TO ARMS!! (open/mega hunt)

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Alex took in a breath of fresh air as he sat down in front of a cafe for a lunch.  Lucy was busy with a bake sale so she was with several other people so there was little chance of her getting into trouble, and Silvana was back home resting in her stable.  True he could've rode her into town, but even a war horse needed to catch a break now and then.  Because of these things the survivalist professor had a rare moment to relax.  With a happy sigh he placed the heavy metal backpack Oblivinator on the ground next to him.  He never went anywhere without it, he wasn't an idiot, but that large hunk of folding titanium was heavy so even a muscular man like him needed a break from carrying all of that weight.  Picking up the menu, Alex considered what he wanted to order.  Maybe a burger...

However after waiting for a whole 30 minutes the professor was starting to wonder what was taking his waiter so long.  5 minutes later he had an answer.  "Sorry for the weight sir!  The Vytal Festival at Beacon Academy is about to continue." the man stammered out as he pulled out a note pad and pencil.  "Can't use my scroll to take your order.  Watching the next bout would be too tempting." At this Alex chuckled.  He remembered when he had completed in the festival.  The skills of his opponents were amazing.  He even almost won the finals for Beacon that year... but overconfidence caused him to lose the match at the last second.  No one couldn't say he had learned his lesson.  "Alright, you have a good excuse so I'll forgive you.  I'll have the bombshell burger please.  Medium cooked please so there's a little pink in the center.  And replace the french fries with a mashed potato please.  Oh, and whose supposed to be fighting in the festival next?" "Oh, that would be Petra of Beacon and Penny of Atlas.  I'll be back with your burger in a moment sir." and with that the server walked off.

Alex watched him go, then looked down at the table he was sitting at.  It had a small projector so he could watch some TV while eating his meal, though he had to pay extra for it since it was optional.  With a shrug, Alex slid his card through the projector's payment slot, which also allowed him to pay for his meal once it was processed, and activated the projector.  Making himself comfortable Alex settled in to watch the match.  He would've rooted for Syne's team but the fact of the matter was that Syne wasn't participating in the festival this year.  It was unfortunate, but it couldn't be helped.  With the Grimm attacks directly aimed at the academy by some sort of 'beast tamers' and part of the campus being destroyed during the summer, most funding that both the academy and Bellmuse had went into repairs and bolstering defenses.  Once everything was said and done, there wasn't enough money left for the academy to participate in the festival.  Even then though Syne rarely competed since the formation of teams didn't happen that often at Syne, and since winning the team round was the first requirement in the tournament Syne rarely had a way to even enter the first round.

Still though, that didn't mean Alex couldn't enjoy it.  As a matter of fact since he had gone to Beacon himself he found himself wanting to root Petra on.  She had amazing skill for someone so young, and she had a whole lot more potential to work with as well.  In truth he couldn't wait to see how the battle went.  As it progressed Alex found himself on the edge of his seat the whole time.  This Penny seemed to be amazingly skilled as well.  He was so intent on the screen that Alex didn't realize his burger had been delivered...

Then it happened and Alex's breath got caught in his throat as his eyes went wide... Penny had launched her floating swords a long distance, Petra let lose some sort of pulse of energy that was clearly her semblance, the pulse sent Penny's blades flying backwards... and 'something' cut Penny to pieces, revealing that she was an android.

"What the hell?" was all that came out of the huntsman's mouth as he looked at the screen, which suddenly turned red with the image of a chess piece, a black queen, and woman's voice started to make accusations against Atlas and the leaders of all the academies, saying that they weren't truly on the side of the people.  The screen turned back to the tournament, revealing a massive Nevermore attacking the arena, followed by a flock of griffons attacking the arena as well... and last Alex knew those things only showed up when people were truly in despair.  "A nightmare..." Alex muttered as he looked at the screen and shook his head as his blood ran cold.  The Grimm attack was massive, and to Alex it was clearly orchestrated... but who would do such a thing?

