i'm tired, lack of sleep, sore body but my mind is bursting with idea, I can't stop typing, why am i doing this to myself
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In the comfort of their luxurious room, only one light illuminate, only to shine upon her misery
willow schnee had it all, the beauty, the money, the fame, what else she need?
Love, that's what she been missing, what's she get is just greed and lust
laying on her back on the bed, willow look to the side as her 'husband' fuck her, thrusting his disgusting tool onto her wet fold, moaning like some filth while abusing her body with his hand
there's wasn't an ounce of love in his movement, just lust and greed, he already took her love, her body, her company name, her children, now he just savoring his 'spoils'
her eyes gaze blankly at the portrait on the wall, her father, the one who make all of this, oh how he be rolling in the graves if he saw what happen to her, he is her father after all
he would protect her with all his might, he love her, care for her, if he was here, he would never let this happen
but he's not here, not anymore, he left her behind
she shed a single tear when jacques dump his load in her, once upon a time, she love him when he do that, imagining a wonderful future where they would raise their children together with love and care
only to found out he is just a piece of shit that only saw her as a trophy rather than wife
Jacques sat at the edge of the bed, sniffing, she didn't even feel pleasure from that, it was all just for him, only he get to come off, not her
look at him, drinking her wine, using her body, spending her money, taking HER company
No more
She gritted her teeth, tears pool around her eyes
No more
She slowly reach under the bed, a dagger her father once use as a hunter
No more
She slowly crept foward, once she in range, she pull him back to the bed, thrusting her dagger into his chest
No more
"I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU" tears fall down to his face as she stab him multiple times, his shock and horrified look etched to his face
No more
"YOU DON'T GET TO USE ME ANYMORE, YOU DON'T GET TO ABUSE MY CHILDREN AND YOU DON'T GET TO FUCKING TOUCH ME"
she struck the dagger deep into his chest, Prying it open, his heart beating weakly, she sneer and stab the dagger through it, killing him
No more
She cried, years of living a lie and pain bearing down on her for one last time, she get off his dead body and scurry to the wall, clutching her head
"Madame?, are you alright, i heard screaming and- oh dear lord above"
her loyal butler, came crashing through the door, alarmed, he clutch his chest for a moment before rushing to her
"madame, are you alright, did he hurt you?" klein frantically search for injuries on her body
she took a shaky breath, struggling to compose herself, she inhale, exhale, repeat
"no ... klein ... i kill him" she whisper, her eyes red from crying "i ... i finally kill him"
there was shock on klein face, for a moment, she thought he be disgusted at her
but her butler have been loyal to her for years now, if there's another who can understood why she did this, it would be him
"i understand madame" klein nodded grimly, he stood up and inspect the body "have no worry madame, i will take care of this, clean yourself first"
she nodded, stumbling towards the bathroom, klein shake his head in pity before staring at his now dead master with a stoic look
"you have it coming, master Jacques ... now, how am i to dispose of you?"
No more
"People of Atlas, today is a new day, a day to be remember when atlas rise for the better, ladies and gentlemen, i give you the new face for schnee company, willow schnee"
Willow took a deep breath, this is it, the day she have been waiting for, wearing a white fur coat around her shoulder with stunning white dress that show off her cleavage, she look stunning, as always
pushing aside the curtain, she smile and wave at the crowd below, her beauty admired by many, her intelligence inspired young ones
this is it, the life she dream for
clearing her throat, she gave a brilliant smile "People of atlas, for years, my husband have been working the company through the mud, while his way are efficient, it is inhumane and borderline a crime but today, his way are done, no more unfair treatment, no more bribe and no more injustice" she didn't even need a mic to get the message through, all of atlas, faunus and human agreed with her, roaring, chanting her name
it's a good day to be alive in atlas
with a smile, she retreated to the back of the stage, klein was already waiting for her, wearing his bowl hat and a coffee in hand
"a spectacular speech madame" klein praise, giving her the coffee
"thank you, klein" willow smile, getting into her limo as klein took the driver seat "and what of ... the body klein?"
