Sorry for my bad English.
Unknown fact. Ceodore is also the name of a character in Final Fantasy IV. Is the son of Cecil Harvey and Rosa Joanna Farrell. I discovered that recently after play the Final Fantasy IV for the DS and I wish I have money for the FFXV, oh how is sad be so poor.
Well, since I'm have some free time... you know what? Is better I not mention.
Atlas
-C'mon! -A soldier shout. -Respond. Anyone, respond.
He was trying to get comunication with Arcadia, but seemed that any form of comunication with the kingdom was not possible.
-What could possible happen to cut the signal like that? -Another soldier asked.
-I don't know. How long since the call for help?
-Make half of hour. Captain what we will do?
The capitain look at the ship for a moment before take his decision.
-Everyone to the ships. -The captian shout. -If the kingdom is calling for help, we will not stand here doing nothing. I'm sure the other kingdoms are moving as well. Let's not stay behind!
-Yes captain Dragoon.
Dragoon watched his soldiers enter in the ships, before he joined them he look to a picture of his family and put on his pocket. Not knowing that before he put his captain uniform was the last time he could talk to his wife.
Vale
Roman watch the scene with a huge grimm on his face. Bigger the succees be, bigger will be his payment. He couldn't help but start to dance with Neo throwing some confetti around him.
-That's right, baby! -He shout. -Dance my boys! Dance! Let's show what you all are made off!
-I'm interrupting something? -The voice of Cinder spoke and Roman turn around to see his client. Cinder and Emerald raise a eyebrow at Roman's strange position. He colected himself, fixed the collar of his outfit, his hat and grinned like nothing happened. Cinder ignored his try to look professional and walk to Fido who give the binocular to the mistress. Cinder watch the scene in the park with a smirk. -It seems that everything got better than planned.
Everyone from Beacon was having a huge difficult to deal with what Ceodore called: Miasma Grimms.
They were stronger, faster, smarter and more resistant than normal grimm suppose to be and those are only Beowulfs. Just thinking in what a Miasma Dust could do with grimms like Deathstalkers, Beringels, even Goliaths! Not even those new Paladins from Atlas would be match against those mutated monsters. Emerald also watch the scene and the same thought go through her mind, but different from her mistress, the thought terrified her.
Then the thief notice something, or rather someone.
-Who is he? -Emerald asked pointing to the faunus dog.
-I was wondering that myself. -Cinder asked.
-His name is Fido. -Roman answered Emerald question. -He is the one who helped with the process with the miasma dust.
-You seems to be someone really competent then. -Emerald said.
-Those are words that I never gonna hear again. -Fido's statement make both Emerald and Cinder raise a eyebrow.
-I will explain later. -Roman said then he also notice something. -Your assitant with the big mouth, where he is?
-He currently is in the middle of his "operation". -Cinder said.
Just the thought of what Mercury was going through of is enough to make Emerald feel chills in her spine, but just some more hours and it will be done. She could not think about that now. She need to watch Cinder's plan in action and what terrify things will come from those plans.
Far from where the group was, a boy wearing a white armor watched from the roofs the battle. His focus was directed to the apprentice after he saved the champiom of Mistral from a fatal blow. His eyes burned in hatred as he notices the apprentice of the Dark Knight holding the weapon what was used to kill his father.
-He will die... by my father's blade. -The Crusader whispered.
Glynda could not remember when was last time she had to work that hard to defeat a grimm. Whatever is wrong or different about those Beowulfs besides their appearance, was enough to make her sweat. She had wrapped her opponent with the electrical wires and was holding her crop with both hands to trap the monster. The Beowulf put more force in his arms and free himself from the wires. He jumped after Glynda and the witch give a jump back and give more shots against the grimm what successfully hit her target.
Normaly, one shot was enough to end a Beowulf, but her opponent was receiving the shots like was protected by aura like a human would be.
-How come those grimms are so strong? -She asked to herself as the Beowulf jumped after her and was hit in midair by a bolder that Glynda threw at him.
Was the first time Ceodore visited Vale and would be anxious to look around, unfortunately when he felt miasma coming from the city, he knew that would not be possible a visit. Besides, he did not have permission from any teacher to be in Vale, so he would have to face serious consequences once the battle is over.
-Ceodore. -Ren called him. -What exactly do you mean by Miasma Grimms?
-Exactly what I said Ren. -Ceodore said without get his eyes from the grimm. -Those grimms were infused with miasma and evolved.
-Miasma have that effect in grimms? -Pyrrha couldn't help but ask.
Miasma harm humans but make grimms stronger. How come no one ever said a word about that?
-Do you know how to beat them? -Nora asked to her leader who start to scratch his cheek.
-Well, about that...
-Ceodore, do you know their weakness, right? -Ren asked to Ceodore who give a embarassed smile to his team.
-I afraid that they don't have a weakness...
-WHAT? -His teammates shout at the same time.
-My master never told me that they have som kind of weakness. -Ceodore said without noticing the Miasma Beowulf jump. -As far I know, he always beat them with his force only what is understable since he is very skilled and all. Excuse me for a moment. -After he said that, Ceodore put his sword back on the sheath and raised his shield blocking the grimm's attack and pushing him back. The Miasma Beowulf tried to put the apprentice's head in his mouth but was blocked by the Victoria but the grimm did not over. He used his teeths to hold the shield and lift Ceodore from the floor and start to shake him around until the monster threw him on the floor. -In other words, the plan did not change. Let's hold them until the help arrive!
