No Brakes (Chapter 38)

Roman: "Wow! You are much more manageable without that oversized gardening tool of yours."


Ruby got up and charged at Roman, which he simply sidestepped sending Ruby stumbling across the floor.


Roman: "Oh man. You know, Perry, I really did need this." Perry raised his thumb in agreement as Roman laughed.


Roman: He sauntered over to Ruby and aimed his cane at her. "But seriously. How'd you find this place, Red?"


Ruby growled and darted away using her semblance to cross nearly half the cavern.


Roman: "Whoa!" Smiling, Roman stood up, spun his cane in his hands, and aimmed the handle at Ruby. He fired the handle, which shot out like a grappling hook, at Ruby, catching her by her hood and allowing Roman to pull her back.


Roman: "I see you've got some tricks up your sleeve! Let me make this clear. We're not through here yet."


He grabbed Ruby by the hood and brought down his cane, connecting heavily with her leg the only thing stopping it from breaking being her aura. Ruby screamed out in pain as Roman laughed maniacally. He brought his cane down over and over chipping down her aura as her screams of anguish echoed throughout the cavern climatically.


(Y/N): "ROMAN!" You yelled rapidly running towards the criminal.


Roman: "Oh, what the... Perry, if you and the boys could take care of that? Kinda in the middle of something."


Perry nodded and pulled out his blade alongside the other members of the Fang and charged towards you. You all met a short distance from Roman.


Parrying Perry's blade you used your sword like a bat and sent the Faunus flying. Your attention was drawn from him when you felt a blade cut across your cheek, drawing blood, as the Fang member thrusted his sword at you. Kneeing the attacker in the stomach they keeled over allowing you to strike them down with a swift slice across the cavern unconscious.


Out of the corner of your eye you saw Roman bring his cane down on Ruby again as another agonising sound of anguish flew from her and you froze at the sound. This lapse was long enough distraction that your next opponent thrusted his sword through your stomach coming out the other side, however not piercing your coat instead just pushing it as red gushed from your wound.


Fang Member: "Boss I got him!"


Ruby and Romans head snapped towards the two of you where blood dropped from the blade but your head lifted upwards as did your sword arm.


(Y/N): "Are you sure about that?"


The Fang Member looked up in shock as you looked them dead in the eyes giving them a hint as to what the next few seconds of pain would be like. Your sword moved faster than they could react as it lit on fire and tore through the Faunus aura and then flesh easily ripping their head from their shoulders.


The Faunus went limp and collapsed to the floor his head rolling away the fear and pain on their face unmistakable. Ripping the sword from your gut you grunted in pain as you stumbled towards Ruby.


Roman: "O-oh shit." The coward ran off to the train in the distance leaving Ruby.


(Y/N): "You okay Red?" You asked weakly. Ruby looked at you in terror as you covered the wound in your stomach.


Ruby: "Y-you killed him..."


(Y/N): "We'll talk later." You said trying to help her up but she just pushed away from you.


Just then Weiss, Blake, Yang, Zwei and Oobleck ran around the corner looking worried.


Yang: "Ruby! You found her!" Said girl ran to her sister and hugged her.


Blake: "Doesn't mean you should've ran off." She scolded more focused on the redhead than you.


Weiss: "Are you okay?" She asked looking her leader over in concern.


Ruby: "I'm fine, I'm fine! But listen! Torchwick's got all kinds of weapons and robots down there."


Blake: "What?!" She asked while handing over Ruby's weapon.


Ruby: "Androids, mechs, they're all loaded up on the train cars!"


Oobleck: "Ahhhh, that's ridiculous. These tunnels are sealed, the tracks lead to a dead-end."


Roman: "Get to your places, we are leaving now!" His voice came over a speaker system as the train starts moving towards the tunnels.


Yang: "Well, it sounds like they're going somewhere."


Ruby: "We need backup. Let me call Jaune."


(Y/N): "No need we already called Ozpin he's sending all available huntsmen here."


Yang: "Yea we were only meant to sneak in and get you but someone saw reeeeeed..." She started with a smirk but it quickly dropped off when she saw the state you were in as did the others.


Blake: "What happened?!"


(Y/N): "Nothing." You shifted your coat to cover the wound better.


Weiss: "Don't lie we can see your hurt!"


Oobleck: "We don't have time for this!" He shouted drawing everyone's attention and ending the argument for now, although you would be hearing it later.


Weiss: "So, what do we do?"


Oobleck: "I believe we only have one option..."


