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Blood Red Shadows II: The Crimson Shade

by The Destoyer

Chapter 8: Chapter 8: ...Everything Has Gone Wrong

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*Atlas Academy, Remnant; August 8, 2018; 2:59 PM*

Ultimus staggered up, almost barely affected by Tyrian's attacks.

"You... You are the one..." Ultimus grinned crazily.

Tyrian crossed his arms.

"Ultimus f**king Crux. I figured you would be here." Tyrian scowled.

Ultimus laughed.

"I already know who you are, and it's too late to stop Cinder anyways! By now, she's probably dealing with Ozpin and his blind followers right now! So you might as well reveal yourself to your fellow corpses." Ultimus scowled.

"Fine, then. Cade, I need you and Flurry to deal with Cinder, just be sure to let her know how absolutely outclassed she is. Ruby, I'm going to need you to deal with whatever else Cinder's hiding up her arse at the moment. And Yang, power up." Tyrian ordered as the others scampered off.

"If you think you and your little girlfriend can stop me, you're sorely mistaken." Ultimus scoffed.

"I'm going to give you one more chance to decide if this asinine rivalry is really going to accomplish anything." Tyrian glared.

"I'd take it, man. This is a guy who I saw only spare one person. He even killed his brother because he was working for Alpha. And if he won't spare you after you surrender, I have my ways of convincing him." Yang interjected.

"Ignore that last part." Tyrian groaned.

"Aw, c'mon, kid. You haven't seen me in 5 whole months. What have you been doing, anyway?" Yang jokingly pleaded.

"It won't matter what plans you two make! You're done for! You're all goners! I'll kill you both in an instant-!"

Tyrian sped forward, kicking Ultimus in the chest and into the wall.

"Now, I'm going to give you an idea about the absolute hell we're about to put you through. Yang here is what you call an Inflamed Warrior. I'm sure Cade told you all about it. Even with the ridiculous output of energy and the apparently well-controlled bloodlust, it's still ridiculously powerful." Tyrian explained, stretching his arms perpendicular to his body and letting a force-field envelop him.

"And this is the energy I absorbed when your other rival-slash-co-worker, my brother, smashed an artifact on my chest that boosted my power high enough to kill him. As you can tell, I've been practicing Equestrian Magic. Granted, I'm still kind of a novice, but I think I held up well enough." Tyrian continued, lowering the shield.

"Oh, big surprise. You can use pathetic Equestrian magic. It's still nothing compared to me. You'll have to do much better than that!" Ultimus scoffed, unimpressed.

Tyrian smirked.

"Now, this is what I originally got from that power-boost." Tyrian confidently added.

Tyrian let out a low scream, quiet at first as a white circle of electricity enveloped his body and caved in. He crossed his arms in an 'X' shape as he screamed even louder. And with a sudden burst of energy, Tyrian stood with his arms bent and legs bent, unleashing a massive ring as though a bell tolled once.

Tyrian's once purple hair flowed bright orange as it floated off of his body like ash. His arms and legs did the same, revealing advanced robotic limbs, shining blue hair, and a prominent scar over his right eye.

"This is the original Enlightened Warrior form I used to beat Omega and Alpha. Now, listen closely, this next part is important. Adenienites are known for manipulating and absorbing electricity, right?" Tyrian, now revealed as Alex Walker, smirked confidently.

"Oh.. I see what you're doing here!" Yang realized.

Alex let another white energy ball encircle him, before shrinking it down into a ball that rang with the same audacity, but at a much faster rate. He surrounded the ball with magic to amplify the already ridiculous power, raising one hand to the sky. Electricity poured from the outlets, electronics, and even from the sky as Alex held two massive energy balls. Alex forced the two together to form a swirling white-and-purple electric haze as he expanded it around himself again, letting out an electronic bass-drop like effect.

Alex screamed incredibly loudly, charging to his absolute limit before absorbing the energy ball, resulting in a sonic boom that caused the already-crumbling building to collapse.

