Hello everyone! Welcome to another chapter! Before we start, I am going to answer a few questions:
First, I know someone mentioned that I DID do a mention of Fallout 4 when I introduced Sanctuary into my story, and in the game, the main character did live in a place called Sanctuary. Let me explain, I already named the town WAY before Fallout 4 came out. It's true. So…yeah
From CiroArmagedon, yes Adam is going to appear later on in the story.
From Justus80, no they are not in the same timeline. They are two different timelines. Hope that answers that
Surprisingly, that is all the questions answered. If you all have any more questions, please drop a review.
Now for this chapter, I had help from someone and inspired me to create a new OC. Yes, I know someone told me that creating too many OCs is not fun, but hey, it's not only my story, but I want our heroes to face new enemies and make new allies. Anyways, I had help from a good friend (Who is constantly annoying me. Yes! I am talking to you!) and will hope this character will appear later on! Anyways, let us begin!
Chapter 23
It has been almost two days since The Breach and everyone was settling in their dorm room resting and training for the Vytal Festival, which was almost a week away! So everyone was pushing themselves to the limit for when the tournament begins. In the courtyard of Beacon, Blackheart and his teammates were laying on the grass relaxing and looking up in the sky. As Cinder sighed, she said "This is nice, all of us relaxing before the tournament."
"I know," Emerald said, "Only a week away, I wonder what first place prize is."
Mercury replied "I bet you it's going to be a trophy. Nothing special."
Blackheart then said "Other than the fact that the winner is representing their kingdom."
Emerald said "All we know that that the tournament is divided into three brackets: Teams, Doubles and Singles. So, even if we win, one of us will have to fight in the finals."
Mercury then said "Let's pick Johnny, he's the one who can wipe the competition."
As Blackheart rolled his eyes, a voice behind them said "Hey guys."
Hearing the voice, they all sat up and saw Team JNPR standing behind them. Cinder waves at them and said "Hello, what are you guys planning on doing today?"
Nora replied "Well, we figure to go out to some stores, the ones that aren't destroyed, buy some cool stuff, go eat someone and watch a movie!"
Jaune looks at them and asked "Want to join?"
Team JCME looked at each other and Blackheart said "Well, we got free time to kill. What you guys think?"
Mercury shook his head and said "Sorry, but I got plans that involves reading stacks of unread comic books."
Emerald then said "And me and Cinder plan on calling the folks and telling them what's happened and want to make sure we're okay."
As Cinder gave them a sad smile, Blackheart looks at Team JNPR and said "Well…I'm free then, I'll come."
As Nora cheered while Ren calmed her down, Pyrrha said "That sounds exciting."
When Blackheart looks back at his teammates, he said "I'll be back later."
As his teammates nodded, Blackheart gave Cinder a kiss on the lips before going with Team JNPR to the city. After a ride on the ship, Team JNPR and Blackheart arrived at the city. Although the construction of the city was heavily damaged, there were buildings still intact and were open for business. After walking for a few minutes, Blackheart looks over and asked "So are you guys ready for the tournament?"
Everyone nodded and Ren said "We are confident that we will move on to the finals."
Nora nodded and said "That's right! I mean, we have a renowned fighter, what's basically a ninja, I can bench 10 of me! And Jaune…uh…we haven't gotten in trouble for a while now, Glynda hardly yells at us anymore and…well…Jaune!"
Blackheart has to admit, even though Jaune has improved a lot and his Aura is getting better, he is still lacking any fighting skills and, from what Blackheart understands, has no Sembalance. Even though there are a few Huntsmen and Huntresses lack a Sembalance, Blackheart is curious to what Jaune's Sembalance is. Blackheart looks at Jaune and said "Are you going to take that from her?"
Jaune waves his hand and said "She's not wrong."
"I'm just kidding!" Nora said, "So, what should we do?!"
Before anyone could say anything, Pyrrha said "Actually, I want to talk to John for a while."
"Uh…" Jaune said, "Why me?"
Pyrrha shook her head and said "No, I mean Jonathan. We'll be right back."
Without saying another word, Pyrrha grabbed Blackheart's hand and the two of them took off and turned a corner. Confused, Jaune looks at Ren and Nora and asked "Do you know what's that was about?"
