As I wrote this I remembered one thing. Lamina used a halberd, not an axe. I'm dumb. Sorry about that guys I'll be sure to go back and fix it when I have the time. Sorry again. Other than that I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. Assuming that you live in the US.
Ike and the same hunting party he assembled walked down an all too familiar path. The party was made up of the blue haired teen, his brother, Eisenhower, and the members of the organization they could find scattered within Ike's head. There was fifteen of them in all.
Earlier that day, Ike learned how to retake the various parts of his head. Basically, Vesh had broken it into a hundred different sections, with the city that closely resembled Vale being number one. This was the only section that wasn't invested with Vesh's influence, but the creatures of Grimm weren't going to allow that to last long. Each section had Grimm infesting it, with a few alphas and one head of the section. It was basically an army, but armies can break down. The alphas acted as seconds in command to a piece of Vesh left behind to watch over them. Due to the fact that Vesh started taking over at section one hundred, his influence was strongest there, meaning that near the lower numbers, he was weaker. Basically, if the piece of Vesh was destroyed, the Grimm would no longer have a handler and simply disappear. (Ya it's pretty video gameish, but it was my best idea. Sorry, but I kinda like it.)
How was all of this known though, it came from a certain older brother. James.
As the team carried onwards towards the first piece of Vesh, Ike decided to ask James how he knew all of this. "Hey James."
"Ya little bro?" The halberd wielder asked.
"I wanted to ask you how you knew all about my head."
"Well that's pretty simple. I was here when Vesh was born."
"You were?" The blue haired brother asked.
"Sure was. I guess you could say I'm what caused him." James said about as lighthearted as he could.
"Wait, how does that make sense?"
"Well, when I died, I was placed here. Well, the real me wasn't, but you get the idea. Anyways, your head then used Vesh to try to control the hatred and everything that was built up inside of you. It was a defense mechanism. Therefore, I know all about how Vesh works, because I've been here with him the whole time. Plus, there actual something to the idea that brothers have a mental connection."
"Like the whole you hit one twin and the other feels it thing?" Blue asked.
"To an extent, ya." That's when they heard a loud roar. "And I'm guessing that's your other half now." James said as he rested his halberd on his shoulder. The other members of the hunting party drew their weapons as well. As they moved cautiously through the woods, Ike noticed something. "Hey, is this the Emerald Forest?" Ike whispered to James.
"Sure is. Your head used familiar locations for its map." He said.
"So this is basically Remnant?"
"No, just Vale. That's the only kingdom you've been to, so that's the only place it's mapped. Maybe if you got out a bit more…" He was then cut off by a Beowolf ambushing the party and killing one of the members. His name was Luna, Lima during his time with Victor. As Luna's body was cast aside, he slowly began to fade away. As did Ike's memory of him. "Circle up!" James ordered, which everyone followed.
Eisenhower was wielding twin short swords, and facing the direction in which they were heading. James and Ike stood side by side facing the way that they had come from. As another leapt from the bushes, James slashed upwards, decapitating it. Another sprang forward, which Ike quickly put an arrow into. This was followed by the teen putting a second one into the beast who had killed the man he no longer remembered. As the pack began to leap towards the group, Ike switched to Ichor and Nero and hacked away. He stabbed Nero through the chest of one, as he opened the stomach of another. James broke his weapon into its smaller forms, and began firing into the crowd of Beowolves. As one leapt towards him, the older brother spun, and hacked through it with the smaller halberd. As another attacked from the other side, a girl named Sienna, Sierra according to Victor, stabbed her knife through its head. James gave an appreciative nod to the girl and returned to fighting.
On Eisenhower's side things were about the same. As one Beowolf jumped towards him, he sidestepped, and slashed through both its stomach and neck at the same time. He then looked up, and saw something horrible running towards him. "RUN!" He called out, as he began the retreat.
