I have a very special chapter for you all.
Jason was currently being flown to Beacon with Ozpin and team JNPR. But something felt off about Ozpin. Jason had given Ozpin's proposition some more thought, and realized that it was very out-of-character for him to ask him. Before the death of Goodwitch? There was a slight chance. But certainly not after. And the entire time he was being interrogated by Ozpin and during the flight, he felt a very familiar presence. It felt like Him. But he couldn't be sure. Maybe it was residual from the dream. He wasn't even sure if it was just a dream or an actual message.
They touched down, and he realized it was the middle of the night. The shattered moon was high in the sky.
"You may go back to your room, but please do not tell anyone of our guest." Ozpin addressed JNPR. "I would like to tell the rest of the school in the morning." The students thanked him and left. Ozpin turned to Jason. "Follow me to my office." He said.
"Sure, whatever." Jason said, tired and longing for sleep. As they walked, it was dead silent throughout the Academy. They arrived at the elevator to Ozpin's office, and stepped inside. When they reached the top, Ozpin sat down at his desk and Jason sat opposite him.
"So, what do you want old man?" He asked impatiently. Ozpin didn't say anything, he only closed his eyes. Then his head began twitching erratically for three seconds. When he opened his eyes, they were a deep red, with swirling black clouds, and he spoke in a voice that sounded all too familiar.
"Hello Jason, we finally get to speak face to face." It was the one from his dreams. His voice was unnaturally deep and seemed to permeate his very being. That's when it all clicked. This wasn't Ozpin, at least not anymore. "My true name cannot be pronounced by human tongues, so you may refer to me as Ctoggha."
"Holy shit!" Jason exclaimed, almost falling out of his chair. "It wasn't a dream. I'm not crazy! At least not completely. How long have you been in there?" He asked.
"I evicted the wizard's soul during the flight to the ship you were incarcerated on. He was powerful, but, ultimately, insignificant."
"Did you kill him?" Jason asked, hoping for a yes.
"No." His hopes were dashed.
"Well, do you at least know which body you put him in?"
"Yes, I was able to ascertain his soul's direction before I fully possessed his body. Oddly enough, instead of the boy, Oscar, it went to someone completely different." He paused "Do you remember the child whose mother you ended on your first night here?"
Jason immediately knew where this was going. "You're telling me that his soul is stuck in that whelp's body?" He burst out laughing. "What are the fucking chances?"
"Slim to none, given he does not meet any of the requirements listed by the spell that makes him immortal. But my interference seems to have changed that. I am uncertain of the outcome of this, but it should be entertaining nonetheless."
"So why did you bring me here? To the one place that would get me killed the quickest?"
"So long as the students and faculty at this school believe me to be Ozpin, you shall be able to stay here until the next part of my plan can be put into action."
"And what is your plan exactly?"
He smiled. "To increase your power and have you conquer Remnant."
"That sounds badass and all, but why can't you just power me up here? You are a god, aren't you?"
"My connection to this world is not strong enough to make you stronger myself. Instead, I must imbue something strong enough to withstand my power. And the most appropriate object to use would be a Grimm spawning pit."
"And you haven't found one yet."
"Correct. The obvious answer would be the Grimmlands, but since you should not know about Salem to begin with, that is not an option. So I am forced to search for one outside of her domain. And when I do, I will send you on a 'mission' towards it."
"And what do I do when I reach it?"
"You will know when you arrive. Now, I have moved what remains of team RWBY to a smaller room. You shall be sleeping in their old room until I can find a suitable catalyst for your power. Before you leave." He gave Jason his Scroll, a map of the school already downloaded on it.
"Thanks, I appreciate it."
"You may leave now."
"Yes sir." He said as he left the office. He arrived at his room, and when he entered, there was only one bed instead of four, along with a minifridge that, upon inspection, was full of beer.
Nice. Gonna have to thank Ctoggha for that.
He entered the bathroom, and it had the necessities like a toilet, sink and shower. It also had some shampoo and soap, but other than that, there wasn't much. He took a nice hot shower to wash the blood out of his hair and get rid of the smell of death. The blood had coagulated and he had to scrub really hard to get it all out. By the time he was done, it looked like a small murder scene.
He went back to the main room, stripped down to his underwear, and plopped down into bed. It felt much better than the bench-bed back on the airship. Now he just had to survive until He could do his thing. This was gonna be interesting.
The next morning
Jason woke to vicious banging on his door. He checked his Scroll and saw a notification. It was a school wide announcement from "Ozpin" explaining Jason's arrival and why. Something about a "dog on an extremely tight leash", he just kinda skimmed through it.
"Hold your damn horses, lemme get dressed for fuck sake!" He yelled as whoever was banging on the door started doing it harder. He put some pants on, grabbed a beer, then opened the door to see Coco standing there looking pissed to all hell, along with a myriad of other students behind her. Oddly enough, neither Ruby nor Yang seemed to be among them.
Probably grieving or some shit. Thought I heard crying while I was walking last night.
