Meanwhile back at the ice cream shop, Scarlet slowly got up. Sitting up as she glanced around, she didn't see Nia anywhere and cursed under her breath. Reaching up to her neck, she grabbed the knife handle and yanked the knife out of her neck. Dropping it to the floor, the Grimm girl mumbled something under her breath again.
"To think I lost to a spirit. Tch, I won't let that same mistake happen again." Scarlet spoke as she got up to her feet. She glanced around a little more as she then thought about something for a moment. "Hmm." She walked over to the entrance of the ice cream shop and stepped outside, her crimson red eyes scanning the area, as they fell upon a clothing shop. Glancing down at her current outfit, Scarlet pondered on an idea. "Well, it wouldn't hurt to change into something more...breathable."
As she walked across the street to the clothing store, she looked lost in thought at what new outfit she should wear. Not that paying for it would matter, Tokyo was literally and almost completely a ghost town, minus the few remaining people who got dragged into the chaos thanks to the Grimm. Once the Grimm girl had stepped into the clothing store, Scarlet's eyes scanned the shop for a brief moment. "Well hello there." She spoke as if she was looking at something or someone she hadn't seen in ages. Walking over to a mannequin, her crimson eyes scanned the clothes it was wearing for display.
"I like this outfit." Scarlet spoke as if she was speaking to someone. Her hands reached out as she grabbed the mannequins arms and popped them off, moving her hands to the top it had on, she slid it off and tossed it to the side. Next she did the same to the legs, and slid the bottom it had on, which matched the top off. Grabbing the top and bottom she had slid off the mannequin, Scarlet's eyes then fell upon a red bra and red panties. Grabbing them up, she made her way over to the dressing room and began to change her outfit.
Once she had changed out of her old clothes, Scarlet looked at herself in the mirror. Now dawning a black sleeveless crop-top that had a shade of red in it, it had a red dressy collar where she could slip on a necktie, and black short shorts, with a red belt. Finishing her new look was thigh high black boots that had a red hue to it. Scarlet's crimson red eyes scanned her reflection in the mirror as she hummed softly. "Not bad..." She then undid her pony-tail as her hair flowed down to her back. "Nah." She then walked out of the dressing room and grabbed her black jacket that had a bunny hood to it. She spotted a red necktie which she had turned to a small mirror for glasses, putting the necktie on. "I need to do something about my hair. I could use that knife Nia stabbed me with, but.." She looked around the clothing store to see if she could find anything like scissors or something else sharp, but her gaze went over to her scythe a grin played across her lips. "Then again..."
Taking her scythe, in one hand, Scarlet grabbed the back of her hair and pulled it up with her other hand. Sure she could just walk back into the dressing room to look at the full length body mirror to get a better view of where to cut. But she shrugged it off and went with her gut, she then cut the hand full of hair with Black Rose as the blade of the scythe cut clean through her long hair. Turning her once long red hair that had been tied into a side pony-tail, into a short bob like cut which almost looked similar to that of Nora's hair style. The cut hair she had sliced off, fell to the floor of the clothing store. "Well, if Nora can strut around with a short bob like hair style, then so can I. But it's going to take me some time to get used to my new hair style."
Scarlet turned and walked over to the counter, hoisting herself up onto it. She crossed her legs as she sat there for a moment, the distance screams of people yelling out in bloody murder and the roars of the Grimm filled the air. Someone who had been hiding in the store slowly came out from the backroom, however Scarlet had noticed them from the corner of her eyes a grin plays along her lips as she turned her head to face them. "So trying to be sneaky and silent huh? Won't do you any good."
The person dropped their weapon, which was a metal pipe. Shaking in place as they backed up slowly, they watched as Scarlet jumped off the counter and slowly walked towards them. "N-No, stay back demon! I warn you!"
