The Knights of Grimm - Act 3 - Shattered Memory

Chapter 53 - Silver Eyed Rage

Ruby

The ground shatters, chunks of concrete with ribs of rebar protruding from its structure. Plumes of thick dust and silt thrown sky high, just as Ruby and Fennec come exploding out from the Chamber.

Ruby shrieks with fury, eyes burning with silver flames, smashing Fennec into the ground with Crescent Rose, instantly spinning round to slam the blunt end of her scythe directly into his chest, firing the rifle at the same time, using the recoil to build the attack up. The impact creates a boom that blasts wind around them, and Fennec grunts as he launches away from her, only to drag his Spiral Dagger into the ground to slow himself down. Dust and rubble fall from his body as he slowly stands back up, staring straight at Ruby with a maniacal smirk on his face. Ruby stands before him, almost looking feral with the anger in her teary eyes, desperate to avenge her friend.

Fennec slowly stands back up as he draws a second Dagger from within his robes, standing his ground. "I'm guessing that human was your friend?" Fennec presumes, and Ruby snarls with rage.

"He was a mentor!" She roars, firing her sniper rifle at him, but his lightning fast reflexes help him just sidestep the bullet at the perfect time.

"Then maybe I should have made it more painful." He scoffs, and then Ruby turns to see Corsac jumping up from where he must have climbed up the hole. He pulls his hood down, revealing the scars on his face and the short hair through the middle of his scalp and a stubby ponytail, the rest of his head is shaven down the sides. Across the right side of his head, scraping through the shaven parts of his head are three scars that he must have been given by a Grimm at some point.

"We'll be sure to deliver your head to Blake Belladonna afterwards." Corsac assures as he draws his daggers, but Ruby shows no fear towards the two Fox Faunus Warriors.

"This ends here for both of you!" Ruby yells with rage, lunging towards Fennec first who just smirks as he sprints towards her as well. Corsac, clearly the smarter one of the two, is the one to try and flank the young Silver Eyed Girl. Ruby spins round as she slashes Crescent Rose at Fennec, but he rolls backwards, narrowly avoiding the attack, proceeding to blast flames straight at her. Ruby twirls the huge scythe through her fingers with great agility, managing to completely deflect the fire bolt, flames rupturing across the red blur of her weapon.

Corsac suddenly jumps and kicks Ruby in the side of the head, then jabbing forward with the Spiralling Dagger at her chest, but her aura shields any possible damage. Corsac ducks down when Ruby thrashes Crescent Rose at him, and he blasts the flames at her feet to cause her to stumble. As she staggers, he performs an impressive roundhouse kick that knocks the weapon from her grasp. Assuming she is now defenceless, he smirks and he goes to deal some more damage.

But he has been out of the loop, because Ruby has learned hand-to-hand combat thanks to Yang, Sun and Kassius. When he goes for a second attack, Ruby catches his forearm and she slams her elbow down into his arm, making him bark with pain to make him release the dagger. Ruby catches the weapon in her other arm and she throws the Dagger directly at Corsac, the blade punctures through his hood that is still down. The dagger carries him across the courtyard of the Radar Station, pinning him to the wall. Corsac grunts as he smashes into the wall, trying to break free from his predicament.

Ruby turns as Fennec yells, swinging his fist at her, so she backs up but only for Fennec to counter by punching right up her jaw, knocking her back and crashing against one of the walls. Ruby falls to the ground and reaches for Crescent Rose, only for Fennec to smash his foot right into her face. Fennec scoops his hands against her throat as he throttles her against the floor with that same smirk on his face. "You humans have always pushed the Faunus down; we will crush the Humans one by one, until only the Faunus remain! We are the dominant species of Remnant!" Fennec yells with rage, only for Ruby to reach down and grab her secondary combat knife sheathed on her leg, slashing it across his aura to knock him off.