Anastasia Part 5

Train trouble all thanks to the green gargoyles..

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"Now we are going back to Ruby, Oscar, Peter and Zwei who already on their train that will be traveling to Vale, but not without trouble following them in", Hakaze said what's coming next.

Next scene the train which is carrying Oscar, Peter and Rena along with Zwei is chugging through the beautiful show covered the former Rose and Xiao Long Kingdom countryside as the engine blows its whistle and chugs across to leave the city of St. Silver behind. On the low angle on engine approaching, the mighty locomotive is plowing up huge furrows of snow as it steams toward its intended destination as we X-dissolve into the car carrying the group.

"Oh that train seems to be one of those old steam powered ones", James said after seeing the design of the train.

"We are still using those trains but rarely since we now rely on those new advance trains now", Winter said about the new advance trains they now use and rarely those old steam powered trains.

"Very true, but it's still good to use those old steamed powered train", Ozpin said.

In the train car, Peter is forging their travel papers. He has a box with ink and papers in it. Zwei playfully pushes the luggage that supports his open briefcase in ink bottle. Peter tickles Zwei with the feather portion of his quelled pen. Oscar enters the train car with & suitcase in his hands. He reaches high above Rena to store his luggage. Angle on Zwei as Oscar begins to sit on him. Zwei growls. Oscar stands up straight again. Zwei settles back down, but still growls at Oscar. Oscar stands indignant. He forces a smile at Rena. Peter is snickering at the situation.

"That was cool to see Zwei having fun with Peter", Ruby commented.

"But he won't let me sit his spot", Oscar said as Zwei licks him in the face.

"But at least you get to sit next to Ruby what so ever", Yang said to him although Oscar doesn't know what she's going on about.

CLOSE on Zwei smiling and panting, innocently. Oscar, sneezes and moves over and sits next to Rena. Peter laughs and Oscar growls back at Zwei.

"What, oh the mutt gets the window seat." Oscar said as Rena fiddles with her necklace nervously.

"Stop fiddling with that thing! And sit up straight - remember – you're a Grand Duchess." Oscar said to Rena.

"How is that you know what Grand Duchesses do or don't do." Rena ask him how does he know any of that.

"I make it my business to know." Oscar gave her an answer.

"Oh"

"My good guess is because Oscar was a servant of Ruby's family, he already knows everything", Weiss took a guess on how Oscar knows all that.

"That's a good point Weiss", Pyrrha said to her.

"It maybe 10 years but Oscar knows his stuff", Jaune said next.

"Look Rena, I'm just trying to help. Alright?" Oscar said to her. ANGLE on Peter as looks over at Oscar and rolls his eyes and hums.

"Oscar …" Rena called innocently.

"Mm hmm?"

"Do you really think I'm royalty?" Rena asked if he really thinks she's royalty.

"You know I do." Oscar answered and Rena swiftly turns to face him with a smile.

"Then stop bossing me around!" Rena tells him and Oscar growls like if he was shot down and some the audiences laugh at this.

"Well, she certainly has a mind of her own." Peter said to him.

"Yeah, I hate that in a woman!" Oscar said and Rena sticks out her tongue at Oscar. Quickly turning back to the window before Oscar see her.

Then Peter exchanges forged papers for score card, Oscar 3, Rena 30.

"Oh great I get 3 scores aside from being shot down by Ruby and a tongue", Oscar said with a smug look on his face.

"And she gets 30", Roman said to him.

"Easy for you to say since you want her dead", Oscar mutters that part.

"Don't worry about Oscar", Ruby said to him and pats him on the back.

The train travels down the track away from camera revealing a picturesque landscape with snow falling. Then we go into the train car where Rena sitting reading a book. Oscar enters the train compartment and sits before Rena who is pretending to read a book. He gathers his thoughts and tries to gain her confidence back.

"Look, I think we got off on the wrong foot." Oscar said as Rena puts her book down and looks straight at Oscar and responds.

"Well, I think we did too" Rena answered.

"0. K."

"Really that's all you can say?" Yang not satisfied with Oscar's ok for an answer.

