Random Trivia: Alternative Redemption and Pheonix Wrath are based on items in Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (Kamen Rider: Ryuki)


Onyx and Red sit in their new home. Years have passsed since the heist and things seem to have died down. Onyx is now seventeen years old.

"I have a job." Red states.

"Thought we were done with jobs." Onyx says.

"We are, but this is a one in a lifetime opportunity." Red states.

"What's the job." Onyx asks.

"Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy." Red says.

"Are we going to kill him?" Onyx asks.

"Rob him. He's bound to have valuable things." Red states.

"Your joking, right?" Onyx says.

Red sighs.

"I spent almost all our money." Red says quietly.

"On what?" Onyx asks.

"That's unimportant." Red says.


-Present Day-

In Beacon's infirmary, Light and Ozpin stare at an unconscious Onyx. Ruby enters the room with the crystal from the ship in her hands. Light had sent her to retrieve it since, at the moment, she is the only one capable of touching it.

"Is he going to be okay?" Ruby asks.

"He is far too stubborn to die." Light states.

"Onyx will survive, he has survived far worse." Ozpin adds.


Onyx wakes in Beacon's infirmary. He sits up and sighs.

"In the past few weeks, I've been in an infirmary more times than I ever have in my entire life." The Rider mumbles to himself.

"Then maybe you should stop being so reckless." Ozpin states.

Onyx looks up to see Ozpin standing at the door. Ozpin walks inside and stands near the foot of the bed.

"How'd I get here?" The Rider asks.

"Light brought you here after your incident." Ozpin states.

"Did you recover the bullet?" The Rider asks.

"Yes." Ozpin answers.

"Give it to me." The Rider orders.

Ozpin pulls the bullet out of his pocket and hands it to Onyx. It was made of metal without any indication of dust being used.

"I suspected you may have wanted it." Ozpin states.

"Entirely made of metal, interesting." The Rider comments.

Onyx stares at the bullet for a moment before placing it on the nightstand to his right.

"Where's the crystal?" The Rider asks.

"In Ruby Rose's care, since she was the only one able to touch it." Ozpin answers.

"Bring her, and only her, to me. Make sure she has the crystal." The Rider says.

Ozpin nods and then leaves. Onyx lays back down and feels the location of the gunshot wound. It is completely healed with no scars. Onyx then focused his attention on regenerating his left arm, it disappeared after his aura dropped to zero again. Most wounds heal quickly and stay healed, but even though Onyx aura could heal major wounds with the same ease, it takes longer for the healing to become permanent. Ruby and Ozpin arrive just as Onyx new arm finishes it's regeneration.

"The crystal." The Rider says.

Ruby hands Onyx the crystal. Onyx closes his fist around the crystal and it begins to glow. Onyx left arm gets covered in crimson energy until Onyx softens his grip.

"What did you do?" Ruby asks.

"I used the crystal to accelerate the healing process." The Rider states.

"What now?" Ruby asks.

"Do you still have the Com I gave you?" The Rider asks.

"Yes." Ruby answers.

"Get it and come back here. I need you to call Light and tell him to come here, alone." The Rider says.

Ruby runs out and does what she is told, Onyx begins speaking.

"Thirty days." The Rider says, "Thirty days of my memory is missing, and you know what happened during those days, don't you, Ozpin?" The Rider says.

Ozpin silence tells Onyx his answer.

"Tell me what happened." The Rider orders.

"Remnant is filled with stories and legends..." Ozpin begins.

"And some of them are true, like the Four Maidens and the Silver-Eyed Warriors." The Rider says.

"Umbra learned this and that is why I had to shut them down." Ozpin states.

"What do legends have to do with..." The Rider starts.

"Have you ever heard the Legend of the Riders?" Ozpin asks.

"No, can't say I have." The Rider answers.

Ruby and Light arrive, just as Ozpin begins the legend.

"In a time before huntsmans or kingdoms, there was darkness, the Grimm. But before that, there were eight warriors, the Riders. They were created by a powerful entity known as Lux. They also possessed unimaginable power, much like the ones you possess. The seventh Rider, who dubbed himself Umbra, the inspiration for the Umbra you know now, turned on his brothers and sisters. Umbra killed all but one, the eighth Rider. In their final battle, the eighth Rider sacrificed himself to seal Umbra away." Ozpin says.

"And how does that tie into the gap in my memory?" The Rider asks.

"The Riders' power was not genetic, so it was lost throughout the ages. In order to destroy the Grimm, you and the other test subjects were made to have the power of the Riders. You were the only success." Ozpin continues.

