The Demon

The group had walked aimlessly for hours, knowing they were lost and had no where else. For those hours, nothing happened, and the group trudged around aimlessly, until they reached a hedge. It was tall, and unclimbable. Quite suspicious, given the Altar was around this area...

Ryan took a look at the hedge. You could see straight through it, although vision was a bit obscured by twigs and leaves. What he saw on the other side was... the Altar!

There seemed to be two guards on each side, from what Ryan could tell. Although he couldn't get a good view, from where he stood the Altar looked huge. The first layer was the size of a human and a half, and there were at least 7 layers. The guards were standing in front an entrance...

"Guys, we need to break through this hedge. Fuck stealth, it won't work. We gotta just go right in." Ryan explained, motioning for the others to sit around him. "We'll take the guards out quickly, and enter. From there, wing it. We'll divide into groups. We'll cross that bridge later, though. Ray, can you blow a hole through the hedge?"

Ray nodded, caressing his rose.

"I can blaze a hole through a hedge. Definitely."

Ryan smiled.

"Good. We got the plan?" The others nodded. Ryan got up. "Let's do this, then."

Before he could prepare, though, Weiss had grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Why are we doing this? Are we not the bad guys in this situation?" She asked, worried. Ryan smirked.

"Trust me." He looked deep into her eyes, using his semblance to bend her. Weiss suddenly shook her head.

"I got the weirdest feeling... I feel... I think this is a good idea."

Ryan nodded.

"Let's go, then." He continued with a convincing smile. "Ray, let's go. Time to blaze, as you say."

Ray motioned for the group to stand back. He held the rose to his face, pulled back his sleeves, and made a circle in the air with his rose as the pointer. A ring of fire formed in front of him. He punched through the center of it, and the fire quickly followed, lurching forward into the bush. Without any trouble, it blew a hole.

"There it is. I made it so no fire would spread. Save the trees, you know."

He pointed the others through the hole, quickly following afterward.

The guards did not notice until Ryan called out to them.

"You've got an intruder. Well, ten, actually."

Quickly, the two guards closest to them called for backup, and clumsily fumbled for their guns.

Geoff, quicker than them, drew a tranquillizer gun, and shot the both of them.

"Remember, we're not aiming to kill. Be careful." He reminded them. "Alright, Two guards coming from the right, two from left. I'll take right, one of you take left."

It was true, from the sides of the pyramid two guards were closing in, guns ready in hand. As soon as the ones on the right rounded the corner, Geoff tranquillized them. Jack took point with the other guards, and a wee bit more violently than Geoff, knocked the guys out, dodging their bullets as he sprinted towards them. Behind Jack, who was not paying attention, another set of guards was running, coming from the rear. Blake quickly told Jack to duck, and with amazing precision and surprising accuracy, threw and wrapped her ribbon-hook around one guards neck, pulling hard. He bashed into his partner, the force of the strike knocking both of them out.

She wiped her hands like a bad-ass, and smiled at Jack who gave a thumbs-up.

"Alright, let's go."

They all took a deep breath, and began to walk towards the Altar. Just feet before the entrance, though, Ryan stopped them.

"We should divide into teams. Ray and Gavin, go in together. I'll go with Michael, Geoff and Jack go together. Team RWBY go together. If anything happens, scream. I've read that in this pyramid structure, screams carry out through the entire thing."

They all nodded and split apart. Each group taking one side of the pyramid. Team RWBY was probably the best off, being they were four, but still were all nervous. Ray and Gavin were already laughing it off, Michael and Ryan serious, and Geoff and Jack casually talking as they walked into the structure.

Ray and Gavin (X-Ray and Vav)

"Pretty dark in here. Ray. You know what to do."

"Yeah, sure."

Before long, the whole pyramid had been lit by the flame of Ray's rose.

"Hey, Vav, I mean, pffft... Gav. Damn."

Gavin had stopped walking, laughing his ass off.

"Vav? Oh, I suppose I shall call you X-Ray, then? Since we're making up names?"

Ray pouted.

"Yeah, whatever. I messed up."

Gavin continued to laugh. After a moment, he wiped tears from his eyes.

"Not too scary in here, huh. Really peaceful."

This peaceful mood remained for a minute, until they ran into an intersection.

"Which way, X-Ray?" Gav asked. Ray caressed his chin, and pointed to the left.

"Looks like it's heading to the center that way."

"You wanna go to the center?" Gavin asked, surprised. Ray nodded.

"Yeah, we can maybe see this demon-thing."

Gavin nearly fainted.

"You're pretty damn brave, X-Ray. Whatever, fuck it. We'll go your way."

With that they went to the left. What awaited them, only a couple feet ahead, was something so atrocious. Long story short, all the others we're influenced the same way, tempted to head closer tot he center. An outside force had influenced them... And that force lay within the pyramid.

Every one of them arrived in the same clearing at the same time, coming from different sides. In the center of the room was a brazier, its fire blazing with a bright glare. No one talked, knowing the fire had something to do with this demon. And, sure enough, after a minute of their presence, the fire went out.

"Guests, eh?" A snarky and mocking voice came from, well, nowhere exactly. "Whatcha looking for here? Immortality? What is it, come on, spit it out."

No one spoke, paralyzed with fear.

"Oh, if it'll help, I'll show myself."

The fire rose again, but this time a figure could be seen within the flames. Only a face. It was a faint vision, but still could be made out. A human face, only it was black like the void. It had an underbite, and revealed the teeth of a Sabre. Its golden eyes glowed menacingly. NO one could tell where he was looking. It gave an eerie feeling.

"Oooh! Better."

Ryan suddenly stood up.

"The... The Tower of Pimp! Where is it?!" He blurted. The demon raised an eyebrow.

"It's not here, you fool."