Falke crashes through the outer wall of the warehouse as a blinding beam of radiant energy blasts him away. Out of the hole he was sent through, Nelo Pyrrha walks out. In one hand, the shining spear of the light God glows with the radiant light, and in her other hand, a large swordspear sparks with green lightning. Behind her, Pyrrha leaps out in her Devil trigger, but Nelo Pyrrha ducks underneath using her swordspear to slash at Pyrrha's back. Pyrrha toughens through the slash and goes for a thrust, but Nelo Pyrrha sidesteps the thrust and counters with an upward slash with her swordspear, which leaves her opening for a radiant beam from her other spear. As Pyrrha flies towards him, Falke jumps up and catches her before hitting the ground.
Falke: "You alright?" Pyrrha nodding as she gets up as the two of them take a battle stance.
Nelo Pyrrha: "You don't seem to get it. You have zero chance at beating me. There's a reason I'm always with Hawk, not just because I'm his beloved but because I'm the only one who can offer him any form of challenge. No matter how hard you fight, you aren't getting past me." Raising her swordspear, Nameless, lightning begins to strike the surrounding area.
Falke and Pyrrha dodge the lightning strikes as they try and close the distance between them. As they get close, Nelo Pyrrha stabs Nameless into the ground sending green arcs through the ground underneath them. Yanking it out, lightning erupts from the ground, electrocuting the two of them. As Falke drops to one knee, he sees Pyrrha knocked out from the pain.
Falke: "Pyrrha!!" Rushing over to her, he gets blasted into a wall by a beam of radiant light.
Nelo Pyrrha: "Worry about the fight in front of you, not the ones who couldn't keep up."
Falke: "You're not Pyrrha. There isn't a world where you can be this cruel. The Pyrrha I know is the kindest, sweetest person in the world."
Standing up, he clashes weapons with her, barely dodging her attacks as she doesn't struggle to block and deflect his attacks. He performed a crouched spin, slashing his chest and shredding his aura with the attack. Finally, she ends the reel with a kick to his leg bring him to one knee as she knees his face.
Nelo Pyrrha: "The Pyrrha, you know, is weak and scared. She still lives a life filled with anxiety and self-doubt. I, on the other hand, don't have such weaknesses. I cut both of those out with Hawk's help, and I'll forever be grateful for it. I'll never leave his side, and he can always count on me to never fail." Kicking him in the face, knocking him out.
Inside the compound, the rest of Team NAFP, as well as Malachite twins, Neo, Cinder, Emerald, and Oscar, run through the hallways. Ace turns around and fires a couple rounds down the hallway, being blocked by a floating ice wall as behind it, Nelo Ren, Nelo Nora, and Nelo Qrow walk.
Nelo Ren: "I wonder how long it'll be before they realize bullets can't pierce blue ice." Nelo Nora shrugs.
As the group continued to run down the hallways. Ace and Cinder continued to try and cover their escape, but their attacks couldn't breach the wall.
Emerald: "How did this happen? How they know she had the crown?"
Emerald referencing Miss Malachite, who had used Ozpin/Oscar to open the vault containing the Crown of Will and was using it for herself. But when the Four Swords and Hawk raided the compound, Nelo Qrow killed her and tried to take the crown, but Neo managed to grab it before he could. But they couldn't dwell on what they couldn't stop as they soon found themselves trapped in a storage area or, more accurately...a dead end.
Nero: "Fuck! You know a way out?!" Miltia and Melanie shake their heads.
Ace: "Uh, guys! They're closing in." Continuing to fire into the ice wall but to no avail.
Backing to the far end of the room. They watch as three of the Four Swords head into the room and surround the 7 of them. They stand ready to face the three half-demons as they hear a set of two more people walk from the hallway they entered in from. They tense up as Nelo Pyrrha walks into the room, followed by Hawk.
Hawk: "Looks as though this is the last bastion standing against us and our ultimate goal."
Nelo Qrow: "The rest of the gang has collapsed from their leader's death. These seven were trying to make off with the relic."
Nelo Ren: "Luckily, they didn't know their own compound and trapped themselves."
Nelo Pyrrha: "And don't expect your two teammates to come and save you. I already took care of them."
Hawk: "As expected from my strongest Sword. Now for you lot. Hand over the relic, and I won't have to have them do something deadly."
Ace slowly grabs the Crown from Emerald without drawing Hawk's attention. He then steps out from the group, Crown in hand.
Ace: "If you want it, you can have it. All you have to do is take it." Holding out his hand, Hawk slowly approaches.
When Hawk is only a foot away from Ace, a blinding light flashes from Ace, the light blinds everyone else as they hear Ace shout something.
Ace: "CELESTIAL!!"
Before Hawk could react, Ace shoots a shot of solar light into the ground caving it in beneath them. They fall for several feet before they land on a solid foundation. Ace dodges the collapsing rubble that filled the hole he made, letting Hawk be crushed underneath the rubble.
Ace: "*Phew* Thought that wouldn't work." Crown still in hand.
Hawk: "It didn't. But I commend you for trying."
Ace quickly turns to fire at Hawk, standing behind him, but Hawk dodges the shot. Ace rolls away as Hawk slashes at the spot Ace was in. As he rolls away, he fires a couple of rounds, shattering the light fixtures that kept the room lit.
Hawk: "Hiding in the darkness won't help you, Ace. What hope do you have to beat me?"
Hawk dodges a round fired at him. As he avoids the shot, he's forced to stumble as a bullet grazed his leg. How did he know where he was going to step? Hawk thought. Did he have a form of night vision?
Hawk then turns as he feels heat and sees a light emanating from a couple of feet away from him. He sees Ace glowing like a fire; his hand holds a hand cannon surrounded by a golden light, like the sun itself. On his head rest the Crown of Will.
Ace: "I don't know, skill, luck, but how about some divine cheating. Now come on, then, you piece of shit, come face the Man with the Golden Gun."
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Child of Omens: Part 3
FanfictionWith the Staff of Creation and the Sword of Destruction in safe hands, as well Dante and Vergil getting new physical bodies. Things are looking up for Falke and his friends. But just because the shadows can't be seen doesn't mean they aren't there.
