Well for this one it was a bit tricky, but I decided once again to stop making Knives an angsty dick. I made sure that Caradin and Deverou didn't just fade into the background of conversation and I made Luxus be a bit more...him? Anyway, read on!

The Temple

Caradin panted heavily. Scattered around them were the corpses of many Grim. Knives collapsed on his back panting heavily. He had used his blood ability too many times and was on the verge of a total black out. He saw Johann over him, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, nurse he's on Heaven's door! I suggest an immediate brain transfer, use my brain!"

He gritted his teeth and bit down on his hand till it drew blood, focusing on the pain and the sky. Johann frowned, "You'll have to let me out sooner or later, and when you do I'll rip off those broken little wings of yours, I will destroy everything you love."

"Fuck, you." He said through gritted, blood-stained teeth. He tried to stand but he couldn't move. Luxus sat next to him and they all rested. As they waited under the sun another man with an axe walked by; this man had dark brown hair and gray blue eyes. Next to him was a blonde woman with piercing sea-foam green eyes. She wore a white jacket and a black shirt, with a white and blue skirt patterned like a cloud filled sky. She had a bow on her back and seemed overly displeased with her surroundings.

"Well I guess we know what happens to the people who over-exert themselves, or they just can't take it." She said with a shrug.

"Odette, curb your tongue! I apologize for her, she has an odd way of meeting people when she saw my aura she made fun of me."

"It was PINK! Ragnar you are like the biggest burliest seventeen year-old I've seen, with a pink aura!"

Caradin was getting angry, but the first to act was Deverou. "Our friend is simply resting. His specific talents wear him out over a long period of time." He said.

"Oh really, I want to see this." She replied with a smirk.

Knives gritted his teeth and forced himself to his feet, wobbling as he tried to rise. He glared at her and she seemed shocked by his red-slit eyes. He drew the knife across his palm and shot out a tendril of blood really fast that stopped right before her throat. "How's that?" He said panting.

The tendril began to lose density and he hastily drew the blood back into his hand. He fell back to the ground and Caradin began to heal the wound. Luxus walked over to them. "Have either of you found the temple yet?"

"We were there first, took the golden pawn." Ragnar said showing off the piece.

"A pawn; chess pieces, not actual relics; I thought we'd at least have to explore a temple." Caradin said disappointed as Knives chuckled through the exhaustion.

"Yes, I was disappointed with the lack of Grim in our path, with exception of the first when we landed I hardly had any fun." Ragnar said.

"Well I wish you luck then, make sure you survive the journey back." Luxus said as they walked off.

"They were the first, they're not lying." Deverou said, lowering his eye-patch slightly.

"Well whoever arrives next will get a good grade and be on their team." Luxus said.

"You're assuming the teams are decided by who shows up at the same time." Knives replied.

"What do you think then Knives?" Caradin asked.

"Maybe it's opposite chess pieces." Knives stated.

"Maybe, but I guess we won't know till we leave will we?" Deverou replied as he rose to his feet and grabbed his weapon from the grass.

"Whatever, let's get a move on, I'm tired of waiting around." Knives said wobbling to his feet.

He stood and leaned on Caradin as they all started moving. Knives sniffed the air again and his mouth dropped in shock. "You won't believe who I've just caught scent of."

"Who?"

"Well, a lot of people really, they're all closing in on the temple but more importantly, Weiss and Ruby, they're close. So are Yang and someone else."

"Tell us where they are!" Deverou exclaimed.

"There'd be no point in trying to get in with them, they will no doubt end up on the same team we just need to wait." Luxus said.

"No, what we need is a relic!" Caradin replied angrily as he picked up his pace practically dragging Knives with him.

"That too." Knives added as he shook himself free of Caradin and walked on his own.

"So what's your plan Luxus?" Deverou asked clipping the chain-scythe to his waist.

"Go grab a relic, we've got to get this under wraps." He replied swapping the clip from regular rounds to Incendiary Dust rounds with a smirk.

"That's more of a goal than a plan." Knives added with a smirk as he sheathed his blades and threw his hood up."

They all went to the temple and sure enough Yang and the other girl were there, they were surveying the area and looking at the relics. Luxus and the rest of the group sat in hiding the trees and watching. "Four pieces are missing, the black queen, the black bishops and a golden pawn." Deverou said.

"So what do we take?" Caradin asked setting his coffin down and leaning against it like a chair.

Knives stared at the pieces and his eyes fixated on the black Knight. "A knight who fights with the power of darkness, I like it!" Johann said.

He tried to ignore him and instead woke up in the checkered room. "Come now Knives you must realize now that we need to talk. We share the same body and most of the same mind. You can't keep playing the good guy. Each person here is shying away from you or holding back. The Cross kid has had his crosshairs on your back each step you've taken. Deverou, a murderer after my own heart, is just with you biding his time till he finds Weiss, it's an alliance of convenience. And Luxus, well he's been playing you all from the start. His family has had tabs on everyone in Beacon for a reason, they're a crime family. They need to know the strengths and weaknesses of everyone who can stop them, but I'll let you in on a secret Cain had to have gotten his funding from somewhere, have fun with that!"

He dropped out of the room in time to see Ruby streak across the sky screaming before turning to his "team". He did see the dissonance in their eyes. And although Luxus' were warm he saw the gears turning behind those eyes. He grimaced and pulled his hood closer to his face.

Luxus

Luxus saw him put up his hood and was a little discouraged, he had tried to get through to his partner but he knew that to trust everyone took time. It didn't help that Caradin and Deverou acted like they didn't want to be there most of the time, but he had to do something. He turned to Knives and saw the hate in his eyes and wondered if he had figured it out yet? That he had used his families files to gather the team that would be the best suited for him. At the same time he wondered why his father held all those files or how he got that clearance. He was a friend of Ozpin at some point so maybe that was it. He didn't think into it too much, he would just bide his time and take what he could to make it to the top.

Well that's that I'm calling it a night, tell me what you think!