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Malakai was mediating on table. The Shadow came walking in.
"Salem wishes to speak with you" The Shadow said. Malakai walks out of the room.
"What does she want now" Malakai asked annoyed.
"She wants to know what has happen to Cinder" The Shadow info.
"Didn't you tell her everything is fine" Malakai said.
"I did, but she tried contact Cinder" The Shadow said.
"Time for my back up plan" Malakai said.
They approached a metal door.
"Wait here and remember the plan" Malakai said.
He walked into a room while the Shadow stayed outside.
Camera switches to inside the room
In the middle of the room was the Giant crystal from earlier. Salem faced appeared on Crystal and Malakai kneaded before her.
"What now" Malakai said annoyed.
"Where's Cinder" Salem said.
"She's exploring the caves" Malakai said.
"I haven't been able to communicate with her" Salem said.
"And what does that have to do with me" Malakai said.
"Your men were with her" Salem said.
"So were the White Fang" Malakai said.
"But they don't have a reason to kill her" Salem said.
"My men would never attack someone who's that powerful" Malakai said.
The Shadow then ran into the room.
"Master we have an emergency" The Shadow pretending to sound urgent.
"What is it" Malakai remaining calm.
"Cinder and Neopolitan have arrived at the base. But they are severely injured" The Shadow said.
"And what of their unit" Malakai asked.
"All dead" The Shadow said.
"Does that answer your question" Malakai asked Salem.
"Just make sure she makes it. And continue your mission" Salem said.
Her face disappear from the crystal.
"That will buy us some time" The Shadow said.
"We don't know that, but either way we have to accelerate the plan" Malakai said.
Malakai and The Shadow walked out of the room and into the hallway. Malakai then pulled the clothing that covering his right arm. On the arm was a metal surrounding. The metal had buttons on it. He then pressed one of the buttons and hologram was displayed. The hologram was of a collective standing near Cinder and Neopolitan.
"Report" Malakai said.
"Procedures are going well" The Collective said.
"How long will it take" Malakai said.
"In a week they will be ours to control" The Collective said.
"We don't have a week, I need them in three days" Malakai said.
"Three days? Sir, that's not enough time" The Collective said.
"Are you disobeying me" Malakai said frustrated.
"What, of course not" The Collective said.
"Then listen to me or I'll put you on that table" Malakai said.
The Collective gulped and said frighten "Yes Sir"
The Hologram then disappear.
"Are you sure that's a good idea" The Shadow asked.
"I don't know, but we need to focus on the main goal, let's go to Haven" Malakai said. They walked down the hallway silently.
Camera switches to the torture room
"Listen I'm giving you one last chance, join us or face be subjugate to pain" The Collective said.
Cinder just spit at him.
"So be it" The Collective said. He began to operate the console.
"Time to turn it up," The Collective said. He turn the settings to the max
Camera switches to Ruby and the Gang
They were walking through a field. Ruby was leading, while Lie was at the back carrying the summer maiden.
"Why do I have to carry her" Lie complained.
"You're the one that carry her out of the jeep" Nora said.
"Wouldn't it make more sense to wait for her to wake up," Lie said.
"Yeah, but this saves time," Nora said.
"Xizor, how did you learn the collective," Ruby said.
"Well I was telling the truth before" Xizor said.
"But" Ruby said.
"It was seven years ago" Xizor said.
Flashback
A small child was sitting below a tree in a swamp shivering. It was raining heavily, the only thing that kept child from the rain were the leafs.
"I was 10 years old, when it happen" Xizor narrated.
"What happened" Ruby asked.
"I meant one of them" Xizor said.
A collective member was walking pass with his right hand on his side. He didn't notice Xizor as he was hiding beneath a tree. The Collective member then collapse face first to ground. The Young Xizor came out of the bottom of the tree and began to inspect the Collective solider. He look at where The Collective right hand was. It was a stab wound. There was lot of blood coming out and began to spread across the ground. Xizor began to rummage through the Collective clothing. But then the Collective's arm grab Xizor's arm. Xizor had a look of shock on his face.
"I thought he was going to kill me, but he did something that I wasn't expecting" Xizor narrated.
"Kill me" The Collective asked weakly.
"What" the Young Xizor said surprised and scared.
"Kill me" The Collective asked again.
"Why" Xizor asked frighten.
"Because no matter what, I going to die a painful death" The Collective said weakly.
"Why" Xizor asked.
"Just kill me" The Collective begged.
"If you tell me why you want to die and where you came from, then I'll kill you" Xizor said.
"Fine" The Collective solider said.
"So he told me everything about the Collective and their mission" Xizor said.