"But I appreciate your apology." Rena said thinking Oscar is trying to apologies to her.

"Apology? Who said anything about an apology? I was just saying …" Oscar didn't finished when Rena interrupts.

"Please …D…"

"that we"

"… Don't talk anymore, OK? It's only gonna upset me." Rena said and this turns into angry conversation.

"Fine. I'll be quiet. quiet if you will. I'll, I'll be." Rena and Oscar angrily rebuff each, other, assuming confrontational poses.

"Alright I'll be quiet." Rena said she will be quiet now.

"Fine", Oscar said.

"Fine", Rena said the same thing.

"Fine." Again for Oscar.

"Fine." And again for Rena as she and Oscar both sit with arms crossed, sulking.

"I wonder if those 2 will get along", Summer wonders after seeing those 2 bicker with another.

"Oh they will in time Summer", Hakaze said because they will see in that in a later scene.

Rena looking out the window. She breaks the silence.

"You think you're gonna miss it?" Rena ask Oscar a question.

"Miss what … your talking?" Oscar answer if that's what she's asking.

"No, the Kingdom that your were born, raise and grew up in", Rena is talking about the Rose and Xiao Long Kingdom.

"Nope."

"But it was your home."

"It was a place I once lived. End of story." It's probably because the CIS occupy the Kingdom now so there is probably no point on staying now.

"Despite what Oscar is saying, it might because a Kingdom controlled by the CIS maybe the reason why he won't miss it", Hakaze explains the possibilities.

"I would miss my home if I was leaving it all behind", Oscar commented that he would miss home if he was leaving.

"Well then you must plan on making Vale your true home." Rena said but this conversation turns intense.

"What is it with you and homes?" Oscar ask as Rena stands up with arms crossed. Oscar lifts his legs and positions them on Rena's seat, blocking her exit. Rena climbs on the seat and walks around Oscar's legs.

"Well, for one thing it's something that every normal person wants, and for another thing, it's a thing where you …" Rena said to him trying to get through.

"What?" Oscar interrupts as he and Rena are face to face yelling at each other while in the audiences get some snickering out of this.

"Y… you know … oh, just forget it!" Rena had enough of this.

"Fine." Even Oscar has had enough of this already.

"AAAH!" Rena nearly slips and falls as Peter enters Train Car with Zwei in his arms. Oscar stands solemnly at the window.

"Thank goodness it's you. Just please remove him from my sight." Rena tells Peter and he turns to Oscar.

"What have you done to her?" Peter demanded.

"Me? It's her!" Oscar said shuttering.

"Ha! Just trying to have a simple conversation." Rena counters and reacts to Oscar's accusation.

She spins in exclamation and moves toward the door. Zwei barks. Peter gets spun around and holds Zwei up carefully so that he is not hurt. Rena slides the door closes with exasperation. Mad, she stomps down the corridor away from the camera. Oscar and Peter react to the door slam. Peter lifts Zwei up in the air, speaking to him.

"Your not very good on having a conversation Oscar", Yang said like she wants to tease him for that.

"Maybe my screen self is but can make a good one", Oscar makes his excuse.

"Well we all like to see you try", Weiss said to him.

"Oh no … an unspoken attraction!" Peter said to Zwei.

"Attraction? To that skinny little brat … have you lost your mind?" Oscar ask him while some like to snicker at his expenses even some glared at him for calling Ruby a skinny little brat.

"I was only asking a simple question." Peter said and Oscar slides open the compartment door and exits the car, slamming the door behind him. He also stomps done the corridor.

"Attraction Ridiculous!" Oscar commented in a rude manner because it wasn't like when he was talking to Rena.

"At this rate, he isn't going to win the girl at all", Mercury commented while laughing.

"If they just keep bickering like that all the time", Emerald said to him.

"Well now moving on to trouble time", Hakaze said as they the scene moves on.

"Let's hope Oscar and Ruby can put aside their differences and work together to survive the trouble that's Torchwick is going to throw at them just to kill Ruby", Summer comment, but they will work together to survive this.

