RWBY: Son of Salem
Marek's POV, a few days later
(Time skip because I couldn't really fit Marek into episodes 8, 9 or 10 and fillers are boring)
Qrow told us that Lionheart needed us for something.
We were all heading for his office and entered the building, standing in the center of the room as Lionheart stood on a balcony.
"Hello." Lionheart greeted. "Thank you for...coming. There...seems to be more of you than last time."
"You know what they say, 'the more, the merrier'." Qrow replied. "So what's going on with the council?"
"Why...did you bring your weapons?" Lionheart asked.
"What?" I scoffed. "Are you serious? We're huntsmen, Lionheart. We always carry our weapons on us."
"Yeah, you ok?" Qrow asked.
"Of course!" Lionheart replied. "Of course, sorry. Just haven't had my evening coffee."
"It's nice to see you, but we got work to do." Qrow said. "Are we getting support from the council or not?"
"Mom?" Yang said.
I glanced behind me to see her staring at the ceiling. I followed her gaze and saw a bird sitting on a beam.
A shot hit beside it, making it fly behind Lionheart and turn into a woman.
"Wait...what?" I scratched the back of my head.
"Qrow and Raven are birds." Nora told me quickly.
"Oh..."
"If you're going to shoot me, shoot me." Raven said. "That was insulting."
"What are you doing here?!" Qrow growled.
"I could ask you the same thing." Raven said. "You've been scheming, little brother. Planning to attack your own sister."
"Leo...what have you done?!" Qrow asked the man.
"I-"
"Leo did what any sane person would in his position." Raven answered for him. "He looked at all the information he had in front of him, assessed the situation, and made a choice. And it seems you all have too."
"You have the Spring maiden." Qrow said.
"I do."
"Then hand her over and let's work together!" Qrow said as he put his weapon on his back. "We can beat Salem!"
"All that time spent spying for Ozpin and you still have no idea what you're dealing with." Raven replied. "There is no beating Salem!"
"Wanna bet?" I growled. "After what that bitch has done, after everything she did to fuck with our lives, I am going to kill her myself!"
Raven chuckled at this. "Is that so?"
I glared into her eyes. "I have Salem's power. I know what she is capable of. And no one is going to stop me!"
"That's funny." Raven replied. "Seeing as how you couldn't beat your own sister."
"What?"
Raven opened a portal and a fireball flew towards me out of it, hitting me in the chest and knocking me back.
I propped myself onto my elbow, watching as Emerald, Mercury, Mist and a girl I didn't recognize, walk through the portal.
"Mist!" I growled as I got to my feet.
"Hello, big brother." Mist said with a smirk. "It's nice to see you again."
I clenched my fists. "I won't try to convince you this time, Mist. You've chosen your side."
She crossed her arms.
"Shut up!" Emerald growled at me.
"Emerald, calm down." Mist told her.
Emerald glared at me before relaxing.
"Good to see you got your dogs in check." I said with a chuckle.
The doors opened behind us, grabbing our attention as some big guy walked into the building.
"The White Fang is prepping demolition and securing school grounds." the man said. "No one's getting in, and no one's getting out."
"This was all just a trap." Weiss said.
I glared at my sister. "We all know what's about to happen." I said. "There's no avoiding it." I reached behind me and wrapped my fingers around the hilt of my blade.
Everyone else did the same.
"Everyone, calm down." Qrow said.
"He's right, Qrow." Ruby said. "There is no avoiding it."
Mist smirked. "Who will make the first move?"
I twirled my weapon around my hand as I glared at my twin. "Let's get this-"
I was cut off as a bullet hit my shoulder. I looked up to see Emerald pointing her guns at me, the barrel of one of them was smoking.
The room immediately burst into chaos. Raven was fighting Qrow, Mercury and Emerald were fighting Yang and Ruby. Weiss was fighting the girl. And team JNPR was trying to wear down that big guy.
I looked over to Mist.
She lunged forward, our blades clashing against each other.
End of chapter 30