Well peeps... how you doing after that MASSIVE PLOT TWIST!...

Demon thinks he's got problems now... wait until he finds out his sister is a certain flaming gold badass...

This story is just going to be a bit more story development... oh... and its a bit longer than usual

Just got to say... this story is bloody killin it with OVER 2000 VIEWS! MESA HAPPY!

Naughtbeast

Chapter 10:

She had just walked away… the last remaining family member he had. He sprinted to the door and knocked it down, causing it to crash to the floor. He was standing on the door in the middle of a hospital corridor, patients and doctors staring at him in shock. He turned quickly to the nearest one, a petite nurse that was helping someone down the corridor in a wheelchair.

"You! Where did the woman that came out of my room go?"

She looked back at him with a confused look.

"Sir, you were the first person to come out of that room today other than the doctor."

"No, I wasn't, which way to the entrance?"

"Sir, I don't think you should be walking around yet, you should go back to your bed and…"

"NO! Where. Is. The. Entrance" he said, drawing out the words.

She hesitantly pointed down the corridor and Demon immediately began sprinting in that direction. He felt pain all along his side and through his legs, pushing through the pain in hopes of seeing his mother again. He sprinted along the corridors, following the signs to the entrance, much to the chagrin of the hospital staff. Security guards continuously tried to stop him, only to be quickly outmanoeuvred as he wall ran across the corridors of the hospital. He felt like passing out but he knew he wasn't going to… he had to see her. He busted through into the entrance area and looked around hopefully. Unfortunately for him, he couldn't see anyone that looked anything like the woman in his room. Worse was that the security guards finally caught up and tackled him to the floor.

"This is for your own good Sir" was the last thing he heard before he blacked out.

1 Hour later…

Demon slowly came back into consciousness and found he was back in the same room as before, this time, he was strapped to the bed. He looked up and saw that Ozpin was standing against the wall, sipping coffee as always.

"Mr Demon." He said plainly, not moving much.

"Ozpin… you wouldn't be able to get me out of here?"

"Soon… but first, we must discuss something… when you broke out of your room you claimed that there was a woman with you."

"There was!" he retorted, confused that no one knew what he was talking about.

Instead of replying Ozpin pulled out his scroll, tapping a few buttons, and brought up the security camera footage. As Demon watched it just showed that he was lying in bed before getting up, cutting his sheets to form the makeshift blindfold. But what happened next made no sense to him, instead of the woman coming into view, the Demon in the video just charged straight out of view and showed up busting out into the hospital corridor a second later.

"That's not what happened!" he said, trying to comprehend what was happening.

"Mr Demon, it is extremely common for people to experience visions after what happened to you… especially considering how long you were out for…"

Demon's face dropped at the knowledge that the person he saw was just an illusion.

"How long?" he asked, no more life left in his words.

"One month…"

Demon's head slumped at that… last time it only lasted half that long.

"Can I ask you, what possessed you to fill your system with enough military grade stimulants for six people of your size?" Ozpin asked, moving his glasses down to sit on the front of his nose.

"With all due respect Sir, I would have died if it had not been for those stims, and Rosaline would have been dead as well" he then remembered their last situation "Is Rosaline alright?"

"Yes… your teammate is alright thanks to you… but how could you survive that long with so much stimulants running through your body? Your heart should have collapsed after the first ten seconds with that much stress."

"I have used stimulants for the past year and a half… after that, my body accepts them much better than when I started… but it still has some negative side effects"

"Such as the eyes…" stated Ozpin, smirking a bit.

"How did you…" Demon started before reaching up to touch his eyes, realising that his blindfold was off.

He closed his eyes and desperately tried to free himself pulling uselessly at the straps that held him in place.

"There is no need to be like that Mr Demon, it is ok… only I and the doctor have seen them, and I ensured that she would not speak to anyone about it. May I ask how they turned… like that?"

They had seen his eyes… and his face… no one had seen them for at least a year. His eyes were the biggest problem… what would they think?

"Well, sir… after the first couple of months of using stims, they slowly began becoming tinted… after another couple, they just sorta became like they are."

"I see… I understand now why you wear your helmet all the time. Well… you can leave now if you want, there will be a bullhead waiting for you to take you back to Beacon." Said Ozpin, before taking a sip of coffee and undoing his restraints. He walked out the door, closing it behind him, and leaving the Demon to his thoughts.

