Mary meet everyone. Im back with another chapter. Wish to thank you all again for the support sadly today I ask you for a bit more. See I wanted to get this chapter out this weekend because it was done, sadly my beta reader has some personal stuff going on. So I have done the best my dyslexia ridden brain could do with my trusty spell checker and hope its suitable. Once my beta is back I will ask him to work his usual dark magic and update this chapter.
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Yang had been worried about not being able to see in the cave she had checked her scroll, but something she once again suspect to be magic made it go haywire. Luckily, the cave was not that dark due to a mix of glowing crystals and lava.
"Well, this certainly seems like a place where Reds would like to live." Gnarl spoke up from the tower, the wizened minion wouldn't say it out loud, but this huntress had something. And the fire in her was intriguing.
"Well, it certainly fits the dark fantasy vibe." Yang noted. "Hey, just out of curiosity, what was the strangest place the reds ever found themselves in?"
Gnarl rubbed his chin with bony fingers. "Well, there was this one time they got themselves stuck in a kitchen. Of a halfling hero." Gnarl reminisced about the old days when a overlord hunted down the heroes that had fallen.
Yang stopped dead in her tracks as she saw an enormous metal blast door, in it was carved SDC
"Sooooo this place is basically Hell right?"
"Yes."
Is it possible for a wraith to keep its memories?
"Oh, they all do. Keeping their autonomy, that's another thing altogether. One has to be especially twisted to do so."
"How about. Slave like working conditions, sheer neglect for the life of once staff, sweeping deadly work accidents under the rug, dealing with traitors in pursuit of personal gain?"
"Oh, I like this chap."
"And mistreating once wife and children."
"Never mind."
Yang raised an eyebrow at the sheer amount of disgust in Gnarls voice.
Don't be so surprised, yes I have betrayed one master for another, but that was a order from my master who was later beaten in combat, a throne rightfully earned. I am a minion, loyalty is one of the few virtues that good and evil share. When it suits us as you well know.
Yang did know indeed. Loyalty, its sounds so black and white. You pick the right side and you fight for it till the end, but what if you later find out you have picked the wrong side. When your leader and ideals have soured, what if you find out that the only way to save your friends is to betray them.
Yang threw her fist back. She now knew what she was loyal to and this cause would be hers until her last breath left her chest, with a loud bang the door opened. A wave of hot air and the smell of metal greeted her together with a group of guards that opened fire
You can add a factory to the list, gnarl. Yang said as she and the small group of minions took cover after some crates when the guards started to fire at them
"These are guns? No wonder mistress likes them." Knuckle said, grinning ear to bitten ear.
Yang opened one of the crates next to her and was thankful for the bulletproof metal it was made from as she took a dust vile.
"Knuckle how is your aim?"
"Do one better. Skitter go deep!"
A brown ran at the guards, showing no fear as knuckle motioned to yang to throw the vile, only to see the minion smash the glass against the knee of a guard and fly out of the explosion with a cheer. Apparently, deciding this was quite a good time, the others grabbed dust of their own and started wreaking the room. Yang decided that the minions had this covered, looked at a map when the guards were taken care of.
"So we are at the dust mines. Next to this is the? Oh! a factory plant bet you they have enough to make weapons. Waste dump and a Palace?."
She ran a finger over the drawn pipes and recognized the symbol of a water system and a system that would get the waste products from the factory and mine to the dump.
Penny spoke up. "Waste as in toxic waste?"
Yang tilted her head to doge a flying minion. "I didn't know dust had a waste product?"
"Not of its own, it's the machines Atlas and the SDC once had a plan to enhance dust. The plan was stopped because it left something behind in the oil and water used to run the machines."
"Let me guess they tried to dump it at the place where the Faunus lived."
"You are not allowed to guess again. Jauq wanted to dump it all there and ask a high price for cleanups, but. Ironwood put a stop to it. But what is so special about the palace?"
Yang traced the water pipes towards the palace on the map.
"Shot in the dark a place with water I mean we are in hell cold drinking water is probably a luxury and a cave is probably one of the safest places around."
Gnarl spoke up. "Toxic waste product and water caverns well these are goos candidates for where the greens and blues have gone."
Yang grabbed the map and looked around the room was just an entrance room Yang wonderd what the old man was planning with all the dust and weaponry but decided to focus on the mission first she crouched next to a guard and smirked as she saw a key card and swiped it over the scanner of the next door.
A bright light streamed out which blinded Yang long enough to be hit by a sudden gun shot that knocked the breath out of Yang's lungs the minions form up around her, she looked up through watery eyes and saw 2 shapes run past them carrying guns and dust. Neo and Roman of course that asshole was down here as well where else Yang took a deep breath to get her breathing under control again. She could hear her mother's voice mocking her.
"Is that all you have and you lectured me about strength? I always knew you are useless, but poor summer. All that time she wasted on you Ruby is already impressive, can you imagine how powerful she would be if she was not held back by you?"
"Shut up!"
"THEN GET UP!"
