RWBY: Son of Salem

Marek's POV

The Beowolves started to slowly circle me as I readied my sword.

The one in front of me pounced. I quickly rolled to the side and turned over on my back, switching to my assault rifle, and shooting it in it's neck.

It fell over and started turning to dust.

I looked up as the Beowolf behind me tried to bite my neck. I quickly changed back to the sword and held it out in front of me. It bit down on my sword, placing it's paw on my shoulder and sinking it's claws into me.

I jerked the blade to my left then right, shaking the beast off me.

I felt something clamp around my ankle and looked down to see a Beowolf biting it. It bit down harder before yanking me towards it. As I slid closer to it, I sunk my sword into it's head, quickly standing back up and cutting off another Beowolf's paw as it tried to swing at me.

Another Beowolf charged at me and slammed into my chest, sending me into a nearby tree. I fell to my knees as the Beowolves started to swarm me.

I got up and turned to the side, cutting a Beowolf in half. I turned to a Beowolf to my left and was about to kill it but felt a sudden sharp pain as a Beowolf bit my shoulder.

My aura broke as I slammed the back of my head into it, kicking it away as I rolled forward.

I brought my sword back and decapitated a Beowolf before one of them slammed into my back, sending me a few feet away.

My red eye began to glow as my blue eye started to darken until it was just black. The red veins on my face started to spread.

I slowly got to my feet and turned to face the remaining Beowolves.

They started to whimper as I stepped forward.

I quickly rushed towards the closest Beowolf, stabbing it countless times in the blink of an eye before pulling my arm back a final time and sinking my sword into it's chest.

I kicked the creature off my sword as it turned to dust.

The others backed away as I lunged forward, cutting the closest one in half before throwing my sword into the one behind it. I ran towards it, grabbed the handle of my sword, and jumped over it, cutting it in half from the chest up.

I changed it back to it's assault rifle mode and gunned down the remaining few Beowolves.

I smirked as I changed it back to it's sword form and placed it on my back.

A low growl made me turn back to the bushes. An alpha Beowolf emerged from the brush and stood in front of me.

I put my hand on the hilt of my weapon as the Beowolf got on all fours. I stared into it's eyes as it glared into mine.

It pounced and knocked me over, pinning me to the ground. I shoved my arm into it's neck as it tried to bite me.

It dug it's claw into my thigh as it inched closer to my face.

I struggled under it as it used it's front claw to dig into my shoulder.

"AGH!" I was able to push it back a bit, enough to move my leg up and place my foot on it's chest, kicking it off me.

I got up and pulled my weapon off my back. Black dust started to flow from my arms and up the blade of my weapon. I swung at the blade horizontally. The dust flew off the blade and towards the Beowolf. The dust cut right through the Beowolf, cutting it in half.

I felt blood trickle from my eye as it started to go back to normal. The veins on my face retreated as my blue eye went back to normal.

I let out a sigh as I fell to one knee, tired.

"You ok?" I heard a familiar voice ask.

"Yeah." I tried to stand up but fell back down.

"You're hurt!" she rushed over and knelt down next to me.

"What are you doing out here, Velvet?" I asked her.

"Couldn't sleep." she replied as she helped me take my hoodie off. "What happened?!"

"Beowolves." I told her as she helped take my shirt off to see the damage.

She gasped. "What happened?!"

"I told you." I chuckled before wincing in pain. "I ran into a few Beowolves."

"No, not that!" I felt her gently run her fingers across my back. "These scars!"

"Just tell me how bad the bite wound is." I told her, trying my best to keep the memories away. "I don't want to talk about what happened."

There was a short pause. "The bite isn't that deep, but you've lost quite a bit of blood. Can you walk?"

I tried to stand but fell down. Velvet quickly wrapped her arms around me to keep me from falling. She grabbed my arm and wrapped it around her neck. She leaned down and picked up my clothes.

"Thanks, Velvet."

She smiled as she helped me back to Beacon.

"The infirmary will patch you up." she said.

"No." I shook my head. "I have a first-aid kit in my room."

"Are you sure?" she asked. "They'll have you patched up in-"

"Velvet, please."

She nodded before helping me to the dorms.

She led me to my room and helped me sit down.

"It's in my dresser. Top drawer."

She walked over and pulled out the first-aid kit as she put my shirt and hoodie on top of the dresser.

She walked back over and opened it, pulling out the needle and thread.

"Do you know how to do this?" I asked her.

"I'm not the best at it." she replied as she sat behind me. She pulled out peroxide and a clean rag. She poured a little peroxide on it before gently dabbing my wound, causing me to wince in pain.

"This'll hurt." she said softly.

