RWBY: Son of Salem
Marek's POV
I took a step back, not wanting to get in the middle of two pissed off maidens.
"Vernal was just a decoy." Mist said softly. "The Spring maiden must have trusted you a great deal before she died. I bet that was a mistake."
Raven growled as she rushed mist who jumped into the air. Raven followed and slammed Mist into a rock.
I stood there, not knowing what to do, as Mist pushed Raven back, both of them landing on the ground.
Raven rushed Mist as she created a sword out of dust. They clashed swords, the dust on Raven's sword shattered along with Mist's weapons turning to dust. Mist quickly created more swords out of dust as they fought.
"How am I supposed to do anything in this fight?!" I asked myself. "I can hardly tell what's going on!"
They started dashing all over the place, exchanging blows as they moved.
"Shit!" I pulled out my weapon and switched it to it's assault mode, aiming down the sights. "Who do I shoot?"
I moved my gun back and forth between the two as they fought.
They jumped away from each other, staring into their opponent's eyes.
I quickly aimed at Mist and shot a controlled burst, hitting her shoulder.
Raven took the chance to rush her, swinging her blade at her neck.
Mist recovered quickly and ducked under the attack, creating a sword and slashing at Raven.
Fire started to surround Mist as ice surrounded Raven. They continued to fight as they lifted into the air.
"What the hell have I gotten myself into?!"
Mist was knocked back and she used the fire around her to create a giant fire sword as Raven did the same with her ice, creating an ice sword of the same size.
They clashed their weapons together, creating a slight shockwave that shook the ground around me, causing me to lose my footing and trip over the side of the bridge. I managed to grab onto the side, glancing down to see nothing but darkness below me.
"Holy shit!"
I grabbed the edge with my other hand and lifted myself up. Rolling onto my back as a large rock fell from the ceiling.
I moved out of the way as the rock slammed down right where my head was.
"Holy shit!"
I sat up just as a large piece of rock smashed between Raven and Mist, separating them.
Raven glanced over the dust, watching out for her opponent.
Mist lunged out of the dust, kicking Raven back.
Raven hit her back against the elevator gate as Mist walked towards her.
Before Mist could reach Raven, she made ice form around Mist's feet, holding her still as a large rock fell on top of her.
Raven flew up towards a falling rock, followed by Mist.
I aimed down my sights, trying to keep an eye on them as they continued the fight.
"Damnit!"
I lost sight of them as I searched above me.
A large rock hit right next to me, shattering into a million pieces as Raven got to her feet, her aura damaged.
"Had enough yet?" Raven asked.
"Shut up!" Mist growled, slowly getting to her feet.
"If you were stronger or more clever, then maybe...you'd remember to watch your back!"
Mist widened her eyes as she turned around, blocking a shot from Vernal, who lay dying.
Raven quickly closed the gap between her and Mist, throwing her off the bridge with some sort of ice bomb.
"MIST!" I rushed to the side of the bridge and glanced down, watching as she slowly turned to ice as she fell. I glanced to my side to see Raven holding her hand out. "You froze her?!"
"I didn't think you'd care." Raven replied. "You did help me after all."
She walked away as I looked back down at the bottomless pit.
"Who cares anyways?" Raven continued as she walked away.
I aimed my gun at her.
She glared at me before turning away, pressing her hand against the door to the relic.
I barred my teeth as I gripped my weapon. I wanted to attack her but I knew that was a fight I would lose. I slowly lowered my weapon, switching it back to it's blade as I placed it on my back.
"Whatever!" I turned around and headed back towards the elevator.
I stood on the elevator but it wouldn't move.
"It won't go up with this door open." Raven shouted at me. "You'll have to wait or climb up."
I barred my teeth again as I felt my nails grow and sharpen. I jumped up and sunk my claws into the side of the wall, slowly climbing to the top.
As I reached the surface, Yang jumped down.
Ruby rushed over and helped me climb the rest of the way out. "Thanks." I said to her as we turned to Mercury, Emerald and that big guy.
"What's going on?" I asked her.
"We could use some help." Ruby replied.
"There's only 3 of them." I scratched my head. "They're pretty outnumbered."
"It's that big guy, Hazel." Ruby replied. "He won't go down."
"What do you mean?"
"He shrugs off everything we throw at him." Ruby replied.
A giant, white, bug-looking Grimm flew over me and towards Hazel.
"What the hell is that?" I asked.
"I'm...not sure." Ruby shrugged. "Weiss summoned it."
"Really?" I smirked. "I guess it could-" I watched as Hazel shot a fireball at it, causing the giant bug to disintegrate. "-be helpful." I sighed. "Son of a bi-"
A girl jumped though the doors, kicking Hazel down and landing next to us.
