Dead Semblance Chapter 10

A/N: I'M BACK! So I've been out of the loop on this story for a long time and now I've had enough time to think of how to continue this story, and also I've had it with Bumblebee shippers telling me to stop encouraging people seeing Gauntlets and Greaves pairing stories. My response to them will be this chapter, as I don't want to hear anymore of it. I'm a Black Sun as well as a Gauntlets And Greaves shipper and proud to be one at that. So without further a do let's commence.

You Can Run And Fight Just Don't Stop.

"What the heck was that light"? Korukami asked as he looked back down to the rest of the group.

"It's a H.A.N.E, High Altitude Nuclear Explosion. It's a two-stage bomb; the first stage is a high altitude explosion, which in turn scatters electro magnetic particle over a wide range effectively disabling anything with a magnetic or electronic signal. Phones, radios, and cars. Anything with electronic components would be fried". Saya explained to the group in extreme depth loosing half of them in the process.

"If that's true than why is Mercury still able to move"? Rei asked while eyeing down Mercury.

"It's because the primary motor systems in my legs are hydraulic based, not electronic so I'm not affected by it. Pretty lucky huh". Mercury stated as if it was a good thing.

"How do we overcome the problem"? Souichiro asked as he, Yuriko and a few guards walked down the stairs.

"We could try and replace the fried components but that will take some time, so we'll need to move quickly". Saya's response was adequate for the situation at hand.

Everyone froze for a few seconds when the heard gunshots at close range and looked over to see a guard try to run through the gates only to be grabbed and pulled back by a horde of infected.

"CLOSE THE GATES NOW"! Souichiro ordered as two workers ran over and slid the front gate shut however one had already gotten in only to be shot down by Hirano. The two men where trying to hold the gate where it was while everyone else were getting ready for the inevitable.

"Toshimi, I think now's as good a time as any for the 50 to make itself known". Hirano said while moving out of the way.

"Really? YES, now to see what you can do". Toshimi pulled the M2 Browning off her back and set it up at the top of the stairwell, locking the supports on the wall before grabbing and attaching a case of ammunition to the gun and pulling the slide on the breach indicating it was ready to go.

"Taniuchi, I think you're Semblance will be needed with your weapon don't you think". Muira stated while getting his weapons ready, Taniuchi had opened up all valves on her flamethrower but concern was evident on her face.

"I don't know how to use this Semblance, any tips"? Taniuchi shouted before looking back at the gate.

"It's like an extension to your soul but to use it with the flamethrower think of being able to change the fires direction than see if you can use your eyesight to manipulate that motion. After you first use your Semblance it soon becomes second nature". Yang finished before walking up to the gates. "You two should let go of the gate now". Before the infected could push the gate over Yang threw a powerful left hook smashing the gate back and turning the left half into a giant guillotine. One of the infected managed to sneak behind Yang and grabbed her ready to go in for the kill, but as it bit down it was stopped by a glowing gold silhouette outlining her body. Most of the others noticed it.

"Wait so this aura can also stop their bites, this is brilliant it's almost like being immune". Takashi yelled before putting down a stray infected. By this time Taniuchi had finally gotten a hold of how her Semblance worked, reopening her eyes she quickly pulled down on the trigger creating a huge plume of fire before narrowing her eyes. The white flame began to swerve around Yang and rise incinerating any of the infected in its way; it quickly descended toward the main entrance and changed appearance into a type of dragon with its mouth open as it began devouring huge numbers of infected. Another huge group slipped past the fire but were easily taken care of when Toshimi finally hailed the M2 Browning's power and as a result was instantly feeling the full recoil from it.

"That really packs a punch, but the sound can't be matched". Toshimi yelled in joy while waiting for the gun to cool down. All the while everyone else were dealing with smaller groups. Saeko had already got an understanding of her power and jumped into a large group and slashed at the ones in front of her causing what seemed like a ghosting effect, which continued to fight alongside her for a few seconds before dissipating without a trace. What got Saeko's attention was the next time it appeared it spoke.

