Opening File: KLAW(Klaw)
A new team formed as part of the Invisible Hand by Sammael this new team is made of serial killers and monsters of the most deranged kind.
The leader is the cat Mobian serial killer named Katz who is one of the most wanted criminals in America, noted for his business scams, breeding illegal man-eating spiders and his deadly Semblance.
Working along the leader is the brains of the group, a duck Mobian named Le Quack. Le Quack is skilled and decisive, rivaling Katz as a con artist. His manipulative tendencies are especially harmful when coupled with his devious intellect in psychological persuasion.
Next is the muscle of the team, a mole Mobian motivated by pure bloodlust that rivals even most ferocious Grimm. The only known name for this beast is Weremole. Wild and savage, Weremole seeks only to feed on anyone or anything in a gruesome tearing-and-shaking fashion.
Finally the most dangerous of the group is known mostly as the Wailing Woman or the Queen of the Black Puddle. She is a Fallen and is perhaps one of the very first Fallen to exist since the Forgotten Age and is likely to be as dangerous as other high ranked Fallen such as Sammael and Moloch. Only few know her true name: Aqueela Nalane.
Together these four represent the darkest traits of the Invisible Hand's power and their leader's ambition. It is recommended that if anyone sees them they are to run and get help and that no Huntsmen are to engage them alone.
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Xxx
"Being on a team with someone does make them a friend. Partnerships without friendship or trust exist and they only do for chance of mutual benefits. You can be teamed up with and work with someone you hate and it would take a lot of patience if you are able and willing to work together. So what could form such a team?" TOM wondered as the file closed. "Riches beyond your wildest dreams? Revenge? A need to survive. There are many reasons but in the end are they worth it or would you end your partnership simply because you cannot stand working with those you hate?"
Xxx
"That infernal machine will pay for this."
That was all Katz could say as he cut his bonds instantly after awakening. The machine and its friends had no doubt left him here in his own lodge to die by either Grimm or those other machines that were appearing the Darklands.
Too bad they would be disappointed when they learned he had escaped.
Or had he?
"So this is the so-called serial killer?" Katz spun around, watching as someone emerged from the shadows of the underground parking lot. "A scrawny hairball."
This man wore a dark purple military uniform and hat, his skin was pale with black and purple veins traveling down his face, one eye was completely white with a bolt shaped scar under it and the other eye was red with black sclera.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Katz asked as his black Aura flared.
"I am General Skarr and I am here to inform you that you have an appointment with someone." The man said, holding out a rifle.
"Really?" Katz smirked as he looked into the man's single working eye. "I am afraid I'll have to decline."
Just as he was about to use his Semblance to inflect terrifying images in the man's mind Skarr's own Aura flared and Katz suddenly found himself falling to his knees as a great force pressed itself upon him.
"Wh-What?!" Katz cried out, eyes widening as he felt himself losing control of his body.
"Yes, bow down to me." Skarr grinned, showing his pearly white teeth as he stepped forward. "You thought you could use your Semblance to give me nightmares until my will was broken. Unfortunately for you I don't need terror to break someone." Skarr's rifle shifted and changed into a sword that he held at the Mobian's neck. "My will alone will break anyone in my way."
"Skarr." A voice spoke from behind.
From out of the shadows came a strange jellyfish like Grimm with a crystal ball like head, hovering towards Skarr. Katz looked at the creature and saw a face inside the crystal ball, staring at him with glinting red eyes much like Skarr's.
"I believe this one may be useful." The man spoke as if the crystal ball was some type of communication device. "Bring him to me, preferably unharmed."
Skarr scowled but obeyed, releasing Katz from his Semblance. "As you wish."
Katz grunted as he felt control of himself again. "Who are you? What are you?"
"All in due time, Katz." The man replied with a soft smile. "All in due time."
Xxx
"You sure he is ready?"
"He has had time to master his powers and he has done well."
"It is still too soon. He could very well lose control in the middle of this test."
"Unfortunately both Gelorum and the Gems have sped up our timetable for us. Gelorum's new drones are looking for one of the targets as we speak. At the very least he requires a field test before we can consider him fully ready."
"And the others?"
"SAMMAEL!"
The Fallen in question smirked as he looked over his shoulder, watching as the door to his throne room were kicked open. "Shouldn't be a problem."
Cree stomped towards the Fallen with an enraged look on her face, not caring what might happen if she said the wrong thing. "Is. It. True?"
"You will have to be more specific." Sammael casually faced her.
