"Has the retrieval team returned yet?"
"Yes sir, however they were unable to reclaim the package."
"Did they at least make sure to get its projector and destroy it?"
"Yes sir, there will be no trace left."
"Good. We got enough data out of it to create more, so I would still call it a success. Have it's projector brought to my office, I want to see what data I can get off of it. Then make sure the others are prepped for surgery. The General is expecting results by the end of the year, and we're running out of time."
"Yes sir, I'll see to it immediately."
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The sun was hanging high over the city as the two men stared out over the forest. The two had the responsibility of guarding one of the gates into the city. It had been a quiet afternoon, with no Grimm activity as of yet.
"Hey." One of the men said, drawing the attention of the other.
"Yeah?" The second man answered lazily, trying to fend off sleep.
"You ever wonder why we're here?" The first man asked, looking at the second man, who remained quiet for several seconds before responding.
"Hell. No. Asking questions like that-" the second man was cut off by a massive collection of roars and howls coming from the forest before them. "Dammit! You see what you did? Fuck!" He said to the first man before grabbing his radio. "Base, this is Section 4, we're hearing a lot of activity, recommend sending a Hunter unit."
"Copy, Section 4, stand by for Hunter assistance."
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"Is this Section 4?" The Huntress asked as she reached the gate. She was tall, with a light tan and crimson-colored hair that was wrapped up in a ponytail, leaving two strands that framed her face. Her eyes were hidden behind a pair of red-tinted aviator shades. She wore a bright red combat vest over a yellow tank top, red and orange camouflage cargo pants and red combat boots, as well as a pair of orange fingerless gloves. Strapped on her back was a massive black war maul. Roars and howls could still be heard coming from the forest, much closer than before.
"Yeah, that's us. Are you all they sent?" The first guard asked.
"Yeah, Solaris Vatra. What's the situation?"
"About an hour ago, we heard a lot of Grimm activity coming from the forest. We haven't seen anything yet, but from the noise they're getting closer." The second guard said, not looking away from the forest.
"Alright hold here, let's see what happens."
"Aren't you going to go in and kill them?" The first guard asked worriedly.
"When they appear. I'm not going to rush into the forest on my own against an unknown amount of Grimm. It'd be suicide, not to mention my Semblance would set a good chunk of the forest on fire." She said, sitting down on top of the barrier, her feet hanging over the edge, braced against the side of the wall.
"What is your-" the second guard started before a trio of roars rose out of the forest as a group of four Beowulves ran out of the forest towards the wall. Solaris braced against the wall, about to jump into the group when a sound reached her ears that caused her to freeze. It surprised her more than anything, but she also felt a small amount of fear.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THAT'S RIGHT, RUN, BITCH, RUN! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" An unseen voice screamed insanely as an Ursa Major ran out of the forest. As Solaris looked closer, she could see a figure tearing into the Ursa Major's back. With a dramatic yank the Ursa collapsed on the ground, dead.
"What the hell...?" Solaris muttered quietly. She looked down and saw that the Grimm below weren't trying to get through the wall, they seemed to just be trying to get the guards to kill them. Watching the figure tear into the Ursa as it ran had been mesmerizing to her, in a terrifying sort of way.
"AWW, I BROKE IT. OH WELL, TIME TO FIND ANOTHER ONE! AHAHAHAHAHA!" The figure screamed again, somehow more insanely than before. Solaris couldn't even tell what gender it was, let alone what species. The figure jumped off the dead Ursa and ran towards the cluster of Grimm at the wall, causing them to scratch and claw at the wall more desperately than before. The two guards on top of the wall began firing their weapons at one of the Beowulves below, bringing Solaris back to reality. She jumped off the wall and brought her hand back, forming a fist. As she fell towards the Grimm she pushed her fist forward, a thin layer of fire enveloping it just before it slammed into the ground. The resulting explosion sent three of the Beowulves flying, the other one collapsing under a hail of bullets.
"YAY, FRISBEE!" The figure screamed as it jumped into the air and caught one of the Beowulves by the throat with its mouth.
'What the fuck is that thing?' Solaris thought to herself as she slammed a fist into one of the Beowulves, blowing it apart. The figure ripped the Beowulf's head from its body before tackling the last Beowulf to the ground. Solaris watched in shock as the figure proceeded to rip the struggling Beowulf's throat out with its teeth and shove its arm into the Beowulf's head. With another dramatic yank, the Beowulf fell limp. The figure stood up and turned towards Solaris, holding a chunk of the Beowulf's brain in its hand. Solaris saw that the figure was Human, a guy that looked barely nineteen. He was dressed in a black hoodie with three white stripes that wrapped around diagonally around the hoodie, white and black digital camouflage cargo pants, and black combat boots. Hanging off of his pants a folding pocket knife. The kid then began to eat the brain.
"Are you insane!?" Solaris yelled at him.
"DING DING DING! RIGHT IN ONE! CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WIN A PRIZE!" The kid screamed, thankfully quieter this time, and ripped off a piece of the brain and held it out to Solaris. "YOUR PRIZE IS A PIECE OF BEOWULF BRAIN! AHAHAHAHAHA!" Solaris had to fight the urge to puke.
"What? No, I don't want any Beowulf brain!" She yelled again.
"Oh, ok, more for me." He said calmly, tossing the piece into his mouth.
"What is wrong with you?!"
