Ambré and Rose are running along the streets, taking out a few Grimm in their path. They come around a corner and find their target. The Cats Corner Cafe, a burning Bullhead is crashed on the roof.

  Ambré and Rose gnce at each other and nod. They run down the street towards it. In the distance a rge church colpses.

  Ambré kicks the front doors open, holding her SMG tightly, she walks in; Rose right behind her.

  "Maize!" Ambré calls out as she aims her gun around. "Maize, where are you?!"

  Rose narrows her eyes, looking around, her night vision trait from her faunus father slightly working. "Man, it's dark in here."

  The roof groans as some dust falls onto them. Ambré looks up at the ceiling and notices it's barely holding up with the bullhead smashed into it, then the fire spreading down the walls.

  "We better hurry, this pce won't be standing for long." Ambré looks around. "Maize!"

  The two reach the middle of the room, and they hear a loud bang behind them. They both spin round, aiming their weapons at the sound and they see the doors are now shut, a book shelf blocking it now.

  Baxterbro

  "What the fuck?" Ambré mutters, as Rose slightly shakes.

  Then a metallic wet sound echoes from behind them. They swiftly turn around, and their eyes widen in horror. Ambré's gun nearly falls out of her hand in shock, and Rose takes several steps back in fear.

  In front of them is Maize, torn into several pieces, revealing metallic and wired innards. Her big pink eyes, now looking like camera shutters, stared bnkly ahead. Pink blood pools under her.

  "Maize..." Ambré stares in shock, before she starts to grip her gun in anger.

  "N-No..." Rose falls to her knees.

  They both slightly jump as a ugh echoes above them. They both turn around, with Rose standing back up, and they look towards the second floor.

  Fire illuminates a girl staring down at them.

  Pink has short pink hair with bright pink eyes, that currently have a dangerous glow to them. She wears a Atlesain school uniform with a purple tie. She does have a ft chest. Pink blood coats her uniform. She has a miniskirt on with a pair of shorts underneath. She has on a pair of simple white sneakers, covering in dirt and pink blood. She stands at 5'3'' (160 cm.)

  Pink smiles as she holds her bloody knife close to her face. "And the rest of the mbs join the sughter."

  "You did this..." Ambré mutters, then she aims her gun up at Pink in anger. "WHY?!"

  Pink frowns. "She wanted to be close to my byzzy, so I had to get rid of her."

  "Byzzy?" Rose questions. "Byzan?"

  Pink hugs the side of her face and smiles. "He's just the best, isn't he!? HEEHEHE!" But then she gres down at Ambré and Rose. "But you two are also trying to get close to him!"

  "What the fuck is she on about?"

  Pink hops onto the railing. "So I must get rid of you both!" She suddenly disappears in a pink heart cloud, and appears in front of Rose. "And I'll start with you!"

  Rose is sent across the room and crashes into several bookshelves. She lets out a groan of pain as her Ice blue aura covers her, healing a gash on her cheek.

  "Rose!" Ambré shouts in worry, and changes her SMG into a sword just in time to block an attack from Pink.

  Ambré then kicks Pink way and the short girl flips in the air, and nds on her feet. She stares at Ambré as she licks the blood off her bde, licking off both Maize's and Rose's blood.

  Baxterbro

  "I enjoy a good game!" Pink smiles creepily.

  Pink disappears in a pink heart cloud and teleports right in front of Ambré, swinging her knife at her.

  Ambré takes a step back, as the knife barely avoids her. And she swings her short sword at Pink, but the girl teleports behind her, going for a stab. Until Rose appears and punches Pink across the face, sending her crashing into a wall, cracking it.

  "Fucking bitch!" Thorn growls in anger as Rose takes back over.

  Ambré looks Rose up and down, and sighs in relief. Then gnces over at Pink, who quickly gets back up. "I'm going to kill her." She readies her sword.

  "I... have no objections." Rose aims her pistol at Pink.

  Pink ughs as she stares at them. "The more I stare at your faces, the more I get angry! Why must Byzan enjoy being around you two, and not me!"

  Pink runs towards them and Rose open fires. Pink teleports between the bullets in the air and cshes with Ambré. Pink stabs her rge knife towards Ambré, but she parries it and tries to punch the pinkette. But she teleports away and appears above Rose.