Both Nora and Ren shrugged and the three of them walked into the nearest open store.
"What a mess. To think the Grimm invaded this city days ago."
Standing on top of one of the buildings, a TALL figure was standing over and looking at the city. While looking at the state the city was in, the figure said "I wonder how Roman got the Grimm into the city. What resources did he have to pull this off? It's not like…"
Out of the corner of their eye, the figure looks down and saw Pyrrha pulling Blackheart into an alleyway. Smirking, the figure said "Well, Well, looks like Pyrrha is here. Along with that Jonathan Dragonborn guy. I guess it's time to have some fun while I'm here."
Once the figure said that, it started to leap across the buildings to reach Pyrrha and Blackheart.
Once Pyrrha finished dragging Blackheart into the alley, Blackheart rolled his arm and said "Man, next time, give me a warning before pulling my arm."
Pyrrha gave him a nervous smile and said "Sorry, I…I needed to talk to you."
Curious, Blackheart asked "About what?"
Pyrrha blushed and said "I was wondering, how did you and Cinder…you know…get together?"
Confused by what she was asking, Blackheart replied "Well, I know she somehow tricked me into asking her out on a date. Then, we went to a faire, got on some rides, had a good time, and one thing lead to another, we were a couple. It's weird, I know, but it happened. Why do you want to know?"
Blushing more, Pyrrha said "Well…I was just curious and…"
Now knowing what she was meaning, Blackheart said "Oh I get it. You want my advice on how to get with Jaune, right?"
When Blackheart said that, Pyrrha blushed more and said "Uh…what? No, I was just…"
"Pyrrha," Blackheart said, "It's pretty obvious that you are falling for the guy. Me and Mercury already caught up on that."
As Pyrrha looked at the ground, placed her hands behind her and softly kicks the ground, Blackheart said "But out of curiosity, why do you like the guy? I'm not being rude here, but why?"
Pyrrha replied "Well…do you know what it's like to be in the spotlight for a long time and be notice by everyone? When I met Jaune for the first time, he didn't know who I was. I thought…it could be a fresh start to start a friendship."
She then said "But, the more time I get to know him and what's he capable of if he trains hard, I…I guess I was starting to fall more him."
Blackheart was a bit surprised by this. Sure Pyrrha was athletic, skilled and beautiful and Jaune is…Jaune…but for her to fall in love with Jaune? It almost sounds like a cheesy romantic movie. Blackheart then asked "So…what is your plan to ask him to be your boyfriend?"
Blushing madly, Pyrrha said "I-I don't know…yet."
Blackheart smiled as he patted her back and said "You'll figure it out."
As Pyrrha smiled, a voice above them said "Well, look at what we have here."
Alerted, both Pyrrha and Blackheart looks around to find the source of the voice. Their search was over when a figure landed in front of and, to their surprise, caused a small tremble. When Pyrrha and Blackheart got a good look at the figure, their eyes widen in surprise. The figure was standing over 9 ft. tall and was wearing high-tech, bulky armor that cover their entire body and was coal-grey, had hash marks on the armor, wound the neck side of the helmet, shoulders and thighs the left shoulder pad was crimson red along with the knee pads, red thigh pads, their chest area had a painting of a red skull and the visor of their helmet was metallic silver and almost covered the helmet, which the helmet reminded Blackheart of his old Brotherhood armor. They had a large Kukri knife on their left shoulder blade and had a rifle on their back that was a mixture of a rifle and shotgun.
Looking up and down at the mysterious figure, Blackheart asked "Who the hell are you?"
The figure laughed and said in a male voice "I am the Crimson Menace. The Deadliest Mercenary in Remnant."
Blackheart huffed and said "What do you want?"
The Crimson Menace motions his head at Pyrrha and said "Some alone time with the girl. Now, be a good boy and leave us alone."
Blackheart reaches for his Dragon Gauntlet, takes out his Daedric Sword and said "You wish!"