"Oh, so many things, most of which you just witnessed in Jonathan." He said, continuing to eat the brain.
"Wait, who the fuck's Jonathan?!"
"Uh, the guy you just watched ride in here on the back of an Ursa."
"That was you!"
"Yeah. Well, not me me, it was me Jonathan."
"I... Bu... Ho... What!?"
"Ok, look, I'd love to sit out here all day and explain this to you, but I'd rather not get attacked by more Grimm. So could we possibly continue this conversation inside the wall?"
"I...Ugh, fine." Solaris waved at the guards to open the gate and led the way into the city.
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"Now, explain yourself."
"OH MY GOD, WE FLEW! IN THE SKY! THAT WAS AWESOME! WHY DIDNT YOU LET ME JUMP OUT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE AWESOME!"
"Oh, trust me, I really thought about it." Solaris said, resisting the urge to throw the kid out of the tower. She had taken him straight to her superior, Professor Ozpin at Beacon Academy.
"Miss Vatra, would you please explain to me what is going on?" Ozpin asked, taking a sip of coffee. Solaris explained the incident to Ozpin, occasionally turning to glare at the kid, who just smiled back.
"Alright, now, your name is Jonathan?" Ozpin asked turning to the kid.
"No, I'm Seth. And before you ask, yes we are insane." Jason answered smiling.
"We...?"
"Well, you see, Jonathan and I are the same person. Our mind was once whole, like yours, but due to an incident that we have no knowledge of, our mind split into the two different personalities that you see. Neither of us is the 'real' one, we are more like two halves that have been pulled apart. Also, we doubt that either of the names we are using are our real name, but they are names that we remember. We are both aware that the other exists, and are also aware of the others actions. Speaking of which, Miss Vatra, thank you for not allowing Jonathan to throw us out of the airship. I fear it would have been rather messy." Solaris just growled in response.
"Now, Seth, could you explain to me exactly what you were doing in that forest?" Ozpin asked calmly, taking another sip of coffee.
"To be honest, we don't remember. We woke up in the forest about a week ago, with no memory of anything prior. Since then we have been trying to find civilization while surviving off of various fruits and Beowulf brains."
"You have been eating Beowulf brains?"
"Yes, I thought it was insanely stupid when Jonathan first tried it, but it turns out they actually taste pretty good. That, and the brain is the only part of their body that doesn't disintegrate when they die. Provided it has been removed from the corpse, of course."
"So you have survived in the forest alone, killing Grimm, for a week with nothing but a knife and your Aura?"
"What's an Aura?"
"That settles it. You have proven your ability to fight Grimm extroadinarily well without even having an Aura, and there is no reason to think you wouldn't be even better with an Aura. I would like for you to attend my school." Ozpin said, ignoring the shocked look on Solaris's face.
"Sir, what are you doing?! For all we know this kid will just kill everyone!"
"Hey, we may be insane, but that does not mean we have any intention nor desire to kill anyone. Though we do derive an indescribable amount of pleasure from killing Grimm." Seth said, slightly offended.
"Miss Vatra, while he may not be in the best state mentally, he has still proven that he can kill a large amount of Grimm with just a small knife and no Aura at all. While we are not desperate, we still need to have as many Hunters as we can get. Miss Vatra, I am putting this young man in your care. You are to teach him about Aura as well as make sure he understands Dust, and help him forge a weapon. As effective as he may be with his knife, he would be much better off with a real weapon. I want him to be ready by the time the new school year starts." Ozpin said, turning his chair towards the window. Solaris looked like she was about to have a meltdown.
"Do we get a say in this? What if we don't want to join your school?" Seth asked.
"Did you have anything else you planned to do? Besides, you said it yourself. You enjoy killing Grimm. You have until the new school year begins to decide." Ozpin finished, taking another sip of coffee. Seth was about to continue when he felt a hand grab his sweatshirt and drag him towards the elevator. As the doors began to close, Solaris released her hold on him.
"This is such bullshit. Alright, kid, listen up. I'm going to do what Ozpin said because he is my boss, but let's get one thing straight. I fucking hate this. I don't trust you, and you piss me off. Not as much as the other you, but you still annoy me. I don't have a lot of money, so you'll be staying at my apartment with me. You are sleeping on the couch. If I find any of my shit moved or out of place, or if I ever see you in my room, I will literally melt you. Are we clear?"
"OK! WAIT WHAT IF I HAVE TO TINKLE?!" Jonathan said before breaking down into insane giggles.
"Oh goddammit." Solaris sighed before pressing the button for the elevator to go down.
A/N: Alright, new story. Fun fact, this story started out as a comedy idea that came to me after I fell off the roof of the building I work in. Don't ask, because I don't know how it happened. Anyway, it started as a comedy, but as I wrote the story, the plot changed dramatically to something far too serious for a comedy, so it is, after this chapter, going to get darker. This is a future fic that will have very little of the canon characters. RWBY will be tertiary characters at best if they show up at all, but JNPR will definitely show up, probably as secondary characters. Ozpin will be here, obviously, but that about covers it. So if that ain't your shine of choice, leave now. You have been warned.
Now, for some good news. I need OCs. I need bare minimum 3 for the rest of Seth's team, but I'd prefer to have another team for them to be buddies with too. Any submitted OCs must fit Monty Oums criteria for creating RWBY characters. All of my main and secondary OCs in this story will. Please submit them via PM, not review. I think that's it. AKS out.
