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VALE, VALE NATIONAL MAXIMUM PRISON
"Are you sure you want to go in there? Not trying to tell you what to do but ... but that guy isn't what you call the most safest criminal we have here."
"Thank you for the advice captain but I assure that me and my partner can handle it" spoke a feminine voice.
"~sigh~ Well don't say I didn't warn you" the police captain replied. "Alright! open the doors boys."
The cops surrounding the three of them spread out as two of them went over to the large steel door in front of them. Punching in some codes to the nearby terminals a faint click was heard. The door began hissing, locks finally releasing.
The air around dropped, dramatically. You could even the everyone's breaths.
"Good, luck you two" the chief officer said, as the two of them entered the cell.
xxx
In the cell was man, a faunas to be exact. Two canine ears sat peacefully a top his head as icy breath was expelled from his mouth. His long ragged hair covered most of his facial features.
Sitting down the two lawyers stared at the man in front of them before bringing up their suitcases. Opening both simultaneously.
"Mr. Alexander G. Blue ..." read off the male lawyer.
"..."
"... Born and raised in the capital of Mistral you were given up to a high school level education before marrying your soon to be wife."
"..."
"... You worked at the local Schnee mine where you made a decent wage, able to feed up to family of three with no issue."
"..."
"... Until four years ago. A group of miners had just uncovered a vast source of Ice dust. Unfortunately, some of the nearby equipment had malfunctioned, resulting in a-"
"Resulting in a explosion that killed everyone ... except me" finished the faunas man.
"Ah, and here I was fearing the guards may have ruffled you up a bit too much" commented the lawyer.
"... What is this for, besides a shitty bibliography" the faunas demanded.
"Well aren't you a bundle of joy ... but if that is how you want it than fine by me.
Mr. Blue, you've been in custody of the valean police for almost three years, with a life sentence for the attempted murder of the Schnee family. You were lucky that you had been transferred to Vale and not to Atlas, the prisons there are horrendous, with meals that not even a rat would eat.
Both your wife and daughter are dead, one to a break-in while the other to a white fang attack.
The only thing going for you is your gifts, partially in thanks to the Schnee and experiments of course."
"!"
"Oh please, don't be surprised Mr. Blue, such knowledge is well within my employers reaches. Which goes into the next part I'm about to explain."
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"So what do you think about job? Say for ... your release?"
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"I'm listening" spoke the Alexander.
"Marvelous"
VALE, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
"Sooo, chicken and waffles?"
"Chicken and waffles"
"Chicken and waffles" agreed Ruby. Swinging past another building she did a quick flip before landing in the roof.
"Now where did I put that coupon, I'm sure that I had here somewhere" Ruby muttered. Searching all her pockets.
It had been more than weeks since the burning building incident and things had been ... interesting.
The biggest one was that she was now famous
... kinda.
They were still a lot of people who didn't really care much about her or her deeds. Besides the burning building incident most of her recent deeds were just plain stuff. Like getting a cat or balloon out of a tree, or helping old people cross the road. Just little things then and there.
It wasn't blood pumping, but wasn't the worst thing to happen and to be honest she kinda of liked it.
Not only that but here control had greatly grew, now she felt like she could takeout a man with a single punch. Without killing or maiming him course.
"AH HA, I knew I had a coupon to that all you can eat buffet" Ruby triumphantly declared. Swinging the coupon in the air.
"Now we just have to-"
*RRRRIIIII RRROOO, RRRIIII RRROOO, RRRIII RRROOO*
"Yikes, that's a lot of cops" thought Ruby as she ran over to the edge. There must have been three or more cop cars driving on the road. All of them looked liked they were going to the same direction as well.
"~sigh~ Guess were going to need to hold that buffet off" Ruby grumbled. It was 1PM dammit and she hadn't yet ate.
Jumping off the ledge she tailed the cars to where they were headed.
VALE, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, 3rd NATIONAL BANK
Inside the bank everything was cold ... scratch that, it was fucking freezing here. The entire interior of the bank was either completely covered in a thick layer of ice or some kind of frost. The air was so cold that anyone could see each other's breath with ease.
Dotting along the bank were various sculptures ... at least that was what they were now. One only needed to look to closer to see the terrified visage of frozen security guards. Their facial features were kept in near prefect shape, adding to the horrific aura that surrounded almost everyone in the room.
