I slashed through the wing of the Bullhead that held the future of this World. I had a small inkling of concern for the boy's life…..Ehh, It doesn't matter.

If he loses here I'll just go back. If he ever imagines to win this War he is going to need every battle experience he can. Without the Grimm even noticing I jumped back into my Realm and headed for every Village that Andres has been to, to lead Fate's hand.

I was in limbo. I drifted along a comic wave as I slept, but through the journey I had a massive weight on my chest. Slowly I started remembering what just happened, The panic and fear started to set in as I looked around. The empty space held nothing.

Am I dead? I mean I didn't have an Aura when we crashed.

No, I can't accept that, I'm alive. I reach my hand out and smack myself in the face to wake up. As my hand hit my face. It was as if I was revived.

The World came back to me, also all the pain. I looked at my chest and a massive piece of the wreck was on top of me. I tried to move it, but it didn't even budge, from the pain I was feeling it felt like at least 2 tons.

It's crushing me. Quickly I look around and with blurry vision I see specs of black heading towards me, fuck it the Grimm.

Suddenly I hear someone out of sight say, "Hurry, find everyone you can before the Grimm get here." They're looking for us.

With the force of everything in my body I tried to pick up the piece of metal on top of me with my Thread helping me, but it was too heavy.

I was in a position where I had no leverage to move the metal piece. Feeling hopeless I tried to call out, but only a wheeze came out. I tried to talk, but when I did the piece of metal just got heavier.

As I kept trying to yell for help a foot came by me. I quickly went to grab the foot before it was too late.. As my hand grazed it the person yelped in fear and screamed. "The Grimm are here!" No they can't leave me.

Then I heard, "Run with the rest of the group!" No, I can't die here.

The person who was so close to noticing me ran off with the rest.

Dammit I'm by myself….I got this I'm a badass.

I never needed anybody's help. As I go another round of trying to escape this massive piece of metal I hear a cry a couple of yards away. It wasn't from an adult or a woman, it was a child. I look to my left and see a kid with his head popping out from under another piece of metal.

As I got a clearer look it was my Nephew's doppelganger. He was stuck and he started balling his eyes out for someone to save him. I felt a tremendous weight hit me in my heart, my panicked mind couldn't tell the difference between the doppelganger and my nephew.

With everything I had I pushed and pushed to get out. I combined my Thread and my strength and slowly I started to pick myself up. I will save my Nephew, I told him everyday since he was born that I would protect him.

And I will keep that promise

From the rumbling of the floor I felt the Grimm coming very soon. I pushed harder and harder to save the kid. As I kept pushing my face reddened and my bones creaked from the overexertion. Nothing would stop me!

I thought until I looked at my Nephew.

A Beowolf was on top of the piece of metal holding my Nephew down with razor sharp teeth ready to kill every Human it can.

No please just no. The 2 ton metal on top of me was enough off the ground I could send Threads and I did.

The Grimm came closer like it was trying to sniff him. The kid started crying and more snot came out of his nose as he cried for his life.

Please, I can't let this happen. I send hundreds of Thousands of Threads to kill the Grimm. The Threads while fast weren't fast enough.

In an instant the Beowolf clamped its jaws on the kids head with hatred, my heart felt like it was stabbed.

Like the knife in my heart twisted, so did the doppelganger's neck. The Beowolf without knowing killed a child.

Rage would be my entire being at this moment, but, my heart fell deep down inside me and all I felt was Anguish.

Slowly it ripped my nephews head off like it was jerky, the pull left strings of meat.

Like a fire extinguished to my fire. My spirit, my soul hurt. My nephew mutilated in front of me and I couldn't do a fucking thing about it.

I couldn't stop it.

I couldn't fucking stop it!

My Thread overwhelmed with sadness lost all of its strength and hardly hurt the Beowolf.

As the Thread touched it, it looked over to me with my nephew's decapitated head still in its mouth, an image that will haunt me for the rest of my life. With a crack the jaws of the Beowulf closed and turned the head into mush and in one bit it ate it whole.

I couldn't take it, my breathing turned hagrid and my body felt weak. I felt all the memories of my Nephew come at me. Every interaction I had with him was amazing, but slowly the memories turned bloody, all of them turned with him having his head ripped off.

Slowly I succumbed to the pain that my heart was letting out. It hurt so much. I felt so cold.

Without knowing the Grimm released the Destroyer of his Kind or Another Poser.

I looked everywhere for Andres, but he was nowhere to be found, he must have fallen off the Bullhead before we crashed. He was on top of the thing making an Aura Shield for everyone. It worked, but some people still got hurt and the kid that was yelling at me is missing.

Knowing you, you'll bring the kid back. I already had to calm down the dad of the kid.

I know you'll survive. As I thought this I felt a wave of not energy, but Pure Bloodlust. It was horrible.

My skin and body told me to run, but I looked where it came from. The only other time I felt this was in Salem's territory when we lost Sum...no it can't be her.

Suddenly from where the crash was a black pillar made of flames appeared from the ground. Guess he got to the crash.

I would go get him, but the civilians need to be protected and the other Huntsmen can't do it by himself. You better live Andres and when you're finished get your ass over here.

The helplessness that I was feeling slowly became pure hatred. A New Fire rose in my body, I ignored the immense pain that my heart was giving out.

I couldn't save my nephew, but I can avenge him. With the anger that attracted all of the Grimm I used the little amount of Aura I had and obliterated the piece of metal atop of me, I didn't know how, but I did.

Knowing I was surrounded by Grimm I get up with a vengeance, I grab Erebos and stab it into the floor releasing its flame. The flames did what I thought it should do. The ground all around me spurred with black flames creating a massive pillar of flame.

Every Grimm around me died from the massive heat. The only Grimm that lived was the one who killed my Nephew, I left it alive on purpose.

In an instant I got to him. I dropped Erebos and grabbed the Grimm's head with my left holding it in place. With my right hand I stuck my hand into its chest with almost no resistance. The Grimm cried in pain, but I didn't care.

With pure hatred I stuck my hand up towards its neck through its body. With a heave I grabbed it by the throat and ripped it out.

Like so many before it, it died

I looked around and saw the corpse of my Nephew. I drop down to my knees feeling pure grief. I let out a river of tears by just looking at this horrendous act. I prayed to my God that he would be merciful on my Nephew. Even if my god doesn't exist please whatever's out there guide his soul to a better place he never deserved this.

I'm so sorry Ezekiel I couldn't save you. With the knowledge of what would happen to his corpse if I just left it. I grabbed Erebos and poked the body and it went up in flames. I looked around and grabbed a piece of metal and started bending it into a container. I went back to the body and turned up the heat.

Slowly the clothes were gone, then the skin, the muscles, then finally the bones. I created a Thread sheet under the body for the ashes to be on. Once the body was ashes I put it into the container and bent it so the ashes couldn't escape.

Rest in peace Ezekiel, I love you.

I put the container in my pocket and turned around with grief and sorrow clearly visible on my face.

The crash was massive and there were two bodies. Dammit I don't save everyone, I need to live with that. The people that survived left foot tracks. Looking at the foot tracks they headed north towards Kakariko, heading for sanctuary. Qrows with them they'll make it.

As I looked around me I saw all types of Grimm coming at me. Goliath, Ceptiles, Lions, Griffons, smaller Deathstalkers, Beringel, hundreds of Nevermores, Ursas, Boarbatusk and most importantly were the Beowolves, I'm going to rip all of them apart.

They even came from the north, so they stopped following the survivors and came back by my rage and sadness. That will be their last mistake.

I know I should be following the rest, but I know I would only endanger them right now. I had too many negative emotions. I'll go when I let out some steam. I get ready to fight while still crying.

The first ones that got to me were Nevermore. In seconds the dozen became hundreds.

There's a lot of them, but they're too weak. I slashed Erebos and let loose a wave of black flame towards the Nevermores. They saw the flame, but they were too slow to dodge.