He sprinted passed the brothers, who looked behind them to see what he was running from. It was a literal hoard of Beowolves. The brothers began sprinting behind Eisenhower, with the rest of the hunting party. As the Creatures of Grimm got closer, as did the protecting of Vale. Sienna, who was at the back of the party, was tackled by one of the beasts, as ripped to shreds. This caused her memory to leave Ike's head as well. "Keep running!" Ike called out, as he stopped and switched to Aeolus. He then got down on one knee, and notched one of his volatile lightning arrows. Blue took aim at the first Beowolf and fired. Lightning arced from the beasts, killing them, but the hoard didn't end and pressed onwards towards the hunting party. Ike sprinted towards them, and as he reached the first beast, he launched himself at it. The archer planted his feet onto the Creature of Grimm's head, and pushed off. This sent him rocketing towards the front of the retreaters, and the Beowolf sailing backwards into many of the other beasts.
Eventually, the thirteen survivors reached the gates of Vale, and ran back inside. Panting and doubled over, Ike said, "Well at least we didn't lose anyone." Everyone nodded in agreement. (Ya, if someone dies nobody realizes it. This is because if Ike forgets someone, then they all forget that person.)
"Well what now?" Eisenhower asked. "You saw the size of that army. Thirteen people can't kill that."
"He brings up a good point. There's too many of them." James said.
"Ya, I know. Just give me a second to think." The blue haired teen said. After a few seconds of considering their options he said, "You said this place is mapped out like my head, right?"
"Ya, why?" His brother asked.
"Just got an idea." Ike replied as he stood back up, and began walking into town with James and Eisenhower clos behind.
-Before Vesh Took Over-
"Do you even know where we're going?" Ike asked Ruby as she skipped around him.
"Nope!" She replied cheerfully in his ear. She then began walking normally next to him. "But that's the great part. Beacon is so big you have to get lost to explore it." She then interlocked her and in his.
"That's a horrible ideology. You know that right?" Her blue haired boyfriend said.
"That's what Yang always says, but she usually says, 'You're an idiot. An adorable one, but an idiot none the less.'"
"Wow, that's… pleasant?"
"I don't think that's the right word." Red replied. Then she let out a gasp and a small sound of excitement, before running down the path, dragging Ike along.
Once they mercifully stopped, and Ike regained his bearing, he realized where he was. A graveyard. "You have to find the creepiest place here didn't you?"
"What's the matter you scared?" Ruby teased.
"You know I'm not." Ruby then disappeared from in front of him, and crept behind him.
"Boo!" She said into his ear, which made him jump a bit. Ruby fell into a fit of laughter and said, "Thought you weren't scared?"
"Whatever." Ike grumbled.
"Oh, don't be such a poor sport. Look how cool this place is." Ruby then began exploring around, an accidently bumped into one of the graves. This caused a holographic projection of a man to appear in front of the headstone. It showed a man, who had a war hammer in his hands, similar to Nora's. "Who's this?" Ruby asked.
"His name was George Stoneguard." Ike said reading the name off the grave. "He was apparently the headmaster of Beacon years ago." Blue continued.
"Really, he doesn't look that old."
"The picture was probably taken back when he first took his role." That's when Ike began to look around and touched another headstone. This one displayed a young Faunus girl. "This graveyard is filled with pervious Beacon students, professors, and a few headmasters." He pointed out.
"Really? How have we never seen this?" The girl asked.
"It's kinda in a remote part of the academy."
"I guess you have a point." Red said.
-Back Inside Ike's Head-
Ike looked at the structure before him. It was a very close replica of Beacon academy, with a few imperfections in areas that he couldn't quite picture. "What's this place?" James asked.
"This, my dear brother, is Beacon Academy. This is where we can find our army." The blue haired teen said.
