RWBY: The Black Reaper

Chapter 53 - The nightmare continues

Pyrrha's news brought more despair and fear to everyone, first the incidents during the tournament, which was followed by the attack of the grims and The White Fang and last the encounter with a brainwashing freak. Now, Pyrrha is telling them their headmaster and arguably the strongest hunter in Vale is dead, could the situation get any worse ?

Glynda collected herself and regained her calmness the fastest of everyone, she spoke to the present with strict and commanding tone " This is not the time for despair, many people need our protection, Vale need our protection. I know what happened brought despair and fear to everyone, but we are the guardians of the light, if we give up now then who will not? I hope those who still have strength left to stand up and do their best. The tired and injured one should leave immediately "

Glynda words brought determination and courage for the students and soldiers equally. She then sat near Pyrrha and spoke to her " It wasn't your fault, you did a good job. Now, take a rest now "

Glynda words seemed to ease Pyrrha a little. Glynda then looked at Qrow and Ironwood, Ironwood spoke " I have to get back to my ship and stop whatever they did to my fleet "

" I will head to …..." Qrow was about to say something when an earth shattering roar echoed through Vale.

Glynda and the rest looked at the sky, there was an enormous ancient grim flying above Vale and heading toward Beacon.

" As if we don't have enough troubles, what the hell are we going to do now? Should I go back to Beacon and try stop that thing? "

His words earned frightened cry from Pyrrha, Qrow looked at her who seemed horrified, she told him choked voice " You can't go to Beacon, he is there, he will kill you like he did with professor Ozpin. He will kill us all "

Glynda and Pyrrha's friend looked at her with worry, Pyrrha was always collected and calm, but now she seemed like a scared little girl. Glynda patted her and said " Calm down Pyrrha. Nothing is going to happen"

Qrow on the other hand was more concerned about the 'he' she spoke of, he asked " Who are you talking about? "

Pyrrha suttereted " Mesa's brother "

Qrow and Glynda faces darkened while the rest turned pale, Ironwood said " How could be? We Encountered that mindfreak a little while ago. We have been running from him "

Yang added with a terrified tone " That was the scariest thing I have ever experienced, he literally brainwashed people right in front of us, he made The White Fang soldier kill each other and commit a suicide while he was laughing, he is a monster "

Ironwood wanted to cry, a single brother could make and his soldiers piss themself out of fear, and now the girl before him telling him about another one who is not by any mean less dangerous. Glynda and Qrow had similar thoughts.

The soldiers and the students became terrified, they knew of Mesa and they just had a meeting with his brother. Now, they just heard the guy got a 3rd brother who highly possible is as powerful and scary as the other two.

Coco said paler face than usual " There is a third brother, what the f.u.c.k is wrong with them. Mesa semblance can cause horrible destruction, the monster from earlier could do something to our minds. Now you are telling me there is a third monster out there capable of killing Ozpin? "

The rest of those who didn't know about the three felt the same as Coco, there was something definitely wrong going on here.

When Glynda saw the looks on her students, she frowned then sighed. She walked forward as she said " Mesa and his brothers are truly powerful with unique and terrifying semblances, but they shouldn't cause you to fear them as they are people like us. We …..."

The sound of an explosion interrupted Glynda, she and the others looked in the direction of Beacon. Flames were burning the school and the huge grim dragon was flying above it. The dragon had destroyed part of the school with his flame breath.

The students felt pain and sadness seeing their school burning like this, this sadness replaced with astonishment when they saw a huge purple flame devouring the dragon's flame. Pyrrha got more emotional seeing the familiar sight, she screamed " It's him, it's that monster "

Before anyone could comprehend her words, the purple flames started to shape as a giant skeleton. Despite the long distance separating them from the skeleton, they still could see the skeleton clearly, which signified its enormous size.

What amazed them the most is that the skeleton seemed to be growing flesh, The purple flame started to turn into what it seemed as muscles then began to cover the skeleton turning it into a half humanoid giant.

