ASTR

小惑星

(Shōwakusei)

(ASTR: Asteroid)

Chapter 15:- The Evil Within

Theme song: Dreamweaver - J2 [Feat. Keeley Bumford]

Ending song: Bad Luck Charm - Jeff Williams

/NOTICE: This story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual people, group, other fictions, etc. is entirely coincidental.

"Ruby! Ruby! If you can hear me, say something! Or open your eyes at least!" -The sound of a man's voice was heard as the sight of Ruby was seen lying down on a bed as she slowly opened her eyes to see Qrow and Arsene with her-

Ruby: W-Where am I..?

Qrow: You're in the medical bay in Atlas.

Ruby: What happened?

Arsene: The prison was attacked by Adam Taurus. Cinder and her lackeys escaped with him too.

Ruby: H-Huh? W-What are we going to do now?!

Arsene: Just sit back and rest, I'll be heading out with my group and Winter to find them.

Ruby: L-Let me come with you then!

Arsene: No! Don't! I'll leave you under Qrow's care but until then, you are to behave yourself.

Ruby: F-Fine.. But what about Yang and Blake?

Arsene: They're resting too.

Qrow: Arsene, you better watch yourself when you get out there. That Adam guy is stronger than you think.

Arsene: I've faced worst enemies in the past. -Arsene would then turn and headed out of the room and once he exited the room, he saw the members of WEBT along with the other members of ASTR waiting for him- Sorry for making you guys wait.

Winter: We must go, now.

Arsene: How are the preperations, Saber?

Saber: I've tested a few of the units, they should be ready to fight against the Elder and even Cinder and her group.

Arsene: Good.

Winter: What units?

Arsene: Saber specialises in tech engineering and weaponry. She can create machines with scrap and guns out of most steel.

Winter: Is that so? Then I'm looking forward to seeing these "units" you made.

Saber: Of course! You will not be disappointed!

Basil: It better be worth it, Kid. We went through hell to find that crap for you.

Saber: And who are you people?

Basil: I'll introduce myself later but let's just say that I helped out your friend: Coco and her group in retrieving the thing you needed.

Saber: I see. Then I will reward you once we reach the battlefield!

Basil: If there's progress then I'm fine with it.

-Team ASTR and former team WEBT would head out of the main tower and went to the hangar bay to get a transport. Once they set foot on the transport, it would fly and take off as it brought them out of the city-

Winter: I hope you know what you're doing, Arsene. Adam Taurus is no enemy that you should look down on.

Arsene: If he tries to kill me, I won't be afraid of killing him as well.

Tigre: What do you think is worse, boy? Dying along with everyone else or being the only one who survives?

Arsene: It's not the dying that scares me. It's not making a difference before I do.

-After hearing what Arsene said, everyone was in complete silence as they were surprised to hear him say such a thing as they were all taken aback-

Basil: Looks like I've underestimated ya, Kid.

Arsene: I beg your pardon?

Basil: It's nothing.

-The sound of a powerful roar was then heard as everyone would look out of the window of the transport as they would then panic at the sight of the Elder attacking the transport as it devoured the transport and exploded in it's mouth. Seconds later, the sight of the two groups were seen outside as they had escaped before getting devoured-

Ein: That was close!

Winter: Of all things! This has to be here!

Arsene: Team Asteroid, eliminate the beast will all abilities! All effects and power-ups are permitted to be used for this battle!

Ray, Saber & Terra: Yes sir! -The three would smile and grin in confidence as they spread out and would attack the Elder-

Winter: Arsene! What are you doing?!

Arsene: The Elder is a bigger threat than Cinder, we must eliminate it.

Winter: How?!

Arsene: With everything humanity has. -He said as his eyes glowed slightly for a moment as he would then jump up to the Elder and attack it as the song "Red Like Roses Part 2" was being played by Ray's phone-

"I couldn't take it, couldn't stand another minute

Couldn't bear another day without you in it

All of the joy that I had known for all my life

Was stripped away from me the minute that you died

To have you in my life was all I ever wanted

But now without you I'm a soul forever haunted

Can't help but feel that I had taken you for granted

No way in hell that I can ever comprehend this

I wasn't dreaming when they told me you were gone

I was wide awake and feeling that they had to be wrong

How could you leave me when you swore that you would stay?