"i have disassemble him and make sure to melt him one by one, rest assured madam, there will be no evidence"
"good" she look outside her window as the car drive by, many people wave at her "it's a good day for everyone"
Blake brows furrow when the cloth that cover her cage were suddenly lifted
"here, we have another one"
her vision blurry, she barely made out the outline of a man and woman
she felt weightless, as if she is floating, someone is carrying her
"dear god, look at her"
"what have they done with her"
"damn slavers
she felt a blanket wrapped around her body, why?, animal like her doesn't deserve to be clothed
"everything is going to be alright"
no ... since when everything been alright?
Her ears pick up sound, whirring sound, heat, what is that, a ship?
"everything is going to be alright" why all of them have to say that, her amber eyes glance at a man with a cane, a barely suppressed anger on his expression
why is he angry, why is he helping her?
"James, i want you to set foot in every kingdom, we lost mistral, we lost menagerie" the man with the cane growl, a rare sight for those who know him "we will not lose anything else, this is war james and she have lit the fire, it's time we snuff it out"
Weiss let a smile on her face as the people greeted her, for once in her life, she felt free, untethered by the constant high expectation her father demand of her
his disappearance have sent the whole of atlas into shock, after all, it's not every day you see a ceo just up and nowhere to be found
while her father obnoxious and slimy behavior are despicable, he is still her father and part of her wish he would change someday
but now he's gone and no matter how much weiss don't want to admit it, she felt ... happy
is it cruel of her to feel so?, perhaps but she wouldn't trade her freedom of choices for a incorrigible father
she would savor this moment ... no matter how fleeting it is
the door to her mother office open with a hiss, she smile and skipped inside, her mother had the office redecorate to her liking and weiss love it, the opposite of her father, bland and tempting atmosphere that give you the feeling of a snake luring you in, her mother office are much more vibrant and colorful
the walls have been painted in light blue and white color, a tribute to her grandfather, the luxurious mahogany desk and leather sofa been replaced with the simplicity of loveseat and office desk
"weiss" her mother look beautiful these days, the dark bag under her eyes are gone, her skin shining under the light, she never seen her mother so beautiful before and she wonder if she grew up to be just like her "how can i help you dear?"
"oh, nothing much mother" weiss smile, going around her table to hug her, willow return the hug with a beautiful smile "just want to inform you that pietro is waiting to meet you at the lobby"
"dear, I have assistant for that" her mother raise brow, making her giggle, willow shake her head with a amused smile "if you just wanna see me, you don't need a excuse for it"
"just feel like it" unburdened by the need to do proper etiquette her father taught her, weiss giggle, willow notice her daughter been laughing a lot lately, even at the small things
she smile "you silly girl" she pinch her youngest daughter nose, making the weiss squeal and move away to avoid her hand, she shake her head and press a button "somebody, please guide pietro to my office"
Hearing a confirmation from her secretary, she turn her attention to weiss "i heard you have been skipping class lately"
Weiss just let a playful gasp escape her smile "wha-?, me?, no mother, i would never skip class, in fact, i think my attendance record are the cleanest among my peer"
Willow chuckle, ever since jacques gone, weiss have become much more mischievous than before "you may doll up your friend to look like you, weiss but you are my daughter, i immediately recognized corrigan in your place today"
Weiss just smile shyly and found the outside view much more interesting
willow shake her head, shifting her attention at the door, it's slide open and in came pietro in his walking chair, heh, she still found that thing amusing
"pietro, the brilliant mind in atlas" willow stood from her seat, unlike her dead husband who greet his guest with veil to snare opportunities for himself, the way she greet her guest are a like a open door for those who are willing to contribute for the future
such individual like pietro
"please, there's no need for flattery" the man just smile, fanning himself with his hat "so, what can i do for the new face of schnee company"
"i would like to built a force field, a safe haven if atlas fall, money isn't a problem pietro, what i need is a genius mind and hardworker, so our children may live to see another day"
Naruto sat in his room, it wasn't grandeur by any mean but he like it, it's has a nice view too
if there's any earth phrase he can link to his place, it would be "just like Vegas"
because it's a fucking house in a space ship with neon light's and whatnot, the crystal palace
It's a five toroidal ring structure built around a large core extending for almost two kilometers through the center of the station. Each ring has a radius of 2.2 kilometers. The three central rings are entirely enclosed, while the two outer rings have two-meter thick leaded-glass windows to permit light to enter.
