Eclipse - Act 1 - The Healing

Chapter 24 - Hold the Academy

Winter

Time is drastically running out for Beacon, and they can hear the war that is beginning against the Creatures of Grimm beneath them. But the roars and the gunfire and explosions are just getting fainter and fainter the further away the Shadow of Broken Promises gets from the Academy. So, Winter and Eryka are both moving as fast as they possibly can, running down the hallways with their sleeves pushed up, ready to fight with their hands. Something they are going to need to do right about now.

They both slow down with widened eyes as a bunch of Stockholm Troopers sprint down the hallway and raise their fists, glaring right into their eyes with their fists held up. They stand in the tight hallway, waiting for them to make their move. Winter and Eryka look at each other and they both nod, knowing what to do. They may have no weapons, but they have both trained in the arts of war with their knuckles and legs. The body is still the greatest weapon of them all, because it is always with you.

The soldiers stand tall and their helmets fold over their heads, disguising their voices with the distorters built into the auditory speakers. They clench their armoured fists, they could almost certainly beat them down, but it all depends on their skill. Winter and Eryka look at each other and they both nod their heads with smirks. "Well, this isn't fair...for them." She says, and the squad of Stockholm Troopers charge forward and one of them swings his fist with all his might, but as the two Huntresses charge forward, they display their superior skills. Eryka ducks under her foe's swing and punches him in his gut, causing him to stagger. It is clear that these soldiers did not have time to grab weapons, but that does not mean there will be any reinforcements without weapons coming as well. The soldier hunches forward from the impact of her fist to his chest, and she swings her leg round and slams the back of her heel into the side of his head.

As Eryka spins round in the tight corridor, Winter ducks down as well, just missing her leg, then she runs forward and jumps up, pressing her foot against the wall to jump higher, and as she comes down, she punches another soldier across the face, knocking him down to the ground. She slides across the metal floor and swipes her arm under the leg of the other, knocking him over beside his friend. She punches down into his helmet with all her might, cracking the glowing red visors that construct his helmet.

These soldiers are only the standard ranked infantrymen and even then, they are still quite tough for even skilled Huntresses to combat. They are named Raven Talons, and they fight with vicious precision. One of them grabs Winter by her white hair and swings her round, slamming her face into the wall with force. His voice distorted by the helmet, he growls as he forces her head into the white painted wall. Winter presses her hands against the wall, gritting her teeth in anger as she pushes her head away, feeling the metal plated hand of the soldier squeezing the back of her head. She slowly turns her head with anger, slamming her elbow into the mouth piece and cracking the fixed oxygen mask, meaning these guys must be used to fighting in hazardous locations as well. The black smoke shimmers across his body from underneath the armour, but as Winter swings her fist at his head he ducks down and punches her in the chest.

She slides across the floor and the soldier dashes towards her in a cloud of black smoke for a few seconds, just like how Ruby does but instead of petals it is some form of artificial smog. The Raven Talon swings his fist right at her face, but she leans back at a total ninety degrees, her white hair falling behind her head as she kneels there, and the soldier moves past her. He swings again but she blocks his attack with her forearm, then jumps up and wraps her legs around his head, rolling downwards and throwing him towards another who came charging towards her, knocking him onto the floor as well. The armour scrapes across the floor and as soon as he goes to get up, she kicks him against his face extremely hard, cracking the visor and he grunts, rolling across the floor.