With nothing, but one attack the hundreds became none. They were the weakest of the incoming horde.

Now that I saw the Grimm closer it looked like a black wave was about to hit me. I saw almost none of the green scenery for miles, just the black of the thousands of Grimm coming for me, they wanted to kill me and I wanted to kill all of them.

As the other Grimm got close I get ready for a new move. Suddenly I hear a voice. "Andres don't use Erebos so recklessly. The more you use it the more it will make you obsessed with it." You gotta be kidding me, another fucking restriction. It doesn't matter.

Knowing that this is just the beginning I lower Erebos and draw my Longsword. In my right my Longsword and in my left Erebos, one Black the other White.

The next that came at me was a Beringel. It tried to punch me, but I just dodged it and summoned some Thread. I attached it to its arm and made the other end go into the floor making his whole back defenseless from his awkward stance. In two strikes I cut off its arm and beheaded it.

From my left a couple of dozens of Ursa's and Beowolves. Without a second thought a storm of bullet fast Threads hit the Grimm. While their armor was strong enough to take a couple of Threads to their hides, but they still weren't strong enough to survive.

The Threads evesarated the Grimm. Most died, but the ones that lived I made the Threads already inside them to end them.

In a span of five seconds I killed 60 Grimm.

Without a second thought I sheathed Erebos and pulled out the Shield. Its was a bit heavier because of Erebos still inside it. I press the button as a Ceptile came out of the ground. As big and ugly as the last one I fought a couple weeks ago.

Can't use a bladed weapon or it'll make the larva things drain my Aura again, unless the larvas can't touch me. With that in mind I look at the Shield and Say, "Paarthurnax does this Shield have the same effects as Erebos." Better say no.

"No it doesn't, go ham with it." With that in mind I attach a Thread on both my Longsword and Ochrana. Not wanting to waste a second I threw my Longsword as hard as possible and adding the extra speed the Thread went it flew like a missile.

On target the Longsword ripped through the Ceptiles stomach, the blade made a good sized hole that spilled out a couple of transparent worms. Not knowing if it'll work remotely I throw the Shield as well.

It entered the same hole my Longsword made and with hope it'll work I activated the Shield.

Nothing happened, but suddenly the Ceptile started to expand and emitted a green light. Fuck yeah that's what I'm talking about. Like a balloon with too much air the Grimm popped and I pulled back both Shield and Longsword. Good, I'm going to use Ochrana well now.

While I fought the Ceptile the Grimm horde got closer. I can't take them all on, but my Thread can.

Know how from past experiences I Summoned Four Thread arms. They all grabbed every weapon on me. Fours good, but I think I'm going to expand my armory more because I could do better than four arms.

As the tremors the Grimm were giving off became so strong I turned around to see a Boarbatusk.

Without hesitation Erebos cut the beast in half. Grimm after Grimm came all died in one hit or two. The dead bodies mounted and started helping as a buffer to slow the rate the Grimm could come at me. Everything was going great, not a single Grimm hit me and I was slaughtering all the filthy fucks.

Suddenly the Grimm World War Z style started climbing over the dead bodies of their allies and an avalanche of Grimm came out of nowhere. Me and my big fucking mouth.

Not wanting to get squashed under tons of Grimm I jumped into the air. Not having much of a choice because getting overrun isn't good I Activated Erebos and aimed it at the hundred of Grimm that started climbing over each other to grab me, thanks for stacking up idiots.

A massive wave of Black flame erupted from the blade and consumed the Horde underneath me like a tsunami. As I came back down all I got was a face full of black Grimm asses.

I hit the floor and felt the floor underneath me rumble unsteadily. What the fuck. Suddenly my last encounter with the Ceptile came to mind.

I quickly did an Aura Location and felt holes being dug under me. That massive shit dug under me hollowing it out, now that I think of it I don't see the other Ceptiles.

I looked down and smiled a bit, and found out their plan. I looked around and saw the Grimm Horde coming at me again and a brief look at the sky gave me an idea. As the Grimm horde came I shot a thick rope of Thread towards the sky.

At the last second before the blood thirsty Grimm could get me with their murdering hands I was pulled upward.

My Thread grabbed onto a massive flying fish looking thing. With a heave I threw myself on top of the Grimm fish. Looking at the wings I saw them tilting to change directions, so they do have motor functions and not just flying by the power of bullshit.

From both hands I sent Threads to both wings and impaled them. Not ending there I wrapped the whole wing in Thread and started bending them.

With a massive pull the Grimm fish dive straight at the spot I was just at. The Grimm I left behind became a slowly forming mountain. With a rage filled expression I dive bombed the mountain of Grimm with the big fish.

As the impact was a second away I jumped and Unleashed Erebos's flame again, but I made the hit harder than the last time.

Again the mountain of Grimm and the giant fish were devoured by the flames. Listening carefully I heard the ground collapse. Not letting up I kept pumping the black flames into the hole making sure the annoying Ceptiles were dead. As I came back down I got ready for my next step of the plan.

I didn't worry about the Grimm for a second as I grabbed the Dust capacitor and set it to 2 and swallowed the Water Dust.

The power of water filled me and like Qrow said make the battlefield your bitch, I summoned hundreds of water Threads and started flooding my new death trap. In each direction was 50ft to the walls of the hole and 10 feet up was the ground I was on.

The Ceptile might have thought this chasm that they made would give them a advantage over me, they were mistaken. The loose dirt was perfect for my deathtrap.

Add a little water and boom you got mud and you know what mud does, it slows movement down. Sure I'll be slow too, but it's worth it.

Have you ever stepped in mud and suddenly your foot goes down 6 inches and somehow your foot gets stuck like a suction cup. I'm using the same idea here.

Quickly the pit became muddy while not completely, but good enough for now. The Grimm not knowing any better leaping into the pit to find me and like a murderer I stood in the center of the pit waiting.

Dozens at a time all of the Grimm jumped in and the second the hundreds of pound beast hit the mud they sunk in and got stuck. In an instant not wasting a second I sent every weapon I had and multiple razor sharp Thread Swords at the Grimm. My Longsword, Erebos, and my now activated flame spurring Ochrana went for the strongest of the Grimm while the Threads went for the weaker ones.

The sent weapons after killing the Grimm went to the next, they kept doing this over and over. As the Grimm kept coming I kept flooding the pit, making the place even muddier.

This is my strategy, my Deathtrap, I'm no idiot attacking a horde of Grimm is exhausting and would get me killed only idiots do that. This way I could slaughter the Grimm without getting hurt and have a higher chance at survival.

I thought of adding electricity to the mud, but I remembered mud is an insulator not a conductor so that went out the window. If the Grimm somehow started over running me I'll just escape, but right now I'm call of duty zombies this.

Every second a dozen more Grimm entered the pit just to get stuck in the trap and seconds later get their head impaled by my Semblance.

Even when some Nevermores came they were slain in seconds of coming towards me, but no other flying Grimm came at me.

Even when they were Goliaths or Beringel came in all they took was one shot to the eyes to enter the brain and kill them. When I thought my Semblance was gonna be overpowered when I first got it I was severely underestimating its abilities.

My Semblance, the bane to Grimm kind, no matter how big and strong all with fall, only if it worked on Humans too.

Over and over this lasted I don't know how long. It could have been only minutes or maybe even hours because it became a blur. I wanted all of them dead and I won't stop until they're all gone.

Looking over to my right I saw my right hand woman Trish and across from us was Azure with his chief Huntsman, the chief knew of the deal Azure made and disagreed with it, but still followed orders.

Right now we were having a meeting about the safety of Kakariko. The Grimm never migrated before and worst communication with Vale was cut off. Sure Vale was a 5 hour Bullhead ride away, but a lot can happen in five hours.

"Sir I propose we roll out the War equipment just in case the Grimm horde comes at us." Yup the War weapons that Andres asked me to repair are in order. Let me tell you, convincing Azure that it was for the best to fix them up was like playing a chest game on the hardest difficulty.