He then charged at The Crimson Menace, and when he swings his sword at the mercenary's armor and, to Blackheart's shock, it stopped. The Daedric Sword didn't even slice through The Crimson Menace's armor. The Crimson Menace laughed as he grabbed Blackheart's armor, swings him over him and throws Blackheart far away from him. Seeing The Crimson Menace throw Blackheart flying away, Pyrrha's eyes widen as she used her Sembalance at least pin the mercenary's armor to the wall. However, The Crimson Menace starts to struggle and was resisting a bit. As he held his left hand out, his hand started to glow red while Pyrrha's armor started to turn red, and with a powerful wave of his hand, Pyrrha screamed as she was flung to the wall and was pinned there.
As Pyrrha was struggling, she thought "He…He uses Polarity?! But…But how?!"
The Crimson Menace walks up to Pyrrha and said "You've good, but you still have a lot of training to do Red."
Pyrrha glared at him and said "What do you want?"
The Crimson Menace laughed and said "I am hurt, Py. You don't remember me? It's me, Magnus."
When The Crimson Menace told her his name, Pyrrha's eyes widen in fear and said "No…it's…it's impossible! They said you were dead!"
The Crimson Menace, who is identified as Magnus, laughed and said "They lied about that. But if you knew what happened to me, you'd be pissed too."
As Pyrrha was struggling, she said "And why show up now? Why come back?"
Magnus laughed and said "Didn't you hear me? After what happened to me, I switched my line of work to a mercenary. And to honest, it's far better than what I have done before."
Pyrrha glared her eyes and said "But why?! You were a great warrior! I looked up to you! Why turn your back on all of that?!"
Magnus looks down, shook his head and said "Like I said, you will be pissed if you knew what happened."
All of a sudden, a red blast of energy appeared and landed a hit on Magnus' helmet. Losing his focus, Magnus released his hold on Pyrrha and she landed on the ground. When she turns to the source of the blast, she saw Blackheart holding his Daedric Rifle. Walking towards Pyrrha and helped her up, Blackheart asked "You okay?"
Pyrrha nodded as Magnus looks at Blackheart and said "Oh ho, you really asked for it this time."
Magnus then reached for his rifle and said "Me and Pryor here will wipe the floor with you."
Aiming his rifle, which was called Pryor, Magnus fired his weapon while Blackheart and Pyrrha were dodging the bullets. Seeing a clear opening, Blackheart aims his Daedric Rifle and fires his rifle. While Blackheart was firing his rifle, he said "Pyrrha, go and find your teammates. Go!"
Nodding, Pyrrha rushed out of the alleyway to find her teammates. Once she was gone, Blackheart was focused on Magnus and said "Bring it, asshole."
Magnus chuckled and said "Oh now you asked for it, punk."
As Magnus charged at him, Blackheart reached for his Dragon Gauntlet and is now wearing his Daedric Brotherhood Armor. After that, Blackheart then charged at Magnus.
As Pyrrha ran to the street, she looks over and saw Nora, Jaune and Ren coming out of a store along with Team RWBY, who were in the city before Team JNPR and Blackehart arrived. When everyone saw Pyrrha, Jaune said "Pyrrha, what's wrong? Where's Jonathan?"
"We got trouble," Pyrrha said, "Jonathan is in trouble and we need to help him."
"Pst," Yang said, "My bro is practically indestructible. Nothing can beat him up."
All of a sudden, something was flying towards their direction and crashed through one of the buildings. When everyone got a closer look, they saw Blackheart in his armor on his back. Seeing this, Yang said "Okay, did not expect that."
Near them, Magnus landed in front of them. When everyone saw him, Yang whistled and said "Dang, that is one big guy. Bet you he's compensating for his small package."
As Pyrrha gave Yang a concerned look, Magnus laughed and said "You think you're funny, Blondie? Your hair looks like a dirty mop that got pissed on."
With her eyes turning red, Yang said in a provoked tone "Don't talk about my hair."
Magnus laughed and said "Why not? Didn't you mom ever do your hair or she was too dumb to even notice you. Maybe that's why you have your hair like that."
While Ruby gave out a sad look, Yang literally exploded as she was covered in fire and yelled "Take that back!"
As Yang charged at Magnus, Pyrrha shouted "Yang, no! Don't go near him!"
