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Bold: A/N, Quotes
Bold + Italics: Songs lyrics, Voice on speaker
Bold + Underline: Dimension change information
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Previously we saw Issei and the others go out for their breakfast when Jaune gets himself pranked by a Child Faceling which was a whoopie cushion prank, Issei scares the child with his abilities and they begin to eat their breakfast which was quite interesting and pretty amazing for them, Jaune then spoke of his run in with the redacted watcher which shocked many, they were happy and proud that Jaune rejected the offer of the Redacted Watcher and instead chose his friends over them, Issei and Ingvild then state that they needed to go somewhere which everyone understands that it's a date, Ruby and Summer insisted Jaune to follow, who was pretty much forced to do so. After a while, Issei waits for Ingvild to show up for her date, which she dresses beautifully for it. They first go to the restaurant named The Bar, where they have their drinks, Ingvild enjoys them the most such that she wanted many more, but somehow settled down on only two of the drinks, Issei then decided to move to a secret restaurant that was there, however he sensed his friends spying on them, thinking a mischievous idea he summons Larry and a few skeletons to distract them, after which he asks Ingvild to run with him, which she does without any Issue, they then reach the Hungry Amigos Restaurant, after entering there, he then sees a hidden vent which they travel trough for them to access the hidden restaurant which was Out of the World, A space themed restaurant, when they first entered they had to deal with the low gravity situation, after that they ordered Starship cookies which was the first thing that they consumed after that they had a Galaxy Pizza which they enjoyed every single moment of it, and they had two slices of Space Cake, which they enjoyed and finally ending their food date with Astronaut Ice cream, which was a nitrogen Ice Cream, they then packed Starship Cookies and Space Cake for the rest of their friends before leaving the restaurant through a space chute, Issei then had his first kiss with Ingvild, and they both went home so that they can have the food with their friends, after that they decided to play pillow fight, with everyone minus Summer being involved since she was outside cleaning the stuff, once she enters in, she is greeted with a pillow to the face angering her, she intimidates the rest into cleaning the room which they messed up, with severe consequences. They then end up in cleaning the room and then going back to the room to sleep, after that they wake up the next day and they decide to leave the level, once they get the Almond Water and Almond Juice they leave through the glass doors, resulting them in entering Level 11
Level 11, 10:30 AM
Issei and the others notice that they are in the sky scrapers of Level 11, they knew that this place was where Summer lived for 12 years, as well as getting themselves trained for their future fights. She then noticed Sonya performing her daily duties of surveying the level and finding if there are threats around or not. Summer then calls out to her
Summer: Sonya!!!
Sonya: That voice....Summer!!!
Summer and Sonya hugged each other like the best friends they were, and they smiled after meeting, Sonya then noticed Issei and the others also show up here. She then asked
Sonya: How did you guys come back here?
Issei: You are in for a long story, then Sonya....
Timeskip brought to you by Chibi Ruby riding a Chibi Rex and yelling due to enjoyment
Issei then informs Sonya about what had happened so far, from the train malfunctioning and sending them to The Dark Metro, then heading to Level 6.1 and finally them coming here.
Sonya: So let me get this straight, you ended up in an unknown level, which happens to hold human hostility as well as a god like eldritch entity, defeated it and escaped, then headed to Level 6.1 had to recover because Naofumi here used a suicidal move, had spent time there, had a date between Issei and Ingvild and finally came out of here the next day and now you have ended up here, did I sum it up correctly or did I miss something?
Issei nodded his head and responded
Issei: Nope, that's about it......the metro sent us here, we did not go on purpose, like I did not even know about this level till I entered it or something, not to mention the metro car lost it's power and then we had to deal with people either hostile or afraid of us.
Sonya sighs, she never thought they would end up in this level of all places, she then explains
Sonya: You guys ending up in The Dark Metro is extremely rare, hate to say it but you guys were extremely unlucky getting there, it has it's own class specification that being Lambda because it has Hostile humans as well as Hostile sentient beings as well. We have sent some of our employees here and needless to say they were scarred for the rest of their lives.
Opening Start
A clock can be seen ticking down a countdown
The whole backrooms is under Chaos with someone attacking it
Issei looks upon seeing the situation, he gets ready to fight
Ruby is seen next to him, with her weapon hand, Jerry on her shoulder
Issei gives the command to fight.