Meanwhile, we hear an explosion and crashing through brittle tree limbs. Roman's Minions navigate toward the train and the three unsuspecting travelers. As they rocket beneath the train and the engine they leave a wake of flames on the tracks behind them. We see the Minions as tiny creatures crawling all over the engine and entering it by going through its open dome, causing the engine to glow red, but overheat, then speed up, now run out of control, catch fire, and rattle as if it might fall apart.

"Oh now, overheat leaves the train out of control and speed up too fast", James understands what just happened at that scene.

"At this rate, if they reach a dead end they crash", Winter knows once they reach a dead end.

"Right now nobody at the train car knows what's going on", Ozpin said next.

"But someone will say there is reason they should leave the train", Hakaze said to them.

Peter, in passageway of train, papers in hand, walks past a couple discussing their traveling papers. Peter stops to look at the couple's papers. He sees their print is in the colors of the CIS's symbol. He looks at his and back at theirs.

"Last month, the traveling papers were blue, but now they're CIS colors." A traveling man talked about it.

"Papers! Papers, papers." An OOM Security Battle Droid said to them.

Peter turns back to his own papers and we see that he has forged his documents in black ink. Flustered, he abruptly turns and makes his way back toward their train compartment. He opens the door to the compartment and enters.

"Oh. Pardon, oh." Peter said.

"Tickets!" The conductor who turns out to be an OOM Command Battle Droid said.

"Oh terrific, almost everything is run by Battle Droids."

"Don't forget that the CIS control the kingdom now", Ren said to Nora.

"Also since they don't have the same colors of that CIS, they have to leave", Pyrrha said after they all notice that their documents don't have the same colors of the CIS.

"How rude" A random woman said as he enters and reunites with Oscar and Rena.

"It's what I hate about his government - everything's in CIS colors." Peter said to Oscar.

"CIS colors?" Oscar ask and Peter shows Oscar the forged papers. Rena is asleep.

"I propose we move to the baggage car - quickly, before the Battle Droids come!" Peter makes his suggestion.

"I propose we get off this train." Oscar and Peter quickly grab their baggage.

"Let you all know, the baggage car is in the front of the train engine", Hakaze said to them.

"Good, I bet they will take notice of the burning and speeding train", Tai said and yes they will notice once they get there.

The window above a sleeping Rena suddenly glow's green as the minions pass by. Zwei becomes alert. Oscar is pulling suitcases down from the rack and does not see the Minions. Zwei is looking out the window. In Zwei's POV looking out the window. We see flying minions, green backlit silhouettes, flying just outside the window, leering back at Zwei and he growls. Then we see Oscar tries to wake Rena up.

"Hey!" But on reflex she slugs him. He falls-backwards into the opposite seat holding his nose.

"OW!" Oscar growled in pain while holding his nose.

"Oh that hurts!" Yang said laughing alongside the others while Oscar is rubbing his nose.

"I can never stop getting hurt in this!" Oscar commented.

"I'm still very sorry about that Oscar", Ruby said.

"Maybe something is already broken in me Ruby", Oscar said to her.

"Also can Zwei see the green gargoyle minions?" Blake ask because everyone except Zwei don't seem to notice them.

"Just Zwei can notice but everyone else can't", Hakaze answered.

"Sorry, I thought you were some … Oh! It's you. Well, that's okay then." Rena rise up shocked and apologizes, although she seems to be fined on what happened to Oscar.

While Zwei is growling and barking, Oscar picks up the luggage, then turns and grabs Rena hand, pulling her from the bench seat toward the compartment door.

"C'mon, we gotta go!" Oscar said while still feeling the pain of his nose.

"Where are we going?" Rena ask where are they really going.

ANGLE on the train corridor. Peter is heading down the corridor as Oscar, Rena and Zwei exit the compartment. Zwei runs out the door, barking frantically, and runs to pass Peter in the distance.

"I think you broke my nose!" Oscar said after feeling the condition of his nose.

"Oh dear Oscar", Ruby said smiling while at Oscar who pretends to like he was able to fixed his broken nose.

"Men are such babies." Rena said as she puts her coat, exasperated as she follows Oscar and Peter up the corridor.

