Kris woke to the sound of sirens going off in the distance. She groaned deeply, rolling around in her sister's bed. "What the hell..." She grunbled, shifting before wincing as her scroll began to go off. She gave a very deep sigh, sitting up. Her short red hair was messier than usual and her mascara had slightly run down her face from the night. She shook her head, ignoring the sirens before she reached over to grab her scroll. She yawned, answering the call. "Yeah?"
"Kris!" Jess' voice snapped from the device.
The younger red head blinked a bit, rubbing her eyes. "Jess? What's wrong?" She could tell their was panic in her older sister's tone.
"Kris!" There was a heavy grunt from the scroll before a large growl. There was then a animalistic yelp of pain followed by heavy breathing. "Kris! Where are you!?"
"I was sleeping... what's wrong?" She quickly tossed the blanket off her, sliding on her shoes as her head shot towards the window. "What's with the sirens!"
"The White Fang are letting Grimm loose into the school and fair grounds!" She shouted back. There was several sounds of cries in the distance followed by rushing footsteps. "Listen! You need to stay safe! I don't know what exactly is happening, but you need to stay safe!" She gave off a small grunt of pain suddenly. "Now I need to go! Kris..." Her voice lowered some. "Stay safe." The line then went dead, silence falling across the room.
"Jess..." Kris blinked a few times. "Jess!" She shook her head, quickly shoving her scroll into her pocket. For the first time in years, she bolted straight out the door without putting any makeup on at all. Her mind was racing a million miles an hour as she darted through hall after hall. Once outside, she skidded to a stop, looking all across at the mayhem taking place.
The darkened skies were filled with Griffons and Nevermores. In th distance, she could hear the roars of Creeps, Death Stalkers, Beowolves, and Ursas. She could even swear she heard the sounds of a King Tajitu slithering all around and causing death. Her eye simply widened as the cries of people overwhelmed any noise the Grimm could create. If anything at all, this was what she must assume hell to be like. She inahled, her nose hairs burning with the smell of death.
"Jess..." She quietly spoke, taking a small step back. Her eyes widened as she looked over, seeing a Boarbatusk charge up and spin directly towards her. "Oh nope!" She quickly shook her head, looking around. She jumped up, her back bending over the creature just enough for it to miss her.
She rolled across the ground a bit before quickly jumping to her feet. "Great, no weapon amd a hot head on my hands. Come on..." She pulled out her scroll, pressing a few buttons. "Just get here in enough time you damn locker." She took a deep breath, arms raising up as eyes narrowed.
Before hand, Elise was having fun on the fair grounds. Endlessly playing game after game. After the events of the previous night, she needed to keep her mind off things. There wasn't a better place to do so than the fair grounds.
"Alright, listen boy." The brunet smiled, helping a small young boy in a green cloak aim at a target with a toy water gun. "There is one important thing to know when aiming: you squeeze the trigger NOT pull it. Alright?"
The boy gave a small nod, his messy brown hair swaying a bit. "Kay." He narrowed his grey eyes, holding the water gun close.
"Okay... now aim carefully. Make sure you stay calm and don't worry about if you hit it or not. You want your hear beat slow which means you need to be calm." She stuck out her tongue, shutting one eye as she helped him aim. "Okay. Right there."
"Mhm." The little boy let out, licking his lips. Slowly, he squeezed the trigger, letting the gun shoot out a stream of water. The boy half jumped, moving back some.
Elise couldn't help but laugh softly. "There isn't even much kick in that!" She reached down, ruffling his hair. "Don't worry! I'm sure you'll get the hang of it! How about one more go?"
He gave a nod before flinching as he heard his mother calling out.
"Eren! Come on! Your father wants to go eat!"
He sighed softly, reaching up and handing the water gun to Elise. "Sorry... have to listen to my mommy or she won't let me have dessert."
The farm girl smiled, giving a nod. "It's alright. I understand. You'll definitely nail the shot the next time you try.
"Kay!" He smiled, turning around with a wave before running off to his mother.
Elise couldn't help but chuckled softly, placing some lien down at the booth she was at. "Alright. Let me have a go."
The old man at the booth gave a nod, snatching up the currency.
Elise took a deep breath, raising the gun as she took aim. She shut one eye, sticking out her tongue as she shifted her feet around. Slowly, she started to bring the trigger back with slow breathing. "And right..." She trailed off, the ground trembling as screams and sirens started to go off. "What?" She took a step back, looking all around. Her eyes then widened, seeing the largest Nevermore she had ever seen crash down upon the coliseum.
"Holy Oum..." She muttered, quickly scanning the fair grounds. As airships descended, Grimm burst through them and began to charge at anyone and everyone.
