Heres the next chapter guys. hope yall like
Chapter 7: Darkness rising
~One hour before fall of Beacon~
"And she told me with a straight face, I might add on her bike, 'I always go out with a yang' and just took off from the club" the man yelled over the loud noises in the tavern.
Everyone at the table laughed at the story. Kronos trying his best to not spill his drink out on the cards and money on the table.
"Another round? Winner takes all" one guy asked after the laughter died down.
"Hey everyone keep it down! Here come the finalist!" the owner shouted making everyone turn to the screens closes to them.
"My money on the Nikos kid to win this whole thing" one man said.
"Big talk for someone who lost most of his money here" Kronos taunted waving some lien he won from him.
The man just laughed it off looking at the chalkboard over the bar where the bets were being kept track of.
"It looks like our first contender is Penny Polendina from Atlas!" one announcer said.
A cheer through the crowd in the building caused Kronos to chuckle at the excitement.
"Pyrrha Nikos from Beacon!" the screen announced.
Everyone burst into a frenzy placing bets. Even Kronos and the men at the table abandoned the card game to watch.
"Who you guys got?" one man said.
"Nikos, Nikos, Nikos" the three man confirmed.
"Polendina" Kronos grinned as their head snaps to stare at him. "She hasn't broken a sweet at all just saying" he shrugged.
They all watched quietly in anticipation as the match began and to see who would slip up first to lose.
"She lost" Kronos said with a smirk as Penny held her swords at a defenseless Pyrrha.
Everyone held their breaths as Penny sent her swords towards Pyrrha already coming to the conclusion that she lost. But suddenly everyone let out a gasp or their jaws dropped as the swords were sent back by Pyrrha's hand.
Kronos watched in shock as invisible strings wrapped around Penny's frame bending her, then slowly ripping her apart. Her limbs fell to the ground lifeless. Kronos tried to speak as he continued to watch the screen of Penny's body on the ground and the Nikos girl on her knees crying.
A red screen with a queen chess piece snapped everyone out of their shock flashing several times until a female voice echoed in the building.
"This is not a tragedy. This was not an accident. This is what happens when you hand over your trust, your safety, and your children to men who claim to be our guardians but are in reality nothing more than man." the unknown woman stated.
Kronos looked around watching everyone's facial expressions seeing the emotions written on them. The smell of fear was in the air. Knowing that the scent is strong enough that he can smell it then so can the grimm.
He listen as she went on about the headmaster's having power than what we believe. As the woman continued to speak he heard Ozpin's name that caught his full attention. She made different attacks on Ozpin and if his actions were against Atlas. "What the hell is going on" he said to himself. Then the woman brought up that she is from Mistral, "Mistral not good? War coming?" Kronos questioned.
"I don't know" one man said hearing him but not looking away from the screen.
"So I ask you, when the first shots are fired. Who do you think you can trust?" the woman finished making the screen return back to the arena.
"Shit. Shit. Shit! Shit!" Kronos yelled getting up.
Everyone turned to him as sirens from the screens roared. "Threat level nine" the cities defense AI announced as the cameras still broadcast the chaos.
"Fear, confusion, anger, sadness!" yelling while pointing to the screens.
"All negative emotions" one man said thinking it to himself out loud.
"Draws in the Grimm" a woman followed eyes growing wide as it connected in her head. "The grimm are coming!" she yelled.
Everyone began to panic running everywhere. Some already leaving the building while other were having their last drinks.
"Oh for fuck sakes people" Kronos rolled his eyes grabbing his weapon that he left in a corner with other weapons. He rose 'Xiuhcoatl' over his head and slammed the heavy metal end of his weapon on the table smashing it. "Enough!" he yelled ignoring the flying pieces of wood, lien, and cards.
Everyone stopped and looked giving him their full attention.
"Alright listen up! As captain in the Vytal emergency defense force I'm taking full control of this town's local forces and all hunters/huntresses are now working under my command from now on" he announced. "How many hunters or huntresses are here?" he questioned.
Four people at a table rose their hands and a fifth hand rose from the bar.
"Awesome others beside just me. Three of you gather up everyone with a weapon, the two of you scout out the western side and see what we can do to bottle up those grimm" he ordered.