  "Above!" Ambré shouts, and Rose jumps back as Pink sms her knife into the ground.

  Ambré goes to kick Pink, but the girl teleports behind her, and sshes her back. Ambré grunts as her aura covers her, and she elbows Pink in the face.

  Pink grunts in pain as she teleports around and appears beside Rose. Who changes her pistol into a knife and blocks the attack. Pink gres at Rose, making the girl panic slightly.

  Ambré fires onto Pink, and the girl teleports away, disappearing. The girls go back to back as they aim around looking for Pink.

  Several crystals of fire dust nd at their feet, causing them to panic. The two jump away as Pink, from the second floor, shoots them with her revolver.

  Ambré and Rose are thrown apart and sm into furniture as the explosion shakes the building. The Bullhead above them slightly falls down as the roof groans in protest.

  Rose grunts as she covers her head with her arms and aura, as debris falls onto her. Ambré coughs up some dust as her Sapphire aura covers her. Fire starts to consume the bookstore, as debris falls over the main entrance, completely locking them in.

  "Rose!" Ambré shouts as she gets back up.

  "I'm fine!" Rose shouts back as she gets up, that is until Pink teleports behind her.

  Rose's senses go on alert as she quickly turns around and blocks an attack from Pink. Pink teleports around Rose, trying to stab her, but she keeps blocking. Pink growls in anger as she teleports in front of Rose again, and Rose swings her knife at her.

  But Pink teleports above her, causing Rose's eyes to widen as she can't block in time. Pink smiles as she grabs Rose's head and sms it into the ground.

  Pink grabs some of Rose's hair and sms her face into the ground several times. Rose's aura covers her as she pnts her hands on the ground and pushes against Pink's strength. Thorn takes over and gres at Pink, making the girl smile in delight.

  but then Pink frowns as Ambré gives a battlecry and jumps through some fire, trying to stab Pink. Pink lets go of Thorn and slides back and away from the attack, but Ambré quickly changes the direction of her attack and her bde sms into Pink.

  Pink spits out some saliva as she flies into the air and roughly sms back down into the ground. She grunts in pain as her pink aura covers her, healing a rge gash on her chest.

  Pink touches her chest, looking at the blood on her hand she growls in anger. She stands up, pulling out another pair of fire dust crystals.

  "You dare hurt this body!" Pink yells in anger. "How will Byzan love me now!"

  Ambré helps Rose off the ground. "You have some serious problems."

  Pink huffs as she throws one of the dust crystals up high into the air. Pink pinks her knife as it changes into a revolver and fires at it. The crystal explodes, causing the roof to colpse and the bullhead to fall in. It sms into the side of the room, with it's tail digging into the wall, creating a rge hole.

  Ambré and Rose jump back to avoid the Bullhead falling onto them, but a crystal flies past them again. Their eyes narrow as a bullet flies between them, striking the crystal.

  A rge explosion goes off, sending the girls flying away from each other. Ambré crashes through several tables and book shelves, before stopping herself. Her sapphire aura covers her as she sms her fist on the ground in anger.

  She pulls her self up and starts walking towards Pink, who's just cackling like a crazy person. Ambré swiftly changes her short sword into her SMG and brings up her gun, going to pull the trigger, until a cry of pain echoes around. Ambré's eyes shrink as she looks to the side.

  Tears fall down Rose's eyes as she up against the burning Bullhead, a rge price of metal sticking through her right thigh, blood spurting out from it, covering her clothes. Rose grits her teeth in pain as her aura covers her, trying to less the pain of both the fire around her and the metal in her leg.

  "S?UR!!" Ambré screams and yells in anger as she fires onto Pink. "JE VAIS TE TUER, PUTAIN!"

  Pink teleports away and to the side of Ambré, and swings her rge knife at her. Ambré brings up an arm to block the attack, her aura taking the blow, before she kicks Pink away.

  Pink flips through the air and teleports right in front of Ambré, aiming her revolver right up in her face. Ambré grits her teeth and her aura fres up.

