Chapter 30
Upon getting back to Weiss’ place, we take the time to debrief while we patch up from that fight.
Weiss: “I still can’t believe that cop did that. More so over the fact that her intentions were genuine.”
Yang: “I can. Her working with Qrow for as long as she has, has made her something of a family friend. We know her well enough to know that what she’s been saying about her faith in heroes is true.”
Ruby: “Exactly. Which is why I think we can trust her enough to work with her.”
Blake: “I guess she did save us from prison. What I’m more concerned about is what Mercury said near the end.”
Yang: “You mean about how he killed his own parents?”
Weiss: “All this time, no one ever suspected that Marcus was killed by his own son.”
Blake: “No one ever suspected because they never knew the real Marcus. They didn’t think he would have a reason to do so with his public image in mind.”
Weiss: “And now he has a motive to kill father.”
Ruby: “We won’t let that happen.”
Blake: “Even if he may deserve it.”
Ruby: “Blake!”
Weiss: “Don’t worry, Ruby. I’m used to comments like that. And after everything he’s done, sometimes I can’t help but agree. Especially with Winter.”
Ruby: “Weiss...” I remember her talking about Winter. Weiss’ older sister, who left the family to join the Atlas military, and Weiss’ only true family bond aside from their butler Klein. From what I hear, Winter’s now a special operative under the general himself.
Yang: “Even still, how are we going to save your dad if Mercury keeps kicking our asses?”
Weiss: “Relax. The insulated suits are almost. At this rate they should be ready to use by morning.”
Blake: “Good. That’ll at least let us fight him. But then how do we actually stop him?”
Ruby: “Weiss. Do we still have the tanks we used for the anesthesia on Tombstone?”
Weiss: “Yes. I kept them in case we had to deal with her again. Why?”
Ruby: “You saw the way water neutralized his powers. We can stand a chance if we fill them with water instead and replace the inhalers with sprayers.”
Blake: “We’ll need a way to contain him afterwards too.”
Weiss: “I’m already working on a solution for that.”
Ruby: “Okay. Anything else we need to cover?”
Yang: “Well, it’s probably the least important thing, but I’ve been wondering about his new name, Electro. He kept calling himself the modern Raiden and Vale’s own Archon. Any idea what that all means?”
Weiss: “Seriously, Yang? Do you know of any sort of mythology?”
Yang: “Eh, it was never really my thing.”
Blake: *sigh*”I guess it was something we had to discuss anyway due to Mercury’s apparent arrogance. His remarks are all a reference to Mistralian mythology. Specifically, the mythology’s Electro Archon, Makoto Raiden. Better known as the Raiden Shogun, leader of the realm, Inazuma.”
Yang: “Um, I guess I get it now, but I’m also still kind of lost.”
Ruby: “Archons are gods of the mythology that are either the ruler or champion of a certain planet. At the moment, there are nine prominent planets of the universe in the mythology, but only seven of them are ruled by an Archon. The Tsaritsa, the Cryo Archon of Sneznaya. Mavuika Haborym, the Pyro Archon of Natlan. Furina Focalors, the Hydro Archon of Fontaine. Nahida Kusanali, the Dendro Archon of Sumeru. Makoto Raiden, the Electro Archon of Inazuma. Venti Barbatos, the Anemo Archon of Mondstadt. And Zhongli Morax, the Geo Archon of Liyue, the realm eternal. One of the other planets, Enkonomiya, is used to contain the demon god Osial, Overlord of the Vortex, overseen by the Serpent God, Orobashi Mikoto. And finally, there's Remnant, where any Archon we have are a godly protector rather than a ruler, but we’re mostly just seen as the home of the god's mortal worshipers. Together, these nine planets make the Nine Realms of Teyvat. The mythology started from the supposed idea that the gods once came to Remnant during a war between Liyue and Sneznaya, and their battle created the massive crater in Anima that would eventually become Lake Matsu.”
Yang: “You definitely know a lot about this.”
Ruby: “Their stories always did fascinate me. Especially the most known gods in the stories. Lumine, the Goddess of Lumino, and her mischievous brother slash most known rival, Aether, the God of Erebo. The children of Morax, after his political marriage with Makoto’s twin sister, Ei Raiden.”
Blake: “How arrogant of him to compare himself to a respected god and even consider himself one.”
Ruby: “He won’t be thinking that anymore once we bring down. We’ll be his wake-up call to the fact that he is not invincible.” And so, the next day came, and we went straight for Weiss’ place after school to suit up in our new suits, as well as the water tanks.
Weiss: “These suits will be just as effective as your old ones and now will be able to withstand Electro’s powers. And as for containing him, you’ll want to take this.” She hands us what appears to be a straitjacket. “I used what was left of the insulated material to make this. Once he’s vulnerable enough to where he can’t fight back, strap him into this and the police won’t have to worry about his powers when taking him away. Just make sure to inform them to insulate his cell. The jacket will keep him from using his powers, but better safe than sorry.” We keep it folded up and strapped to my back along with my tank, to which then we hear the radio again.
Cop: “All units be advised. Electro was seen flying through town, heading in the direction of the SDC building. Proceed with caution! I repeat! Proceed with caution!”
Ruby: “This is it. Time to bring an end to this. Once and for all. Let's go!”