As his new soldiers left the tavern to follow their orders everyone else just stared at him.
Kronos lifted his hands gesturing to everyone to move. "Well? What you waiting for? The grimm to knock on your doors? Move it! Anything that can be a weapon bring it. Meet up outside in 30!" he ordered.
Everyone scrambled and soon the bar was empty.
"May the gods have mercy on us all" he whispered walking out.
After waiting and setting everything up for the plan Kronos stood in a field facing the dark forest. The broken moon lie behind him showing its light into the forest and casting his shadow onto the fields of growing vegetables. He looked behind him to see the make shift wall of cars, wood and metal that was quickly made. Its defenders peaking over to see their foes. He turns back in front sensing what is coming.
The sense of darkness and lust for blood call to him. "They're near" he says hearing the sounds of guns getting ready behind him. In front the sounds of branches braking, trees falling, howls filling the still air, and hundreds of stomps rattle the earth beneath him.
"Here we go" Kronos whispered holding up a lighter and flicking it on with a small flame.
Soon the grimm broke through the trees and rampaged across the fields crushing everything.
Taking a deep breath he held the small fire to his mouth.
Once the first grimm, a beowolf, was within arm's length he released his breath and a stream of fire shot out engulfing the creature and all behind it. Continuing the blast he used his semblance to spread the fire moving his head to spread it thus creating a wall of fire.
"Now! Fire at will!" he shouted.
Everyone along the wall began to fire killing the burning grimm and those stuck behind the flaming wall.
A pair of grimm broke through and headed towards him. Kronos ready his weapon 'Xiuhcoatl' and held it with both hands with the hammer, with four sharp sides like an axe, down below his waist read to twist his body. The two ursa roared as they came closer but Kronos didn't move from his stance.
One of the ursa jumped at him and with all his strength Kronos swung his hammer hitting the creature hard in its side sending it flying away. Keeping his momentum he completed a full circle ducking a strike from the second ursa. The weapon hit the creatures feet dropping it to the ground. He rose his weapon and smashed it on the grimm's head.
"They're getting in!" someone yelled.
Kronos turned and seen grimm climbing the wall. "Shit" he said running back sliding through an opening made for him. Once in he sees beowolfs everywhere and the defenders of the town fighting back. "How they get in?" he shouted.
"Some of the towns people ran from their post leaving it open" one of the huntsman said.
"Damn it. Alright get everyone to lock up their doors and window. No one but us outside" Kronos ordered.
"Got it" the huntsman said running off.
Looking around he seen five beowolfs coming at him then he grinned. Slamming his weapon down sticking it in the ground with the bottom sticking up. Clicking a button that's half way on the length of his weapon he heard a 'click' sound and twisted the bottom part off. Loading rounds that were secured on his belt into his now shotgun he slid the pump to him for a round to slid into the barrel. Stepping to the side a beowolf that launched itself behind him missed letting Kronos put the barrel of his gun to the back of the grimm's head and fired. He didn't have much time before the grimm in front attacked. Using his left arm he stopped the clawed paws of the creature while ducking his head to avoid the slash of the grimm to his right. With one hand he quickly loaded his shotgun by bouncing it so his hand can grip the pump and slide a new round in then bounced it back so his finger is on the trigger again. Pointing the gun at the stomach of the beowolf on his right he fired sending it flying. Using the same process before to load his weapon he turned his attention to the one he still had a grip on. "Nice try" he said as he put the barrel to its neck and fired. Turning to his left the last two grimm launched at him. Reloading his weapon he jumped to be slightly higher than them. He shoved his weapon that's in his right into the mouth of one grimm while he wrapped his left arm around the neck of the other grimm. As they came down the grimm on the right fell on its back beneath him while the left struggled to get its head free. He fired and the grimm's head beneath him blew off. Turning all attention to the struggling grimm in his left he focused all his strength to his left arm till he heard a loud 'crack' sound. The grimm went limp and he dropped it to the ground.
"Holy shit that was insane" the huntress said standing not far having seen the whole fight.
"Got to be quick to do that" he said reconnecting his weapon.
Both turned to a howl seeing an alpha beowolf coming down the makeshift wall. More beowolfs show up at its side.
