RWBY: Son of Salem

Marek's POV

"Like what?" I glared at him.

"I wanted to ask you, what do you know about Salem?"

"She controls the creatures of Grimm. She wants to rule humanity. Wait, don't you already know this?" I crossed my arms.

"Well, yes. But I wanted to see what you knew."

"I know she doesn't care about anything but her 'plans'." I replied. We sat in silence for about a minute before I realized something. "She once cared about something, no, someone other than herself."

"You speak of her with such hate, and say she doesn't care. So what makes you think she once cared about someone?" Ozpin asked.

"If she didn't, I wouldn't be here." I replied, crossing my arms. "It doesn't matter. She killed that side of her long ago."

"What makes you say that?"

"If she was capable of loving someone now, she would have actually given a damn about me!" I slammed my fist on the table. "Instead of using me as a fucking test subject!"

"Test subject?!"

I widened my eyes in realization of what I said. "I-" I turned around and ran into the elevator, pressing the lobby button as fast as I could.

The doors closed.

I took a deep breath and waited.

Ozpin's POV

What did he mean by 'test subject'? Salem, what did you do to him?

Marek's POV

I ran out of the elevator and towards the dorms.

I ran into my room and slammed the door behind me, locking it.

"Goddamnit!" I punched the wall. "Fuck!" I punched the wall again and again, feeling blood trickle down my knuckles.

I walked over and sat down on my bed. "Fucking Ozpin!" I growled. I started to get more and more angry at myself. "He's going to ask me about it! I know he is!"

There was a soft knock on the door. "Marek?" came Velvet's soft voice. "Are you ok?"

I got up and unlocked my door. "Hey...Velvet." the worried look on her face immediately calmed me down. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Are you sure? I heard you punching the walls."

"Yeah." I nodded. "Just said something I shouldn't have."

"Oh." she looked down and noticed my hands were bleeding. "Your hands!"

I looked at them. Blood dripped from my fingers onto the floor. "Oh." I engaged my aura and felt the wounds heal.

"Are you sure you're ok?" she asked again. "I want to make sure."

"Yeah, Velvet, I'm fine." I gave a soft smile. "You want to come in?"

"Sure." I stepped to the side as she walked in. I closed the door behind her and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Why were you punching the wall?" she asked after a few seconds of silence.

"Ozpin called me up to his office to ask me about...something." I replied. "And I said something I shouldn't have."

"What did you say?"

"We were talking about my mother." I replied.

"What about her?" she asked.

I felt myself get angry just at the thought of her. I stood up and started to pace the room.

"She's heartless." I said while pacing back and forth. "She doesn't care about anything other than what she wants. She doesn't even care about her own son!" I wanted to punch the wall but stopped myself.

"I'm sure she cares about you."

"She doesn't." I turned to face her.

"Why would you think that?"

I opened the door to my room and looked out to make sure no one was around. "Can you keep a secret?" I shut and locked the door.

"Yes."

"My mother...experimented on me." I said as I walked over to the bed and sat down. "Well, she didn't but gave someone else permission to."

I saw a look of shock spread across Velvet's face. "What did they do?"

I sighed. "I trust you Velvet." I said softly. "Don't tell anyone what I am about to show you."

She nodded.

End of chapter 5