But it was too late, when Yang turned her bracelets turned into her Ember Celica, she pulled her right fist and delivers a powerful punch to Magnus' stomach while shooting a blast at him. But to her shock, Magnus just stood there and took the blow. Irritated, Yang continues punching Magnus while using her shotgun gauntlets, and to add injury to his wound, punches him in the groin. However, Magnus just stood there unharmed. As Yang just stood there, Magnus quickly grabs Yang by her neck and picked her up. As Yang struggles, Magnus smirks underneath his helmet as his body glows red while Yang's body suddenly turned yellow. After a few seconds, the glows of their bodies disappeared and Magnus threw Yang away from her. Using her Sembalance, Ruby used her speed to run up to Yang and manages to catch her.
"Yang!" Ruby said in a worried way, "Are you okay?!"
Shaking her head, Yang rubs her head and said "I'm fine. What he do?"
Off to the side, everyone took out their Scrolls, pressed some buttons and their lockers rocketed through the air and landed near them. The lockers opened and revealed everyone's weapons. When everyone got their weapons, they all got into their fighting positions and Pyrrha said "Remember, don't go near him."
Confused, Ren looks at her and asked "Why?"
All of a sudden, Nora aims her Magnhild grenade launcher and fires grenades at Magnus. When the grenades made contact, they exploded with Magnus in it. But when the smoke cleared, Magnus was still standing there. As Ruby helped Yang up, Pyrrha rushed up to them and asked "Yang, what's your Sembalance again?"
Confused, Yang looks at her and replied "Uh…I came absorb damage and add it to my attacks."
When Yang said that, Pyrrha's eyes widen in fear as she looks over and saw Nora transforming her weapon to her hammer and charged at Magnus. When Nora swung her weapon, Pyrrha cried "Nora, don't!"
But it was too late as Nora slammed her hammer on Magnus' head, but just like previous attacks, Magnus stood there unfazed. Before Nora was about to make another attack, Magnus balls his right fist, swings it across Nora's body and sends her crashing through a wall. Worried, Ren rushes up to Nora to check on her. Pyrrha stood there and said "Oh no, he's done it."
Blake, Weiss and Jaune walked up to her and Jaune asked "What do you mean?"
Pyrrha looks at Magnus and said "His Sembalance! He has the ability to copy other Sembalances!"
Everyone was shocked and Weiss shouted "He can copy ANY Sembalance?!"
"That's impossible!" Blake exclaimed.
"That is why you can't go near him!" Pyrrha cried.
As Ren helped Nora up, Magnus suddenly rushed up to them and grabbed them by the neck. Magnus chuckled and said "You shouldn't let your guards down."
As Magnus' body glow red while Ren glowed green and Nora glowed pink, after a few seconds, their glow disappeared before Magnus threw them with the others. As Jaune and Blake helped Nora and Ren up, Ruby took out her Scroll, punched in a few numbers and her locker flew and landed next to her. She then opens it and got her Crescent Rose. Unfolding it, Ruby said "Alright, so how do we attack him?"
Pyrrha shook her head and said "You can't. Not unless you want him to take your Sembalance."
Curious, Weiss looks at her and asked "How do you know that? Who is he?"
When Weiss said that, Pyrrha just looked down in shame. When everyone saw this, Magnus just huffed and said "I guess you will never know."
He then aims his rifle, changed it into his shotgun and rushes towards them. When he was near them, he aims and fires a buckshot. However, the bullets stopped mid-air before falling to the ground. Confused but this, when Magnus raised an eyebrow, Blackheart appeared in front of him with his Daedric Cannon and said "Drop dead."
Blackheart then fires his cannon at Magnus' chest and sends him crashing through a building. Looking back, Blackheart asked "You all okay?"
Afraid, Pyrrha said "Jonathan…what did you do?"
Blackheart replied "Relax, I only put enough power to knock him out."
Emerging from the building, Magnus wipes away dust on his armor and said "Thanks for the power-up."
Confused, when Blackheart looks at him, Magnus charged at him and swings his left fist. When Magnus was close, Blackheart shouted "LIZ SLEN NUS!"
When Blackheart used his Ice Form Shout, he trapped Magnus in thick ice. Relaxing a bit, Blackheart looks at Pyrrha and asked "Why are you so worried about?"
Pyrrha replied "Because he can copy other Sembalances. He already copied Nora's, Ren's and Yang's."