Now I'm trapped inside a nightmare every single f'ing day

It's like a movie, but there's not a happy ending

Every scene fades black, and there's no pretending

This little fairy tale doesn't seem to end well

There's no knight in shining armor who will wake me from the spell

I know you didn't plan this

You tried to do what's right.

But in the middle of this madness

I'm the one you left to win this fight

Red like roses

Fills my head with dreams and finds me

Always closer

To the emptiness and sadness

That has come to take the place of you

Voice 2:

I know you're broken down by anger and by sadness

You feel I left you in a world that's full of madness

Wish I could talk to you, if only for a minute

Make you understand the reasons why I did it

I wanna tell you that you're all that ever mattered

Want you to know that, for eternity, I'm shattered

I tried so hard just to protect you, but I failed to

And in a prison of abandonment I've jailed you

I never planned that I would leave you there alone

I was sure that I would see you when I made it back home

And all the times I swore that it would be okay

Now I'm nothing but a liar, and you're thrown into the fray

This bedtime story ends with misery ever after

The pages are torn, and there's no final chapter

I didn't have a choice, I did what I had to do

I made a sacrifice, but forced a bigger sacrifice on you

I know you've lived a nightmare

I caused you so much pain

But, baby, please don't do what I did

I don't want you to waste your life in vain

Voice 1:

Red like roses

Fills my head with dreams and finds me

Always closer

To the emptiness and sadness

That has come to take the place of you.

Voice 2: You're not the only one who needed me; I thought you understood

Voice 1: You were the one I needed, and you left me as I always feared you would

Voice 2: Would I change it if I could?

Both voices: It doesn't matter how

The petals scatter now

Every nightmare just discloses

It's your blood that's red like roses

Voice 1: And no matter what I do

Nothing ever takes the place of you

Red like roses

Fills my head with dreams and finds me

Always closer

To the emptiness and sadness

That has come to take the place of you"

-The sight of multiple giant shadows were seen as Ray had summoned them through his powers and the giants would attack the Elder while the ancient beast would tear down the shadows like paper. Arsene and Terra landed on top of the Elder's body as they would then attack the outer shell of the Elder. Terra tried to melt the armour with her corrosive acid while Arsene was freezing the Elder's body, slowly immobilising it with his ice. -The song "Eiyuu no Uta -Hero Poem- was heard in the background as Arsene and Terra would turn their attention to Saber who was down below as she was playing the song through her watch-

"(Come now)

Heart changes into wedge

(Come now)

And words are made of steel.

If truth will continue,

then walls will surely collapse,

There is an answer in those deep feelings.

It is here too,

It shines brightly into darkness

You bring forth love.

You were born from love.

(Come now)

Strength is not a power,

(Come now)

Nor weakness is one's rescue.

Next begining,

Is overlaping with this end.

Only from hope, it seems it's only one step.

This is thing of immortals,

This gradually changes the world.

You bring forth dreams.

You were born from dreams."

Saber: Dominate your very bloodline, my servants of war! -She yelled as she threw small 10 capsules onto the ground. The steel capsules would transform into giant creatures. The sight of a Scorpion, Mants. Cobra, Gorilla, Panther, Hawk, Wyvern, Turtle, Giant and a Dinosaur were seen as they were made out of steel and flesh-

Basil: Th-Those things...Did...She..?

Tigre: Are those what I think they are?

Ein: We're so screwed, aren't we?

Winter: W-What's going on?

Basil: She made soldiers out of the Elder's DNA from his tooth.

Winter: His tooth? What do you mean?

