A/N: Had a week break and managed to get this chapter finalized faster than expected. Hope you enjoy!
Spencer is launched into the air a few seconds after he sees Riktor flying through the air. He tries to keep an eye on Riktor so they can hopefully meet up in the forest.
Riktor seems like a decent guy even though Yang doesn't like him. He is the only person I've met so far and we are kind of friends. Spencer extends his scythe out as he comes closer to the treetops. As he approaches the trees he quickly slashes them to clear the way. He descends through the path he is creating before sticking out his scythe and catching a tree. Spencer rapidly spirals down around the tree and he reaches the ground quickly. He looks around and notices he has shaved a good portion of the tree's bark off and it was scattered all around him.
"Oops, guess I kind of over did it," he chuckles to himself as he looks around at the ground. Spencer turns to walk away and sees a blonde haired girl in a long white coat standing several feet away from him behind a tree just watching him. "Ahhh!" Spencer shrieks loudly, tripping over his own feet. "Where did you come from?" Spencer gasps in surprise but realizes the girl has disappeared. "What the heck?" he questions and gets up to look around for the blonde. He turns to find her standing a couple feet behind him which startles him. "Whoa!" he yells and nearly falls over again from shock. How did she get there? I didn't even see her move, she just disappeared.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," the girl says shying away from him. "My name's Faith by the way," she tells him with a timid smile on her face that is slowly turning red.
"I'm Spencer" he introduces himself. Faith smiles and looks away as her cheeks turn an even deeper shade of scarlet. Spencer chuckles a bit after noticing her blushing and begins blush as well. Faith begins to flicker as she realizes just how much she is blushing and then disappears into thin air. Spencer stares at the spot she was standing clueless about what just happened. He catches a glimpse of her moving away from him before it disappears as well. He sprints after her, leaving a big trail of orange rose petals behind him.
Why was I blushing so much at that kid? Faith appears in a clearing and tries to compose herself however the sound of cracking sticks alerts her to something's presence. "Um, Spencer?" she calls out to her surroundings but only gets loud growls in response. She pulls her sword out and takes a defensive stance as multiple beowolves jump out into the clearing encircling her. A few of them pounce at her and she swipes her sword, quickly dispatching them. That does nothing to deter the bloodlust of the rest. The others charge at her. She dances and teleports around them, hacking and slashing at them with her sword. She kills five more Grimm before she realizes that it is just attracting more to the glade. Faith runs her hand along the flat edge of her blade which begins to arc with electrical energy. She stabs her sword into the ground at her feet and several bolts of lightning surge forward in a wide area, striking the wolves and trees all around the clearing. The electricity from her sword sets a few trees aflame and knocks them over spreading the fire even faster. The rest of the wolves scatter in all directions because of the fire. A large tree begins to fall over towards the young lady who is completely unaware. Faith turns to see the tree and halts dead in her tracks, shocked by how close the tree is to landing directly on top of her. A flurry of orange rose petals engulfs her just before the tree hits her, and instead it hits the ground where she had stood. Faith opens her eyes to see the petals scattered everywhere and Spencer's face looking down at her. She quickly realizes she is being held in his arms, his cloak billowing around the two of them.
"You shouldn't run off by yourself," he smiles down at her causing her blush. I'm not sure what Riktor was complaining about, talking to girls seems pretty easy.
"Look at the lady's man," A familiar voice calls out from behind them.
"Ah! Riktor!" Spencer screams in shock and drops Faith unexpectedly who shrieks in surprise as she hits the ground.
"Well you almost had it, smooth move kiddo," He replies laughing at Spencer who has turned red from Riktor and Anna's sudden appearance. Faith pulls herself up as Anna and Riktor are still chuckling at Spencer.
"Yeah yeah, laugh it up. Who was the one being chased around by a girl last night? That's right, It was you" Spencer calls him out which snaps him out his laughing fit and scowls at the pint sized scythe wielder. Anna nearly falls over from laughing even harder.
"Hey! Your sister is scary. You even said so yourself!" Riktor tries to defend himself but the girls continue to laugh despite his ramblings. The two of them manage to compose themselves after a few minutes have gone by. With Riktor and Anna leading the way, and Faith timidly staying towards the back, the four of them walk along the forest while Riktor grumbles to himself.
"So, who's your new friend Riktor?" Spencer asks after Anna had stopped laughing.
"My name's Anna. Riktor told me who you were when we saw you," Anna smiles at Spencer and shakes his hand.
"Nice to meet you Anna. This is my partner, Faith," Spencer comments on the quiet girl in the white coat walking beside him. Faith shyly waves at Anna and Riktor barely glancing up before continuing to stare at the ground.
"Well now that we're all acquainted, we need to find the temple and grab an artifact," Anna remarks as Riktor knocks some branches out of the way.
"Do YOU have any idea where it is?" Spencer asks, looking at his blond haired friend leading the group.
"We should run into it soon if we head this way," Riktor states matter-of-factly.
