If anyone hadn't figured it out yet, the initiation is based off the one from Unity. No responnses to the Rwby recruitment from last chap, meh. On with the story.

Traxis' P.O.V

I was stood up by the dark being. Upon reaching my feet, the being lunged towards me, briefly blinding me, and dissipated around me. When I could see once more, I saw that the door had moved farther away and the stone walls were crumbling.

I began running, leaping over the holes in the floor while the doorway was further still. The area looked no more like the stone hall, just jagged rocks that I had to leap between. I returned to firm ground just in time. I breathed heavily for a moment and then looked up.

I heard once more the echoing voices. "MaY Hell Be mErCIFul tO YoUR DaMNeD SouLs" I looked around at the horror. Easily a few dozen dead bodies lay around me, all mutilated and massacred. My gaze followed the trail of corpses and gore until I saw a hospital cot with a man laying on it.

The man was to unfocused to be seen, but I could see that he was missing an arm and was tied to the cot. Then I saw a shadowy form, similar to the dark being, wielding a pair of wicked knives. The man on the cot struggled.

I ran to the pair, trying to stop the knife wielder. The shadow placed a hand on the bound man's chest and drove one of the knives towards the mans stomach. Before I got there, the knife had met its mark and sprayed blood everywhere.

The shadow then vanished leaving the man on the cot sputtering and screaming while his gut was opened up like a fish. Then I looked down and saw red on my hands, I tried rubbing it off, but more just appeared until my hands were covered and dripping in blood.

I looked up expecting to see the horrified scene, but was met with something else. A towering stone building, bars covering the windows. With a rickety iron gate in front. I took a step towards the building and the floor split up into pieces floating over a void.

I scaled and leapt between the chunks of stone with a degree of agility. I finally reached the massive wooden doors and pushed inside. I was met with a massive crowd, faceless hooded figures milling around a massive bonfire.

I went through the crowd, weaving between people like a ghost. Until I got close enough to the fire to see what it truly was. It was a pile of dead bodies, burning in a horrid display. A single man stood in front of the fire. I stepped out from the crowd and found myself behind him.

Before I could think, my body moved on its own. I grabbed the man by the shoulder and flexed my wrist. The hidden blade weapon extended from my sleeve and I found myself driving it into the man. I lay the body down and looked at his face, it was mine.

I lifted a hand and, with an amount of caution, closed his eyelids. I looked back up and found myself kneeling in the chamber where I drunk the chalice. The circle were standing around me and they spoke. "these are the words that lie at the heart of our creed, stay your blade from the flesh of the innocent, hide in plain sight, do not compromise the brotherhood, let these tenents be branded upon your mind, break them at your own peril." They parted and a man with a pillow walked through. i stood up at the command of the circle. The item on the pillow was a gauntlet with the hidden blade mechanism fixed on.

"you have proven your mettle, but you are no assassin, yet. Your training starts now."

Scyrus' P.O.V

I woke from the very vivid dream. I sat up and cracked my back, the animus was little more than a metal slate on your back. I opened my eyes and saw that I was in a different room. No longer a medical room, the place was more like a jail cell.

The door was only a glass like screen. I balled a fist and willed energy through my body. I opened my eyes but saw no glowing sheen and felt no power. I slowly mouthed "what" as I looked up through the glass. I saw someone in a nice suit walk in front of my cell.

He knocked on the glass and grinned "adrenal supressors, pumped into the room with the air. Completely negates that little 'trick' of yours." The smile on the man's face was arrogant and snide. "what about my troops" the man grinned wider "we have methods of dealing with robots, no matter what they are made of.

I slammed a fist on the glass. "my company will know I am missing, they will get me." The man in front of me rolled his eyes. "do you have any idea how often you just disappear of the face of the earth for weeks to months at a time? But even if Archon comes here, we have some leverage."

The wall to my right turned clear and I saw someone else in the room next to mine. I walked to the glass-like substance and looked through. the person on the other side came closer and I saw her. The other prisoner was violet, my wife.

I dropped to my knees and lost all strength. "now, if you will, find us this artifact or little mrs. Violet here will feel the consequences." He pulled a remote out of his pocket and flipped open a button cover. "the floor is electrified, one press and she will scream."

I placed a hand on the wall and it was met by hers on the other side. I turned to look at the man. I walked to the door and closed my eyes. "I will help you find this artifact, but after, I will see you burn" I opened my eyes and stared him in the eye with a scowl warping my features.

Nice length, if anyone was wondering about the 'trick', read my story "the next chapter".