"Ganon, you know of the consequences are if we do that." Azure said, yeah it completely illegal, but what's a couple of years in prison to dozens of lives saved, stupid Council

"I know, but my main focus is the safety of our people, I won't let another Village destroying attack happen again." Ganon said with an angry expression. He was at the wall stopping the Grimm from entering during the attack.

Azure not fighting the idea said. "Then it's settled, make the equipment usable in a moment's notice, but don't let the public find out." Andres was right we would need these flying behemoths of destruction because that Grimm horde isn't far away.

"Yes sir." Ganon said with a smile while taking his scroll and putting in a few buttons then putting them away.

Azure looked over to me and said. "Clover, how's the search going?" I knew what he was talking about, after all it's a part of the deal I made.

I shake my head and say. "Not well, the White Fang has gone dark, no traces whatsoever. I even had some of them trace the Whiterun Cell, but they found nothing, all the White Fang got captured and none escaped."

Azure looked at Clover and said, "Ah you mean the battle of the Gulag, yes a mighty Hero came and I think I know who it is."

My first week here I thought Azure was a hopeless optimist, but that changed quickly. It turns out he's very calculating and observant than he lets on. With that in mind of course he knows who's been making an uproar out there.

"Yeah me too." I said with a slight smile, Andres is doing really well. When I left him off I knew he was going to do some amazing stuff, but all that crazy shit in just two months. Maybe he is right, he is a bad luck charm.

We finished up the trivial things like the reports from the patrolling Huntsmen and the amount of supplies we have just in case we need to send Bullhead to Vale for more. As we were about to finish our meeting there was a knock on the door. We all focused on it and waited. "Come in." Azure said, looking a bit confused.

A man I didn't think I would ever see again walked in, it was the Huntsmen who was searching for Andres.

Port

"Hello brother, it's been a while." The wide man said with his usual jolly tone.

Azure was excited to see his brother. "Port my devilishly gooded looked pal what's brought you today."

"I was worried about you so I hopped on the nearest Bullhead and well...here I am." He said. Is this how being a family works?

Azure understanding Port's reasoning said. "Port I know I don't have Aura like you, but I'll be fine. My right hand man Ganondorf will take care of this Village.

Port nodded and said. "I knew you'd say that, but for the safety of my aged heart I'm going to stay in Kakariko until the CTT tower is back online."

Azure said. "And your classes?"

"They are having their week break before the Vital festival. Ah how I wish to be young again." Port said. The Vital festival is soon, would they. No too much Huntsmen, but the Grimm are closing is a perfect distraction. Even still they don't have enough Troops to actually win.

Azure getting up and walking towards his brother knocked me out of my ludicrous paranoia. "Well I have no fountain of youth, but I do have anti-aging cream. Come I've finished this meeting already so let's head to my home. While you stay here you can stay with me, Violet would love to see you again."

"Are you sure the last time I talked to her she walked away." Port said intrigued

"That's because you were trying to get information out of her." Azure said makine Port laugh knowing it to be true.

"Well the boy is important to Ozpin." The fat man said. Guess Andres was right Ozpin was thirsting for him.

As both of the brothers were about to leave and the rest of us getting up, an alarm blared noise. Everyone looks at the table and sees a Holographic screen come up and kept flashing red. I looked and it was a distress message.

Uh oh

The red screen turned to a rugged man who looked tired and disheveled. "This is a distress message our Bullhead was taken down by Grimm, our flight was coming from Silverkeep to Kakariko, send help. The Grimm are overwhelming and we have 50 citizens with us. We have a distress signal activated so get your asses over here." The man said while turning around to chop off a incoming Beowulf

Port, seeing his friend in trouble, got immediately in battle mode and said. "Dear god it's Qrow, we must go before it's too late." He grabbed his brother by the shoulder and gave him a look.

Azure nodded and he led the way to a Bullhead. "Lets go, Ganon you stay here to protect the Village and Clover, Port you both will take a squad of your men and rescue the survivors." I approve, my pseudo Soldiers need a little bit of experience so they don't get sloppy.

Looking around in the air I saw no way out, every direction was filled with a never ending sea of Grimm. I would love nothing more than to tackle our way through the Grimm horde, but it's just me and the other Huntsmen.

The Civilians would die before we even got a 1/10 of a way through. Sure Andres whatever he's doing is pulling almost all of the Grimm, but is still not enough. Looking over to the Grimm falling into a massive hole where I presume Andres is slaughtering them, god is that fucking kid insane.

Ok, I got it. All we have to do is last until the rescue comes, that means finding a defensible place to fight. Every direction is filled with Grimm even…...you gotta be kidding me.

Behind me was a massive cliff that was absent with Grimm, the fucking place looked like it was meant for a last stand. Guess that's our place. I flew back down to the Huntsmen that was calming the citizens down.

I turn back into a Human and say. "Bad news we aren't getting through the Grimm, good news we're going over there to set up a defense and wait for the rescue so let's get moving."

All of them listened to me and we headed to the clift. We fought through the Grimm that weren't attracted to Andres's Beacon of Edgelord.

Finally arriving I looked down to where the fall led to a massive river that was impossible to swim in. I looked around for a way to make the place more defensible. My back was facing the cliff and I looked around. To the right was a forest with some thick trees and to the left was a field of open tall grass.

Having an idea I tell the other Huntsmen and he agrees. I run to the forest and start chopping down trees and throwing them at the other Huntsmen. With the power of a bulldozer he forced the tree into the dirt making a kinda like spikes to keep the Grimm back, not useful to kill, but will slow the numbers when they do attack and they will.

Over and over we did the same process and slowly the area was safe enough that only one of us needed to be on guard and the other rested for the inevitable battle.

The Grimm seemed to ignore us and headed for Andres, Jesus I didn't know he was this emotional. Normally he was pretty laid back, but after what happened at Dovekin's palace he's been reserved a bit.

After an hour of waiting for a sign of anything, but all I saw was still the Grimm rushing into that massive pit. I started to get worried, where was he?

Dammit if the civilians weren't here I would have grabbed Andres and booked it. He could be dead for al…...no I have to have faith.

He will surviv…...well speak of the devil.

Andres came running fast, his body covered in mud and his right pant leg was gone. Hell yeah I knew he would make it….

Where's the ki…...oh….Fucking dammit.

I land right next to Qrow with still tears in my eyes. I grab the container with the kids ashes and say. "Where is the father?"

He didn't say he just pointed. Throughout the crowd of citizens was one person surrounded with multiple people saying words of comfort.

The father of the child was still crying, he then looked straight at me. His eyes filled with hope that his son was alive and he jumped up and ran towards me pushing people out of the way.

Oh god, how do I say this?

As he got to me his eyes of hope started to fade as he looked around me for his son.

I hold out the container in my hand and say. "Your son didn't make it, I turned him into ashes before the Grimm could do any more damage to his body…..I'm sorry I couldn't save your son." I said the last part, sniffling. The kid didn't deserve this, none of these people did.

He looked at me with despair and grabbed the container and held it close to his chest and weeped, the sounds coming from him were excruciatingly painful to hear, the sound of a father losing his son. The man dropped to the ground and kept sobbing.

I bent down and tried to comfort the crying man, I couldn't just leave him to his despair, it was my fault, I couldn't save him.

I wasn't strong enough, or smart enough. I was so stupid that I thought I had to get the metal piece before I could send my Thread, I could have send it underground and hit the Grimm attop of the kid, but I didn't.

I knew I could have save the kid, but I fucking didn't because I was to fucking slow to think of it.

The man after a couple of minutes started saying. "He didn't deserve this, he was just a boy, my baby boy. He may have been an idiot sometime, but he didn't deserve this. You were going to go far." He kept on crying, letting all his pain out. He spoke up and said. "Please just leave me alone, I need to be alone.'' I understood and got up and walked back to the "Wall", but before I got all the way there I told some people to keep an eye on him so he wouldn't get himself killed. He did just lose his son so he might try to end it all here.