Hearing gasps coming from around him Alex tore his eyes away from the screen to see everyone around him reacting in horror to Penny's destruction and the Grimm attack that was currently happening at Beacon, and would most likely hit Vale as well.  Everyone was so scared, horrified, and clearly hopeless...

Alex's eyes went wide in realization.  Almost everyone in the city was watching the tournament, which meant they might all be reacting that way... including himself but now for a different reason.  "No no no no!" Alex rambled as he dropped a stack of lien onto the table to pay for his uneaten meal.  He then slung Oblivinator over his shoulder, grew a vine that latched onto a 3 story building, and quickly pulled himself up to get a better look around.  Sure enough all the people he could see from this short view were reacting to what was being transmitted from the Vytal Festival, and they were all reacting in horror.  Anyone who had a basic understanding of Grimm knew that the creatures were attracted to negativity... and Bellmuse's streets were now flooded with it.

Knowing what was going to happen next, Alex bolted for the boarders of the city while pulling out his scroll, and set it to transmit to every scroll that was registered to every student and staff member of Syne Academy.  "Attention!  This is Professor Alexander Davis!  All available huntsmen and huntresses report to Bellmuse immediately!  Repeat; all available huntsmen and huntresses report to Bellmuse immediately!  The city is about to be struck by a massive Grimm attack!" Alex said into his scroll as he used his semblance to rush through the city via log with spinning wheels that made him go nearly 60 miles an hour.

By the time Alex reached to outer edge of the city and pulled his semblance out of the seed he was using to move faster with, he could see dark figures heading towards the city... lots of them.  With a frown crossing his face, Alex drew Oblivinator from his back and transformed the weapon into it's signature dual-headed meteor hammer form.  This was going to be a long battle.

Phoenix watched as Penny from Atlas drew what appeared to be 5 or 6 swords from her back then Ptera of Beacon seemed to have a horrified look on her face as if she had seen a ghost. Then she released a burst of some type of kinetic energy. Phoenix Auburn just sat in horror as he saw the girl who appeared to be a robot just get shredded to pieces by strings or wires it seemed. He assumed everyone else had the same reaction he did. Then what was even more shocking was the fact that the Grimm had started to invade the stadium. This was bad it was almost as if the whole vytal tournament was just a ruse for whoever the people were the evil people who were talking over the news to everyone world wide it seemed.

Then he watched as Grimm started to invade the city of Vale too shocked for words there seemed to be a massive ammount of them there was no way all the huntresses and hunters would be able to stand up to that many they would be over run. Phoenix pulled out his scroll as he heard the teacher knows as mr Alexander Davis speak to his fellow hunter and huntresses and students of Syne. Now our school has come under attack too. Phoenix grabbed his shotguns but on his armour and then put his ammo belt strap over his chest. Then he ran out across into the streets of Bellemuse.

He ran and he saw the teacher known as mr Davis and he nodded to him but didn't say anything he wasn't really in the talking kind of mood after what had happened. He pointed his 2 shot guns and stood ready and waiting for the Grimm to come onto Syne. Syne couldn't fall it wouldn't fall Beacons students were probably fighting the Grimm right now and so were they. He wondered if this was happening at Atlas and Shade and Haven too or whether it was just Beacon or Syne specifically.

Barzilai Solos was wrapped up in the sheets of his bed, arm around his pillow and snoring loudly, when his scroll’s alarm went off. The Hunter-in-Training startled awake, reaching his arms out blindly for the device… and accidentally rolled off his bed. “Ow.” Barz rubbed the back of his head, grabbing his scroll – the darn thing had ended up on the floor sometime during the night – and quickly silenced the blaring noise it was making. With a sigh Barzilai got up, stretching and scratching his side, before making his way over to his boots and sliding them on. It was 5 in the morning, and he had miles to run.