"If you can keep this up than there'll be no need to supress me any longer, wouldn't you agree". Everything came together; Saeko's semblance was a ghosting of her darkness. It then faded away again after they finished the group off.

"So there is a way for me to come back, this is it". Saeko grinned before moving on to the next group.

Elsewhere some of the infected were making their way to the entrance of the takagi manor only to be gunned down by an angered Saya, that anger only seemed to increase as she saw the infected eating people she knew who worked for the family. Somehow it was enough of a trigger for her semblance to awaken as more infected made their way to her, though the first thing she got as a result was a severe headache before opening her eyes to notice half of the infected stopped nearing her and instead began attacking the other half. What really got her attention was how the eyes of the infected that were focused on the others were glowing the same colour as her eyes almost as if to indicate she had some sort of mental control over them. Other group members took notice of this and quickly suggested that her Semblance was a sort of neural control order forced into specific infected.

Even with their combined efforts and newfound powers there seemed to be no end to them as the infected started making it's way through the compound, spreading out everywhere and picking off civilians left and right including the woman who thought she could help one of the infected only to put it down and soon get overrun and eaten by a small group. Things seemed to be getting dire as guards started to fall back and set up defensive lines with some even throwing dynamite at the infected.

"Things aren't getting any better, everyone should get out of here while we still have a chance". Saeko shouted before her ghosting dispatched three of them approaching from her blind spot.

"I for one would at least expect us to see the next day, wouldn't you agree"? Saeko's ghosting asked before taking out two more and disappearing again.

"She's right, their numbers don't seem to be decreasing anytime soon. Our getaway is still in good condition unless the H.A.N.E did anything to it". Hirano questioned only to be yelled down by a certain pinky with a serious headache.

"Of course it would be fine, vehicles weren't big on electric parts back in World War 2 you know". Saya answered back as she glared at a few infected before getting them to destroy themselves, after that order was executed all the mental stress and fatigue got to Saya before she passed out nearly slamming to the ground when Takashi caught her with one arm and attempted to fire the shotgun with his other. Obviously the recoil through his arm back and the pellets would done nothing if they hadn't started glowing white and moving toward individual heads, creating a small explosion as they entered easily killing them.

"Mr and Mrs Takagi, we need to leave now". Takashi yelled to the pair as he began to once again carry their unconscious daughter on his back.

(A/N: note that I made Saya's semblance work in similarity with Emerald's, by that I mean there is a penalty for trying to control too many of the infected at one time which is why Saya is unconscious).

"You go there are still people we need to get out. Now go quickly". Souichiro yelled back at the boy before slashing down at one of the infected.

"Just try to stay alive, for her sake". Takashi then made his way over to where their ride was waiting when they noticed just how many infected there really were.

"You think we can get through all of them"? Rei asked before impaling the head of another infected.

"The halftracks were built to be like tanks, their numbers wouldn't hinder this beast in the slightest". Hirano cheered out as he jumped back in the gunner seat with Toshimi locking herself into the railings behind him.

"The sooner we leave, the better". Saeko said as she and Morita ran up to the group while her ghosting was having a ball slicing through large groups of infected.

"Everyone we are leaving, next stop anywhere but here". Yang shouted as she gunned the engine, which signalled everyone in. after Taniuchi finished burning a large horde to ashes, she was the last inside and the vehicle screeched past, clipping the brick wall in the process and slowly disappearing.

"So now what do we do, with the condition everything's in"? Hirano ducked into the passenger bay and asked.

"We stick to the plan, although we may have to improvise thanks to the H.A.N.E. any suggestions of alternations may be appreciated". Yang commented through the pilot hole.

"We could try the shopping mall not far from here, the power is may be gone but if we're sticking to the original plan then there are still some useful supplies we could get a hold of". Taniuchi voiced her opinion even though she was still wearing her mask.

"That being said, we are able to fair better against the infected now that we know this aura can stop them from biting us". Takashi said in a more hopeful tone while Saya was starting to come round with a severe headache.

"That may be so but don't rely on it all the time, there's only so much your aura can take before it dissipates". Yang said as the others were thinking of their abilities.

