The view opens to the Wyvern flying past the hijacked Atlesian Airship, as Ruby Rose looks on, with the surrounding Griffons roaming the skies. A Griffon lands on the airship, but Ruby easily cuts it down with Crescent Rose, causing it to disintegrate into black particles. But suddenly, she hears a snap, turning to see Neopolitan, now changing into her standard attire with a wave of light washing over her from bottom to top, as she winks after taking a picture of Ruby, sending it to a certain crime lord with the following text:
"Guess Who?"
Down below, Roman cries out in frustration.
"Oh, you can not be serious!"
Having realized his old foe is interfering yet again, the wanted criminal quickly picks up Melodic Cudgel and walks up to the top of the airship.
Right outside of Beacon's dining hall, Blake Belladonna backs away from the shattered window, staring in horror at her old partner.
Adam Taurus is wreathed in an evil light from the flickering flames behind him.
"Running away again? Is that what you've become, my love? A coward?"
Blake managed to ask a question through her fear.
"Why are you doing this?"
Adam replied emphatically.
"You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!"
He stomps on a downed Atlas student's chest.
"Consider this... the spark."
Then, as a horrified Blake watches, Adam draws Wilt, preparing to stab the student.
Blake charges into the dining hall, drawing her sword in a flash. Her blade clashes with his as she pushes him away from the student, and they stand with their blades locked.
Blake hardens her expression.
"I'm... not... running."
Adam smirked.
"You... will."
He kicks her away, knocking her onto the floor. A nearby Creep runs toward her, only to be shot by Adam.
Adam pauses before continuing with a deep venom in his voice.
"But not before you suffer for your betrayal, my love."
He smiles and begins walking toward her.
Back outside the Beacon grounds, Velvet Scarlatina groans as she struggles to get up, only to get knocked back down when Coco Adel bumps into her after getting knocked away from a Paladin out of view. The view pans with Neon Katt and Reese Chloris as they dodge and weave between groups of students fighting against Grimm plus the infected Atlesian Knights and Paladins. The rest of Team ABRN surrounds a Griffon attacking it with bullets and fireballs, as Bolin knocks a Knight aside. Reese spins her board and slices through another as she passes by it. Nearby Sun and Neptune try to hold back a Paladin, while Nora and Ren decimate another group of Knights. Team ORNG of Shade is efficiently dealing with a group of large, spiked Ursai. Yatsuhashi Daichi is seen fighting another Griffon while Fox Alistair dashes over from a pile of robot parts. Two Creeps rush at Flynt Coal who uses his trumpet to send the first one flying. Neon and Reese use their weapons to freeze a second Paladin's legs in place. Weiss Schnee then arrives on the battlefield, and charges in but gets swatted aside by its arm.
Neptune pauses, reaching his hand out.
"Weiss!"
A rush of wind and Tobias catches the flying Heiress. Sara strides up behind him with Lily. The bulk of Team STLL has arrived.
Yatsuhashi tries to hold back a Paladin's fist with his sword, but he gets overpowered and knocked back. The Paladin then turns to and starts approaching a distracted Lie Ren.
Nora cries out to the ninja.
"Look out!"
She pushes Ren out of the way of the Paladin's incoming strike, taking the hit instead.
Ren yells out in horror.
"Nora! No!"
He reaches out to her, but gets knocked back by the Paladin too.
Coco and Neptune Vasilias fire their weapons at the Paladin, but it is unfazed.
Neptune stammers.
"Uh, this is bad."
Coco sighs as the Paladin moves forward and a wave of Grimm surrounds them.
"Well, I guess now's a better time than any. Velvet!"
Velvet perks up, excited.
"Really?"
Coco nods.
"Just make them count."
Velvet nods. As she walks up to the Paladins, "I May Fall" begins to play in the background.
Weiss looks up at Velvet while Tobias starts to arc with lightning.
"What are you doing!? She's going to get hurt!"
Coco looks at Weiss just in time to say something as the Lightning covered Tobias leaps into action against the wave of Grimm.
"Just watch."