"What happen to him" Ruby asked.
"I gave him what he wanted" Xizor said in a low tone.
"Dragged me to that pond" The Collective Solider said.
Xizor dragged The Collective to a pond.
"Good, now put me head in there" The Collective said.
The Young Xizor grab the Collective Solider head and put it in the water. There were bubbles coming out of the water for 30 seconds. But after that, the Collective Solider drown.
Xizor looked at his hands and saw the blood from The Collective Solider was on him. His hands were shaking at and just walked away traumatize by the experience.
Camera switches to back to the Present.
"No matter how much I tried, that feeling of taking life never went away" Xizor said.
"I'm sorry" Ruby said guilty.
"Doesn't matter let's just focus on your journey" Xizor said.
They all remained silent for a few seconds.
"Why are you going to Haven" Xizor asked.
"We need find out what's going on" Ruby said.
"What do you mean" Xizor asked.
"Cinder, the person you meant down back in the camp was responsible for destruction of Beacon Academy" Ruby said.
"Care to fill me in on what Beacon is" Xizor asked.
"You never heard of Beacon Academy" Ruby asked.
"Not until his moment" Xizor said.
"Beacon was a place where Huntsmen and Huntress were taught to slay Grimm" Ruby said.
"Don't understand why you need to be taught how to kill a Grimm, it's pretty simple" Xizor interrupted.
"Anyway, several months ago The Grimm invade and took it over, Cinder was responsible for the fall of Beacon" Ruby said.
"Looks like that training was kind of useless" Xizor said.
"People died Xizor" Jaune said angered.
"Sorry, continue" Xizor said.
"It turns out that she wasn't alone in this" Ruby said.
"And this is when Haven comes in" Xizor said.
"We that She and her friends had help from Haven Academy" Ruby said.
"Why don't you tell anyone about this" Xizor asked.
"No one trusts anything that comes out of Vale anymore" Lie said.
"Let me guess, Vale where you live" Xizor said.
"Yes" Nora said.
"What was your friend's name" Xizor asked Jaune.
"Huh" Jaune said.
"The one that passed on" Xizor said.
"Pyrrha" Jaune said sadly.
"So was she your friend, your sister or your Girlfriend" Xizor asked.
"Just a friend" Jaune said turn his head away.
"I thought you would be going to Haven for revenge" Xizor said.
"No Pyrrha wouldn't want that" Jaune said.
"It doesn't matter what she wants anymore, she's dead" Xizor said.
Jaune then grabbed Xizor by shoulder and pulled him violently towards him.
"Don't say that" Jaune said.
"Jaune it's not worth" Ruby said.
"Say what, that she's dead" Xizor said.
"Shut up" Jaune said.
"Listen we do what we can for the living, but once someone dies they're not important anymore and your friend is no exception" Xizor said.
Jaune enrage punch Xizor in the face. Xizor falls back a bit. Jaune then grab Xizor by his shirt and pulled him in.
"Listen you freak, Pyrrha was actually an important person unlike you," Jaune said.
"Funny if she was that important she would be here," Xizor said.
This remark enrage Jaune more and was about to punch Xizor again. Nora grabbed him and began to pull him away from Xizor.
"Let me go Nora," Jaune said.
"Not so tough now," Xizor said mockingly.
Ruby got between the two.
She turned towards Jaune and said pretty upset, "Jaune this isn't what Pyrrha would wanted". Jaune turned his head in shame.
"And Xizor you don't just say things like that" Ruby snapped at Xizor.
"You mean saying truth" Xizor said.
"That doesn't mean you insult someone's dead friend" Ruby said.
"You know what, screw this you can escort yourself to haven" Xizor stomped away.
"Good he's gone" Jaune said.
"He was are only person who could get us to Haven" Ruby said.
"That doesn't mean I have to tolerate him" Jaune said.
"Jaune is right, this guy has done nothing but get us in trouble" Lie came in.
"Thank you" Jaune said.
"Lie where's the maiden" Nora asked.
"I left her right there" Lie pointed to a few feet away from him. But he notice and gasp that maiden was no longer there.
"Where did she go" Lie said.
They then hear someone say "wee". They turn to where the sound came from and saw the maiden awake and flying. She was doing loops in the air and cheering. The bruises and cuts that were on her were gone.
"I guess that's her" Lie said.
The Summer Maiden then landed in front of them.
"Hello" The Summer Maiden joyfully.
"Um hi" Ruby said.
"My name is June" The Summer Maiden said.
"Of course it is, my name is Lie and these are Jaune, Nora and Ruby" Lie did a hand gesture towards his friends.
