Heroes and Monsters

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The Wyvern flies past the hijacked Atlesian Airship, as Ruby Rose looks on, with the surrounding Griffons roaming the skies. A Griffon lands on the airship, but Ruby easily cuts it down with Crescent Rose, causing to disintegrate into black particles. But suddenly, she hears a snap, turning to see Neo Politan, now changing into her standard attire with a wave of light washing over her from bottom to top, as she winks after taking a picture of Ruby, sending it to a certain crime lord with the following text:
"Guess Who?"
"Oh, you can not be serious!" Roman told himself, having realized his old foe is interfering yet again, the wanted criminal quickly picks up Melodic Cudgel and walks up to the top of the airship.

Right outside of Beacon's dining hall, Blake Belladonna backs away from the shattered window, staring in horror at her old partner, "Running away again? Is that what you've become, my love? A coward?"
"Why are you doing this?"

"You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!" He draws his sword and prepares to stab an Atlas student in the chest, "Consider this... a spark."

Blake charges into the dining hall, drawing her sword in a flash. Her blade clashes with his as she pushes him away from the student, and they stand with their blades locked.
"I'm... not... running. That is something I learned here." Remembering when you brought her to Beacon.
"You... will."
He kicks her away, knocking her onto the floor. A nearby Creep runs toward her, only to be shot by Adam, "But not before you suffer for your betrayal, my love." He smiles and begins walking toward her. "Along with that woman who brought you here."

Back at the airship, the battle commences as Ruby performs a low swing, with Neo somersaulting over it, and ducking the next swing, before performing another backflip to dodge the third. Ruby then twirls Crescent Rose before attempting another low sweep, only for Neo to backflip away from her consecutive twirls. Once Ruby finishes spinning her weapon, she lodges Crescent Rose on the hull and fires a shot, only for Neo to shatter in an illusion. Revealing Roman as he fires a shot back with Melodic Cudgel, sending Ruby flying several feet, before she lodges Crescent Rose to safely grip herself from the surrounding gales, while Roman walks up to her, "Little Red, Little Red, you are just determined to be the hero of Vale, aren't cha?"
"What are you doing!? Without these ships, the Grimm will destroy everything!" Ruby shouted.
"That's the plan!"

Ruby then swats aside Melodic Cudgel just as he attempts to fire it at her, causing him to move a few feet off-balance, before Neo returns and leaps over her, kicking Ruby's left cheek, and using the momentum to flip her over and send Ruby tumbling on her back. Neo then follows up with a roundhouse to the face, and a rear horse kick to nearly send her careening off the hull of the airship.
"But why!? What do you get out of it!?"

"You're asking the wrong questions, Red! It's not what I have to gain, it's that I can't afford to lose!"

As Ruby charges, Neo vaults over Roman for a powerful kick. She then leaps up, grabs Crescent Rose, and slides under, flipping Ruby once more with the hook of her parasol. As Ruby spins midair, the pint-sized powerhouse finishes with a roundhouse to the abdomen, as Roman slams the barrel of Melodic Cudgel to the ground and fires, causing the cane to ricochet and hit Ruby, before catching it and firing the weapon once more over his shoulder. The blast is enough to send Ruby holding on for dear life, with the embedded blade of Crescent Rose the only thing preventing her from falling.

"I may be a gambling man, but even I know that there are some bets you just don't take."

Neo then extends her blade and drags it on the surface, as she holds Ruby at swordpoint, "Like it or not, the people that hired me are going to change the world! You can't stop 'em, I can't stop 'em! Once the Saint is with us their plan will be fool-proof."

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