained.
"A score with him?" Ruby mumbled out with interest.
"Mostly involving him threatening your life mom. And father ain't letting that side." Lily seemed to wave it off, but everyone else reacted differently.
"WAIT WHAT!? This Adam guy wants to kill Blake?!" Sun then yelled out in shock and horror as did both Kali and Ghira. Blake was understandably tense about it. Adam coming back for her? And coming to finish the job? Others were understandably horrified at the attempt murder of Blake's life. Especially her teammates.
"I knew getting her together with Adam was a bad mistake…" Ghira mumbled.
"If I remembered it correctly… It's been a while since I've last seen it but, I think Father still has his sword in his office…" Lily then rubbed her chin as everyone continued to stare at her.
"Lily, am I correct?" Kali then asked as she nodded at her grandmother. "Why does your father have Adam's sword?"
"Well… Dad kept it as a reminder to protect those he cares about first. That means Mom, I and my siblings."
"You're not the only one?" Jaune then commented on this as Lily nodded as Blake's eyes widened at the fact that she has more than one kid. Kali's eyes widened with joy as she had multiple grandchildren from her daughter.
"Yea, I'm the oldest in the family. Then there's Gladiolus and Chrysan. My little brother and sister. Both of them are still in Menagerie growing up and Gladiolus wishes to become an artist. Chrysan, on the other hand, wishes to become a scientist. Not a bad dream I do say so myself."
"And you chose the path of becoming a huntress." Ironwood then pointed out as Lily's face scrunched up before addressing him.
"Yea… I wanted to become like mom and dad. Of course, due to me being the heir of Menagerie, I have to put in extra effort to fulfil what I want to do." Lily admitted while RGQC's voice could be heard in the background.
"DHARKON! TAKE YOUR CRAZY HANDS AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY REALM YOU ASS!"
"Whoa… He is pissed." Yang muttered as everyone agreed.
"QAI? Is the master alright?" Aries then asked as he had a look of concern. After all, throughout his time here, his master has never, ever, been this angry. Dharkon must have really pissed him off.
[It appears that Dharkon has just resulted in throwing crazy hands at him. Darkness corruption levels of sector 425 is 5% and rising.] QAI noted as the camera then changes to show a multitude of massive white gloves all piled up on someone, most likely RGQC.
"These are crazy hands? They're just a bunch of white gloves." Mercury muttered out in confusion as everyone could only agree. Seeing giant floating gloves is strange. But the multiverse has already proven that anything is possible.
But behind the hands was one of pure horror. A demonic eyeball that was red in colour seemed to stare at the crazy hands while surrounded by some sort of tentacle that looked like ropes made out of hair, it also has purple crystal spiked tips and the ends of the tentacles themselves. Even worse that everyone could feel that they were staring into the nothingness that is the void. Behind it was clearly the rift in which it got into RGQC's realm and beyond it was just black. No light.
Nothing.
"What... is that thing?" Poor Velvet shivered as her very instinct is literally screaming at her to get out of here. The same could be said for everyone else, even Ozpin. Who could tell that this thing is worse than Salem and her Grimm.
[Dharkon. The embodiment of Darkness and Chaos incarnate. Similar yet different from Khorne except Dharkon embodies darkness itself.] QAI droned on as multiple red portals appeared around the crazy hands dogpiling RGQC. Then guns could be seen exiting the portal before firing a massive laser beam directly into the hands, turning them to dust as Dharkon just watched before its tentacles formed into a massive hammer.
"Awesome! I want one!" Ruby let out a cheer when she saw the guns fire what's basically a BFG of lasers.
"No Ruby!" Her team immediately rejected it.
"Boo…"
"Big hammer!" Nora couldn't help but shout.
"Nora, you do know that's going to hit RGQC right?"
"Guess it's hammer time." Torchwick then let out a subtle chuckle as Neo could only let out a giggle herself.
"Well… if you were to say it like that, it would hurt. A lot."
There was an explosion followed by a dust cloud that was blown away revealing RGQC without a single scratch in his armour. "Dharkon! This ends-"
'CRUNCH!'
RGQC's didn't manage to say what he wanted to say as Dharkon slammed its makeshift hammer onto the realm lord with such a velocity that the ground caved in.
"Ow…" That was what came out of RGQC's mouth when Dharkon pulled the hammer away. Hilariously enough, that also got some of the audiences to laugh or giggle at how RGQC just had that to say after being crushed.
Dharkon then vanished before appearing a distance away as its tentacles began to form again before unleashing a wave of projectiles, RGQC on the other hand charged towards Dharkon as more portals appeared behind him before firing swords of all kinds at Dharkon.