  In the reflection of Rose's pale gold eye, she watches as Pink fires her revolver, and Ambré's head snaps back as blood flies everywhere; as the bullet pieces through her left eye. Ambré's aura shatters as she nds on the ground, blood pooling under her,shadows cover her face as blood leaks down it. Ambré ys still as Pink nds on the ground, chuckling.

  "NOOOOO!" Rose screams out as her eyes start to shake as tears fall.

  Pink, blood covering her face, holds up her revolver as she looks towards Rose. "Aura piercing rounds with a hint of lighting dust." She twirls her revolver in her hand, like an action movie hero. "Never fails to take them down in one shot."

  "Y-You're a m-monster!" Rose blubbers out as Pink stands a few feet in front of her.

  Pink smiles and lets out a dry chuckle. "Oh, there are things worse than I, out there." She aims her revolver at Rose. "Don't worry, you'll reunite with your sister soon."

  Pink pulls the hammer back on her revolver, aiming it at the center of Rose's head. Rose closes her eyes and braces.

  "PINK!"

  Baxterbro

  Rose opens her eyes as a smile forms on her face, she looks up as sees Byzan walking down the tail of the Bullhead above her; one foot right in front of the other.

  Blood and dirt covers Byzan's face and clothes. His makeup is all ruined from the sweat and blood, and his hair is all matted. He has a few deep gashes on his arms and legs, as a few small wounds on his chest and neck.

  A smile forms on Pink's face. "Byzy! You're here!" She hugs herself happily.

  Rose notices a look of anger on Byzan's face, she's never seen him so angry before. He looks between Mazie's body, Ambré's body, his eye twitches. Byzan looks down at Rose and gives her a cm smile.

  "Give me a few minutes, okay?" He says in a soft tone.

  Rose can only nod as her voice gets caught in her throat, and the burning pain in her right thigh.

  "Why won't you look at me!?" Pink yells in anger as Byzan's turns to her, giving her a look of malice. "Why must you give her soft eyes, and me that ugly look?!"

  Byzan hops off the bullhead and nds in front of Rose, his sword in hand.

  "I'll never forgive you for killing, Jackie." Byzan points his sword at her. "And you nearly killed me!"

  Pink grows very angry. "He took you away from me! And If I couldn't have you, no one could!"

  "I loved you once, Pink." Byzan shakes his head as he gres at her. "But I will never again."

  Pink yells in anger as she charges at Byzan, swinging her knife at him. Byzan easily parries the attack and delivers a swift kick to her gut, sending her crashing into a book shelf.

  Several beams from what's little left of the roof, crashes beside Byzan as he charges at Pink. Pink teleports away as Byzan cuts the bookshelf in half, appearing behind him. Byzan swiftly tuners around and grabs Pink's wrist as he leans away from the attack.

  Byzan the flips Pink into the air as she gives a yelp, and sshes her chest. Pink coughs up blood as her aura takes the brunt of the blow, but she still gets cut. Her aura fshes a couple times.

  She teleports away and onto the top of a bookshelf, and puts a hand over to the rge wounds on her chest. She takes a few heavy breaths, but then jumps off the bookshelf as Byzan throws a burning chair at her.

  She teleports away and onto a nearby table, but jumps away again as Byzan cuts the table in half. Pink nds on the ground and charges towards Byzan, and he charges towards her.

  Pink tries to stab Byzan in the chest, but he blocks the attack and goes to ssh her neck, but she teleports into the air above him. Byzan slides back as Pink sms her foot into the ground where he was, and then gets kicked in the back and thrown into a wall.

  Pink slides down the wall and huffs in anger. She goes to charge at Byzan, but the second floor of the book store colpses onto her as she yells.

  Everything goes silent but for the sound of crackling fire and the building groaning. Byzan nearly colpses as he stabs his sword into the ground, his face growing a little pale.

  But he takes a deep breath and turns around, and walks over to Ambré. he kneels down to her, seeing all the blood, causing him to grimace. He puts a finger on the side of her neck, and feels a pulse.

  Byzan lets out a sigh of relief, and looks over to Rose. "She's alive."

  Rose starts to cry happy tears this time as Byzan rips his shirt up and puts a makeshift bandage around her head and eye. He then gets up and walks towards Rose.

  His ears twitch as the rubble where Pink was buried, bursts open. Byzan turns around and sees Pink teleports right in front of him, her revolver aimed at him.