Ruby: "We're stopping that train!" She stated confidently as you all nodded.


{Small Timeskip brought to you by GCSE exams beating the shit out of me.}


Ruby was rushing you all onto the train using her semblance causing a flurry of rose petals that caught the attention of a Fang Member who had his back to you all. He pulled out a communicator and spoke into it while grabbing a petal in the air.


Fang Member: "I think they're on the-" The Fang member fell down as Oobleck hit him in the head with his weapon.


Blake: "Well there goes the element of surprise."


Meanwhile Roman was managing the train while trying to manage his stress as he had gotten word of a large force of hunters moving into the area. Just to add to the stress a Fang Member walked into the front car.


Fang Member: "Boss! They made it on the train!"


Roman: "Then grab some cargo and get them off the train!" He growled while bringing his fist down onto a control panel. The Fang Member simply nodded and left to follow Roman's orders.


Back with Team RWBY, Ruby had just gotten Weiss onto the train using her semblance and fell to the floor visibly exhausted before being helped up by Yang.


Oobleck: "Hurry, children! We must get to the front and stop this train!"


Weiss: "Err... Professor?"


Oobleck: "Doctor..."


Weiss: "What's that?" She said pointing down at a hatch.


Oobleck: "That my dear... appears to be a bomb." Team RWBY all stepped away from the hatch alarmed as you looked on curiously.


Ruby: "We've got baddies!" She declared while pointing towards the front of the train.


Dozens of White Fang members were climbing onto the train, you and Yang took front positions running at them and started beating down the Fang Members.


Oobleck: "Well, I didn't expect them to go-"


The bomb underneath Oobleck charged up and started beeping.


Oobleck: "-easy on us. Time to go!"


As the rest of RWBY jumped the gap alongside Oobleck to reach you and Yang, Oobleck turned to Blake.


Oobleck: "Blake! Detach the caboose! It will kill us all!"


Blake: "On it."


Blake jumped down onto the connectors and got ready to cut the connection, but as she swung the connection disconnected letting the cart go.


Blake: "Huh? It decoupled itself!"


Oobleck: "What?!"


Yang: "I guess he really doesn't want us on this train."


Oobleck looked into the growing darkness of the tunnel as the cart exploded and opened a hole in the roof as Grimm poured in.


Oobleck: "That's not good..."


Ruby: "Err, neither is this!" She said gesturing to another opened cart top where another bomb sat priming itself.


Blake: "Another bomb?!"


Oobleck: "No. No. No." You all ran to next cart right after Oobleck jumped across and ripped open the top revealing another explosive. "They ALL have bombs!"


Yang: "This doesn't make sense!"


More White Fang Members climbed onto the roof causing you and RWBY to jump into battle again, much to your injury's dismay.


Oobleck turned around and watched the detached train cart explode. Once again it created a hole allowing multiple types of Grimm to emerge.


Oobleck: "Oh, dear..."


The horde of Grimm begin advancing quickly toward the runaway train. That's when it all fell into place for Oobleck.


Oobleck: "He's leading Grimm to the city!"


Weiss: "What?"


Oobleck: "It's the carts! They detach and explode, creating openings for the Grimm!"


Blake: "That's insane!"


Another train car detached itself as the Grimm moved out the way as it just allowed more hordes to pour in.


Oobleck: "We have to hurry!" He looked to You, Weiss, Blake, and Yang "You four, go below and try to stop those bombs!"


(Y/N): "Got it." You said cutting out the bomb on the cart you were on and tossing it down the tracks allowing you and the other three to drop into the cart.


Ruby: "What about us?"


Oobleck: "We're going to stop this train."


Ruby: "Yeah, I know. I said that earlier."


As the train continued towards the city, White Fang members start to pilot multiple Atlesian Paladins and jump to the top of the train. Ruby, Zwei, and Oobleck are rush to meet them.


Oobleck: "Up ahead!" A Paladin was charging towards them. "We got a problem!"


Oobleck took a sip from his thermos before transforming it into its weapon mode, a small flame burning at its tip. Zwei barked, prompting he's ready for an attack. He jumped and flips in the air, then Oobleck bats him, turning him into a small fireball. The Paladin is was shooting at Ruby only for it to get knocked off the train by the combination attack. The Paladin tumbles on the train tracks, and exploded when it hit a barricade. Another Paladin appeared in front of Zwei, its guns aimed at him. Suddenly, multiple fire attacks hit it, and Oobleck swiftly knocks it off the train to join its other downed ally.