While Tobias is smiting the Grimm who dare enter his territory, Velvet holds her hand out as Anesidora glows, forming a scythe. Grabbing the copy of Crescent Rose, Velvet leaps into the air, dodging cannon fire as she imitates Ruby's overhead spin, she descends slashing at the Paladin. She then replicates Myrtenaster to deflect the Paladin's punch and land a few blows before pushing it back with an Ember Celica imitation. Once after she lands a few shots, she slides under the Paladin's fist, similar to Blake as she uses a Gambol Shroud copy and uses its string to trip over the mech, before moving to the second Paladin by lopping off its hand, and jabbing it in the head with the cleaver.
Before it can react, it is immediately peppered with holographic bullets, thanks to a copy of Gianduja. As it moves forward, Velvet switches to using Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang to counter a blow, as she lands another few hits while landing a downward blow from above with a copy of Magnhild, severing a limb.
As the first Paladin attempts to recover, Velvet immediately copies Floating Array, as she leaps off the second Paladin and slices apart its legs before blasting it at full power. However, the first Paladin sucker punches Velvet.
Velvet screams out in pain.
"Aah!"
She is sent skidding from the blow, landing on her back.
Coco calls out to her.
"Velvet!"
At this, Coco unloads her weapon on the Paladin to no avail, Neptune, Nadir, and Reese rush to her side and add their own firepower. But the barrage has little effect and the Paladin continues to loom over Velvet. Tobias, Sara, and Lily's Legion are too busy holding back the Grimm to help.
Furious, Weiss immediately rushes in past the others, as she instinctively uses a summoning glyph, confusing her. When she gets in between Velvet and the Paladin about to bring its fist down, she raises Myrtenaster defensively then closes her eyes and grits her teeth. A thud is heard as she looks up and discovers she summoned the arm and sword of the Arma Gigas she fought before, which blocks the Paladin's fist and bisects the machine in half. She takes a brief look at her summoning before being surprised by a camera flash, which was taken by a smiling Velvet. Then a piece of the mech falls and pins Myrtenaster to the ground, snapping it in two.
But before they can take a breath, another advanced Paladin rushes in from the corner and begins to charge at them.
Sun throws his hands up.
"You have got to be kidding me!"
Still flying through the twisting corridors of Beacon, Y/N continues his one man assault on anyone or anything in his way. He has to stop and deal with a rather large spiked Ursa who's attacking some civilians. After he fires a blast of fire at the monster and it turns into smoke, he takes off again, not even waiting to hear the students' thanks. He grimaces, hoping he gets to his friends in time.
Back at the airship, the battle commences as Ruby performs a low swing, with Neo somersaulting over it, and ducking the next swing, before performing another backflip to dodge the third. Ruby then twirls Crescent Rose before attempting another low sweep, only for Neo to back-flip away from her consecutive twirls. Once Ruby finishes spinning her weapon, she lodges Crescent Rose on the hull and fires a shot, only for Neo to shatter in an illusion, revealing Roman as he fires a shot back with Melodic Cudgel, sending Ruby flying several feet, before she lodges Crescent Rose to safely grip herself from the surrounding gales, while Roman walks up to her.
Roman calls out to Ruby mockingly.
"Little Red, little Red, you are just determined to be the hero of Vale, aren't cha?"
Ruby is confused as she yells out at the ginger crime boss.
"What are you doing!? Without these ships, the Grimm will destroy everything!"
Roman smirks at her.
"That's the plan!"
Ruby then swats aside Melodic Cudgel just as he attempts to fire it at her, causing him to move a few feet off-balance, before Neo returns and leaps over him, kicking Ruby's left cheek, and using the momentum to flip her over and send Ruby tumbling on her back. Neo then follows up with a roundhouse to the face, and a rear horse kick to nearly send her careening off the hull of the airship.
Ruby yells, frustrated.
"But why!? What do you get out of it!?"
Roman shakes his finger at her.
"You're asking the wrong questions, Red! It's not what I have to gain, it's that I can't afford to lose!"
As Ruby charges, Neo vaults over Roman for a powerful kick. She then leaps up, grabs Crescent Rose, and slides under, flipping Ruby once more with the hook of her parasol. As Ruby spins midair, the pint-sized powerhouse finishes with a roundhouse to the abdomen, as Roman slams the barrel of Melodic Cudgel to the ground and fires, causing the cane to ricochet and hit Ruby, before catching it and firing the weapon once more over his shoulder. The blast is enough to send Ruby holding on for dear life, with the embedded blade of Crescent Rose the only thing preventing her from falling.
