Alright, lot's of major editing in this chapter and a new Grimm Idea came to me. A Shrieker, it's a bat type Grimm so...yeah, anyway this one just required so much time I'm gonna take a Skyrim break...
The Madness of the Black Knight
As Knives watched the insanity unfold before him it was rather odd. Ruby fell from the sky only to run into Jaune Arc. Then some random girl and guy came in on an Ursa and she danced about with the white rook piece. Her partner yelled and she trotted over to him. Pyrrha Nikos ran in followed closely by a Death Stalker, while Weiss Schnee fell off a large bird like creature. He saw Deverou tense and get ready to run, but then Jaune Arc leapt out and caught her. Deverou's fear turned to rage as they both fell to the ground. "What kind of idiot tries to impress a lady like that without thinking of the safety of either party?" He asked.
Pyrrha came crashing to the ground from the Death Stalker and Ruby charged off to fight it. Her initial attacks wouldn't work, so she began to run but the bird closed in on her. Knives turned to Luxus to see what he was going to do but he just sat there watching. As the feathers pinned her cape to the ground, Knives had had enough, he was not going to gamble with someone's life. He ran out to do something, but Weiss quickly rushed in and froze the Death Stalker's stinger as it almost hit. Knives realized he was out in the open and quickly ducked behind a pillar. He didn't think they could see him, but they definitely sensed him. They gathered their pieces and took off running. Knives came out from behind his pillar, just in time for Ruby to look back at her friends. She saw him, but she kept moving. He grabbed two black knights and as Caradin and the others came out from the woods he tossed one to them. He turned to look at the Death Stalker, but it had already broken free and gone after Ruby's group. "God that thing was disgusting!" Luxus said.
"What?" Knives asked.
"That Death Stalker or whatever, it was nasty looking." Luxus replied.
"Wait, Luxus are you shaking?" Deverou asked.
He was shivering as he looked at the ice.
"Never had things like that where I grew up. The King Taijitu or whatever, that's the biggest thing I've ever seen to see those guys batted about like flies; it was terrifying."
"Well get it together," Caradin said, "We've got a lot more to do."
As if on cue, Pyron and his group charged through the woods followed by a large bat Grimm. "Heads up!" Pyron said as he dematerialized, grabbed the black king and turned to face Newt who had the Black queen. They stood their ground and Newt smashed the bug.
"Ten points!" She screamed.
"Okay, so that happened…" Knives stated before the unthinkable happened.
More of them, smaller than the first, swarmed through the trees and Knives and his group took off running with the others close on their heels. Pyron turned every now and then to shoot fire balls into the swarm to disperse them as Luxus ran and shot. They kept running until Knives was sure they were going the wrong way. But he didn't know for sure until they ran into another group of them. This section of the forest was covered in hollowed out trees, that lead to a large cave..
"Oh this can't be good." Carlos said.
A monstrous one emerged from the cave, ten times as big as the other bats.
"I hate bats…" Luxus said.
It opened its mouth with a loud shriek. It rose with a sickening thrum of its wings and they all stood there horror stricken as the swarm surrounded them. Knives was thinking of a way to escape that didn't result in death, and he heard it in beat with the thrumming of the wings, "Release, release, RELEASE!"
He had to let him out; no, he couldn't, but would it be worth the cost of death? He started tapping his foot in the rhythm of the wings and that's when the idea hit him. "Caradin, you got speakers in that thing?"
"C.A.S. Kit? Um, yeah but I don't see how that pertains to what we're doing."
He threw him the music player in his back pocket. "Just crank it, and sync your movements with the tempo. As much as I hate to say it, we need to work together."
"Okay, what should I set it to?" Caradin asked.
"This Will be the Day, and don't scratch my music player!"
He heard Caradin crank the song and it blasted out against the swarm. He heard the clinking and shifting as Caradin walked up with his axe. Deverou had his sword drawn and was spinning his chain scythe. Luxus popped open a box and some cards fell out, and as the edges of the cards glowed purple, the cards spun around him. Pyron drew his sword and got back to back with David and his scythe. Newt rested her hammer on her shoulder with a cruel grin and Carlos did the same with his axe. They exchanged a glance and he simply said, "Bet I can get more than you."
"You're on." Deverou replied.
The swarm began to grow anxious, and then the lyrics came, "They see you as small and helpless, they see you as just a child, surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild!"
"GO!" Knives screamed.
Pyron rushed forward using his Semblance and the fire Dust in his coat to create a fireball of motion, knocking the Shriekers aside. David tossed an Ice Dust crystal into the air and leapt to strike it. It flew right into the swarm, and David spun his scythe shattering the crystal and setting off a massive ice explosion that shredded the bats. Carlos locked his axe head around the hammer head of Newt and threw her. "Whee!" She screamed as she flew from bat to bat smashing them and using the force as momentum to keep climbing higher. Carlos shifted to cannon mode and sent out quick lightning pulses to zap the bats out of the sky. Caradin lowered the axe head and launched Deverou into the air, as he spun throwing his chain scythe in and out of the swarm to bring them down. Caradin shifted into scythe mode and leapt up slashing as many as he could while Deverou shifted to katana mode and wedged it in a tree trunk so he could land on the ground. Knives drew his hand across Jack and let his blood flow down The Ripper. He felt the Dust burn in his veins and thought about it igniting, Jack was then enveloped in flames and he turned to face the swarm.
"You ready Luxus?"