Down below, You, Yang, Weiss, and Blake pried open the door of the train cart and walked inside the next one.


Yang: "I guess this is what we trained for."


Weiss reached into her pouch and pulled out multiple Dust magazines handing them to you and Blake.


Weiss: "Here, this should help you both."


Blake slid the mag into Gambol Shroud, you nodded thankfully and pocketed them. The four of you advanced forward when suddenly Neo dropped from the ceiling and blocked your path. Her eyes went between you all until the multicoloured orbs met your own (E/C) eyes, a playful smirk emerged on her face and she gave you a wink and a wave that was a bit too familiar for apparent enemies.


(Y/N): "Ahh shit." Your three allies looked to you with an equal measure of confusion whereas your so called enemy grinned as she realised the advantage she had.


Yang: "Wait do you know her?"


(Y/N): "You three go ahead I'll deal with her." You said seriously causing Weiss and Blake to nod and rush towards the exit, Neo not attempting to stop them as her eyes settled on the prey before her. "Yang?" Yang shout you a glare that told you she wasn't moving much to Neo's entertainment.


In the next train car, Blake and Weiss were running forward, before stopping and looking at each other when they heard the sound of revving up ahead. A figure sauntered in dragging a chainsaw along the floor. It was a lieutenant of the Fang who promptly pulled their chainsaw up.


Weiss: "You go on ahead!"


Blake: "Got it!"


The Lieutenant chuckled menacingly as the two Huntresses-in-training charged forward, with Blake deflecting an attack he threw out as Weiss flipped backward. Weiss used a glyph to dash forward and delivered multiple strikes at the Lieutenant, knocking him down. She then smiles at Blake as she watches her proceed to the next car. The Lieutenant got back up, again chuckling menacingly.


White Fang Lieutenant: "Finally, I get to kill a Schnee..." Weiss simply held her rapier up in a battle stance.


In the next train cart, Blake was forced to stop, gritting her teeth, as she faced down Roman again.


Roman: "Hello, kitty cat. You miss me? You know, we really gotta stop meeting like this. People are gonna talk..."


Blake charged forward to attack, starting their brief battle in a short exchange of attacks. She soon knocked him down, and when he attempted to get back up, Blake stood on his chest and her sword at his throat.


Roman: He chuckled nervously at the sword before calming. "Why are we fighting? I saw you at the rally, we're on the same side and you know it..."


Meanwhile, Weiss was fighting the Lieutenant, the latter having the advantage due to Weiss not being able to block the mighty swings merely misdirect them. This continued for some minutes, neither able to land a good blow. But Weiss's stamina was draining fast and things took a turn for the worst when the Lieutenant caught Weiss's hair in his fist.


White Fang Lieutenant: "C'mere, princess!" The Lieutenant grabbed Weiss's face and slammed her into the floor, knocking her unconscious. He picked her up by her ponytail and dragged her towards the door all with a sinister smile plastered on his face.


In the first cart all three fighters were fighting in a mess of a dance, Yang being the fast high energy fighter struggled to keep up with the more elegant dance Neo displayed, what didn't help was Yang getting more and more angry at your refusal to answer.


Yang: "So come on then how do you know her?!" She shouted while a fiery explosion connected with the umbrella of Neo.


(Y/N): "I said I'd tell you everything later!" You shot back, cutting at the shorter woman's legs just as she backflipped away.


Yang: "Why?! Why not tell me now?!" She shouted completely stopping the fight as her hair shot upwards in a pure and utter rage that stopped the two more experienced fighters in their duel. "You! Quiet one you tell me if you know him so well!"


Neo smirked maliciously as you released the possible consequences about to occur as the ice cream haired girl raised her hands, having rested her umbrella in the crook of her arm, and signed the universal symbol for 'we fucked'.


Yang's fiery hair died as she watched the Neo sign your death warrant, her head dropped, hair covering her eyes. Your fear battled your concern and the latter won out as you slowly approached the quiet dragon.


(Y/N): "Yang-"


Yang: "YOU WHAT?!" A shot-gauntlet blast to the face killed you in an instant.


Back with Roman being held down by Blake, he grunted as she kept her blade at his throat with renewed vigour.


Roman: "Oh, still feisty. Soooo, what are we gonna do now? You think a little bow on top is gonna make people forget who you were? What you've done...?"


Her eyes darted upwards towards her own head as if she expected herself to see it, that's when Blake heard the door from the previous train cart open behind her. An unconscious Weiss was thrown to the floor, with the Lieutenant emerging from the doorway, holding his chainsaw.