"Blake?!" I asked. "When did you get here?!"
"A few minutes ago." she replied. "When did you get here?"
"I've been here."
"Can we pause the questions and get back to the fight at hand?!" Weiss growled.
"Right!" Ruby nodded.
"What should we do, Ruby?" Blake asked her.
She grinned. "Checkmate!"
"Check...mate?" I repeated.
Blake and Weiss rushed towards Hazel, Mercury and Emerald.
"Here." she tossed me a vial of black dust. "Take this."
I opened the vial and poured the dust onto my hand. I closed my hand over the dust before throwing the black substance towards Hazel, holding my hand out and making the dust cover his eyes.
He backed away, trying to wipe the dust out of his eyes.
I readied my weapon and ran towards him, slicing his arm and leg as I dashed back and forth.
He fell to one knee and I rushed him again, only to be gripped by the throat as he rose to his feet.
"Good strategy." he said softly. "But useless."
He slammed me into the ground. I tried to break his hand off me but he wouldn't let go.
I felt myself slowly start to drift away but rolled over coughing as Hazel was knocked away.
I rubbed my throat as I coughed. "Are you okay?!" Ruby asked as she knelt next to me.
"Yeah." I coughed out. "Should have been more careful." I stood up and turned to Emerald and Mercury who looked exhausted.
"That's enough." Ruby said. "Just give up."
Mercury punched the ground.
"It's not over!" Emerald replied. "Mist will come back, she'll have the relic, and she'll stop all of you! She won't let us down."
The elevator to the vault came back up, Yang standing on it with the relic in her hand.
"You were saying?" I asked with a smirk.
Emerald fell to her knees, crying.
I looked at Yang and smiled but my attention quickly transferred to Mercury.
"Emerald, get up, we need to go." Mercury told her. She sat up and looked around. "Emerald!"
I watched as Emerald gripped her head, screaming in pain as the room darkened.
I quickly pulled out my weapon, readying myself.
Black smoke swirled around in a circle as a large version of Salem rose from it, her arms mangled and broken. They cracked as they slowly fixed themselves.
I took a step back. Seeing Salem like this sent a chill down my spine.
She screamed and lunged at us.
I closed my eyes and waited a few seconds before slowly opening them.
"What was that?" Blake asked.
"An illusion." Ozpin replied. "But an accurate one."
"That...was my mother." I told them as I gripped the handle of my blade. "Salem."
"That was her?" Ruby asked.
I nodded.
"But...we have the relic." I said. "At least we have that."
A few minutes later
I sat down next to the statue, tired.
"It's been a long day, huh?" Ruby asked as she joined me.
"Yeah." I agreed. "How are you doing?"
"Good." she smiled. "But what about you?"
"I'm doing alright." I replied.
"I'm glad you didn't get hurt."
"I was shot." I told her. "I'm pretty sure that counts as getting hurt."
"You know what I mean." she said as she rolled her eyes. "I don't know what I would've done if you got killed."
"What are you talking about?" I chuckled. "You'd be fine."
She gently grabbed my chin and turned my head to face her. "That's not what I mean."
She leaned in and pressed her lips against mine. I widened my eyes at the sudden action before relaxing into the kiss.
We slowly pulled away from each other.
"How long have you-"
"A few months after you lived with us." she replied before I could finish. "I...love you."
"Ruby..."
"What's going on here?" Yang asked as she walked over to us.
"Just talking." Ruby replied.
"Mhmm...I saw what happened." Yang said with a smirk. "Treat her well, Marek." she added as she walked away.
"Well?" Ruby asked, getting my attention again.
"Well...what?" I smirked as I leaned in and pressed my lips against hers.
We pulled away again as I stood up. "Where are you going?"
"To check on the others." I replied as I stretched. "I'll be back soon."
She smiled as I walked away towards Qrow and Ozpin.
"I don't know how, but we did it, Oz." Qrow said to him. "You ok?"
"I'm alright." Oscar replied.
"Kid?"
"He's resting." Oscar told him. "Too much energy fighting."
"Hey, don't strain yourself!" Qrow told him.
"No!" Oscar said. "He had...a message... We must...get the lamp to...Atlas."
Oscar passed out and Qrow quickly caught him.
"Atlas?" I asked. "Please tell me we aren't walking there."
End of chapter 33
Author's note: since I have been following RWBY's storyline, I will have to sadly temporarily end it here until future seasons come out. I hope you have all enjoyed it and continue to read once season 6 is out.
I do not own RWBY and claim no ownership to any characters/story I have used...except for the characters I made up. 'Til next time, ciao.