Rolling his eyes to them tried to see more of the creatures coming he turns to the woman. "You might want to cover your ears" he says with a grin.
Not sure why the huntress just did as she was warned and covered her ears.
Satisfied that she had them covered he turned back to face the grimm. He reached with his aura inside himself to find a dark presence. He let a piece of the darkness to mix with his aura.
The huntress shivered as a darkness washed over her. Her eyes growing in size as she seen the half of the man's body before her began to turn black.
Opening his eye Kronos smiled at the fear the grimm was showing.
The woman's jaw dropped seeing half of his body covered in grimm skin and the fear he put in the grimm themselves.
Gritting his teeth from the pain of trying to control the darkness he roared at the grimm shattering all windows nearby.
The grimm fled over the wall and back into the woods.
~Sera~
"With the fall of Beacon in progress we shou-" Salem stopped in her sentence as she felt that presence again.
"My queen?" Tyrian called her sharing a worried look with the other members at the table.
"It's back" she said without looking at them only focusing her eyes forward.
"What is your highness?" he asked.
"That strange presence is back again. The grimm yet it's not a grimm. More like a grimm but with a conscience."
"Absurd only the goliath has enough mass to be intelligent while the rest are as smart as a house pets" Watts argued.
"Could it be a primal awakening?" Hazel suggested.
"No, to small and I felt this before. Long ago. I say it will a godly coincidence if I this primal twice" she answered leaning to one side and resting her head on her hand. "What are you?" she tried to focus on this new grimm but it disappeared quickly as it appeared. "Interesting, its gone again."
"Did it die?" Tyrian asked.
"I don't believe so, when a grimm dies the connection is cut off immediately but this one faded. Like it was reseeding before I can make a proper connection."
Everyone in the room was quiet pondering this information.
"Watts" she spoke after a few minutes of thought "I want you to get as much information as you can to find on this new grimm. Anything on an intelligent grimm with unusual behavior and is more like man than beast" she ordered.
"I-but-what do you mean?" seeing her eyes glow from annoyance he stopped and simple said "yes your majesty."
"Now leave, I must have time to think" she ordered to all.
Without word everyone left leaving Salem by herself. She knew this presence all too well a grimm but with a mind of a sentient being. A Faunus to be more precise. She already has a connection to a few of her people but none unlike her anymore. They were driven mad by the darkness in their hearts and now are nothing more than the bloodthirsty grimm that wonder this world. Having lost their sanity long before the massacre of their people. But now here is one, one of her people alive, using their gift having not yet succumb to darkness and still has a mind of its own. She knew she needed to bring this person to her. To have someone like her in her life again. She let out a sad sigh, "How I miss you mother and you Kronos. How I wish I could see you smile again".
Kronos dropped to his knees gagging as the darkness began to reseed deep within him. The pain and heavy coughing was too much for him.
The huntress snapped out of her shock and rushed to his side. She began to panic as he coughed up black blood.
"Shit! Shit! What do I do?" she asked but just as she was about to take off to look for help Kronos stopped her.
"Don't" he coughed up more blood "go. Don't tell anyone what you've seen here please."
Still confused as to what exactly she seen she simply answered "yes sir."
Finishing up coughing what he had left and the pain slowly going away to the point he could tolerate it he got up.
"Hey!" They both turned to the new voice. "The bloody fucking hell just happened?" the huntsman who Kronos remembered was sitting by himself drinking earlier. "The hell was that loud roar and where are all the grimm at?"
More people began to appear and Kronos ran a hand through his hair knowing more questions are coming.
"What do we do?" one man said.
"What about the grimm? Will they come back?" another added.
"Sir?" Kronos turned to a teenager who tugged his cape ignoring the others.
"Yes?" he answered.
Turning her scroll to him she said "the scroll connection is down."
Everyone got quiet hearing this and pulled their own scrolls out. Doing the same Kronos seen she was right.
"Ah shit" someone spoke out loud saying what everyone thought.
"Well things just got grimmer" Kronos said. "OW!" and older woman slapped him behind the head as others groaned at what he said.
"Alright, alright. Jeez I had to" Kronos apologized.
"What is the damage?" he asked one of the returning huntsman.