Basil: A group was asked to retrieve a relic from Beacon, called "Elder's Tooth". It's a tooth that was taken out from the Elder's very mouth and it has powers of mind control and cloning. It's an extremely powerful and dangerous relic but she turned it into soldiers. -He said as he saw the titans attack the Elder as they were able to pierce through the Elder's thick armour with ease and hurt it-

Winter: Then what she's doing is illegal!

Basil: Hold your horses, Winter, it may be illegal but if this plan of hers works out then you may have to oversee this and cut the kid some slack.

Winter: Why should I?!

Basil: Because she may have saved us from that ugly bastard! -He yelled at Winter as he pointed at the Elder that was being attacked by team ASTR and the giant machines-

Winter: F-Fine but this is against the law you know?

Basil: I'm well aware of that but you need to put your "laws" aside and think about this logically! There is no such thing as law as we fight a monster that has no law of its' own!

Tigre: H-Hold up! Look! -He pointed at Saber who was firing her weapons at the Elder but would then stop attacking the Elder and her machines would stop attacking as well-

Ein: What's going on..?

-The giant steel scorpion along with the Gorilla and Panther would turn their direction to Basil and his group as they glared at the group-

Basil: Draw your weapons, now. -He said softly as everyone would slowly draw out their weapons-

-Up on the Elder's body, Arsene and Terra stopped attacking the Elder as they looked up to see Elder looking up at the sky as it was making an echoing sound. Arsene and Terra would then notice that Ray had stopped attacking and his summons were gone-

Terra: W-Where's Ray?

Arsene:...Th-There... -He said softly as he pointed up in the sky as he was shaking softly, Terra would look up as her eyes widened in shock and she gasped loudly at the sight of the Wyvern that Saber created was flying around in the sky with Ray in its' mouth as a large amount of blood would spill all over on Terra as she would scream in panic-

Terra: AHHHHHH! Ray!

Arsene: Te-Terra! Calm down!

Terra: Ray's dead! He's freaking dead! And that thing was made by Saber! That bitch is going to die!

Arsene: W-Wait! Wha-?! -He saw Saber aiming her weapons at Arsene and Terra as she would fire her weapons at the two without a second thought, Arsene would quickly create an ice barrier around himself along with Terra as he protected himself and Terra from the attack and would jump off of the Elder's body and would land on the ground with Terra as he was holding onto her arm-

Terra: That bitch just shot at us! She's going to die tonight!

Arsene: Now's not the time! We need to find out what's going on!

-At the other end of the Elder's body, the sight of a large explosion was seen as Tigre and Basil would jump over the large body and landed in front of Arsene and Terra-

Terra: You two! Where's the others?!

Basil: We got separated by those damn bots! What the hell did your teammate create?!

Tigre: This is like Frankenstein all over again..

Basil: You don't say! -He answered Tigre and would then turn his attention back to Arsene- Look kid, I don't know what's going on but you better have a good explanation for this!

Terra: Ah! Look out! -She jumped forward and pushed Arsene as a giant blade would pierce through Terra's body as it killed the redhead in an instant-

Basil: Oh shit..

Arsene: Te-Terra! -He yelled out her name as he began to tear up in anger as the ground he stood on began to freeze, he would then look up ahead to see the giant steel Mantis staring down at Arsene with Terra's body in its' sickle-like arms- You bastard... You'll pay for what you did to her.. -The sight of Winter and Ein falling back was seen as they ran past the three-

Basil: What?! Hey! What the hell!

Ein: We need to go! NOW!

Basil: Why?!

Winter: I am no coward but I am not fighting THAT! -Arsene, Basil and Tigre would turn their attention to the large Elder body behind them and look up to see the giant four-pincer Scorpion and lance-like stinger staring down at them with its' large red eyes-

Tigre: That thing is larger than I thought..

Basil: It's the biggest one of all after all, let's get the hell outta here! -He and Tigre would run as they would leave Arsene but Basil would stop to see Arsene draw out his two swords. Basil would run back to Arsene but was unable to reach him as Arsene made a wall of ice to block Basil's path to reach him- Arsene! Kid! What are you doing?! You'll die!