An train entity is seen in the dark glaring at the gang
As weapons are seen aimed at someone
Jaune stared down with a different and upgraded Crocera Mors in his hand, ready to attack
Attacks are thrown at the entity to defeat it
Naofumi activated his shield to fight with Rex on top of him
Ingvild and Summer use their attacks to fight
Issei and Ruby are seen fighting side by side against entities in a dark area
A chips packet is seen on a table.
A past is shown of the gang having their food enjoying with laughs
The Redacted watcher glares down at them, and begins his attack
Old enemies along with an Automaton fight against them
The explosions go towards Issei, as he activated his boosted gear ready to fight
Jaune transforming into a Mechanical suit in order to fight, while Ruby keeps her distance and uses her shots to kill the attackers
As the floor glitches, while Naofumi shows his Wrath Shield
Several wanderers are shown to be tortured
While Jax and Johnny are seen back at the M.E.G base
An unnamed man looks down at them, with a blind swordsman training the group
Silhouettes of several agents, along with Sonya, who is seen prepared to attack
As they travel through an unnamed level, filled with different entities
They ready themselves to fight against The Redacted Watcher
Opening End
Issei: So you are telling us the chances of us getting there are extremely low?
Sonya: Yes, extremely low, so low that for example, out of 250 agents not even 25 agents can enter there, but once you do, it is extremely hard to get out, most of the people that do end up there are used as sacrifices for the entity called The Dark Metro, which you guys killed along with The Dark Priest, I think we should lower the level difficulty in the future but for now, let's focus on the issue, since you guys got in, he used his blood sacrifice ability to put down the beast, so for how much time you were out?
Naofumi: More than 12 hours, but I am fine, I have been through worse.
Jaune: So we just want to go to The End level without the risk of going somewhere different....like somewhere worse than the Dark Metro
Sonya: There is one way guys
Ruby: Umm.....what?
Sonya: It does not involve the Metro but the levels between this are known to be far more dangerous and deadlier than anything you have faced before, there is a level even harder than Level 8, with far more dangerous entities and aggressive ones, it also has a direct access to the void so I would suggest you to be careful.
Summer: So where do we need to go?
Sonya: Level 36, also known as 'The Airport', once you go there board the flight, Reeve Backrooms Airways, which should take you to Level 9223372036854775806 also nicknamed the 'Last Office'.
Summer: I have heard of that level, it was discovered just recently and is one level before Level 9223372036854775807.
Issei: What is Level 9223372036854775807? Geez this is tough saying this level number
Sonya: Also called the True Final Level, it is the level located at the edge of the Backrooms and is considered to be The True End of the Backrooms.
Ingvild: You said it is dangerous, how dangerous we are talking about?
???: It makes Level 8 seem like a walk in the part....not only does it have a direct one way ticket to the void, but also has dangerous entities just waiting at the exit
??? reveals itself to be none other then Roman Torchwick, Ruby goes on the defensive not knowing what he is going to do next till Sonya says.
Sonya: Relax Ruby, he is on our side, he has joined M.E.G.
Ruby: Oh okay......
Roman: Relax red, I have left the life of crime and now serve under M.E.G, my job is to use my abilities now to save people....
Issei: Ummm okay.....so Sonya you told us that there were people that were scarred for the rest of their life, so what happened to them?
Sonya: Alright Issei, but there will not be any name reveal for privacy reasons, okay?
The team minus Summer nodded, Summer had known the protocol ever since she was a part of M.E.G, Sonya then went on the incident that had happened two years ago when this level was discovered, it resulted in one death, which was the death of an innocent villager, as well as the near death of an agent, with third degree burns, several broken bones and torn skin almost seeming like the Dark Metro crushed the agent to death.....
Sonya: And that's not even the worse part, she was already on Stage 2 of the Insanity or Wretch cycle, it was even a miracle that she had a run in with the Dark Metro and got out alive.
Ingvild: What's wretch cycle?
Issei: Oh I haven't told you about that haven't I
Ingvild nodded sideways. Issei explained the entirety of the Wrech Cycle to Ingvild, with stage 2 being the sort of last chance to go back to humanity, after that you will turn into a Wretch and there is no escape. You will become a monster after that.
Ingvild gasped, she was scared at how someone becomes a wretch, Issei then asked
Issei: So she has red marks all over her body if I am correct?
Sonya nodded in confirmation, some were happy that the Dark Metro was dead, gone for good, while the others took pity for the survivors that survived the Dark Metro, cause being a Wretch is a fate far worse than death itself. Issei then asked
Issei: So where is this airport if we need to get to Level 36?