He living his best life, who the hell back home can claim they live in space?
no one
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP
His communication band beeping, he a press a button and a holographic figure appear, a sexy blonde hair woman in a tight, blue bodysuit
his girlfriend ... and by the look on her face, she ain't happy ... hoo boy
"sup baby girl, ya missed me already?"
"really?, i been fucking waiting at sector forty for an hour and that's all you gotta say?"
"what, i gave you a message about two hour ago" he rolled his eyes, she always didn't check her message "i text you about a new job, could take a long time"
Her eyes widened slightly, checking the said message, she read the content before blushing
"oh"
"yeah" he grinned, reading something on his computer
"but you promise me, we going on a date naru" she pouted, a very stark contrast to her usual personality "you been working day in and day out, don't you want to rest for a little bit, are you even human?"
"are you really asking me that?"
"well, yeah" her cheeks reddened at his raise brow, she know what he mean "what's so important about this job anyway?"
"alternate universe" he wave his hand around for holographic microscope, inspecting a bunch of lines on his computer
"that's nothing new"
"no, it's not but this one ... it's interesting" he magnify the view on those lines "so many alterations, strays deviating from its original path ... and it's just keep branching"
She raise a brow, that's ... sound interesting, no wonder he is invested in this "is that even possible"
"yeah it is, i seen the lines branching before ... but not this much" he pay a closer attention to certain lines "some stray far away, there's also the one that just stay the same and there's even lines hitting against each other" he search his drawer for one particular book "what's interesting is that these lines doesn't went out of it's universe ... it's multiplying in its own, just branching every new story ... that's scary"
it is, even she knew the danger of outta control universe "is there a way to contain it?"
"hmm" he hummed "aha" pulling out a book, the cover say 'universe 101 for dummy'
she smile amusingly at that, someone made a book about it, figure it was only time before it got profited
"it say ... the beginning of a story is a main key for everything, the past to present to future, if the start of a event is different, it lead to different outcome and from that outcome, birth universe, blah, blah, blah" he skip a few pages " ... the problem of massive multiplying universe within a universe can be solve ... by connecting them ... together"
his color slowly pale "oh god no"
"what, what does that mean?"
"it means ... i have to somehow combine the current copy ... to another copy ... to another copy"
... that sound alot "and the current number is?"
" ... fifteen thousand and still going"
" ... you poor baby"
"shut up samus"
Blake timidly step in her ... new home, she don't know how to feel about it, after a long time of living in a cage ... home sound alien to her
it didn't even sound sad to her ear, she just that broken
"i hope it's live up to your expectation" standing behind her at the doorway, the blonde hair woman smile at her gently, leaning to the side with her arm under her bust, she look ... nervous, why would she be nervous?
she just a caged animal, she can't hurt her, she a dirty faunus and glynda is a fully fledged huntress
as if reading her mind, the blonde woman smile faded, she approach blake, who cower, afraid, imagining a beating
but instead, she got a hug, slender arm wrap around her frail body, enveloping her with comfort.
confused, she slowly hug the woman back with uncertainty
the blonde just hummed, one hand reach up to caress her hair, blake slowly close her eyes, feeling a warm feeling that she haven't experience in a long time
before she fall to slumber, one thought ran through her mind
'Kali ...... mom'
and a stray tear fall down on the ground, a droplet of pain and misery
she finally free
Pyrrha sat with her mother, after few days of running, the news of fallen kingdom reach far and a search and rescue team have been deployed all over the continent for the survivor
they have been moved to vale immediately after been found, ozpin, the headmaster of vale had offer his condolences and her mother tell everything about what happen
during all this, her mind went elsewhere, she kept replaying those moment, the scream, the smell of smoke and corpses
it was surreal, like a scary story to discipline children from going outside in the dark
but she saw it, her mother saw it, soon the whole of remnant will saw it ... and her world have been turn upside down
that woman ... no ... monster, it's a horrid creature made out of something just as horrible, no natural process can birth such ... thing
her thoughts ran wild, is it once a human who somehow got infected by grimm or is it a experiment that got loose from some mad scientist lab
whatever it is, it destroy her home, everything she is in mistral died that day, she no longer the invincible girl, now she just a girl who had fail to save her home
and all that is left is just a bitter, vengeful, raging pyrrha
today is a new day for her, a start of her quest to kill this monster
in another universe, there's a title for someone who lost something precious like her and now she the one who hold it
ghost of mistral
"yeah ... i know ... it's fun, he looks adorable everytime i do that"
there's not a lot of things she regret in her life, a few notable one she can mention is that one time she overbaked her cookies to practically just black rock, there's one time she mistook yang diapers with sanitary pad, oh that one time that she forgot to reward her husband for doing the dishes
but the night she didn't go for the mission with raven?
