Okay here I am with another chapter, i am still working on the knights final fight chapter, as well as chapter based on Knights of badassdom.
RWBY, NPR, And Professors
"Well, I must say, I am interested to say where Mr. Arc will end up next." Ozpin said as he took a sip of coffee.
"Let's just get this over with." Glynda said still flustered over the stripper Jaune.
"Well, the last two were kind of light hearted, while the first one was dark, its kind of random as to what shows up." Blake added as she wasn't sure what to think.
That and she was still thinking about Jaune as a stripper. Honestly he didn't look like the type who could do that. He seemed a little too scared and shy to even think of doing something like that. But she had to remind herself that it was an alternate universe. Still didn't make it any less weird, then again, it was funny to see even the stone faced Goodwitch blush at the site of a man. She always thought Glynda was asexual or didn't have any attraction to any gender or species. But apparently their professor was as interested in people as anyone else.
"Well, it's starting again." Ozpin said as it opened up to a dark scene.
Jaune and Pyrrha were tied to a post. Their aura had been drained, and they were too weak to escape from the bonds that had encased them. It didn't help that they couldn't use their semblances without Aura. Otherwise they would have broken out of the handcuffs by now. Jaune was looking around, staring at the golden box that the white fang had gotten a hold of. While he wanted to see it opened, he knew the legends, and he wasn't sure if it was the wisest thing to do.
"Let's get on with the damn ceremony, the sooner we tell Adam this is a bunch of superstitious nonsense, the sooner we can go home." A white fang grunt said as they looked at their top researcher.
"Do you have to waste time with this ancient ritual?" He asked the researcher as she glared at him.
"Unlike you, I have a certain respect for artifacts like this, it may be a bunch of hocum, but that doesn't change that this is something straight out of story books, of a time long past. That we can only hear about in legends." She said as she continued the ritual.
The box in question, was made of pure gold, with two cherubs decorating the top. With two long rods sticking out of the side, so it could be carried by two people.
"What the heck is that thing?" Ruby asked as Ozpin spoke up.
"An ancient artifact, called the Ark of the covenant." He said as everyone turned to him.
"Never heard of it." Yang said as Ozpin sighed.
"It's pure myth, It was said to be a symbol of an ancient people, that it was supposed to be an artifact which their god could use, supposedly it was highly dangerous to anyone other than the people who believed in that god. The whole legend is just that, a legend." Ozpin said as Weiss spoke up.
"But they seemed to find it." She said as Ozpin waved it off.
"Most likely just a replica made by some collectors. The idea of such an artifact existing is ludicrous at best." He said as Glynda looked at him.
"I would have thought you would be the last to question legends." She whispered to him.
"This is different, while that spirit may have informed us that these realities are like our own, if it is anything like our own, the Ark is just a legend." He said as he may have been old, but some legends just didn't seem true.
"Whatever, Adam's a nut if he truly believes this thing will work. Just a forgotten relic of a dead people, we would be better off selling it for scrap." Torchwick said as he didn't believe in this crap.
"Jaune, what do we do now?" Pyrrha asked as Jaune saw them lift the lid.
"Whatever you do...Don't look at it." He said as Pyrrha gave him an odd look.
"What do you mean? You actually believe in the Ark?" She said as she didn't understand Jaune.
The truth was, Jaune did believe. He had read the legends that his grandfather had passed down to him. An ark created by the Hebrew people, a name that had been all but forgotten by the world. Jaune didn't even know how his grandfather knew about the legend, all he knew was that the old men spoke of the Ark with fear and respect. And that fear had gotten to Jaune.
His friends had thought he was nuts, trying to stop the white fang from going after a fictional artifact. But he figured if it didn't turn out to be a legend, and it was real. It could be very dangerous to possess. Sure, for all he knew, it was just a legend. But did he really want to take the risk with that?
His grandfather may have been paranoid, but the man usually had a reason to.
"Let's just see whats in it already!" Torchwick said as he looked inside it.
He got a strange look on his face as he put his hand in it. Jaune didn't see what was going on, since he had already closed his eyes, after making sure Pyrrha had hers closed. After all, she didn't believe in the Ark. She didn't know what Jaune knew.
"Well look at this! Just a bunch of damn sand!" Torchwick yelled as he threw a handful of sand away.
"Nothing but sand." Glynda said as she was starting to believe Ozpin.
"Only one problem..." Blake said as everyone turned to her.
"And that is?" Ozpin asked.
"That spirit is showing us this for a reason, why would he show us a scene where this Ark turned out to be nothing but a golden pile of junk?" She said as that got everyone thinking.