"So we just have to be as careful as we normally do, it doesn't seem that hard". Takashi responded.

"Also note, your semblances come at a hidden cost. Use them too much or push them too far and the end result may be disastrous". Mercury finally spoke from the drivers seat.

"I think I figured that out before I collapsed". Saya finally spoke after shaking off the last of her headache.

"With how we're going, we should be reaching the shopping centre soon". Hirano shouted down the hatch while Toshimi was still looking through a pair of binoculars in the direction of the destination. With the vehicle at full power they forced their way through the highway at top speed while not being hindered by the other vehicles in the way. As the group made their way closer to the centre the more hopeful they became, until an ominous grinding sound made itself known in the left track.

"Sounds like something's stuck in it, either way we can't afford to break down here". Hirano looked over to see half a bumper wedged in the track, and while it was being chewed up it was also causing some of the links in the track to begin buckling. Kohta's hope only helped jinx their situation as one of the links finally gave in and tore in half causing the whole left track to whip violently into the passenger bay and send the vehicle veering sideways before smashing into the guardrail.

"You just had to say it didn't you chubby, you just had to go and jinx it". Saya practically yelled at Kohta in anger after the vehicle broke down. Once everyone exited the passenger bay they saw the extent of the damage done to it, half of the tracks roller coils had been absolutely dislodged as a result of the tracks whip recoil slamming down upon them.

"I can say for a fact that she's had it, nothing we have is going to fix this". Kawamoto came to that conclusion after inspecting the whole thing over.

"We'll have to keep moving no matter how many infected remain around here". Just as Takashi was about to continue, Saeko interrupted.

"We were in the only vehicle making any sound at all, the infected locate targets by using sound, and there's a lot of abandon vehicles on this highway. So why is everything so quiet"? She quickly got her answer as Morita pointed down the bend from where they stopped. As soon as everyone looked over the area they noticed some sort of path through the abandon cars and a whole horde of slaughtered infected.

"Looks like someone already cleared a path through them".

"You lot gather everything from the vehicle, we'll search ahead". Yang spoke as she and Mercury began walking down the road despite ignoring Saya's questioning of said decision. As they continued through the path, something felt very off. The suspicion was made very clear when they came across one of the killed infected lying on a car, but what was strange was how it was killed.

"Yang, does that look familiar to you"?

"It does now, very familiar but as far from good as it get's".

"At first glance anyone would think someone was using an extremely strong blade to kill them, but then you see the four slashes are all equally distanced apart and they go in the same direction, not to mention how deep the gashes are. What makes it even more convincing is how many of them have the same inflicted wounds upon death". The two continued to stare at the scene in front of them, all the while spotting more and more dead infected with giant slice marks on there bodies.

"But that's impossible right, I mean not once in our whole new lives have we seen one at all".

"If we managed to fall into this world, then it's not hard to think an event in our world could start throwing them here as well". The two then looked back towards the rest of their group before worry plastered Yang's face

"Now I only hope we can make it to that shrine quickly, for their sake. They're new to their abilities and even then we couldn't handle a horde near the size of an army. On their own, they'd be helpless against the Grimm".

"Then we need to make sure they're not alone, right now one problem is being dealt with by a more dangerous problem". As they were about to continue, a sudden cold feeling caught them. Then the distinct voice of Saya yelling at Kohta once again shook them back to reality.

"You think we should tell them"? Mercury simply shook his head before answering.

"No, they're already on edge as it is. If we told them something even more dangerous then the infected now walk this world, they'd act like nothing more than the civilians did during the Grimm breaking out in vale. No we keep this between us until they are capable of fight them". After reluctantly agreeing Mercury and Yang walked back to the rest of the group before proceeding toward the shopping centre.

Further into the city centre gang member were having an absolute party dealing with groups of infected, a few of them dispatched another small group as they raided a pharmacy.

"Man, this never gets old". One of the raiders said while blasting a shotgun shell through another infected head.

"Too true, hey guys. Looks like this place is a jackpot for medical spirits". The raiders seemed to finish with killing the infected and collecting what they needed when a loud thud sounded outside the store.