Hours later, as the sun was midway to its overhead peak and the birds were chirping in earnest, Barzilai was sitting in the Syne Cafeteria, chowing down on his normal breakfast of one of everything that the buffet had to offer. The air was abuzz with excitement as students, staff and Bellmuse residents were enjoying their Vytal Festival holiday; many had actually gathered in his current location, as the school had set up a giant holoscreen projector and rearranged the benches, making the large building a viewing spot for the festival’s main event: The Vytal Tournament. Barz watched eagerly, alongside a hundred fellow onlookers, as Petra of Beacon and Penny of Atlas went head to head, vying for a spot in the Quarter Finals. Both were amazing fighters – Petra with her custom Rifle Javelin/Xiphos and Diplyon shield, Penny with her wire-controlled, laser-firing Gun Blades – and Barzilai was on the edge of his seat, spooning oatmeal into his mouth with his eyes glued to the Holo, too afraid to even blink for fear of missing out on something. Neither competitor had been able to land a clean hit on the other so far, but Penny had just raised her swords in the air, their surfaces glimmering menacingly. Was she about to pull out all the stops? ‘This is epic’, Barz thought, as he grinned around his spoon; watching this made him feel like he was a kid again, sitting between his parents in their living room, cheering on their favorites and betting on which of Remnant’s finest would bring home the Cup… Man, those were the days…

But Barzilai was suddenly startled from these thoughts by the horrified gasps and cries of the people around him, the feeling of dread that had descended upon the room… And a blood-curdling, impossible sight.

Petra was kneeling on the ground, and Penny… Penny now lay in pieces on the Arena floor, the exposed insides of her body not filled with the red of blood and gore one would expect from a human, but with the greens, browns, blues and greys of wire-cable muscles and intestines and the metallic frame of a skeleton. The girl… was an android?! Before anyone could truly process this, the image fizzled out and was replaced by a blood-red background with a black Queen chess piece in its middle, and from the speakers came a cold, silky woman’s voice, informing the populace of the darkness that was now befalling Vale and Beacon Academy. Barzilai slowly got to his feet as people panicked around him. What the hell…? His scroll suddenly went off in his pocket, and Barz whipped it out, opening it up to hear Professor Davis’s voice raising an alert and calling for everyone - Student, Teacher and Hired – Huntsman alike - to report to Bellmuse City immediately; The broadcast had left Bellmuse’s inhabitants panicked and afraid, and the wave of negative emotion was going to call something terrible to its walls. Barz shut his scroll and dashed out of the Cafeteria, bursting out of the doors and into a scene of utter chaos: The evacuation alarm was blaring through the school’s loudspeakers, and screaming and crying civilians were rushing towards the safety of the Academy’s Panic Bunker. There was enough hysteria and fear here to draw a swarm of Grimm Syne’s way… and all this was from only those people currently in the school. He couldn’t even imagine what the City itself looked, and sounded, like.

“Shit.” Barzilai sprinted down the school’s pathways in the opposite direction of the rushing civilians, eyes narrowed and heart pounding, his hands going to his waist, where they tightened around Ferrum and Fortia’s leather grips. There was work to be done.

All it took was a single, large, organized wave of Grimm and the cities defenses were quickly overrun.

Grimm swarmed the streets, devouring and destroying everything in their paths. Cities warning sirens blared loudly, echoing through the chaos across the town. Pillars of smoke rose high into the skies from buildings set ablaze. Citizens fled, migrating towards the center of the city. The local defense force was doing their best to gain hold of the situation, but they were no match for the sudden invasion, and were quickly losing ground.

A couple of creeps that were at the head of the invasion spotted two people who were currently not running away from incoming invasion, both Baramus and Phoenix. With the up most confidence resulted from the massive, general fear that was being generated by the citizens of Bellmuse. The two creeps charged at these two hunters. Creep 1 charging at Baramus, attacking him with a full force body slam while Creep 2, leaped at Phoenix, attempting to attack her with a bite.