Roman: "So what's it gonna be, Blake?" He said, a grin plastered his face.


She sheathed Gambol Shroud in a flick and kicked Roman in the face, knocking him unconscious. Blake dashed to Weiss's aid and the two disappeared before the Lieutenant could react.


Meanwhile, Neo is seen pulling a hidden blade from within her umbrella and approaching the unconscious Yang. It had been so easy to knock her out when she exploded, literally, at (Y/N) due to her instantly falling into grief the moment she connected the blow. Neo spared half a moment to thinking about kidnapping the temporarily-dead man, possibly using him to de stress after working with Roman on another ridiculous mission. That thought however was squashed at the possibility of seeing him react to his dead girlfriends remains scattered on the floor, if she had time why not both.


She prepared to deal the finishing blow to the blonde, grinning sadistically while doing so. Then, suddenly, a masked warrior, with raven hair and clad in red and black, came out of nowhere and knocked Neo back. Neo's eyes change from brown and pink to white, mirroring her fearful expression. The mysterious swordswoman slowly drew her sword again, long and crimson red, like the blood that could be spilt if she were to fight, and held it up intimidatingly. Neo, realising the imminent threat before her, wasted no time and disappeared in a flash.


The swordswoman looked down at the still unconscious Yang, and slashed her sword to the side, opening an eerie red portal. When she turned to walk through it she paused and looked at the teen who lay dead on the floor, quite amused to find (Y/N) once again.


???: "So that's what Qrow did with you." The swordswoman chuckled to herself. She walked away from the two and into the portal. At that moment, Yang regained some consciousness and slowly got back up. As she opened her eyes again, she got a brief glimpse at her rescuer before the woman disappeared Yang rubbed her head, still reeling after just regaining consciousness, before standing up. She looked at (Y/N) still angry and guilty.


Yang: "Y-you better explain when we get back to Beacon..." She looked around briefly before leaving the cart to try and get an update on what happened.


Back with Ruby and Oobleck, the Doctor dodged a couple swipes from the Paladin, and then ran to the top of its head, and shot it in its engine before jumping back down. Ruby twirled Crescent Rose around a few times, and then she and Oobleck fire simultaneously at the Paladin's feet, knocking it off the train. More Paladins were advancing towards them grow behind.


Oobleck: "Ruby! You go on ahead!"


Ruby: "But-"


Oobleck: "Don't worry, Ruby. It's time... I teach them a lesson..."


The Doctor rushed to take on two oncoming Paladins. Before she left, Ruby noticed the saddened Zwei looking up at her. She smiled and motions for him to go join his new friend.


Ruby: "Go."


With that, Zwei's expression changed dramatically as he barked happily before running off to fight alongside the Doctor. Ruby hurried to the front of the train to try and find her team. The remaining members of Team RWBY reemerge from the train carts to rejoin their leader. Nobody had time to register the missing (Y/N) as Ruby looked on worriedly as she realised the train is on a collision course with a thick concrete wall.


Blake: "What do we do?" She asked, the worry in her voice showing that fear was setting in.


Ruby and Weiss looked at each other, and the latter formed an ice shield to protect her teammates, bracing themselves for the impending crash. None of them heard the cart hatch near them open again or the yell of "Oh Come On!" The train crashed into the wall, the explosion knocking everyone out.


{Small Timeskip brought to you by Yang getting a list on everyone (Y/N) has 'Yanged'}


Ruby was the first person to recover from the collision. She heard the ear-piercing sound of an emergency alarm blaring as her vision came back with buildings now in her view. She turned her head to the lower right and saw Blake and Yang slowly getting back up, her sister coughing as the dust settled. She turned her head again and watched Weiss sit up against a large piece of debris, who gave a thumbs up at her team leader signaling she was okay.


The team of huntresses then notice, much to their fear, that they have returned to the central part of Vale, and multiple civilians in the area notice them among the debris. Ruby heard the sound of low rumbles and growls from the gaping black hole. Suddenly, a giant King Taijitu emerged from the hole, and multiple Grimm started pouring into Vale.


The civilians scream as they attempt to flee the chaos many getting caught and ripped apart by the Grimm, blood flying everywhere. The sounds of screams and roars filled the air, and all Team RWBY could do is watch in horror. Ruby looked to her feet as she brushed past a metal object, picking it up her eyes grew steely as the rest of her team stood. She gripped her newly reacquired scythe hard as she decided they wouldn't go down without a fight.

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