Going deeper into the bank you could various men/women in dark clothing holding the staff hostage as the rest of their men began grabbing everything they could stuff.
In the middle of all of them was single man. His body was completely covered in a thick black body suit with various tubes coming out of his back and connecting to his arms. A single visor in a straight ling shape was the mans only mean of slight.
"How long till everything is taken, the more we wait the more time we give to the cops" growled the man.
"Don't worry boss, were almost done here" replied one of the lackeys.
Before the boss could reply the light were shut off, casting the crew in near darkness.
"Shit, already?" replied the lackey.
"Were done here everyone, lets move" ordered the boss as he motioned everyone to follow him.
xxx
Outside of the bank the police had completely surrounded the bank. Police tape and trained officers kept the worried crowd back as they waited for reinforcements. In the center of this mess the Vale Chief of Police.
"Alright, can somebody please to explain what the hell is going on. One minute I'm in my office and then the next everything goes bonkers with people screaming about a robbery happening here and some man with ice powers, care to explain?"
"Well sir ..." began on of the nearby cops "... We got a report of saying an armed robbery was taking place here in the of middle of the day. We sent some officers but they never responded, we tried sending a few more but all we got were screams and than static."
The chief gave a tired sigh as he rubbed his eyes. "Haven't we already sent in a SWAT team?"
'Yes sir, we did but-" began the officer.
Until the front door of the bank blew wide open. Two frozen SWAT members crashed upon the stairs as some even even shattered in impact.
Walking out of the doorway was the black armored man, his lackeys were trailing close to him as they stepped out.
"Hold it right buddy!" shouted the Chief through a loudspeaker. With a single motion the every officer raised there guns at the man.
"I don't know where you came from or who you are. But I'm going to say this once, Drop. The. Weapons. And. Surrender."
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"My my ... surrounded you say" spoke the armored man.
"And there's no way your getting out. So do us a favor and surrender, I promise you that you won't be harmed."
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"Promise you say?" the man questioned. His fist clenched tightly as icy mist pour out. "That word is more weak willed and disgusting than this sham of a police force you have here! Don't you get it? I'm not trapped here with you, your trapped here with ME."
Raising both arms a thick beam of light erupted from his hands and towards a nearby group of officers. the minute the beams made contact thick slabs of ice were formed, freezing them all in a icy prisons. But the beams did not stop there, they continued to travel were the man moved his arms. Forcing everyone to run if they didn't wish to be frozen.
His goons opened fire on the many downed cops, easily taking them out with ease. The man briskly walked down the stairs, freezing anyone that dared to move. Coupled with the stampeding herd of terrified civilians the cops quickly fell to the icy villain as there escape car had quickly arrived seconds later.
xxx
"Oh god" Ruby gasped.
She had just arrived on the scene when the carnage had already unfolded. She was lucky that nobody had noticed her yet, watching the front man freeze everyone frozen solid with abject terror.
This ... this wasn't the run of the mill goon. This was a villain ... a super-villain.
"Calm down Ruby, pull yourself together lady. So what if he has ability to shoot ice out of his hands. You've been working for this day Ruby, don't run away, don't run away, don't run away."
Gathering herself Ruby steeled her mind before leaping off the side of the building she was on. And onto head honcho, crashing his body into the ground and using it as spring board.
"Is it me or is it icy here" Ruby said. "Dammit, that was Yang level puns right there. Note to self, work on puns."
As for the goons, they panicked at the sight of their downed leader. And began firing at her. She moved with fluid ease, dodging the bullets with her superhuman abilities. Pulling her arms back she shoot a tendril at them.
Until it was frozen
Rising up the armored man stare at Ruby, causing the girl to gulp, as he gave low growl. "So you must be Crescent Rose than huh?"
"Yikes, I didn't I'll be so popular, please, your making me blush" replied Ruby.
"Not bad, but your still just a NOVICE" the man roared. Slamming his fist down a massive piece of ice erupted, forcing Ruby to jump back at the last second. Not wasting time the man jumped on top before releasing a hail of ice shards. It wasn't long till Ruby was pinned, doing nothing but dodging every ice shard after.