Roman speaks to her.
"I may be a gambling man, but even I know that there are some bets you just don't take."
Neo then extends Hush's hidden blade and drags it on the surface, as she holds Ruby at sword-point.
Roman shrugs to her.
"Like it or not, the people that hired me are going to change the world! You can't stop 'em, I can't stop 'em!"
As Roman continues, Ruby kicks away a Nevermore, and notices the button on Hush.
Roman smirks.
"You know the old saying, 'If you can't beat 'em-'"
Suddenly, Ruby reaches for the parasol, causing it to open and send Neo flying off the airship, leaving her with a frightened gasp as she is silently left at the mercy of the Grimm that are roaming the skies and the raging winds.
Roman yells out in shock.
"NEO!"
Ruby angrily yells at Roman.
"I don't care what you say! We will stop them and I will stop you! BET ON THAT!!"
As Ruby charges at top speed with the use of her Semblance, Roman grips Melodic Cudgel with both hands, the left hand holding the shaft, as he quickly catches the projectile with the hook end and hurls it at Ruby, knocking her away, before smacking her with the business end of the cane, ramming the weapon in her stomach, and firing another shot, sending her on her back once more.
Roman grits his teeth.
"You got spirit, Red. But this is the real world!"
Roman then whacks Ruby with the butt of his cane, sending her back a few feet.
Roman angrily yells, upset about Neo.
"The real world is cold!"
Roman lands another strike, this time on Ruby's legs.
Roman continues his rant.
"The real world doesn't care about spirit!"
Ruby then kicks him in the knee, causing him to lose balance as he prepares a downward strike.
Roman calls out to the little girl who could.
"You wanna be a hero!? Then play the part and die like every other Huntsman in history!"
He then proceeds to smack Ruby with the butt end of the cane.
Roman grins evilly.
"As for me, I'll do what I do best: lie, steal, cheat, and SURVIVE!"
Just as Roman prepares a final, overhead swing, an Alpha Griffon suddenly appears from the sky and swallows him whole, attracted by the negativity of his rant. The roar sends Ruby back a few feet, before the two charge at each other. Ruby prevails when she kicks the beast in the head, sending it through the hull and causing it to crash. And then, she grabs Crescent Rose, leaps off the falling airship, and propels herself in the air, shooting at the ground as if her weapon was a pogo-stick, before landing safely on the rooftops of Vale.
Back in the city, Glynda Goodwitch uses The Disciplinarian to knock back a few Creeps, while Qrow Branwen slices and blasts at a few infected Knights with Harbinger. John Crater is using his veritable arsenal of weapons to annihilate the Beowolves about to blindside his girlfriend, Glynda. She turns to him and gives him a loving smile, then shakes her head as he looks over his shotgun at her and blows the smoke away, smirking. Nearby, Cardin Winchester giddily knocks back an Ursa with his mace, but then gets held at gunpoint by a few infected Knights. Suddenly, their heads are shot off, surprising Cardin. As the smoke clears, it is revealed that General Ironwood miraculously survived his crash, his damaged uniform exposing the right half of his body to be cybernetic. Without hesitation, he shoots down all of the infected Knights with Due Process. Flipping it into his right hand to club the last one as it leaps at him.
Ironwood calls out with authority.
"This area's secure! We need to-"
Suddenly, Qrow's expression changes into what appears to be anger. He transforms his sword into a scythe and charges toward Ironwood.
Ironwood steps back.
"Qrow! This isn't my doing!"
Qrow continues charging, despite Ironwood's words. The general flips his gun in his hand and gets into a battle stance, preparing for the perceived attack. However, Qrow leaps past Ironwood, who turns around just in time to see a large Griffon lunging at him. With one swing of Qrow's scythe, the Griffon is sliced in two. Upon landing, Qrow turns around to address Ironwood.
Qrow scoffs.
"You idiot. I know you didn't do this."
Ironwood relaxes and sighs, lowering his head and putting his hand to his forehead, while Glynda places her hand on his shoulder, much to John's displeasure, but he doesn't show it. Now is not the time to get territorial.