Sonya: Oh it is right at the border of Level 11, close to Level 9 one, once you get there, you will enter Level 36, after that you know what you need to do right, and I hope you have stocked on food and Almond water, since the food that is free is mostly expired, so keep those with you.
The gang nodded in response, Sonya then took them to the Level 11 border which had a building next to it saying Airport, it was similar to how the an airport exterior looked in real life, aside from the fact that it was anomalous in nature.
Issei then asked
Issei: All we need to do is enter this building and we enter Level 36?
Sonya: Yep, and once you enter Level 9223372036854775807, find the elevator there, however that's where the most dangerous part is when you find the elevator, once you access the elevator click The End level and it should take you there, after that you know what to do?
Issei and the others nodded, they said their goodbyes to Sonya who waved them as well, they had a feeling that this will not be the last time you they see each other.
*Scene Change*
Level 36, 12:30 PM
Issei and the others entered the Airport which seemed to be an Airport in real life, which was good on it's own, so far they did not have to run in with any hostile entities
Issei: This airport, looks like I have seen from the real world, but where?
Draigg: It's because Level 36 has the same map and lookout as the Buffalo Airport, in United States of America, there are multiple ways of exiting however the ones that need to be avoided is some of them as they may result in an instant death.
Belle: Yeah, I have heard that some exits can kill you, like in a really horrible way, so it is advised to avoid those ways out.
Issei: So can you tell us which exits we need to avoid?
Draigg: So the ones that are to avoid are the United Airlines, since these are pretty much a guaranteed death sentence, there is no escape
Issei: So just like real life huh?
Naofumi: Totally, even the backrooms knows how dangerous United is?
Rex: I'm so confused!!!
Jaune: Me too!
Ruby: Me three!!
Ingvild: So why are they dangerous in the real world as well?
Summer agreed with Ingvild's question. Issei and Naofumi then explained the United Airlines and their mishaps, from drugging pets to destruction of property to even beating some passengers due to overbooked flights, not to mention the death's they cause because of carelessness. The airlines was known to be a center of controversy when it came to the airline department.
Jaune: I see, they remind me of Mistral for some reason.
Ruby: I can't believe they do that to dogs, I will never give Zwei in their hands!!
Issei: I assume Zwei is your pet dog?
Ruby: He is the cutest, you should meet him in case you come to Vale!!
Summer: I never knew Tai had a dog back home, I would love to meet the little guy!!
Ruby: He is the best, he can operate complex machinery as well!!
Issei: That is some dog, I wish to meet him once we head back home!! So all we need to do is find this Reeve Backrooms Flight so that we can head home!!
Everyone: Right!!
Issei then looks up to see the map of the airport which was similar to that of the Buffalo airport in USA, he was surprised to see an exact copy of the level was around a place like the Backrooms
Issei: Huh, so this does look like the Buffalo Airport in USA, it is one of the most busiest airports out here! Well thankfully I have the map inside the gear so that should not be a problem.
Jaune: Hey Issei, all flights come at the Terminal area, right?
Issei: Yeah
Jaune: Alright then, let's go and head to the next level
Everyone: Right!!
As they move ahead Issei used the boosted gear to create a green projection of the map which allowed them to navigate around, Issei had the map stored inside of the gear, which allowed the gang to navigate pretty easily, Summer noted that her invention which she had worked on along with Jax was the best she could produce so far.
(A/N: Imagine the Airport map here)
Issei and the others then noticed that several wanderers were running away from something, Summer then questioned what is going on
Summer: What happened here?
The Wanderer responded
Wanderer: There has been a horde of Skin-stealers and hounds being reported endlessly, we were just relaxing and several of them started showing up here!!
Jaune: Guys look, there they are!
The Wanderer continued running away from the group, Jaune then pointed out the horde of Skin-stealers and Hounds that had shown up here.
(A/N: Remember these guys)
Ruby: Well, let's take these guys down for good!!
Everyone: Yeah!!!
Everyone activated their weapons and begun fighting the horde, given Issei's training in Ninja arts by Sub Zero, he was able to easily kill and defeat majority of the hounds with ease using Ascalon, without letting himself get bitten or scratched by them. Ingvild was also able to do the same, using her water magic to drown them since they still needed to breathe air. Summer used her scythe to chop off their heads since they knew that Skin Stealers cannot be killed unless you destroy their heads.
