Patriot-112: Wow, I actually got four reviews in that last chapter! Special thanks to those who left one, and hope more will come after this chapter.

Anywho, let us continue on!

Disclaimer: You know the drill, RWBY doesn't belong to me, end of story.

Chapter Five:

Tick Tock

Crimson yellow eyes darted back and forth, mouth formed in a vicious snarl, back hunched, as the girl, now possessed by her rage continued her rampage, slaughtering all the Grimm in her sight.

Thus, que a Creeper slamming into a tree, it's head missing as it began dissipating into smoke. The same fate followed the other Grimm, as they attempted...and failed to kill the girl, who was becoming more and more Grimm by the second.

"Yes! This is what I've been waiting for!" the voice shouted in glee, as a Beowolf's head was ripped violently off it's shoulders, "That's it! Rip them apart!"

A Nevermore fell from the sky, a spike of iron, formed from the metal in the ground, right in the middle of it's forehead.

A King Taijitu was sliced in half, separating it's two heads, before it was quickly torn to pieces.

Another Beowolf had both of it's arms ripped off, before they were used as clubs to beat the Grimm to death.

These were one of the many types of deaths that the now rage drunk, Grimm possessed, Dorée* Arkos inflicted on the horde of Grimm.

Her features had also changed, with her fair pale skin now paler than bone, dark circles under her Grimm-like eyes, her now loosened hair that was now cascading down to her mid back, was now colored a bone white, though the red streaks still remained, which made her look all the more terrifying.

And finally, there were the red markings that adorned her face just like all other Grimm, with the red eye cartouche displayed on her forehead.

All the while, the inner voice in her head continued to laugh in sadistic joy. Encouraging her rage even more.

"Yes! That's a good girl! Keep it up, and soon you will be too deep in your rage...," Dorée punched an Ursa through the mouth and out the back of it's throat, as the voice continued though more softly, '...and then I will be free to take your body for my myself...and have all the fun I want, kukukukuku,'

Meanwhile

The column of red fire was seen by almost everyone in Vale, garnering awe and fear among everyone of the kingdom's citizens. It also caused a large number of Grimm, including Nevermores, Griffons, Goliaths, every species, to be attracted to it, due to the vast amount of rage they were sensing. There were a large amount which went to the city, but the bulk of the invading Grimm horde went toward the source of the rage.

"Not good! Definitely NOT good!" Canus kept shouting as he ran through the woods toward where the pillar of fire came from. All the while, Teams JNPR and RWBY were right behind, just managing to keep up with the man.

"You been saying for the past few minutes!" Weiss shouted, before looking up at the sky as flying Grimm soared over, "We can literally see that!"

"It's not the Grimm I'm completely worried about, cakeeater!" Canus shouted, causing Weiss to growl and grasp the handle of Myrtenaster. Blake however, stopped her before asking Canus the question everyone wanted answered.

"What do you mean!?" she said, "What's worse than...this!?"

"Considering that we're about to have a very bad case of Grimm Possession, and that the said person we're now looking for who has the power to literally demolish an entire kingdom is a victim of it, that's what's not good!" Canus shouted in reply, causing the others to look at him, greatly disturbed at the words.

"What do you mean by 'Grimm Possession'?" Ren inquired, "I never heard of it!"

"That's because it won't show up until AFTER Dorée was born!" He said, "And you can thank Dr. Merlot for that."

Pyrrha and Jaune both felt dread at those words.

"W-What did he do?" was the champion's question, while Canus was hesitant to answer. But, knowing they will find out anyway, he answered them.

"I honestly can't explain the scientific mumbo jumbo...but he somehow grafted the DNA of Geist and Alpha Beowolf Grimm into her genetic structure," he said, making everyone pale, "Of course, from what I learned, the strands are few, not enough to cause permanent physical changes, but once she gets angry enough, the changes are...frightening to say the least."

The more that Canus spoke, the more and more the fear the two teams had began to feel grow stronger. Especially the case with Jaune and Pyrrha, but their fear was more of a different sort.

"Of course, this change only happens when her anger is driven over the edge," Canus continued, "But once it is... No one, and nothing can stop her. She acts more like a feral beast than a well-trained warrior, and will target anyone who will dare stand in her way. Of course, that's just the Beowolf genes."

Everyone looked at him, continuing to run towards the sounds of explosions and roars of Grimm.

