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Chapter 26: Our Way

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Chapter 26: Trial By Fire
As Yang, Blake, (Y/N) ran to get to the rendezvous point with the others, a massive roar rang out, shaking the trees.
"What was that!?" (Y/N) yelped.
"Trouble." Blake responded.
As they got closer, (Y/N) could hear the angered yelling of Cordovine.
"This is your fault! You hear me!"
"Ruby!" Yang yelled as her team burst through.
She ran to them "Yang! Blake! (Y/N)! Are you okay?"
The three only stared at the giant robot in front of the cliff, pinned by an armed encased in ice and stone.
"What happened?" (Y/N) asked as another roar sounded. "Is that a giant Grimm?"
"Yes." Weiss answered as she looked at them seriously. "And we just ruined the only thing capable of stopping it."
They all looked at each other in horror, unsure of what to do, as Cordovine continued to curse them. Eventually, they piled into the Manta and began to fly off. Ruby and (Y/N) both stood by the door as they watched the elderly woman's robot struggle as she screamed in frustration. When she was out of sight, the gang quickly got Yang, Blake, and (Y/N) up to speed about their battle with the mech after they went offline.
Blake's ears flattened. "I'm so sorry!"
"Don't be." Yang said firmly, sitting beside her and holding her hand. "This isn't on you."
"But-,"
"It was Adam's fault!" (Y/N) added in, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Ruby nodded as she knelt in front of her teammate and took her hands. "You're safe. That's all that matters."
They hugged and Ruby shot her sister and brother a warm look. Maria then pipped up.
"I suppose I have to be the bad guy and say it, but getting the Lamp to Atlas is still our top priority. And right now we have the perfect opportunity to head straight for it. We may not get another chance like this."
"No way!" Yang shot down.
Weiss nodded, her arms crossed. "We can't leave. Not like this."
"It's like you said, a Huntress is supposed to protect others till the bitter end." Blake affirmed.
Ruby, Oscar, and Maria looked at each other, before the girl in the hood shrugged. Maria turned back and began to steer in the direction of the battle as Ruby began to lay out the battle plan.
"We need to head for the Leviathan. Jaune, can you and Ren be ready to mask our ship?"
The two males looked at each other before Ren looked back at her.
"We can manage."
"Any ideas?" Jaune asked.
"I've got one."
"Eyes up, everybody." Qrow warned. "It's back."
The Leviathan rose out of the water and roared. As it approached the shore, the hard light Dust shields rose from the water and were activated, stopping the beast in its tracks. It was only for a moment though as the creature's maw opened as embers spilled from between its teeth. A second later, the Leviathan shot a massive fire breath and scored it against the shield, until it hit the rods, disabling it. It roared again and continued.
"It pushed through." Oscar said in disbelief.
"All squadrons fall back to evacuation procedures." A commander ordered over the coms. "Disengage Leviathan, I repeat disengage! Over!"
"No, wait!" Ruby yelled as she ran forward and grabbed the radio.
"Ruby!" Qrow protested.
"We can stop it!"
"Who is this?!" The commander demanded. "Identify yourself."
"I'm a Huntress." Ruby answered. "My team and I are heading for the Leviathan and can weaken it for you to attack."
"We can?" (Y/N) asked, unsure of what the heck she was planning.
She turned back to him. "I can."
"Ruby." Maria said. "When I said trial by fire-,"
"I did it at Beacon and then at the farm."
"Do you think you can do it now?" Weiss asked.
"I don't have a choice."
"Manta 5.1." The soldier's voice came back on. "Your ship is currently flagged as hostile. You will receive no support. Over."
"Fine." Ruby stated. "We'll do it alone if we have to. We'll hit it while it's stopped at the next barrier. Ren, you're up."
Jaune placed a hand on Ren's shoulder, and both activated their Semblances. Ren cloaked the entire ship, making it invisible to the Gryphons attacking the fleet. Maria weaved through the carnage as they headed straight for the Leviathan that was fast approaching the final barrier. As Maria dove at it, (Y/N) saw the creature preparing to blast the shield.
"Pull up! It's gonna fire!"
Maria jerked the wheel as the ship barely skimmed past the creature's face as it fired upon the barrier, tearing through it and barely missing Argus. Ren and Jaune slumped to the ground.
"That's all I've got." Jaune huffed as the dragon and Nora got them both to their feet.
"It's on the move again!" Blake reported. "We need to stop it!"
"What do we do?" Yang asked Ruby who then looked at Weiss.
"I've got a plan. But I still need time!"
"I'll distract it." (Y/N) said confidentially.
"Are you crazy?!" Oscar yelled as (Y/N) headed for the bay doors.
"I doubt that thing can hit a small, fast moving target. I'll try to keep its attention, but Ruby, hurry!"
Giving no chance for protest, the young boy plunged himself into the air and began flying directly at the Leviathan.
"All right, ugly, let me show you how you really breathe fire!"
(Y/N) blasted the side of the creature's face as he swept past it. It growled in annoyance and swiped at him, but he was long gone by that point. (Y/N) repeatedly began dove bombing and evading the creature. While it was trying to track his movements, (Y/N) saw Yang and Nora open fire on the beast as the Manta swept past on the opposite side. It swiped again, but missed as the ship and the dragon began hitting it from opposite sides to keep its focus split. Only when he flew over the beast did he see Ruby aboard Weiss's Queen Lancer summon stop dead in front of the monster's face. His eyes widened in terror as Ruby attempted to concentrate, only for her to look up in terror as the creature leered over her.
"Oi! Eyes on me, stupid!" (Y/N) yelled as he smacked the beast's head.