"Using swords as projectiles? That's… interesting? I mean dad did use projectile feathers against his opponents that other time…"
"Like the Nevermores?" Pyrrha then asked as Lily nodded back.
"Yup. Dad likes to adapt other techniques into his fighting style. A master of none kind of thing."
"Isn't that a bad thing?" Fox then asked.
"Sorta? But it does mean that father could pull up a new trick up his sleeves. And he has a lot of tricks. I bet some would surprise you guys."
"Do you have an example?" Weiss then made a request.
"Mmm… There's one related to shields… "Lily then turns her eyes on Jaune before she continues, "and he flipped me using one during our training. It was embarrassing." Her cheeks flared up from remembering that incident.
"Flipped you?" Ruby then tilted her head.
"Yea, he literally flipped me like a pancake during one of our training sessions. Apparently, I've also learned that mom also got flipped by him before."
"Oh, what kind of flipping does Jade do exactly Lily?" Yang then asked as those who know the hidden meaning behind Yang's words blushed.
"Oh my." Kali muttered to herself.
"Please no Yang." Lily muttered.
"Yang, where did you learn that from?" Summer then inquisitively asked as Yang let out a nervous giggle.
However, it appears that Dharkon wasn't done yet when the tentacles began to form a massive ball of dark energy before launching it directly at RGQC, who dodged to the side before sending a massive punch to its eye. Most of the younger audiences could be heard cheering onwards for the realm lord as Dharkon blinked away and reappeared a distance away. But this time, there was also the inclusion of red dark clones of Ruby and Yang much to everyone's surprise.
"Great, you're aware of them. Somehow…" The realm lord muttered to himself as he summoned two pistols for himself before pointing at the clones.
"Uh? Why is there evil I and Yang there?" Ruby then asked as QAI responded back.
[It appears that Dharkon has spawned copies of you and Yang to engage master. How it knows of the two of you is a mystery.]
"That's really disturbing. I mean look at them!" Torchwick yelled out as everyone watched as the evil clones of Ruby and Yang engage RGQC while Dharkon spreads out its tentacles proceeding to slash the realm itself. What's left is a red gash that seemed to slow RGQC much to his frustration.
"What is that? It looks like it attacked the realm itself, friend QAI." Penny then asked as she tilted her head innocently.
[Dharkon has ripped the time space of that area of RGQC's realm. If he enters it, RGQC will slow down dramatically. That's also the reason reality breakers are dangerous. They don't follow the rules of master's reality and could cause massive damage to the realm itself.]
"Shouldn't you send support to help your master?" Glynda then asked with concern.
[You shouldn't worry about him, there's an extremely low chance of a loss for master. He had beaten Dharkon before. He will do it again.] QAI assured the audience as they watched as RGQC fought them back. But it wasn't long till those evil clones of Ruby and Yang were defeated before exploding a distance away.
And with that, RGQC extends his hands out as a massive ethereal hands forms and literally grabs Dharkon by the eye. "Get out of my realm!"
RGQC yelled as he proceeded to yeet Dharkon through the rift it came from before slamming his hands together to shut the rift down.
"It looks like he's done it." Tai hummed as everyone else cheered in their own way.
RGQC then walked through the portal before appearing in front of everyone before letting out a sigh. "QAI, is the battle against the Daemons of Khorne resolved?"
[Affirmative. Skarbrand and the daemon are being pushed back to the rift as of now. The remaining minor rifts are also being closed as well.]
"Excellent. So, after today's mess, do you guys wish to move on to the next mission? Or do you all wish to end it here today?" RGQC then asked as it was a 50/50 split. The only one that hasn't voted yet was Lily.
[Lily Belladonna. You're the only person who hasn't voted yet.] QAI then spoke as Lily then looked around before making a decision.
"I think it's best for everyone and you to recover from this invasion. Besides, I can tell that some of us here need to talk." She gave her thought as she looked at a few people. Mostly on Yang and Raven, followed by her mom and grandparents. Oh, and also her probably.
"Ok, by vote, you're all allowed to leave the theatre. I need time to fix that mess. See you all tomorrow." And with that, RGQC vanished and everyone left the theatre.
And we're done now. Honestly, I won't blame ya if you hated that I did another intermission but I just don't feel like writing at all which sucks so badly. I meant it. And that really sucks like hell because I really want to move on to Outbreak but, I just can't. maybe its writer's fatigue?
But nevertheless, I couldn't just leave you guys waiting so I forced myself to push this chapter no matter the cost and I understand if you're upset about it. But yea… here's a small chapter for you all.
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RGQC out…