"Go check that out, tell us if it's anything interesting". The lead pointed toward one of the guardsmen standing by the door, said groupie was a woman who only responded with a smirk before walking out with a rifle ready.

"Come out you maggot sack, a nice little bullet wants to meet you head". As the woman walked down the off-road another thud sounded from the underground parking lot.

"What ever you are, get out here so I can kill you". The woman said with a psychotic tone while aiming the rifle down the entrance, suddenly the thudding sound was replaced by a severely mauled infected body flying up the ramp before slamming into the wall of the adjacent building. The woman decided to inspect the body noticing giant slice and bite marks all over its destroyed body making her feel uneasy.

"What the hell"? She was soon frozen in place as another thud echoed through the parking lot followed by a low, ominous growl. As she turned back to face the darkness her uneasiness was instantly replaced by pure terror as a pair of glowing red eyes appeared in the dark.

"U- uh guys, we need to leave". Her voice was jumping like crazy before another growl and a low demonic bark snapped her back to the parking lot. Terror was now holding her body in place as two more pairs of eyes glowed looking straight at her, more thuds soon inched closer before the darkness couldn't hide their bodies any longer as a giant wolf like creature with white bone armour in various places emerged from the ramp closely followed by two more.

"GUYS, HELP ME"! The woman soon fired a shot at the lead monsters head only for the round to simply cause a small dent in the armour before falling to the ground. The wolf like monster then released a loud demonic howl alerting the other two giant wolves as well as the other raiders. The rest of the group made out to the back road in time to see the giant creatures, the lead creature had strange looking spines protruding from it's back and hook like thorns on its forearms.

"RUN-"! Was all the woman could scream to her friends before the lead creature dashed forward and in one swift motion clamped its jaw down biting her in half before swiping the other half away.

"WHAT THE-. SHOOT IT, NOW"! One of the raiders readied a shotgun before firing, only for the shot to cause a few measly cracks in the armour around the lead creatures face. The other two following creatures quickly jumped in front of their leader before one of them pounced at the man with the shotgun and landed with it's front claws impaling him in multiple places.

"Run, NOW. GET OUTTA HERE". The lead raider yelled before he and the others bolted leaving the pinned man to his fate as his head was chomped clean off, the lead creature soon howled again. This time the answer came in the forms of multiple growls throughout the parking lot as six more followers jumped out of various floors and began to charge after the remained of the group. One of the raider tossed the duffle bag of medical spirits in an attempt to speed up, however that proved to be an effort in futility as another of the creatures landed directly behind him and proceeded to swipe his right leg off causing him to tumble then skid across the ground and come to a stop on the front bumper of a jeep. The creature inched closer until its cold breath could be felt on the mans paling skin.

"No please, stay away from me. Sir help m-AHH"! The raider screamed until he was exhaling blood as the creature bit into and soon gnawed off his torso. Through his last few seconds of life he saw the rest of his group meat their grizzly ends as the creatures surrounded and butchered them. The lead creature let out one final howl before the clan wandered back into another alley; this howl was louder than any of the others.

As the main group neared the shopping centre they all stopped momentarily as they all heard the silence of the city allowed the howling to echo through it unfazed. Most of the group quickly headed into the main entrance while Mercury and Yang stood outside for a few seconds just staring at the city centre.

"So they really are here. The Grimm are now on this world". Yang silently said before the pair entered the building.

Chapter end.

A/N: bet none of you were expecting the Grimm to make an appearance in this world but it's safe to say the wall between worlds has been weakened by the combined events happening at the same time. The H.A.N.E exploding in japan and Yang and Mercury activating the group's auras as well as Ruby's Silver eyes activating in Remnant has caused a small tear in the wall between parallel's this has caused the essence of Grimm to seep into the world, and maybe if I feel like it I might cause a few other character of RWBY to fall in as well. However the tear may end up going both ways. Okay I'm sending too many ideas but it's something I might just try out, imagine if they end up finishing off the dead but now there's a door between Remnant and Earth. That would be interesting.

Well Seeya's next time.