Ch 6 Team OMEG
Professor Ozpin and Professor Goodwitch stood upon the top of the cliff side that was the starting area of the Emerald forest. As the wind blew lazily through the thick branches of the forest and rustled their many leaves Mrs. Goodwitch walked up to Professor Ozpin as he watched a live feed from one of the many hidden cameras.
"Our last pair has been formed, sir. Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren, poor boy. I can't possibly imagine those two getting along. Still, at least he's better than Mrs. Nikos." She said as she swiped a finger across her open scroll sliding it away from a live camera feed of a black and green coat wearing boy and a shorter spunky looking girl with bright orange hair.
Professor Ozpin only grunted as he tuned out Mrs. Goodwhich's impending rant about one of the New Year's being not "up to snuff". He watched his scrolls camera feed as he observed Mars, Eiffel, Gren and Orion fighting the Manticore. He smiled approvingly at how well they had begun to work together. "They will all make fine Hunters one day." He thought to himself.
"Professor Ozpin?" Asked Mrs. Goodwitch lightly as she noticed Ozpin starring at his scroll almost completely oblivious to the world. Ozpin gazed deeply into his scrolls feed as he watched the group of young male Hunters wander through the forest in search of the temple.
"Oh, come on! We should've gotten to the temple by now, shouldn't we?" Groaned Eiffel as he trudged along beside his new friends.
"Shouldn't be too far." Said Orion as he tried to reassure his teammate. Finally, the group exited the forest into a large ruble strewn clearing. In the middle of the clearing stood the remains of a temple, with its once tall stone walls crumbling and only standing due to the few pillars still holding its weight.
"That must be the Temple! Come on let's go!" Said Gren excitedly as he sprinted down towards the ruined temple, the rest of the group hot on his heels.
Inside the temple stood several pedestals standing at intervals along the only standing wall. Siting on the pedestals were several chess pieces in either gold or dark black colors, while a few pedestals stood empty.
"Well we're supposed to take a relic and return to the cliffs, so I guess these are the relics." Said Mars as he picked up a Black Knight piece and looked at it curiously.
"Well we got our relics so let's get the hell outa here!" Said Eiffel as he also grabbed a Black Knight. Soon the group made their way towards the cliffs that was their designated exit point. Before they could reach the base of the cliff however a loud roar split the air.
"What the hell!" shouted Eiffel in surprise as the group turned towards the source of the noise.
As they stared back towards the far-off tree line, they saw the trees at the edge of the forest fall to the ground with a mighty crash. as the dust cleared the four Hunter in training swore as the feline shape of another Manticore leaped out from the decimated tree line.
"Damn! How could I have been so careless? Father always told me that Manticores travel in pairs!" said Mars as his face turned into a grimace.
"What do we do Mars?" asked Orion as he readied his sword and shield.
"Same thing we did to the last one. Orion, Lewis, find a way to immobilize it while Eiffel and I distract it, then we can finish it off." Said Mars as he looked over at his teammates. The others nodded in agreement with their faces set and serious.
"All right...Go!" Shouted Mars as he let out a yell as he and Eiffel charged towards the giant grim. With a roar that shook the very ground the Manticore tore the ground to pieces as it charged straight towards the onrushing Hunters in training. As the two boys reached the creature they dodged into the air as the Manticore brought one of its clawed front paws crashing down to the ground where they had just been.
"This one's definitely faster than the last one." Said Eiffel as he dodged another swipe of the beast's claws.
"I see what you mean." Replied Mars as he deflected a barrage of tail spines. "How's it going over there? Asked Mars as he glanced over towards Orion and Gren as they sneaked their way towards the Manticore's blind spot behind its back legs. Once in position behind the beasts legs the two Hunters in training slashed the creature's tendons.
The Manticore roared with pain as black blood gushed from its slashed legs as it fell to the ground with its back legs crumpling under its own weight. Their victory was short lived however as the Manticore started to thrash wildly around, forcing the four boys to make a hasty retreat away from its thrashing limbs and flying tail.
With surprised cry's Gren and Orion raised their shields against the following maelstrom of flying tail spines. The four Hunters in Training huddled behind the two large shields as sharp spine after spine ricocheted off them and rebounded into the distance.
"Anyone got any ideas?!" Shouted Orion with gritted teeth as his shield was buffeted and battered by the flying projectiles.
"I've got one. Orion, Gren, on the count of three advance on the Manticore and give Mars and I some cover, so we can get close and finish the thing off." Said Eiffel as he switched both of his blades into their gun form and Mars prepared more explosive dust shards.
"One. Two. Three!" Shouted Eiffel. Immediately Orion and Gren began to slowly move forward with their shields in a mini shield wall. As they advanced Eiffel and Mars would occasionally pop out of cover to fire a few shots and explosives at the Manticore before ducking back into cover. As the group finally reached the Manticore Orion and Gren quickly parted their shields as Mars and Eiffel sprinted the last few feet towards the Manticore.
With a load battle cry Mars lept into the air and came down sword point first onto the Manticores head. With a loud crunch of bone Mars's sword was sheathed to the hilt into the Manticores skull. Following Mars, Eiffel stabbed both his swords into the thin flesh on the Manticores chest. With a last few twitches the Manticores thrashing limbs finally came to a rest as the creature slumped onto its side and began to sluggishly disintegrate.