As a result the rest of the man's lackeys were able to go around. Much to her annoyance. As the last of them entered the get away vehicle. The man halted his assault and quickly ran to van.
"Oh no you don't" Ruby shouted. Running after the man.
Before slamming into a wall of ice.
"Dammit, Dammit, Dammit" she muttered. Creating two tendrils she threw them to the top of the wall before using them to climb up.
"There getting away human"
"Jeez, don't you think I know that already."
Already the van had floored it, zooming past the bank and into the roads. Not waiting another second Ruby fired more webbing before catching up with the van.
"Don't think for a second that Crescent Rose is going to let them get away"
VALE, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, ROADWAY
"Um boss. I think that women is catching up to us" one of the goons warned.
"How?! I'm clocking this baby as fast as I can" roared the driver.
"The women's tenacious, that's for sure" muttered the boss. "Open the door, let's give our little friend a surprise."
Pushing the back doors open the men could see Crescent Rose slowly, but surely, gaining up on them.
The men opened fire, forcing the heroine to pull back as she dodged the various bullets coming after here.
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"Wait" ordered the boss.
"What? Why? We got her on the ropes" one the men argued.
"No we don't you moron. Let her get closer, makes it easier to aim" the boss answered. With some disgruntlement the men obeyed and halted their assault.
As the heroine got closer and closer a sense of anxiety filled the men as their boss got to the front. The insides of his hands glowed almost painfully, as the interior temperature of the van began to drop at a rapid pace.
"Hey look man, I haven't eaten in like a few hours so if you could just stop the car, REALLY appreciate it. Hey, I'll even promise to not hurt you guys ... much" Ruby offered as neared the car.
"Promise ... why do fools always have to use that meaningless word" the boss growled. "Sorry kid but that's an offer I have to refuse, so here's my counteroffer!"
A beam of ice shot from his hand
and hit the tendril holding Ruby
"That's not good" Ruby whispered as it snapped. "Now that REALLY not good."
Now in a state of free falling Ruby looked on with shock/horror at what she witness next. In the man's other hand another beam of ice erupted, this time right at here chest.
It struck.
She cried out in pain as ice formed around her torso, dropping her like a sack of bricks onto the ground.
"Sorry kid, guess you lucked out" the boss whispered as the doors closed, the van escaping from crescent rose.
xxx
"C-C-Cold, S-So C-Cold" Ruby shivered, barely getting on her legs. Her body was covered in a thick layer, save for legs, arms, and head.
"I-I look l-like a f-frozen p-p-Popsicle"
"Well your still alive so..."
"How in the brothers are you not shivering as well?"
"Our kind can survive can temperature far lower than then this human. This is an annoyance."
"W-Well g-good for y-you. So can y-you help m-me out"
The symbiote gave a growl as cracks formed inside the ice before dozens of tendrils shot out, shattering the ice in a dozen pieces.
"Thanks, now where did that van go?"
"Long gone human. While you were frozen they escaped"
"Well what are we waiting for, let's go" Ruby said. Only for her body to not respond.
"No, no we will yet"
"Hey! What gives, I though you said that you wouldn't stop me"
"I wouldn't, but you are not ready to face that foe. At your current level all you will do is be a minor nuisance to him"
"What are you talking!? Don't tell me you didn't see me kicking his ass back there" Ruby argued.
"Only because you got the surprise on him, which you many not have next time. You saw how skilled he was with his powers. Do you really think you can take him?"
Ruby opened her mouth to retort. But not before stopping midway, taking but a few moments to go over what the symbiote.
...
It was right.
While she may have a lot of power behind her the villain had far more skill and experience with him then she ever had. The only reason she was able to hold him off was by surprise.
Fist clenched in anger/frustration
As if feeling it's host feeling the symbiote gave a low rumble, taking both of them out of the area, and somewhere were they could think.
VALE, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, VALE HIGH
"Hey Ruby ... earth to Ruby, you there?" asked one of her classmates.
"Ugh, what?" Ruby groaned. She stayed up the entire night yesterday trying to come up with some way to find and take out the ice guy, which note to self still needed to find a good name for him. No way was she going to go with Mr. Frost.
"Did you hear about what happened yesterday, there was this huge break-in at the one of the national banks."