"According to what Dr. Merlot said, once the Geist in her kicks in the door, it will immediately take over her, controlling both her mind and body, make her do things that she wouldn't want to do... And let's just say this Geist has a VERY sadistic way of killing people."

Everyone couldn't help the shiver that went down their spines. All of them thankful that Dorée didn't lose her shit back at the coliseum.

"Of course, the first time it happened, was she found out that her mentor was one who killed her parents...you two," Canus announced, catching the two off-guard. "And before you ask how I know, I found her after she finished her rampage. She had just killed everyone at the compound, where she was raised and trained, in order to fulfil her mission."

He then sighed sadly, "She only regained her senses after she killed her mentor... And she learned something else that clearly broke her, as she was actually holding her in her arms...crying,"

That caused Pyrrha to blink in wonder. Why, after everything that Cinder had done, that Dorée would actually mourn her loss?

"It wasn't until four months later, just before she left through the time machine, that she told me-...," he then stopped suddenly as did the others who looked at him.

"What? What is is it?" Ruby said as she got Crescent Rose ready, along with everyone else readying their respective weapons.

"Quiet..." Canus whispered as he stood stock still. It a few minutes before his eyes widened in alarm.

"SCATTER!"

The ground burst apart, forcing the Huntsman and hunters-in-training to jump away. As they landed away from the explosion of dirt and dust, they looked and saw that it was a King Taijitu.

"Well that's just perfect," Canus said sarcastically, before suddenly as the rest of the two headed snake Grimm came out of the hole, more Grimm appeared, mostly Creepers and Boarbatusks, along with a few Beowolves, and an Ursa Alpha, causing him to groan angrily, "Craaaaaaaaap! We don't have time for this bullshit!"

The King Taijitu gave a hiss-like roar as the other Grimm began their attack.

With Cinder

"We have to leave," said Cinder, a hint of urgency in her voice, and Emerald didn't argue with that, as they continued their way toward the Bullhead, where Adam and the White Fang he brought with him were waiting.

"Hurry up!" the Bull Faunus shouted, "I don't want to be around when whatever caused that shows up!"

"We're coming! Just hold on for a little-!" Emerald was cut off, when suddenly they heard the trumpeting sound of a Goliath as it slammed into the ground, not too far from them catching them off-guard. "WHOA!"

The two then turned around and saw none other than the girl who had single handedly ruined their plan. Only...she looked radically different.

The flaming eyes of the Fall Maiden were still alight, but it was the Grimm-like physical changes that made them gape in shock and horror.

"W...What the hell?" Emerald said in absolute fear as she looked at the girl. "She looks like...,"

Cinder couldn't believe it as she stared at the girl in front of her. Her changes almost match Salem's, but the eyes were more like the other Grimm, rage filled and wild.

The Grimmified girl then looked at them, before snarling, showing a pair of fangs that looked ready to bite into something.

"We need to go...," Cinder said, before turning and looking at Emerald who was still shocked frozen with fear, causing the Fallen Maiden to shout in urgency, "...NOW EMERALD!"

That snapped the illusionist out of her shocked state and they proceeded to quickly head toward the Bullhead.

The Grimm-possessed Dorée however, wasn't going to let that happen and immediately sprinted after them. The surrounding area being nothing but a blur, as she zeroed in on on her target.

As she was running toward them, her over-powered semblance began to draw all the metal in the ground to her hands, forming one clawed gauntlet in each one.

The two women turned and saw the enraged huntress was just now upon them. Left clawed hand raised, and ready to slice them in two.

The claws came down, only for a red katana blade to stop their descent.

"So this is what's been giving you trouble!?" Adam shouted questioningly as he looked at the girl in front of him who now looked more Grimm than human. "How did you not see this!? You said you had everything under control!"

Cinder didn't say anything at first, having just nearly escaped death a THIRD time. She then shook her head, and looked at the Bull Faunus who was now deadlocked with Dorée as she snarled at the White Fang Commander.

"Just keep her busy!" Cinder shouted, "Let's go, Emerald!"

Emerald snapped to it, and continued to help Cinder toward the Bullhead.

"Oh sure, leave me to deal with it!" Adam shouted sarcastically, and then looked into the Grimm eyes of the huntress, "I have to admit, you certainly made a mess of things! Though with the amount of Grimm you inadvertently brought in, I think it's not a total loss! We just need to improvise!"

They broke the deadlock when Adam raised the lever action rifle at her, and squeezed the trigger, causing Dorée to dodge or be shot in the face.