"You don't really think its possible that thing is some symbol of a god do you?" Weiss said as Blake turned to the screen.
"No, I'm just saying we should be suspicious." She said as she was getting a bad feeling.
"Jaune I think its safe." Pyrrha said as Jaune yelled.
"Just keep your eyes shut!" He said as he was getting a bad feeling.
"Uh, Torchwick." The researcher said as he looked back.
Only to see a glow coming from the Ark, intrigued by this he walked forward, noticing that there were strange vapors and lights coming from the center of it. All of a sudden, he took back everything he said. This may have been well worth the trip. And thats when it started. The light sets they had brought out, suddenly started to short circuity, the weapons stash they had in the background caught fire, and was burning their weapons. The food they had started to rot, even in mid bite, as an angry bear faunus spit out his sandwich in disgust at the sudden mold.
"No...It's not possible." Ozpin said as he was now standing up.
"It is more than just a fancy gold box..." Weiss said as Blake was getting a feeling.
"I don't think this is it...there is more to come." She said as she felt slightly scared.
Cinder took the place of the researcher as she came up to look at it. With Adam flanking her side, he had been at the other side of the camp. But had only just made it there. And now he was grinning sadistically, perhaps his superstitions about the legend of the Ark had been justified. Only the worthy people could possibly harness its power, and he knew there was no way the filthy humans would be able to get their hands on it.
And that was when it started. It was then that Adam saw a face emerge from the Ark. A ghost! He was amazed that there was an actual spirit, but he would admit, he was disappointed when he saw it was human. And then more and more spirits came out of the Ark. And circled around the area. Some picking up white fang members and dropping them. And some seemed to be merely observing them.
They circled around Jaune and Pyrrha a few times, before going back to the white fang, and the big three being Adam, Cinder, and Torchwick.
"Okay, this is getting creepy." Yang said as that was the shared sentiment.
"We just learned that apparently ghosts exist, and they haunt this Ark." Glynda said as Ozpin was thinking.
"Impossible, the legends were true?" He thought to himself.
He may have told the legends of the four maidens, he may have known secrets that no one else knew. But he could be a skeptic as well. And when he heard about this myth, he thought it was too ancient and too convoluted to actually have any merit. But now that he was seeing this. Who would have known that the one myth he mocked as being fake, was actually true.
"Wait a minute, isn't that the girl who just transferred here from Haven?" Ruby asked as everyone took a look.
"Hey yeah! That is her, Cinder Fall! Why is she working with the white fang?" Yang asked as Ozpin and Glynda narrowed their eyes.
"Why indeed." Glynda said as she figured they would have to keep a closer eye on Miss Fall.
"It's beautiful!" Adam yelled as he could feel the power invading the area.
And that was when a ghost went up to Torchwick. Its face morphing into the face of a rotten corpse. It's teeth bared at him.
"AHHHHHHH!" Torchwick couldn't help but scream.
"UGGGGGHHHHH!" Adam couldn't help but suddenly feel terrified, his face shifting into a face of horror.
Cinder just looked down at the Arc, and then a torrent of fire engulfed her. As her screams carried on.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Yang said as she jumped back a bit.
"I don't like this..."Ruby said as she hugged Weiss.
"I don't think anyone does." Blake said as she was scooting away from the screen.
"PROTECT ME REN!" Nora yelled as she hugged Ren.
"Nora is...scared of ghosts." Ren said as he held her.
A great ball of lightning suddenly enveloped the white fang members, lightning shooting out through their chests and connecting to each and every member there. Some were convulsing on the groun in pain, some had sparks shooting out of their eyes, searing them shut. Some were merely turned into shriveled up dried husks. But the worst was the big three.
Adam's face shriveled up into his skull. All of the muscle and fat just gone, as his skin dried up and started to resemble leather more than actual skin. His ox horns turning into long mangled horns. With his tongue falling straight out, as if it was cut from his mouth. It fell on the ground and melted into a puddle.
Torchwick screamed in pain as his face started to melt. His skin flesh, and blood acting as if it was water after a spring thaw. His flesh was falling down with no resistance. As his eyes rolled into the back of his head, and his skull became exposed for all to see.
Cinder's fate was much more simpler, she continued to scream, her powers being less than useless, the pressure started to build in her head, her face started to swell, almost as if all the blood in her body was rushing up into her skull. Her face started to turn red from the blood flow. Until eventually, the force became too great, and her entire head exploded into bits of flesh and bone.
"BLLLEEEHHH!" Ruby said as she vomited into a bucket, with the rest of the team not having much luck holding it in either, Even Glynda and Ozpin had a hard time keeping their lunch in.