"Oh how precious, making threats to someone who could easily end your life." Scarlet spoke with a small purr in her voice, but her facial expression changed as she looked pissed off. "Listen here you little shit." She hissed. "I'm in a pissed off and angry mood, I may have not shown it earlier, but I am." Her steps became quicker as she eventually pinned the person against the wall. "Looks like I'll get a meal before heading out." She smirked and chuckled darkly.
The person shook in place as they screamed. "No, no....have mercy!"
Not listening to what her prey was saying, Scarlet tore into them like a fresh piece of meat. Ripping their head off, hollowing out their head and using it as a cup. The Grimm girl chuckled once more. "First I feast. Then... I'll be coming for you both, Nia and Usagi."
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Back at the Warehouse, Luna and Artemis took cover behind the car, poking their heads out from behind it. While Nia, tried to talk some sense into the Nibelcole clones, buying the two felines sometime to sneak off.
"Listen to me, Scarlet isn't the one you should be taking orders from. She's just a Grimm clone of Ruby Rose, she doesn't have the power to tell you all what you can and can't do." Nia spoke. "She isn't your mother. I am."
"More like a step mother." The laid back Nibelcole spoke as she looked at Nia but didn't seem to really care about what she just said. "You might as well face it, we love being free to do what we want...there's so much for us to see and for us to do."
Nia gritted her teeth. "You just want the feeling of being controlled again like you were with Westcott." She took one step forward. "Can't you see that you're just being used again? Sure Westcott didn't stab you in the back. But what makes you so sure Scarlet won't? What then? Let's say she gets what she wants, killing Usagi. Then what? She may turn her against you all."
"Shut it!" The serious one spoke as she swung a paper made sword at Nia, the paper was sharp and it made the sword look deadly. "You don't have any right to talk about her like that. We will see what happens when she achieves what her goal is. We won't let you rescue Usagi."
Nia jumped back, but her shirt got cut. Placing a hand over the cut Nia glanced down making sure there wasn't any blood. Looking back up at the Nibelcole clones, Nia cursed under her breath. "This is going to be harder than I thought..."
Luna and Artemis had managed to sneak into the warehouse, both of them scanned around looking for Usagi. The chair she was sitting in and was tied up to, which sat in the center of the warehouse, was empty. It seemed one of the Nibelcole's had moved Usagi to another location within the warehouse. But, which room was she in? More importantly, what Nibelcole moved her.
"Oh look who decided to drop in." A Nibelcole spoke from above, her paper form falling down before it took form into Nibelcole. She grinned, her eyes filled with a lustful glimmer in them. "Two lost kittens, I wonder what could be the reason for them to sneak in here? Oh wait...I think I know." She grabbed a piece of paper and turned it into a bo-staff with a sharp spear head on the end of it. "Hey! We got two sneaky felines in here!" She shouted loudly. Her voice reaching out to the Nibelcole's outside.
The serious one glanced back and saw Luna and Artemis. Her gaze then returned to Nia. "So, you just wanted to distract us? Well I've got bad news for you." Taking one step closer to Nia, the serious Nibelcole swung her sword at her again, cutting her across the face which had also broken her glasses.
Luna and Artemis looked at each other and had no choice but to take their human forms. "Two against one, that's hardly unfair. But what you all are doing isn't fair either. Give us Usagi, and we may let you walk away unharmed."
The lustful Nibelcole chuckled. "Let us walk away? Oh how precious..." Her grin widened and the lustful look in her eyes turned to one of a crazy look. Almost one of a Yandere. "I'm not buying it!" She rushed forward and swiped her bo-staff at the two, the blade nearly cutting the two. Luckily Luna and Artemis changed back to their cat forms and ran off, in separate directions before turning back to their human forms.
"Luna, can you hold her off? I'm going to go look for Usagi." Artemis spoke.
Luna didn't seem to have much of a choice, the lustful Nibelcole, now turned Yandere. Had her sights on Luna. "It doesn't seem like I can argue with that. This one is beyond talking some sense into." Luna yelped as the bo-staff nearly hit her, when she ducked. The spear had cut some of her hair off. "Hey, watch it! Now I'm going to have a bald spot on me when I turn back into a cat." She mumbled that last part under her breath. She glanced around looking for anything that could be useful as a weapon.