Ultimus covered his eyes before the room darkened to where he could see. And he almost gasped in surprise.

Alex's once shimmering blue hair turned purple and had grown down to his shoulders, with some of it standing straight up. His skin turned a whitish-purple color. His irises turned completely white, save for his pupils, which had turned purple. Aside from the gentle, flame-like white battle aura, his body glowed purple.

"Now, I'll settle on something simple and call this an Evolved Warrior." Alex confidently cracked his knuckles, his voice having a form of echo.

Ultimus laughed.

"You know, you wouldn't be as cocky if you knew what I had been perfecting behind Alpha's back for 4 years." Ultimus smirked.

Both Alex and Yang took a step backwards.

"Alex.. We can take him, right?" Yang asked.

"I guess we'll find out." Alex shrugged.

A black energy ball surrounded Ultimus, who screamed loudly as pulses of green electricity lashed at the ground near them, emitting a gong-like sound each time it rang, faster and faster as the seconds ticked by, before the black energy ball dissipated.

Alex and Yang blinked in surprise at who was before them.

"Yang... We're boned."

Ultimus' hair had turned green, standing completely on-end as his skin turned completely green with a shimmer of black underneath. The whites of his eyes, like Yang's, had turned completely black, only with menacing green irises instead of the threatening red.

"This, Saigo, is the instrument of your demise: The Cursed Warrior!" Ultimus yelled.

"Aaand it's official. The fan fiction has literally turned into an adaptation of Dragonball Z." Yang deadpanned.

"ARTISTIC LICENSE, MOTHERF**KER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!"

*Meanwhile, underneath Atlas Academy..*

Ironwood ran with Robin into the chamber, where Pyrrha laid inside.

"Did she follow you?" Ozpin asked.

"I don't think so, Oz." Ironwood replied.

"Um, Professor, I've been hearing a lot of screaming and what sounds like a bunch of bells ringing. What's happening up there?" Robin asked.

"Wait, are there Adenienites out there?" Ozpin asked.

"Yep. Camera footage shows one of your students, an Inquisitor, and f**king Alex Walker up there transforming!" Ironwood seethed.

"As long as we can transfer the Maiden's power into Robin and get you both out of Atlas safely, we can still prevent this calamity from reaching across the kingdoms." Ozpin said as an Arrow struck Pyrrha directly in the heart.

"No!" Ironwood shot at Cinder, who had made her way inside.

An orange mist flowed from Pyrrha's dying body to Robin's, who held out her hands as she absorbed the half of the Fall Maiden's power that Pyrrha had.

"Robin, get out of this bunker. We'll deal with Cinder Fall." Ozpin raised his cane.

Robin grabbed her sword, and converted it to it's pistol form.

"Robin, Go!!" Ironwood ordered.

Robin turned to a still-dying Pyrrha Nikos, raised her weapon, and shot her in the head.

"No!" Ozpin gasped.

Robin raised the pistol to her own head.

"Hail Cinder."

Robin shot herself through her skull, causing the power to float from Robin into Cinder, completing the inquisitor's two-year metamorphosis into the Fall Maiden.

"I'm not sure what was easier. Recruiting your weak-minded students, or getting inside this 'secret' underground bunker. I love it when a plan comes together." Cinder sighed, happily.

Cade and Flurry skidded to a halt to find two corpses, two headmasters, and one Fall Maiden.

"F**k.. We're too late!" Cade gasped.

"Cinder Fall, we've come from 22 years in the future to end your horrible reign as Remnant's Fall Maiden!" Flurry asserted.

"Hm. The pony thinks she can stand up to me. Poor thing, she doesn't know what she's dealing with... don't worry, you'll know true fear soon enough." Cinder smiled maliciously, facing the two headmasters and two time-travelers.

Author's Notes:

The overpowered protagonist of the last story has made his return! His partner and rival have similar powers...

...And then Cinder kills Pyrrha.

Thank god this isn't in the original source... Oh, wait..

Dammit, Rooster Teeth, look what you've turned me into!

-The Destoyer

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