" That's Centos second semblance " Pyrrha answered, her eyes were red

" It must be Susanoo, Mesa mentioned it before " Ren added

" The grim is attacking again !!" Nora spoke

Hearing Nora, the focus returned to the grim and the giant. The dragon descended toward the half giant while breathing fire, the fire covered the giant leaving no traces of the purple light. Those who watched the sight thought the grim had destroyed the giant.

The dragon roared and descended toward the sea of flames as if it was declaring its superiority. When the dragon became close to the flame, two huge hands extended out of the flames grabbing it by wings. The dragon roared angrily and tried to free itself,however, its attempts proved to be useless. The giant wasn't going to let it off easily. The dragon breathed more fire in attempt to destroy the giant again but no matter how much it roared or breathed fire the giant wouldn't let it leave. The struggle didn't last long as the giant pulled the dragon wings causing the dragon to be ripped in half.

Even though it was a grim, the people watching the site and hearing painful roar the dragon gave at the end made their heart turn cold. That giant ripped the dragon apart so easily. What kind of monster was the purple giant exactly. The dragon was an ancient giant grim and one of the strongest grims, yet it was like a defenseless bird in the hands of the giant.

Ruby and the rest of those who what was the giant felt more shocked and fear. This was the semblance of a single person. It was bad news that caused the professional huntsmen to curse their life. They knew the source was an enemy, a very dangerous enemy that killed their boss. They are suppose to go their in order to stop it. How are they going to fight that?

While many thoughts were running through their minds, something started to change in the giant. The purple aura became more violent bringing back everyone to reality. The people shock wasn't over today as the purple aura turned into an armour surrounding the giant. This sight gave them nearly a heart attack, they all shared the same thoughts. The giant was already way too strong and could block the flames without being harmed, now with that armor how strong is it exactly?

This question didn't go an answered, as the purple giant figure raised its hand toward the sh.i.p.s in the sky. In his hand, a bow could be seen, the giant shot a huge purple arrow toward the sky. The arrow pierced its way through the sky toward the one of the sh.i.p.s over Vale.

Ruby and the others around her were sheltering themselves from the light and sound. They were terrified and unable to comprehend what was going on. The looked at each, they could see the fear in each other eyes.

" NOOO !!!!" Ironwood from the side screamed, which earned the attention of everyone, his screen filled with some kind of pain and fear. Ironwood was looking toward the sky, which made everyone look at the same direction.

They stared wide opened at the sky, they saw nothing, no grims no sh.i.p.s, just a clear sky. The sky which was filled a moment ago was now clear, how could they not be shocked. Ironwood dropped to his knees, he lost his whole fleet in a moment, the great general nearly lost his mind because of anger, grief and guilt.

The soldiers looked like they lost their soul, the students were looking around with fear. While Glynda and Qrow stared at their friend with sympathy, the guy luck was really f.u.c.k.e.d up today. They also looked in the direction of Beacon, the giant couldn't be seen anymore. They sighed, that kind of force is not something they can fight against.

Glynda gathered all the courage she had and spoke " all the aerial grims are dead, we have to move now !!! go toward the docks. Help in evacuation people if you can. MOVE!! Not time to waste "

Glynda brought back the soldiers and students back to reality. They started to move as they were told, while Glynda and Qrow walked closer to Ironwood, who still had mental breakdown.

Qrow punched Ironwood to the ground, who looked confusedly at Qrow. Qrow said " You are a f.u.c.k.i.n.g general. Gather yourself and move that a.s.s of yours. Work now, cry later "

Ironwood eyes became focused again, he stood up and said " Thanks, I needed it. I will take my soldiers and escort students to the docks. And then we will help in the evacuation. What are you two going to do now? "

Qrow and Glynda exchanged looks, then Qrow replied " To Beacon "

Glynda replied " And so the relic !! Trust me, the last place I want to go to is where that freak is. But this is our duty, if we have to make sure the relics are safe even at the cost of our lives "

Ironwood didn't speak, he gave the two of them a military salute. The three of them understood it, if Qrow and Glynda met with Ozpin's killer, then the chances of survival is virtually zero. The three separated, with two of them heading to a suicide mission.