"Damn! This is bad!" She pulled out her scroll, quickly pressing several buttons before shoving it away. She brought the toy gun around, bashing it into the head of an Ursa.
Quickly, she jumped back, shooting a high pressured stream of water into its glowing red eye. The Grimm hissed in pain, taking several steps back. At the same time, Elise's locker crashed down behind her. She tossed the water gun away, reaching into her locker and grabbing her air-compressed rifle along with several cartridges. She quickly pulled out a red dart, loading it in.
"Let's see how you do..." She mumbled, taking aim.
As the Ursa stood back up, it glare over at Elise, letting out a rageful roar. With its mouth open, Elise fired her dart straight into the back of its throat. Instantly, the head of the monster blew off, leaving its body to collapse onto the ground and begin to decompose.
She took a deep breath, spinning around. Her eyes widened as she gulped, seeing the massive wave of Grimm coming in. She shook her head, charging straight into the madness. There were dozens of people who needed help.
Cheyenne had spent the night in MACE's dorm room, doors and windows locked. She sat in the corner, her Atlas rifle clutched tight. She was so close from panicking. Maya could very easily tell Ozpin that she was the traitor in the school. And who would believe a Faunus over a human? By the time morning came, there we bags under her eyes from a sleepless night. She kept her eyes locked on the door the entire time. She would have stayed sitting in the corner if it had not been for thr sirens that startled her outside.
She slowly stood up, gulping as she walked over to the window. Her brown eyes immediately went wide at the mere sigh of what was happening out there. She saw countless White Fang members and countless Grimm, all roaming and attacking those on the schoolyard. "What the hell..." She muttered, slowly taking a step back.
Her breath then hitched, as she quickly looked all around. Her sister, Maya, and everything else that had been happening in the past year was slowly coming together. This was their plan. This was the awful plan that would take so many lives. She gulped, silently cursing at herself. Her mind immediately went fo blaming herself. If she would have told Ozpin about her sister last night, then maybe all of this wouldn't have happened.
Her mind snapped out of it as she heard cries of pain and suffering from down below. She looked back out the window, eyes widening even more at the sight of Atlas gear being used against citizens.
She quickly shook her head, and despite the nerve wracking fear inside her, she went straight towards the door. She unlocked it, bolting out without even bothering to shut it. She darted down the halls, heart pounding. She didn't bother with the elavator as she rounded a corner and started to sprint down the stairs.
People were going to die because of the White Fang and her sister. Cheyenne couldn't sit around and do nothing if that was happening. She had to fight. She had to at least try to save some of them. Any of them.
Meanwhile, up in the Amity Coliseum, as a bone chilling speach began, one Kagami didn't even let herself take note of, she gulped heavily, the toes of her feet being the only thing standing on the edge of the floating battle arena. She gulped, her body leaning back extremely far. She was clutching onto Nihilus' wrist as he held onto the collar of her shirt.
"You have been a pest this entire time." His eyes narrowed, his fingers flexing. All he had to do was let go and Kagami would be sent plummeting to her death. "This is where I get rid of you once and for all."
Kagami gritted her teeth, eyes narrowing and locking with his. "Not this time." She muttered.
She slowly blinked, her eyes suddenly flashed the light blue of Nihilus' eyes.
The young man blinked once, eyebrows raising. But before he or Kagami could do anything, a bag of popcorn was suddenly placed over Nihilus' head.
As he let go and stumbled back, Kagami was just barely able to bring herself forward and stop herself from falling. She glanced down, breathing rapidly. She couldn't help but gulp as the screams and cries of the people down below. She quickly looked forward, trying to make sense of what just happened.
Standing several meters in front of her, the young boy she had saved during the breach was trembling slightly. Her tie she had given him was still tied tightly around her head like a bandana. He gulped some, looking over at her. "A-Are you okay...?" He whimpered.
"Bleue?" Her eyebrows raised as she stood up. Her eyes still a light blue rather than the pale tea green. "You shouldn't be here!" She shouted, glancing over as Nihilus took off the bag from his head, popcorn falling down all around.
She watched him draw the katana at his side and her breath stopped. Her eyes narrowed before the light blue flashed to gold.
She needed more than just to see someone's eyes to copy their semblance, she also needed to know what it was so she could properly use it. Thankfully, she finally figured out his.
Before Nihilus had time to fully pull out his weapon which was glowing with fire, Kagami was suddenly standing in front of him with heavy breathing. His weapon in her hand. She chucked it off the side, glaring back at him.
