Changing Perspectives
Doctor Luna Artemis stood in a room, overlooking her test subjects. She is an average built woman with a crimson bob. Her eyes are silver. Doctor Artemis wears a white coat with black sleeves that are rolled up to just below her elbows. The doctor also wears black pants that are tucked into black leather boots that reach her knees. The boots are white from halfway up her shin to the top. Around her right wrist a scroll watch.
"I would hate to see the poor creatures destroyed in some secret project, Dr. Artemis." Ozpin says, "Well, I've said my piece. Best of luck to you, Luna."
The call with Ozpin ended.
"Kirimcaṉ Cōl, augmentation was always a vital but statically dangerous stage." A man says.
"How many?" Doctor Artemis asks.
"You promised soldiers, and you were the only one that could accomplish it." The man saya.
"How many dead, Kēyās Piriṅkar?" Doctor Artemis asks.
"Twenty-eight deceased," Kēyās Piriṅkar states, "70 percent of the candidates."
"Children." Doctor Artemis corrected, "70 percent of the children."
"The subjects are just one half of the equiption, Kirimcaṉ Cōl." Kēyās Piriṅkar states, "Both you and the Riders are critical."
Doctor Artemis sighs.
"You're correct." Doctor Artemis admits.
"Kirimcaṉ Cōl." Kēyās Piriṅkar calls.
"This is our only option." Doctor Artemis states, "Everyday Remnant makes a new technological advancement to push us further to the Cleansing. Our civilization is balanced on a razor's edge and the Guardians threaten to bring it down around our ears. If even one survives and balance is restored, history will absolve me for the greater good."
Present Day
The Rider stares at the humanoid Grimm, watching as it easily towers over him. Ruby summons her locker and grabs Crescent Rose.
"What is it?" Ruby asks.
"A Grimm with aura." The Rider states.
"How is that possible?" Ruby asks.
"It's a combination of Grimm and Human DNA. The Umbra Agency had created it in an attempt to merge a Human mind with that of the Grimm, in order to learn how they think. Obviously, the test failed." The Rider explains.
"What's it doing here?" Ruby asks.
"Rubine." The Rider answers.
Ruby fires her sniper at the Grimm. The bullet holes regenerate instantaneously. Rather than focusing it's aura on a defensive barrier, the Grimm used it's aura to regenerate all wounds that are inflicted on it. The Rider charges at the Grimm and jumps over it, shooting the Grimm in the process. The Grimm turns to face the Rider.
"Fall back." The Rider orders.
"What about you?" Ruby asks.
"I'll lure it into the forest and deal with it there." The Rider states.
The Rider begins firing at the Grimm while slowing backing towards the Emerald Forest. The Grimm follows the Rider. The Rider stops after a few minutes. He then shoots two explosive shots from his lower barrels. A hole is blown in the Grimm's torso. The Grimm slashes upwards with it's sword as its torso regenerates, knocking the Rider into the air. The Rider lands on a tree branch, and fires at the Grimm. The Grimm then rams into the tree, causing it to fall.
Team RWBY runs towards the collapse tree. Ruby feels the crystal the Rider gave her begin to pulse faster.
The Rider starts to fight defensively while he comes up with a strategy. The Grimm raised it's greatsword and quickly brought it down towards the Rider. The Rider blocks the Grimm's attack with his forearm blades, but is forced into the ground. The Rider pushes the Grimm's blade upwards while jumping backwards. The Rider fires shots at the Grimm. The Grimm regenerates the wounds immediately. The Rider finally recognized the aura of the Grimm, it is similar to his own.
I can't wear down it's Aura.
It seems to be tapping into the Chaos Zone's dormant Aura without being inside of it.
That allows it to regenerate it's Aura almost immediately.
The Rider charges at the Grimm as it raises his arms for another strike. The Rider cuts off the Grimm's hands to disarm it. The hands regenerates, but the Greatsword remains where it had landed. The Rider dashes at the now disarmed Grimm, only to get punched in the face. The punch knocks the Rider through a tree into another. The Rider recovers and fires at the Grimm to draw it's attention away from it's weapon. The Grimm charges at Onyx, tackling him down a hill. The Rider kicks the Grimm off of him while getting to his feet. The Grimm roared at the Rider, pushing him back with it's shear force. The Grimm tries to punch the Rider, but he jumps and lands on the Grimm's fist. The Rider runs up the Grimm's arm and kicks it in the head. The Grimm's neck can be heard snapping, but immediately heals. The Rider jumps of the Grimm and fires at the Grimm, this time using his guns full automatic firing mode. The Rider watches the wounds heal, counting the milliseconds until the regeneration starts.