Qrow speaks up.
"So what now, General?"
Ironwood growls.
"Someone's done the impossible and gained control of my machines. And that enormous Grimm seems to be fixated on the school. Glynda, you and Captain Crater form up the local Huntsmen and establish a safe zone here in Vale. We need to evacuate Beacon. Qrow, I'm leaving that to you and my men. I still need to get to my ship."
The four hear a loud noise and turn to see its source: Ironwood's ship slowly nose diving into the ground.
Qrow snorts.
"Well, it won't be much of a walk."
The Atlesian Knights that are still functioning attempt one last time to harm the Huntsmen, before powering down.
In the Beacon courtyard, the students stand prepared to fight the Atlesian Paladin that is charging toward them. However, electricity arcs across it and it suddenly powers down, collapsing and sliding to a stop in front of them.
Sun nods.
"Hm. That went better than expected."
Weiss doubles over, exhausted, leaning on the broken Myrtenaster to keep herself standing.
Yang's voice rings out as she calls to her teammate.
"Weiss!"
She runs to Weiss.
"You're okay! Have you heard from Ruby?"
Weiss shakes her head.
Yang continues.
"What about Blake?"
Weiss replies.
"She went after an Alpha…"
She points in the direction that Blake ran.
"...and some members of the White Fang."
Sara runs up.
"Y/N is on his way here to meet up with the rest of us."
Yang nods and turns back to Weiss.
"You look for Ruby. I'll meet up with Blake."
Yang hurries off in the direction that Weiss pointed, while the heiress and Sara give her a thumbs up.
In the Beacon vault, an elevator opens up to reveal Ozpin, Jaune, and Pyrrha. The three immediately sprint out of the elevator and down the corridor.
Jaune looks around.
"What is this place?"
Pyrrha hesitantly answers.
"It's... a type of vault."
Jaune also hesitates.
"You've... been here before?"
Pyrrha looks away from him.
Jaune ignores that.
"What would this school need to... hide?"
Finally seeing the Aura transfer machine, Jaune stops in his tracks, gazing wide-eyed at the strange contraption and the comatose girl inside.
Jaune gasps.
"What? Who?"
Pyrrha turns to him.
"Jaune…'
Ozpin calls out to Pyrrha with a sense of urgency.
"Pyrrha! Get to the pods!"
Pyrrha looks at Jaune, then runs to the second pod.
Ozpin turns to the shaggy blonde.
"Mister Arc, if you'd like to help, you can stand guard here."
Jaune looks at the two with uncertainty, then turns around and gets into a guarding stance.
Pyrrha turns to her headmaster uncertainly.
"What do we do now?"
Ozpin starts typing on the machine's hologram keyboard.
"We, do nothing."
The second pod opens, and Ozpin turns his head to look at Pyrrha.
"You, Miss Nikos... have a choice to make."
Pyrrha looks at the pod, then at Jaune, hesitating. Her expression changes from uncertainty to sadness, and she wipes a tear from her eye, still looking at Jaune. She almost goes to him, then she remembers that Y/N is going to fight this battle whether or not she does this. She then steels herself. She can't let her friend face this alone. She then climbs into the pod, which closes.
The view changes back to the main courtyard. Tobias is using his lightning and wind to keep the Grimm at bay. Weiss is feeling useless as she no longer has a weapon. She can Tell that Tobias's semblance is taking its toll, he is tiring quickly. Even with all of the Huntsmen in training, the wave of Grimm is pushing them back. A few Ursai are able to leap over the line and get past Tobias's wind barrier. Weiss watches in horror as one of them is about to swipe at the tired Tobias's head.
Then with a flare, Y/N skids onto the scene. He uses Quake to decapitate all of the Ursai. A blast of his fiery Aura passes through the surprised Huntsmen in training and incinerates quite a large number of the Grimm, easing the load. Tobias calls out to his bond brother.
"Took you long enough Titan!"
Sara and Lily smile.
Then Y/N looks around.
"Where are Yang and Blake?!"
Weiss points the same way she did for Yang.
Y/N looks torn. Seeing this, Lily walks up to him and places her small hand on his flaming shoulder.