Jaune was also able to kill many of these entities without even using his suit, given his training with the swordsman Kenshi, he knew that these entities can be killed by either decapitation or by destroying their weak spot, which he was able to find and destroy them with ease, killing them, Ruby enjoyed twirling her weapon in a circular manner destroying them with ease and taking them down like the Grimm she used to deal with back home.
Ruby: So the training really paid off huh....
Naofumi: Focus Ruby!!
Naofumi yelled as an oncoming skin-stealer tried to attack and kill Ruby, however Naofumi blocked the attack and used his Viper Chimera Shield to poison the Skin Stealer, since Naofumi had the cure the Skin Stealer was poisoned to death
Ruby: Thanks for the save!!
Naofumi nodded, he knew that he could trust them, without the slave seal, meanwhile Rex was just shredding through the hounds like butter, while Jerry led them to traps which easily killed the majority of them, eventually most of them were either killed or destroyed, thankfully none were hurt or injured
Issei: This seems like a daily workout if we need to live here!!
Summer: I missed the passive Hounds back at Level 11, now we are back at destroying regular hounds.
Ruby: True, it is just like the Grimm back home!!
The others nodded, they all then decided to move to the Terminal area where the flights are heading, they then looked at the cafeteria run by Azeutian Food Market.
Issei: Do you guys want to have some Airport food?
Jaune: I don't mind, besides we need to save the food which we have for later, especially for the Levels 9223372036854775806 and 9223372036854775807, geez how do they even say this, I am having a hard time saying them.
Summer: Just don't you can call them Last Office and 64 bit Level....
Naofumi: I like the names they sound much better
Summer: Thank you!
Ingvild: I too would love to have some sandwiches, I am craving for them.
Ruby: I am glad that Nora was not here....
Jaune: Or we would never have any food remaining, she is such a glutton sometimes!!
Issei: How much does she eat?
Jaune: You see that stack of pancakes there.....
Issei: Yeah?
Jaune: She can gobble them and have space for having more of them.....honestly, I was expecting her to at least stay by my side, but it matters not, cause I have real friends, I do not need those false friends. Sorry Rubes!
Ruby: Not a problem, I am happy that you have gotten over them!!
Jaune: Yeah, when I saw their true faces, I noticed how shallow they really were, anyways let's forget about them and buy our lunches and speaking of food, what do you want Jerry, Rex?
Jerry: Sunflower seeds would be good for me?
Rex: Almond Water!!!
Issei: Alright, it's settled we will buy our lunches and then we can move to the Terminal area to move on to the next level.
Everyone nodded and they all went to continue eating their food, many of them ordered for Sandwiches while Ruby ordered for Pancakes, Rex had his Almond water and Jerry was fed Sunflower seeds by Ruby.
After having their lunch, Issei asked
Issei: Hey guys I was thinking on introducing you guys to the folks back home, do you wanna introduce yourselves?
Jaune: I think we should leave the introduction once we reach Level 3999, in my opinion, but I do not mind being introduced to them?
Ingvild: I don't think, I am scared what will Rias and the other girls think....
Issei: Oh worry not, they will welcome you with open arms
Rex: I am not against having new friends!!!!
Summer: I agree with Jaune, plus I don't know how they will react
Ruby: Mom, it will be fine, I want to meet this Asia girl and Azazel guy, I want to see his weapons and sacred gears once we head back.
Naofumi: I think we should wait, till we get to a safer level, plus Level 3999 is an area where we can rest as well, and teleport back to the level in case our tasks happen in other levels.
Issei: Alright majority states, that we will call them once we reach Level 3999, so we can wait, I wonder how they are doing back home though......speaking of which aren't you guys worried about the people back home?
Jaune: Oh yeah, Ozpin and the professors are the only ones that truly cared for me, especially Goodwitch, she was a mother more than my birth mother ever was to me, aside from that my older sister Saphron and her wife Terra and finally Team CFVY were the only ones that cared for me, as for the others, I could care less what happens to them, but I will not tolerate them harassing or hurting the people I care about!!
Naofumi: Raphtalia and Filo, I know that the Queen will look after them, but I am still worried the country is still human supremacist, and I am worried that some people would go after them, plus there is a certain lady that wants to make me feel despair so I also want to get back as soon as possible so that they do not try anything funny with them. I should have really killed that Bitch.
Issei: I see, what about you Ruby
Ruby: I am same as Jaune, although I cannot hate Yang, I still don't love her as much as before, she is still my sister and I cannot hate her, I am sorry Jaune!!
Jaune: No need to apologize to me Crater Face, it shows that you are still the same deep down, I am happy for that!!