Mars pulled his sword free and jumped lightly to the ground as his teammates rushed to his side. "Nice thinking "Tall black and Mysterious"." Said Eiffel with a wide grin.
"That was amazing!" Shouted Gren with uncontrolled glee as Orion simply nodded with approval.
With a finale glance, back at the dead Grimm the four began to scale the cliff side and arrived at the top. As they reached the top they saw many other groups of Hunters in training gathered in groups of four.
After turning their retrieved relics to Mrs. Goodwitch the four friends decided to sit in the shade of one of the many trees that dotted the area. After they sat down Mars proceed to unclasp his helmet mask with a faint hiss noise. "It's good to have people I can trust." He thought to himself. "I just hope my presence doesn't cause them to get hurt." Mars thought as his expression became saddened.
"Hello!" Said a friendly voice from a few yards away, as the four boys turned towards the voice they noticed a group of eight people approaching them from the direction of Mrs. Goodwitch.
The first person they saw was Pyrrha, with her crimson hair billowing in the light breeze. Behind her came the boy that threw up on the ride to Beacon the previous day. Behind him was a stoic looking boy with a dark green, diagonally buttoned long sleeved tail coat with black and gold trimming and pink cuffs. The boy had long black hair tied into a pony tail with a streak of magenta on the left side of his hair. Next to him was a girl with short bright orange hair. She wore a collard black vest that ended at her waist over a white sleeveless top that formed a heart above her cleavage. She also wore a short pink skirt, white detached sleeves, and matching pink fingerless gloves.
The rest of the group contained the two sisters from the previous day, the black-haired girl Mars accidentally bumped into and the Schnee heiress Weiss.
"Hello again Mars." said Pyrrha with a wide smile as the group finally reached the four boys. "I'd like to introduce you to a few new comrades of mine." She said as she began to introduce the other people in the group around her. "Mars meet Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Nora Valkayrie, Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao Long."
"Nice to meet you all." Replied Mars formally. "Let me introduce my new comrades. Orion Argent, Eiffel Lycaenidae and Gren Vertian." Mars said as he introduced his teammates until finally he turned back to the other people in Pyrrha's group. "Let me introduce myself as well. My name is Mars, a pleasure to meet you."
As he introduced his teammates they each responded to be introduced differently. Gren smiled and waved, Orion gave a courteous bow and Eiffel winked flirtatiously. Before the newly introduced comrades could begin to socialize with each other they all heard the roaring of a transport in the distance.
After a quick ride back to Beacon the students filed into the Assembly hall were the upperclassmen awaited their return. Soon Professor Ozpin walked up onto the platform and began to call the teams forward were he assigned the leaders and their team names. After announcing several teams, he finally reached the last four teams.
"Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing and Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the Black Bishop Pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL. Led by, Cardin Winchester." Said Professor Ozpin as four young boy Hunters in training stepped off the stage to polite applause.
Soon Ozpin continued as the group Pyrrha was in came up to the stage. "Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos and Nora Valkayrie. The four of you retrieved the white Rook Pieces. From this day forward you will work together as Team JNPR." Said Professor Ozpin as the orange haired girl named Nora hugged the black-haired boy named Ren around the neck. "Led by, Jaune Arc!" Finished Ozpin.
"Huh? Led By?" Gulped Jaune as Pyrrha sent a beaming smile in his direction.
"Congratulations, young man." Said Ozpin with a slight grin. To this statement Pyrrha lightly punched Jaune in the shoulder in congratulation but instead sent him sprawling to the floor in a daze.
" Eiffel Lycaenidae, Gren Vertian, Orion Argent and Mars. You four retrieved the black knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team O.M.E.G (Omega). Led by, Orion Argent." Said Ozpin to another round of applause. Mars beamed at his new teammates and laughed as Gren seemed close to fainting from the excitement.
"Finally, Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the White Knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY. Led by, Ruby Rose." Finished Professor Ozpin.
"I'm so proud of you!" shouted Yang as she elatedly wrapped her younger sister in a bear hug.
"It looks like things are shaping up to be an... interesting year." Said Ozpin quietly to himself as the upperclassman cheered and clapped as they welcomed their new peers.
Unknown Location
The shattered moon shimmering light through the panes of several windows into what appeared to be an abandoned warehouse. The building filled with empty shelves and one long table with a large map attached to the wall behind it. Standing in front of the table stood a man with an open scroll against his ear.
The man wore a crisp white jacket outlined in red, over a black dress shirt and pants with a grey scarf wrapped around his neck. His hair was fiery orange and covered slightly by a black and red bowler hat.
After a few moments, the man finally put down his scroll and gave a long exasperated sigh as he reached into his jacket and pulled out a long black cigar. As he lit his cigar the door into the room opened and a masked member of the White Fang entered the room wheeling a large metal crate.
"Open it." Said the strange man as he dusted off a little of the burnt tip of his cigar and took another long inhale of the intoxicating smoke. As the crate opened the shimmering light of several dozen dust crystals gleamed in the dim moon light.
"We're gonna need more men."
After all
I will SEE
YOU
In the next Chapter
BYE BYE