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Alex gritted his teeth at what he was seeing. The grimm were attacking in droves, and the city's defenses were becoming overwhelmed. It was insane; massive waves of Grimm were attacking Bellmuse because of the events that were happening in Vale. If that was the case here, then it must be happening at other cities all over Remnant. What was more was that the other cities around the planet actually had fewer defenses because many of their hunters were at the festival while General Ironwood had brought a sizable chunk of his army to the festival... and they were STILL getting swarmed by Grimm! If it was that bad at Beacon then how bad was it around the world?

If the Grimm attacking Bellmuse was any hint, the answer was not good. How much Alex wished he still had his old skills. He could've used his semblance to surround the entire city with a solid wooden wall that would've held off the foul creatures of darkness long enough for the city's defense force to prepare for the battle so when the Grimm got through the wooden wall they would've run into a wall of bullets instead of making it into the city. Now the only thing he could do was make a wall that was only 10 meters wide... worthless in these conditions. However now wasn't the time to think about what if's. Now was the time to fight the grimm off and save as many as he could. Thus far three hunters arrived where he was, though he wasn't sure how it was around the rest of the city. Four huntsman in this section of the city would have to be enough. "Don't attack the Grimm on your own. Strike at them in groups of 2 or more so we can take them down quicker." Alex ordered, then charged at the closest Grimm, a simple creep that was heading towards the fox faunus that had nodded at him.

As he ran Alex removed his magic belt and swung it like a whip, causing over half of the seeds in it to go flying and get embedded into the ground. As he used a vine to help him put the belt back on faster the thrown seeds started to glow with an emerald light and grew into the ground, creating a complex root system that made the ground within 10 meters of Alex glow with emerald light. The professor himself was now surrounded by a swirling emerald light that seemed to be his aura and it looked like leaves were fluttering around him.

Acting quickly, Alex threw one end of Oblivinator towards the ground like he was trying to swing the weapon in a wide arc. The complex root system in the ground made the dirt part into a tunnel to allow the metal sphere to fly through the ground... and slam into the underbelly of the Grimm that was attacking the fox faunus. The roots closed up the tunnel they had formed so no one would fall from the ground giving out beneath them. Alex pulled the first sphere back as he through the other sphere in another wide arc, though this time it was a normal swing above the ground instead of through the ground like last time, aimed at the Grimm's rear. This was followed by Alex punching the first sphere with such force that a small shock wave flew off from the point of impact, launching the sphere straight at the Creep's right hip as the second chained sphere was pulled back by Alex's other arm.

They're only hope was to kill these things as quickly as possible...

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Phoenix waited for the creep to charge at him and when he went for the headbutt he ran at the creature and he jumped onto his chest and he kicked it in the face as he ran up and flipped off it to stop the headbutt attack then he ran back to Mr Davis after what he said about attacking in groups of 2 so it seemed like he and Mr davis were joining together. Phoenix could see smoke all around him people running and siren noises going through his ears so loud. The entire city was gonna fall if they didn't help to protect it.

He saw that Baramus and Pearl the 2 who he had met in a training session were helping them out which was good the more hunters and huntresses the better. Phoenix wondered how many Grimm were invading the city and if they could kill them all. He noticed the creep Grimm near by and it turned and faced him and it charged at him and appeared to be trying to headbutt him. The people were terrified and this would only fuel the Grimm more so he understood when mr Davis said they would have to act fast otherwise the Grimm would become more deadly and more Grimm would be attracted to the city.

He watched and held his 2 shotguns and he saw Alex removed his magic belt and swung it and seeds appeared to fall out of it into the ground. Then he noticed the teacher was surrounded in a bright green emerald light so his semblance was obviously plant related as leaves were all around him too. He watched the teacher swing his weapon aimed at Creep 1's back then to Creep 1's right hip. Phoenix fired of his shotguns multiple times at the creep.