"Why you little..." Nihilus growled, his pale blue eyes narrowing at one's that were nearly identical to his.
"You can stop time..." She snarled. She did her best to remained calm on the outside, her insides already twisting around like mad as a painful headache began.
He growled louder, his own eyes flashing gold. When his did, so did Kagami's.
The world around the two of them immediately lost color, every spec of it draining to black and white. All except for the two of them. Seeing Kagami move, Nihilus' face turned to anger for the first time in a long while. "This is my world!" He snapped.
"Time belongs to no one!" She shot back as the both of them pulled back their fist.
Bleue took a step back, eyes wide in awe and fear at what was happening. To his veiw, Kagami and Nihilus would appear in one spot, dodging while throwing a blow, over and over. First they were to his right, then his left, right again, behind him, in font, and then the left again. He couldn't comprehend any of which was happening.
With time stopped again, near the edge of the floor, Kagami's breath had become rapi and the pain in her head had become fair too much. The colorless world faded into color just as Nihilus sent his foot into her chest. Her eyes reverted back to normal as she fell back, grunting in pain.
With equally heavy breathing, Nihilus had his hands on his knees to keep him up right. He was sweating while glaring at her. "You may... now what I can do... but you have no idea what it does to you..." He stood up straight, exhaustion written on his face. "You think stopping time doesn't come with a cost? You've most likely have used up all your aura just by using it!"
Too weak to do anything to defend herself, Kagami laid her head back on the ground, her hair going everywhere. She glanced over the ledge before looking up at him. So this was how she was going to die? She gulped, shutting one eye as she grinded her teeth together.
Nihilus growled once more, bringing up a foot to kick her off. Only standing on one foot and already tired, he was completely off balance. A moment later, Bleue came running straight into him, sending him off the ledge.
Blinking slowly, Kagami slowly sat up with wide eyes. "Whoa... okay kid..." She gave a nod, panting heavily with a smile. "You've earned a great amount of my respect..."
He looked over at her, gulping some. He went and tied the green tie around his head a little tighter before holding out his hand to help her up.
She smiled, groaning as she reached out and let him help her stand. "I think a blue tight sould suit you better..." She mumbled.
He shook his head no, smiling some. "Green... green is your color. And I like it more."
She softly chuckled, reaching down and ruffling his hair. "Alright-" She stopped herself, clutching into him as the floating fortress began to shake. "Shoot..." She nudged him a bit. "Okay... find your mother and get off here, okay?"
With wide eyes, he quickly nodded, running off.
Kagami looked back down below, gritting her teeth. The people down there would need more help then up here. She took a deep breath, taking a few steps back. She waited, eyes narrowing at passing by Griffons. She waited until one was close enough, then charged and jumped off the edge. She landed on its back, forcing its wings to fly it downward. "I need a ride down!" She shouted.
Making it out of the fair grounds, Elise was panting heavily. She checked her pouches, nearly out of ammunition. She took a deep breath, flinching as her scroll went off. She slowly pulled it out, blinking with concern at what came up. It was flashing, showing Kagami's aura in the red zone. She took a deeo breath, looking up at the coliseum. "Kagami..." She muttered quietly.
"So you know that brat, huh?" A wicked and bone chilling voice shot through the air.
Elise flinched, quickly turning around with goosebumps chilling down her spine. "You know her?" She asked, looking at a pink haired woman with bow.
"Please," Valentine's golden eyes light up in the darkness. "I'm the one who tortured her. She had some pretty pitiful screams if I must say so." She grinned.
There was a long pause, Elise's shoulders rising as they tensed up. "You're the one that hurt her..."
"I'm the one who's helped cause all this!" She waved her arms out. "And I am going to be the one who kills you." She grinned.
"Like hell!" Elise screamed, suddenly charging forward with her rifle raised. Tears were slightly filling in her eyes. "I'm going to kill you for hurting Kagami!"
"No, you're not." She shook her head, pulling out her bow.
As the two began to fight, Kris was panting softly while leaning up against her fallen locker. The Grimm around her all decaying. She took several deep breaths, clutching her candy cane weapons tight. She looked over, looking inside her locker. She started at the block of folded up wood with straps sitting inside it. She took a deep breath, reaching it in and strapping it across her back.
"Whether I hate you or not..." She sighed. "This will be helpful." She then jumped, half yelping as her scroll went off. She quickly took it out, eyebrows raising when she saw Kagami's aura reaching red. "What are you doing you dope..." She girtted her teeth, running off.
