Shadow of Doubt
Onyx, shortly after teleporting away from the crater he left the Shard of the Riders, arrives at Acid Bog's gym. It was mostly unscathed, but there were still some damage. Onyx opens the door to find three people, one armed with a baton, another with a shotgun, and the third with a mace. They were Bog's men. The men scowl at Onyx as he closes the doors behind him.
Before anyone can react Onyx punches the one armed with a mace. The
one with the baton swings, but Onyx blocks the baton with his forearm. Onyx then turns around and dashes out of the way of the shotgun shells. Onyx kicks the man in his knee, then elbows him in the stomach, causing him to shoot the light, shrouding the room in darkness. The man fires blindly, using the brief flashes to adjust his aim, but Onyx is too quick. He dodges out of the way of the shots until he is close enough to punch the thug with the shotgun in the face.
As more people open the door to see what the commotion is about, they only see Onyx standing in the center of three unconscious men.
Onyx enters Bog office, immediately throwing one of the thugs he fought previously's helmet into the man next to Bog. The two other men, beside Bog, step forward to block Onyx's path.
"You're not in charge here, Onyx." Bog says, "I am."
Onyx furrows his brow at the sight.
"When I heard you were paying us a visit, I took the liberty of renovating my men's equipment." Bog says. "Only way to make sure you don't steal away with any more of my secrets."
"I'm not here for your secrets." Onyx states.
"Oh, really now?" Bog says, clearly skeptical.
"I'm here for a place to stay." Onyx states.
"Things work a little different in here than they do out there, Onyx." Bog explains, "You want something in here, you gotta take it. And taking it,that's the tricky part."
"For me or for you?" Onyx threatens.
Bog smirks and chuckles at the sudden hostility in Onyx.
"So I'm going to give you the opportunity to win my property." Bog states, "Fair and square."
"I'm not here to play games." Onyx retorts.
"Oh... it ain't a game." Bog responds, "It's a fight... Winner takes all."
Present Day
Anna sheaths her blade after she and Ruby finish dispatching of Prodromus' Atlesian Knights.
"Hard to believe one Guardian is controlling all these machines at once." Anna comments.
Anna kneels down and presses her hand on the ground focusing her aura into it. She picks up small traces of Onyx's aura.
"Onyx was here recently." Anna states, "He was definitely fighting."
"How recently?" Ruby asks.
"Could by hours, days, or even a week." Anna answers.
Ruby takes out the Shard of the Riders and stares at it as the pulsing increases.
"Onyx is in a fight right now." Ruby guesses.
"His heart rate has been very high lately." Anna comments, "What is Onyx doing?"
Iris walks up to the two of them, her own weapon, a pair of ninjatos of similar design to Onyx and Anna's blades that combine to form a great sword. Iris sheaths the sworda in an X position on her back.
"We should get moving." Iris comments, "The next patrol should be here in a few minutes."
Anna gets up and looks into the distance.
"Isn't that...?" Anna begins.
"Acid Bog's gyms." Ruby finishes.
Umbra walks to Prodromus who is mentally commanding his army from Beacon's Amphitheater.
"Prodromus, I need to address our enemies." Umbra says.
Prodromus holds his hands towards Umbra creating a small yellowy orange orb that functions like a microphone.
"You are, all of you, vermin." Umbra says, "Cowering in the dirt, thinking what, I wonder? That you might escape the coming fire? No. Your world will burn until its surface is but nothing! And not even your champion will live to creep, blackened from its hole to mar the reflection of our passage... the culmination of our mission. For your destruction is the will of Umbra! And my army? They are my instruments!"
"I wonder what that meant." Qrow says as he takes a drink from his flask.
"Everyone!" Ironwood calls into the Com, "Pack your bags, we're leaving!"
"Sir," Winter says, "with all due respect, this mansion are our only safe haven. Where are we going to go?"
"I don't know." Ironwood states, "But that message means that Umbra is ready to act."
As soon as Ironwood finishes talking, a crimson portal opens and Atlesian Knights begin piling out.
"What?!" Ironwood asks before drawing his revolver.
Ironwood pistol whips one of them before rushing to the door to exit the briefing room, with Winter and Qrow right behind them. The three find out that the entire mansion is being overrun with Atlesian Knights.
Onyx stands in the center of the ring as Choppa enters.
"I was wrong about you, Onyx." Choppa says, "Didn't think you'd have the stomach for all this."
"I'm going to enjoy hurting you." Onyx retorts.
"See there?" Choppa asks, "You're fitting in just fine."
Onyx charges at Choppa and opens with an array of punches. Choppa blocks all of them with his forearms. After a kick from Onyx, Choppa retaliates by grabbing Onyx's head.
"My turn." Choppa says.
