"Wake up Brendan! It's the weekend and we're all heading into town!" Zora said bursting into my room with a giant grin on her face. Last night she'd gone a date with that Cerin guy from the office and had an "amazingly fantastic" time. Personally I thought the guy was pretty cool, his weapon was a giant battle axe that could shoot lightning from the handle. All together the guy was pretty cool but I still had to be a little weary, it's my sister after all. I can't have her ending up with some loser. Plus my reputation would go down the toilet. What reputation? Oh great, now I'm talking to myself. I might as well make it sound different. How about I use Bashurverse's voice? I talked to myself and got dressed while Zora gave me strange looks when spoke out loud.
"Alright, all good to go captain!" I said slipping on my jacket and walking out the door. I held an argument with myself then kind of pushed it behind a door until I got bored later.
"So what do you plan on doing today? Maybe meet a nice girl?" Zora asked. We reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Would you stop hounding me about getting a girlfriend?" I was walking past kids in the main hall I was bombarded with water from everywhere. I bucket poured on top of me while I was shot from behind and pelted with water balloons in the front. When it was all done I was standing there spitting water out of my mouth while Zora, Ren, and Jaune were rolling on the ground from laughing so hard. I walked back up to my room and quickly changed while throwing the jacket into a dryer.
I hadn't worn this for awhile but I figured; eh, why not? I was wearing tough form fitting jeans with a white t-shirt and a Military shirt over that. It had been my dads and had Grimm labeled on the pockets with several medals pinned to it. I was the standard uniform shirt for most Marines. He had been a Sergeant-Major when he died and the patch felt heavy on my right arm. I walked back downstairs and a bunch of kids mocked me by saluting but I just carried Winlen in my left hand while my right hand had claws sticking out of it. After people saw that they really backed off.
"Some one looks sharp today." Ruby said walking up to me and the ambushers. "What's the occasion?"
"No occasion just that these jokesters thought they could pull one on me. big mistake guys, you just wait" I said poking Jaune in the chest making fall a little off balance. "You guys ready to go?" Ruby had showed up with Yang, Nora and Pyrrha in close pursuit and after that we walked into town.
4 hours later
So far Yang had bought twelve bags from stores around us and it wasn't even noon yet! I had seen a few cute girls walking around but everyone in this kingdom was just too much like the popular girls you see in movies. The few girls here that weren't I was related to. Isn't that some cruel irony? Jaune and Ren kept chucking rocks into the pier, Ruby and Nora were talking about how weird it would be if there was a Grimm that looked like a squirrel and Pyrrha was just watching Jaune with a smile on her lips.
"Go talk to him already, if you like him so much you should tell him." I saw walking up and sitting next to her. "Guys aren't up front because we're all cowards on the inside but from my experience you've never had a problem telling a guy you like him. What's different this time?"
"It's just that he's this natural born leader, I'm good at fighting on the fly but I can never plan things out too far ahead. Why would someone like him like me anyway? Is there a way you can answer that?"
"Besides the fact that you're on the cover on every cereal box around, set an all time record, can use magnetism to help your fighting style, dress like an Amazon and all that jazz. I really don't see why he would like you; sometimes a little faith goes a long way."
"Thanks Brendan but I think I'll wait a little while longer to see if he comes to me first."
"Suit yourself." I got up and walked over to a little coffee shop and bought myself just a regular coffee, I really like the flavor of regular coffee over any of that cream bull shit. I started on a walk and just kept heading in one direction. It felt really good, like it brought me back to reality for some precious amount of time. I started to head back and I was staring right into the most beautiful sunset I'd ever seen. It was sitting on top of a mountain with the clouds surrounding appeared to be set on fire.
I eventually met back up with them right before we were supposed to get back on the Dust Plane.
"Where did you go?" Ren asked me.
"Went for a little walk, felt really good actually I-" I was cut off by a man knocking Ren on the back of the head trying to go at me. "Who the hell are you?" Why didn't my aura activate?
"I am someone from a lost past, I am the only true Grimm." He then charged me with a broadsword in hand. His face was covered by a mask that looked like a Beowulf and he was wearing all black. He took a very fast swing at me but I pulled out my machete in time to block the attack. Everyone turned at the sound of blades clashing. Jaune ran to help but I made him stop.