"Oh, really?" Ruby asked with feigned ignorance.
"Yeah ... I heard that few of them even died" further added the student.
"Oi, Oi, don't you go saying that stuff man. We don't know if that was just rumors" chided another student.
Unfortunately for them Ruby had tuned out the moment that they spoke the died men.
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"Dead ...?"
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A whirlwind of emotions crashed against the poor girl at just thinking of the word. In the end the only emotion that was anger. How could one man so easily end another person's life, that ... that was wrong.
For much of day she stayed silent ... well more silent then usual. When lunch finally came our little protagonist could be seen on roof. Thinking to herself. She wasn't hungry anymore.
"~sigh~ What the hell do I do? I ... I can't let that monster get away" Ruby whispered. Pacing across the roof.
"Well skill and experience are not options"
"Thanks for the reminder there, you big blob"
"Than use your mind human, I know you are intelligent. You were able to find a way to control your strength in less than a month, surely finding a solution to beat him won't be so hard."
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"Wow ... that's a little, surprising coming from you"
"I mange, however, if you aren't going to use that brain ..."
"Oi! Hands off that you overgrown slime"
"Still ... " began Ruby before she was interrupted by the bell. "Crap, gotta go"
xxx
"Alright class, today we will be going over the subject of dust" explained Ruby's chemistry teacher. At the near end of the room Ruby held her pencil between her index and middle finger, twiddling it around as she half listened the teachers lecturer.
"Alright me, what do we know about this guy? Well, we know he has ice powers, and is very very skilled in using it. I want say he is a hunter, but he just doesn't have that 'hunter' feel to him, not like dad, yang, or uncle qrow has. So maybe he is a civilian than?
But than how did he do all that ice stuff. Or unless he has his aura unlocked and maybe he is a dust user? Though, that is a lot of dust he was using if it's true. And with the rising cost of dust how could he even afford all of it?
Mm, so I guess being a aura/dust user is off the table. ... Hm, could he have actual superpowers? I mean look at me, I have an alien living inside of me, it couldn't be so hard to make that leap of faith, right?"
Alas Ruby's train of thought was interrupted by her teachers voice.
"So if anyone doesn't have anything else to ask we can begin with our experiment with fire dust?"
Ruby shoot her hand up.
"Yes Miss Rose?"
"Um sir, how much fire dust would need to melt ice?"
"That? Well ..."
PATCH, XIAO-LONG HOME
"Just put that there, pull that out, twist this a bit tighter" Ruby muttered. Here desk was filled with various papers, broken pencils, energy bars, coffee cups, and tools.
"Annnnddddd, there" pushing herself away Ruby gave a tired huff as she marveled her creation.
Taking what she could from spare parts about to be thrown out, stolen school equipment, and using her own personal allowance, it all came together to make this.
Something to help even the playing field for her and that icy guy ... still need to work on the name though.
The only true difficult part was getting the damn fire dust. Ever since a few months ago dust prices have skyrocketed and even with her job it still didn't help. But, with a combination of hard earn cash and a bit of her signature puppy eye technique got her just enough for one shot at taking him down.
What stood in front of her was a wrist mounted launcher connected to a belt of batteries. What it did was simple, it launched capsules filled with dust straight at the enemy.
Simple in theory, not so simple in reality
Making the trigger system work to only a certain pressure was pain. Did you know just how sensitive you have to be just for this thing to work, worst of all she had to place a timer system on top to make sure it wouldn't shot by accident. At least getting the power part was the easiest.
As for dust, while yes one could use aura to activate dust you can also use electric currents also.
So more electricity = More energy from dust
More bang more buck, simply easy logic.
But she only get at least 6 shots with this, after that it was over. No more dust and the batteries would be drained.
"Well, the last thing needed is to know where that ice guy is going to hit next" Ruby said.
"A bank"
"I don't know ... if that's true then even I can't watch ever bank in one day, really wish I had a sidekick for these days. Still, maybe he'll hit for the bigger banks, at least those I can I watch."
"What if he just stays lows and wait it out?"
"Crude, almost forgot about that ... yeah, I got really nothing on that regard" Ruby admitted. A slight blush forming on her face.
"Then what did you expect human?"