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On the top of one of the building near the stadium. Mesa stood watching the show with an amused smile on his face and a bottle of wine in his hand. He turned around and said " Don't you think it's ironic? Military sh.i.p.s and hordes of grims turned into a fireworks illuminating this bloody night. The two things which caused so much fear and destruction gave such an amazing sight to witness "

In front of him, Neo was sitting on the ground hugging her knees crying silently. Mesa didn't mind her ignoring him, he kept his smile as he continued speaking " You look awfully sad for someone just escaped death. You do realize if I didn't teleport you out of the sh.i.p.s you would have turned into a dust …. "

Neo continued ignoring Mesa and crying until she heard him mention her boss name " It's about Roman, isn't it ? "

Neo looked at him at last, Mesa took a sip of his wine as he walked closer to her, when he was two foot away from her, he continued to talk " I know you are crying for him, he died too suddenly, did seeing him getting eaten by one of the grims you and him worked so hard to get attack Vale broke you? "

Neo narrowed her eyes at him, she stood up looking at him angrily. Mesa kept smiling, which made Neo get angrier at him, she took a battle stance preparing to fight him.

Mesa tilted his head slightly then said " I don't get why you are thinking of him so much, really! He was a coward and a sc.u.m, he didn't hesitate to abandon you the moment he felt danger approaching him and you know that. Yet, you want to fight me because I was talking about the irony of his death. Seriously enlighten me, why? "

Neo looked at his brilliant smile, she wasn't sure what to do next. She knew part of what he said was the truth for a fact. She still remembered how Roman abandoned her without hesitation. She knew the reason why wasn't she killed or at least imprisoned was Mesa. He let her go many time without any hesitation or asking for something in return.

Neo extended her hand slowly and hesitatingly. The moment her hand touched Mesa's, Mesa pulled her into his embrace. Neo looked up at Mesa, who in return slammed his lips with hers. Neo widened her eyes as she felt how aggressive Mesa was. This time, she went with his flow instead of resisting him.

When Neo was enjoying the long kiss, Mesa separated himself from her and looked at her. Neo looked at him disapprovingly, which made him smile. He leaned closer to her and whispered in her ears " you are quite eager tonight, aren't you ?"

Neo blushed when she heard him, she tried to free herself from him but she couldn't. Mesa kept her under his control as continued whispering " Don't worry you are not the only one. Tonight I will make you mine officially "

Neo became redder as she felt Mesa's hands roaming her body and something poking her lower body. In that moment, she knew there is no escaping this time. She then felt Mesa pushing her to the ground. But she fell on something soft like a bed. Neo looked around her, she was now on a king size bed in some room. She had no clue where she was and she couldn't think about it as Mesa assaulted her.

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At the docks in Vale, The students and soldiers made it there. The place was crowded and filled with those who wanted to escape from Vale.

Barely 5 minutes after they arrived, a group of soldiers approached the students. They went directly toward Weiss. One of the soldier spoke " Miss Schnee, we are glad you are okay. Your father sent us to bring you back home."

" Your father gave us permission to use force if needed, I hope you won't force us to do it " The soldier replied not caring about Weiss opinion

" Weiss maybe you should go. It is you father after all, beside we will be okay, don't worry" Ruby said

Weiss looked conflicted before nodding to Ruby, she left with the soldiers.

Ruby turned toward the rest of her team, Yang hugged her and said " Don't worry sis, everything will be better. Right, Blake? "

Blake didn't answer Yang, Yang let go of Ruby and looked around her, she called for her partner " Blake !! BLAKE !!! BLAKE !!"

Ruby looked around " Where did she go ?"

Yang looked sad as she replied to Ruby " She left us, she left without saying a single word "

The two sisters hugged each other.

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