she will never regret that, because she living her best life, as if she have dodge a bullet
"looks what the cat drag in"
She end her call and turn away from her cooking for a moment, smirking, she put her hand on her hip, putting on a stern front
her oldest daughter, yang, the ever rebellious and party girl got caught sneaking out to her friend house, at first she want to catch red handed
but her husband convince her to pull her back the moment she cause trouble, which yang did, considering she got dragged to the police station because some guy couldn't take a hint and touch her hair
"what do you have to say about yourself, young lady?" she grinned, her husband, standing behind yang with a grin, it become a game between the two of them, competing on who can thought of the most embarrassing way to caught their daughter
her first suggestion was to caught her at the party but her husband have reject it, seeing it's a bit much to shame her in front of her friend
party pooper, he only saying that because yang follow after him
" ... grounded for three weeks?"
summer stay silent, just raising a brow
" ... no dessert and grounded?"
" ... "
" ... No dessert, grounded for three weeks, no scroll and i help out with all the chores?"
Summer slowly smile, while tai grin from ear to ear
Yang just pouted, knowing better than voice her argument against her mother, she just silently handed her scroll and went to her room
"You know, if you aren't here with me, I don't know what i would do with that girl" tai said while still grinning like a loon
that adorable fool
"Probably had a depression and let our daughter become rebellious as they want" Summer chided playfully, shaking her head, she get back to her cooking
"Hey, i do not get depressed, i've get over it ... " he pause "probably"
"Uhuh, i believe that when qrow have a girlfriend"
"HEY, That's not fair, you know it's not gonna happen, he too wild to be kept down"
"From now on, you have to slow down on the booze, you can drink but only two or four times"
"cruel but sure"
"I demand a three hour of quality time together"
"oh, that's definitely what i can do"
"and no slacking on your class, i would known if you did"
" ... did anyone ever told you how sexy you can be when you laying down rules?"
"QROW!" Slapping his chest, glynda pouted slightly as he laugh at her, nuzzling her cheek against his pec "it's not funny"
"no, it's not" brushing away a tear, he smile down at her, her hair undone, sprawling around his torso "it's adorable"
"shut up" closing her eyes, they bask in the afterglow, having done the deed after their fifth date
"honestly, you pretty wild in bed" it was quite rare for qrow to tease someone out of fondness, he usually did it out of spite "you think the new kid next door heard you"
Glynda blush, thinking about it a for a moment " ... i ... don't think so, the walls are thick enough"
Qrow hummed, a sound that glynda come to like "still, poor girl, to go through all that, it was hard enough to even being a faunus but to be caged like that, no person should go through all that, human or faunus"
"Ozpin is doing his best to find the perpetrator" it was a catastrophe "with mistral being destroy, it was no doubt the witch handiwork but finding her ... scoundrel is prove to be harder than finding a needle in a haystack"
Qrow nodded, whatever is store in the future, he hope nothing but the best, he finally fall in love with someone without his bad luck messing it up
he not gonna let go of this, he's not gonna stop fighting now he has one more reason to fight for
Never stop fighting
"3 MINUTES UNTIL JUMP OFF"
"THE FUCK YOU YELLING AT ME FOR, THERE'S NO AIR IN SPACE, NO WIND BLOWING TO COVER ANY SOUND"
"WHY ARE YOU YELLING THEN?"
"WHY ARE YOU YELLING?"
