RWBY: Son of Salem

Chapter 46

Marek

I watched as Atlas ships fought off Sphinx and Manticores, some shooting the Leviathan as they passed by but it didn't seem to do much.

The Grimm went into the water and started swimming. "All units, be advised: Leviathan-class Grimm has submerged but is still on approach. Preparing hard-light shields, over!"

"We're getting slammed by hostiles out here! Where is Cordovin?!"

"This is your fault! Do you hear me?!" Cordo shouted at us.

"Ruby!" I glanced back to see Yang and Blake rejoin us.

"Yang! Blake! Are you okay?"

"What happened?" Blake asked.

"Was that a giant Grimm?" Yang asked.

"Yes... and we just ruined the only thing capable of stopping it..."

We all got on the airship and Maria began flying us away while Cordo tried to move the cannon. "This is your fault! YOUR FAULT! This is..."

I looked away from Cordo, walking over and sitting down near the corner of the ship. "Fuck..."

"I'm so sorry..." Blake said.

"Don't be. This isn't on you." Yang told her.

"But-"

"You're safe, that's all that matters." Ruby told her.

"I suppose I have to be the bad guy and say it, getting the lamp to Atlas is still our top priority, and right now we have the perfect opportunity to head straight for it. We may not get another chance like this." Maria said.

"No way!"

"We can't leave, not like this." Weiss said.

"It's like you said, a Huntress is supposed to protect others to the bitter end." Blake told her.

"We need to head for the Leviathan. Jaune, can you and Ren be ready to mask our ship?" Ruby asked them.

"I think we can manage."

"Got a few ideas?" Jaune asked.

"I've got one." Ruby replied.

"Eyes up, everybody. It's back." Qrow said.

I got up and walked to the cockpit, looking out over the ocean and spotting the massive Grimm emerge from the water. The Leviathan let out a deafening roar before marching for the city. As it approached, a hard-light dust barrier erected, halting the creature.

The Grimm shot some sort of energy beam from it's mouth, moving it towards one of the beams that powered the barrier, destroying it. "It tore straight through...!"

"All squadrons, fall back to evacuation procedures. Disengage Leviathan! I repeat, disengage! Over!"

"No wait!" Ruby rushed over and grabbed the radio.

"Ruby!"

"We can stop it!" Ruby said into the radio.

"Who is this? Identify yourself!"

"I'm a Huntress. My team and I are heading to the Leviathan and can weaken it for you to attack!" Ruby told them.

"We can?" Jaune asked.

"I can."

"Ruby, when I said 'trial by fire'-" Maria said.

"I did it at Beacon and at the farm."

"You really think you can do it now?" Weiss asked.

"I don't have a choice."

"Manta 5-1, your ship is currently flagged as hostile. You will recieve no support, over."

"Fine, we'll do it alone if we have to." Ruby replied. "We can hit it while it's stopped at the next barrier. Ren, you're up!"

Jaune used his aura to boost Ren's semblance to mask the ship. The Leviathan made it's way to the next barrier and started charging up another attack. "We're too late! Pull up!" Qrow shouted.

The Leviathan broke the second barrier as Jaune and Ren's aura drained. "Damn it...!"

"That's all I've got!" Ren said.

"It's on the move again! We need to stop it!"

"What do we do?" Yang asked.

Ruby looked to Weiss and nodded. Weiss created a Glyph and summoned her Lancer just outside of the ship. Ruby jumped on it and was about to head for the Leviathan.

"Ruby! What are you-" I was cut off as Ruby quickly placed her lips against mine.

"I'll be right back." she said. "Keep it's attention off me until I'm done."

I saw the determination in her eyes and decided to trust her. "Okay."

Ruby took off towards the Leviathan as me, Nora and Yang readied our weapons to shoot it. "Eyes on us, ugly!" Nora shouted as she shot it.

I aimed down my sights and shot controlled bursts as Ruby stood, on Weiss' summon, in front of the Grimm. The Grimm turned our way for a few seconds before turning to Ruby.

"Why'd it turn away?!" Yang shouted.

I saw the Grimm about to attack her. "Ruby!"

Suddenly, the entire area shone in a blinding white light, engulfing the Grimm.

Once the light faded, I saw that the Leviathan had turned to stone. Everyone still on the ship glanced at each other, giving warm smiles until the sound of stone cracking filled our ears. "What?" we looked to the Leviathan to see it's head move.

"I'll take it from here!" Cordo shouted. I looked over to see the mech missing it's cannon. "After all, I was sworn to protect the people!"

She rushed towards the Grimm, the remaining hand of the mech turning into a drill. Impaling the Grimm, it turned to dust. Cordo was talking to Ruby before turning around to help the other airships with the flying Grimm.

Maria flew the airship to Ruby who quickly climbed on board.

A few hours later

It had gotten a bit dark as we made our way to Atlas. "We should have just enough fuel to make it." Maria said.

"Thanks, Miss Calavera."

"Hey, Ruby." Qrow said. "You did great out there today, kid. Just don't go giving me heart attacks like that again."

"Seriously." I chuckled.

"I love you, too." she hugged her uncle.

I looked out the window, waiting until we reached Atlas. "I'm sorry you went through that nightmare. But, I'm glad Yang was there for you in time." Weiss said. I assumed she was talking about the fight with Adam. Yang told us a few minutes after we left Argus.

"We were there for each other."

"Took the words right out of my mouth." Nora said.

I looked over to Ruby and noticed everyone else was staring at her as well. "Hey, stop it!"

"You petrified a Leviathan... after diving down the barrel of a cannon!" Ren said.

"Don't act like you all haven't done crazy stuff before!" Ruby looked to Oscar. "I mean, Oscar made a successful crash landing! He's a fourteen year old farm hand!"

"That was seriously impressive."

"We'd have been stranded without you." Blake added.

"I... thanks, but... I've been meaning to tell you guys... I didn't land the ship on my own." Oscar replied. "Ozpin... helped..."

"Did he... take control?" I asked.

"No, he guided me... And then he was gone again..." Oscar said.

"Does that mean he's been watching us this whole time?"

"I don't know, but... it at least means he was looking out for us." Oscar shrugged.

"Hey, if you've never seen Atlas in person before, you don't wanna miss this." Qrow said.

We all walked over and peered out the windshield.

"Is it weird that I'm sorta nervous?" Ruby asked.

"No, I'll believe we've made it to Atlas when I see it."

"Well... believe it." Weiss said.

We emerged from the clouds to see a...floating city?

"Wow!"

"You know, you make the trip up to Atlas over and over, but you never get used to that view." Maria's eyes started malfunctioning again. "Oh, come on!"

I saw Weiss lean forward, a nervous look on her face.

"Weiss, what is it?" Pyrrha asked.

We all followed her gaze, and noticed above the city of Atlas many Atlas Airships.

"The Atlas air fleet... I knew all of our ships were called back, but..."

"They're set up like they're expecting an attack..." Qrow said.

"Manta 5-1, welcome home..."

End of chapter 46

(Another season has come to an end, sadly... However, I am not be done with this season just yet!

Sure this season wasn't the best, but we did get a lot of information on Ozpin, Salem, etc. I could go on for days about the good and bad but I'll spare the details. Anyways, if you want to read my other work, I recommend RWBY: Son of Qrow Branwen or RWBY: Schnee Family Name.

Anyways, until season 7, this is it. Or maybe not...)