"I got this Jaune; if he wants to fight a Grimm then that's what he gonna get. AAH!" I pushed him against a railing and then tried shred him with my claws but he moved his arm in the way and it was like mine, he was part Grimm too. "Tell me who you are! Now!"
"Fine, I am the lost Grimm. I was the one who survived in the end. And now you are trying to claim my spot as the true Grimm!" he slashed downward with amazing strength but I dodged just in time but where I had been standing was now a crater. I let the Grimm crawl up my arm a little bit more and I felt a rush of anger and energy. It was my turn now and I charged him jumping in the air bringing Winlen in at his side and claws down on his head. My blade connected but he grabbed my arm.
I felt my energy draining out of me but I let even more of the dark in and got lose. At this point the curse had spread half of the way across my chest. I slashed at him dropping Winlen and chipping his mask by the right eye. It was pure red. I activated my aura and saw enormous waves of anger rolling off of him but the weird part was that I recognized it.
"You! How did you make it out of the cave alive? You were supposed to die there!" he pulled off the mask revealing a young man I had once known. His name was Jordan and a long time ago we had been friends but he turned on me during a test at Signal and I was forced to kill him. His long blonde hair sat at his shoulders and half of his face was enveloped in darkness.
"True I should be dead but when we were fighting your blood went into a gash in my chest and after that I was gifted just as you. It healed me and eventually I learned how to fully control the true part of me. Now you're trying to take my spot as the one true Grimm!"
"I'm not trying anything! But you started this 4 years ago and now. I. Am. Ending. It." I charged him letting the Grimm take both of my arms and I started to go a little crazy. I clawed at him but every time we attacked one another it was blocked. An even match. Then I remembered that Eld had been sucked into my hand and I started to light my claws on fire while attacking him which he didn't see coming. I started landing blow after blow and he was covered in a thick black blood.
"This isn't over Brendan! Not by a long shot." He started to run away but I sprinted up behind him elbowing him in the back dropping him to the ground instantly.
"You aren't getting away this time." I grabbed my machete and while he was on the ground stabbed him straight in the neck. I looked over at my friends and my aura saw that they were all restraining to run away. Even Zora. She took a step towards me but I started to run away. I don't know how long or how fast I ran but I ended up in the forest. I looked at my reflection in a river and was horrified. My eyes were red and my whole body was covered in blood. Whether it was mine or Jordan's I didn't know. I took off my shirt and looked down at myself.
My chest and arms were covered in darkness and had developed the armor pads of a Grimm. I am in control, I haven't lost my mind. Just then I sensed an Ursa walking up behind me but when I turned around to get a read at it's emotions he was calm.
"You are one of us now, accept it before it's too late." He growled at me putting a paw on my chest sending waves of pain through my whole body. The curse enveloped my entire being, except this time I was in control. I looked back in the river and got a good look at myself. My hair had become spiky fur covering my entire body. My arms were three times longer than before. I didn't have the armor Grimm usually do. Instead runes were carved into me in a bright red color. My feet looked like a Beowulf's and my claws were the size of an Ursa's
On my back were the feathered wings of a Nevermore and I spread them out as wide as I could.
"You were born to be our king. The power of all Grimm sits inside you. You are the one true Grimm." The Ursa walked up behind me and swatted at the water. "Forget your past self."
"Never!" I willed the Grimm away and changed back into my normal self and slaughtered the Ursa with one slash with my right arm. "No one can emerge from darkness like that. Just ask Lucifer." I picked up my shirt and finished washing it then started to walk back to Beacon.
1 hour later
"Thank God you're ok!" Zora wrapped her arms around me tightly. I hug her back as hard as I can and start to break down crying in her arms. We were standing in the middle of the court yard. It was around mid night so no other kids were around us and I broke down like a little kid.
"I'm so sorry Zora; I lost control of it again. But this time it was worse. I was a monster! I couldn't feel anything. It was absolute nothingness; I could've killed someone brutally and never looked back! please help me." I passed out in her arms and woke up in my bed around 10 minutes later with Zora, Ren and Pyrrha watching me.