"Yeah sometimes", Summer said laughing while most of the males doesn't take this lightly after hearing that from Ruby's mouth and now from Summer.

The four of them enter the baggage car but not yet aware of what's going in front of them coming from the train engine.

"Ah, yes, yes, this will do nicely." Oscar whispered to Peter.

"She'll freeze in here." Peter protest.

"She can thaw in Vale." Oscar said like he just shrugs him off.

"The baggage car?…There wouldn't be anything wrong with our papers would there, Maestro?" Rena ask Oscar about that because she didn't get a full detail on why they are here.

"Of course not your grace, it's just that I … I hate to see you forced to mingle with all those commoners." Oscar said but that's not actually the reason why they are here in the baggage car to begin with.

Suddenly, the Minions uncouple the train from the runaway locomotive and the baggage car by blowing up the couples to separate the engine and baggage car. Our gang is thrown to the floor, Oscar and Rena are half- buried in luggage.

"What was that?" Oscar wonders.

"I don't know! But there goes the dining car!" Peter said as he watches the rest of the train are left behind.

"Well at least everyone else is out of harms way", James said.

"Yeah, but how about them?" Tai ask about the trio.

Get off of me!" Rena said as she and Oscar struggle amidst the luggage.

"I, I'm trying." Oscar said to her as she tries to get back on his feet.

"Ouch!" Rena growled trying to move a suitcase, she accidentally kicks him.

ANGEL on Peter now at the front window. Peering at the engine, he sees sparks and fire raining down.

"Oscar!" Peter gets his attention as he holds his shin.

"What?!"

"I think someone has flambéd our engine!" Peter said after seeing what's going on.

Oscar and Rena move forward and see that the engine is blowing smoke and fire. Oscar starts for the coal car.

"Something's not right. here, I'll check it out. wait", Oscar said to Peter and Rena as he climbs over the coal tender to run across to enter the engine's cab.

When got there he keeps shielding his face from the intense heat, Oscar jumps down into the cockpit.

"Anybody here? … Hmm, aah!" Oscar looks at the pressure gauges, pushing into the red, realizing that there is nothing he can do, he scrambles back toward the baggage car from the burning locomotive in a hurry.

"I don't think there is much anyone can do to stop that train from going too fast", James said after seeing the state that the train is in.

"Correct, so they need to get off the train", Hakaze answered.

Back at the baggage car, Rena and Peter look out the door. Trees are whizzing past.

"We're going way too fast!" Rena said after noticing the kind of speed they are going as Oscar returns to them, dirty and singed

"Nobody's driving this train! We're gonna have to jump!" Oscar said as they all look down. A sheer cliff drops into a chasm.

"Did you say jump? After you." Rena said something that was kind of sarcastic.

"That was kind of sarcastic", Ruby commented after hearing that from her counterpart.

"Plus there is no way they can survive jumping out of the train from that kind of height", Sun said after seeing how high they are.

"They should try stopping the train themselves", Neptune said what they should do.

"And if that fails they have no choice but to jump", Pyrrha said what's the only option if they can't stop the train at all then.

"Fine, then we'll uncouple the car!" Oscar said but unfortunately from under the train undercarriage. On hearing this, the minions weld the coupling of the car so it cannot disconnect. Oscar jumps onto the coupling and begins working the connection to uncouple the baggage car from the possessed locomotive.

"Oh that's not good, being welded like makes it impossible to break it", Jaune commented after seeing the minions weld the coupling.

"They will find a way somehow", Pyrrha tells him they will find a way out of this.

"Come on, I need a wrench, an ax, anything!" Oscar demanded as Peter and Rena search desperately through the baggage compartment. He then struggles to pull a toolbox near the door.

Zwei starts BARKING. Rena looks down and sees he's yapping at a box, labeled: Danger: Explosives. Rena smiles after seeing this might be useful.

"That would be useful", Nora said knowing that might help.

"Here." Peter hands him a hammer. He pounds on the coupling. The head of the hammer SNAPS OFF.

"Trying to break it using tools are completely useless", Jaune said after seeing what happened to the hammer that Oscar was using snaps off.