"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue? Oh wait..." The lustful Nibelcole spoke with a dark chuckle. "You are a cat!" Swinging her bo-staff from below and up. The spear had cut Luna's yellow dress, while also cutting her skin. Blood tickled down the cut while some blood stained her dress. Then, the lustful Nibelcole used the butt end of the bo-staff and rammed it into Luna's stomach.
Luna gasped and puked up blood. Clutching her stomach, doubling over in pain. "O-Out of all the things I was given...No weapons or other types of powers.." She slowly stood up. "I'll just have to....have to make the most of it with hand to hand combat.."
The lustful Yandere Nibelcole started laughing. "Aw, you still think you can fight me?" She brought the tip of the spear to her face and licked the blood off of it. "Then let's see what you got pussy cat."
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After Scarlet had her fill, she stepped out of the clothing shop and licked the blood from around her lips. "Now then." She glanced around as the muffled screams and yells in the distance were like music to her ears. The roars and howls of the Grimm also filled the air. Taking a deep breath in and then exhaling, Scarlet sprouted her Nevermore wings and took flight into the air, holding onto her scythe tightly as she did. "Now let the hunt end, and a new game begin."
As she soared through the sky, the metallic smell of blood, burning fires and smoke filled the air. Some Griffin Grimm had flew past her with some civilians dangling from their feet in their mouths. Screaming and begging for help, but when Scarlet looked over at them, she ignored their cries of help. She kept her eyes peeled and her sense of smell opened, the scent she had of Nia was still fresh.
"There you are." Scarlet purred as her Nevermore wings flapped. Her crimson red eyes glowed with murder and lust, as the sun was starting to set. The cool breeze blew against Scarlet's skin, giving her goose bumps. But with the mixture of smoke and burning fire in the breeze. It made for a bad combination.
The fight outside the warehouse was still progressing while the one inside was still going on as well. Artemis looked high and low for Usagi. But he had not even taken into consideration that Usagi was on the roof, being left out like clothes hanging out to dry. Nia however managed to kick back the serious Nibelcole as she made her stumble over her own feet.
Then suddenly. Each and every Grimm within the distance fell silent, the sun still setting as Nia was starting to wonder what was going on. Why had the Grimm gone silent, her eyes slowly began to widen. "Ah crap baskets...."
The Grimm had been following Scarlet to the warehouse, making the fight turn the favor to the Nibelcole clones and soon Scarlet. Once the sun had fully set, the only light that was around was that from the moon and the burning fires.
Usagi however, cried out. Her cries still muffled, struggling and squirming in her binds. Her eyes widen and shrank, one of fear and terror. "MMMPPPHHH! MMPPHH!" Was all that came out from her gagged mouth. Nia couldn't see her on the roof, no one could. But she was trying to make herself known and was trying to warn Nia, Luna and Artemis of the danger looming over head. "Mmrph!" She shook her head trying to loosen the gag from her mouth, but nothing seemed to work. She struggled more, the ropes burning and rubbing against her skin. Tears streamed down her face, she couldn't do anything. She felt useless, she felt like a failure.
The serious Nibelcole kicked Nia hard, once she had regained her footing. The kick knocked the wind out of the spirit's lungs as her back hit the side of the car. "Gahh!" She winched and stumbled. "Dammit." Then there was a hard thunk.
The Nibelcole clones all glanced up at the roof of the car that was behind Nia. The serious one takes a step back and kneels down to one knee. "You have returned.... Mother."
Nia glanced up slowly, fear clawing its way into her skin. The fear was giving her goosebumps and bad juju vibes, once her head was fully tilted upward, her eyes met with Scarlet. Nia gulped as sweat ran down her face, she could see the sinister grin on Scarlet's face. That toothy grin, those fangs bared in etched into her smile, the red blood stains on her teeth as well.
"Hello there." Scarlet purred with a wicked and sinister laugh.