"Hense why I was named Rider." The Rider says.

"Yes, but you didn't know how to use your power. After the failure of making an army of Riders, Umbra tried to get the only other being with such power..." Ozpin explains.

"The original Umbra." The Rider says.

"Umbra refuse to destroy the Grimm and instead began his quest of absolute destruction all over again. You defeated and resealed Umbra, but your memory was lost in the process. Umbra, in fear that their failure would cause you and the others to go rogue, erased the last month of your memory, only the memories lost through your natural amnesia recovered." Ozpin finishes.

Onyx looks at the crystal.

"This... is where Umbra is seal, isn't it?" The Rider asks.

"Yes." Ozpin answers.

"Rubine wants to free Umbra, but how does Night play into..." The Rider begins.

Onyx realizes Umbra and Night's goals were the same.

"Umbra isn't completely sealed away. A portion of his mind is still roaming in the Shadow Zone." The Rider concludes.

"Or rather, the Shadow Zone itself is his prison." Light states.

"Meaning he can influence those who use it, like Night and... myself." The Rider states.

"What do you mean?" Ruby asks.

"My rage was unnatural for me. I was raised to not show emotion, but that doesn't they're not still there." The Rider states.

"Umbra preyed on your dormant rage, making you do exactly what he wanted you to." Light says.

Onyx's eyes widen in shock.

"What is it?" Ruby asks.

"Shadow, Night, Aero, and Rider." The Rider says.

"What?" Runy asks.

"I've seen them, and heard their voices. They've told me to..." The Rider begins.

"Told you to what?" Ruby ask.

"Shadow led me to Umbra's base, where I regained my memory. Shadow gave me a part of his soul, making me the host of the Shadow Zone. Aero told me how to beat Night. They told me to use the Shadow Zone to save Weiss. Aero told me about the uniqueness of Aero and Camo. At first I thought because our souls reside in the Shadow Zone, our souls would remain there when we die." The Rider explains.

"You mean like a ghost?" Ruby asks.

"It stands to reason that these 'spirits' are actually Umbra trying to influence your decisions." Light explains.

"Which means when I thought I absorbed Shadow, I really absorbed a fragment of Umbra." The Rider states.

Ozpin looks at his scroll.

"Scans have arrived, there is still plenty of radiation in your body." Ozpin states.

"You need to be in a real hospital." Ruby says.

"No. Rubine needs to think he succeeded." The Rider states, "That means no hospital, and I stay dead."

"Why?" Ruby asks.

"If Rubine thinks I'm dead, he won't be afraid." The Rider states.

"Afraid of what?" Ruby asks.

"Making his next move." The Rider states.

"Can't Umbra sense that you're alive?" Ruby ask.

"Perhaps, but only those who can wield the Shadow Zone can speak to Umbra, and the only people with that power are in this room or on the airship." The Rider answers.

Onyx stands up. And his body begins to glow.

"What's he...?" Ruby begins.

"Eliminating the radiation." Light answers.

Onyx stops glowing.

"We four are to be the only ones to know that I am alive. If anyone asks, I couldn't be saved." The Rider states.

"We should start working on your new identity." Ozpin suggests.


Onyx gets dressed in his new outfit. He is wearing a black turtleneck with grey cargo pants tucked into black tactical boots, black gloves, a black utility belt, gunmetal grey tactical vest, knee guards, shoulder guards, wrist guards, shin guards, and helmet. The visor is a glossy black going from the chin to top of the forehead. With his new identity, came new weapons. He uses two tactical strike bracers that each can deploy three metal spikes that look small kukri blades, named Dark Vengeance, and two ninjatōs called Dark Sympathy. Onyx wears the bracers at all times and sheaves the one of swords on his left hip and the other crosses over his back with the handle sticking over his right shoulder.

"What about range? You don't seem like the one to use a classic weapon." Ruby says.

Onyx, Light, and Ruby are out in the forest, testing Onyx's new weapons and armor.

"Watch this." The Rider says.

Onyx right hand reaches for the sword on his hip. He draws the blade in a swinging motion, sheathing the blade instantly. Fifteen trees in front of Onyx fall as if they were cut by Onyx's blade.

"How did you...?" Ruby asks.

"Aura slash." The Rider states.

"Why couldn't I see it?" Ruby asks.

"My soul resides in the Shadow Zone, so most uses of aura are only visible from there." The Rider states.

"That is what you intend to be your semblance?" Light asks.

Onyx nods.

"What's your new name?" Ruby asks.

"My new name is..."

Carmine Noir