Remnants of a World I Once Knew: Volume 2

Chapter 3

Soon, Yang and Blake reached a hill, overlooking an abandoned temple. "I wonder if we're the first folks here," Yang began. "Well....no one's here exactly so what gave it away?," Blake asked as she slid down. "Hey. I'm just saying. Someone could've been here before us," Yang continued as she slid downhill after Blake. "The relics are chest pieces?," Yang asked. "Shocking right?," Blake asked Yang. "Yeah....was expecting a bit more.....relic and ancient like," Yang continued. She glanced at a knight piece to her right, just standing upright on a small pillar. Yang strolled over and grabbed it. "How about a cute little pony?," Yang asked. Blake shrugged her shoulders. "Eh. Sure thing," Blake replied.

"Oh where did that redhead go?," Weiss muttered as she gazed at several beowulves who were surrounding her, ready to pounce on her. "Okay, you can do this, Schne," Weiss inhaled. "Shoulders back. Right foot forward. Back straight," Weiss began. She positioned herself in a jabbing position and quickly zoomed to the nearest beowulf. She was about to impale it when Ruby came out of nowhere, slicing the beast in two. "Hah! Gotcha!," Ruby smirked. Weiss was stunned and stumbled. Her Myrtenaster nearly striking Ruby's left arm, sending a trail of fire and a large cut that knocked at tree over. "Hey!," Ruby jumped out, startled. "Watch it!," Ruby hissed. "Well! If you had exercised a bit more caution rather than foolishness, then maybe the forest would not be set on fire and you wouldn't have to be startled!," Weiss hissed. The beowulves began to growl at them, interrupting their argument. Ruby and Weiss stopped arguing and stood back to back, weapons at the ready. Ruby was about to strike when Weiss stopped her. "Wait. There's no sense in fighting them. We're wasting time as it is," Weiss began. "What do you mean?! We can take them! Don't you trust me?!," Ruby began. Weiss looked up but before she knew it, she was snatched up by a large Nevermore. "Weiss!," Ruby grabs onto her foot, being lifted off the ground as the Nevermore shrieked, its wings flapping, away from the beowulves and seemingly headed to the old temple.

Pyyrha Nikos trundled through the forest. Behind her, Jaune Arc was trailing her, having feel a bit of shame that a girl saved him. Pyrrha ducked under a branch. Jaune however, didn't see it and ran headlong. "Oohhhh," Jaune groaned. "You okay?," Pyrrha picked Jaune up. "Yeah," Jaune nods in confidence, bearing a scar across his forehead. "Don't you have an aura?," Pyrrha asked. "Aaa what?," Jaune asked. "An aura. An energy that flows through the body. It acts like a healer too. Let me show you a demonstration," Pyrrha placed a hand on his cheek and her body began to glow. The same glow touched Jaune and he began to glow as well. Jaune's scar slowly began to disappear. Finally, the scar was gone. "You have a lot of it," Pyrrha noted. "Uh..thanks," Jaune replied. He noticed a cave with something glowing. "Hey...is that the artifact?," Jaune pointed to the glowing light. Jaune trundled slowly and into the cave. Pyrrha followed him. "I can't see," Jaune sighed. Pyrrha lit a torch. "Thanks," Jaune replied. He turned back and saw the glowing light within arm's reach. "Hah!," Jaune reached for it but the light moved back. "Hey!," Jaune tried again, to no avail. Jaune then leaped and grabbed the artifact. "Jaune...," Pyrrha took a few steps back. The light shone brighter, revealing a scorpion Grimm. A girly scream emitted throughout the forest.

"Some girl's in trouble!," Yang told Blake. Blake wasn't paying attention to Yang as her head was fixated upwards. A beowulf charged from the forest, only to fall forwards, dead. With Nora hopping off. "Hi there!," Nora squealed as she approached Yang and Blake. "Did she just came running on a Beowulf?," Blake asked. Lie Ren came stumbling out of the forest, panting. "Nora...don't ever do that again," Lie Ren sighed. In the distance, Pyrrha came charging towards them with a Deathstalker and Jaune hanging on for dear life, squealing like a girl. The Deathstalker swung its' claw, swiping Pyrrha and sending her to the floor next to Yang. "Did she just came running here with a Deathstalker on her tail?," Blake asked. "Ugh! No more! EVERYONE CHILL THE EFF OUT FOR LIKE 2 SECONDS!," Yang blew up. Her hair glowing with her eyes turning red. "Uhhh Yang?," Blake points up. Yang looked up to see Ruby fall next to her. "Yang!," Ruby hugs. Yang immediately calmed down and hugged her. "RUBY!," Weiss hollered. Everyone looked up. "I told her to let go," Ruby sighed. "Let go!," she yelled. "I hate you!," Weiss lets go of the Nevermore and began to fall. At the same time, the Deathstalker launched Jaune. Jaune was sent catapulting and caught Weiss. For a minute, they locked eyes. "Just dropping by," Jaune smirked. They both looked back, realizing they were going to hit a tree. "Uh oh," the two replied. Both collided with the tree. "My hero," Weiss sassed. "My back...," Jaune groaned.

"Great! We're all here! Let's die together!," Yang spoke. "Not on my watch!," Ruby replied as the Nevermore landed on a cliff. "What's the plan?," Jaune asked. "It's easy. Destroy the Deathstalker and the Nevermore," Weiss replied. "We've got no time to loose. Let's go, team!," Ruby replied and sprinted forward. The others did the same. Blake noticed Yang smirking at Ruby. "You okay?," Blake asked. "Yeah...," Yang replied and sprinted after Ruby. Blake shrugged her shoulders and followed Blake.

"Charging's a bit desperate," Goodwich replied. "Desperate but necessary. Drastic actions on the fly. Sometimes, you have to adapt to the situation," Fives replied. "Why not stick to the original plan?," Goodwich asked. "Because at some point, the situation will change and the plan won't work," Fives replied.