Blood Red Shadows II: The Crimson Shade
Chapter 13: Chapter 13: Unity Reunited
Previous Chapter Next Chapter*Los Santos, San Andreas; October 14, 2018; 2:45 PM*
Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow had just entered the Office building of Wildcat's company that they would be using as a business front until they knew fully what they were dealing with.
"I still can't believe we have to fix everything all over again!" Rainbow rolled her eyes. Despite being the Element of Loyalty, even Rainbow's unfailing qualities were stretched to their limits as they were to go to war for the second time.
"Yeah.. It's horrible, but at least Apple Bloom's grown up enough to where she can handle herself." Applejack sighed.
"I feel the same way about Sweetie Belle. I hope she's doing okay with my parents." Rarity fretted.
"I'm still not that surprised that Fluttershy sat this one out. She was really nervous after the first war ended, but Pinkie?" Twilight questioned.
"Yeah, but still. We should tell Alex that the next time he's up to his thighs in 'Blood Red Night' level antics, we're not getting involved." Applejack asserted.
"You know just as much as I do we can't abandon him." Rainbow shot back.
"Whatever happens, us four can handle it." Twilight nodded confidently as the four ponies were met with a sudden shock.
The office was completely normal. No explosives, no chaos, just an ordinary office, with the word 'ALRIGHT' written over the front desk.
"Let me guess, you're meeting with the boss?" The man at the front desk asked.
"Well, yes." Twilight nodded in reply.
"Follow the hallway to your right, then go to the 3rd door on your left." The man dismissively shooed them away.
Once they had entered, they found Vanoss's crew, Team RWBY, Alex, Cade, Kat, Skirmish, and another unfamiliar face who appeared to be a white-haired Blake, complete with cat ears.
"Did I miss something? Who is this?" Rarity asked.
"This is Agent Liss Kitmai, she's been investigating our group for the past 2 years and just asked to join us." Alex replied evenly.
"And she sold me out! Which is why Cinder attacked Flurry and I before coming here!" Cade spat angrily at her.
"It's not like it was my fault! She was basically a god at that level!" Liss defended.
"Shut the hell up!" Vanoss indignantly shouted.
"Well, I guess it's nice to see all of you again." Alex nodded.
"Alright, so what do we have so far?" Twilight asked.
"Thanks to Liss here, we have some stuff on the leaders of the Fall Knights, and a rough idea of their plans. So far, we've found Roman, Neo, and Morning Star. They're trying to summon a spirit named 'Arabus'. We don't really know who or what this 'Arabus' thingy is, but we've been on the lookout." Ruby explained
"Do you have any idea where these buckers are at?" Rainbow asked.
"We actually have a few places in mind. There's a hideout in the mountains north of the Zandudo Military Airfield that was recently massacred. Also, there's a yacht roughly a half-mile or so off the pier that's looking pretty shifty. And there's a recently vacated building in the city itself that might be housing Cross-Dimensional tech." Cade explained.
"Who's to say it isn't all three?" Twilight asked.
"You might have a point. The White Fang as a whole never had one central HQ, but several smaller camps scattered throughout Remnant." Blake replied.
"Leave it to Roman Torchwick to take a page from Taurus' playbook." Alex muttered.
"Still, we can't just barge in guns blazing and shit, we need to know exactly what we're dealing with." Moo Snuckel figured.
"How about this? We have some of us watching these spots around the clock, some of us investigating whoever this 'Arabus' f**ker is, and some of us cover our tracks so we can get the bitches by surprise." Wildcat explained.
"Why do we need to do things by surprise?" Vanoss asked.
"Vanoss, these guys are part of a f**king inquisitor splinter. Y'know, the same guys who f**ked up Earth, Equestria, and Remnant within a damn week." Lui answered.
"If these c***s are going to be sneaky, then we've gotta be sneaky too or else they'll work around and f**k us up the ass. Y'know, kinda like what Alpha did to Alex." Terrorist added.