Her eyes shot open, and the minions jumped back when they saw the fire in them that seamed to engulf her body with a load roar the huntress dashed into the room a group of guards tried to take her down, but it didn't seem to bother her any more. her aura was strong enough to take the hits and the pain only fulled the golden inferno. She heard cheering as a group of Reds started to bang on their cages underneath the smelters' yang broke the cages and followed the reds towards a pool of molten metal in the middle was a large volcanic stone with glowing openings
"Gnarl, I got the hive, how do I get it back home?"
"I am sending a digging minion to your location to make a tower gate"
Send some extra browns there is some nice stuff for the forge in here.
After the minions had gathered all the useful and useless stuff they wanted, yang send them through the gate before following.
They were waiting on her, she dropped to her knees "Master did I please you"
His hand grazed her cheek
"Yes my mistress you did "
"As if the tower only now found her she felt a rush of energy and sprang to her feet."
She was grabeb by the hand and led down to the tower hearth penny was waiting on them and smiled brightly at Yang "Greetings sister"
Yang found herself returning that smile but she had to look at the floating ball of blood and viscera besides the former android.
Uhm Penny, why the goop?
"You were a B negative, right?"
"How did you?"
"Atlas protocol I was outfitted with your blood type in case of emergency, it comes in handy to make sure I get this right."
"Wait what do you wo."
The android placed a hand on Yang's arm the stream of gore started to surround her robotic limb, and suddenly, she felt a sharp pain as the metal turned to bone and her flesh grew back new skin now once more, a true part of herself. She looked at the limb in amazing bend down and had to suppress a moan as she felt the cool water run through her fingers she looked back to her master she shook her head, suddenly it felt wrong to call him that, sure he was, but he didn't want slaves or at least he didn't want her to be one he wanted a queen. A lover to hold a comrade to stand at his side in battle her ruby and penny where the start of a family she looked from one to the other now how to thank both she grinned and stepped closer to penny who opened her arms for a hug surprise filled the red heads eyes as Yang pressed her lips on the younger woman's lips and pressed their bodies into the water which this time was only a little deeper than a kiddy pool and the two of them were very much visible though yang was soon to pull back leaving penny confused and longing as yang threw her a teasing smile
"Dont worry sis we are going to bond like that soon enough But." she ran a finger over Lances chest plate "I will be honest I'm not pure Boy or girl Blake is a tease, but I would lie if I said she and I didn't spend a night of passion together. Ruby and penny well I think that speaks for itself and I can't be a 100% sure, but I think Weiss is a capital p prude."
"You are suggesting something Yang?"
"Indeed I am see I still feel bad for that trouble I caused, and I want The others to have a good first, I believe that the sheer amount of forging equipment will give Rubes and penny something to do tonight" she leaned in and whispered in his ear "And I can show you how to dominate a girls mind without magic" she kissed him no sultry or scandals kiss a simple almost quaint kiss but to her, it meant the world. When they parted, she moved to the stairs.
Penny had gotten up and was beat red.
"I believe I just discovered my sexuality"
Lance gave her a smile
"Do I fit into it?"
Penny smiled back
"If I say I'm not sure, will you kiss me?"
"I might." Lance answered with a teasing glint in His red eyes.
"Gee, I don't know." They shared a laugh before they embraced.
Yang walked up to the throne room.
"We really need a Weiss this place is a dump."
"That's what I said."
Ruby came down the stairs, dropping the metal ingots she was carrying to the forge, and quickly hugged her older sister.
"I'm so happy that you are with us now!"
"Thanks for not killing me, speaking of which."
her eyes landed on an approaching Gnarl.
"Do you need to borrow my spoon?"
"That depends. Hey Gnarl!"
"You called Mistress Yang?"
"So are we cool?"
"Cool?" The minion master scratched his wisent head. "While I agree that the tower is still a bit drafty my lady I think mistress Penny and the browns have done enough that it is not cold anymore. Except if your fire magic makes you less comfortable with cold."
Yang and Ruby shook their heads soundlessly, agreeing that they really needed to fix the little language barrier that was showing.
"Ugh, this will be a pain, are we on good terms or do I need to prove more to you?"
"No. You are a mistress, as long as you are in my masters good graces I have no desire to hurt you as for me like or disliking you. Well mistress I like a woman who can cause a good bit of chaos."
"Then we will be fine. Now then elephant in the room time. CAN SOMEONE PLEAS EXPLAIN TO ME HOW IN DARKNESS UNHOLY NAME I TURNED INTO A LIVING FIREBALL?"
Ruby rubbed her chin and took up a old book from a small table next to the throne. She had indeed managed to land a single hit on the overlord and was now reading up on magical theory. She wanted to get on enchanting as soon as possible, but did not want to blow up the tower if it could be helped.
"According to this, slumbering magic can be kick-started by a strong boost of outside magic. And the type of magic can have different reasons for manifesting. Well your semblance has always involved heat in one way or another."
"And he tower hearth is most definitely a strong magical artifact, master's father used it to drain all magic from a sanctuary, and it wasn't full. So masters boosted evil presence should suffice to wake up sleeping mana." Gnarl spoke up
"Mom was given magic by Ospin she can turn into a bird. maybe that was what did it? I have magic in my blood from her?"