Arsene: Then so be it. -He said softly in an angered tone as the song "Hero" was heard-

"As you're on your way back home.

Something catch your eyes untold

Fear of darkness lingers here

You tremble as you get the fear!

Now you on the corner stone

Fearing you'd be left alone

Who will lose who will prevail?

Who will tell the final tale?

There it goes again

Do you know what it take's to be a hero?

When you lost, a piece of love, a piece of you.

Do you have what it takes to beat the fear that's

In your heart, to grow up strong, and undo wrong.

To grow up strong, and redo wrong.

You're walking down that well worn road

Some things changed but who would know

The smiles you get a poisoned well

The colour you once knew is killed

And, as you realize what's wrong

The dirt under you're feet is gone

The enemy looks in your eyes

Now is time to make it right!

You better make it right!

Do you know what it take's to be a hero?

When you lost, a piece of love, a piece of you.

Do you have what it takes to beat the fear that's

In your heart, to grow up strong, and undo wrong.

To grow up strong, and undo wrong.

What it takes to be a hero

To grow up strong and undo wrong."

Basil: Tsk! If you're as strong as everyone says and even got acknowledged by Ironwood and Ozpin, then you better come back alive. -He said as he would turn and run away with the others while Arsene was surrounded by all 10 machines along with the Elder and Saber staring down at him as all of their eyes glowed red-

Arsene: So that's it, huh? You just made yourself look bad, Saber. I'm disappointed in you. -Saber would aim her cannons at Arsene and fire a powerful beam at him-

-Moments later as team WEBT were running, they would call a transport to pick them up as they were attacked by Grimm, a transport would arrive soon after they called for it and take them back to Atlas as Ruby and Yang along with Qrow and Blake were inside. The four were confused as they noticed that Arsene and his group was not with them-

Ruby: Where's Arsene?

...

Ruby: W-Where is he? Hey! Tell us!

Qrow: Calm down, Ruby. Winter, where is Arsene and his group?

Winter: He...Stayed back to fight the Elder and Saber.

Yang: Saber?! Why is he fighting Saber?!

Basil: That little twerp betrayed us! She attacked us with her new machines and killed three of Arsene's members!

Blake: H-His teammates?

Yang: Eh? Te-Terra and Ray are...

Tigre: Dead. They were killed right in front of our very eyes.

Yang: Why would Saber betray Arsene?! She is the most loyal of the three!

Ein: She could have lied and faked it the entire time.

Winter: No. She didn't fake it. That right there wasn't Saber but someone else. -She then turned back to Yang as she felt heartbroken to see Ruby crying as she was hugging her sister: Yang-

Ruby: A-Arsene m-might be dead, Yang!

Yang: D-Don't worry, knowing him, he might be fine..

-Back in the cold dark winter forests, the sight of a white queen Lancer was seen flying above the forest as Weiss was flying her summoned beast, she looked down and saw three large corpses down on the ground, she'd fly down to investigate and once she reached to the ground, her eyes widened as she gasped upon the sight of a giant steel Wyvern, Hawk and Cobra along with Terra and Ray's body left behind-

Weiss: W-What happened here?! R-Ray Assault?! Terra Vera..? -She was walking towards the dead mechanical creatures as she would then trip and fall down onto the ice- O-Ow...W-What was that? Huh? -She looked behind her to see what she tripped on and as she saw what she tripped on, she picked up the item as it was one of Arsene's gun- This belongs to Arsene...Oh no...P-Please...Arsene, please don't die on me, you promised me that you'll live just for me.. -She said softly as she held onto the gun tightly and began to tear up as the Lancer queen would walk up to her from behind and tried comforting Weiss- Please be alright, Arsene..

-TO BE CONCLUDED-

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A SEQUEL HAS BEEN CONFIRMED!

But the date has not been confirmed.

Y'all would just have to wait for the announcement on the writer's facebook page then~ -Said Ray as he was sitting down on a red couch with Terra lying on the couch with him as she had her head on top of Ray's lap-