The regeneration is too fast for me.
But it has a weakness.
It can only heal when it isn't being attacked.
But even the slightest time in between attacks is enough for it to start the healing process.
The Rider checks his Aura level, it is at sixty two percent. The Rider decides on his plan of action, watching as the Grimm recovers it's weapon.
No Chaos Zone.
That leaves my other trump card.
The Rider stares at the Grimm with a determined glare, holstering his pistols with his hair and eyes burning with crimson flames. The lenses in his mask flash red before staying as a solid glow. The Rider charges at the Grimm with blinding speed. The Grimm swings it's blade at the Rider, but he jumps onto the sword, runs across it, and slashes at the Grimm's neck with his forearm blades. The Rider then bounces off a tree and strikes the Grimm again with the same blinding speed. The Grimm didn't have enough time to regenerate before the next blow is made. Team RWBY arrives shortly after.
"Wow." Ruby reacts.
"He's as fast as..." Weiss begins.
"You, Ruby." Yang finishes.
"He's so fast the Grimm can't react. It can't regenerate at all." Weiss states.
As the girls stare with their jaws dropped, the Rider continues striking the Grimm with the same speed until it's weak point is revealed, it's heart. The Rider draws one of his weapons shoots the heart, killing the Grimm instantly. The Rider then lands on the ground and immediately falls to his hands and knees. He checks his aura level, it is at one percent. The Rider gets up, walks two steps, then collapses.
The Rider slowly regains consciousness in the infirmary. Ruby feels the crystal the Rider gave her begin to pulse faster. She stares at the Rider and then the crystal, noticing the Rider is starting to wake up. Ruby places her head on the Rider's chest and listens to his heartbeat, it matches the pulsing of the crystal. Ruby hears the Rider say something.
"What did you say?" Ruby asks.
"Get... off... of... me." The Rider says.
Ruby quickly gets up and waits for the Rider to sit up.
"What was that?" Ruby asks.
"What do you mean?" The Rider asks.
"You're speed." Ruby clarifies.
"Overdrive." The Rider explains, "It uses Dust to supercharge my body."
"So you get stronger?" Ruby asks.
"Yes, but using it puts a heavy strain on my body. Which is why I rarely used it." The Rider states.
The Rider grabs his left arm and begins to pull.
"What are doing?!" Ruby asks.
The Rider continues to pull until his mechanical arm is removed.
"Why would you...?!" Ruby begins.
A new arm made of Aura begins to form. The Aura then becomes a proper arm. The Rider examines his regenerated limb.
"I'm through playing around." The Rider states, "Rubine has shown that he will not hold back anything, so neither will I. I will have to use every possible asset in order to defeat Rubine, including the Chaos Zone."
"But I thought you told Weiss that...?" Ruby begins.
"Difficulty is a matter of perspective and mine has changed." The Rider states.
"Why the change?" Ruby asks.
"That theory I mentioned ealier." The Rider answers.
The Rider opens a portal above his hand and three swords in scabbard fall through.
The first sword, Dragblacker, was gunmetal grey with a silver blade. The handle is made out of a crimson wire wrap with three furelles in the middle. The pommel of the sword is a thin cylinder with Onyx's logo, a dragon's head, engraved into both faces. It was in a black scabbard. The other two, Dragredder and Dragranzer, were nearly identical to Dragblacker, but both had two dragon head in a spiral design for the pommel, the crossguards are angled upwards but with a curve for Dragranzer, and the blades resembled a longsword more than a bastard sword with the blade getting thinner from the base of the guard instead of near the top like Dragblacker.
"Are those...?" Ruby begins.
"All three swords forged by Sheldon Sage, my father." The Rider answers.
"Your father is the greastest swordsmith who ever lived?!" Ruby squealed.
The Rider holsters Dragblacker on his back and the other two on each hip. He gets up and begins walking towards the exit. Ruby follows behind the Rider.
"Will I ever see you again?" Ruby asks.
"Maybe. Only time will tell." The Rider states as he phases into the Chaos Zone.
Rubine has been to the lab in Menagerie. That'll be my first stop.