Chapter 34: No Strings Attached

Penny had left the group, as well as Vest and SODA. They were going to where Maria and Pietro were at, which was the Amity Communications Tower. Having both Maidens at the tower with Team SODA, Maria and Pietro would make defending it easier from any unwanted guest.

"We left Ruby and the others." Penny said. "Nora's being taken care of."

Maria looked at them. "Were you followed?"

Penny shakes her head. "No, we weren't followed."

"Good, we can get Amity up in the air so Ruby can send the signal warning out to the rest of Remnant." Pietro said.

Maria nods her head a little. "Indeed, the sooner that's done. The Sooner we can prepare for battle against Salem and her forces."

Vest would nod as she had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. "That is true, but what about Scarlet? What if we run into problems with her showing up?"

"Bah, that girl?" Maria asked. "She wouldn't even come close to us. Even if she had a thirty-nine and a half foot pole. "

Penny tilts her head. "I didn't get that reference, was I supposed to?"

"Don't worry about it." Vest said. "She's right. Me and you are Maidens, there's no way she'd stand a chance against us."

Pietro nods. "Hopefully you're right, I have a feeling we'll be in for more than we bargained for."

"Pietro, we are always in more than we bargained for. To be honest, wouldn't exactly have it any other way." Pepper joked.

"However, the mission is to still launch Amity Tower into the air so Ruby's message is heard." Sprite said.

"Indeed, besides like what Vest said, we have the maidens. Should be fine." Aquafina assured.

"Right right..time to launch Amity tower." Pietro said as he tapped into the system to launch Amity Tower. "Penny, if the engines stall. Give us boost into the sky, now then. Is everyone ready?"

"Yes sir," Sprite replied. "My team is ready and standing by."

Penny nods her head. "Understood."

~~~

Krystal had sneaked into Amity Tower, she wanted to fight Scarlet to get the bounty that was on her head. She walked into the open room where Vest and the others were at, Amity was steadily going into the sky as Pietro was making sure things were connected properly.

"What the heck? Whose that?!" Pepper pointed at Krystal. "Hey you!"

Vest looks over at Krystal cocking an eyebrow up. "Hmm.."

"Oh I know who that is." Penny said flying over. "That's Krystal."

"Is she friendly Penny?" Pepper asked. He was concerned about the fact that were was SOMEONE ELSE ON AMITY! It was just suppose to be just them as far as he knew.

"She's a bounty hunter, a Shark Faunus as well." Penny said as she waves. "Hey Krystal!"

Krystal looked over as she walked over to them, she glanced at Pepper and then over to Penny. "I see you took the role of the Winter Maiden."

"Yep!" Penny said.

"Hey, Krystal, so what's is the shark cleaning out from the ocean this time?" Pepper asked.

"Nothing, I was hired." Krystal said. "Ironwood hired me." She glanced around a little. "I'm here for the bounty on Scarlet's head."

"Uh." Vest said. "What makes you think she's going to be coming here?" She was confused at why a bounty hunter was with them, and why she thought Scarlet would be coming to Amity.

"Trust me, you didn't see what I saw at the Schnee Manor when she killed Whitley." Krystal said.

"Here for the head of the crazy emo Grimm chick eh? Good luck with that, she's a bit of a immortal from what i remember. So I'm sure it's going to be a pain." Pepper commented.

"Hired for Scarlet's head? Well, I suppose we could use all the help we can get." Sprite said.

Pietro turned around. "Whitley's dead?"

Krystal nods. "Yeah, Scarlet killed him in front of us.." She looks over to Vest and Penny. "You two are Maidens, I don't think you two would be able to handle her alone."

Vest tilts her head. "What do you mean?"

"That's why we are here, to help out. We handled her before just fine, I don't see how it's going to be any different." Pepper commented.

Krystal clears her throat. "She sprouted Nevermore wings, does that seem doable to you?"

"Yes, me, penny, Vest can all fly. Heck, Sprite can control the wind so if she tries to Nevermore wings, the air current will be most definitely be on our side. So there goes that." Pepper explained.

"Plus, we have dealt with Nevermore's before. All because it has boobs and went emo doesn't mean we can't handle such a task." Sprite added.

"If you say so." Krystal said. "She might prove to be more than a easy kill."

"How are you even going to kill someone who's immortal?" Maria asked. "Sure, chopping her head off would be good. But what makes you think you'd be able to land a blow?"

"Maria, you can hit people when they are standing still in the middle of a fight. And most Definitely attack opponents when it's 1 verse so many people and you have those people to attack from all directions. And I most definitely didn't say it was going to be easy, I simply said we had the tools to deal with her." Pepper explained.