"We got this. Well we do now that you thinned the herd of Grimm. So go on, go get ya girl. Save 'em both, big guy."
Looking around and seeing smiling faces from all his friends, Y/N nods. Then seeing the broken rapier in Weiss's hands, Y/N calls out to Tobias.
"Yo, Sparky! I need Thunder!"
Without hesitation, Tobias takes off the holster and the heavy pistol and tosses them to the Titan. Y/N shifts it into the shortsword form. He then flips it and catches the flat of the blade. He then hands them both to Weiss.
"Weiss, I know it's not exactly what you're used to fighting with, but it's better than nothing. It uses both dust rounds and dust cartridges. Take care of it and it'll take care of you."
Weiss nods thankfully and Y/N takes off after throwing out one more wave of Grimm killing flames.
Then the view shifts to where he is heading.
Adam throws his hands up
"This could've been our day! Can't you see that!?"
Blake replies, holding her blade down in front of her.
"I never wanted this! I wanted equality! I wanted peace!"
She raises her sword, its blade folding into sickle mode, and shoots at Adam, who blocks both bullets with his sword.
Adam screams back at her irrationally.
"What you want is impossible!"
He sheathes his sword and backhands Blake across her face, knocking her over.
Adam continues his ridiculous rant.
"But I understand because all I want is you, Blake."
She begins to raise her sickle again, only for him to kick it out of her hand, knocking her over once again.
Adam looms over her.
"And as I set out upon this world and deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves, I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love."
A voice calls out in a panic.
"Blake!"
The voice now known to belong to Yang draws their attention to one of the broken windows. She soon comes into view and shoots a White Fang member, before looking around for her teammate.
Yang calls out.
"Blake! Where are you!?"
Adam looks at Blake to see her terrified expression, then returns his gaze to Yang.
Adam grins evilly.
"Starting with her."
The view changes to the Vault where Ozpin and Pyrrha are looking at each other.
Ozpin asks the redhead.
"Are you ready?"
Pyrrha looks at him and gives a slow nod. She is driven entirely by her fading courage and need to help her friend Y/N.
Ozpin pauses, his voice unsteady.
"I... I need to hear you say it."
Pyrrha takes a breath, coalescing the rest of her courage. Y/N needed her help.
"Yes."
She lays her head back, staring ahead.
Ozpin sighs in both relief and sadness. He hated having to dump his hopes on this wonderful young girl.
"Thank you, Miss Nikos."
Ozpin presses a few more buttons on the screen, and Amber's pod raises up. Amber begins glowing orange, and her eyelids begin fluttering. The orange glow travels along the pipes connecting the two pods - first up to the ceiling, then down to Pyrrha's pod. An orange glow surrounds Pyrrha, who begins screaming out in agony.
Jaune turns around, surprised.
"Pyrrha!"
Jaune runs over to Pyrrha's pod, moving his gaze back and forth between Pyrrha and Amber's pod. While Jaune panics, trying to understand what's going on, Ozpin looks away.
Ozpin says, his voice breaking.
"I'm... so sorry."
Suddenly, an arrow pierces the glass of Amber's pod, striking her in the chest. Amber gasps, and her eyes open, then begin to close again, while the machine begins beeping an alarm. Ozpin and Jaune turn around to see Cinder Fall standing halfway down the corridor from them, an obsidian bow in her hand. She lowers the bow, a tiny smirk creeping across her face. Both she and Jaune then realize that she wouldn't have gotten the chance if Jaune had stayed on guard.
The view changes back to Adam Taurus and Blake.
Adam draws his sword and stabs it into Blake's abdomen near her left hip, causing her to shriek in pain. The cry catches Yang's attention.
Yang turns, confused
"Huh?"
Adam stands upright, pulling his sword from Blake's flesh and turning to face Yang.
Yang's body starts shaking with rage.
"Get away from her!"
Blake is weakly reaching out helplessly, whispering.
"No... please…"
Adam sheaths his sword, smiling. Yang screams, her eyes turning red and a burst of flame erupting from her. She leaps at Adam, drawing her fist back with tears in her eyes. Adam swiftly draws his sword, swinging it through the air at Yang, as his Semblance activates. As Yang flies through the air, the lower half of her right arm separates from her.