"Wait," Blackheart said, "You said Yang?"
As Pyrrha nodded, Blackheart groans and said "Oh no."
All of sudden, the ice prison exploded as Magnus was covered in fire. Once free, Magnus pulled out his Kukri knife from his left shoulder pad and swings it. Blackheart was lucky to block it with his Daedric Cannon, but the force knocked him on his feet. As Blackheart was struggling, he asked "Why are you here? And what do you want?"
Magnus chuckles and said "Power."
All of sudden, flamethrowers appeared in each of Magnus' gauntlets and unleashed a stream of fire at Blackheart. Luckily, Blackheart's armor protected him. Off to the side, Ruby transformed her weapon to her gun form and said "Come on, guys! Let's help him!"
While Ruby aims her weapon, Weiss swings her rapier, Blake changed her sword into her pistol, Yang cocked her shotgun gauntlets, Nora aims her grenade launcher and Ren aims his pistols. When Ruby cried fire, everyone unleashed their attacks on Magnus and he took on the hits. But, to everyone's shock, as before, Magnus was standing there taking the hits. Once everyone stopped their attack, Magnus laughed and said "Thanks for that."
When he pushes Blackheart's cannon out of the way, he delivers a powerful kick into Blackheart's stomach and sends him flying through an ENTIRE building before crashing into another one. In fear, Ruby cried "Johnny!"
Magnus huffed and said "Not so tough after all."
Ruby then changed her weapon into her scythe, used her Speed Sembalance to charge at Magnus. Afraid, Yang cried "Ruby, no!"
When Ruby pulls back her scythe, she swings it downward on him. However, Magnus held his Kukri knife in a reverse grip and manages to block Ruby's attack. And since Ruby was near him, Magnus tries to reach for her and manages to grab her by the neck and used his Sembalance to copy Ruby's speed. In rage, Yang charges at Magnus, only for him to throw Ruby at Yang, knocking them to the ground. Ren and Nora aims their weapons, but Magnus sheathes his Kukri knife, used his new Speed Sembalance to run up to Ren and Nora and knocks them away. When Blake and Weiss were ready to attack, Magnus turned invisible!
Shocked, Weiss looks around and said "Where did he go?!"
All of a sudden, Weiss gasped for air along with Blake. As the two of them were being lifted into the air, Magnus appeared with his hands around their necks. Magnus laughed and said "I've gotten a lot of Sembalances over the years. And now I have two more for my collection."
After he copied Blake's and Weiss' Sembalance, he threw them to the side and walked towards Pyrrha. When he was near, Jaune stands in front of him with his sword out and said "Don't you dare go near her!"
Magnus laughed and said "That's it? That's your weapon? That's embarrassing."
He then took out his Pryor, changes it into his shotgun form and aims it at Jaune. He then said "One chance, move or die."
As Pyrrha held her sword and shield tightly and prayed for Jaune to move, Jaune just glared at him and said "I will not move."
Magnus had his finger on the trigger and said "Your choice, blondie."
Before Magnus was about to pull the trigger, a voice shouted "MUL QAH DIIV!"
Hearing the voice, when Magnus looks over, he saw a car flying towards him. Seeing the car, Jaune turns around and tackles Pyrrha to the ground just as the car crashed into Magnus. When Magnus was knocked to the ground, he used his super-strength to get the car off of him. As he got up, he looks up and saw Blackheart walking towards him. But instead of wearing his Daedric Brotherhood Armor, he was just wearing his regular clothes while being covered in red light that took form of an armor/robes with gauntlets and a dragon-like helmet. A closer look, they saw Blackheart's eyes and his horns glowing red. Blackheart has used his Dragon Aspect Shout!
When everyone saw them, they were all in awe and Nora said "Oh! Pretty lights!"
"Whoa," Ruby said "Since when can Johnny do that?"
Blake looks at her and asked "So you never seen him like that?"
Yang and Ruby shook their heads and Yang said "We didn't know he can do that."
Blackheart rolled his arms and said "To think you made me use this Shout. I guess you asked for it."
