Now this chapter took a while with the fact that I kinda kept writing a couple pages then delete and start again new but I finally found a direction I would like to try and take this so hold on tight for what I hope will be a changing tide. Also this chapter more or less propels right into season four and will be a short intro to our new hero.
Ch .13 An Anomaly for a Drifter
Raine's eyes snapped open as his chest heaved up and down. Sucking oxygen into his burning lungs. As the world around him became less blurry he was able to see the face of Alice.
"Oh thank god you are awake. We have to get out of here now! That bug that Iz stuck to you drained your powers and in your current state there is no way you can take on what is hunting us now!" Alice hastily explained as she helped Raine up into a sitting position. Raine was finally able to scan his surroundings. They were in a thick pine tree forest, snow hanging in the trees and stuck to the earth. The wind made an eerie howling sound as its chill sent a shiver down Raine's spine.
"What's hunti-BANG!" Raine didn't get to finish his sentence as ALice's brain matter was splattered all over his face.
With his ears still ringing, Raine glanced nervously to the side to see the culprit who had taken a couple steps towards him and crouched down. His eyes widened in shock as he came face to with…...himself? Only this Raine had blond hair and a blue right eye and a green left eye. Other than that the resemblance was uncanny. He was wearing a blue hoody and black jeans along with what appeared to be pieces of black and silver armor covering different parts of his body.
"What the fuck?!" Raine question slightly dazed.
"Yeah I know almost every version of myself I meet gives me the same question. Well since you're badly wounded and I'm gonna kill ya anyways I might as well tell yah who I am. I'm Treon (Pronounced: Trey-On) and I am a drifter of timelines. My duty is to kill those who break the rules of time and space becoming anomalies in either their own timeline or someone else's. Now for some reason my other selves always seem to be some how involved in things. Like yourself for example anyways I could go into more detail but I don't have the time so." Treon explained as he brought his customized forty-four magnum up to Raine's head.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Wa-BOOM!" Raine tried to call a timeout so he could at least try and get out his situation but Treon didn't hesitate as he capped the RWBY timeline him.
"Poor bastard." Treon sighed as he turned around walking away from the two dead yet still warm corpses that eventually turned into dust. As Treon continued his trek through the woods a light blue A.I. appeared.
"Sir. I feel like we should investigate Raine's timeline to see what could be so bad that it would have driven a time shifter to jump to the edge of time as well as produce the number of anomalies that we have been encountering." Zero stated matter of factly.
"Yeah your right Z. *Sigh* How the hell did we end up in the middle of what could cause time to collapse on itself for good? Oh yeah we just have wicked bad luck ha I forgot!" Treon spatted sarcastically as he waved his hand through the air opening a time portal and hopping through it.
As Treon came out of the portal he was greeted by the sounds of screams and the smell of burning flesh as well as wood. Taking a steady look around Treon observed that the town was in fact under attack by a swarm of grimm. Behind him was what appeared to be a church. He was in the center of down with three different streets splitting off from where he was. Each path was lined with burning buildings, rumble, and death. Being pulled out of his state of mind when he heard a growl to his left. Treon swept his head in the direction of the noise just in time to see a Beowolf lunge at him. Stepping to the side in one swift motion Treon reached for his gun. As he brought the sights up to level with the head of the wolf and fired sending a bullet plunging into the mid flight Beowolf's skull, killing it. Treon let his hand guide his gun back into it's holster. He turned back to the streets and started down the path to his right.
Zero appeared yet again and chided "Sir shouldn't you help these people. These creatures are going to destroy this whole village!"
"No I am not. I am not from this timeline and I have no business helping them so I'm just going to leave." Treon confirmed as he yawned ignoring all the screams and cries for help.
With a sigh Zero disappeared again knowing fully well the reasons behind Treon's stubbornness. Treon just shrugged with a look of confusion as his face but kept walking anyways. It wasn't until he was near the gate that marked the edge of this quiet little town that Treon ran into a seven year old girl. She was a mess her mid length brown lock were partially matted to the right side of her face by blood. The sweater she adorned was missing an entire sleeve ass had a giant red stain on the chest. She was crying and calling out her mother's name over and over again. This one person finally made Treon stop in his tracks. He stared at her before strolling up to her and kneeling in front of her so he could be at her eye level.
The girl stopped sobbing and looked into Treon's eyes. Treon heaved a long sigh as he knew deep down inside he would regret what he was about to say.
"What's wrong little girl." Treon said in a slightly annoye tone.
The child remained silent doing nothing other but shivering. Sighing Treon stood up and continued to walk out of the villages gate and into the woods. About ten feet away from the entrance to town was when Treon heard a hideously ugly roar followed by a scream! As the little girl came running from the village, chased by a Beringel. Treon tried to ignore it but his emotions trumped his reasoning. So with an annoyed smile on his Treon turned around and charged himself in between the girl and the ape. Just as the ape was about to smash the child into the ground he was interrupted by a swift kick to the nads. The grimm roared in pain as it stumbled a few feet back so it could properly get a clue as to what just hit it. Standing between it and its prey was Treon who was smiling and gave the ape a shrug "Sorry about your nuts mate but I think it's prime time for you to get an ass whooping!" he said.
The ape gave a snarl as it rushed forward. Throwing a left hook towards the head of its enemy the ape missed as Treon simply sidestepped it in a blink and waved his left hand diagonally up and right towards the back of the Beringel. As he did this three smoky looking shadow spikes came up from the ground behind said creature. With no second to dodge the ape was brutally pierced by all three of the spikes. Walking in front of the grimm Treon stared it in the eye.
"Listen amigo nothing personal but this little gal over here is an orphan now because of you and your pals and well that just really gets me itching to kill you and skin you like a banana!" Treon growled as he snapped his fingers forcing the middle spike to be ripped towards the left and the top and bottom to the right. The ape scream in agony as its whole lower half was split into two pieces allowing its guts and other organs to come spilling out, hitting the floor with a sickening blob! Soon after this the creature fell silent. Once the animal was dead Treon turned his attention to the child and offered "Hey I know you're not a chatty cathy or anything but I think it may be best that you stick with me till I can get you to a safe place to leave you alone. Ok?"
The child cocked her head to the side a little looking at Treon like he was some alien from space or something before finally dawning a smile and nodding her head in agreement to his plan.
Nodding his head in return Treon spun on his heels and started off down the path leading away from the burning village with the child not following far behind.
Ok yes I know this was a small chapter but this is just the beginning I'm back for a bit finally so I can pick up where I left all my stories so I hope you guys are excited to see more cause I will be updating as much as I am humanly possible with my schedule. Also yes I killed Raine note that was a plan I was considering from the start but I wasn't entirely sure that's why this chapter took a bit. Sorry about any spelling or grammar areas if you spot anything feel free to tell me that's what helps make me a better writer.
Hope you guys enjoy reading see ya'll next one!
