The Dark Angel (REBOOTED)

Chapter 38

We resume our journey with the Grimm Dragon flying across the sky, passing Ruby and the airship she was on along with a flock of other flying Grimm.

A Griffon lands behind Ruby and she dodged out of the way of its claws just in time and quickly fights it, slashing right through it and killing it with a single strike. She stands there with her head down trying to collect herself until she feels like she's being watched and turns around to see Neo snapping a picture of her with her Scroll and sending it to Roman with the phrase "Guess who?" attached to the image.

Roman: Oh, you cannot be serious!

Taking the Scroll transmitting the control virus from the console, Roman turns and makes his way through the airship to get up to Neo and Ruby.

At Beacon, Blake takes a step back with a look of abject fear at Adam who watches her.

Adam: Running away again? Is this what you've become, my love? A coward?

Blake: Why are you doing this!

Adam: You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!

Adam then steps on a fallen student and looks at Blake with a smile before taking his katana out and holding it towards the student.

Adam: Let this be the spark.

Before she could skewer the student, Blake dives in and attack Adam. Clashing swords with him, Blake tells Adam plain and simple.

Blake: I'm...not..running!

Adam: You will...

Adam kicks Blake away from him and she falls to the floor before a Grimm comes in and charges at her but was shot dead by Adam.

Outside, everyone was fighting for their lives against the onslaught of hostile forces which was made worse with Atlas military robots joining the side of the enemy. They begin to lose ground as their numbers begin to dwindle due to the power of the Atlesian Knights using their massive build to tank hits form the students before dishing out hits that sent them flying back.

Their situation was made worse by the sudden appearance of demons in the area which only made the group more outnumbered and outmatched. The only ones who seemed to be doing any sort of damage were Weiss and Team JNPR as they had been told/taught how to deal with a threat like this by Vale's resident Devil Hunters, Team ODDS. They all cut down the demons that stood in their way and celebrated for a few seconds before they were assaulted upon by Atlas mechs that knock down the heavy hitters of the group, Yatsuhashi and Nora.

Neptune: Uh, this is bad!

Coco: Well, I guess now is a better time than any. Velvet!

Smiling at her leader, Velvet asks if it was really okay to use whatever Coco was hinting at and she nods, giving Velvet the okay to use whatever she's been working on all this time and watched with those who were nearby as Velvet walks up to three Atlas mechs undeterred by their massive stature.

Weiss: What are you doing? She's going to get hurt!

Coco smiles and tells Weiss to watch as Velvet holds her hand out and a light shines from behind her and a weapon appears in her hand. Crescent Rose. But this one was different as it was blue and clear like it was a physical blueprint of the weapon.

She then jumps into the air, dodging gunfire from one of the mechs and using the weapons as if she'd been using it for years, and cuts into the mech but doesn't destroy it. Velvet then switches weapons and takes a fencing stance as Weiss' weapon, Myrenaster appears in her hand and she attacks the mech, thrusting the blade into the front of the mech before creating some distance to switch to Yangs Ember Cecilia that she uses to shoot a few shots at the mech before ducking under its arms and switches to Blake's Gambol Shroud that she uses the rope to tie the legs of the mech up before swatting away the hand of the mech behind her before flinging the sheath into the face of the mech, making it spark as she had swapped to Coco's mini gun and begins to light up the mech with a endless volley of bullets as it make's its way towards her.