As I got to the "Wall" Qrow said, "We need to get ready for another wave of Grimm." Yeah we do right now the Grimm are grouping up, it's why I had to leave my pit they stopped jumping in and instead started gathering up around the hole and waited for more to gather up to overwhelm me with numbers and a Ceptile came from under biting my right leg.

The Grimm is probably gonna gather and wait until nighttime to attack, they got smart suddenly. They almost never did this, only on Mount Helios….oh Salems behind this. Bitch is controlling the Grimm forces.

Without a second thought I set the Dust capacitor on a 3 and swallowed it. Earth Dust flowed throughout my body and a bit of weight as well. I looked at the defenses and started sending Threads.

I made a 10 ft wall of Thread behind the tree wall and activated the Dust. The Dust turned into Earth and a wall was complete, yeah Earth Dust is useful, but in combat it's useless.

Not wanting to be under prepared I made two more walls behind our defense just in case they get through. With a finishing thought I went back to the first wall and created 3 narrow passages leading up to the tree wall so only a few Grimm can come at a time.

After thirty minutes I finished and the Dust wore off, fuck I'm kinda tired. Qrow looked over to me and said. "Good job, way better than my wall." Damn right mines better.

"Thanks so is the rescue coming?" I ask because if not we're fucked.

"I hope so, listen if worse comes to worse we're leaving." He said in a hushed tone, completely serious.

Getting angry at Qrow I say. "What, no we're not le…"

He interrupted me and said, "Andres were in an impossible situation and right now its die with them and indirectly let yours and my World die or we leave giving ourselves a chance to survive and fight another day." I looked down and I hated his idea, but I knew it was right.

Not willing to do it I say. "I won't le…."

"Think about your home, they mean more than these people and so does the rest of Remnant, we make tough choices so we can see a better tomorrow." Qrow said furious, I would be too if I was in his position.

I knew he was right, but I didn't want to leave them. "..." I walked away. I was done with that conversation. If it does come to that, I'll do what needs to be done.

As I was walking away from Qrow someone stopped me and said. "Hey the name is Taxer, so what happened out there, I saw all of them heading your way, didn't think you'd survive." He looked pretty normal, a brown get up. His weapon was a Big crossbow and had the three 50. Cals hanging off his back.

"I set a trap and the Grimm kept falling into it." I said not lying, they did figure out what I was doing, but it wasn't them, it was Salem.

"Mmm traps, they are always the best." Seeing me looking at the father. "The guy's name is Max, he told us a little about his kid. You want to hear it, you seem like the type that needs to hear it no matter what."

I did need to hear it. "Please tell me." I said readying myself.

"Sure, but don't just blame yourself, shit like this happens because we can't be perfect. From what he said his kids mother was a Huntsman and died at Vacuo, they think it was a Grimm, but couldn't tell. His mother was a bit of a glory seeker I heard a while back, so that's why he had his little fit on the Bullhead, the kid was a 1 out of 1000. He was part of an organization that fed the impoverished in Vale, Honor roll student with dreams of becoming a Council member to change the rules, to destroy corruption. Who knows if that kid lived he might have actually changed shit for the better. He didn't deserve to die, but life is unfair." He said finishing, god dammit ...Henry I'll try to avenge you, but I don't think I could destroy Vale's corruption.

I say. "Thank you Taxer." I look over back to the defense and think of a plan immediately. I look over to Taxer and say. "Ok the plan is two of us fight the Grimm head on and one of us stays behind shooting with the 50 cal covering us…..actually go grab two civilians that would help.'' Why do we have to be the only ones to fight? Why not get some help from the civilians?

"What do you mean? You're not going to use them as bait are you." He said angry, what the fuck, why do everyone thinks the worse with me?

"What, no they're just going to shoot two of the 50 Cals." I said, hoping to disarm the situation.

"That's against the law, you know that right." He said with an authoritarian voice. So you're willing to enforce a stupid law when we're in a terrible situation.

I look at him in the eyes and say with full conviction. "I don't care, these people are worth more than enforcing a stupid law."

His frown turned upside down and he said. "Good, I'm with ya, I'll go grab two of them." I guess he was testing me, wonder why.

I look over to Qrow and I see him taking up the watch right now. The Grimm are probably gonna attack at night when we're at our most vulnerable and that seems in a half hour.

I might as well rest, I need to be ready for more fighting. I jumped down the wall and layed down with my back against the wall.

Not wasting any time I started to change my bandages. My hand and forearm aren't completely done healing and like hell I'm losing them.

After a couple of minutes I felt my Aura and energy come back, it felt great that my body was getting better, but my mind wasn't. It was still filled with disdain for not being better.

If I was better, stronger, smarter. If I actually worked out in my World and gave my all to solving problems back then I could have been faster to getting the deal. I could have saved thousands of people if I was better.

As I was getting more into my self loathing, I felt a person sit down next to me. I look over and I see Max with bloodshot eyes staring straight into me.

Immediately I said with complete remorse. "I'm so sorry,"

"Why are you sorry?" He said with a stoic face. Did he get over his son's death already?

Not willing to lie to the man I say. "It's my fault I wasn't strong enough to save Henry, it's my fau…."

He interrupts me and with a solemn tone says. "Ryuu, my wife is gone, my son is gone. Everyone I care about is dead, but I won't stop living because it would be a disgrace to their memory."

If I was in his position, I would have probably lost the will to live completely. "You are a strong man Max."

Ignoring my complement he says with a pain laced voice. "You know, Henry admired people like you, Ryuu, the ones who saved the weak and fought evil with everything. Even when his views on Huntsmen were twisted, I knew on the inside he still admired them. He became like that because of lies my family told him. My Wife was never the glory seeker type, she became a Huntsman to protect and maybe get a little bit of money on the side. My baby boy died with that terrible thought in his head…..Ryuu in memory of the Love of my life and my little angel I'll tell you something you desperately need to hear."

Something I need to hear, what would that be? "What would that be?" Wait, no he wouldn't say that, would he.

He looked at me with complete seriousness and said. "It's not your fault Ryuu, terrible things happen and sometimes we can't do anything to stop it. Maybe if you were stronger or faster, maybe you could have saved him, but you didn't and it's alright you're Human we make mistakes." He...said…it

The weight of it, of everything lightened. The cords on my emotion rung loudly and my body wanted to just thank him, but I couldn't, I won't. "Why are you telling me this? Why are you counseling me instead of yelling at me? Why aren't you blaming me, I failed to protect you. You all trusted me to be your Sword and Shield, but I failed."

"Because years ago my Love came to me with the same question. I told her the exact same thing, if I told you something different it would have meant I lied to her and I could never live with myself if I did that." Oh that's why he came to talk to me. He wanted to blame me, but in doing so would have blamed his wife as well, even if it's for a selfish reason for him talking to me it still helps.

Unbenounced to me tears were falling out of me and I said. "Thank you Max. I'm sure your son will be treated well in the afterlife." From what Taxer told me, that kid was special.

"Yes he will be, I'll leave you to rest, you'll need it." He said nodding his head and got up.

I listened to what he said and kept running it through my mind. It is my fault, if I was stronger and smarter. I could have stopped Dovoca sooner and Selina wouldn't have died. If I was stronger than that Emerald haired bitch she wouldn't be out there still. If I was stronger, Qrow wouldn't have almost died on Mount Helios. If I was s…..

That's enough, I could go through thousands of what ifs, but it's not going to change the past. The past is in the past and it's never coming back.

I can't change the past, but I can prepare myself for the future.

I vow on this day until the day I kill the gods I won't ever stop training myself, I will not rest until I know I'm strong enough to stop something like this from happening again.

I don't get to have fun or relax, that is not a privilege I get. I sold that away when I took this deal to put my World's fate in my hands.