His fox tail lashed behind him and his ears were focused and stood up. He held his shotguns tight and as he fired the bullets fell out and the bullets shot towards the creep and he stopped and he reloaded for a second and then waited to see how the creature would react. He couldn't believe what had happened how quickly the Grimm had come over the city without any warning and Phoenix hadn't been here for very long but already the city was being invaded and he wondered if it was a common thing or not regular or just a rare occasion because of the whole vytal tournament. Either way who ever planned this were terrible people. And the creature dissolved in front of him as mr Davis attacked it.

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Events had transpired so quickly the evidence of Atlas revealed to the world the horrific destruction of the machine designed to appear as a girl and the voice who spoke about the distrust of Atlas was truth. Truth Ash had long waited to be revealed of the nature of Atlas truth in how they murdered his village for their own selfish needs and now Vale was falling and Atlas was unable to do anything. The karma, the irony, the sweet taste of vengeance one he should have done himself was being done for him. Standing on top of a building Ash Rockford was wearing a tight form leather jacket with black jeans, black chaps, and scarf plus sunshades designed much like a Grimm's mask. Ash didn't know how to feel he didn't feel fear or shock like these other people. If anything he was excited if not ecstatic that Atlas was exposed for what they truly are.

There was a deep chuckle coming from his chest it as all too funny all too amusing the very people meant to protect the world were indeed revealed to be the villains. And now . . . now Bellamuse was going to suffer the same fate as his village did. People were going to die and hunters were going to fight but it was going to be futile. His people finally got the justice they deserved Atlas was more or less finished. Bellamuse a victim of their own folly was not prepared to fight this many. Deep in his chest the chuckle became a guffaw and he had to hold his face from his Grimm sunglasses from falling off as he laughed. It was such an infectious feeling to laugh out his anger, his sorrow, and his pleasure. It was all too funny his justice was done for him with out lifting a finger all the pursuit to train as a hunter to save people...

Bellamuse was in chaos Grimm had already broken through the small lands defenses. At this rate this chaos and fear will send Grimm into a frenzy and the city would become unsafe. Ash had lived through that nightmare once already he was a survivor of the holocaust of his people by Atlas and the Grimm they drew all for the sake of their Dust veins. Atlas was severely wounded but not all finished if Bellamuse fell his revenge would be incomplete. These people were innocent victims of Atlas' follies even so Ash was finding it hard to care. Scanning the school grounds something caught his eye as a professor had actually engaged the Grimm with two other hunters.

Staying on the rooftops of the school Ash walked slowly observing the hunters not necessarily engaging less he needed too or a Grimm chose to attack him. He did not have the advantage to get more equipment and he highly doubt he would less a school store was ransacked. Desperate times did call for desperate measures as he adjust the Grimm Shades and scarf to mask more of his identity. Slowly he followed observing them from above eerily watching masking himself from sight and observing what they would do and if they even needed his help.

Alex's attack on Creep 1 was completely unexpected, thus landed a direct hit on its underbelly (-45 DMG). This direct hit left Creep 1 to Phoenix's follow up attack. Phoenix's headbutt struck Creep 1 on it's outer bone-like helmet, causing very minimal damage (-5 DMG). Creep 1 sidestepped Phonenix's shotgun blasts and lunged at the young hunter from the side.

Creep 2 found itself quickly and unexpectedly the victim of Pearl's spin attack. The first two blades to spin around caught the creep by the neck, each landing one after the other (-25 DMG + - 25 DMG). The creep caught one of the blades in it's teeth before Pearl could strike it for the third time, and swung its head, attempting to toss Pearl to the side before the 4 strike could also land. After it tossed Pearl, Creep 2 also lunged to attack her.

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Phoenix saw the Creep lunge at his side and to this Phoenix simple jumped in the air and spun kicked the grimm knocking it off its course then as the grimm fell he fired several shots towards it. Then he hoped the grimm invading the city didn't have any surprises. He could only imagine what the normal people in the cities must be going through all that negative emotion wasn't good and this needed to be stopped fast so everyone could be calm again and things could return to normal.

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