"Go to hell, Brian." Alex scowled.
"I have an idea! We could ask Lester for cool shit!" Nogla gaped.
"Did I miss something? When in Equestria did you guys get this organized?" Twilight gaped.
"Do you have any idea what we've been up to the past year?" Vanoss turned to the ponies.
"Well... No.." Rainbow answered.
"We've been killing the original Zombies crews of other universes and doing the Easter Eggs just for the cool shit. We've had to make strategies, spend literally hours making sure everything went right so we wouldn't die because we couldn't get our video game avatars, and we had to GTFO before everything went to complete shit." Delirious explained.
Ruby blinked in surprise.
"I guess that explains the awesome gravity spikes." Ruby nodded in understanding.
"Glad to know everyone's been working their asses off just as hard as I have." Alex nodded with a slight smile on his face.
"Eh, Alex? Working your ass off just as hard as-." Droidd began.
"Droidd, shut up before I throw you out the window." Alex threatened.
"Shut the f**k up, you edgy bitch." Mini tiredly rolled his eyes.
"So, Yang, nice to see you've been handling your new arm and leg well enough." Applejack smiled.
"Thanks. It was kinda hard to take in for the first couple weeks, but I had help.." Yang smiled, turning to Alex and Cade respectively.
"So it's settled. We'll have Kat, Liss, Ruby, and Cade, and I on investigating who this 'Arabus' entity is. For the surveillance group, we'll have Wildcat, Rainbow, Rarity, Blake, and Weiss. And the rest are cleaning up all the mess the rest of you guys make." Twilight explained.
"Sounds like a plan. You sure you've got this covered, Cade?" Alex asked.
"That's a promise, Dad." Cade nodded.
"Be careful, and good luck. All of you." Alex smirked as the rest swept out of the room and turned off the lights.
In that room alone, a pony-like silhouette, just darker than the barely-lit room, had opened it's glowing, yellow eyes before letting out a sigh.
"He is here..." The voice whispered, "The one that feeds on darkness... If I am to survive, I must... Unite or...hide.."
*Meanwhile; Location unknown*
Roman and Neo had stepped inside of a chamber, accompanied by a unicorn pony with a yellow-orange mane and a pure alabaster coat.
"Are you sure this is supposed to work, Morning Star? This thing might not even want to help us!" Roman rolled his eyes.
"Oh, you of little faith. Arabus will help us, and once I tell him what I have for him, he'll beg to serve us." The unicorn replied.
"Even if you manage to release that... thing... We don't even know where your little experiment went! It could be anywhere by now!" Roman indignantly raised his voice.
"Neo, if you would." Morning Star shooed Roman away.
"What are you talking abo-"
Roman gasped in surprise as he felt something sharp pierce the back of his neck. Roman fell to the ground, coughing blood while Neo wiped off the blade of her umbrella as her eyes began glowing a fiery orange.
"W-What..?" Roman coughed.
"That Adenienite scum will pay for destroying my only sanctuary." Morning Star darkly spat, walking up to Roman, still coughing blood on the floor.
"But until my revenge is enacted, there will be a fitting end for an unfit lowlife." Morning Star's horn glowed bright yellow before she fired a spell that finally took Roman's life.
"Morning Star, may I ask what happens if this plan somehow fails?" Neo asked.
"Then, we move on to Plan B." Morning Star responded darkly.
Next Chapter: Chapter 14: The Legend of Arabus Estimated time remaining: 11 Hours, 57 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
And with that, the Fall Knight Saga officially begins!
To make sure this story still appeals to MLP fans out there, I've added a G4 villain and a drastically modified G1 villain to sorta spice things up a bit.
Also, Roman's dead..
...But hey, did you guys see Team RWBY's redesigns? I'm actually going to use slight variations to these redesigns when keeping the RWBY characters in mind. When I say 'slight variations', I mean Blake has a robotic leg from when Adam shot it off in the last story, and Yang actually having a robotic arm as opposed to canon.
-The Destoyer.