"CAN YOU TWO IDIOT SHUT UP, JUST OPEN UP THE DAMN HANGER"
Grumbling, naruto did just that, punching a big red button on the side of the spaceship, he put on his space helmet
it wasn't like he can't breathe in space, it's just no one can hear him when somebody call
hence why he shout at the jumpmaster for yelling
rude guy
fully decked in his armor, his cyttorak chain wrap around his torso, he ready his bike, a space bike, unlike earth bike, this one had no back tire, just a thruster and a solid blue, round cosmic energy on the front
"FOURTY SECOND UNTIL DROP OFF, GET READY"
man, that guy really like to shout
revving his bike, it make a rumbling sound, when the jumpmaster gave him the signal, he pull the throttle, soaring down until his thruster shoot out flames
he watch for his radar to ping, according to spectre, they got stranded at the edge of the universe
which is bad enough, there's something else lurking there, the universe are like the great sea, there's always something out there to get you
it depends on if you smart enough to get out or dumb enough to fuck around and find out
he check his archive, the nova corp have report ego spotted around here
"come on then" he drive through space, swerving between meteor and what not
He love his job
"We scouted ahead, there's no sign of intelligence being on this planet"
"There's also unknown substance around the lake, four kilometers away from us"
"what do you want us to do commander?"
Ruby rose, the current leader of humanity, she didn't want this role, too much weight, she felt like drowning
the leadership were entrusted to her by james, when they help vacuo evacuate to atlas, james saw fit to see her as a leader after his fall
it's too sudden and now it bearing down on her like a hammer
"Everyone, remain calm, we will get through this" weiss, the ever optimistic, bless her heart "we face tougher challenge and we prevail before, we will not fall now, i want four group in each division start making shelter, the scout division will have to go for a expedition, while we plan our next course of action"
"she right, so chop chop, people, get to moving" Yang grinned, clapping her hand, while blake, still mute, offer her support by waving a small flag
once the people disperse, yang immediately turn around on them "okay, so what the hell are we going to do?"
"We do whatever we can do, yang" Weiss sigh, the current situation isn't ideal but it's far better than to be torture or killed by salem "surviving"
"that's nothing new" yang sat beside her little sister "what i want to know is what are we supposed to do ... now that we ... ya know ... safe"
"we don't know that" Pyrrha, one of the survivor of salem attack, lean against one of the tree, a cold look on her face "she could be out there, finding a way to reach us, to ... wherever the hell we are"
"that's impossible" winter scoff, nursing her injuries "pietro design it to be irreversible, this is a one way trip, last time i check, she can't travel outside our planet"
"and last time i check, arthur watts still alive" pyrrha shot back, growling "and atlas so called nigh impenetrable shield crumble under that scum easily"
Winter flinched, knowing the mistral survivor had a point
"then ... we fight her ... again" ruby spoke for the first time they been here, full of exhaustion and weariness, she lean back against one of their weapon crates "no matter what ... we survive ... we fight"
all of them look at her, pyrrha nodded, satisfied with the answer, she walk away to check on her mother, leaving the others to ponder upon their situation
"what do we do if we found intelligence life here?" winter ask softly, still nursing her wounds "do we try to coexist should they prove to be harmless?"
"if we did find Intelligence life" ruby stood up, gripping her weapon "then we try to at least be amicable, it is not our home after all, if they prove to be hostile ... we fight"
all of them nodded, each had their own task to do, to survive, to live to see another day.
Ruby sigh, she hope this would be the end of salem ... but given recent losses, she doubt it
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP
He push a button on his communication band and a face appear on his helmet screen, it was spectre
"what do you want, asshat?"
"Charming" Spectre spoke with so much dryness, it could turn sea to sand "i assume you found them?"
"not yet" it's been eight hour ever since he deploy from mothership, there's too many black holes in the edge of the universe, it's messing with his radar "because you didn't exactly give me the exact location asshole"
"that's what i've afraid of" damn bastard almost sound amused by his predicament "one of my ... let's say, informant have told me of their location but you not gonna like it"
"what, is it ego?" it's been quite some time he rumble with the living planet
"worse ... it's the brood"
" ... fuck" of all the creation, why the brood?
"I change my mind, i want unlimited money and a date with tamaran princess AND a uru stone"
"denied"
"fuck you"
Aaaand That's a wrap, sorry for taking this long, i had a little writer block, so i want to give guys some snippet about remnant life so it's two part of the chapter, one, what really change in remnant and the current story, so don't get confused
anyway, lemme know what you think about this chapter, bye