Gritting his teeth, Magnus used his speed to rush up to Blackheart and swings a powerful right punch. But everyone's eyes widen when Blackheart held up his left hand and blocks it with his bare hand! When Magnus tried to make another attack, Blackheart leaps into the air and double-kicks him in the chest and sends him a few feet back. As Magnus held his ground, Blackheart rushed up to him and started to deliver punches. But Magnus was fast enough to block them and counters them, which Blackheart blocks in the process. As they were doing that, unknown to them, they were sending shockwaves that almost knocked everyone off their feet. Having enough, when Blackheart delivered a powerful uppercut, he hit Magnus' chin only for his body to vanish. Blake knew what was happening and shouted "Jonathan! He's using me Sembalance!"
Looking around, Blackheart saw Magnus standing behind him with his Pryor rifle aiming at him. Pulling the trigger, Magnus fired bullets but were stopped by Blackheart's transparent armor. Feeling the bullets, Blackheart turns to him and tried to kick him. But a red glyph appeared beneath Magnus and he leaps into the air. Gasping out loud, Weiss yelled "He's using my Sembalance! That's cheating!"
When Magnus was in the air, his body glowed red and just floated there. Her laughed and said "I have TONS of Sembalances at my disposal! Even one that can let me fly! There is no way you can catch me now!"
Once Magnus said that, Blackheart crossed his arms, and when he spread them, a pair of transparent dragon wings appeared behind his back. Everyone was awed and amazed of Blackheart's abilities they are witnessing. Magnus just floated there and said "Whoa…did not see that coming."
And with a flap of his dragon wings, Blackheart flew into the air and tackles Magnus back into the ground. With Magnus pinned, Blackheart began punching Magnus across his face. Although Magnus took the hits, he was taking a little bit of damage. Having enough, Magnus held his arms towards him, summoned his flamethrowers from his gauntlets and unleashed blasts of fire at Blackheart. Even though Blackheart is fireproof, thanks to his Dragon Aspect Shout and the fact he was a Dragon Faunus now, it still distracted him long enough for Magnus to knock him off of him. When Blackheart was about to regain his footing, Magnus already beat him to it as he grabs Blackheart by the neck and picks him up. Fearing what is going to happen next, Pyrrha cried "Hurry! Save Jonathan before Magnus copies his Sembalance!"
Magnus shook his head as he body glowed red and said "Too late."
However, after a few seconds, Magnus' glow died down. Confused, when Magnus tried to used his Sembalance again, nothing happened. He then said "What the—I…I can't do it?! Why can't I copy your Sembalance?!"
Blackheart smirks and said "That should be the least of your problems."
Before Magnus was going to ask, Blackheart then took out his two Daedric Pistols, aims them at Magnus' chest and starts firing. Unlike before, the blasts from his Daedric Pistols were powerful enough to let Magnus go of him and send him to the ground. Once free, Blackheart rushes up to Magnus, kicks him and manages to send him flying away from him. When Magnus got up, he got his Kukri knife and charged at Blackheart. When Magnus was near, Blackheart shouted "GAAN LAH HASS!"
When Blackheart used his Drain Vitality Shout on Magnus, Magnus was quickly losing strength. Losing his balance, Magnus thought "What the hell is going on?"
When he looks at Blackheart, he saw him charging at him and delivers a powerful upper towards Magnus' chin, which in result, caused his helmet to fly off! The force from Blackheart's attack also knocks Magnus to the ground while his helmet rolled away. Everyone, except for Pyrrha, cheered and Ruby cried "Way a go, bro!"
Yang cheered "You got him on the runs!"
As Magnus slowly got up and looks at everyone, they all gasped. With his helmet off, Magnus was showing his face. He had pale skin, a red Mohawk hairstyle and green eyes. There were a few scars on his face, but there was a long scar over his right eye. Horrified, Pyrrha placed her hands on her mouth and said "Magnus! What…What happened to you?!"
Magnus grabbed his helmet, ran puts it back on and said "Why don't you ask the people who claimed I was dead."
He suddenly got his Pryor, but when he was about to use his rifle, Blackheart took out his Daedric Sword, charges at Magnus, leaps into the air and swings his sword downwards. As Magnus tries to block Blackheart's attack, Blackheart manages to slice Magnus' rifle in half! When Magnus took a few steps back, Blackheart shouted "FUS RO DAH!"
