RWBY: Son of Salem

Marek's POV

I walked around Vale, looking for Blake.

I spent the whole day searching for her but came up empty handed. It was getting late and I was pretty tired.

I was about to head back to Beacon but an explosion caught my attention.

"That better not be Blake." I said to myself as I ran in the direction of the explosion.

It didn't take me long to reach the docks.

"Hey!" Ruby yelled.

I looked up and saw her standing on a building.

"Oh, Hey Red. Isn't it passed your bed time?" Roman asked the girl.

Ruby looked away and Roman took the chance to shoot at her, knocking her back.

"That wasn't polite, Roman." I said as I stepped out of the shadows.

"And...you are?" he asked.

I pulled my hood off and looked at him. "Your next dance partner."

"Hmm...ok?" he lifted up his cane and shot at me. I quickly pulled out my sword and cut the shot in half.

"Come on." I held up my left hand and beckoned him.

He held up his cane again and shot repeatedly.

I ducked under the first few shots, and deflected the rest. I rested my sword on my shoulder as I smirked.

"That the best you got?"

He was about to shoot again but an orange haired girl jumped down and started wiping out White Fang members with...floating swords?

She was taking out groups of White Fang with ease.

I turned back to Roman as he shot at me. I put my sword in the way but the blast was enough to knock me into a dust crate.

I got up and quickly jumped out of the way as another shot hit the crate, causing an explosion that knocked me back. I got to my feet and turned to Roman as he got onto a bullhead.

I pulled out my sword and cut open the crate of dust, opening a box of dust. I held my hand above the box and watched as the fire dust floated up and started to coat my hand. I turned around and swung my sword at the bullhead.

The dust spread out and hit the side of the bullhead. I held my hand out and watched as the dust started a small fire on the side of the bullhead. The fire went out as they flew away.

"Damnit!" I growled.

"How did you-?" Ruby walked over to me.

"What?" I turned to her.

"How did you do that with the dust?"

"It's my semblance." I told her. "Dust Manipulation. I can use dust in a few unique ways."

Her eyes lit up.

We walked over to Blake and sat down next to her as we waited for Yang and Weiss.

We waited a few minutes for them.

"Look Weiss it's not what you think she explained the whole thing you see she doesn't actually wear a bow she has kitty ears and they're actually kinda cute." Ruby said quickly as Weiss walked towards us.

"Weiss. I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang." Blake said. "Back when I was with-"

"Stop." Weiss told her. "Do you have any idea how long we've been searching for you?" she asked. "12 hours. That means I've had 12 hours to think about this. And in that 12 hours I've decided...I don't care!"

"You don't care?" Blake asked.

"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?"

"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-"

"Upupupupup! I don't wanna hear it." Weiss cut her off. "All I want to know, is that the next time something this big comes up you'll come to your teammates, and not some..." she looked over to the monkey Faunus. "Someone else."

"Of course."

There was a short pause.

"Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!" Ruby squealed.

I smirked as I pulled my hood up and walked away.

Salem's POV

"You know what I want you to do, correct?" I asked.

"Yes." the girl nodded. "I will bring him back, any means necessary."

"Good." I smiled. "If he proves to be too much to deal with...kill him."

She looked up to me and I smiled as I stared into her red and blue eyes. Her red veins and pale skin were almost a reflection of my own.

"He won't be a problem." she smiled.

End of chapter 8