Chapter 8: Beacon's Infiltration
Oscar backed away from Peter, near the window that looked over the courtyard, holding his cane up, ready for a fight. "What are you doing here?" Oscar said, glaring at Peter. Peter chuckled, and pulled the hood of his black and red cloak down. "I am not here to fight, oh mighty and wise headmaster. I am here to give you a warning and a choice." "You just said you were going to destroy me!" Oscar yelled. "An intimidation tactic, fool. I swear, I thought you were smart for being Headmaster to the birthplace of the greatest teams of Huntsman in the world, but clearly I was given false information." Oscar growled a little under his breath. "Mind if i cut in?" Ozpin said, taking control, and appearing more calm, putting his cane down, using it normally. "Ah, the infamous Ozpin. It truly is an honor to meet the man who has lived many lives." Ozpin chuckled a little. "Well, I would be flattered if I wasn't in front of a mere child who threatened to kill me." Peter sighed. "Again, an intimidation tactic. Now, I came here today to give you a warning. You and your schools will either bow to serve me, or die. The kingdoms of Vale, Vacuo, and Mistral will all be spared. They are innocent in this war I will bring. I am not a violent man, Ozpin, but the world…..is wrong." Ozpin raised an eyebrow. "Wrong?" "Yes. the world should not be like this. The Faunus have been treated unfairly for hundreds of years. And I will make sure things are even, by making humans our slaves. At least, the ones who oppose me. The world is not yet at peace until I reign supreme and lead the Faunus and the innocent humans who stand with me to our rightful place." Ozpin sighed, shaking his head. "You have not been a part of the world for long. You have no idea what we have done to make world peace." "Oh no? How old do you think I am, Ozpin? A mere 14 years old? No no no…..I was 14 years old when they did this to me. I was there, when my mother was killed by Adam. I saw it with my own eyes. Shortly after, I was infused with dark energy, and now, I cease to age." Peter said. "Whilst i do feel sorry for you, trying to bring the good people and people who would agree with you together and destroy the people you believe are bad and against you is….not much different to a man named Jacque Schnee." Peter growled when he said that. "Do not compare me to that murderer! I am not some psychopath who is trying to destroy everyone against me! I want everyone to be friendly with each other, but what you and everyone else doesn't see is that Faunus are still being discriminated against! And i am going to stop that, even if it means i have to weed out the sinners!" Ozpin walked over to a shelf full of books. "Tell me, what is your favorite fairy tale?" Peter raised an eyebrow. "What?" "What is your favorite fairy tale?" Ozpin repeated, taking a book off the shelf. "I always was a fan of "A Man with 2 Souls." it plays close to the chest for me." Ozpin said. "W-what does this have to do with anything?" "Because there is always something that you believe in. you clearly believe in the Gods, but what else? Indulge me." Peter growled. "You are stalling! I don't have to tell you anything!" Ozpin chuckled, nodding. "Indeed, you don't." Ozpin suddenly pulled a book off the shelf, and an alarm went off. "Damn you, Ozpin!" Ozpin pulled another book. "You're going to love this one." Suddenly, the floor underneath Peter opened and he fell through a giant trap door. "Aaaaah!" Ozpin put the book back and the trap door closed. "You were just relishing to use that, weren't you?" Oscar asked in his head. "Can I help it if I want to have a little fun? Now then, are the guards all down there ready to arrest him?" Oscar didn't answer and seemed nervous. "Oscar?" "Uh…..they may be on break right now." Ozpin sighed. "Everyone?" "Well, everyone except Penny. She's visiting from Atlas, and she might be able to help out." Ozpin pushed a button on his desk. "Penny? Penny dear, are you there?" Penny, who was in the cafeteria, watching over the students, responded. "Yes sir, Ozpin?" "We have an enemy in the prison chambers. Do you mind arresting him and taking him out of here please?" Penny nodded. "Yes sir!" and ran to where Peter was stuck in.