"That he would appear days later ... kinda of like my comic books ... eheh ... ehh"
"... Your stupid"
"I'm not stupid! Just ... um, greatly uneducated on finer details of being a superhero" Ruby defended.
"Sssuurrreee"
"Well ... neegghhh" responded Ruby, by giving a raspberry.
VALE, DOCK AREA
In the dock area where warehouses were ... a lot of them. But going to a very specific one we see a familiar crew going over their loot.
"Man look at this cash, we'll be set for months with this shit" one of them spoke.
"Hey boss, you going to take your share yet?"
"Hm? Don't worry about me, my fiances are covered" the boss replied.
Said Lackey shrugged his shoulders before turning back to the rest of the men.
As for the boss he still wore his suit, never really taking it off. Looking at his men a part of him wondered if he should go to them, socialize and such, not like anyone would gave a crap to being with them. Only to remember his mission, his freedom was riding on it. And that in the end of the day there men were expendable.
Before deciding the phone in his pocket vibrated. Taking it out he pressed the call action.
"Alexander, how are you doing!" spoke the female lawyer.
"Fine"
"Put a little effort Mr. Blue your a freed man now ... at least for now. Now I have to say we are both impressed with your little stunt back there. Really got the city's attention" she commented.
"Isn't that what you wanted? Chaos"
"Somewhat, just keep on doing what your doing now and you'll freed soon enough" she said.
"So what's the next task"
"Two days from now we want you to break in another bank. We'll send the coordinates later, just get everything ready on your end" the women explained. The phone cutting off.
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Putting the phone away Alexander took a sigh as he approached the man.
"Alright boys, seems we got another mission in a few days" he announced.
"What! But we already got all of this" argued one of the goons, pointing at the stack of cash. "Besides, we still have the heat on the cops."
"Well I don't care, we're going to have the next mission in two days. If you don't want to ..." he left off. Hands glowing white.
"Ugh um, n-nothing sir" cowed in goon.
"Good"
VALE, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
"Alright, day 3 and no sign of him in any area" Ruby said to herself as she swung by another building. Three days have gone by and yet no sign of the villain.
"I guess the symbiote was right on the whole lay low part" Ruby mentally admitted.
Like she said before she didn't have any real plan for that. She blamed comics on that one. But, the best she could hope for was being prepared for when he comes back. No way she could let what he did happen again, no one deserved their lives being taken from them ... that was one sin she could not forgive.
*RRRRIIIII RRROOO, RRRIIII RRROOO, RRRIII RRROOO*
"Already!" Ruby said. Narrowing her eyes she steeled herself before heading following the police cars. It wasn't long till she came to the crime scene. Criminals and Cops were having a firefight in the street's, neither side really able to make a push.
In near the back of the group was him.
"Not this time buddy" she whispered.
Shooting two strings at the corner's she pulled herself as far back as she could go. Before releasing, letting physics do the rest.
Her feet meet ice.
"Hey there buddy, missed me?" Ruby greeted, bouncing off to the ground.
She got a beam of ice as a response.
"Yikes, I take that as a no then I presume?"
A hail of bullets were fired at here.
Ruby barely made it out of the bullet's pathway, rolling to side. Shooting her webbing it stuck two of the men in the chest. She pulled, reeling them in with ease before taking them out with a good old knuckle sandwich.
"Two down, three more to go" she whispered, barely avoiding the beam of ice. Ruby hissed in pain as it just barely grazed her shoulders, forming a chunk of ice over it. "Didn't really think you where a chunky fan."
Tearing it off she threw it straight at the nearest thug, knocking him out in a swift motion.
"Seriously, I recommend investing in better men, maybe they last more than a few seconds" she recommended.
"Then what do think this has been?"
"Hey! You finally spoke. Now you just need to- woah" praised Ruby, before dodging a shard of ice.
"You should learn to keep that mouth of yours shut, or else you may end up losing it" he growled.
"Yeah yeah, tell me something I don't know old man" she quipped
"Well than how about this" slamming both of his hands onto the ground a blinding light priced from underneath.
"Uh oh ... I should prob-"
"DODGE"
Ruby was frozen in binding light as the biting cold quickly came afterwards ... and the ringing.
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"Hu..."
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"Huma..."
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"HUMAN"
"Ughhh, what happened, and why is everything so cold" Ruby groggily asked.
