RWBY: Son of Salem
Marek's POV, a few days later
I sat in the cafeteria eating alone. Team CFVY was out on a mission so I didn't have anyone to talk to for a few days.
I wanted to surprise Velvet by asking her to the upcoming dance but I never got the chance.
I finished my food and started walking to my next class, Professor Port's class.
I walked in and sat down in my usual seat, away from everyone else. This was my last class for today so I was hoping it would go by quickly.
Port was talking about his youth as usual, making almost everyone start to zone out or fall asleep.
I rested my head on my hand as I tapped my finger on the desk, waiting for class to end.
An hour later
The bell rang. I stood up and left the class. I walked back to my room and started to change.
I put on dark blue jeans, that were ripped at the knees, a white t-shirt, red shoes, and a black zip-up hoodie, that had a tear on the left elbow.
I left my room and started heading towards Vale.
I didn't really feel like doing anything special, so I decided to see this one place that Yang suggested, called Junior's.
A few minutes later
It didn't take me long to find the place.
"A nightclub?" I asked myself as I walked in.
I approached the bar and sat down as the bartender walked over.
"Can I get you something?" he asked.
"Just a beer." I told him.
"Sure." he slid me a bottle. I placed some lien on the counter as I took it and walked over to a table, sitting down. I took a sip before placing the bottle on the table.
"Hey." I heard two people say in unison. "Haven't seen you here before."
I turned around to see two identical girls standing in front of me. One wore a white dress and the other had a red dress.
"I'm Miltia." the girl in red said.
"I'm Melanie." the girl in white said.
I shrugged as I took another sip of my drink. "Go away."
"What has you bummed out?" Melanie asked.
I stayed silent as I continued to drink.
They walked over and sat down in front of me, resting their heads on their hands.
"Fine." I placed the bottle on the table and reached up, taking off my hood.
They kept silent as they stared at me, not in a scared or startled manner, just...watching me.
I grabbed the bottle and took another sip.
"Aren't you going to say something?" I asked them as I placed the bottle down.
"What were you expecting?" Miltia asked.
"A gasp, some weird looks." I replied. "Not everyday you see someone like me."
"No." Melanie shrugged. "But we do see enough...colorful characters." she smiled. "Weird is basically in the job description. No offense."
"None taken." I took another sip. "You need something? Or do you just sit with all of your customers?"
"Just the ones we find interesting." Miltia replied.
"Hmm." I downed the rest of my drink. "And what's so interesting about me?"
"You're clearly hiding something." Melanie replied.
"Is that so?" I asked with a smirk. "What am I hiding?"
"You walked in with your hood up and made little to no eye contact with anyone." Miltia said. "You have a tail, so you're a Faunus."
"How did you know that?"
"We saw it move as you walked passed us." Miltia replied.
"Huh." I gestured to Junior to bring me another drink. "I'm not a Faunus."
"But...you just admitted you have a tail." Melanie scratched her head.
"I may have a tail but that doesn't mean I was born with it." I told them as Junior placed the drink in front of me.
They both had a look of interest cross their faces.
"Interesting." they said in unison.
"We would love to hear about it some time." Melanie said.
"Maybe over a couple drinks?" Miltia added.
"I'll think about it." I handed them some lien. "For the second beer. And a tip."
I grabbed the drink and walked out of the club as a familair yellow haired girl arrived with some guy with blue hair.
"Hey, Marek!" Yang greeted.
"Hey." I waved as I walked passed her. I walked a few feet away but still heard the blue haired guy say something.
"What's up with his face?" I heard him ask Yang.
"Really Neptune?!" Yang growled.
A few seconds later I heard a small explosion.
I walked back to the club to see Yang and Neptune surrounded by guns.
"Two seconds in a club and already you have this much attention?" I asked the blonde. "What's your secret?"
"An all out brawl the first time you enter a club usually makes you pretty popular." Yang replied with a smirk.
"I should try that sometime." I said jokingly.
"Stop!" Junior pushed through his goons. "Blondie! You're here...why?"
"You still owe me a drink." she replied, walking passed him.
"What a woman." Neptune said as Yang walked away. He turned to the twins. "Sup."
"Hmph, whatever." they said in unison as they walked away.
I turned around and left the club.
I continued to drink as I walked around Vale.
I finished the bottle and threw it into a nearby trashcan. I put my hands in my pockets as I walked around.