  The right half of Pink's face is burning off, showing the muscle tissue under her skin. Blood pours out of her left eye as she gres at Byzan, the hand holding her revolver is nothing bone muscle and bone.

  Byzan grits his teeth as his fshing aura comes up, and he tries to duck down. Pink pulls the trigger, and a round flies out, but Byzan's isn't fast enough.

  The round strikes Byzan in his left cat ear, blowing it off and sending him tumbling as yelling in pain. His aura shatters as well. Pink teleports behind Byzan and nds on his back as she brings her knife up high.

  "Byzan!" Rose screams in worry.

  Pink yells in anger as she brings down the knife, stabbing Byzan through the right shoulder. Byzan yells in pain as he falls to the ground, Pink on top of him.

  Pink pushes Byzan's hand into the ground as she twists the knife in his shoulder. "You made me do this love. I never wanted this, but you forced me!"

  Byzan grits his teeth in pain, blood starting to stain the ground. She grabs a bit of his air and pulls his face up, forcing him to look into her eyes, fresh blood staining his face.

  "I really loved you, Byzy." Pink roughly rips the knife out of Byzan's shoulder, licking his blood off the bde. "Hmmm~ Tasty."

  Byzan lets out a hiss, and a cat like growl as he gres at Pink. She just gives an amused huff as she brings the knife to his throat.

  "Bye, bye." Pink smirks as she starts to drag the knife across his throat.

  But then something crashes through the wall nearby, and sms into Pink. Pink screams as she crashes through a wall, and outside onto the road.

  Byzan lets out several deep breaths, holding a hand up to his throat, a small cut now bleeding. Byzan looks over to what hit Pink, and he sees Professor Ash.

  Ash is covered in oil and dirt, his white hair stained with red. Some blood drips from the corner of his mouth. A rge deep gash is on his right shoulder.

  "Professor?" Byzan questions.

  "Get Ambré, Rose and yourself to the evacuation point at Beacon." Ash orders as he walks towards where Pink went. "... Please Byzan, save my cousins." He looks down at Byzan, a couple tears falling from his eyes.

  Byzan just nods as he shakily gets up. Ash runs out of the building, several gunshots echo outside. He runs over to Rose and looks over over, seeing the jagged metal in her thigh he looks to her.

  "This is gonna hurt, okay." Byzan says softly. "So, just focus on me."

  Rose nods as her breath hitches. Byzan grabs Rose and pulls her off the Bullhead, she lets out a loud scream of pain and sobs. He then puts her on his back, wrapping her arms around his neck. Then he moves over to Ambré, and grunts as he picks her up in a princess carry.

  "Dear Oum, you are heavy!" Byzan mutters as he lifts the rge girl up.

  "Are you sure you can handle this?" Rose asks.

  Byzan nods. "I'll be fine. Just save your strength."

  Byzan starts to stumble out of the book store.

  A little ter Byzan arrives at the docks outside of Beacon, his vision slightly blurs as he falls to his knees.

  "Where there, Byzan." Rose says in a tired tone, she's all pale now.

  "Byzan!" Sun runs over in gasps in shock. "No, what happened!" He takes Ambré out of his hands, barely being able to lift her up.

  "Just... get help..." Byzan breaths out.

  "Right!"

  Sun leads Byzan and Rose over to a medical team. They try to treat him, but he forces them to focus on Ambré and Rose.

  "Byzz!" Nora calls out as she sees them.

  Byzan tiredly looks over to see Nora and Ren, a bit tired and injured, walking over. Nora is helping Ren walk.

  "What happened?" Ren asks in worry.

  "...A lot of stuff..." Byzan states. "...This is all my fault."

  "What, are you talking about?" Nora asks in confusion.

  A loud roar echoes around the area as the Wyvern flies around the Clock Tower. Everyone looks over to it in worry.

  "Byzan, what do you think-?" Nora looks back to him, but he's suddenly gone. "Byzz?"

  Ren looks around in confusion. "He just... disappeared."

  Rose, on a medical gurney, with a breathing mask on her face. Looks around slowly, trying to find him. Ambré is on another medical gurney, several medics around her, one with a pair of defibriltors.

  "...Byzz...?"

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  03-05-2025

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