"This is sick." Glynda said as she felt a little queasy.
Suddenly a great force of wind and fire engulfed the camp. With Jaune and Pyrrha right in the middle of it. They screamed as they felt the heat and wind against their face, causing pain, but not once did they open their eyes. Pyrrha was not a believer after she had heard the screams and heard the noises that had engulfed the camp. So she listened to Jaune, even though she couldn't help but be curious.
Jaune had originally intended to go on this journey alone. But she had volunteered to come with. And for once, Jaune knew more about something then she did.
The force of the wind brought the bodies of the white fang into the air. The flames shooting straight into the sky, forming a tornado of fire. Much like how God brought one down on Pharaoh.
The lid of the Ark fell down onto the Ark. Sealing it shut once again. Never to be opened again.
The room was silent as to what they had just witnessed. Mostly they felt sick at what they had just seen. But one other emotion was prominent.
FEAR.
The room feared the Ark. What kind of weapon was it? What kind of relic was it? And more importantly, if it existed in this universe. Could it exist in this one? The answer was...Yes.
"That Ark should never be disturbed..." Yang said, her party girl attitude replaced by her serious side.
"It should be locked up and never see the light of day." Ozpin said as they turned to him.
"Are you saying you want to find that thing?!" Glynda said as Ozpin looked at her.
"We just witnessed a power greater than anything we have ever seen, and the white fang was often it. We may not want to disturb it, but we need to find it. And throw it in a pit so deep, no one will ever find it again." He said as Blake spoke up.
"But you said this was just a myth, For all we know, no one is looking for it, so we don't have to find it." Blake said as Ozpin looked at her.
"Do you want to take that risk?" He asked as everyone remained silent.
The scene changed, suddenly Jaune was in a room next to Ironwood, Qrow, and Ozpin.
"Thank you for keeping it out of their hands, I must say I was not expecting this thing to actually be real." Qrow said as he found the story far fetched.
"I will make sure that this never sees the light of day." Ironwood said as he already had a plan to get rid of it.
"I'm afraid we won't be able to do that so easily..." Ozpin said as everyone looked at him.
"Our so called wise leaders have decided the ark is to be studied." He said as Jaune and Ironwood got pissed off.
"Do they have any idea what that thing is capable of?!" He yelled as Ironwood agreed with Jaune.
"If it is as powerful as Mr. Arc says it is, we can't risk it falling into the wrong hands because the council decides they want information." He said as Ozpin sighed.
"All I can say is they assured me they had Top Men and Women looking at it." He said as Jaune spoke up.
"And who would that be?" He asked as Ozpin shrugged his shoulders.
"Top men." He said as that was the only answer he had.
"Don't think I have ever seen Ironwood that scared of anything before." Glynda said as she was shocked the General could show emotion.
"James may be rough on the edges, but his heart is in the right place." Ozpin said as he felt that was true of his friend.
While he may not approve of James bringing his army to the city, he could understand why. James felt like he was keeping the world safe. While an army may cause a panic, it would also show that there were top men willing to defend the city if that was needed.
"How did it go?" Pyrrha asked as she was waiting outside in a red dress.
"Bad, those idiots don't even know what they're getting into." Jaune said as he was referring to the council.
"It couldn't have been so bad." She said as they intertwined their arms.
"Well it sure seemed like it." He said as Pyrrha straightened his tie.
"At least you clean up nice." She said with a smile as she looked at him in his suit.
"But something's missing..." She said as she pulled out a box.
"Here, I got this for you while we were waiting." She said as Jaune opened the box.
Only to reveal a wool felt fedora. Jaune smiled and placed it on his head.
"How do I look?" He asked as she smiled.
"Really good, now what do you say we go dancing, for old times sake?" She asked as Jaune nodded.
"That sounds really good Pyrrha." He said as they walked off into the sunset.
"At least it had a happy ending." Ruby said as she was done with her bucket.
"Still though, to think something like that could actually exist...and probably does." Weiss said as Blake nodded.
"It gives me more questions than answers." She said as everyone turned to her.
"We all know that we came from the dust, that we are remnants, but this Ark, it symbolizes a time period before we were around, it symbolizes ancient history that has been lost for centuries, maybe even longer, the point is, what else could be left from the ancient world that we don't know about or think is a myth?" She asked as that got everyone thinking.
"Like magic rocks filled with diamonds?" Ruby added.
"Or a holy cup?" Yang asked as Blake shook her head.
"Not really, just something that may not mean much to us, or we may not think much of, but could be a destructive force, much like this Ark of the covenant." She said as she went silent.
It was terrifying, just what secrets were waiting to be discovered in the planet's crust?