"Um a minute a go you were severely injured, But now you had no injuries, Can you explain" Nora asked.
"Gladly, When I'm near the sunlight any damage to my body is gone" June pointed to the sun. The Sun was about to set.
"That explains it" Nora said.
"I suggest we find a place to stay for the night" Lie said.
"Be right back" June flew away.
"Should we go after her" Nora asked.
"Yes" Ruby said. They began to follow June.
"Look guys over here" June was floating over a cave. The Cave was only was a meter or two deep and there seem to be no Grimm in it. Also there were a few trees a few feet away.
"That's convenient" Lie said slightly surprise.
"Let's get some wood" Ruby said.
"Not to worry I'll handle it" June said. She flew to one of the tress and started to break each of the branches off. She gather a dozen of these branches and then landed in front of Ruby and Team JNPR. Ruby and Team JNPR looked at each other in shocked. Because not only the Summer Maiden was holding a dozen branches in her arms. Some of them were really big and weigh in at least a few pounds each.
"Let's get a fire started" The Summer Maiden said.
Later
They were sitting around a fire in the cave. There were some left over branches at side.
"So how is everybody," The Summer Maiden said.
"Fine," everybody said.
"You guys don't look happy what's wrong," June said.
"We have some questions to ask," Ruby said,
"Sure," June asked.
"Why did they want to capture you," Ruby asked.
"Who," June said.
"The Collective, you know the guys in the cloaks," Lie said.
"Oh those guys, I don't know" June said.
"What do mean you don't know" Ruby said.
"As in I don't have an idea what they want with me" June said.
"Can you describe how they took you" Ruby asked.
"Sure" June said.
Flashback
June was flying a field when she saw something.
"I was flying around when I saw an animal in trouble, so went over and tried to help it" June flew towards the animal. The Animal was in a net, desperately trying to escape. June landed near it and was to take the net off. However a chain rap around her arm and was pulled away.
"What the" June said shocked. She saw a Collective Member holding the chain. The Collective had chains warped around his arm. June tried to pull the chains off.
"I tried to escape, but the chain were too strong" June narrated. The Collective then threw her into the sky with his chains and slammed her into the ground several times. June then passed out from multiple drops.
Camera switches to the present
"That's all I remember sadly" June said.
"I'm sorry for what you went through" Ruby said.
"Don't worry I'm fine" June said.
"But why did they want you" Ruby asked herself.
"Don't know" June said.
"They want the powers of all fours maidens" Jaune said.
"That's possible, but Cinder already has the fall maiden's power" Ruby said.
"Maybe they were going to capture her" Jaune said.
"Possible, but Cinder would be difficult to take down" Ruby said.
"Plus that's not what the Collective want, they're trying to obtain the power to control Grimm" Nora said.
"The Maidens could be related to this power" Ruby said.
"Is anyone still understanding this, cause I lost" Xizor popped in.
"Get out of here" Jaune demand.
"What are you still doing here Xizor, I thought you want to leave" Lie asked rudely.
"I did, but I realized I don't have any food" Xizor said. He then sat near the fire.
"So what's for dinner" Xizor asked.
"We're not eating anything, we trying to figure out what the Collective is planning" Ruby said.
"Didn't I already tell you what they want" Xizor said.
"Yes, but that doesn't answer all our questions" Ruby said.
"What other questions are there," Xizor said.
"Why are they working with Cinder, who does Cinder work for, what is there big plan" Ruby asked multiple questions.
"Simple, Cinder has this power that they want, so they work for her to obtain it" Xizor said.
"I doubt Cinder would give them this power if she had, there's something missing something that puts all these pieces together" Ruby said.
"That piece is currently missing, and until we find it, we have nothing" Jaune said.
"Does anyone else have anything to talk about" Xizor asked.
Nobody responded.
"Alright how about this I'll tell you something about me" Xizor said. He took his mask and his eyes were closed.
"This mask is the only way I can see" Xizor said. He waves the mask around.
"Why's that" Jaune asked.
"Well is has something to do with my semblance. My semblance gives me a sixth sense seems good right," Xizor asked.
"What does that have to do with your eyes" Jaune asked.
"I can only see normally in darkness, if I to open my eyes right now it will hurt because of the light coming from the fire" Xizor said.
"Wait if you have a sixth sense, then why did Neopolitan knock you senseless" Nora said.
"Just because I know what's coming doesn't mean I can react to it in time" Xizor said.
"Is there anything else you have to hide" Jaune said.
"Actually I do, look into my ears" Xizor said. Everyone looked into Xizor left ear and there was an earplug.
"I'm curse with another thing, my ears are extremely sensitive and talking normally would be like yelling into my ear" Xizor said.