"Who the fuck do you think you are, you disgusting monster?!" She yelled, jabbing her finger into his chest. He gave her a dead stare as he answered.
"Jason, no last name needed. Also known as Anarchy by most of the fuck-wits in this damn city Ruler of Grimm and causer of the Breach, which killed hundreds of people, one of them being your combat teacher if I remember correctly." He answered, leaning against the door frame in a relaxed pose. That just pissed her off further.
"You sick fuck! Do you have any idea, any idea at all, how much you hurt Ruby and Yang?!" She screamed. She looked ready to punch him. He just opened his beer, took a long swig, then wiped his beard before responding.
"No, I don't know how badly I've hurt them, nor do I care to know." he replied, calmly.
"I don't know what you said to Ozpin to convince him to bring you here, but you better watch your back. I don't care that your being used as an attack dog, he should have left you."
"Is that right? Well, we all make mistakes. Ozpin brought me here, I didn't take a trophy off Weiss's corpse, and your parents didn't abort you, but hey, you live and you learn, right?" He said, grinning as he took another swig.
"You bastard!" She reared her fist back to punch him.
"Stop!" He heard someone say sternly. Ozpin walked out of the crowd. "I expected better of you Ms. Adel."
"How can you-" She tried arguing, but ozpin cut her off by raising his hand.
"I have my reasons, otherwise I would have left him. Now, get ready for class. You have Grimm Studies with Professor Port, am I correct?"
She spat at Jason's feet before leaving. Ozpin only looked at him before leaving as well. The other students left shortly after, with some hurling insults at him.
"Pre-pubescent sacks of shit." Jason said as he closed the door. He finished the beer, tossed it in a trashcan next to the minifridge, then got fully dressed. He exited the room with Dane across his back and his mask hanging from his belt. The halls were empty, due to classes being in session. He walked down to the Forge, where the students kept their gear in good condition, to see if he could improve Dane in any way. He wasn't going to do anything to drastic because of his lack of knowledge of the inner workings of guns, but maybe he could do something about his ax-head.
When he finally found the room, the students were going to their next class. He extended the ax and inspected it. It was was in remarkably good shape, considering everything it had been through. It was just a little dul, nothing a little sharpening couldn't fix. He found a whetstone, surprised they had one, sat down on a stool and started sharpening his weapon. It wasn't as quick as using other equipment, but it was more satisfying.
As he sat there, thinning the edge and making it deadlier, he felt his scroll start to buzz. He picked it up and saw it was Cinder.
Aw fuck. I forgot to tell her I got released.
He answered it like a regular phone instead of using the face thing.
"Jason." She said, sounding none too pleased with him.
"Yeah yeah, I know. I forgot to tell you about this, but I didn't know it was gonna happen, obviously." He explained himself.
"Everyone knows who you are and that you're here. And you were to stay on the airship until you were rescued. Why did you accept Ozpin's proposal to use you like a pet?" That irked him. He was no one's pet, except maybe Ctoggha's. But he wasn't going to out the god that enabled him to do the things he did.
"First, I am no one's pet. My gathering of Grimm despite you telling me not to and my killing of the Schnee should have already tipped you off about that. And second, I went along with it because it suits my current interests. Your plan didn't."
"Why are you openly talking about this? Someone could overhear you."
"Relax, I'm alone in the Forge, the other shitheads are in class."
"You also killed the combat teacher. That will bring a lot of attention to you and anyone you interact with in a non-hostile way."
"Holy shit, I did you a goddamn favor. She would have sealed up the fucking hole and the massacre wouldn't have been nearly as big as it was. So how about you stop bitching about everything and actually see how the shit I've done helped you greatly?" Jason was getting legitimately angry with her. Who did she think she was? She has half the Fall Maiden's power and works for Salem. Does that make her hot shit? She's nothing compared to Ctoggha. If He didn't have to find a catalyst to make Jason stronger, he would've leveled the school and destroyed Cinder. She had no idea who she was talking to.
"Watch your tone Jason. Or should I show you who you really take orders from?" Jason snapped.
"You think you're hot shit? I don't take orders from you anymore. I obey someone else now, and He is far more powerful than you could ever hope to be. You can send your little minions after me, but in a few days, you'll wish you never fucked with me." He hung up. She no longer mattered. The only consequence would be trying not to get killed until Ctoggha could find a Grimm pit. Until that day came, Cinder could have her delusions of grandeur. Now all he had to do was wait.
It had been a week since his chat with Cinder. He had seen her occasionally in the hall, but he wasn't sure if she saw him. She had, in fact, decided to try and kill him. He had rarely left the Forge, obsessively sharpening his ax, to the point of his hands starting to bleed. But it also made it extremely sharp. He had dropped it by accident and it sunk into the ground a little just from the short drop.
So when Emerald had come in the dead of night, while he was still sharpening, he was able to catch her by surprise by the fact he knew of her Semblance. He was able to fight her off, and since then, they'd left him alone. Maybe Cinder figured she could kill him herself when she took the other half of the Maiden's power. It wouldn't matter. They would all burn under his power. Speaking of which, He had found a suitable pit, imbued it, and was going to send him on a fake mission to it. He could barely wait. Soon all of Remnant would wish they had put him down.
