Ghost in the Shadows

Onyx floats towards Ruby.

"Onyx? What are you doing?" Ruby asks.

"Trespassers in my plane shall not be tolerated." Onyx says.

Onyx voice echoes with a demonic one. Ruby quickly limps away. Onyx follows her. Ruby stumbles and falls to the ground. She begins to crawl away from Onyx. Onyx disappears into a puff of crimson smoke, and he reappears in front of Ruby. Ruby pushes herself onto her back and starts to crawl backwards, but Onyx grabs Ruby by her wrist and lifts her into the air. His touch burns. Ruby tries to pry Onyx's hand off of her with no affect. Onyx's other hand gets covered by crimson Aura in the form of a fiery blade. He lifts his hand and prepares to stab Ruby. She closes her eyes and turns her head away. Onyx launches his attack, but blade dissolves and his fist stops as it brushes against Ruby's face. The two land on the ground and Onyx's hair and eyes return to normal. His aura stays the same, visible, but is much more calm.

"Onyx? Are you back to normal?" Ruby asks.

"What does it look like?" Onyx responds.

He lets go of Ruby's wrist. Her sleeve and skin is burned where Onyx touched. Ruby sits on the ground and holds her wrist.

"What happened?" Ruby asks.

"I was open to the power of the Chaos Zone. That power was too much and took control. Its will overrode my own." Onyx answers.

Onyx picks Ruby up and carried her to the tent.

"I'm not gonna keep doing this, just stay in the tent from now on." Onyx says.

Once inside he lays her on the bed and kneels down next to her.

"When that energy overwhelmed me, it was as if it was alive and I could peer into its mind." Onyx says.

"What did you learn?" Ruby asks.

"Some of the capability of this power. The Chaos Zone is filled with dormant Aura. I can tap into that Aura. From its mind I learned some ways to use that Aura." Onyx says.

He places his hand on Ruby's wrist. A fiery crimson Aura covers Onyx's hands. Once Onyx removes it, Ruby's burn is gone. He places two fingers on the wound on Ruby's cheek and his other hand on her ankle. Onyx then heals both wounds.

"What did you do? I can still feel the pain." Ruby asks.

"I know, I've healed the wound, but the Aura I used will still harm you for a while." Onyx says.

"I should have asked this earlier but, where's my team?" Ruby asks.

"They are waiting at Beacon, I've filled them in on the situation." Onyx says, "Rest now. In a few hours, we're going to start heading to Beacon."

"Wait. Why is it that I've haven't been hungry or tired while inside the Chaos Zone?" Ruby asks.

"That dormant Aura involuntary supplies our body with energy." Onyx states.

Onyx walks then outside the tent.

Onyx meditates in front of the tent. After a while Onyx opens his eyes, but what he is seeing isn't real. Onyx is floating in complete darkness. The only light was a ball of purple energy in front of him.

"Why are you here, Rider." The ball asks.

The ball flashes as it speaks. It's voice was the demonic one thate echoed over Onyx's when he attacked Ruby.

"Where is 'here'?" Onyx asks.

"Your memory has faded over the years, Rider." The ball states.

"My name is Onyx." Onyx growls, "And my memory is fine."

"Come to Menagerie, Rider, there you will find the answers you seek." The ball says.

"What is it that I seek?" Onyx asks.

"Knowledge on your enemy." The ball answers.

"Who are you and how do you know so much about me?" Onyx questions.

"I am Shadow and you will learn that in Menagerie." Shadow states.

"Menagerie is huge, where am I supposed to look?" Onyx asks.

The ball of energy fades and Onyx is shrouded in darkness.

Onyx closes his eyes and opens them again. He back in front of the tent. It was late in the night, what felt like minutes to Onyx was actually hours. Onyx stands up.

"Well, that was helpful." Onyx says to himself.

Onyx enters the tent and shakes Ruby awake.

"What's wrong?" Ruby asks.

"What's you aura level?" Onyx asks.

Ruby checks on her scroll.

"Seventeen percent." Ruby states.

"Good enough." Onyx states.

Onyx walks out the tent, Ruby follows using Onyx to help her balance. Onyx opens a portal. Ruby walks through first and Onyx follows, closing the portal behind him.

Ruby exits the portal in her dorm. Onyx enters seconds after her. The rest of Team RWBY was asleep

"Wake them up." Onyx orders.

Ruby wakes Yang up.

"Ruby!" Yang says as she hugs her sister.

"We don't have time, wake up the other two." Onyx says.

Yang wakes up Blake while Ruby wakes up Weiss.

"What's going on?" Weiss asks.

"We're heading to Menagerie." Onyx states.

"Why?" Yang asks.

"I need answers and I can find them there." Onyx states.

"We can't just leave like that." Ruby states.

"I'll handle Ozpin. Just get packed." Onyx says.

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Random Trivia:

Shadow

Shadow was unintendedly made as a plot device. When I realized that, I made Shadow and part of Umbra and while still a plot device, his absence more sense as time passed. It was also coincidental the word umbra means shadow. That similarity makes the connection seem foreshadowed dispite never being intended. In other words, I messed up and was able to fix it easily.