"You prey is escaping human. You should get up now"
"Wait what!" Turning around her head she saw the man climb into a car before driving off.
"Dammit, Dammit" Ruby hissed. Before she could even get a running start a heavy weight was felt on her right leg. It was frozen ... to an extent. Almost all of it was covered in a thick layer of ice, weighing her down significantly. Not wasting another second she easily shattered the ice before shooting a web.
VALE, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
"Seriously? The docks, this has to be the most cliche place to go to" Ruby commented as she landed on the roof of a nearby warehouse.
She could see the van come to close as the man burst out. And by the looks of it he did not look ... happy.
"Well better take care of his ride first."
Leaping from her location she flew high into the air before shooting two strands at the hood of the car. With a heavy tug she easily pulled herself straight at the car. The metal underneath her crumbled as the engines warped and cracked at the sheer force.
"Well I guess that this isn't an option than?"
The men close to her pulled out their guns. Not the most wisest decision they've chosen, at least they can think on it ... once the concussion passes and sent to the slammer. But the most surprising part was how the big guy was just ... standing there. As if he expected that.
The rest of them fled. After seeing their get away vehicle get crushed and a good portion of their men beaten up by her as well. She'll probably do the same thing too if she was in their shoes.
"So, I guess that leaves just the two of us now ... Blizzard"
"Blizzard ... really?"
"Oi, you try coming up with a good super villain name dammit. I spent almost a day working on that" Ruby quipped.
"Well than that'll be the last thing you ever thought of brat"
"Hey what that supp- epp" cried Ruby as a massive glacier of ice came barreling towards her. No longer was the luxury of speech with her, attention now focused on trying to avoid being crushed and turned into Ruby paste.
"Left, right, down, jump!"
Ruby followed the symbiote's orders, barely dodging the hail of ice coming at her.
"Dammit, can't get close to the guy. Not with all that ice coming at me ... come on Ruby think, what can we do to get near him" she raged internally. Eventually the young heroine leaped onto to the side of the warehouse, before scaling it up towards the roof.
The non-stop assault of ice had stopped ... for now at least.
"Alright, bought yourself some time there, so now just need to think ... think ... think" mumbled Ruby. Desperately looking around her eyes finally caught site of something.
"That ... that may work"
xxx
"Errahh" Blizzard roared. A massive block of ice formed underneath him as he easily scaled the surface and onto the roof.
"Where is that brat" he growled, looking around the area before locking on something particular.
A hole, a very large hole
"Don't think it'll be escaping me"
He jumped
Knees shock as they absorbed to shock. Taking a few minutes he looked around his surroundings. The girl had decided to use their own base it seemed. Had this been any other schmuck it would've been different but for Crescent Rose?
His hands glowed maliciously
He couldn't hold back
"Come out girl scout, the longer you hide the more painful it becomes"
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"Is this all you can do? Hiding?"
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"So much for being a hero"
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*CREEK*
Snow white ice ran from his finger tip and towards the sound. The ground beneath was quickly covered in a thin sheet of frost as it meet's mark.
Nothing else could be heard
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"Damm brat must be trying to unnerve me"
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*CREEK*
He did not respond to the sound that time. Instead he waited, looking around frantically for even the smallest of clues for where the heroine was hiding.
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Hard wood crashed into the back of his head, causing the him to stumble.
"The fuck! where they did th- shit!" He cried internally. Two more wooden crates were flying straight towards him. Twisting his body a beam of ice destroyed the first crate, while the second one missed as it slammed into his left arm.
Letting out a cry of pain Blizzard used the right arm to clench the other.
Not noticing the stand of webbing going across him, sticking at the steel racks behind.
Only the sound of the metal creaking alerted the super villain to the the horror behind. His eyes widening as the he used his remaining good arm to stop the falling rack.
xxx
Never before did she ever thought all those times she hid from Yang would finally pay off.
Well that and having a alien with experience in stealth also helps.
The taunts from Blizzard were loud and clear. It also didn't help the room temperature dropped significantly as his hands grew even colder. She knew he was trying to bait her and it was a damn good blessing that he was really shitty at it too.
But it wasn't like time was on her side, she did not dare to think if the man got to feed up and did something ... well something really bad.