She then jumped away from the Faunus Swordsman, crouching down, like a beast. Adam couldn't help but see the irony in the way the girl was acting.

"And Humans have the gall to call us animals," he said, as he sheathed his sword and assumed his Iaido stance.

With Cinder and Emerald, they were just about to jump on the Bullhead, when an idea hit Cinder, as she remembered what Dorée told her.

"Emerald, wait!" she said, causing the illusionist to stop and look at her, "I have an idea...,"

Meanwhile, Back with Canus, RWBY, and JNPR

Another Creeper fell to the ground, the familiar javelin form of Milo, pierced in it's side, before it stopped moving altogether. The weapon's owner immediately pulled it out, as the Grimm disappeared.

'We have to get moving!' Pyrrha thought as she looked around as her team, along with Team RWBY and Canus fought the attacking Grimm, Canus showing his abilities, while using two six cylinder antiquated revolvers**...which were anything but, as the power behind the pistols, along with the dust rounds used was any indication.

Then of course, there is the knife he used for fighting any Grimm in close quarters. The blade itself was 20 inches, and had a clip-point, while also having a D-shaped guard, connecting to the pommel*. And Canus showed he was well adept at using both.

However, Pyrrha couldn't think on that at the moment. Her main priority was getting to Dorée.

She didn't know why, something was telling her to get to the girl, who Canus, and the scroll that they recovered said, was their daughter.

Her's, and Jaune's.

And now, these feelings she was now getting, were telling the Mistralian to get to her, before it was too late.

She turned to Jaune as he struggled with a Beowolf, before she threw her shield and it smacked the side of the wolf Grimm's face, forcing it off Jaune, which gave the young Arc didn't hesitate to capitalize on, and thrust his family sword into the said Grimm's chest, killing it.

"Thanks, Pyrrha," Jaune said, a smile on his face as he ran toward his partner.

Despite the situation, Pyrrha couldn't help but smile back and return the nod, before she frowned before joining her partner as he got back up.

"Jaune, we need to get moving," she said, "I don't know why...but I get the feeling that if we don't get to Dorée soon...I...I'm afraid something terrible will happen,"

"I'm with you on that Pyrrha, but right now, I don't think the Grimm are gonna let that happen," Jaune said, as more Grimm showed up, "We need some serious help, right now!"

Just as he said that, an Ursa launched itself at the pair, before something unexpected happened...

BOOOM!

Everyone, and everygrimm, turned to the source of the earth shattering sound. What they saw, brought a smile to Ruby's face.

"Penny!" the red hooded girl shouted.

"Salutations, friends!" the...special girl shouted in greeting while everyone looked at her. As for the Ursa that tried to attack Jaune and Pyrrha...well...it's currently face first under the feet of said special girl.

"Uh, did she just...fall from the sky?" Blake said in bewilderment.

Penny then summoned her blades as she proceeded to slice apart any Grimm in her way, the said creatures of darkness turning their attention to her as the bigger threat.

Seeing this, Canus turned toward Pyrrha and Jaune.

"Now's your chance! Get going!" he shouted, causing the two blink, before they turned and ran in the direction of where Dorée was.

"Are you sure that was a good idea!?" Ren shouted as he decapitated a Creeper with his Stormflowers' blades, "Sending them ahead, on their own!"

Canus didn't say anything at first, as he processed the young ninja's words. He then heard a caw and looked up spotting a familiar raven flying overhead and following the two young teens. His eyes narrowed.

"They'll be alright...," he said, though was mostly unsure, "...I hope,"

"RAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!"

The furious roar echoed through the ruins, as Dorée slashed at Adam, who for the first time in his life was actually being driven on the defensive. The duel had been going for only a few minutes, and Adam was showing the signs of his battle, his jacket, was ripped in some places, with the most severe being a sleeve ripped off.

Along with that, were the minor injuries which were being healed by his aura, along with three scratch marks on the right side of his face from the iron clad claws, that still stung like a bitch.

Dorée, however, was not unscathed either, if the bleeding cuts on her face, left shoulder, and right leg were anything to go by. But they were quickly healed by her aura. Her armor however, didn't have such a luxury, as small cracks appeared in her breastplate, a piece of one her cuisse was hanging loose, and one the greaves on her boots was now gone and forgotten somewhere in another part of the ruins.

