Of Runaways and Stowaways

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It is dusk, and the boat continues its journey on the smooth water. There is still a peaceful bird cry, and Blake is once again on the middle deck looking out at her scroll, hesitating to send any sign to you. After you struggled to get her to Beacon now, she was heading back home. A Faunus couple walks behind her, and she watches them, slightly less twitchy than before.

It's when she's about to leave that she senses someone on the upper deck is watching her. It's the hooded figure, and she immediately takes out her weapon, "Who's there?!"
Blake stares up at the deck, no longer watching her scroll. She feels the boat rocking on the wake it created and lets out a grunt as she tries to keep her balance.

The creature's long-necked shadow looms over Blake as she turns around to face the water. Its shadow also falls on a member of the crew on duty in the crow's nest, who is looking up at it in horror.

"RED ALERT!!"

The alert immediately sounds—two red lights next to a speaker pulse with the sound. The Captain and his First Mate come running out and look at the water from the upper deck, just above Blake. The Captain murmurs as the shadow fall over him, "By the gods..."

The long-necked creature is revealed to be a large Sea Feilong. It has a pattern of glowing red lines along the scales of its neck, and its eyes glow yellow. The Grimm swings its head back and forth, roaring and spreading its short forearms outward.

The captain turns and calls out to the ship, "All hands to battle stations!"

"Sir, we've never fought a Grimm this big!"

"We've never seen anything this big! But we'll give 'er a fight nonetheless!"

Blake springs into action, running off the boat and into the air. She creates one of her clones to give her added momentum upward, flinging Gambol Shroud forward in its kusarigama form. Attached to the ribbon on her wrist, it embeds itself into the Grimm's neck.

Blake swings above the Grimm and shoots it in the back of its neck. It roars. Blake lands on the crow's nest while the Captain steers from the bridge.

He keeps the ship stabilized in the Grimm's wake and steps outside to get another look at it. Blake still shoots it while it arcs back into the water. The side of the ship opens up, and the cannons come out.

Blake continues her assault on the sea creature, once again swinging and shooting. The ship's cannons fire but are mostly ineffective. Blake falls back onto the ship's deck, lands on her back, bounces, and quickly gets herself back onto her feet. She discovers that her left shoulder is hurt when she moves to stand.

Captain began steering again, "Hold steady men, it's not done with us yet! GET THE HEAVY CANNON LOADED!!" The First Mate changes from being nervous to battle-ready upon hearing this order. The largest cannon on the ship rises through a trapdoor on the deck, extends itself, and aims at the Grimm. The Grimm's dorsal fin splits apart, and extra bone unfolds, revealing two wings. The Sea Feilong lets out a roar as it flies, its beating wings sending a gush of air at the ship. Blake cries out as she hangs on with her hurt left arm. "Heavy cannon, OPEN FIRE!"

The heavy cannon shoots, but the Grimm easily evades it. It opens its mouth and an electric ball form. Blake readies to launch herself at it, but the hooded figure lands on her head and uses her as a launchpad. "Hey!"

The figure grunts, and the cloak falls back, revealing Sun Wukong. Midair, he activates his energy clones. "Sun?!"

Sun and his clones land on the Grimm's head. The two clones pull on the first tendrils of the head while Sun grabs its upper lip. "Not today, pal!"

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