"17 dead and twice that wounded" the hunter reported.
"Shit, really hope we had less losses. If only we had more experienced fighters than farmers."
"What now?" someone asked and all attention focused on Kronos.
"I need to get to Vale and see what the hell is happening especially with the CCT tower. The rest of you move to one of the coastal cities. I believe Arcadia is the closest and it has a military port so you should all be safe there."
"So you want us to abandon our homes and run to the cities?" an older man yelled.
"Yes! With no communication, world gone to shit, and on top of that grimm running rampant all throughout Vale. Yes I'm telling you to leave" he replied sternly.
Everyone was quiet knowing he spoke the truth.
"And us?" one huntsman said as the other four gathered around them.
"You five will stay with them till they reach safety. Got it?" he ordered.
"Yes sir" the man saluted.
"Thank you" a mother said holding her child as everyone began to make the journey.
Kronos looked at her sadly knowing that they only survived because he was here but other mothers like her might not have made it in this chaos. "My job is to protect you all no thanks needed, you and your child continuing to live be all the thanks I need."
The huntsmen and huntress said their goodbyes to him before he left the town. "May the gods protect you" he whispered taking the path north to Vale.
~14 hrs later~
Kronos tracked up the hill seeing the smoke from the city beyond. Reaching the top what he seen froze him.
The western city is on fire with raging infernoes throughout the empty blocks. Building and brides destroyed. Bodies lay about on the streets where grimm roam and chewed on the bodies they found. Roadblocks closing off the west with their defenders fighting off any grimm that got close to the makeshift walls. Two Vale military ships, a cruiser and destroyer, lay anchor in they bay firing their long range guns into the city. Gunfire and screams filled the air around him. He looked to Beacon itself and fell to his knees.
"My gods" was all he could say at the sight before him.
The tower was gone and in its place stood a primal. The school itself filled with darkness no doubt grimm were at every corner. But the primal is what grab his attention the most.
"Is it frozen?" he wondered seeing it not move. After collecting himself he made his way to the city.
~Vale emergency outpost~
In a fit of fustration she threw everything from her desk to the ground screaming. Glynda threw her scroll on the now empty desk and stared anger at it.
"I come at a bad time?" Kronos entered the tent.
Glynda quickly looked up to find her long time friend before her. Without words she quickly got up and embraced him. Tears began as he returned her hug and let everything she been holding out as tears fell down her cheeks.
Couple minutes later, Glynda sat behind her desk wiping the last of her tears away.
Kronos sat across from her being silent the whole time.
"Im sorry for that Kronos" she said.
"Its fine Glynda just didnt expect that" he let out a tired sigh " what happended here and tell me the details."
Glynda nodded and repeated the fall of Beacon to words for him. Tears began again when she brought up the massacre of civilians and her "children" by the grimm and white fang. "So many students were lost Kronos. So many I trained, watched over, practically raised them to be the best fighters in the world slaughtered because we were unprepaired."
"Its not your fault Glynda" he try to comfort her. "No one seen this coming especially on this scale. We just have to pick up the pieces now. Ozpin missing presumed dead" he recited laying out the situation their in now.
Glynda nodded.
"Ironwood?" he asked.
"Returned to Atlas after securing a safe zone here in Vale. Took all the Atlas military he had, severly leaving us streached thin on personal" she replied.
"Shit and we cant reach the other headmasters" Kronos cursed.
"Qrow? Last I heard he was here watching over amber?" he questioned.
"He left. Said he's heading to Patch to watch over his neice" she answered. She didnt tell him of the silver eyes going by Ozpin's word to keep him away from any silver eyed warriors.
Kronos stood. "Very well, when you see him again tell him Il be heading back to Vacuo to make sure all is secure. Then after make my way to Haven and see what the hell Leo knows of this new maiden girl."
Glynda stood as well and gave him a goodbye hug.
"Goodbye Glynda, Il see you later or in the afterlife" he returned her hug.
"Please be later Kronos, I dont think I can handle losing more people" she squezzed him a little before letting go.
"Il do my best" he replied with a smile which she returned then left the tent to begin his journey.
Whew that took awhile. this took longer to put than i thought. already working on ch 8 and its coming up good. any ideas or comments leave them here