Adam cursed, as the Grimm possessed girl swiped at him again, managed to nick his mask.

However, at the waiting Bullhead, Cinder was relaying her plan to Cinder.

"Wait...you're telling me she's related to Pyrrha Nikos, somehow!?" the mint-haired thief said in shock, while Cinder nodded.

"She sounded very protective of her," Cinder said, "And not to mention the resemblance, they have the same semblance, face, and eyes."

The Fallen Maiden then smirk, "Which is what we'll use to our advantage," she said, and Emerald blinked before her eyes widened in understanding, and she turned back to the duel between Adam and Dorée.

"You really think it will work?" she said, before Cinder gave her the look.

"It has to work!" she said, "And hopefully the shock will be enough to force her to stop, and leave her vulnerable,"

Though Emerald wanted to argue and just wanted to get as far as hell away from the rage drunk as possible, she knew Cinder was adamant, and could probably kill with with her bow and arrow if she tried to head to the still waiting Bullhead.

"Alright, let's just hope this plan works...and not get killed in the process,"

Meanwhile...again.

Both Jaune and Pyrrha were both running through the forest toward their destination, both of them desperate to get answers. They eventually entered a clearing before stopping as their eyes widened.

"Whoa...," gasped the Arc, as they looked at the destroyed trees, with a few burning, along with the numerous disintegrating bodies of Grimm, many, or all, of them dismembered. "...I know Grimm are suppose to be our sworn enemy but this does not look good!"

Pyrrha didn't say anything as she looked at the devastation all around her.

'This...this isn't right,' she thought as the bodies of the Grimm had finished dissipating, 'A huntress...shouldn't act like this,'

A glint of light caught her eye, before she turned and saw the same shield, she saw Dorée carried. She then sprinted toward the shield, Jaune right behind her, before they stopped, and the Mistralian knelt down and picked up the shield.

She looked at the symbol on the face, and couldn't help but frown in worry.

"We have to stop her," she suddenly spoke up, prompting Jaune to blink, "Clone or not, I refuse to let her suffer like this."

She then turned to her Partner who became shocked, as he saw tears leaking from her eyes.

"Jaune...I understand you probably have second thoughts about this...but...I just can't...," she said, and bowed her head, hiding her eyes in shadow, "I just can't bear to watch and let her possibly get killed. If...if you want-,"

"No," Jaune said, cutting her off, prompting her to lift her head and blink in surprise, as she looked at the determined face of her partner. "I'm not letting you do this alone, Pyrrha. Yeah it's all crazy from what we learned...from the scroll, from Canus, it's like something out of a Sci-Fi movie...but, one thing is for sure, she might've born a different way from other people...but, from what you told me, and what we saw, she didn't want to hurt us, and I have a feeling she actually wanted to accepted...just like how I wanted to be accepted as a hero, and you wanted to accepted as a normal person."

He then took a deep breath before continuing.

"So, whatever happens. We're doing this together," he said with resolve, which prompted Pyrrha to blush, before smiling.

"Jaune...thank you," she said, before Jaune lowered his hand to her, which she grabbed and he hoisted her back up.

"What are partners and best friends for?" he said, smiling that adorkable smile she loved so much.

'I really hope it can become more than that,' she thought, and they proceeded to begin leaving the clearing, before Jaune stopped, prompting Pyrrha to do so as well.

"Jaune?" she said, as he watched Jaune walk over to a group of fallen trees, before kneeling down, and reaching his hand into a gap. When he pulled it, it was grasping something that they both knew well...

...it was Dorée's sword.

Jaune looked at Pyrrha and the two immediately put it together.

"We better move fast," he said, and the champion nodded, as she placed the shield on her arm, surprised that it actually felt right, while Jaune carried the sword, and thus continued their search. Following the trail of destruction that was left in the wake of Dorée's rampage.

Patriot-112: And another done! Man, and I thought the last one was taxing. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, after a damn long wait. Don't expect others to pop in like popcorn, I have other projects aside from this that need my attention. Until then I hope you enjoyed, but before I go...

*: Slight editing to the name, after I read a review on another fic, that Doré is a more masculine version to the french word, and that Dorée is the true feminine version...whoops. Time for a lot of editing.

**: Don't even give me shit. I saw the Blake Trailer, and the White Fang grunt had a six shooter revolver. And on a side note, yes, I gave him a Bowie Knife...Damn thing is big for a knife!

Well, until next time. Later!