Using his enhanced Unrelenting Force Shout, Blackheart sends Magnus flying into the air and he crashed into a building. Groaning, when Magnus got up and saw his rifle sliced in half. Irritated, Magnus thought "Damn this kid! Hate to say this, but I need to leave now!"
As he was getting up, Blackheart was already charging at him with his Daedric Sword ready to slice him. Once he was near and Blackheart swings his sword, he manages to slice Magnus' body in half, but his body vanished into thin air. Knowing Magnus is using Blake's Sembalance, Blackheart whispered "LAAS YAH NIR!"
Using his Aura Whisper Shout, Blackheart scanned the area to find Magnus, but the mercenary was long gone. When Blackheart stepped out of the building, his Dragon Aspect Shout wore off and returned to normal. Everyone rushed up to him, but Ruby leaps into the air and wraps her arms around his neck from behind and said in an excited way "Oh my gosh! That was awesome! How did you do that?! Tell me!"
Blackheart chuckled and said "I will, but first…"
He then looks at Pyrrha and said "You need to explain yourself."
When Blackheart was talking towards Pyrrha, she just looks down in shame. Everyone looks at Blackheart and Weiss asked "What are you talking about?"
Blackheart replied "I don't want to be hard, but let's look at the facts here: she knew his name, his Sembalance and who he is. So the question is: How do you know this Magnus guy?"
After a moment of silence, Pyrrha let out a sigh of sadness and said "Yes…I know him. See…his real name is Magnus…"
She stopped for a moment and said "Magnus Nikos…my big brother."
When Pyrrha said that, there was a moment of silence before everyone shouted "WHAT?!"
Yang then cried "You mean that giant, walking asshole is your brother?!"
As Pyrrha nodded, Jaune said "But…why did he attack us?"
Pyrrha shook her head and replied "I…I don't know. I…I thought he was dead."
"Dead?" Blake asked, "What do you mean?"
Pyrrha replied "When my brother turned 17, he was accepted to attend Atlas and join the military. But…five years ago…we were told that he and his team were sent on a mission and…and…"
Before she was going to finish her sentence, a few tears were coming down her face and said "And here I thought he was dead! Why did he become a mercenary?!"
With that, Pyrrha broke down in tears. Wanting to comfort her, Jaune walks up to her and gives her a comforting hug, which she accepted it. Blackehart then asked "Who told you your brother died?"
After Jaune's hug and wiping away her tears, Pyrrha looks at her and replied "It was General Ironwood."
"Ironwood?" Ruby asked.
As Pyrrha nodded, she then looks at Blackheart and said "And…And there is one thing I don't understand. When Magnus grabbed you and used his Sembalance, he couldn't copy yours. Why?"
Blackheart knew why. It's because of the Sigil Stone that was inside him. But because he can transfer it to his weapons to energized them and use it to heal others' Auras, he passes it off as his Sembalance, along with his Shouts. But Blackheart decides to lie by shrugging and saying "Honestly, I don't know why. Maybe I got lucky?"
Hoping they would believe his lie, they did as Weiss said "Still, he's downright brutal. Uh…no offense Pyrrha."
Pyrrha shook her head and said "It's fine. But…But happened to him? What caused him to become a mercenary?"
Inside a warehouse in a secluded area…
Magnus appeared inside the warehouse with his rifle in his hands. As he set the sliced-up rifle on a workbench, he takes off his helmet and sets it down. After he did that, he walked up to a large leather recliner and sits on it. When he pulled the handle, the recliner extended and he was now lying on it. As he groans in frustration, a voice said "Trouble?"
When Magnus looks over, he saw Qrow, Ruby's, Yang's and Blackheart's uncle, walking towards him holding two beers cans. Magnus groans and said "Tell me about it."
Shaking his head, Qrow hands him a beer can. When Magnus got it and opens it, he drinks it and Qrow asked "So, what did you find?"
When Magnus finished drinking his beer, he said "Nothing. I found no indication that anyone else is at work here. Although our sources say that there is a third party, I am not finding it."
Qrow gritted his teeth and said "That's impossible. I know they are there. After what they did to Amber, I know what else they are after."
As Qrow opened his beer and drinks it, Magnus said "That's not the only thing I found in the city. I saw my sister with your nephew."