"Has my sister been abducted?" Cree asked slowly with rage dripping through each word she spoke.
"…Yes." Sammael answered simply.
"Who did it? Tell me where to find them and have your monsters dig up graves for the ones responsible." Cree cracked her knuckles.
Moloch seemed annoyed but Sammael looked amused. "Funny you should ask where to find the ones responsible."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Cree snarled. "I don't care how powerful you are I am not going to sit here and play your game."
"I assure you, Cree that I am playing no game." Sammael spread his arms out, making a peaceful gesture. "Your sister along with the hosts for Ice and Slime were abducted by a force from another world. We were just planning a rescue when you arrived. In fact I am working on assembling a number of individuals to help us."
"And who would those be?"
Xxx
Katz had been so sure he was going to be making a profit.
Sure the two children that he had found rejected his offer but it was of no consequence and neither was the white armored creature that foolishly challenged him. The knight attacked him with a large sword but his Aura protected him and he easily knocked it back with a kick. His spiders surrounded the creature and the Human that was with him, salivating at the thought of eating them both. The white armored creature was seemingly trembling while the Human utilized a fire based Semblance but it was still no consequence to him.
Katz was laughing as a large spider approached the cage he had placed the two children for his resort in. "And now it's feeding time for my pets~!" He sang.
Suddenly, without even looking up, he began to turn around so he was facing Katz, only to rush forwards and slice the spider in HALF! Katz seemed surprised at the sudden turn of events, as did the two children and Monty, who had seen him move. His blue eyes looked up to meet the scared eyes of the two children in the cage and he spoke.
"Are you two alright?" The future Grimm Slayer asked in a reassuring tone of voice.
"Uh huh..." The fox Faunus girl replied, her brown eyes filled with wonder and awe. Beside her, the boy was also filled with awe, but he was also shaking like a leaf. Looking back behind him, white armored creature leveled his sword at Katz's face.
"Katz!" Omnimon shouted, his voice now full of authority and having a commanding presence. "For your crimes, and your attempt on both my and Monty Uno's lives, as a Royal Knight and one of the strongest Digimon in the Digital World, I, Omnimon, the Second-In-Command of the Royal Knights themselves, will bring you to justice!"
Monty stared, as did Katz. But Katz was the one who was the most stunned, even as Omnimon spoke again. With a movement off to his left, another large spider moved to get the jump on Omnimon, but he looked back just in time to react. However, even as he swung his sword and sliced the spider in half again, this time, an Aura flared into existence, one that was white with gold and blue accents in it.
The Aura blocked yet another spider that tried to trap him in its silken webbing, the sticky threads only forming a cocoon around the Royal Knight before they stopped and fell away when the Aura faded. Rushing forwards towards the third spider, Omnimon was quick to dismember it by removing its legs and the head in a flurry of quick sword strikes. Katz was surprised by the sudden turn of events. He tried to run at Omnimon, arms out in an attempt to grab his head so the two could make eye contact and so he could trap the Digimon in his Semblance, but when he got within range of the Royal Knight's sword, he didn't even see sections of certain runes glowing on it as Omnimon slashed at him with his blade in an attempt to drive the Mobian back. The blade made contact, slashing open a gash on his skinny, right arm. Katz hissed in pain before he grabbed the limb and backed off.
His energy to use his Semblance was too weak now that he had been wounded, he mused with a sudden realization.
Perhaps it was time for a retreat...
"Well, we will meet again, Royal scum." Katz hissed. "For now, consider this a reprieve." With that, he ran off into the brush, and was gone.
'Disgraceful. Utterly disgraceful!' Katz thought to himself as he ran into the Twisted Forest.
It had been so simple in the beginning.
Capture some children for his new 'resort of fun'.
It wasn't supposed to end like this.
'That white armored…thing pierced my Aura with a single slash.' Katz grunted as he looked at the shallow cut on his arm as he leaned against a tree. 'That sword have his had some form of markings on it. I've heard of Semblances that can disable others but this was somehow different. An Aura made of more than one color…It is impossible for such a creature to exist!'
Omnimon.
That was the name the creature called itself.
'It was not a Human or a Mobian but something else. It called itself a Digimon.' Katz remembered. 'I've never heard of such a creature before.'
Whatever it was Katz planned on exacting his revenge the next time they met.
No one humiliated him like that and lived to tell about it.
No one.