"Aye that might have done the trick mistress, I say thats quite a boon your mother left you."
"Yhea it almost makes up for not being there for over 17 years."
"Well it could be worse mistress."
"And helping the people that have been trying to kill us recover a mystical artifact that our enemy wants to use to destroy the world."
Yang shook her head, What would she do with Raven when the time came. She put on a smile again and looked at ruby .
"So can you and Giblet work with what we got you for the forge?"
Rubby got stars in her eyes. "They are great and I am learning how to enchant weapons Im working on a waepon for Darling he realy needs an upgrade and his armoire needs fixing I be pulling an all nighter."
Yang put up her concerned big sister look on. "Ruby Rose you are not working yourself into a coma again like when you first made Crescent rose."
Gnarl put up his hands "Worry not mistress The magic of the tower is a healing magic as well as an energy source Mistress Ruby can work in the forge for a weekday and night and the only thing she will be needing is food and drink" he turned to Ruby "Do, please be reasonably sleep is needed the tower does not heal mental afflictions I fear"
"Got it no giving myself hallucinations while making weapons of mass destruction."
Yang looked at her sister surprised, Ruby only giggled.
Don't you see yang, this is every weapon smiths dark fantasy. She caressed her weapon lovingly, a far away look in her silver eyes.
"An almost limitless budget, no rules of school or kingdom laws to weigh me down, and no more moral code to bind me. It's like my darkest fantasy have become real, I'm living the twisted dreams I would never allow myself to have."
Yang blinked for a moment the hooded girl had been caught in the shadow with only her synth glistening by some trick of the light, she had looked like a Death goddess ready to reap Remnants souls. But the grinning weapon nerd was soon red again and picked up the ingots.
"So, I was thinking about a wardrobe change you want some new clothes as well?"
Yang nodded, she had been wearing the same set unwashed for days, and if the night went as planned they wouldn't last much longer. Yang took the stairs towards the privet quarters and had to smile as she saw 3 of the doors marked with chibi-like drawings of Ruby penny and herself. Penny just came out of her own room, unsteady on her feet and red in the face.
"Had some fun by yourself?"
"Yang I uh well…"
Yang laid a hand on her fellow mistress shoulder. "Don't worry penny It's normal you are young, what were you designed to be?"
"My last model was supposed to be about 18 or 19 or at least that was what I was built to represent."
"Oof so puberty on its last stages, look your human body has some stuff going on that is more than I can explain right now it's not wrong, and it's not ugly. Hell, even if it was wrong, I don't think morals are much of an issue for us right now. Just be careful to explore on a calm phase, don't hurt yourself because you think you need to do anything yet."
The former android hugged yang. And whispered, "Don't forget to follow your own advice. Master has a, softer side."
They parted and yang looked at the large double doors leading to the master bedroom. They seemed very intimidating all of a sudden. She took a deep breath and suddenly remembered that she hadn't brushed her teeth in days. She was filthy, smelled like she had been through a war zone. Okay, yes she had but he didn't need to smell that. The chill wind through the tower reminded her once again of the disrepair of her wardrobe.
"We really need to get a hold of Weiss and fix this place up."
Lance was sitting at a table in the master bedroom and looked up from a scroll
"Hey"
"Good evening yang, is your room not to your liking?"
She moved to the bed and sat down
"Haven't checked there yet and honestly, I wasn't really planing to sleep there tonight."
Lance stood up and started to undo the binds of his armor yang stood up and started to help him, it now dawned on her that she hadn't had a good look at him out of his armor. He was build like a dark version of a fairy tale prince tall battle scared and his muscles were toned but not bulging in a way that hindered movement. What surprised her was the soft bluish tone on his fair skin there were some strange markings on his arms, she trailed a finger over them to his chest plates straps and pulled them loose. She didn't let them drop a warrior's equipment, deserved respect.
"Those mean anything?" she asked, putting her new hand on the place where the two paths of rune like markings intertwined.
"I had them since birth, father has more noticeable ones he was born just before a lets say magical disaster. It left him mutated."
I think they look badass
They look like a weak mule?
Yang laughed, "it means fierce"
"I really need to study your world's language."
Yang put her arms at his back and stood on her those
" How about you study me first, My Lord."
"I don't mind you saying it, but please do find something else to call me."
"Alright hmmmm what about sweetie? Yhea I like that."
(Lemon Beyond this point. Its probably bad.)
Yang dropped her jacket and kicked off her boots as she stepped back from the overlord letting her own hands slowly glide down her body to find her pants and let them fall down as she dropped on the bed and slowly stripped off her socks, her shirt already ripped and thorn she ripped off leaving her in her underwear. He joined her on the bed, and she pounced on him.
He frowned she was tense and her eyes desperate, he recalled her past. A runaway mother and a life filled with runaway partners, so-called heroes that spoke in half-truths and shifting alliances. His hand cupped her cheek.
I don't need your strength in here, yang. And you don't have anything to prove here.
She looked at him with eyes filled with exploding emotions, she let herself slide of him and laid down on her back as she removed the last of her clothing.
"Will you show me? That I can be weak in your arms?"
Their lips met, and the tower shook as they locked their fates together