I get up after 30 minutes and I feel my Aura about 90 percent back. I jump onto the wall and jump across the walls to Qrow. As I get to him he's looking over to the Grimm. The Grimm were doing what I thought they would be doing. They gathered up numbers so when they attack they'll overwhelm us.

He looks at the falling sun and says. "It's getting dark. I give us 10 mins before shit hits the fan."

"Shit, then let's get ready." I whistle to Taxer and he looks over and nods his head.

"Qrow the plan is two civilians will handle the 50. Cals while you and I take on the Grimm." I say.

"What about Taxer?" Qrow asked.

"He's staying back with the civies just in case the Grimm gets through us, don't worry he's going to help out still with his 50 cal." I said, hopefully this plan doesn't flop.

"Ok I'll take the right lane and you take the left, Taxer and the snipers will take the mid. So Ryuu do you have any secret special abilities that would help us out?" He said hoping I'd pull a Miracle out of my ass, yeah I normally do that, but I can't just make that happen.

"No not really, well I got one, but it'll only keep the Grimm back for a bit. How much longer do you think the rescue's gonna take." I said fully convinced my "Miracle" Wouldn't be worth it.

"They should be here in about 40 mins….and there's a chance they're not coming Ryuu. You know what we have to do if that happens." He said seriously.

Knowing he's somewhat right I say. "...No I don't know what you mean." I look Qrow straight in the eyes with slightly wavering resolve and say. "I will not let the innocents die just because it would make my life easier. I will save these people."

He gives me a hard stare and says. "God you're a naive idiot, but you're a good person, we need more people like that…..I'm with you Ryuu, but if everything goes south we're leaving." While what he said was fucked up I agree with him.

I'd give only this much. "Fine, only if we fail to protect them and that means I'm not leaving them if it seems it's going south only when it is."

"Good, then let's get ready for a tussle." He said turning his broad Sword into a Scythe.

"Seriously I forgot your Sword did that." I said because the author forgot he could do that during the Hazel and Tyrian incident.

"How can you forget my awesome Scythe skills." He said, taking another sip of his flask.

I see Taxer coming over with the two new Soldiers. "Taxer you ready." I say.

He nods and says. "Yeah and the two snipers are ready to fight too." Each Soldier looked like a generic citizen, but both had a stare filled with anger to fight back. I understand that.

Looking back at the citizens, each one of them had a different set of emotions. Some had fear, others anger and some they had completely lost hope.

Hope is lost

….

No its not!

Hope is here, not because we're in a hopeless situation and we need it no because I need to be it.

If I ever hope to challenge Salem I need to Exude hope or the World that stands by my side will falter.

This World needs me, these people need me no, they need hope. I know the perfect person to give them that.

I look over to Qrow and say. "Stay quiet."

He gave me a confused look. I jump over to the last wall and breathe in deeply before yelling with a demanding voice. "Why are you all losing Hope!"

They stopped what they were doing and all looked at me like I'm an idiot and one with a completely hopeless look said. "Because we're in the middle of a massive Grimm horde and we have no chance at surviving with two Huntsmen and a child." Child...dick

"Who said there were just three of us...theirs all of you." I yelled pointing at them.

"You expect us to fight." The guy said as if I was taking drugs.

"Only if the Grimm get through." I said.

"You expect us to actually stand a chance?" He said, still thinking I'm crazy.

With a pull on my Aura I turned on True Aura and gave myself a red hew to give my speech a little more impact. "Of course because you all have a strength that's as strong as a Huntsman. You have the anger of being put in a corner and being put to the slaughter house. You can lose hope and complain and await your death or you will you fight to live. Your families are waiting for you. Your Wives, Husbands, parents, and children are waiting for you. Will you die not trying to be with them to see them grow and live their lives or will you fight. With Hope and absolute determination to not give up I created Miracles. And here I am trying to do another one, but the people themselves are choosing to give up. A Miracle will not just suddenly appear, we have to make it….Now tell me will you stand up willing to fight with every ounce of your Hope and strength to create that Miracle." Slowly over the speech they face turned from hopeless to angry, the anger to determined and the fearful to a hopeful look. Soon the atmosphere of awaiting doom faded and it gave life to a new fate.

A little kid with his mother cried out with a tiny pocket knife in hand and yelled. "I want to see my Father again….I'm with you." The adults turned and saw a child willing to fight to live. Slowly a flame of hope started to come to life.

One of the men who saw the child Will to not to give up stood up and said loudly. "My Wife will never forgive me if I just give up….I'll fight to live."

Another man who was alone on the flight picked up a big stick and yelled with pure determination. "My children need their father. I'm not going to leave them fatherless." Soon everyone fit to fight started yelling to themselves they would fight and go home.

The one hopeless man expression was trying so desperately to believe, but he couldn't. "You're willing to break a law to let us fight."

I look at him and see he needs the final push, with a smile I say, "Of course, those Laws have no power over me and I'm not a child… My Name is Ryuu." With that the people stop talking and look at me bewildered and some looked around with a truly hopeful look, like they just won the lottery.

The man who was almost over the finish line was launched across it. He gave me a nod and shed a tear to finally believing in me and themselves.

I turn around and say. "Let's get started, Qrow." Time to fight. Before I did I tossed my two Daggers and my Revolver over to the citizens just in case.

"You really had to do that didn't you?" He said annoyed.

Not liking him being annoyed by my little speech I say. "Of course, Hope is the most powerful weapon you can find." It is, it got me through everything and now it'll keep getting me through the toughest obstacles.

He gave me a flat stare and said. "You watch too many cartoons."

He's right. I have watched too many cartoons that make friendship the most powerful force, but I don't believe that because I know Hope it the most powerful of every emotion. "You don't believe me, don't worry I'll show you the truth Qrow." Qrow gave me a disapproval head shake and headed for the the right lane.

I look over to Taxer and see him aiming towards the mid lane and with a thumbs up I see they're ready.

Day 102 of 720 Before Earth's Death

Guess I should get ready too. I jump to my lane and I see the final shine of the sunset and quickly I hear a terrifying screech through the air. Then like a battle cry every Grimm roared at the top of its lungs and the ground shook from the amount of bodies trampling over to us.

I stand at the entrance of the lane and wait. In the darkness I couldn't see much, but my hearing and other senses helped more than you would think.

Claws ready to rip me apart a Beowolf came at me. With an Aura Palm I stopped its attack. Having an opening I pulled it closer and with a kick I broke both of its legs and with a punch I broke its arm. Finished with it. I grab its broken arm and toss it close to the entrance of the lane.

As soon as I was done with that Grimm a Ursa came at me with a palm slap that would take my head on the pain train. I ducked under and drew my Longsword and cut off its arm and with another swing I took its legs.

While still being alive I kicked it next to the other broken Beowolf. All of this happened in a span of 4 seconds. One after another they came for me. The one Grimm at a time soon became two to five Grimm at a time.

You may be wondering what I'm doing, not killing the Grimm. I would be saying the same thing, but the mission right now isn't to kill all the Grimm. No it's to protect the people until the rescue comes and the best way to gather Grimm up is to put an obstacle between us and I hope you know what I'm saying.

It'll stop them and it will give me a good and effective shot with a Erebos's Flame. Which by the way I've been feeling a bit weird after using it a couple of times, so I gotta make them count.

I keep this up making every Grimm possible a part of the wall of disabled Grimm that couldn't move too much. Sooner the small wall started to affect the flow of Grimm. One after another they started to trip over their broken allies and gave me perfect opportunities that I took without mercy.

With the agility of hundreds of battles I weaved side to side dodging most of the incoming attacks.

After a couple dozen of standard Grimm a challenge arrived, a Goliath came in destroying the wall of Grimm flesh and came straight at me.

Not wanting the Golaith to take most of the impact of Erebos's attack I hop over the Goliath, but with a thick woven Thread shaped into an arrow I send it after the Goliath's eye to end the Grimm in one shot.