"Come on, there's gotta be something in there better than this." Oscar said as Rena hands him a lit stick of dynamite.

"That'll work." Oscar said impressed and he shoves it into the coupling.

"Go, go, go!" Rena, Peter and Oscar race to the other end of the car and they land in a pile, behind a steamer trunk.

"What do they teach you in those orphanages?" Oscar ask Rena in awed.

The dynamite detonates. The front of the car is blown away. Debris whips through the car. Oscar looks to Rena with a new respect.

Beneath the engine. ANGLE on the minions. They look back and see that the baggage car has separated from the locomotive. GROWLING in disapproval, they race off ahead of the train, toward the bridge. The engine and its coal tender speed along, the baggage car not far behind and still not stopping. Back at the baggage car Peter turns the brake wheel.

"The brakes are out!" Peter said to Oscar.

"Turn harder!" Oscar said to him only for the wheel to come off in Peter's hands.

"Well at least they manage to uncouple the car", Yang said.

"But they still going too fast which could be dangerous", Blake said to her.

"Don't worry. We've got plenty of track, we'll just coast to a stop." Oscar said but at the bridge ahead the Minions MURMUR gleefully, then unite into one large minion that destroys the bridge in a flash of green fire. Our trio stares at the crumbling bridge, dumbstruck.

"You were saying?" Rena asking as the baggage car baggage car picks up speed as it heads downhill toward the collapsed bridge.

"I guess they need to jump after all", Nora said.

"Not yet Nora, they will still try something before they resort to that", Ren tells her.

"Still those minions can grow giant when it comes to merging together", Ruby said after seeing that the minions did.

Oscar grabs a chain holding down some cargo.

"I got an idea Peter, give me a hand with this." But Peter looses his balance and falls into a box.

Oscar edges his way out of the car. The ground whizzes by beneath him as he lowers himself underneath the carriage.

"Hand me the chain!" Oscar reaches up and is stunned to see Rena hanging out over him with the chain.

"Not you!"

"Peter's busy at the moment" Rena said to him.

"Sorry Oscar but I can't help you at the moment", Peter commented.

"Well Ruby can help me anyway", Oscar accepts that Ruby can help him.

Oscar accepts the chain from Rena and hooks it onto the undercarriage. CRUNCH sound. Oscar's POV: Twisted steel from the front of the train flies back at him like shrapnel.

"No! No! Yaaaaa!" With Rena's help he yanks himself up just as the shrapnel whips by, shattering a tree. They land in near embrace, and catch their breath. Their eyes meet, stirring some distant feeling. Oscar snaps out of it first, glancing back to the shattered tree receding it the distance.

"And to think, that could have been you." Rena commented after seeing what happened to the tree which could have happened to Oscar.

"If we live through this, remind me to thank you." Oscar said to her.

"Your welcome Oscar", Ruby said to him.

"Yes Ruby."

SHOTS OF THE SPEEDING TRAIN as they approach the gorge with the damaged baggage car and the train engine.

"Here goes nothing. Brace yourselves." Oscar throws the other end of the chain out the back. It also has a hook on it.

ANGLE on the GRAPPLING HOOK - as it bounces several times, then bites into a railroad tie, WHIPPING TAUT. It instantly pulls but the tie, then several more. PLINK PLINK PLINK then, one holds. THE CAR separates from the wheel base, turns sideways on the track, plowing through the snow and slowing down. Rena turns to Oscar and Peter.

"I guess they jump now", Weiss comments.

"Yes they do now if nothing to going to slow down the baggage car now", Blake said to Weiss.

"Well, this is our stop." Rena said as they all jump, Peter carrying Zwei, and not a moment too soon as they land in the snow, the overheated train engine and the ruined baggage car reach the end of the broken bridge and plunge over it and violently explode into a ball of fire, smoke and flying sparks at the bottom of the gorge.

"There goes the train", Jaune said.

"Well I guess they need get to Vale the hard way", Pyrrha said because they need to walk all the way then, but not quite.

"But at least they are all safe anyway", Summer commented.

End

Coming up next, Roman throws fit for his failures on killing Ruby, then our trio gets another song.