"I know."

I felt a slight sting as she started to suture my wound.

A few minutes later

"Done."

I stood up and walked over to my dresser, pulling out a clean black t-shirt and red hoodie, putting them on. "Thanks, Velvet."

"Why didn't you want to go to the infirmary?" she asked. "They would've done a lot better and it wouldn't have hurt."

I sighed. "I feel uncomfortable around people I don't know, or trust." I replied. I sat down next to Velvet. "What were you doing in the Emerald Forest?"

"When I woke up I decided to go on a walk." she replied. "I like seeing Beacon at night. It's peaceful." she smiled. "Anyways, while I was walking around I heard gunshots coming from the forest."

"Oh."

"And that's when I found you, after a few minutes of searching."

"Thanks again, Velvet." I stood up and stretched. "You should head back to your room."

"Yeah." she stood up and walked to the door. "I'll see you later."

She smiled at me as she left my room.

I fell back in my bed and closed my eyes.

The next day

I was walking around Vale since I had the day off. I kept my hood up as I walked.

I was about to turn a corner but felt someone run into me, knocking us both over.

"What the hell?!" I looked to see who knocked me over. It was some blonde haired monkey faunus.

"Sorry." he held his hand out to me. "My bad."

I took his hand and he helped me to my feet.

"I've never seen someone like you before." he stared at me.

"What?" I reached up and scratched my head, that's when I noticed my hood fell off. I quickly reached back and pulled it back over my head. "Thanks...I guess."

"Let me guess, people aren't exactly the nicest to you when they see your face."

I nodded. "You're the first to not give me some weird look or say something rude." I told him.

"I'm not that big of a jerk." he shrugged.

"Hey, stop that Faunus!" someone yelled.

"Gotta go!" he ran passed me. "See ya around!"

"See ya."

I watched as he ran off and into an alley.

I turned around and continued to walk around Vale.

"Salutations!" I heard a girl say rather loudly.

I turned the corner and saw RWBY talking to an orange haired girl.

"My name is Penny. It's a pleasure to meet you!" the girl said.

"Hi Penny. I'm Ruby."

"I'm Weiss."

"Blake."

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Yang asked as Blake hit her. "Oh, I'm Yang."

"It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"You already said that." I said as I walked up to them.

"Hi, Marek!" Ruby waved.

"So I did!" Penny said.

"Hey." I waved.

"Well, sorry for running into you." Weiss said to the orange haired girl.

"Take care, friend!" Ruby waved as they started to walk away.

I turned to Penny but she was gone.

I looked back to team RWBY and saw Penny talking to the scythe wielder.

"Sen-sational!" Penny yelled. "We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!"

Nope.

I turned around and walked away.

I put my hands in my pockets and kept my head down as I roamed the streets.

"You're looking a little down." a familair voice said followed by a giggle.

"Was that your attempt at a pun?" I asked Velvet, looking up and taking my hood off.

"Maybe." she slid next to me. "Where you heading?"

"I didn't really have a destination." I told her. "Just walking around."

"How's your shoulder?" she asked.

"It's fine." I replied. "You did a good job, it hasn't bothered me at all."

"Glad to hear it." she smiled.

"Get any good photos?" I asked her, noticing she was holding her camera.

"Hmm, not today." she shook her head. "But I might be able to get a few good pictures in the next few days."

"Because of the new students?"

"Mhm." she nodded.

We walked around Vale, talking for quite some time.

"We should head back, it's getting late." I said, noticing it was dark.

"I didn't even notice." she said as we started to head back.

We walked back to Beacon and headed to the dorms.

"See you later, Velvet." I said as she walked into her room.

She smiled at me before the door closed.

I started heading back to my room as a black blurr ran passed me.

"Blake, wait!" Ruby yelled.

I turned around and walked into RWBY's dorm room.

"What's up with Blake?" I asked.

"She's a White Fang member." Weiss growled.

"Weiss!" Ruby yelled.

"She is a White Fang member or was a White Fang member?" I asked.

"What's the difference?!" Weiss asked angrily.

"She's apart of the White Fang or was apart of the White Fang." I replied. "That's the difference."

"We...think she was apart of the White Fang." Ruby replied.

"Oh." I shrugged. "Then what's wrong with that?"

"The White Fang has stolen from my family!" Weiss shouted.

"That doesn't mean Blake did." I told her. "And if she did, she left the Fang and is trying to become a huntress."

"So?!" Weiss growled.

"So, she's trying to make up for what she's done." I crossed my arms. "Give it some thought." I told Weiss as I left the room.

End of chapter 7

Author's note: I'm moving so I won't be able to update for a few days.