The Goliath screamed as the Thread arrow entered its eye and caused havoc inside its skull and killed it.

Not wanting to let the Grimm get any more room inside the lane, I release a wave of destructive flames out of Erebos. Every Grimm inside the lane was killed instant. Not letting the flame retire, I kept pushing more out and soon the flames shot out of the lane and started to incinerate every Grimm in the Horde's direction.

Even the Grimm that were heading to the other lanes were killed or injured by the heat of the thousands degree flames.

As the flames extinguished and all was left was a cloud of black mist. Just obliterated them.

Quickly I got back to the entrance and started to build up thousands of Threads in my right hand.

What should I do? Should I create a massive shuriken or should I do a multi shot? I shouldn't do either of them, both too stressful on my Semblance and I don't want it to fail me right now.

Without me knowing the Thread kept building up and up. Every millisecond thousands of Thread condensed and condensed creating a ball of concentrated Thread.

Ok got it I'm going to use the wrecking ball, all I gotta do is grab a Ursa or something bigger.

As I was about to let my Thread unleash a Ursa Major jump at me. Ha it thinks it's going to get me.

With a push I released my Thread at it...except it didn't.

The fuck, what happened I looked at my hand and I see a thick dark red ball of Thread that was as big as a soccer ball that seemed almost alive. What happened to it, did I already over use it. It suddenly dropped from my hands without me knowing.

Forgetting the Ursa Major I look back and see it an inch away from making me a homerun. Dammit I can't dodge it and I can't Aura Palm it either, Fuck.

As I was trying to back up from its palm something grabs the Ursa Major and picks it up and slams it into the Beowolf following it from behind killing it. From there it kept smashing the Ursa Major into the other Grimm that kept coming into the lane.

I looked over to what the massive red thing that grabbed a hold onto the Ursa….and holyshit it was my ball of Thread.

Looking at it more closely I see the Thread in it we're doing exactly as I told it to do. It was using a Grimm as a wrecking ball.

No fucking way this is what the Semblance book said.

My Semblance has Evolved.

My Semblance can finally be unattached from my body without it disappearing, I'm guessing it has to be in a condensed form because it wouldn't have the matter to do its instruction if it's just a single Thread.

With a quick mental command I made it let throw the Ursa Major...but it didn't it just kept slamming it into other Grimm.

So it isn't remote controlled, no it's only controlled by the one commanded before I let it go which was using a Grimm as a wrecking ball.

I looked at my hands and summoned some Thread to see if I separated my Semblance from my body or just a portion of it. As a couple dozen Threads came out I felt its strength heavily decrease like it took half of my Semblances strength. Oh my god is this new ability so broken it's like making a turret that has unlimited power.

So using this sub-ability of my Semblance makes it weaker within me. Now how long can it last because if it just does what its doing right now I could help out the other lanes or better yet I would try to go straight inside the middle of the Grimm horde and make their attention on me so the others can have a better chance at surviving.

As I was thinking of more plans I heard Taxer yell. "Goddammit, I need to support in the mid lane, fucking flying Grimm are fucking all over us!"

I was about to jump, but I looked at my Thread sphere and feared that maybe it wasn't strong enough to keep the Grimm back until I fix the problem.

Then like a boss it slammed the Ursa Major into the ground creating a crater then the Thread went into the ground and slowly ripped out a Ceptile.

What the fuck, I was sure I killed all of them. Dammit they could be digging underground right now. Shit.

With a final pull it pulled the Ceptile out and with a swing it used the fucking Grimm like a Sword killing a dozen of Grimm inside the lane.

Nevermind the sphere can take care of this lane no problem. Ha I bet if I told it too It could even do my taxes.

With a little doubt on the sphere's ability I jumped onto the wall.

A sea of Nevermore tackled into Taxer. As they left Taxer was on his knee while his Brown Aura flared. As he got up he had two small Nevermore and attached two glowing orange devices on them.

He looked at me and tossed the small Nevermore, he frowned and said. "Toss it in the flock!" Without a second thought it left my hand with a couple of Threads guiding the Grimm bird where I wanted it.

As I threw it he threw his Nevermore too and as they regrouped with the blimp sized swarm of Nevermore, both devices activated and a massive explosion consumed the flock.

Taxer not missing a moment, looked at me pissed and said. "Why did you leave your lane?"

"Semblance is protecting it. What's the problem." I said in my no bullshit tone.

He nodded and pointed at the 50. Cails and a bunch of empty mags. "The two guys ran out of ammo and now the mid lane is about to be overrun." I look over to the middle lane and see a swarm of lion Grimm coming from it, I think they're called Manticore.

"I got an idea, but…..Ok I got it, I'll draw the Grimm to me and when the Grimm stop attacking here grab the tree barricade and throw it over to me it'll be very important to our survival." If this works in a couple of steps from becoming a fucking genius.

"You're gonna face them all by yourself." He said surprised as he shot an arrow with a brown hew, it went through one of the Manticore's heads and like a self guided missile it changed course form another Grimm and another. That must be his Semblance, Guided shots….Awesome

With a confident smirk I say. "I got this, don't worry too much, just protect the civies."

"Jesus the stories about how crazy you are don't lie do they." He says. Ha if only he knew half the story.

"Probably not, get to it." I said while jumping to the walls that separated the lanes.

Ok. Ok. So I just volunteered for a suicide mission even more so then what I did earlier, I swear I have a death wish without even knowing. So being a Human Grimm toy is the mission.

I got to the edge of the wall and saw the fucking Horde. God damn is it like a fucking infestation. Almost no end to the Grimm.

Before dropping into the Grimm horde I popped number one into my mouth. The Fire Dust flowed through my body like warm water. Yeah it doesn't even hurt me anymore. That's how much I use Fire Dust.

As I dropped into the horde, Twenty different Grimm came at me ready to kill. With a single Thread that was powered by the Fire Dust cut straight through the Grimm like it was a razor sharp Sword to a stick of butter.

Soon Grimm started to come at me from all directions, but it wasn't enough, Grimm were still heading to the others.

With a pull in my memories and the recent events I let the floodgates open again. The images of my dead Nephew hit me like a Semi-Truck.

After a quick flashback to it as my single extremely destructive Thread danced quickly around me cutting down every Grimm that came close.

Looking to the left I saw the tall grass. Perfect.

I summoned a hundred Threads and made them grab onto a dozen of Grimm and push them into the tall grass.

With a command the Grimm surrounded by the Thread caught on fire. It wasn't hot enough to just incinerate the grass, but hot enough to just catch it on fire.

As the flames grew bigger and bigger the Grimm inside the tall grass started to perish. Boom the grassland now a side I didn't have to defend. It's also a big part of my plan. I just need it to become bigger for the final.

Soon the trees that Qrow made into a shitty defense came down hitting the ground and some Grimm. Good, plans coming together.

Quickly as I sliced dozens of Grimm apart and danced around every strike from the smallest to biggest Grimm I covered the trees in some fire Thread and caught them on fire.

Let there be light.

Finally I could see and the final piece of my plan was on its way.

As I was grabbing my Dust capacitor and I set it to 4 and I was about to eat it. I saw something otherworldly.

The light of the fires finally gave me a look at one Grimm that was coming here. Each step making the tremors of a stampede of Goliaths.

It was massive, like a small skyscraper. It towered over us. It didn't look Human in nature, but I did have two legs that it walked on. Slowly it showed itself. What could be considered its torso was filled with Grimm like tentacles that swiped at every direction. White Grimm armor covered every space it could, but there were some left uncovered. It didn't have arms or anything just the tentacles

Over the whole thing one part really got my attention. It was in the middle of the torso. It was a Grimm mask with two demented spikes coming from the forhead of it and it had a mouth that had a two animal like legs poking out...oh it was eating a Grimm.

What the fuck is this?

Its mask kinda looks like a gheist, but I never heard of a Geist that ate Grimm. Worse yet I never fought a Geist so I don't know its weaknesses.