I was heading back to Beacon but a loud explosion caught my attention.
I sighed as I started running over.
A few minutes later
I dropped down onto a highway and landed on a car. I saw a giant robot quite a ways away.
I started jumping from car to car, making my way closer.
I changed my sword to the assault rifle and shot at the back of it.
A shot flew passed my head and hit the robot. I glanced behind me to see Yang and Neptune on a motorcycle.
They drove next to me as I continued to car hop.
Neptune jumped onto the back of it, plunging his blade into it as the monkey Faunus, who I found out was called Sun, made two copies of himself that ran at the robot and dissipated as they came into contact with it.
He then jumped but the robot shook Neptune off of it, knocking him into Sun and throwing them both off the highway.
I saw Weiss jump off the road above us, landing in front of the robot and creating a sheet of ice. The robot slipped and fell to the ground below.
Yang, Blake and Weiss all followed. I jumped down and landed on the mech. I plunged my blade into it as the top of the robot started spinning, trying to shake me off.
I held on but felt my grip loosen. It finally shook me off, knocking me into Yang.
We got up and readied ourselves as I noticed my blade was still in the mech.
"Damnit!" I grit my teeth.
"Marek!" I turned to Ruby as she tossed me a small bag.
I opened it and saw a bunch of different colored dust.
I smirked as I put my hand in the bag, feeling the dust start to climb up my arm.
Once the bag was empty, I discarded it and stood up.
I held my hand out and some of the dust flew from my hand and towards the mech. It wrapped around it, creating a small inferno.
"Freezerburn!" Ruby yelled.
Weiss created a sheet of ice as Yang jumped up and slammed her fist into the middle of it, creating some fog.
I threw a few a punch, causing the dust to fly off my fist and hit the mech. A few bolts of electricity sparked as it short circuited some of it's weapons.
"Checkmate!" Ruby shouted. Weiss and Blake started to attack in sync as I pulled my fist back and punched the air, more dust flying off my fist and hitting the mech. A small explosion went off, making the mech stumble.
"Ladybug!" Blake and Ruby started to dash back and forth between it's legs, attacking with each dash.
Yang jumped on top of it and started to shoot into the top. The mech slammed it's back into a nearby pillar, knocking her off as it turned around and punched her through the pillar.
She stood back up as her hair started to glow and her eyes turned red.
"Whoa." I said to myself. She tried to punch the mech but it jumped back.
"We need to slow it down!" Ruby yelled.
"And how would we do that?!" Weiss asked.
"Iceflower!"
Weiss created a few glyphs in front of Ruby as she shot at the robot. The bullets created ice as they landed.
I swung my arm horizontally, causing more dust to fling off my arms. The dust wrapped around the mech and froze it in place as Blake slingshot Yang into the side of it. Yang punched it, causing it to turn to scrap as Roman rolled to his feet.
"Roman was in that thing?!" I asked as I picked up my weapon.
Yang shot at him but a girl jumped in front of the way, blocking the shot with her umbrella. She had pink and brown eyes with matching hair. She kind of reminded me of neapolitan ice cream.
"Ladies." Roman said. "Gentlemen. Ice Queen."
"Hey!" Weiss said.
"Neo, if you would."
The girl bowed as Yang rushed towards them. As she punched they turned to glass and turned to pieces. A bullhead then flew above us.
I saw Roman and Neo standing in it as it flew away.
"Guess he got a new henchman." Yang growled.
"Yeah, I guess you can say she made our plans..." Weiss paused.
"If you say-" I was cut off.
"Fall apart."
I groaned as Ruby snickered.
"No. Just...no." Yang said.
"What?!" Weiss turned to the blonde. "But you do it!"
"There's a time and a place for jokes." Yang replied.
"Was this not it?"
"No, it just wasn't very good." Yang said, walking away.
"Well at least I'm trying!" Weiss said as she followed.
"Wait...where's Sun and Neptune?" Ruby asked.
We all shrugged as I tapped her shoulder.
"Yes?"
"Did you know I would be here?" I asked her.
"No...why?" she asked confused.
"You tossed me a bag of dust." I replied.
"Oh...well...since our last fight with Roman, I decided to carry some on me in case we ever found ourselves fighting together again." she replied.
"Good thinking." I told her as we walked back to Beacon.
End of chapter 9