RWBY||Defender of Remnant

Chapter 14: Living in a Nightmare: Part 4

3rd Person POV

Dreamscape

Alright, Sincline thought as he and a group of 50 miniature Weiss children made their way down a corridor, their boots clicking against the cool stone floor. After finishing the cotton candy (which he might have enjoyed more than he had let on), he had gathered the many miniature Weiss clones (which had taken more than a few hours since they had wandered throughout half the city) and explained his plan. It was simple. Attack the tower head on, draw out Nightmare Weiss, take her out, then finish off the Grimm....

"Here we go," Sincline muttered as he and the rest of the Weiss children entered a courtyard and spread out, the smiling 'children' forming up behind him.

With a heavy tread of steel on stone, dozens of drones emerged into the courtyard opposite them, their silver armor gleaming as it caught the light.

For a long moment, the two groups faced off, the only sound being the whirling snow around them. Sunlight shone through the clouds above, glancing off the drone's armor... and they moved, raising their arms, weapons emerging. In response, Sincline summoned his armor and drew his scimitars, the many Weiss children raising their rapiers as well. "Let's go!"

Elsewhere

"I wanna be free! I wanna be free!" the first drone to be turned cheered as it staggered down a street, metal feet clicking harshly against the stone floor. "I wanna be fre—"

A shimmering glyph suddenly materialized beneath its foot, snowflake symbol flashing ominously. A streak of frozen water, and a massive ice spear shredded through its chest, splitting its helm in a shower of broken fragments. It staggered... then fell, shattering on the ground.

"Oh, wow, you carry a super-heavy responsibility, Sister," 'Whitely' taunted as he fluttered behind Nightmare Weiss, the young woman's eyes shining behind her shades as she stared at the decimated body of the drone. "There's no way you could say you're worthy to be a Schnee now!"

Nightmare Weiss's eyes narrowed. Her blade flashed, and 'Whitely' shrieked, winging away as blood spilled from a shallow gash across his chest. "Say that again, and I won't miss," she stated, watching the bothersome pest fly away.

Shaking her head, Nightmare Weiss crouched and kicked off, landing on top of a tall circular tower with a coned roof. From there, she watched, her hair and trench coat swaying in the wind as she listened to the strange sound of laughter and giggles reflecting off the walls. "Unforgiveable," she whispered, gently clasping the strange book to her chest.

With Sincline

"Hiya!" Embedding both scimitars in one of the drone's shoulders, Sincline twisted the blades and yanked them up, splitting it into three. A second drone closed in, and Sincline whirled, his bladed tail shearing through its legs with ease, metal fragments shattering in all directions. As it fell, Sincline whipped his left scimitar up and split the drone in half, even pieces falling to either side.

"That's the last one," Sincline muttered, dispelling his scimitars and rolling his shoulders as he gazed around at the 'carnage' of the battlefield.

"I wanna play! I wanna play!" a drone cheered, pumping another's hands excitedly while a few other drones fired randomly into the air and the little Weiss children ran around, giggling, smiling, and generally having a good time.

"I wanna talk to all sorts of people!" another chimed in as a little Weiss sat on its shoulders, laughing.

"I wanna go outside!" a third called as it ran circles around the courtyard. "I wanna go outside!" It kept jogging... right into a column, which promptly fell on top of it.