Fuck

As I was about to press the button to release the Dust, but a tentacle came at sonic speed and grabbed it out of my hand.

I tried to get it back, but it was too fast. Fuck.

As it took it away it lifted it into the air and it came down with it at mach speed. In a crash it smashed my plan into sunder.

You….no


Me and Taxer fought off the strangler that came at us. Andres like a maniac started with his self sacrificing shit, the idiot. The thing was the Grimm were coming from the ground now and the cliff. We both tried our best, but we were getting overrun.

Taxer was on the walls and I was on the civilian protection. Grimm after Grimm came out of the ground like moles and Grimm that had cliff climbing claws came from the edge.

Sure Andres got most of the Grimm, but even with a small amount of attackers protecting people with them around is hard.

I grouped up the people to make my life easier.

As I was being grabbed by a Ceptile I turned my Sword into its scythe mode and I spinned in place cutting the Ceptile into pieces. Without me knowing a worm like Grimm came behind me going for the bite.

As I turned around I saw the fucker coming for a deadly smooch. Dammit these things, they bite and almost never let go even when they're killed.

As it was an inch away it was blasted away into ashes. Me not understanding I followed the trajectory of the bullet trail.

It came from a woman wielding Andres's Revolver.

Huh...naive fool, guess giving that speech actually gave them the will to fight.

Looking at the group I saw two of the guys holding Andres's Daggers. One was getting the Grimms attention while the other went for a flank.

The attack worked, but it took more than one stab to kill it. Even when they did the plan well the one that flanked was still injured.

Fuck, the rescue better come or I'm going to have to tak…..

Goddammit Andres you're stupid naivity is affecting me now.

As I was taking care of a small horde of flying lions Grimm. I felt a spike in the air, like my Semblance just activated.

I looked around and I saw through the darkness four blood red eyes coming towards us, it was a fully grown Nevermore. The beast's mask was more rigid and had clear battle scars. The bird had two pairs of wings that sat atop each other. And it had the wingspan of a football field. It in itself could change the fate of a Village's survival.

Shit shit shit

That thing's going to hit us and...I don't think we'll make it. I can hit it with everything I have, but will it be enough? It has to be.

I quickly slaughtered the Grimm around me and I ran to the edge and started to pour almost all of my Aura into my scythe to stop the Nevermore.

I can't let that behemoth be around us, it's gonna be our death.

Soon it was closing in fast and I filled my Harbringer to the brim with Aura and I waited for the right moment.

As it got closer and closer my hairs on my body raised and my adrenaline skyrocketed. This was the moment that will change the fight. Finally it was here, it screeched and came straight for me.

As I got ready to use a self harming attack a massive missile smashed into the Nevermore left side. Getting hit off course, it flew over me and smashed into the walls destroying them and headed into the cut down forest.

As the Nevermore tried to get up the missile inside the beast injected an orange liquid into the Grimm. Quickly orange veins started to appear on the outside of the Grimm and in an instant started to fold onto itself like a piece of paper that was caught on fire.

What type of missile was that?

I looked back to the edge of the cliff and a medium sized Bullhead that looked a little different landed right next to me.

Hahahahahahaha

Oh my god we did it, we lasted long enough.

The person who came out was a friendly face Port and a Green haired chick I didn't know.

"Haha Qrow good to see you sport." The round elderly man said while using his blunderbuss to turn a Ursa Major into Swiss cheese. "Everyone get into the Bullhead now!" He yelled immediately. Well he loves wasting time typically, but in moments like these his Heroic personality shines its brightest.

I watch as every survivor racing at full speed to the Bullhead. Each one dived into the flying tank, now that I look at it, it looks familiar. Something that Ozpin had old photos of.

Not seeing my missio…..I mean friend, I yell. "Taxer, where's Ryuu!"

On the other side of the Bullhead the green haired woman couldn't hear me over the sounds of Grimm dying every millisecond by her green Sword.

You thought she would hear, didn't you reader.

"He's still out there!" He yells back.

"Fuck, get everyone on the Bullhead I'll get him...that fool." Dammit mouth I meant to say Hero.

As I'm about to run over I felt a wave of something strange. It was as if something added onto reality. It's sensation felt like the wind could change to someone's thoughts. The air smelled...brighter.

It felt like...A Maiden.

It came straight for my equipment. It knew what I was about to do. No Grimm has ever done that.

As I was looking at my plan fall apart before me as a wave of hundreds of tentacles came at me.

My instinct came in and I sent my Threads to counteract the tentacles. Both sides clashed, but there was no victor. Dammit only if my other part of my Semblance was here I would be at full strength.

I sent more Threads to attack the Geist, but every single Thread was stopped by a tentacle. It countered perfectly, not even a single Thread got through.

I tried over and over, but it was to no avail.

The Grimm was perfect to deal with my Semblance….like it was created to just fight me…..Salem.

That cheeky cunt, I knew she was masterminding behind the scenes.

Ok, how do I beat an enemy that can counter my moves. Try something new.

Adapt

I could go true Aura mode, that actually sounds like a good idea, but would it really do much? Sure I could do some damage to it, but no blade is gonna cut that thing in half.

What about dus…..dammit forgot about my Dust capacitor.

Wait, wait, wait. The Dust is still there, but it's mixed and I would be grabbing more than one Dust type. What am I saying thats like putting a grenade in my mouth and pulling the pin, its suicide...but I said.

Fuck you speech happy me. I know I can make Miracles happen. I just have to be willing to take the risk.

It'll be fine as long as I immediately separate them inside me and transfer them into my Threads, by doing that my body won't just tear itself apart like what happened to me on Mount Helios, oh god it's gonna be so much worse.

Ok, ok…. I got this, you got this Andres, c'mon eye of the tiger.

Let's do it.

I run towards the broken Dust capacitor, but the Geist does something. It starts combining it's tentacles and twisting them together, oh c'mon Salem what do you have no creativity, fucking copycat.

Like my technique it made a massive weapon with it. A massive tentacle.

As I got closer I poured Aura inside my Longsword and as the massive tentacle came at me I cut straight through it with an Aura Arc.

Fucking hell that thing must have been 10 ft in diameter.

Not losing focus I get to the broken metal and scattered broken Dust cubes. Immediately I grabbed a handful of the broken mixed Dusts, but it was mixed Red with White, Orange, Blue, Green, and Yellow. I tried to seperate them by hand, but another massive tenticale was coming and without a second thought I swallow it, Fuck I think I ate a piece of grass as well.

Quickly the Dusts kicked in and my throat dried out in a instant. Every pore in my body felt like it was bleeding. Every organ inside me melted and my nose and mouth started filling with blood and leak out. My veins became prominent over my body and each one held one of the colors of the Dusts.

With resolve not to fail and die. I pushed the Dusts into Thread tails. Each one into their own designated Thread tail. It was grueling, every push on the Threads felt like my soul was tearing apart.

Each Dust wanted to mix into each other like magnets. Keeping each separated was like being a parent that was trying to keep 5 kids from fighting each other at once.

Finally As I was finally regaining my senses I was crushed under a tentacle. I felt my ribs crack with pain.

I got back up as my Aura flared. Finally standing I felt weird.

Enough time to fight.

Quickly to fight at my most effective I turn the Dust Threads tails behind me so they can stay out of the way. Each Dust Thread tail shining to its corresponding Dust type.

Quickly I run and dodge its hundreds of tentacles. At some point there were too many and I unleashed Erebos. The black flames turned the tentacles into ashes.

Wait, wait, I can use my new ability to make my finisher more powerful. I grab the Fire Dust inside the Thread and as quickly as possible start condensing it.

Ho boy this was hard, guess doing it with Dust makes it way harder to use this ability.

As I was about finished I got smacked in the face with a tentacle. Not prepared, I get sent flying, but I leave behind the sphere of fire Thread.

Hitting the ground hard. I get my World spinning.