She was just an illusion… no… that can't be right…

Demon refused to believe that she was fake… it was all too real. He walked over and put on all his gear, finding that it smelled like someone had washed it. Before putting on his helmet he decided he could at least clean up after not having washed in ages. He walked over to the mirror in the bathroom to the side of his room, beginning to wash his face with cold water. As he washed he couldn't help but look into his own eyes… remembering how he had got the name Demon in the first place. When he stared at his eyes… a monster stared back. He no longer had pupils… or an iris… or even the white around them. His entire eyeball was a dark shade of red… blood red. It was true that it only started happening after he began using stims, but he was the only recorded case in which it happened.

He pulled on his helmet and activated the HUD. After checking his vitals and finding that everything was optimal, he reached over and checked all his weapons. His pistol had somehow been re-loaded and fresh clips were sitting next to it, as was the same with all his other weapons. He began to walk for the door before remembering he left his necklace. He turned and looked over to his bed, to find something strange. Sitting on his pillow was his necklace, but underneath it was something he hadn't seen in many years. Underneath his necklace was a picture of him the day of his first birthday. He was being held by his mother, who was smiling at the camera, and his uncle was next to them, another wide grin plastered on his face. He turned it over and found a message written on the back…

My little Hawk,

I'm sorry for doing this to you but I cannot come back to you for some time…

It has been many years and I myself thought that I had lost you, you meant the world to me…

The fate of this world hangs in the balance, but know that I will come back after all this is done…

Show this picture to him, he'll know you're not lying after that…

Mum

Demon stared at the message for a few seconds before tears filled his eyes. He sat crying in his room for a solid ten minutes before finally being able to hold them back. He tucked the photo into a pocket under his chest plate, slightly confused at the last line. He picked up all his weapons and slipped them all into their respective places, keeping his parkour kit turned off. He opened the door and strode through the corridors towards the front entrance again, smiling a bit as the security guards kept their hands above their pistols. He made it out the front door, becoming slightly blinded by the midday sun, and walked to the awaiting bullhead. He waved to the pilot and about a minute later they were flying off to Beacon. He looked out the window at the city that was flowing past below him.

So this is what Vale is…

He had never actually seen the city, so he made a promise that the next day he would visit it. As he was thinking about what being in an actual city again would be like he felt the bullhead begin descending. It landed and he waved to the driver before walking off to his command pod. When he arrived he found it much the same as it was before… except his Titan wasn't there. He quickly sent a message to Ozpin, trying to figure out how he could lose a 15-foot-tall giant. He waited for a couple of minutes, tuning his weapons, before finally receiving a reply. When he saw what it was he face-palmed. One, because of what it was doing, and two, because of who had it. He put away his sidewinder and LMG before walking out of the pod and walking to the combat classroom.

As he was walking he heard the sounds of heavy gunfire coming from the classroom. He made it to the door and saw a sign posted on the door. Warning! Combat class in progress! Without a second thought, he opened the door… and was nearly killed by gunfire strafing the classroom. He ducked behind one of the rows of seats where every other student was currently huddled. As he waited for the fire to die, he finally popped his head out to see what was happening. He saw his Titan in full combat get-up, chaingun pumping out round after round, as team RWBY and the rest of his team were fighting it from the other side of the arena. They had placed barriers throughout the arena to ensure that they weren't immediately gunned down, the combatants hesitantly firing back at the beast. He continued watching the battle with interest, checking his Titan's status on his HUD.

He laughed when he saw that it only had 2 of its 6 targeting chips active and the shields weren't even on… they were getting it easy. He looked around the arena and saw that all the combatants had small bars underneath their heads, some less full than others. He turned his attention back to the fight and he was severely confused at what happened next. Ruby was wielding a giant scythe that was twice the size of her, and she pointed it behind her before firing a bullet out of the barrel that seemed to be integrated within the gun. She was sent rocketing across the arena and began slashing at the Titan's feet, seeming to be moving so fast that his eyes couldn't even keep up with her. While this was happening Blake was firing bullets at his Titan with a… katana pistol? Yang was blasting it with shotgun gauntlets, and Weiss was firing beams of white light from her rapier.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!...

Rosaline was firing at his Titan with her smart pistol, the targeting system allowing her to hit the armoured optics to distract it. Kira was the furthest back and was firing at his Titan with an amped Kraber… the same one he used during the initiation.

Well… you take what you can find…

He continued watching as the battle went on… and his knowledge of the world was completely destroyed again. His Titan managed to hit Ruby with a massive kick and sent her flying into one of the barriers… but instead of her spine snapping and her body going limp, she got back up and continued firing at the Titan.

WHAT IN THE BLOODY WORLD!...