Instead she waited a bit observing him before accidentally slipping something.
And boy did the temperature sank even lower. Reminding her just how much trouble she was, one wrong move and it will all be over.
Maybe she'll finally mom as well?
"No! Bad thought's Ruby, don't think such things or else bad things will happen" she chided herself.
Taking a deep breath to calm herself she grabbed another small crate nearby. Tensing her legs, she dropped it. Only for him to not respond. She gulped in fear/anticipation, taking another crate or two she waited.
Before throwing them straight at him. To her own surprise it meet it's mark, causing the villain to stumble. Not wasting time she threw a few more at him to keep his attention. Shooting a tendril right above him and onto the metal rack behind. With a bit of effort the rack began to creek and groan as it began to fall over Blizzard.
Than, she ran.
Running faster than she had ever before the distance between them was closed in a blink of an eye. He had no way to react as she lifted her hidden dust launcher, before firing it at point blank.
Ruby could hear the hisses of pain from her symbiote as well as the cries of pain from Blizzard. Without him stopping the falling rack it fell on both of them. Luckily for her she had a living alien costume that was able to pull her rather easily.
As for Blizzard?
Groans of pain emanated from the beneath the wreck.
"There ... there's now way he can keep going now" panted Ruby. Taking in deep gulps of air.
Slowly but surely she walked over to where the man laid.
"It's over Blizzard, you can't run anymore from justice" Ruby said.
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"Justice? ... " Blizzard breathed, his voice ragged and tired. "... Your more naive than I had originally believed. As if your promises of justice would do any good."
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"Why ... Why did you kill them? All those innocent people, what did they ever do to you!" Ruby demanded.
"Me? Nothing, absolutely nothing" he answered. "What? Are you surprised by my answer, were you expecting some kind of tragic back story?"
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A hand grabbed him by the front of his suit, much of which was heavily brunt as the tubes behind him with heavily deformed and his mask was beginning to fall apart, ripping him from his little makeshift prison.
Now face-to-face with Crescent Rose.
"How! How could you just ... just kill them like that! They did nothing to you, you've could've left them alone, but NO! You just had to kill them all ... why!? What made you this?!" Ruby roared
"... What made me this? ... you" he explained.
"W-What?" she cried out, her anger slipping away to shock and surprise.
"All you are is a representation of the broken system we live in, a system of broken and false promises. Everyday millions make promise to somebody, only either break them or forget about them entirely, but what about those who still remember human? Because we remember them, all those lies you told to us, what about them?"
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"Besides, what future do I have? Let me tell you something human ... I'm a Faunus ... a Faunus with a criminal record. There's no future for me, besides the white fang or a criminal life on the street's" spatting at mention of faunas organization.
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"Tch, let me give one more piece of advice for you girl ... make sure your enemy is fully down before talking to them" he whispered. Slamming his last good hand on Ruby's chest. A bright light covered the two.
VALE, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
In the more seedier places of vale a familiar icy super-villain could be seen. Limping as he neared towards his apartment.
A glob of blood escaped his mouth, his body failing him as he leaned next to a cracked brick wall. Sliding down he took deep breaths. Attempting to steady his breath and calm his nerves.
"Damn brat" he hissed, blood seeping from the corners of his mouth. None of them had the gall informed him about the fucking powerhouse that was Crescent Rose besides she had superhuman abilities.
"She's going to pay for that ... and those damn suits from before ... and all those fucks ... the SDC ... the fang ... dead!" spatting out blood as he continued to curse aloud. For a few minutes this went on until the last of his rage finally dissipated, leaving the bitterness of resentment to fester.
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"Blizzard ... that's the name you gave me ... than let me show you what happens when you mess with one" Blizzard whispered.
"But first ..."
From his pocket he pulled out a cut out article. Unfolding it it showed a Weiss Schnee with headline of here attending to Beacon
"You"
The picture was covered in ice before shattering.
I hate college, love the potential gains I'm going to have when I get my degree, but still very much hate it.
So nothing much else besides the next chapter being a different fate, and before you say yes I'll update an old power later, once I have some idea where to go next because beginning and end I know but middle is a working progress.
So leave a review if you like it because everything bit helps and throw a criticism or two because i'm open to outside looks
peace
From robtogod456