The blue haired teen walked into the front lawn of Beacon, to see plenty of students wandering around. They all wore Beacon uniforms, but many were different from others. It appeared that every once in a while the school's uniform would change. Ike walked through the halls of the school, and peeked his head in to what Ike remembered was Professor Port's class. Inside, multiple professor taught the students inside the class. "Ahem." A voice said from behind him. The trio turned around to see an older man behind them. Professor Stoneguard. "Can I help you?" He asked.
"Uhh… Ya. Can we talk to you for a second?" James asked.
"Yes you may. Please follow me." The man then turned around, and proceeded down the halls towards Ozpin's office. As he opened the door, there were multiple Headmasters sitting behind their respective desks. Ike counted ten including Professor Stoneguard, who sat down behind his desk. "You wished to talk to us?" He asked. All the headmasters looked up from their desks at the three.
"I didn't think there would be so many of them." Eisenhower whispered to Ike.
"Don't worry, I got this." He whispered back. The teen then stepped forward, and began speaking. "I have a proposition for you all." He began.
"Well let's hear it." The third headmaster replied.
"The Grimm are clawing at the walls of your city, and you can't stop them. While you can attempt to kill them, they'll only continue until everyone is dead. However, I know how to stop them."
"What're your terms?" Headmaster number six asked.
"I need your help as much as you need mine. So we help each other. I'll tell you how to rid yourself of Grimm, and in exchange you give me full access to any reasons your school has. This includes staff, students, materials, contacts, and even yourselves. My team of thirteen wasn't even close to being able to kill them Grimm closest to the city, meaning that we need you just as much as you need us. So the offer's on the table. Help us or die along with us."
The headmasters all looked at each other, before coming to a common decision without saying a word. "We'll help you." They said in unison.
"Excellent." Eisenhower commented. "We should probably talk to the stud…" He was then cut off by an alarm. "What the hell is that?" He asked.
"That would be the Grimm clawing at the walls, breaking through the wall." Ike said. "Get everyone ready, my team and I will start fending off the one's farthest into the city. Everyone else should start pushing the Grimm back as much as they can. We'll get to the wall as soon as we can." Ike and his companions then left the room as the headmasters nodded.
-Into Ike's Vale We Go!-
"What the hell is happening?" Another girl named Kelly asked. She wielded a small black rapier, which she used for quickness in a fight. Almost nobody could match her speed, except for maybe Ruby. As the trio ran passed the group of former agents. The ten still alive quickly fell into place behind them.
"Grimm just busted through the wall." James replied.
"We're killing anything getting too far into the city. Beacon's heading towards the wall right now." Ike finished.
"Beacon?" Tyrain asked. He used a giant two-handed sword in combat, which matched his giant sized body. (If I just throw in a random name, then it's most likely a student or an agent. And all of the people introduced do follow the color name thing in RWBY. Thanks for making coming up with names a lot harder Monty.)
"We'll explain later." Eisenhower answered as the group arrived in heart of the town. Citizens fled from the beasts that and invaded the town, but many were ripped to shreds. "Looks like go time." Eisenhower said as he matched Yang's gauntlets with his cubes.
"You've really gotten good with those haven't you?" The eldest brother asked.
"Sure have." The shape shifter replied with a smile as he charged into the frenzy of Grimm, the rest close behind.
Eisenhower threw his right fist into the jaw of a Beowolf amplified with a shotgun blast. He then pivoted on his right foot, and threw and uppercut into the next Grimm's jaw. (They're all Beowolves, okay?) "Let's see how good I am at this." He thought to himself. As the Beowolf flew in the air, the gauntlets disassembled back into their cube forms. The former Hunter then began to raise his left foot. He threw one cube at each foot, and they began to wrap around his boots. As the man's leg was nearly vertical, his body began to turn sideways a bit, allowing his limb to extend higher up. Just before the bottom of his boot connected to the Grimm's chest, the cubes finished their morph. He had turned them into a boot form of Yang's gauntlets. He fired the shotgun blast in his right shoe, launching him into the aim. He left foot finally connected, and released a second shotgun blast, punching a hole through the torso of the beast. His attack was ended with a quick handspring backwards as he landed, which ended with his crushing the head of another Beowolf.
