A/N This is coming out a day late which is my bad, I have been too enveloped in watching Worlds over these past few days
Chase stared at a moment at the small army that was standing outside his tower, he took in each of their weapons and planned ahead before making any move, they stood still sizing him and his team up.
"I'll admit you are better than the last team they sent, much smarter"
'Doesn't mean they'll survive'
Three years ago
"I'm searching for an old friend of yours, one of your teammates" Chase said, calmly
He stared at the body of his former mentor. After searching the house he found no signs of a struggle, the place had been cleaned except for the brown cloak he trained in long ago
"He's been causing a lot of trouble, some really fucked up stuff. Human experimentation, turning people into grimm just so he can gain more power"
The silence in the house was deafening, Chase knew that he was talking to a body but he just didn't want to feel alone, he needed some sort of guidance on what to do. He was just a child for fuck sake.
"Has a real God complex about him, honestly I don't think I could take him, even if I trained and got more powerful he's doing the same. It all seems so hopeless…" He continued talking to himself "I couldn't even hold my own against one of his henchmen, yet Ozpin and Ironwood believe me to be the only one who can take him, I'm just one guy. It would take a thousand of me to even scratch him"
"I've decided to start doing a diary sort of thing, Being in the desert can be boring so why not talk to myself"
Chase turned and saw a holographic image of Tony, walking around the room he was in
"Not actually a diary, sorry for lying. Dust is a magical thing, allowed me to leave a fragment of myself in this crystal"
"Fragment, like that guy from the story"
"Yes, exactly like that, you see how can someone truly die, their raw emotion before death. Surely that outlives them right? Why do you think it wasn't until many had died from the grimm we had found dust"
"Wait dust is-"
"A persons dying emotion, their last whisper. The raw energy of that turns into a crystal, which is why war is so profitable"
"So you know about God"
"A little, my last memory is you leaving, guessing from your size and predicament that was a while ago"
"Yeah, I've become a monster since then and that's still not enough"
"I'm afraid I have some news for you, you have been a monster for a while. I knew from the moment you walked up to my door"
"Hmm?"
"You'll find out soon enough"
"That seems to be a phrase I hear often"
"I don't have the time to talk about your emotional problems, the crystal I imprinted is weaker than I had thought"
"How am I supposed to fight him when I can't even defeat one of his grunts"
"You were able to hold your own against me, the kid that I trained didn't give up this easily"
"The kid you fought had both of his arms, the kid you fought wasn't a weapon"
"He was a weapon, anyone who can manipulate and control his aura like that from such a young age I think should be deemed a weapon. What did I tell you about fighting, things don't slow down like most people say they speed up in fact. You have to be able to keep your cool no matter how much stronger your opponent is."
Chase took a few steps forward, his foes flinched a little at his confidence and his sheer presence as one against a small army, his teammates stood beside him preparing for a long fight.
"Who's first?"
A man charged him with a gunblade, Chase calmly avoided the savage thrust and kneed the man in the stomach, using his momentum against him. Many of the people in the back lines took out their heavy weapons and opened fire on Chase while his teammates got to work dealing with the front lines. Chase shielded each shot with a piece of red dust, which he was able to control perfectly, he then teleported to the back lines and caused ice spikes to erupt from the ground, impaling most of those around him, making sure he didn't hit any vitals, he couldn't kill again. Not again.
"But I fought calmly, I fought him with my all and I didn't even land a hit, no I landed one and lost an arm for it. This isn't a fairytale where I go out and train then fight him again and win. He is getting stronger while I do."
"You fought him while you were holding back"
"I fought him with everything I had"
"You fought him while fighting your monster, you can't win that fight."
"I can't let my monsters take over. I have to remain me"
"Then you won't beat him. He uses dust and power to keep his demons at bay, accepting yours is the only advantage could gain"
Chase sat silent for a moment, taking in the advice he had been given
"When… I mean if I beat him, I'm not going to make it am I?"
"You might get lucky, but most likely not"
"My life for his, seems like a fair trade"
"Could it be that you are actually afraid of dying?"
"No…. I'm afraid of losing myself."
"We all change, as long as you can keep up you won't lose yourself"
The holographic Tony dissipated and Chase was left alone in the mansion once again. Pondering on how he could fake the confidence needed to face Neo again. The memory of all his friends from Beacon raced through his mind, all the mercenaries and the people he saved. 'You don't owe them anything, you've already done enough'. 'This isn't my world, I shouldn't be here. But it would be nice to know that it is in a good place when I finally get to pass'
"That was too easy" Chase exclaimed walking over the unconscious bodies of the small army
"That couldn't have been to kill us" Neo started
"You're right, but why else would he send his men?"
"To watch how much you have changed" God interrupted
"Then why not just fight me like you did in the labyrinth"
"I needed to know how strong my own men were as well, I mean they do well against grimm and some of those hunters but you seem to be able to take them on by the tens without breaking a sweat"
"You wanted those men to die. Didn't you"
"Well there's no need to put it that harshly but yes"
"Unfortunately for you they are still alive then"
"Yes, I know. You have an annoying tendency to hold back. But you didn't on my man before, which is a real shame because I liked him"
"He made for quite the addition to my power"
"This coming from the person who is supposed to be the hero, killing to gain power"
"We both know I am no hero, I shouldn't even be here"
"Yes yes, well I shall be leaving you. I have business to attend to"
"I've heard"
"You have, how interesting" He said as he slowly walked away from the three
"We need to find a new place to stay now" Chase said
"And what to do with those huntresses" Neo replied
"I know, they can't do much but neither could we three years ago"
"We don't have three years to get them up to speed"
"Yes, but we could have them help us in other ways"
"How, they can't fight these people"
"Collecting dust, which we can't exactly do. They can also help get others on our side. God is going to have a much more expansive army and we need more than the four of us. We just have to teach them a few basics about fighting one of these grunts and they can teach others"
"The only reason we can fight them is because we have the same red dust that they use"
"They can walk around the kingdom easily, I have an idea"
