Chapter 10: The New Berserker
The next day, Blake was asked to give a full report on what she saw that night. She told them everything, and all of it made sense with how Dust was being stolen all over the city. All of it, except for the attacker she encountered. The way he initially attacked her matched that of the way the Crimson Berserker attacked Pyrrha, but there were several ways that he was different.
First off, his clothes were a different style from the Crimson Berserker. Instead of the vaguely punkish outfit that Pyrrha and Jaune reported, this enemy had a more formal look to him consisting of a long coat, dress pants, and loafers. However, the most distinguishably different features of this new menace were his blonde hair and stylized mask. Unfortunately, she couldn't get a very good look at his eyes, which would have confirmed whether he was the Berserker or not. There was another thing, he used the same fighting style that the Crimson Berserker used, but it seemed far faster and more controlled. His Aura also seemed more developed, being able to escape despite what should have been a fatal blow to the head. With all of these similarities and differences, the press named this enemy the New Berserker.
"Hey, Monster, look!" Cary then turned up the T.V. "Reports have come in of the thwarting of a massive Dust robbery by Blake Belladonna and Sun Wukong. According to Ms. Belladonna, the robbery was conducted by wanted criminal, Roman Torchwick and the terrorist organization, the White Fang. She also reported a mysterious attacker who was similar to the Crimson Berserker. Whether this New Berserker was the true Crimson Berserker or not, only time will tell!" Monster looked at the T.V. worriedly, "Damn, I didn't think that they would make a connection so quickly!" Cary smiled, "Still, it's a cool name, right? The New Berserker, I like the sound of it." Monster found himself appreciating Cary's sense of humor, "Yeah, I guess so." Wait, appreciating? That was strange, that was very, very strange. Cary must've noticed this too, "Um, you're not angry? Dude, what the heck happened to you?" Monster thought, and came to the conclusion that his date with Ruby must've simply put him in a good mood. "Nothing, I'm just feeling better today."
Ruby was going through her normal day-to-day schedule while thinking on the events of past few days. Who was this New Berserker? Was he Monster? If so, why would he be at a Dust robbery of all places? She decided that she simply didn't know enough to make any conclusions.
Six days later, Monster and Cary were assigned to an assassination. As they were going to the location of the target, Monster thought about how much he actually knew about Cary. Cary had told him how he came to be in Roman's service. Apparently Cary had been living on the streets for almost his whole childhood and had developed his Aura and Semblance out of necessity, using them to become an excellent pickpocket. What this Semblance was, Monster could only guess. After what Monster had seen, he concluded that it was either Teleportation or Time Control. Whenever he told his guesses to Cary, he just ignored Monster. Anyways, Roman recruited him after Cary attempted to steal some food from the warehouse. Roman saw potential in Cary and soon after, Monster himself was recruited. After this, the two became an effective clean-up crew. As for Cary's personality, he was always the type that kept a cheerful attitude.
As Monster thought about this, they got to the location. Monster took out a bat and katana, ready to strike. "I'll be on the roofs watching your back. You go deal with the target. He's in room 203 on the sixth floor." Nightmare said as he climbed up a pipe. The "target" for tonight was a former high-ranking henchman of Roman's. He saw too much and declared Roman his enemy; he now was in a heavily guarded abandoned apartment building. Monster decided to simply walk right in, easily knocking out the outside guards. He continued inside, sneaking past the front desk, the guard playing on his tablet. He decided to use the stairs, judging that the elevator was simply too risky. He saw two guards down the hallway, and promptly knocked them out cold with the bat. He finally got to the room that his target was in. When he was seen by the target, he begged for his life. "Please, I won't say anything! I'll move out of Vale! Just don't kill me!" he begged. "Yadda yadda yadda. You know how many of my victims beg for their lives before I kill them?" Monster said. The former henchman raised an eyebrow in response. "All of them." Monster then swung his katana, "NO!" He stopped right before hitting him. What are you doing? He thought to himself, Kill him already! The target must have seen his hesitation because he then put Monster into a head-lock, "I won't let you stop me!"
Nightmare then burst into the room through a large window, "Monster, get down!" Monster ducked as best he could, while Cary used his Tethered Ballistic Reeling Blade, Miserable Blood, to impale the former henchman, and then yanked it back. The target then screamed horribly as the blade tore through his lungs, ribs, and muscles, the small sharp hooks on the edges slowly and painfully dragging through. The target ultimately died from shock and blood loss. Cary looked at Monster furiously, "Why would you hesitate now!? We've literally done this dozens of times!" A realization then dawned upon him, "Is this because of Ruby!?" Monster's eyes went wide, "N-no!" Cary's face suddenly went back to the smile it always was in. "Oh, okay! I just wanted to make sure that the girl I set you up with wasn't ruining your career!" Monster felt a bit freaked out at just how furious Cary seemed to be, but ultimately understood that he's simply concerned for his little brother.