Ruby smiled, while Issei and Summer noticed the connection and smirked, Summer then spoke softly
Summer: You thinking what I am thinking!??!
Issei: Yep!! Let's do it!!
Summer and Issei: Oh lovebirds!!!! Save that for the bed!!!
The sound was enough for the Ruby and Jaune to blush, they stammered and yelled at Issei and Summer to stop, which resulted in everyone chuckling at their pity, after a while of laughing they all then got up and headed for the terminal area
Timeskip brought to you by Chibi Issei taming a Hound with Chibi Sonya taking notes
Level 36, 2:30 PM
Issei and the others were sitting on the airport terminal area, where they were waiting for their flight to be announced, some were even playing games to spend some time since they were getting bored, while Summer was sleeping on the seat given that there was a neck pillow present
Issei: Hey Ingvild, was wondering, once we get back would you come to Kuoh Academy?
Ingvild was startled by this question, she was mostly homeschooled by her parents, so her going to a school was new territory for her
Ingvild: I-I don't mind, I have never been to school before, I-I would love to, can you tell me how Kuoh Academy is?
Issei: Well it's a normal school where we go and learn, but it also houses supernatural students as well like Rias for example, who is a devil or Irina who is an Angel.....but honestly the school is basically weird to say the least, people are kind of hypocritical like the school is perverted but they shame those that are caught, honestly it is kind of annoying, but you get used to it once you get there.
Jaune: Well at least it is better than Beacon, there is no war or something.....
Issei: And that's not all there are women that are idolized, literally, there are people lining up to see them, especially Rias, the one that I mentioned earlier.
Jaune: So she is like Pyrrah eh?
Issei: Now that you mention it yeah, they do look similar and their positions are similar, the only difference is their personality!!
Jaune: Hmm, I think you are right!!
That was when an announcement took place from the intercom
Announcer: The Reeve Backrooms Airways has landed, Passengers you may head to Gate 15 for your travels!!! Thank you for boarding Reeve Backrooms Airways!!!
Issei: Well that's our cue, hey Summer wake up!!
Summer: Huh!?!?.....oh Issei, what's the matter?
Issei: The flight has arrived, let's go
Summer nodded, she immediately freshened herself, after that the gang got up and moved to Gate 15, it was surprisingly empty, they then enter the gate and they sit on the flight heading to Level 9223372036854775806. After that they get down in what seems to be an Office area.
*Scene Break*
(A/N: Bang that's it for this chapter, the next one will be their Journey through the smallest level in the Backrooms)
Here is the Level 36 description:
Survival Difficulty: Class 1
Safe
Secure
Minimal Entity Count
Level 36 is an empty Airport Terminal. At first glance, this Level may seem like the Buffalo and Niagara International Airport. There are restaurants on this Level that can be found in The Frontrooms such as the Anchor Bar. Every Gate has an Airplane waiting along with plenty of businesses and establishments that can also be found in . As of now, it is not well known where doors lead to The Frontrooms.
Though Level 36 may seem almost empty, it has plenty of businesses and restaurants like said before. These contain anomalous food and beverages laid out in Styrofoam boxes. It is highly recommended to not eat the food, as doing so may lead to food poisoning and most likely death within a few minutes. While there may be some food that is safe to eat. Almost all the food is shipped and held in boxes with indecipherable text on it. At the establishments and shops, there are no staff working or keeping the place up-to-date. There are also vending machines that sell Almond Water that is safe to drink.
At various shops, most shelves are empty. Some shelves may contain items typically found within , such as neck pillows, headphones, chargers and magazines, etc. Most magazines are in English and appear to be from The Frontrooms throughout the 2000s..
Regarding the exit from the airport, it is highly recommended to not go through the exit doors, as they may lead to rather dangerous levels. If you see a figure on this level, it may be another traveler. Talk to them, as they may be friendly. Regarding the gates, they all have Airlines and Passenger Aircraft.
(A/N(2): Since this was an Airport like level, I decided to add the announcer factor, since several gates and planes may lead to unknown levels, it was best they avoided till the announcer informed them, plus going through a gate let's you in a plane similar to how you end up in Level 36.5, which is itself a plane level)
(A/N(3): As for the ones that hurt Jaune, I am planning their fates and it will be played out in the Epilogue and yes it will be a big epilogue considering there are 6 different characters I need to show, including an upcoming one)
Please let me know in the comments on how to improve and I will catch y'all later
PEACE !!!!
Ending