Peter was inside some kind of hand made prison, and he was punching at the wall with the brass knuckle park of his knives, making dents and cracks in the wall. "Let me out of here! You cannot keep me here forever!" He continued punching the wall until he heard the door opening. He stepped back and got ready for a fight. Penny walked into the room with 4 Atlas guards who aimed their rifles at him. "Peter Khan, my name is Penny Polendina, Hero of Mistral and commander of a certain part of Atlas' army. You are under arrest. Come quietly and you will not be harmed." Peter growled, throwing his cloak off. "Really? Ozpin sent his lackies and Atlas' junky robotic commander to arrest me? I'm honored." Penny stepped forward, hands behind her back. "Will you surrender?" "I would…..but i don't believe you understand who i am, and what i have been working on." he snapped his fingers, and suddenly, the 4 soldiers that followed Penny started emulating black smog from their helmets and mouths, eyes glowing red behind their visors, and aimed at Penny. She turned around. "What are you doing?" "They have no control over their thoughts. I have used my special experimental serums and concoctions. to turn them into MY soldiers. They listen to my commands, and they will show no mercy. This is your end, Miss Polendina. I wish you luck." he ran past her, past the soldiers, who still aimed. Penny's swords came out of her back, floating behind her, and she spun her swords in a circle, blocking the bullets. She activated the jets on her feet and flew out of there, locking the soldiers in the room. Oscar and Raven ran down to her. "What happened, Penny?" "I don't know, sir. I was trying to arrest the suspect, and he snapped his fingers and my soldiers turned on me. He said he used his experimental serums and concoctions to turn them into his soldiers." Oscar looked through the window at the infected soldiers who were slamming on the walls and the door of the cell. "Hmm…..release some knockout gas into the chamber. We'll take one of them and i'll get some of my local scientists to run an experiment." Penny nodded and released knockout gas into the cell, all of the soldiers passing out. Some scientists came from the labs underground and dragged off one of them. "Penny, stay here and watch them in case they wake up." Oscar said. Penny nodded. "Yes sir!" she saluted. Oscar followed the scientists down to the lab, where they strapped the infected soldier to the table, and took off his helmet. The scientists gasped at what they saw. "What is it?" Oscar walked up and too was surprised. "By the brothers….." he saw that the soldier's face was black and white, like a Grimm's face. It still looked sort of human, but it had some animalistic features. "This is….horrific. By the brothers, what in the world has this child been experimenting with? This is nothing i've ever seen before." Oscar said. "I have. This person has been infected with an age old experimental creation i haven't seen since my first life as Ozma." Ozpin said. "What is it?" Oscar asked. "I believe it was called...The Black Queen Virus." "The Bla- you mean that virus that Arthur Watts used at the tournament where Penny was destroyed?" Oscar asked. "Yes. i guess Watts was inspired by the destruction it caused. This is a very ancient concoction and is very dangerous. We need to figure out a cure for this now, or else any human or faunus he infects could be even more dangerous than that Grimm Sun and the kids faced in the caves. And if they can infect people like these soldiers and infiltrate kingdoms, it could be even more dangerous." Ozpin said. Oscar nodded. "Send an alert out to the other kingdoms. Send for General Ironwood and Winter Schnee. I will bring them together with myself, Qrow, Penny, and Raven, and we will discuss what to do." the scientists nodded and went out to spread the word, and Ruby walked in past them. "Oscar, what's going on?" Oscar sighed, turning to her. "I pray this may not happen, but…..it might be another war."
Qrow was in the infirmary with Barton, stitching the knife wound on his arm. Barton was trying to hold in the pain, but winced every now and then. "That was a pretty stupid and dangerous idea, kid. You certainly have a lot of your mother, Yang, inside of you." Barton chuckled, and winced again. "Yeah. sorry, Uncle Qrow." "Ah, it's no skin off my nose, kid. I just want you to be careful." Qrow said, finishing up with the stitches. He then got some peroxide and poured some on a rag. "Hey Uncle Qrow?" he winced when Qrow rubbed the peroxide covered rag on his wound. "Hmm?" "Mom said that you and Grandma were in a fight a long time ago. What was it about?" Qrow sighed, still cleaning his wound. "A long time ago, your grandma and i were in a tribe, and we were the bad guys. I left, your grandma stayed, and…..tried to kill us." Barton gasped. "Yeah…..i said we weren't family anymore….but then, she helped us and i saw the look of sadness on her face…..so i accepted her apology." Barton looked down. "Wow….." "Yeah, I know, kiddo. But I promise, things are better. But your Grandpa Tai would be able to tell you about it easier than me." Qrow grabbed some bandages, wrapping Barton's arm. "Yeah…..i'm glad Grandpa and Grandpa remarried. The ceremony was great." Qrow chuckled. "Yeah, it was a lot of fun." Qrow finished up fixing Barton's arm. "Alright kiddo. Arm's all fixed up." he ruffled Barton's hair, which made him purr a little, but smacked his hand away. "Uncle Qrow! You know i hate it when you do that! I hate purring!" Qrow chuckled and kept doing it. "Aah! No! Stop it!" Qrow chuckled. "I love being an uncle." he said. Suddenly, the door opened. Qrow stopped and turned to the door, seeing Raven there. "What is it, Raven?" "Oscar and Ozpin are calling for us, Qrow. come on." "Alright. You head back to your room, kiddo. Be safe." "Sure thing, Uncle Qrow." Barton walked out of the infirmary and walked back to his room. Barton was about to go back into his room when he heard someone crying in the room next to his. "Huh?" he knocked on the door. "Hello? Are you ok in there?" the door opened, and Vinyl, the leader of Team VBRT and his old friend, was standing there, tears in her eyes, sniffling. "Vinyl? What happened?" "i…..i was going to get some dessert for my team, and when i left the dessert shop, some teenagers pulled on my ears and made fun of me." "What, what're you talking about?" "I-it was Cardin Jr." she said. Barton growled, making a fist tightly. "Cardin Jr. I hate that guy. And his freaking dad is a deadbeat." he heard Vinyl's team run over to them. "Vinyl are you ok?" Thomas asked. "We heard about Cardin." Rachael said. "Where is he? I'll punch him in the face." Christain said. "Don't worry, you guys. I'll go find Miss Pine and handle this." Barton walked towards the classrooms while Vinyl's team helped calm her down. He walked into Ruby's classroom, and he saw she was still there, packing up a bag. "Aunt Ruby?" Ruby looked over. "Oh, hey kiddo. What's going on?" Barton walked over to her. "Well, i ran into Vinyl crying, and she said that Cardin Jr. and his team made fun of her and pulled her ears at the dessert shop in Vale." Ruby sighed. "Of course it was him. We heard about it, but didn't know who it was that did it. Thanks, Barton. I'll find him and deal with that little gremlin. I swear, he's just like his bully of a father." Barton nodded. "Yeah, he's such a jerk." Barton sighs. "Well, anyway, thanks Aunt Ruby. i'm going to head back to my room. I'll see you tomorrow." he walks out, Ruby smiling. "That's my nephew."