It remained focused on Ruby and it was then he saw the Lamp locked to her belt.
The Lamp that attracted Grimm.
"No! No! No! No!" Ruby panicked.
(Y/N) gritted his teeth as he dove for his sister, the Leviathan rearing back to snap her. As the creature prepared to end them both, Ruby called out.
"JINN!"
(Y/N) came to a screeching halt in the air as the world around them froze. He then landed on the Lancer and hugged Ruby's waist. She hugged him back and the two became aware someone was watching them from behind. Ruby sighed.
"I'm sorry. I don't have a question for you, I just...I just needed a little more time."
They let go and turned to face Jinn, who had a stony expression on her face. She was clearly unamused.
"I know, and though neither of you seek knowledge, just this once, I shall give it freely: I will not allow you to use me without a question again." Both looked at her nervously as her lips curled into a smile. "Even if this was clever."
They nodded and Ruby turned back to face the approaching Leviathan. She closed her mind and thought of her happiest memories at Beacon: their first day together, Weiss accepting her as leader; Blake cheering in Port's class; Yang encouraging her; the whole team looking over Vale after the breach; meeting (Y/N); him choosing to trust them; them becoming a family; their many friends; then...Summer. She smiled back at her daughter and Ruby felt the power burst through her. (Y/N) covered his eyes as a blinding silver light engulfed them. When he could see again, he saw the Leviathan, petrified. He blinked in amazement as he could hear the people of Argus cheering. He hugged her.
"You did it!"
"I had a little help." She teased.
Suddenly, they both heard cracking and looked up to see the head of the Leviathan was now un petrified and was thrashing about.
"It's still alive!?" (Y/N) yelled as he prepared to unload every blast of fire he had left in him.
"I'll take it from here." Cordovine's voice interrupted.
The siblings looked to see the mech, now missing an arm, heading straight toward them.
It charged the Leviathan as its hand transformed into a drill.
"I was sworn to protect the people!"
The mech leapt for the beast and drove the drill deep into its neck. The Leviathan screeched in pain and slowly turned to dust. Cordovine then approached the duo, opening the front of the mech to look at them, face to face.
"Thank you." Ruby said before looking down. "And, I'm sorry."
Cordovine kept her head held high. "The Atlas military can handle the stragglers."
(Y/N) raised a brow at her. "Wait, are you-?"
"I don't think anyone would notice if one more ship went missing in my...lengthy report."
The siblings smiled as Cordovine turned the mech around and headed back to base.
(Y/N) sighed in relief.
"Well, I think that went well."
Ruby chuckled and ruffled his hair.
(Timeskip)
(Y/N) was slumped against Weiss, completely exhausted. It was nighttime by now, and they had been flying for quite some time.
"We should have just enough fuel to make it to Atlas." Maria announced.
"Thanks Ms. Calavera." Ruby responded.
(Y/N) let out a yawn as Weiss allowed him to lay his head in her lap.
"Tired?"
"Exhausted."
She ran her fingers through his hair and he hummed in approval.
"You have every right to be. You were very brave today."
He smiled up at her. "Well I have some good role models."
Weiss gave him a small smile before glancing over to Yang and Blake.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that nightmare, but I'm glad Yang and (Y/N) we're there for you in time."
The two girls' expressions softened as Yang gently grabbed Blake's hand.
"We were there for each other."
"Took the words right out of my mouth." Nora agreed, leaning against Jaune.
Ruby smiled at the heartwarming scene before everyone turned their eyes to her. She held up her hands.
"Hey, stop it."
"You petrified a Leviathan, after diving down the barrel of a cannon!" Ren said enthusiastically.
"Uh, oh don't act like you all haven't done crazy stuff before." She stuttered before motioning nervously and dramatically towards Oscar. "D-duh I mean, Oscar made a successful crash landing!...he's a 14 year old farm hand!"
"That was seriously impressive." Jaune admitted as everyone looked over to said farm boy.
"We'd have been stranded without you." Blake pointed out.
"I..." He hesitated. "Thanks, but...I've been meaning to tell you guys...I didn't land the ship on my own."
"Ozpin took control?" Nora asked.
"No, he guided me...then he was gone again."
"Does that mean he's been watching us this whole time?" Yang asked.
"I don't know." Oscar admitted. "But at least that means he's looking out for us."
"He'll be back." (Y/N) said confidently. Oscar looked at him in surprise as he sat up. "Oz is gone now, but I don't think it's for good."
Oscar took comfort in his words as Qrow's voice called out.
"Hey, if you've never seen Atlas in person before, you don't want to miss this."
The gang stood up and walked to the front of the ship to see the view. Ruby shook slightly and (Y/N) took her hand.
"Is it weird I'm slightly nervous?"
"That would make two of us."
"No." Yang jumped in. "I'll believe we made it to Atlas when I see it."
"Well, believe it." Weiss stated as the city came into view.
(Y/N) stared in amazement: an entire city, floating as if it were a cloud! It was incredible.
"Ya know, you make the trip over and over, but you never get used to that view." Maria joked as he eye went bad again. "Oh come on!"
Ruby and (Y/N) leaned against Qrow's chair, just taking in the view. However, Ruby saw her little brother freeze as his eyes wandered up.
"(Y/N), what is it?"
"Weiss, is that normal?"
Everyone's gaze followed the bows as they saw a massive fleet of ships stationed above the city.
"The Atlas Air Fleet?" Weiss questioned. "I heard our ships were called back, but-,"
Qrow finished her thought.
"They're set up like they're expecting an attack."
It was then the coms came back on.
"Manta 5.1, welcome home."

Next time, Volume 7 folks.