RWBY: Purple Pheonix

Chapter Sixteen - Reunited

"So your gauntlet is infused with Dust, eh?" The woman in red said "let's see how well you use it."

Jet's hand was enveloped by purple fire. Her eyes widened. "Impressive" she said. He rushed, ready to claw her eyes out. She created a bow out of nothing, firing arrow after arrow at him. He dodged left and right, running in zigzags. She sent a blast of raw energy at him, which he deflected back at her with help from his gauntlet.

Suddenly she was gone. Jet stopped and scanned his surroundings for her. He felt fingernails dig into his jaw. She was behind him, and now had the upper hand, she could kill him with the flick of her wrist. "How foolish" she said "did you really think this would work in your favor?"

"When facing an opponent with unknown skill and abilities, it's important to be prepared" Jet said coldly.

He released energy unstably from his gauntlet, a dangerous move, but it worked in putting distance between them.

Jet stummbled forward, grasping his flank. The pulse had knocked the woman back and stunned her. Unfortunately, it had also rattled Jet, causing pain to sear his flank do to his previous injuries. Perspiration began to form on his brow, and he panted hard. *This is bad* he thought

This is really bad

The woman began to laugh slightly.

"You're already wounded and yet still picked a fight with us" she laughed "what a fool."

"I....ah.....I won't let you hurt them" Jet panted.

He put his remaining energy into his gauntlet. His every move sent new waves of pain through his body. He charged the woman, his energy was met with hers, locking the two into a sort of stalemate.

Emerald lashed out at Neo furiously enraged at the difficulty she was having in landing an attack on Neo. The smaller girl was incredibly agile and nimble. Neo smirked at the trouble she was causing her opponent. She spun around and kicked the dark skinned girl, adding another bruise to her collection. She began to shoot furiously, her fingers rapidly hammering the triggers. Neo hid behind her open umbrella, waiting for the gunfire to cease. Neo noticed Torchwick being overpowered and knew she had to get over to help him NOW. Emerald let up and yelled out

"Cinder!" noticing her and Jet's duel.

She fired her weapons at Jet, causing Neo to zero in on her. When she struck, she hit harder then she had during the entire course of the fight. She kicked the taller woman in the stomach followed by a back kick to the head, sending her to the ground. Neo didn't wait to see if she would get back up, she had to help Torchwick.

Roman staggered backwards, having been kicked in the stomach. He narrowly avoided a kick to the head. Mercury was overpowering him? How was this happening? The silver haired teen threw another roundhouse.

Okay Roman thought now I'm mad.

He caught the attack with his left hand and began to hammer on his opponent with his cane. Mercury jumped and lashed out with his other leg, sending them both to the floor. He quickly rolled away from Roman and leapt back to his feet. Roman hadn't even gotten up by the time Mercury leapt at him again. He noticed Neo rapidly headed for Mercury. He smirked and raised Melodic Cudgel. Mercury couldn't do anything as he was already in midair. He was blasted directly by Roman's flair followed by a kick from Neo, sending him into a mountain of heavy duty crates. Roman smiled, but unfortunately there was no time to celebrate, they had two down and one to go.

Jet's limbs screamed under the abuse, he was pushing himself harder then ever. He was thankful to see that he wasn't the only one running low on energy, for his opponent was faltering as well.

White Fang grunts began to funnel in to assist their leaders. Neo and Roman were completely surrounded. Jet needed to help them. Unfortunately his desperation didn't help him in the slightest. There was a way for him to finish this, but he was unsure his body could handle it.

I must be crazy he thought this is going to hurt.

He let off on his energy and lunged forward. He let out a fierce yell to cover up his scream of agony. The pure energy made his body burn with pain. This created an opening which he used to slash the woman's side with his claw. Her attack stopped, allowing Jet to collect himself. Jet heard someone yell "Cinder!" followed by a barrage of bullets fired at him. He fell back to avoid them.

The woman in red now loomed over him. One hand was on her wound while the other gathered energy. Her lips were curled into a wicked smile.

"Foolish boy" she chuckled, raising her hand. Amethyst came running from out of nowhere, slashing the woman's back with her katana. "That brat!" she hissed "so she's the one who's been meddling with our operation!"

"Hey!" Jet growled, now standing directly before her "don't ever talk about my sister like that!"

Jet kicked her across the face, rendering her unconscious.

White Fang grunts had continued funnling into the warehouse storeroom. The four of them regrouped as they were surrounded.

"Nice to see you've joined us, Amethyst" Roman joked.

"Now isn't the time for pleasantries" the silver haired Faunus fired back at him.

"Stop arguing, guys! Jet's wounded!" Neo snapped

"I'm...fine" said Jet. However, his body language said otherwise. He was panting hard, and his grip on his weapon was weak. He winced every time he moved.

"Listen up.....I've got a plan" he said, sheathing his katana "I'll clear a path with my gauntlet, make sure you're right behind me!"

Before his alleys could argue, or tell him to stop straining himself, he had already collected a massive amount of energy from the White Fang's grunts. The purple energy took the shape of a bird as he charged through with them right behind him. After all of the geunts were either unconscious, or had gotten out of Jet's way, he kept going and blasted straight through the wall. He turned on his heels, his friends darting past him, and he sent the energy back into the warehouse. He fell to one knee as the building began to collapse, his vision blurring. Roman helped Jet up, and sholdered the teens weight.

However, Jet could hold on no longer, and way consumed by darkness.