He was currently spending the last few minutes before he was to be sent off on his first, and last, mission sharpening his blade. He got a message from Him saying that it was time, and for him to meet the team he would be going with at the Bullhead dock. They would be the first to fall under his might.
As he walked through the halls he passed by Ruby and Yang walking to class. He just gave them both a dead stare. Yang looked furious at him but Ruby looked terrified, hiding behind her sister as he passed. They didn't say anything. He reached the dock and saw team CFVY sitting on one of the benches. Coco looked at him and smirked as she held up the explosive collar that was meant to go on his neck. He doubted it was actually explosive, but the bitch didn't know that.
"Guess what, asshole?" She taunted him.
"Shut the fuck up and let's get this over with."
They boarded the aircraft and took off. They flew deep into the Emerald Forest, Jason occasionally having to call of Nevermores that would attack them. Apparently, Ctoggha had told them they were searching for an ancient artifact and that jason would keep them safe. Lies. They were going to die by Jason's hands as he was made a demi-god.
They touched down, got out, then started walking towards the "artifact". After an hour or so of walking and telling Grimm to leave them alone, they found it. A giant Grimm Pit. It was much larger than the ones in the show and looked more like a small lake than the large puddles they normally were. And he could feel it calling to him. The power within, he could feel it.
"What the hell is that?" Velvet asked to no one in particular.
"No idea, but we should tell Professor Ozpin about it when we get back." Coco answered. As they started walking away, they realized Jason wasn't with them. They looked back and saw him standing at the edge of the drop, gazing out over the surface.
"Dumbass, stop being creepy and get back here!" She shouted, holding up the killswitch as a threat. All he did was look back, put on his mask, extend the ax, the dive in head first. They all shouted in surprise and ran over to where he was. They looked over the edge, he had completely disappeared under the surface.
Under the surface
Everything burned. He could feel his body absorbing the raw power, but it was excruciatingly painful. He could feel his body changing to suit the power he was gaining. As he screamed in pain under the liquid, he could feel himself growing larger, he could see his skin turning as black as a Grimm's hide. His clothes burned away and were replaced with thick bone armor. His mask was shattered and replaced with a bone helmet covering the entirety of his head, the A being carved into the face and glowing a malicious orange. Dane was melted down and reforged as a massive double sided war-ax wreathed in unholy flame. His ascension was complete. He had completely drained the lake of all power, and was extremely strong. Jason was dead. There was only Anarchy. Ctoggha had fulfilled his promise. Now it was time for Anarchy to prove he was worthy of being chosen by Him.
He raised a large hand and grabbed the ledge and used it to pull himself up. He towered over the students as they stared in terror. He was big enough to ride the Grimm Dragon. Coco was the first to react, opening fire with her mingun, but the bullets just pinged off his armor with causing even a scratch. He looked down at them, and chuckled in a deep, rumbling voice.
"Do not fear death, for there will be none left to mourn you." He spoke, his glowing A flashing brighter with every word. He swung his ax towards them, launching a wave of ungodly fire. Coco, Velvet and Fox were able to react fast enough to dodge, but Yatsuhashi was still stunned by his transformation, and thus was reduced to ash when the wave hit. The others screamed out in disbelief as their friend was annihilated. That distraction gave Anarchy enough time to grab Fox and crush him in his massive grip. Velvet, realizing how outmatched they were, tried to run, but Anarchy grabbed her as well. But instead of crushing her as he had Fox, he dangled her by her ears and swung his ax horizontally, severing her in half. He dropped her corpse and looked to Coco. Instead of collapsing from hopelessness, she screamed in rage and began firing maddly at him, which did nothing. But just when he was about to stomp her into the ground, he heard his Master speak to him.
"Cast her into the pit." And so he did. He picked her up as she was still screaming and fighting, and dropped both her and her weapon into it. After a minute of watching and waiting, she re-emerged, her skin and clothes pitch black, and her eyes a mindless red. She had been Grimmified. She was now under his control.
As he paid attention and the thrill of battle wore off, he could sense the Grimm around him. With a mental order, he called them forth, and they emerged from the treeline. His influence over them had also increased. He could sense Grimm from many miles away, and commanded them all to him. Coco, the first of his Commanders, kneeled before him.
"Your body has taken to the power better than I could have hoped for. Now, send your soldiers to assault Vale, and awaken the Dragon. Then claim Vale as your rightful Kingdom."
Anarchy obeyed. He began the trek to Vale, aiming to destroy them all, summoning the Dragon in the process. As they travelled, he gathered more and more Grimm of all kinds. He had amassed an army the likes of which Remnant had never seen before. For he was their King. Salem was nothing before the power of Anarchy and his God. He would burn this world to ashes as Ctoggha watched with glee.
They would feel the full wrath of Anarchy.
