Y/n Aspro is an aspiring Huntsman, you and your friends run around Remnant attempting to save the world. Your past haunts you and your incredibly powerful semblance can go out of control, not to mention your still unawakened potential and powers. Ho...
"Has to be, I haven't seen anyone else use blackened glass before."
"Not good." Blake adds.
"It doesn't matter right now!" James yells.
"This is the exact symbol Salem showed us last time when everything had already fallen. When it was too late."
"General, it's not too late. We can still save Mantle." Weiss says.
"It's already too late, if I send more forces down to Mantle then Atlas will be even more vulnerable." He replies to Weiss.
"In trying to save everyone, we've only doomed ourselves." Vine says.
"We have to follow Oz's plan." James says aloud.
"What plan?"
"I'll say in a second, once one of you tell me what you all have been hiding. Oscar and me talked after you all left for Mantle. So don't lie to me." He says gritting his teeth.
"Salem can't be killed. There's still one more question on Jinn as well."
"And...?" He says.
"Oz left because of us. We didn't make him leave. But he left after we—!"
"Our only good advisor is gone because of all of you." He takes a deep breath.
"Weiss." She looks at James.
"I've sent your sister to claim the power of the Winter Maiden." He states calmly. Weiss is stunned, her and Winter had already had this conversation, but it was supposed to be natural, through old age. Now Winter has to murder Fria.
"James, that's wrong." You tell him.
"We don't have a choice!" He screams at you.
"James, you're going to change Winter if she does that. She won't be the same person."
"I know, she'll be the Winter Maiden." He looks solemnly at you and Weiss. Yang comforts Weiss.
"Now the plan. It was Oz's plan a time ago, we use the Staff of Creation to lift Atlas high up into the air, high enough to save it, out of reach for Grimm as well." He states.
"You'd be leaving Mantle to die." Yang says.
"I know."
"What's the council going to say about this?"
"Nothing. Once I declare Martial Law."
"Don't..." Weiss barely gets out.
"You can't do that!" Yang spouts off, eyes red now.
"Whose side are you on?" Harriet asks.
"The people who depend on us to protect them!" Blake screams out.
"We can't protect Mantle anymore!" Just then Watts' bag rumbles heavily. A Seer Grimm emerges from the bag, James pulls Due Process our but doesn't fire.
"General Ironwood... and the brave huntsman and huntresses who bested Arthur Watts..." A figure begins to emerge from the Seer.
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"Congratulations."
Everyone is shaking, except Ruby, Salem turns to face James.
"General, time has never been on your side. It has always been on mine. Surrender the Lamp and the Staff to me or there will be punishment. For Dr. Watts and dear Tyrian were only meant to set the stage." She calmly says and almost in a swift motion of anger, she looks at you and everyone else.
"For what?" James questions her.
"For me."
James takes a gulp.
"That's... not going to happen."
"This bloodshed can end, just please. Do me these things, and this can all be over." She says in an almost caring tone.
"We know you can't be killed." Ruby speaks up, Salem turns her gaze to Ruby.
"But we don't have to kill you to stop you. And we will stop you." Salem smiles.
"Your mother... said those same words to me." Ruby instantly looks on the verge of tears.
"My... mother?"
"She was wrong too." Salem more seriously says. Ruby begins breaking down. She's trying to hide it and be strong for her team, but the damage is done. As she wipes tears from her eyes, they flicker, she tries to use them, to no avail. Ruby then collapses, breaking down now, crying enough to fill rivers, Yang rushes to her side and catches her.
"And your mother is a entirely different story." She looks at you.
"My mom, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HER!?" As Salem disappears, she scoffs.
"Laughable."
And she is gone. Almost like mist.
"THAT was Salem? That's who were up against?" Shouts Marrow.
"What're we going to do?"
"The plan doesn't change, we still use the staff to raise Atlas, that's our mission."
"But Mantle.." You plead.
"The hardest decisions require strong wills."
"You're right." Blake says.
"Blake?"
"And I believe the right decision is to stand our ground." She continues.
"Me too." Weiss says.
"Me too." Yang says.
"Me. Too." You continue. Ruby is still on the floor, Salem broke her with a mere sentence.
"In that case, I am sorry, but you are all under arrest." He begins walking out of the room.
"You can't just keep us here." He looks back with one eye.
"I know." The Ace Ops stand in front of the door, blocking your exit.
"You won't get away with this James."
"..." He walks away.
Ace Ops VS you and the remaining RWBY, Ruby is out of condition, time for you to step up. Again thanks for reading! -P