"Care to explain what happened?" Ren said sitting down beside me.
"You all might want to sit down because this is a long story." I sat up completely and took a deep breath. "It all started 4 years ago…"
Flashback 4 years into the past
"Brendan Grimm, Yang Xiao Long and Jordan Grey please report to the headmasters' office for a test." The intercom played just as I was grabbing my books out of my locker. I was wearing a black hoodie with a white shirt and black pants. My hair wasn't that long yet. I grabbed my machete from the locker and started to walk to headmaster Winston's office.
"Hey Brendan, what do you think the old man wants with us?" Yang said putting an arm on my shoulder. "Maybe it's our first mission!"
"Well it could be that or the fact that I switched all the pen's with gag ones that shoot ink in the teachers face!" I said putting my arm around her. "Have you seen Jordan yet today?"
"No I haven't but I'm sure he's already at the office." She said running ahead of me. "Can't keep him waiting can we?" we raced to Winston's office and sure enough Jordan was standing there looking very impatient. His blonde hair reached his shoulders and he was wearing a blue t-shirt and white jeans with a grey belt. Strapped to his side was a broadsword made out of silver and gold melted together. His blue eyes shot me daggers and he walked into the office.
"Aw come on Jordan! You know I was at my locker and that's on the other side of the school." The headmaster's office had one oak desk in the middle piled high with papers and filing cabinets lining the wall. Twenty diplomas were hanging on the wall in various things such a doctorate in Grimm defense strategies.
"It's good to see you three this morning. I have good news. I will be assigning you a third year mission. Out of the rest of your classmates in your year you three surpass all expectations and I believe you can handle it. Do you accept?" he was tall broad man with a goatee that made him look a lot younger but all his hairs were grey. His eyes were a dark brown and he was wearing the uniform of a Colonel in the army.
"Depends, what do we have to take down?" Yang said with a curious look on her face. All three of us were only 14 at the time and weren't all too strong except for Jordan who had been fighting in alleys since he was 5. He had some MAJOR anger issues. He slid the folder across his desk and I looked at it.
"A Night Stalker? Are you sure we're ready for this?" I ask handing to Yang, as she reads it her jaw drops.
"I have no doubt in your abilities. I already gave Mr. Grey the details, you'll be leaving immediately." He shooed us out of his office and we all walked back to the dorm rooms and started to pack. I shared a room with Jordan on the North part of the school and Yang was over in the East wing. When we were all packed we got our dust plane tickets and were on a flight in about 15 minutes.
3 hours later
The plane landed down in the middle of the field at the edge of a large village that was completely destroyed. We grabbed our bags and walked into the village with Jordan and me talking like maniacs about what it'd be like fighting a Grimm that big.
"You think its stinger glows in the dark? I wonder how thick its armor is?" Jordan said walking into where we were staying. It was a small metal hut with bunks lining the walls and supplies stored in little chests at the other end of the room. "I got dibs on top bunk!"
"There's like 7 top bunks so I think we're fine. Hey Yang, how do you think Ruby and Garnet will handle you being gone for a few days?" I ask setting my stuff on one bunk and starting to sharpen my dull machete.
"My dad and step-dad are there so they'll be fine without me. Ruby's still got some burns from the accident with the fire crystal." She got a little sad but I quickly cheered her up by grabbing my ipod and speaker and blasting the Pentatonix cover for I need your love. We danced a little bit while getting everything sorted. Yang was making some more cartridges for her Ember Celica while Jordan putting some more yellow dust into the hilt of his sword.
"Why does everybody like dust so much? All you really need is a good strong blade!" I say throwing Winlen into the wall opposite of me.
"Because it's more powerful than you think; dust is what we used to save our entire race at one time, remember?" Jordan says swinging his sword in a large arc and then sheathing it.
"Shut up Richard." I say referencing my favorite movie Tommy Boy. "Well I might give it a try eventually but only to get some range into my attacks. Maybe I can make a pistol! Oh man, the design is making itself at this point! I need to see if the school has any more titanium when we get back." I pulled Winlen out of the wall and continued to sharpen it.