Amber struggles to breathe, her eyes wide, the machine's alarm still playing. Finally, all breath leaves her. Her eyes drift closed, and her head leans to the side, her whole body going limp. The green flames that light the torches throughout the vault suddenly snuff out.
Yang flies through the air, beginning to lose consciousness, with glowing yellow Aura splattering out from her wound. She lands on the floor and lays there on her side, completely still.
Pyrrha frantically beats her fists against the glass of her pod. The orange glow leaves Pyrrha and travels back through the pipes into Amber. The glow then bursts out of Amber, shattering the glass in its way, and enters Cinder. The murderer glows, begins floating, and gains long trails of flame around her eyes, with orange energy swirling around her. Pyrrha beats even harder on the glass, her stress increasing. Jaune raises his sword and charges toward Cinder, eyes only seeing red in both anger and guilt.
Ozpin tries to warn him away.
"Stay back!"
Cinder summons a large fireball casting it toward Jaune, who blocks it with his shield and is blasted backwards, landing on his back.
Pyrrha calls out in dread.
"JAUNE!"
Finally, Pyrrha uses her Semblance to rip the pod's door off its hinges, throwing it at Cinder, who knocks it away like it's nothing. As Cinder begins to descend to the floor, Pyrrha leaps out of the pod and charges, calling her weapon and shield to her with her Semblance. However, Ozpin puts his arm out, stopping her.
Ozpin orders her with an iron will.
"Take Jaune and get out of here! Find Glynda! Ironwood! Qrow! Bring them here right away! The tower cannot fall!"
Pyrrha protests.
"But I can help."
Ozpin slowly turns his head to stare Pyrrha in the eyes. That look scares her. It is the look of a man determined to face his potential death alone, with dignity. He had already
"You'll only get in the way."
Pyrrha hesitates for a moment but obeys Ozpin, scooping up Jaune and running away. While she does so, Cinder descends to the floor and watches them leave, with the glow, the swirling energy, and the flames around her eyes all disappearing. Cinder turns her attention back to Ozpin, her eyes still glowing for a moment.
Adam slowly walks toward Yang's unconscious body and swings his sword out to the side, flicking her blood from its blade. Before he can reach her, Blake throws herself between them, giving him a determined stare.
Adam advances on them angrily.
"Why must you hurt me, Blake?"
He swings his sword, aiming to detach Blake's head from her neck. He is surprised when his blade is stopped dead by a massive, flaming blade. He is bounced back by the clash of blades. Then a deep voice growls at him.
"Touch any of my family again and I will leave no trace of your existence."
Adam focuses on the imposing figure cloaked in resplendent flames. Standing just under 7 feet tall, his face covered not only by the layer of fire, but also a black hooded cape. The massive Greatsword hung easily from the massive right hand of this figure.
Adam saw all of this, but wasn't scared until he saw the look in the burning golden eyes. It was a look that eclipsed even murderous intent. It was a look that told Adam one thing and one thing only. It told him that he was about to die. He took a step back, but the figure instantly was right in front of him. It smacked him back into a pillar.
Then the view shifts to a now crying Blake. He came for them. He came for her. She looks up as Y/N Lennox, God of War, turns back to her. His golden eyes soften looking at her and the now unconscious Yang. Seeing that Gambol Shroud has cracked, Y/N unbuckles Storm's holster. He lets his Aura fade and leans down. He kisses Yang's head and mutters to her fondly. He takes off his hooded cape and wraps Yang up in it, gently placing the hood over her tortured face. Then he looks back to make sure Adam is still down. His eyes remain Gold, but he turns back to Blake and hugs her in a caring embrace.
"You're ok now Kitty Cat. I got you, I got you. You're safe now. I'll take care of this. Take Storm and get Yang and yourself to safety. I modified Storm to have a sword form instead of a Saxe form. It should serve you well until your own weapon is fixed. That way I can keep you two safe, even if I'm not there."
He's interrupted by Adam groaning and pushing his way out of the pile of concrete debris. Standing up and turning to face Adam once more, Y/N calls out to Blake one last time.