~~~

Amity Tower shook, as Penny flew out of the tower to see what was going on. Near by was the airship Scarlet, Neo and Emerald had. Scarlet was flying by one of the engines as she had blasted it.

"No, no, no." Penny said flying back in. "She's here!"

"How the hell?" Krystal asked. "Fuck."

"Oh crap! Maidens You're up!" Pepper said as his suit covered his body.

"The rest of you protect Maria and Pietro." Vest said. "I have a bad feeling about this."

"Tch, no kidding." Krystal said.

Scarlet blew a hole in the side of Amity Tower as she grins, her eyes were glowing as well. "Hello again, Maiden one, and Maiden two." She glanced down seeing Krystal and Pepper. "Oh look, new toys to test my Maiden powers on."

Neo flew the airship in as Emerald jumped out landing on the floor, Neo landed the airship as she got out soon after.

"Oh look, it's the two and a half musketeers!" Pepper clenched his fists.

Vest's eyes widen. "Wait, Maiden powers?" She looked at Pepper. "Krystal was right, this is going to be harder than we thought."

Pepper shrugged. "Maybe, maybe only slightly inconvenient."

"Change of plans." Krystal said. "Pepper, you and your team take care of those two, me and the Maidens will take care of Scarlet."

Neo had a smug look on her face as she held her umbrella over her shoulder, she looked at Pepper's team as she pretended to yawn.

"Oh, little miss midget ice cream of the now dead Roman Torchwick. Personally this is most definitely a downgrade, my apologies for your lost." Pepper and his team all gathered up weapons ready.

"Fanta!" Sprite yelled.

Fanta then shot at Neo.

Neo smirks as she dodges, she taunted them as Emerald stood there watching for a moment. She waited to make her move to attack them.

"Give it up. You can't possibly defeat us both." Penny said as she flew at Scarlet.

"Penny wait!" Vest shouted flying after her.

Pepper dashed forward at Neo throwing a series of punches.

Fanta dashed towards Emerald with Aquafina shooting balls of water at Emerald.

Sprite ran at Neo swinging her sword at her back.

Neo casually dodges as she had her eyes closed, she wore her smirk proud. Emerald countered as she grins, she slid past the two and sweep kicked them. "You all are going to be in a world of pain soon."

Scarlet laughed as she kicked Penny back mid air and clashed with Vest. "Hello Vest, I'm sure you're wondering how I got the Maiden powers, you can thank Cinder for that." She gripped onto Vest's arm and swung her around.

"Gahh, darn it." Vest said as she stopped herself from being sent flying out of Amity Tower. "You don't know how to use your Fall powers do you?"

Scarlet snickered. "It's not a matter of how, it's a matter of when." She grins as she started to yell and growl.

Pepper and Sprite kept attacking Neo. Pepper then let out a small laser at Neo while Sprite helped.

Fanta and Aquafina jumped over her kick. Fanta blasted Emerald's leg with a shotgun blast. "Pfft, not a chance!" Fanta yelled.

Neo turned into glass as she was hit, Emerald smirked as she had done the same. Krystal bit her lip as she looked up. "This is bad, she's changing."

"Changing?" Vest asked. "Changing how?"

"Changing? Ah crap keep on your feet!" Pepper yelled.

Neo and Emerald stepped from behind the airship as Neo glanced up at Scarlet. Emerald was confused on what Krystal meant by Scarlet changing.

Scarlet growled more, as she was being engulfed by The Fall Maiden flames. The only thing that could be seen through the flames was Scarlet's silhouette, Maria turned her head and noticed.

"What's going on?" Pietro asked. "At this rate, we'll burn to a crisp!"

"Looks like she needs to CHILL OUT!" Pepper laughed. "OW!"

"Pepper! Not the time!" Sprite said.

Penny was bracing herself to use her Maiden powers to put the fire out, but the flames were dying down as Scarlet's glowing eyes peered at them all, her feet were Nevermore claws as she had a Nevermore tail as well. Her hair was snow white with red highlights, Vest was stunned as she dropped down to the floor.

"Now then...where were we?" Scarlet asked with a sinister grin on her face.

A/N:[I can't take credit for Pepper and his team or Vest. Credit goes to my friends on Discord]