Coming up to the school yard, she stopped, hearing a cry of pain coming from the inside of a building. She looked through a broken window, eyes narrowed. Isnide, The small but demonic blonde girl known as Eri chuckled, blood splattered across her face. All around her were several dead Atlas shoulders with guns. "Aw, did you all get some ouchies? Sorry, I'm not a doctor."
"You..." Kris quietly mumbled, eyes wide.
Eri's head snapped back, glaring over at her. She then started to smile, walking towards the window. "You're that little ugly girl I never got to kill."
Kris hissed, quickly stepping back as Eri junped through the window. "Go to hell!" She shouted.
"Oh," The blonde chuckled with a shrug, flinging the blood from her claws off. "I already know I am going there. But I guess you get to go there first."
The red head gulped, her chest rising and falling. "I'm not going to let you kill anyone else."
"Oh sure, sure you will." She nodded back. "You'll gave to srop me from killing you first." She grinned, licking her weapon with red eyes glowing deadly.
In Beacon's courtyard, Beowolf after Beowolf was charging through. Team ARRW and team MVVV each doing their best to keep them from entering the school itself. Cheyenne ran put to the scene, skidding to a hault as she saw her twin. Her rapid breathing hitched as she started to step away. The three Varken brothers were in their giant rock monster form as Artie and his team shot arrows from impossible situations.
She gulped, trying not to get her sister's attention. She would have made it if her scroll hadn't gone off.
Maya quickly looked back, eyes narrowing at her sister. She immediately started in her direction.
Cheyenne's eyes went wide as she darted behind the building, stumbling on her feet. A sudden gust of air suddenly swept her off her feet, sending her face first into the ground.
With vengeful but still saddened eyes, Maya stepped up towards her, gulping as heavily as she could. Before the madness had begun, Valentine had sent her one last message: kill them all. She didn't want to, but orders were orders. She did not want to face her mother's wrath.
"Maya..." Cheyenne spoke softly as she stood up.
The human sister gulped, biting her lip. "Listen... I'm sorry... I truly am. I'm nearly positive you are a great person, but I have to do what has to be done."
Cheyenne gritted her teeth, suddenly placing her rifle down. She shook her head slowly. "I'll listen to whatever you have to say... I had all night to think about this, please? I am not going to fight my sister."
She gulped again, shaking her head. "There is nothing to explain."
The Faunus took a deep breath, her body tensing. "I want to understand why you are doing this!"
Maya pausedm her arms lowering some. They then quickly raised back up. "Because it was what I was told to do by the mother who raised me."
Cheyenne flinched at the words, gulping yet again. "I won't fight you. I don't want to."
"You don't need to." She muttered back, flinging her wrist as a gust of wind sent Cheyenne into the side of the building.
Kagami jumped off the Griffon just in time to roll onto the ground. She panted heavily, standing up. She quickly pulled out her scroll, typing away at it to send for her locker. "Come on..." She looked up, seeing the Grimm she rode down on charge at her. She gulped, shutting her eyes tight.
Before anything could happen though, the sound of the creature crying out erupted. When Kagami opened her eyes again, she smiled at the sight of long orange hair and armor. "Captain Caesar..."
The woman turned around, resting her blade on her shoulder. "Once again, here I am having to save your ass."
The jade haired girl gave off a soft chuckle, rubbing her head. "Yeah, yeah, thanks." She smiled.
"No problem." She smiled back, flipping her hair from her eyes with a nod. "It's what I'm suppose-" She stopped midsentance, eyes going wide with pain.
"Captain... Caesar?" Kagami raised her eyebrows. They then went wide, Julia's body falling forward. Behind her, with a bloody knife, Nihilus looked as if he was moments from passing out. "Twenty-three stabs wounds... to the back..." He ground, dropping the knife. "Let's see this savior of yours... live..." He suddenly fell back, collapsing out cold.
"Captain Caesar!" Kagami rushed over, kneeling down next to her as her locker came crashing down, opening up to reveal her sword. She slowly pressed a hand onto her back, sighing heavily in relief that she was still breathing. "Thank Oum..." She muttered, standing upright. It was then she heard a voice behind her.
"Nill?" Thanaton mumbled, walking slowly towards them. "Did... did you... hurt my brother?" Her eyebrows raised up before her purple eyes narrowed harshly with anger. "You hurt my brother."
Kagami gritted her teeth, looking down at Julia. She needed medical attention now. But there was no way the young lady of hatred origins would let her leave after seeing this. She took a very deep breath, reaching down and picking up Julia's sword before reaching into her locker and grabbing her own.
With a sword in each hand, she glared over at Thanaton. "I don't have time for this."
Thanaton snarled, cracking her neck. "You won't have time for anything when I am finished." She darted forward. "No one harms my brother! No one!"