"Just show me what to do." The boy replied
Knives sent slashes of fire into the swarm and slashed any that got near him with The Ripper. Luxus fired shots through the swarm with Lilith and Esmeralda while shielding himself with the cards. Things were going well until the queen started in on them. Her shriek sent out a shockwave of wind and sound that ripped apart the ground and trees as Luxus dispersed his cards to cover everyone. "Pyron, have your team cover us!"
Caradin dropped scythe and Luxus and Knives hopped on this time. "Okay, not gonna lie, I'm having second thoughts." Luxus said.
"Newt!" Caradin yelled.
She ran in full force with her hammer drawn back. "Batter up!"
She hit the scythe and it launched them in the air like a clay pigeon. Deverou wrapped his chain around the both of them and flicked his wrist which spun him like a top. Carlos and David used their scythe and lightning cannon to launch Pyron at them. He collided with Luxus and used his sword to use as a thruster to boost them higher, "Go for the kill!" He yelled.
They were a few yards away from the queen now, as the swarm closed in around them. "Make this count." Luxus said as he drew Red King and fired. That blasted them into the queen and Knives drove Jack through her abdomen as they rocketed away and Luxus plummeted to the ground.
"Wow, you are crazy!" Johann said.
"I want you to finish this thing." Knives said to him.
"Wow, really crazy, you know I'm not going to want to leave right? I could kill all your friends." He replied pointing down at the scattered people below
"Call it an extension of trust, will you help me partner?" He said with a smile.
Johann remained quiet for a while before responding, "Don't think this means I won't take any chance I get to break free and slaughter whoever and whatever I wish."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." Knives said.
He felt the darkness consume him and Johann took over. He sat in the checkered room and watched what unfolded like a movie screen. "Ah, it's good to be in flesh again. Hello there Queenie, do you know what fear is? Don't worry, I'll show you."
He sheathed the blades and climbed calmly up to the queen's head as she snapped and thrashed. "I feel like singing." He said as he took one hand to the side and tapped his fingers as if playing piano keys.
"Hacking and Slashing and Bludgeoning and Maiming,
Watching the life from their eyes slowly fading.
Watching the lights of the world slowly die.
As I come in and rip out their eyes."
As he said this he ripped the eyes from the queen. She screeched and thrashed about before crashing to the ground.
"Oceans of blood and a stream of madness,
Despair flows down like a river of sadness.
Hearing their screams as I rip off their wings."
He said as he used The Ripper to saw the queen's wings off. She screamed and thrashed about before he drove The Ripper through her head.
"These are a few of my favorite thiiiiiings!"
As Johann turned, he saw the mist clear from the cliffs and saw Ruby Rose standing there as a headless raven creature fell from the cliffs. He laughed, "She's a fun one she is, well Knives, I've had my fun; but don't think I won't take over again!"
He snapped back as his team ran up, and they cheered for him. They all looked over at Ruby. "She's amazing." Knives said.
"Don't get entranced lover-boy, you weren't half-bad yourself." Luxus replied.
"Zero Alighieri, Brandon Nero, Bertilak Farbe, and Rory Farbe. You chose the white bishop pieces, from here on you will be Team BRNZ, led by Bertalik Farbe." Ozpin said to a blonde kid in a black trench coat with crosses on the shoulder and wings on the back stood next to a set of twins, the more muscular one having a prosthetic arm and a bandage over one eye, while the other was skinny and more sharp eyed; the final guy had spiky silver hair and a black jacket with a red crescent moon on the back.
They walked off the stage and Ragnar and his team walked up. The two others with him were also girls. One wore a green vest and had her chest wrapped with bandages. She wore forest green sweat pants and no shoes. She had a green headband that kept her bangs pushed back with the rest of her chestnut brown hair. The other girl was more bouncy and bubbly, wearing jeans and a pink T-shirt with a white hoodie vest. She had a spear in her hand she twirled like a baton before stopping and standing at attention. "Odette Ciel, Sarais Morocco, Ragnar Oakfeld, and Ellone Valentine. You chose the white pawn piece, an interesting choice. From here on you will be Team ROSE, led by Ragnar Oakfeld."
Knives saw Ruby mouth to Yang, "That's my last name." and laughed.
Edan stepped up with his team, "Edan Azure, Teena Caliburn, Samuel Matherson, and Mary Night. You chose the white bishop piece. From here on you will be Team MEST, led by Mary Knight."
Next was Safe, he waved at Knives as he stepped up but Knives simply looked away, "Samuel Fey, Ora Ngenge, Lee Ru, and Mason Suzuki. You chose the black pawn piece, from here on you will be Team SOMR, led by Samuel Fey."
Pyron strolled up with his group with their usual odd swagger, "David Frystlik, Pyron Kagi, Newt Peater, and Carlos Salvador. You chose the Black king and queen, henceforth you shall be Team PFCN, led by Pyron Kagi."
Next Knives and his team stepped up, "Caradin Cross, Alexander Blut, Deverou Tenebrous, and Rayfor von Wurfel. You chose the Black Knight pieces, from here on you will be called Team BRCD." Luxus frowned, Knives mouthed, "Sucks don't it."
"And you will be led by Alexander Blut, congratulations gentlemen."
Knives was mortified being the leader of his team, he much rather wished it was Luxus. The spotlight was on him now, so he had to stand strong. The madness was just beginning.
Skyrim break time yay! When we return, the Dovahkiin, I mean...Knives...will be struggling to adjust. Also, underage drinking, because what doesn't say making it into highschool like a criminal, a mercenary, and a rich kid busting open their stolen, contraband, booze...this sounds like the start of a bad joke...