The Beowulf tried to stomp Ceodore's head and he rolled to the left to dodge the blow. He didn't have too much time to stand in two feets crouching to dodge the claw coming and rolling away to dodge the grimm's paw what hit the floor and shatered like was glass. Pyrrha would not stay behind in her first time together with her leader and charged againt the Miasma Griim. She bashed him with her shield with little effect and the beast turn around with his claw aimed to the amazon's head. She was able to dodge the strike and move to the front of him where Ceodore also was. They used their shields and hit the monster's chin together with enough force to make him lost the balance and start to fall back... or they thought.
The grimm get his paws out of the floor and used both of them to kick the knight and the amazom. None of them expected a move like that from a grimm so they were caught by the kick and were sending away. Nora came ready to send the grimm to the sky but also not expected to him to jump and dodge the swing of her hammer. She was kicked in her cheek and could only see a claw coming to her face, Ren moved fast and used his hands to block the strike with his aura. To his surprise, he was being pushed back. He blocked the attack of a King Taijitu and did not moved a milimeter from the spot. His thoughts were interrupted when he notices the grimm charging the black energy from his mouth and aiming again him.
Both Ren and Nora jumped away from the grimm what fired the dark energy at them. Ren raises his arms to use his aura to block the blast until Ceodore appeared in front of him and Nora with his shield raised. Ren was surprised with his appearance. The blast hit the shield and Ceodore used almost all his force to not let the blast overpower him. He was able to block the blast but the Beowulf start to run after him. Nora put herself between the monster and her leader.
Ren would let Ceodore to take care of himself. He still not feels fine close to him, but since Nora was there ready to defend him, he unconsciously moved to her side to give her aid. He used his aura and hit the Miasma Grimm right in his chest and seemed to had some effect on him. It shot lived for Ren with the Beowulf holding him by the neck and punch him away. Ren found strange the grimm not attack him with his claws but then notice the monster charging another shot. He tried to raise his hands but would be too late.
The blast almost hit him if was not for a white arc colliding with the sphere and exploding in the middle way to the target. Ren look to where the arc came from and see Ceodore with his shield on his back and hist sword down like he just had cut something. Ceodore focused his attention on the Miasma Beowulf with his blade raised. Alastor begins to emit a white light around the blade, then Ceodore give a vertical cut shoting the same white arc from before against their opponent. The arc explode with the impact but when the smoke dissapear, reveals the grimm with his arms closed to block the apprentice's attack.
-Wow. -Ceodore couldn't help but say that.
The monster prepare another shot and Ceodore do the same. Another white arc collide with black sphere, exploding and causing a great shockwave. Ceodore was blinded by the smoke raised by the explosion and could only see a dark sphere flying straight to his face. He would not be able to raise his shield in time but was tackled by his partner who saved him from the sphere what hit a building nearby.
-Ceodore, are you okay? -Pyrrha asked.
-I'm fine. Thanks. -Ceodore thanked her and look back to the monster. Ren and Nora run to his direction then split in different directions for a pincer attack, only for Ren be hit by the grimm's claw and Nora be send flying by his tail. -Damn. He is better than I thought.
-I never thought that a Beowulf could become so strong. -Pyrrha said, still not believing that a Beowulf, one of the most basic grimms are giving not only her team but her friends and professors so much problems. -I would not believe if I was there to see.
-There have to be something we can do against them. -Nora said as she joined her team.
-you all have done enough. -A voice spoke.
Ren start to run in the grimm's direction from left to right. At some point he was able to move to behind him but the monster's tail just hit him on chest, sending him flying, before he could hit the floor, a invisible force hold him in midair. Then Ren see the blind samurai of Beacon walking past him into the Miasma Grimm direction. By his side was professor Peach who was wearing her lab coat with some spears on the bottom?
-We take the fight from there. -Peach spoke to the team CNVL. -Take every one of your classmates and leave.
-You two are the reinforcement we were waiting? -Ceodore asked. -No offense, but I think will need more than you two to... -In the middle of his speech, the Miasma Beowulf sneak behind Fernando and aim his claw to a fatal blow. Both Ceodore and Pyrrha notices Fernando forehead slightly frown. A second after that the Beowulf's chest openend and start to left blood spill from the wound. -... to take them down.
Ceodore was so surprise that didn't notice the fact of blood coming from the grimm's body. All the other Miasma Grimms stopped their fights to see the one who had fall from the blade of the samurai.
-About time to you appear Fernando. -Glynda said.
-They were all this time waiting for Mr. Minuano? -Ceodore thought to himself.
-What are you all waiting for?! -Fernando shout getting everyone attention. -We told to you all to leave!
Fernando's voice sounded so harsh and serious that no one tried to argue about stay and fight. Everyone start to leave with exception of Ruby and Ceodore. They give a last look to their professors before left the battle in their hands. They could only hope to them be able to defeat them.
In the entrance of Vale, a girl with green hair notice the noises coming from the center of the city. She also could feel the a chill coming from that place.
-There's no mistake. -She said. -It is miasma.
Without want loose time, she start to run to where she felt miasma.
Now believe or not, I had this chapter written in just one day but suddenly the screen of my notebook got all blue then stopped to respond. I lost all I have written since I made the entire chapter without save it, was right in the last sentence that this happened. I got so down about this that I didn't wanted to start write the chatper again for a while now.
I started again this evening after the work and this time... happenend again. But this time I started again after that happened and there is. Now about what happened in the end, there is a explanation about how Fernando was able to defeat one of the miasma grimms so easily. But I will tell that in the next chapter.
And about professor's Peach, since there's no image about her and nothing more, I thought in a different kind of weapon for her to use. I will try not take so long to update this fic. And if that blue screen appear again, I will try start after turn on the notebook again.
Damn that blue screen!
That's all folks, see you next time.