He throws Onyx into the air and hits him with a left hook, sending Onyx flying across the ring. Onyx lands on his hands and flips onto his feet. Onyx runs to Choppa, who walks towards Onyx. Choppa tries to grapple Onyx, but Onyx vaults over Choppa. Onyx hits Choppa's back with a palm strike, then a right jab, followed by a left jab. Onyx stares at his fist as they seem to be doing no damage to Choppa. Choppa turns around and smashes Onyx with his outstretched arm. Onyx blocks, but is still sent flying to the edge of the ring.
Choppa grabs Onyx's shoulder and throws him to the other side of the ring, denting the metal railings surrounding it. Onyx opens his eyes to see Choppa charging at him. Onyx quickly dashes out of the way of Choppa slam, leaving him to smash through the railing. Choppa swings his left arm, but Onyx ducks underneath. Before Onyx can react, he is met with Choppa's foot. Choppa then tackles Onyx and carries him as he runs across the ring. Onyx escapes by elbowing Choppa's shoulder twice, causing Choppa to toss Onyx. Onyx lands on his hands and backflips off of them onto his hands just as Choppa jumps into the air. Choppa punches the ground as he lands, smashing through the railing due to Onyx, rolling out of the way.
Onyx grabs Choppa with a full nelson, but Choppa grabs Onyx and throws him off, slamming Onyx onto the ground. Onyx kicks his legs upwards into Choppa's stomach and lands on his hands and knees. As Onyx gets up, he looks at Choppa. Specifically, the hand that is placed over his stomach. Like all armor, Choppa's muscle protected him but the joints were weak. Onyx furrows his in concentration as he looks at Choppa's stomach. Onyx then looks away Choppa's stomach to each of his shoulders. The right one, the one Onyx elbowed twice, was hanging slightly lower than the left. Choppa, who was following Onyx's eyes roars before charging.
Onyx ducks under Choppa's arm and jabs his side twice, causing Choppa to roar in pain. Choppa swings his left arm, but Onyx ducks underneath and hits him in the stomach with his left fist, causing Choppa to growl in pain. Onyx dashes behind Choppa, who turns and swings, but Onyx leans back. Choppa swings his other arm, but Onyx catches his arm under his left armpit and jabs Choppa's armpit with his fingertips. Choppa swings his left arm, but Onyx backs up and kicks Choppa in the stomach. While Choppa clutches his stomach, Onyx wraps his arms around Choppa's waist and slams him onto the ground.
Onyx, still on top of Choppa, hits him in the face with a right hook, then a left hook. Choppa raises his right arm to retaliate, but Onyx catches it and jabs Choppa's inner elbow with his fingertips. Onyx continues to punch Choppa's face with alternating hooks. Acid Bog and the rest of the crowd back away at Onyx's brutality. Choppa had long since gone limp, but Onyx continued bombarding his face with right hooks, albeit slower the more he did. What used to be two punches per second, slowed to a punch every other second.
Bog's eyes widen as Onyx didn't stop, wouldn't stop, maybe even couldn't stop. He was unleashing all of his anger. Finally ready to finish it, Onyx raises his hand with his fingers extended like a blade.
"Onyx!" Anna calls from a hole in the ceiling.
Damn, what a-
*ring*
Excuse me one moment.
Yes?
We're gonna need a new character.
You want to include what?
Oh, we need a new character.
Absolutely not! Put the character is in the next part of the Rider Trilogy then.
That doesn't make any sense.
I don't care if it doesn't make sense. Do it, or I'll have you in violation of your contract.
*beep*
You were saying. Oh, were not done?
Okay, moving on...
Onyx turns his head to glance at Anna, Ruby and Iris from through the hole. They all furrow their brow in disapproval.
"You shouldn't be here." Onyx says, his voice harsher than usual, "You shouldn't see this."
Onyx lowers his arm, breathing heavily as the three girls drop down.
"It's over." Anna states.
Anna walks beside Onyx.
"We're going home." She demands.
Onyx looks at Anna before rising off of Choppa. Ruby hands Onyx the Shard of the Riders, which he places in the slot on his belt. As the four begin to leave, Onyx slightly limping and clutching his side, Bog and his men stand in their way. They didn't want to lose their newest best fighter who just showed up and started beating Bog's men to near death states.
"Cooperate." Onyx demands, releasing his side, "Or you're next."
"Yeah, sure." Bog says, with a fake smile, "Cooperate."
Bog steps out of the way, but his men draw their weapons.
"Who's first?" Onyx asks.
Okay, serious talk. RWBY: A Rider's Legacy didn't achieve as well as RWBY: Ghosts of Onyx. RWBY: Ghost of Onyx would had about 7k views when it finished. RWBY: A Rider's Legacy has 1300 at the time I am writing. I think that was because of the pacing. RWBY: Age of Chaos is going back to the original roots, with a slower pace, building up to a climactic battle, instead of Onyx vs. Umbra every other chapter.