Chapter 35: The Darkest Endings...

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Hawk begins to walk into the room both his team and team RWBY & CFVY are in. Blood from those he had slain dripped from the Yamato. His hair had now been stained a deep crimson red. His clothes had multiple fresh bloodstains.

Hawk: "Qrow. You said you could convince them before I arrived. It seems as though it's my turn for negotiations."

Qrow: "Hey! No! Just give me more time, please."

Hawk: "....*sigh* Fine, you have three minutes."

Qrow: "Look, you kids need to give us Oscar, or you are all going to die. Can't you fucking see that?! Us four are trying to make you!! Not just from some invisible hand that controls your lives but from death itself!"

Ruby thinks it over. She knows what Hawk has done. He's killed hundreds without a second thought, murdered Yang in front of her. He corrupted both three of her closest friends and her uncle into becoming demons. Everywhere he has ever gone, he has brought death and destruction with him. And now he stands before them covered in the blood of more innocent people looking to do the right thing, only because they got in his way.

Ruby: Looks directly at Hawk with both determination and hate. "We will never help you because we aren't scared of you."

Hawk: "Hmph. Then you shall die braver than most." Transforming into his Half-Demon form, he launches towards the group.

Preparing to strike, his blade meets the edge of Nero's. The two lock blades for a moment before Hawk grabs Nero's metallic arm and tosses him aside. But Nero counters by the grappling hook built into his arm, piercing into Hawk's shoulder. He roars in anger as he slices the cable and turns to Nero.

Hawk: "My Four swords. Ensure Oscar doesn't escape. If they try to stop you...kill them quickly, or I won't." Nero, flipping back up, readies his blade.

Nero: "I guess we haven't met. Name's Nero."

Hawk: "Good. A name to add to your tombstone. "Here lies Nero, the fool who thought he could kill the king of hell." Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?" The two then launch at one another to continue their duel.

Back with the Four Swords, they are currently chasing down the rest of Team RWBY and Team CFVY.

Qrow: "Nora, Ren, take care of the blockers. Pyrrha, you're with me."

Ren: "Right. Come on, Nora" The two of them jump in to fight against team CFVY.

Qrow wishes down Weiss with his scythe to deal a blow that could knock her out of the fight. His strike getting blocked by Ruby. Pyrrha unleashes a lightning blast towards the duplicates of Blake, vaporizing most of them.

Blake: "How does it feel, Pyrrha? To sleep with a mass murderer."

Pyrrha: "Shut up! You have no idea who he is!" Using her swordspear, Nameless, to slash at more of Blake's duplicates.

As the two continue their fight, Qrow is busy fighting both Ruby and Weiss and dodging ice glyph after ice glyph from Weiss. Unable to close the distance as Ruby would cut him off, consistently drawing his attention away from Weiss. But Qrow isn't a stranger to faster opponents. Creating an opening by catching Ruby by her hood and using the edge of his scythe to cut a massive gash into her thigh, effectively immobilizing her.

Qrow: "You can either help her or keep fighting Weiss? Your choice." Weiss, without hesitation, rushed over to help Ruby, leaving Oscar alone.

Back with Hawk and Nero, the two of them continue their fight. But Hawk could tell that Nero was stalling for time. But there was no one coming to help them, and Hawk had made sure of that.

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