Curious, Qrow looks at him and asked "And what did you do?"
Magnus replied "I decided to test their abilities. After a while, my sister's teammates, your nieces and their teammates arrived and tried to take me all at once. Don't worry, I just gave them a little shove and copied their Sembalances. But I have to admit, my sister's teammate, the blonde guy, has some guts standing up to me despite what I can do. I give him some pointers for that."
Qrow huffed and said "What do you expect? They're kids."
"But they are skilled," Magnus said, "I give them that. But…your nephew…"
When Qrow raised an eyebrow, Magnus said "He's really good. He managed to take me down, slice up old Pryor and knock my helmet off. It's like he knew what he was doing and counter my attacks. And those powers of his…they're something else."
Qrow rolled his eyes and said "And let me guess, you copied his powers and decide to use them against him?"
To his surprise, Magnus shook his head and said "That's another thing, when I tried to copy his Sembalance…I couldn't."
"Why?" Qrow asked, "You didn't get close to him?"
"No," Magnus said, "I got close to him to use my Sembalance. But when I did, nothing happened."
"You know he has two Sembalances, right?" Qrow said.
"I still would have copied them then," Magnus said, "But it's like the power he has isn't his Sembalance."
Qrow shook his head and said "That's impossible. I know the kid when he was 7. And you're telling me that the powers he has aren't his Sembalances?"
Magnus shrugged and said "I don't know what to say. But I will say this, that guy is REALLY powerful."
Qrow leans on a table and said "Aside from the fact my nephew is on a whole other level, we got nothing?"
Magnus shook his head and said "Yeah, pretty much."
Qrow sighed as he drinks his beer and said "Then we got nothing."
All of a sudden, a woman's voice said "Not entirely true. Your nephew was onto something."
When both Magnus and Qrow look over, Qrow's eyes narrowed when he saw Raven, his twin sister, walking towards them and said "He was onto something when he and his team was in the ruin town I was in."
Oh?" Qrow said in a harsh tone, "And what is that?"
Raven said "After our fight and the Breach, I decided to head back to that town. After looking around in the town hall, I found that he copied the database containing records of people who use to live there."
Magnus then said "So either he wants to make some sort of memento to the fallen people or…"
Qrow then said "Or maybe he looking for someone. Maybe someone in our mysterious third party?"
Raven shrugged and said "You're his uncle. You go ask him."
Qrow grunted and said "He's your nephew too, Raven. You know, if you cared."
Raven huffed and said "Be sure you get what you need from him. Remember, the three of us are working for the safety of the kingdoms so that mistakes can never be made again."
When Raven said that, Magnus nodded and said "Agreed."
As Raven was walking away, she turns to Qrow and said "I know Yang saw me when I was on that train. When you see her, tell her I saved her once but don't expect the same kindness again."
Qrow the said "Why can't you tell her something meaningful for once?"
Unsheathing her sword, Raven said "I just did."
When Raven swings her sword, a portal appeared and she walked through it. Once the portal disappeared, Magnus looks at Qrow and asked "Family problems?"
Qrow huffed and said "You have no idea. Just get yourself clean up and stocked up. I need you to head to Mistral to look into something."
When Magnus nodded, Qrow walks away. Getting up, Magnus walked to his workbench to fix his rifle and upgrade it. While he was working, he looks over and saw a picture of him wearing an Atlas uniform along with another young man who had dark skin, brown hair and brown eyes and two girls; one having long blonde hair and blue eyes while the other girl had short black hair and black eyes. Feeling his heart heavy, Magnus sighed in sadness and said "Don't worry guys. I will make Atlas pay for what they have done to you all. One day, Ironwood will pay for his crimes."
After he said that, he resumed working on his rifle.
I hope you all like this LONG chapter and the fight between Magnus and Blackheart! And did you all like that twist, huh? Anyways, yes, Magnus is a good guy, but also a bad guys. You can say he is an Anti-Hero, since he is working with Qrow and Raven while having a grudge against Atlas (That will be revealed later). You can say that Magnus is based off of The Meta from Red Vs. Blue, but gooder. But! I hope you all like this chapter and see you all soon! Until then, please review!