He looked up at the bars on the wall and found that Ruby's was a lot smaller than what it was when he last checked. He turned his attention back to the battle and saw that Yang had managed to jump onto his Titan and was beginning to punch the armoured cockpit. He watched as the giant mech staggered back from the impacts.

OK… enough is enough…

He tapped a few buttons on his wrist-screen and activated the rest of the Titan's targeting chips. It stopped fighting for a second before whirring back into action. It grabbed Yang off of its cockpit and flung her across the arena, it next targeted Weiss with the chaingun, blasting through the strange glyph barrier she had put up to protect herself. She ducked behind cover as her bar hit red, letting the metal beast change targets. It next turned to Blake and fired a cluster rocket, which she nimbly dodged. The problem was, she couldn't dodge the next one that was fired behind her and was promptly sent flying from the explosion. Before his Titan could change to another target he heard two shotgun blasts and saw Yang flying across the arena, her hair now a flaming gold.

HOW THE HELL IS THIS HAPPENING!...

She was flying towards the Titan, who had just enough time to activate his damage core. The Titan set its left fist forward, activating a dash to gain more momentum, and Yang met its fist with her own punch. A colossal explosion followed and Demon had to duck to avoid the Titan's arm hitting him as it flew overhead, he popped his head back up and saw Yang smash into a side barrier and create a crater. He heard a buzzer and Mrs Goodwich walked on stage. His Titan's left arm socket was on fire and it collapsed onto one knee to cope with the damage.

"Good job class… although I did tell you to NOT damage the Titan."

"Sorry Miss, it was an accident!" retorted Yang as she fell, from the crater she made, onto the floor.

"Ok, Miss Xiao Long… I want you and your team to help clean up this 'accident' after class."

That earnt a collection groan from the entirety of team RWBY.

"Can't you just use your magicy wand thingy like at the dining hall?" questioned Yang, a smirk crossing her face. Before Miss Goodwich could respond the bell signalling the end of the period was heard. All of the students filed out of the class, managing to get through the stands that were now rubble, and left only team RWBY, Mrs Goodwich, Kira, Rosaline and Demon in the room.

"Now, when I come back here… I expect to see a clean classroom." Said Mrs Goodwich before leaving through a side door on the stage. The six girls on the stage began moving the rubble to the sides of the stage, grumbling consistently as they did.

"I'm going to break a nail doing this!" complained Weiss, hesitating to lift anything bigger than her fist.

"Well, your lucky!" exclaimed Yang, "Demon's going to kill me when he finds out I did this!"

With a smirk, the aforementioned pilot made his presence known.

"Yes… yes he is…"

They all stopped what they were doing and looked up to the intruder in the room… and their mouths dropped when they saw it was Demon.

"YOUR ALIVE!" shouted Kira, still not believing what she was seeing.

Demon jumped down into the arena, using his parkour kit to slow his fall before looking himself over.

"Hmm… I don't know just yet… I mean… I'm standing here aren't I?" he replied, lacing his words with sarcasm. Instead of responding the girls just rushed forward and hugged him all at once.

"What are you doing?" He questioned, slightly hesitant at all the attention. They broke off from the embrace before Yang responded.

"We all thought you were dead… the doctors said that you had little chance of recovery without aura and that you probably weren't going to make it."

"YEA! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!" screamed Rosaline before punching him in the arm.

"Do you people seriously have no idea about how to say 'Thank you'… I mean seriously!"

"YOU ALMOST DIED!" she screamed, tears coming from her eyes now.

"And you would have if I didn't… your life is more valuable… and no one would have missed me" he stated plainly.

"PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT YOU!"

Demon was taken a bit back at this statement… he had never really had any friends since the day he joined the Militia, barring Josh… and that was only because they had saved each other's lives. Rosaline began to cry profusely and she covered her eyes with her hands, trying to hide her shame. He didn't know what to do before Yang pushed him forward, causing him to wrap his arms around her as a reflex. Before he could jump away to escape her, she wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shoulder.

"There, there… everything's ok…" he said, trying to comfort her, while glaring daggers at Yang who was laughing hysterically.

"I think we should go back to our dorm…" said Kira, having a better grip on the situation than Demon. He hastily nodded and began walking out the door, ensuring that his Titan would pick up its arm and follow them to the pod, managing to get out a large door that was installed on the sides.

They walked all the way to their dorm in silence, bar the soft sound of Rosaline crying. They made it to the dorm and he set Rosaline down on her bed, the girl now being thoroughly asleep. He saw Sid in the corner, scorched with bullet marks. He gestured to the spectre and Kira just responded by shrugging her shoulders. He went and sat down on his bed, Kira sitting next to him.