"That sucks" Nora said.
"These earplugs can only take so much though, remember earlier when I went to take a nap" Xizor asked.
"Yeah," Ruby asked.
"That wasn't a nap, the Grimm Vamperions screeching made me light headed" Xizor said.
"First why didn't you tell us that, second, Vamperions?" Ruby asked.
"I don't usually give my weakness to people I just met, also the Vamperions is the nickname of the Grimm bats" Xizor said.
"Wait does mean you heard us talking about you" Ruby said.
"Yes, but I had to take me earplugs in order to hear you. And in the rain so it really hurt" Xizor said.
"Also I take offense of you calling my mask weird" Xizor pointed to Nora.
"Kind is" Nora in defense.
"Hey guys, I want to show you something" June said. She went to the pile of wood and took a log out.
"What are you planning to do" Jaune asked.
"Just watch" June said gleefully.
She began to move her hand around the wood and it started to change. The wood log turn into a wood Sword.
"Ta da" June holding the sword up.
"How did you do that" Jaune asked.
"It's my ability" June said. She gave the weapon to Jaune.
"Can you make me a giant hammer" Nora asked. June nodded and grabbed a log. She then used her albites to make a hammer resembles Nora original hammer.
"Yes" Nora said happily.
"Two swords for me" Xizor said. June nodded and made two swords. She handed them to Xizor.
"A scythe please" Ruby said. June nodded again and gave her a Scythe.
"Do you make guns" Lie asked.
"Sorry, I don't" June said.
"Here take one of my mine swords" Xizor gave Lie one of his swords.
Xizor then turn his head to the entrance of the cave.
"What is it" Ruby asked.
"I sense something" Xizor said. He looked out the entrance and sees nothing.
"It was nothing" Xizor said. A crow then slammed into his face causing him to fall down. Ruby, Team JNPR and June laughed at him.
"Stupid crow" Xizor said.
June yawned and said "It's getting late, time to go sleep".
"Who will take first watch" Lie said.
"I'll do it" Ruby said.
Later
Ruby was standing near the entrance. The fire has die down and everyone was sleeping.
"Hey Ruby" Xizor said.
"Yeah" Ruby said.
"I have a question" Xizor said.
"What is it" Ruby asked.
"Now tell me something about all of you" Xizor asked Ruby.
"I don't know about that" Ruby said.
"I just told you everything you need to know about me, so tell me something about you" Xizor said.
Ruby looked away.
"If you don't want to talk about it then fine, I'll just go to sleep" Xizor said.
"I'm was on team called RWBY" Ruby said.
"What's that" Xizor asked.
"A team of Huntress that fight Grimm, I was the leader" Ruby said.
"Your name is Ruby and your team name is Ruby, a bit self-important" Xizor said.
"No its RWBY with a W," Ruby said.
"That's makes it better" Xizor said sarcastically.
"Those were good times Me, Weiss, Blake and Yang having a blast" Ruby smiling and reminiscing.
"You were friends" Xizor said.
"Yes, actually more like a family" Ruby still smiling.
"Family" Xizor said confused.
"Of course, we were very close" Ruby said.
"No I mean, what's family" Xizor asked.
"You don't what family is" Ruby said.
"No" Xizor shaking.
"How do you not know what family is" Ruby said.
"I grew up in a swamp without anyone" Xizor said.
"Xizor, family is something that will always give you love and something to cherish because you won't have it forever" Ruby said.
"So you and the friends were a family" Xizor asked.
"Yes, actually Yang was my sister" Ruby smiled.
"Sister" Xizor said confused.
"Don't tell me you don't know what a sister is" Ruby said.
"Afraid not" Xizor said.
Ruby laughed at this.
"So what happen to Team RWBY" Xizor said.
Ruby stopped and went silent.
"Uh did I say something" Xizor said.
Ruby turned her head and said "We disbanded"
"Why" Xizor said.
Ruby remained silent.
"It was beacon" Xizor asked.
"Yes" Ruby said sadly.
"I'm going to sleep now, sorry for making you uncomfortable" Xizor said. He went back to sleep and Ruby looked out at the fields.
Memories of her Team flooded into her mind and tear went straight down her face.
"I'm sorry" Ruby said dejected.
Here's new chapter.
Anyway what are your thoughts? Personally I think this might be the worst one yet. Due to its inconsistence tone and Rush writing. Then why am I releasing it then. Well I going on ANOTHER TRIP so before that I did the best I could do to get a chapter out. Plus I think there is some decent stuff in it. I think will remake this chapter at some point but until then this is the best I got.
Have a good day