"Get going Kitty Cat. I'll take care of this. Tell Yang when she wakes up. 'I promise to make it back to her, one way or another. I will make it back.' And as for you Kitty Cat, don't go dying till I see you again. Now get going before this gets ugly."
Blake nods, still crying, holsters the cracked Gambol Shroud and straps on Storm's holster. She picks up Yang gently and starts limping away, Yang over her shoulders and Storm in her left hand in sword form.
As she disappeared from view, Adam finally pulled himself out of the debris. He saw the last glimpse of Blake getting away and he screamed in frustration. He turned to the cause of this frustration: Y/N. Smiling and no longer clad in Aura or his hooded cape, Y/N looks less imposing as he raises his arms out.
"Looks like it's just us now you psycho."
Adam lunges at Y/N and clashes swords with the massive man. He seems to be able to push Y/N back across the dirt and ash filled floor.
"I'd say it's more like you are stuck in here with me until I kill you!"
Hearing this pathetic outburst, Y/N throws back his head and laughs. After a moment, Y/N looks back down at Adam and lets his Aura flare out once more. He flings Adam like a ragdoll across the room and sheathes Quake.
"You got it all wrong you demented dumbass! I'm not stuck here with you! YOU'RE STUCK HERE WITH ME!"
He launches himself at the bull Faunus, who is just getting up and throws a punch. Adam barely manages to block the strike with his sword. Y/N keeps up his assault, punching and kicking Adam mercilessly. Adam is barely able to catch less than half of the strikes on the sword, but he is slowly gaining confidence. If he can just build up enough of this brute's own energy to use against him, he might still have a chance of getting away.
It's a breath-taking sight as Adam takes out his sword and proceeds to try and fight back. But Y/N fights him barehanded and is pushing the renowned swordsman back. Not even slowly, he is doing it at a breakneck speed. He continues to punish the psychopath that hurt his girlfriend and haunted Blake, who he cared for deeply. This was therapeutic for Y/N, a way to let out his anger. Adam was beaten black and blue in moments, not even with the advantage of a sword can he keep up, but then he steps back, now in front of the wall. Taking a chance, he concentrates his semblance with all of the energy that Y/N had hit him with. He then brings his sword in a mighty downward stroke towards Y/N. This would definitely bring down the monster that Adam was facing. Adam is sure of it, and calls out to Y/N in the adrenaline of victory.
"Take this you freak!"
Then in a moment, it all goes wrong. No matter how powerful the stroke is, no matter how much energy it holds after the beating it took from Y/N, it is meaningless. Y/N catches the blade in his left hand, a trickle of blood is the only mark of injury. Adam looks up in horror as he tries to comprehend what has happened.
Y/N yanks the blade from Adam's grip and tosses it across the floor. His eyes are filled with contempt and anger.
"Did you honestly think that would be enough to save you?!"
Y/N's roar shakes Adam to his core. He is paralyzed in fear as Y/N reaches out for his ankle, preparing to repeat his performance from the first round of the tournament...and savor it this time.
Then something flies through Y/N's Aura and pricks his neck, releasing a paralytic agent into his system. Y/N quickly dropped Adam's ankle and turned towards the source of the shot, ripping out the projectile and unsheathing Quake at the same time. The sound of slow clapping comes out of the dark from which the projectile came. A demented laugh accompanies it as none other than Jack Lang walks out of the shadows and into the flickering flames.
"We finally meet oh great God of War!"
Jack gives a deep bow before looking up at the enraged towering figure of Y/N.
"I'm sorry, but the mistress still needs that whelp. So why don't I entertain you instead?"
The view changes as Jack cackles. It fades from the front of the fiery room down to the vault deep below.
Cinder shakes her head in disbelief.
"This whole time... right beneath our feet. She was right about you."
Ozpin turns his cane in his grip, staring hard at Cinder.
Cinder chuckles, once again shaking her head slightly.
"Such arrogance."
The view zooms in with a close up on their faces before panning upwards to a bird's eye view of the standoff, before the view cuts to black
A/n: Man I loved writing about Adam getting not only his ass handed to him, but also getting his air of superiority ripped to pieces. Maybe it's just me, but I loathe Adam. Anyway... it's coming close to the end of the Volume. 😈 See you next time! Hope you enjoyed.