"So what happened while I was gone?"

"Well… me and Sid managed to find you two after you utterly destroyed those Grimm and we took you to the hospital. Rosaline was able to make a quick recovery thanks to you using that weird foam stuff… but you… they said we weren't going to see you again. She blamed herself for apparently killing you and got depressed for a couple of days. We made sure to grab all your stuff from the forest and I repaired your Kraber… you don't mind if I use id don't you?"

"Nah, it's fine… I prefer my LMG anyway."

"Thanks… so back to the explanation… We were designated as team DRSK or Drisk by Ozpin, but since you were out we weren't officially in the school yet. We joined in on all the classes and continued as usual, but we had to join RWBY when it was time for combat class… which is where Sid kinda nearly got destroyed. After about a day, team RWBY got in a brawl with a giant mech stolen by the White Fang, a group of faunus terrorists, and Mrs Goodwich tried to convince Sid to let us use your Titan. Of course, he tried to stop us at first... until Yang had the brilliant idea of hitting it because she thought it was broken… so we used it anyway. Other than that not much has changed… OH!... and we unlocked our aura's!" She said, beaming proudly at the last part.

"People keep saying that, but what the hell is an aura?"

"In simple terms, it is a person's soul protecting them… basically, it's a shield for a person"

"Oh…"

"And it lets you use these cool things that these people call 'semblances'."

"So that magic stuff I saw back in the arena?"

"Yes… Ruby has super speed, Yang can absorb damage and hit harder, Blake can make shadow copies of herself, and Weiss can create glyphs to augment her combat abilities."

"I see…"

"We haven't unlocked ours yet… but we will eventually"

"Hmmm… so how exactly would you 'unlock' your aura?"

"Well… Miss Goodwich unlocked ours with some special ritual thing after Ozpin told her to, and it just kinda… happened. Apparently, you can unlock it naturally… but no one knows how it happens."

"Hmm… ok then… well..."

"I know it's a lot to take in… just rest on it…" she said before walking out the door, probably heading back to class. He looked over and saw Rosaline still asleep in her bed, ironically sucking her thumb. He smiled and went and turned on Sid.

"Systems are online at 34%"

At least he's still ok…

He initiated follow mode and went off to his pod, determined to fix the damage. He arrived and noticed something out of place… the lock on the door was off. He un-holstered his wingman and hesitantly opened the door, quickly bringing it up to shoot at anything inside. He activated his pulse and was relieved to see there was no one there and nothing was out of place… bar the giant package next to his weapons rack. He walked over and pulled off the cover, revealing multi-coloured crystals underneath. He picked up the note that was left underneath the basket and read through the message.

You might find this to be interesting… just make sure to stand a bit back when you smash them…

Ozpin,

He was completely confused and picked up a small, red crystal from the package. He looked it over before throwing it to the floor… and was nearly blown up from the blast.

SON OF A…

He was interrupted by the sound of his Stryder booting up. The feminine robotic voice of the AI reverberated around the room.

"Are you alright Sir?"

"Yea, yea… how you doing Vanessa?"

"Well, Sir… except you haven't pulled me into combat for a while…"

"I know… look… in the next 3 days, I promise to bring you in ok?"

"Thank you Sir, what are you doing by the way?"

"Well, the person I now work for sent me this gift basket… filled with explosives"

The Stryder's limbs whirred as the chassis, moved over to inspect the basket. A hum was heard as the Titan scanned the basket.

"Sir, these are not explosives… they are crystals that seem to contain compounds that I have not seen before."

"Interesting… well… you said you weren't doing anything now… so can you run tests on these and see what they can do?"

"I'd be happy to oblige" she replied before grabbing the basket and walking back to her position, hunching over to scan the crystals. As she did, Demon walked over and observed his actual Titan. Its arm was completely ripped off from its socket from the blast and when he checked the programming, he found that one of the cores was damaged from the sudden disconnection. With a groan he walked over and picked up his plasma torch, beginning the repairs on his Titan. He worked through the night, never stopping once… apart from when he heard explosions coming from Vanessa. After he had finished the repairs he left Vanessa to do her work and made his way back to his dorm. He entered as quietly as he possibly could, making sure not to disturb his teammates. He took off his weapons and laid them to the side of his bed before he slumped down. He smiled as sleep slowly took over his body, his eyelids becoming heavy with sleep.

Finally… some rest…

He heard an alarm go off…

SON OF A …