Ike and James entered the fray side-by-side, and intended to use this to their advantage. James spun, and slashed through the body of one Creature of Grimm. He completed one full rotation and Ike ducked under his halberd. The older brother smashed the flat of weapon into the head of a second wolf, and continued his spin. Ike then turned, and kicked the flat of the halberd, sending his brother spinning the opposite way. The halberd wielder then released his weapon, letting it cut through the bodies of multiple Grimm. "Wanna get that for me, Ike?" The older brother asked.
"It would be my pleasure." Blue replied with a smile. He backed up a bi, and sprinted towards James, who raised his hands into semi-circle in front of his chest. The younger of the two jumped into the air, and caught his feet against his brother's hands. Both siblings pushed off using their semblances, sending Ike flying away and causing James to stumble backwards a bit.
As he flew, the archer slashed through the head of one Beowolf with Nero. He kept Ichor in front of himself, clearing a path through the beasts. The archer forward to see Kelly having issues with her share of Grimm. The teen then grabbed a fire arrow from his quiver. Using is forward momentum, he threw the arrow through the gap of Grimm, and stuck it into the back of one of the Beowolves. The beast roared out in pain, just before the arrow exploded into a fireball, killing a few behind the agent.
Blue finally reached his brother's halberd, and pushed off the head of a Beowolf to kill his momentum and the Creature of Grimm. The beast's head exploded, and Ike safely landed on the ground. "Head's up!" He called out. The teen then kicked the halberd upwards into the air. This was followed by a spinning kick, which sent the weapon back towards the teen's brother. It stuck into the head of one of the Beowolves, and James retrieved the halberd from the Creature of Grimm's skull. The eldest brother turned towards the younger and gave him a smile and a thumbs up.
James turned back around and caught a Beowolf with an upwards diagonal slice. Looking around, he saw only a few more Grimm left standing. Ike plunged an arrow into the skull of another, and shot down another as he retrieved the previous arrow. The older brother then rested Klingen Ruhm on the ground, and began firing into at the five bests in front of him. As the smoke settled, only one had been killed and another hit in the arm. "Alright, this thing can't hit shit." He said to himself as he broke the weapon apart. The Grimm then rushed towards him, and James prepared for the attack. The first one leapt into the air, but the halberd wielder ducked the attack, and fired into the stomach of it. The next one then attacked from the side, and was greeted with the smaller axe to the face. The third attacked, and was batted away by the flat of the melee weapon. As it flew, James shot multiple rounds into it. The final wolf tackled James to the ground, who pushed it back. Its jaws snapped in his face, as it got closer to his head. Ike fired an arrow at it, but only hit one of its limbs. This gave James a small opening, as he grabbed its jaws and ripped them apart. The older brother then stood up to see the last of the Grimm being killed.
"That was close." Blue said.
"Sure was. That's for the help." His brother replied.
"Ehh don't mention it. We should probably get over to the wall though."
"Good idea." The eldest brother replied. "Everyone! We're moving towards the wall! Get ready for another fight!" He bellowed out, before leading the way towards Beacon's Army.
-At the Wall-
"Alright Stoneguard, what're we doing?" Eisenhower asked.
"I need anyone with long range weapons in the back providing support. The rest of you need to help box in the Grimm, so we can push them out."
"Got it." Ike said. "We can have…" His voice then began to trail off as he looked towards where the hole in the wall was. "James you're in charge for now."
"Wait, where are you going?" James asked.
"I see my target." Ike replied, as he continued to look at the wall. James followed his eye line and saw what he was looking at. It was another Ike walking through the hoard of Grimm and getting closer to the students. The only difference between the two? The one with the Grimm had pure black eyes.
Well there's nothing else really to talk about, so have a good day everyone :D