I started getting up and I saw the place get brighter. I looked over to the sphere on the ground and it started to spread Thread all around it and in the space was the Geist. Each fire Thread ignited and everything caught on fire

The area around the gheist became a literal wildfire that started to lick at the Gheists legs, as each second past the fire got hotter by the cut down trees. Good, it got my command. As I was awed by the sphere I noticed that I was also in the range of it.

Oh

I pumped Aura into my legs and I jumped up to get above Geist.

As I was flying above it a massive tentacle came at me to knock me aside again. Not willing to get hit again, I waited for the right moment.

As it was an inch at me I stabbed it with my Longsword with some Thread onto it. Each Thread turned into hooks inside the Grimm grabbing into it. As I was hooked into it I started to send thousands of wind Threads to go around the giant of a gheist in a spiral.

I haven't used Wind Dust often, but I know how it works. It works like the Thread is solid, but wherever it goes a strong gust of wind will follow. Now add that with fire...I'll let you figure it out from there.

The Grimm, not caring for the Thread, ignored it and came at me, sending another massive tentacle at me. I jumped off the tentacle to free fall.

As I was falling towards the Geist I poured some Orange Dust into my right hand and I released a small explosion. Getting out of the way of the tentacle. I stabbed it with my Longsword and I smoothly slid down it. As I got closer to the face of the Geist I pulled out Ochana and activated it.

Shooting a massive green inferno that enveloped the gheist's body I activated the Wind Threads that surrounds the gheist.

The wind picked up. The flames from before that were burning for the last 10 minutes and the Dust before started to follow the wind which in turn created a one in a thousand natural disasters.

A Fire Tornado

After the orange flame a new color entered. A lime green color. Ochrana flame combined with the Fire Dust.

Slowly the fire started to climb up the body of the Geist. To the knees to the torso and finally the head. The gheist screeched from the pain of being melted by thousands of degrees.

Soon the entire body and 30 ft above were consumed. The blood curl screeches did not stop for a good minute.

Eat my Wildfire Tsunami

Not wanting to waste this moment I twisted the top of the tornado of fire and aimed it at the horde of Grimm waiting for their moment to strike.

Let me tell you not an easy feat.

The fire was almost unbearable for me even when I jumped 100 ft away from it. I saw hundreds of Grimm not knowing what was happening got swallowed by the tornado either by getting sucked into it or by being in the way of the twisted part of the thing.

After a good five minutes I knew it was dead. Nothing would survive that…..wait that was too easy.

I immediately turn around and I see the partly melted skyscraper beast charging at me and the citizens behind me.

I….I can't stop that.

I turn around and I see a Bullhead lifting off into the air.

Yesssss…..we did it.

As I was mentally celebrating I saw a Crow land on my shoulder. Yup I get it Qrow let's get out of here, I don't even need to kill the Geist.

As I was about to Aura jump into the Bullhead a dozen tentacles grabbed onto the Bullhead making it creak and bend. Slowly it started to pull it out of the air.

Nooooooo!

I look at Qrow and the tentacles. Qrow followed my eyesight and immediately knew what I was thinking. Without a second thought he flew to the tentacles, damn is he good at reading me.

I look back at the Geist and I got a plan, but is it worth it? It'll take all my Aura and Dust, but I can beat it.

My sphere, I need my full strength Thread if this to work. I ran and reached my sphere and it looked like its Thread was almost gone.

The sphere originally was thick and solid, but now it was shallow and almost see through.

Grabbing my Aura again I turned on True Aura mode and I waited for the right moment.

As the Village destroying Grimm got to me I vanished and appeared behind him.

Quickly I gathered Thread around my hand and created a massive battery ram. With as much power as possible I slammed it into the Grimms behind.

The Geist stumbled forward and fell to the ground at the edge of the cliff.

I looked back at the Bullhead and saw Qrow on top of it with cut off tentacles in his hands.

Time for my great escape.

I was about to jump up onto the Bullhead, but the Geist, not giving up, grabbed onto the Bullhead.

Qrow the badass he was defended the aircraft the best he can, but the tentacles were too overwhelming.

I was about to help Qrow so we can get out of here, but other outcomes of what could happen came to mind, most of them ended bad with the Geist in the equation.

If I just get on the Bullhead the Geist will just attack it with everything, but if I'm able to get it away from the Bullhead I could just Thread my way up to it.

Wait a second…..I know what to do. Well I think I do.

As the beast was getting back up to fight again I started to breathe deeply.

This is going to hurt.

I slowly leaked the Dust back into my body. The elements of Fire, Ice, Wind, Combustion, Lighting, Gravity, Earth, and Water flowed back into me and started to cause havoc inside me.

Each wanted to combine…. and I decided to let it.

Instead of fighting this force of nature I decided to help it.

I combined all of the different magic together, and very quickly the instability started to be shown clearly, but I decided to calm myself ever through all the pain.

My Aura balled up all the Dusts inside me that wanted to go off, but couldn't and I started to send it to my dominant hand.

In my dominant hand it flowed into my Longsword. With patience with the pain I jammed each Dust into it and it started to give off a godly glow.

With it, Magic in its most unstable forms, but unstable is what I need. What I need is destructive power.

I opened my eyes and with a swing at an angle towards the ground under the Grimm I let loose a force that I was never supposed to have an inch of control over.

Each natural element combines forces and is sliced through the hundreds of feet of dirt and stone.

The gheist not knowing I just sliced the land that it was standing on got up.

Slowly gravity took over and the land started to fall with the Grimm.

The cliff that once held the citizens and Bullhead was now falling down the cliff to the unknown. The walls of Earth destroyed and the tornado of fire settling down as the young of the massive Grimm Army ran into the raging inferno and the old waiting for their moment

Qrow knowing exactly of my stupid plan cut off the tenticales before it took the Bullhead with it.

I couldn't comprehend what was happening. My eyes were blinded by a bright white light, my hearing was cut off and all there was an eerie silence, and all I felt was pain.

My body was on a complete sensory overload.

I didn't remember where I was or that I needed to escape. My brain forgot about all of it, but my instinct to live didn't.

My hand without being commanded to rise and 6 pale red weak Threads flew to the Bullhead.

Like a homing missile it grabbed onto the Bullheads doors. Slowly with a bland mind from the pain or the side effect of dumbass Dust overusage I was pulled up to the Bullhead.

I was saved

Or not

With a final attempt to kill me the Geist dug itself into the cliff halfway down and sent one last tentacle at me. It grabbed me and tried to pull me down.

Qrow seeing this quickly did an Aura Arc and severed the tentacle.

The Geist screeched and with another attempt it sent another batch of tentacles except the rock it was grabbing broke, making it lose its grip.

Like an anchor in sea it was pulled down to Remnant never to be seen again.


"Wow, that was easy," Qrow said with surprise.

As he said that the green haired chick opened the door that the Thread was grabbing onto and with pure ignorance grabbed the pale red Threads.

Andres's lifeline.

Qrow didn't have the reaction time to tell her to stop and it happened.

With a pulse of her green Aura the Threads disappeared, gone with it, Hope.

Then one of the passengers pushed the green haired chick out of the way and jumped out after Andres.

The green haired chick was stunned at what just happened, but in a millisecond snapped out of it grabbed her lasso and made it glow green.

She threw it down to grab the guy. It went down for a good 10 seconds before grabbing onto the man.

Slowly she pulled him back into the Bullhead and as she got him into the Bullhead she saw a single pale Thread in his hand.

She followed it out of the Bullhead and as she was about to touch it when a hand grabbed her.

"How about not doing that again, Miracles only happen so many times." Qrow said, really angrily. How wouldn't be? He looked at the man and said, "Pull him up."

Slowly the man pulled Andres up. As the body of his Hero came closer to the Bullhead he saw a light in the darkness of this grim World.


This man, Ryuu, made a Miracle happen for all of us and it saved us because he was willing to take a risk, and now the same thing happened to me.

I made a Miracle happen.