"The Night Stalker shows up when it gets dark so we should get ready. You got control of your mark Brendan?" Yang asked putting her gauntlets back on.
"Yes, I do. Do you have control of your temper?" I ask grabbing a strand of her hair. She grips my wrist and I release the hair. Her eyes were that freaky red color whenever someone touched her hair and she threw me against the wall as if I was a pillow. I rub the back of my head and smile. Worth it.
"We better hurry up; it's getting dark fast out there. Who wants first dibs on it?" Jordan asks grinning as I stick my hand up in the air like a little kid. "Yes Brendan?"
"I want to hit it on the head! Like a game of whack-a-mole!" I stand up slashing Winlen into the cement beneath me going through it like it was made out of butter.
"Alright, tell me though. How are we going to kill this thing?" Yang asked from her bunk. "It's not like a Beowulf or something with thin armor. This thing is tough."
"How about we take out its vision, that'll blind it then we can slash like maniacs!" Jordan pipes up putting a topper on his sword hilt. "Come on guys, let's go finish this thing and head back!"
20 minutes later
We walked to the outskirts of the village and were immediately greeted by the Night Stalker. It stood at about 10 feet tall not counting the stinger. It was all black with thick white bone armor protruding from its skin. On top of a very large tail was an even larger stinger that glowed a faint yellow in the moonlight. It looked over at us and began to charge.
"Defensive formation!" I yell out holding out my machete in front of me preparing to take a major hit. Jordan copied me and Yang dove behind a rock.
"Go get him guys!" She yelled. The scorpion like creature tried to hit me with its pincer but I blocked it and used the force to throw myself up into the air and come down landing on its back and beginning to slash at the head. Jordan slashed at the pincer slicing the whole thing in half rendering the entire arm useless.
"Go for the tail Brendan! I'll keep it distracted!" Yang ran out from her rock and helped out Jordan while shooting bolts of fire into the things face. I stabbed my blade into the base of the tail and flung myself up also tearing the tail in a major artery. Just as I start to wail on the thing I look down and watch as Jordan is ran through by the very pincer he destroyed. His face went blank and his shirt was soaked with blood before the thing even flung him from its grasp.
"JORDAN!" I was so angry I couldn't even believe it. This stupid Grimm had just killed my best friend! You aren't leaving here alive! I jumped off of its tail high into the air and came down with Winlen red hot from the speed of stabbing the Night Stalker in the head. When I pulled it out the blade was practically molten.
"Brendan please hurry!" Yang yelled at me from where she kneeled down next to Jordan. His eyes were closed from the pain and his chest was shaking from his body fighting to live. I looked at a cut I had on my hand and saw the almost black blood dripping off of it. I dripped a few drops in hoping the healing properties would work on him too. His eyes popped open but they were red.
"YOU!" Jordan grabbed for my throat and started to strangle me but I threw him off. He grabbed his sword from the ground and started to swing violently at me filled with hate. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Jordan stop it! What's wrong with you?" He continued to slash. He brought down his sword with crazy speed and nailed me right in the shoulder. I tried to reason with him some more but he just kept attacking. So I quit hoping he'd come to. I pulled my arm back to get some momentum and slash him right in the spot where the Night Stalker did. But I didn't stop there. I just kept slashing at his chest and arms until I couldn't sense his aura anymore. When I looked back at Yang her face was pale and scared.
"What did you do?"
"What I had to. We never speak of this again. Deal?" she nodded and we walked back to the bunker. When I looked at my reflection in the lake I was covered in black blood and bits of dust from his sword. I never went back to bury him or anything like that, I just left him there hoping no one would ever find it.
When we got back to Signal Yang became very protective of Ruby and Garnet and wouldn't even let me in their house for awhile. Eventually we forgot about Jordan.
What's up wild people? Thanks for checking out my new chapter! I know things are starting to get heavy for that smart ass we all know and love but trust me it'll get resolved when I finally decide to match him with a girl (You guys decide in the reviews) When I'm not working on the collaboration story I'll be working on this so rest assured that this will not be the end Brendan Grimm!