RWBY: Son of Salem

Chapter 41

Marek

I kept my hood up and stood a few feet away from the gates. Seeing as how they were armed, and I'm practically a human Grimm, I decided it'd be best to stay away, avoid any...accidents.

"So, what would you say are the chances of us getting an airship to Atlas?" I asked JNPR.

"After what happened when we came here?" Nora said cheerfully before looking a bit worried. "I'd say, uh...2 percent chance..?"

"Wait, what happened when you guys came he-"

"What are you doing back here?! I thought I told you to leave!" a small old lady yelled at us from beyond the gate.

"And I told you we wouldn't rest until you let us through!" Nora shouted while trying to charge forward, only to be held back by her team.

"Nice to see you again as well!" Ren shouted.

I looked at the old woman before turning to the members of team JNPR. "Did you mean to say a .2 percent chance?" I asked Nora.

"Well...uh..." she chuckled. "Who knows, maybe this time we can actually get transport..?"

The others started heading back towards us. "So, what's the plan?" I asked Qrow.

"The plan? The plan just got shut on our face three times over. I'm going for a drink." Qrow growled bitterly.

"What's his problem?" Jaune asked. "It's not your fault we can't go on."

"If he's gonna be a jerk then we'll just come up with something without him." Nora said. "I mean, we've got Ozpin with us! He usually knows what to do."

Me and team RWBY all shared a worried glance. "About that..."

Back at the house, Jaune punched the wall after finding out about Salem. "Everything we did was for nothing!" Jaune shouted as he punched the wall.

"If Salem can't be killed, then how are we supposed to win this?" Pyrrha asked, rubbing her arm as she said this.

There was a moment of silence.

"Wow... Great plan everyone!" Jaune said sarcastically.

"Look, none of this is great, we know. But we're not the bad guys here." Oscar said.

"Are we sure about that?"

"What?"

"He's in your head, isn't he? Did you already know about this?" Jaune stormed over to Oscar angrily.

"He didn't know any of it!" I stepped in front of Jaune.

"How much longer can we even trust him?!" Jaune pushed passed me and shoved Oscar into the wall.

"Jaune!" Yang shouted.

"How do we even know it's really him?! What if we have been talking to that liar this whole time?!" Jaune shouted.

"Jaune!" Ruby shouted.

He looked around before back at Oscar. Letting him go, Jaune stormed up the stairs, entered a room and slammed the door shut behind him. "Is he...gonna be okay?" Yang asked.

"I don't know!" Nora got up and left the room.

"I think it would be best if we had some time to ourselves." Ren said before following Nora.

"Maybe we could all use some space." Blake suggested.

Everyone else left, leaving me alone in the living room. Letting out a sigh, I sat down on the couch.

Just as I let myself relax, I noticed something strange. I didn't feel my tail anymore. Reaching back to feel if it was there, all I felt was my lower back. "It's...gone...?"

"How is it just suddenly...gone..?"

Getting up and heading to the kitchen, I lifted up my shirt and turned around to see my back in the reflection of the mirror. I saw my snow white skin with red and black veins spider webbed across my back. But my Beowolf tail was gone.

"How the f-?" I put my shirt down and looked at myself in the mirror. Moving my white hair around, I noticed a small, barely noticeable, lock of blonde hair. "What-?"

After a few seconds, I moved my hair around, hiding the blonde locks. "What...how..?" there were so many questions as to why my tail was gone and pieces of my hair were now blonde.

I walked out of the bathroom and towards the couch. Laying down on it, I slowly let myself fall asleep.

I don't know how long I was asleep for before Yang's voice ripped me from my sleep. "Oscar's missing!" she shouted.

End of chapter 41