Chapter 11:

Beacon Academy

A merciless sun beat down on the imposing structure. A wall had been constructed around the perimeter. Apparently the filthy humans had gotten smart after his last raid on this palace of, what he considered to be, potential hazards. That was the problem of dealing with these dangerous creatures. They seemed to get smarter every time you attacked them. Grimm had also learned, in all his years of decimating humanity and driving them to the brink of extinction, something vitally important. In every generation of humans there was one hero. One last fail safe, that if successfully executed could save humanity from the brink of destruction.

Grimm had learned from these setbacks over humankind's existence. His master plan was not yet complete. Grimm planned to use his army of creatures to defeat the humans. His main objective was to eliminate all of them, snuff out the last remaining human soul. Of course what better way to do it than by torment? A strange phenomenon had occurred, strange even to Grimm. The Darkness Plague, it was somewhat of a mystery to him. Grimm didn't know where it had come from, however he did not care in the slightest. When night came he gained power beyond belief, transforming into EXSTINCTOR spei. Which translated from Latin means, annihilator of hope.

The walls, surprisingly, extended and morphed from a dust-augmented steel, to a dust augmented Plexiglas, creating a nearly impenetrable dome. Lucky for the humans within this sphere of existence, he was merely scouting out the different settlements. Grimm was formulating an evil plan to wipe out humanity. The entire plan hadn't taken form just yet, however the next phase in execution was clear, Grimm was going to obtain the source of the Darkness Plague. If he could get within his grasp the power to transform, and create any grim he could conjure up, and infect it with power beyond belief; it would mean a much, much swifter downfall of the human race.

The plague itself was deadly in its own rights but it wasn't enough. The planet he was currently on wasn't enough. Grimm knew there was other life outside the planets atmosphere, life that would eventually be extinguished by him. Grimm, the embodiment of evil and darkness, plotted toward such a day that he could eliminate all life on this planet, and leave to find more lying await hidden among the stars.

Grimm suddenly had a better idea. He wouldn't waste this particular stretch of time on trying to take down the academy. Instead he would let another take over for him. A particular human named Roman Torchwick. The human's brain matter wasn't underdeveloped by any means. In fact it was almost perfect for planting his seed of destructive thought and annihilation. The only thing was Grimm wouldn't see was that the human race going extinct, if he executed this plan. However the show would be quite entertaining.

Simply transporting himself further towards the source of the Darkness Plague proved impossible to even attempt. The reason why is because the only beings who could approach it were possible plague carriers. Any who were immune to it, the laws of the universe seemed to make it impossible and improbable to even get close to it. Grimm realized he himself would have to possess a Grim. He would have to become the vessel he possessed, to truly be able to get a hold on the source of the magnificent Darkness Plague. That meant it would then be possible to eliminate him entirely, for at least 100 days. The second time in coming back would be the same. Grimm never grew stronger; he was at his strongest each and every passing moment. If one were to kill Grimm they would have the task of defeating him every 100 days, if they even failed once to defeat and kill him meaning it ended in a tie, or he managed to kill them, Grimm would be then released from the 100 day bond to wreak havoc freely once again.

Grimm's entity now sat atop a mountain, overlooking the Emerald and forever fall forests. All he had to do was wait for the perfect opportunity to seize the perfect Grim. Then once Grimm had become this specimen, he would harness the Darkness Plague and wipe humanity clean off the slate of existence.

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In a hidden grove of trees

"Now Ruby try to control yourself. I have a feeling we really need to focus on the assignment." Yang said.

Ruby stood in the shadows of three trees. She leaned back on one trunk, looking towards Weiss. Blake stood next to her a mischievous look in her eyes. Weiss looked unnerved, slightly irritated at something, and extremely uncomfortable. Ruby understood how Weiss felt. Everything had happened so fast. The problem was that neither of them could deny their feelings or what they had done to each other.

"Yang you are right. We do need to focus on the assignment. We need to be hunting the Grim Sphere. Even more important I think we as a team, as team RWBY need to lead the fight against the Darkness Plague." Ruby said.

"Well that should be relatively simple. With your tanking abilities, and the rest of our combined killing and combat experience we should be able to eliminate any super Grim we come across." Yang said answering Ruby's first statement completely ignoring her second.

"Shouldn't we be careful? I mean the last two super Grims we faced, I was nearly killed both times." Ruby said.

"Yes that is true. The first time all of us brought you back. The second time Weiss brought you back. Both times you managed to kill the super Grims." Yang said, proud and confident in her sister's apparent abilities to tank difficult enemies.

What Yang didn't realize was that Ruby hadn't killed the second one. The Boarbatusk super Grim had been killed by Weiss. She had only been a hindrance; Ruby merely prevented a safe take down. However the first super Grim was all on her, or at least she thought it was. Her team members had yet to tell her, who of them had dropped Crescent Rose at the right moment, allowing Ruby to win the fight. Without that maneuvering on someone's part Ruby would have been dead. In both situations without help they wouldn't have been able to kill the super Grims. Ruby felt like a liability, any one person could replace her. All they had to be was skilled at some overpowered weapon. If they suffered any type of injury her teammates would just fix them up like they'd done with her.

Ruby decided to voice these thoughts to her sister. "Am I even necessary to this assignment? I mean anybody could replace me. All they had to be was skilled at some overpowered weapon. You guys would just heal them if they ever got injured. You did the same to me. Why would I make a difference? Shouldn't anyone be able to replace me?"

Ruby looked up, surrounding her was Blake on her left and Yang on her right. Weiss stood in front of her, "Ruby what the hell wrong with you? No other person would work in this situation. We care about you Ruby, Yang as your sister, Blake as your loyal teammate. And then there's me Ruby."

Ruby, without warning, burst into tears. Ruby had just realized the immense amount of unflinching support coming from the three people surrounding her. Weiss's arms encircled Ruby holding her tightly. Ruby's girlfriend misunderstood her tears. They weren't tears of sadness or confusion they were tears of joy.

"Wait. I'm not sad; I'm not even confused. I'm just happy you guys are supporting me." Ruby said.

All three shook their heads at Ruby. Weiss said in a kind soft voice, "We know. We've known for a long time. Besides I told both Blake and Yang your feelings, the feelings looked ready to consume you. I had to tell them."

"You can understand my feelings?" Ruby asked.

"Of course I can Ruby. I am after all deeply infatuated with you, why wouldn't I be able to read your feelings?" Weiss admitted boldly yet truthfully.

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