"That's a safe bet Riktor. It's probably in the opposite direction of our starting point," Spencer jokes. Within a few minutes the group finds the temple where the artifacts are held. They see a tall figure in a couple pieces of heavy armour with a huge battle-axe standing beside a short kid in long white trench coat. The group approaches the temple as the two people notice them and wander over to meet them.
"Hey. My name is Gryphon and the shrimp over there is NEON," the larger of the students introduces the pair of them.
"Sup suckers," NEON says with a smug grin on his face as he walks up beside his large Faunus friend, "and ladies," he flashes the girls a charming smile. Anna rolls her eyes and pushes past him with Faith following close behind, causing the rest of the guys to laugh at him. The girls grab identical artifacts and head back to their partners.
"I'm Spencer and this is Riktor, the girls are Anna and Faith," Spencer introduces his friends to the others, shaking Gryphon's out stretched hand. Just as they shake hands, a large Deathstalker crashes through several trees and lands on its back. A young woman in a purple battle dress leaps into the air and pierces its exposed stomach with a pair of swords connected by a four foot chain. The beast lets out a sickly cry before it goes limp. A girl with short black hair wearing a tight black outfit appears from the same direction. The two girls approach the temple and grab an artifact before they walk over to where everyone else is standing.
"Should we all head back together? Might be safer," Spencer offers up to get everyone else's opinions.
"I have no problem with that idea," Gryphon chimes in and NEON agrees.
Great more Faunus. There is no way this isn't punishment. Gryphon looks familiar for some reason but I just can't put my finger on it. If you're watching me I hope you're enjoying the show Carlyle, because I'm sure not. Riktor thinks to himself noticing the feathers, instead of hair, on Gryphon's head.
"I know I'd feel so much more secure with such a big, strong man protecting me," the girl in the black stealth suit adds winking and Gryphon.
"I'm Kyra and that is Tamara" the young woman in purple states as an agreeance to the group sticking together. Tamara bows slightly as her name is said. The group of eight heads off into the forest to return to the cliff that they all started at. They run as fast as possible through the forest, trying to avoid as much fighting as they can. The creatures of Grimm pursue them in large packs, scrambling over each other to get at the group. The students reach a clearing that sits at the base of the cliff. Without any time for rest the horde of Grimm creatures descends upon the huntsmen and huntresses in training.
"Break off into smaller groups to deal with this while covering all sides. Nobody go off alone!" Kyra shouts as she draws her swords.
"Alright, Riktor, Anna and Faith with me, we'll focus on the right side," Spencer calls out, cocking the grenade launcher built into the shaft of his scythe. Anna cracks her whip, Faith's sword arcs with lightning, and Riktor smashes his knuckles together which makes his tattoos glow.
"We've got the left!" Kyra cries out with Gryphon, Tamara and NEON close behind her.
They sprint towards the throng of Grimm charging at them. Riktor propels himself up into the air and slams his fist into a large Ursa. A shockwave expands outward from his fist, causing several Beowolves and Ursa to get knocked back in all directions. Faith teleports around the battlefield slashing the creatures, lightning arcing wildly from her sword. Anna's whip wraps around the throat of a Beowulf and she smashes it into a group of other creatures. Spencer's shotgun shell sized grenades explode all around the glade while he speeds about slashing with his scythe. Gryphon charges at the mob of Grimm trying not to get too far away from his group.
"Bring it on little bugs!" Gryphon shouts as he begins to grow in size, his armour and weapon glow bright yellow and they grow with him. The eight foot tall titan now standing twelve feet tall stomps towards the monsters which begin to cower in his presence. He drops his axe into a pile of Grimm which shakes the ground and several creatures are split in two. Tamara swings around a meteor hammer with a dagger attached to the other end of the chain. She twirls around and it smashes into several monsters and keeps running along.
"It's time for a symphony of pain!" NEON cackles loudly as he holds his hands out in front of him. Several mixtures of raw elements are formed from his gauntlets as he moves his hands around. He laughs wildly as creatures scatter to escape the elemental carnage he is further spreads the unique dust concoctions. Kyra speeds around the elemental explosions, surrounded by her purple aura. She hacks and slashes the creatures as they try to retreat back into the forest. A large black and white two headed snake slithers out of the trees towards them. Though normally about a hundred feet long this was a small King Taijitu and was only about 30 feet long.
"King Taijitu!" Kyra calls out but notices that Gryphon has charged at it without a second thought. The large snake hisses loudly at the rampaging goliath that was bearing down on it and decides that he was its first target. Gryphon shouts at the snake loudly which makes it recoil slightly. He brings down his axe on its midsection at the part where it changes from white to black. The two halves are still wiggling and twitching so Gryphon picks them up and uses them to strike other fleeing creatures.
"Cool down big man, there's no need to go ape shit," NEON chuckles as his partner throws the limp snake corpse back into the forest.
"I couldn't resist" Gryphon laughs as he shrinks down to normal size and rejoins the group that he had been fighting with. Once the monsters have been dealt with the teens start heading up the cliff-side to turn in the relics they have collected.