Despite their reputation Katz fled into the Darklands, knowing the authorities would not dare follow him in there. Katz however was more than sure he was skilled enough to travel the Grimm infested area and would hide out until such time he was sure no one would find him. During his time there he discovered a strange underground complex and believed it would be perfect for his new resort.
It was remote and secluded where no authorities or Huntsmen would think to look.
Xxx
"Who invited this unruly beast?"
That was all Katz had to say regarding his new…teammate.
Unruly was perhaps the lightest term to refer to this creature.
A creature guided only by bloodlust and fearful respect it recognized as its alpha. A creature that Katz was expected to fight and train alongside.
When he had been offered a team of his own he had been expecting a little…more.
A mole Mobian that was currently thrashing the remains of a Beowulf was not what he had in mind. And he had a feeling it would be his job to clean up the blood thing's messes at the end of the day.
"Quelque chose ne va pas, monsieur Katz?" A French accented voice spoke, drawing Katz's attention from the blood sport and his eyes settled on the speaker.
Le Quack, a duck Mobian with a criminal record that showed him to be as skillful con artist as Katz. The difference is that Le Quack didn't resort to outright murder in his business, believing killing to be downright dirty and a waste of time.
"Something troubles you?" Le Quack asked, switching to English with a polite smile.
"Nothing important." Katz waved off the so-called concern Le Quack seemed to have.
"Now, now we must remember that we are a team now. It wouldn't do well if we did not at act with a form of professionalism." Le Quack stated to his fellow Mobian. "Our benefactor would not be pleased if we are less than…effective."
"Then be sure to remember that when we are called for." Katz retorted, almost unable to contain his urge to use his Semblance on the insolent duck.
He was toying with him and Katz was not one for being toyed with.
If for not the fact that Sammael would be unpleased with him attacking a 'comrade' Katz would have followed his natural instinct but for the sake of remaining leader and remaining alive he had to endure the annoying duck.
For now.
"And where is our fourth member?" Le Quack looked around the training room. "I see only the three of us."
"I suggest looking down at the ground for any puddles." Katz idly suggested.
Le Quack raised an eyebrow and looked over to the other side of the room, spotting a black puddle that was easy to spot despite being in a dark room. "So it is true. Our other member is indeed like our employer."
"She has very specific cravings. Perhaps she would even have a thing for ducks." Katz suggested with a small smile.
Le Quack rolled his eyes. "My friend, I find your morbid approach to humor to be rather…Manquant."
"Perhaps you will learn to enjoy it in time." Katz shrugged, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
"Perhaps indeed."
"Enough!" A voice whispered from the black puddle, halting all other activity in the room.
Weremole snarled as he looked at the puddle while Le Quack and Katz remained calm and still, watching as a figure rose from the puddle. It took the shape of a woman giving an alluring aura with long soft deep blue hair, violet colored eyes matching Black Velvet's. She wore a long black robe with a black crown resting on her head and she had pale skin with black and purple veins traveling down her face and neck showing what she was a Fallen much like their benefactor.
"My, my, such beauty." Le Quack chuckled as the woman approached. "They call you the Wailing Woman, the Queen of the Black Puddle and I am sure there are many more. Perhaps you can indulge my curiosity by revealing your name, madam."
"My name is none of you concern." The woman said, her voice an echoing whisper. "What should concern you is the petty bickering."
"Madam, we are not bickering. We are socializing." Le Quack chuckled, not showing any fear from the dark look the woman gave him.
Before she could say anything the doors opened and in walked Sammael and Moloch, both of them carefully observing the new team. Katz stepped away from the wall, uncrossing his arms and the rest of his team were quickly at his side.
Weremole had become amazingly quiet, keeping his mouth shut and head partially bowed. Katz wished he could learn how make that permanent.
Le Quack had his hand behind his back, looking as professional as a con artist could.
The Wailing Woman remained composed, looking back at her fellow Fallen with a look of pure indifference.
"Katz." Sammael finally spoke after moment of silence, looking at the feline Mobian who bowed slightly to show he was listening. "I offered you the chance to lead your own team and yet I see little progress has been made into actually forming a team."
"The adjustment is slightly…different from my usual approach but we will be ready." Katz replied, hoping he wasn't about to suffer Sammael's wrath again.
Le Quack threw a hidden smirk his way but Katz ignored it, deciding he'd deal with the duck later.
"I hope you will adjust to it rather soon. It's fortunate that I don't need the entirety of your new team. Only you." Sammael said, looking directly at Katz.
"Me?" Katz gestured to himself.
"Yes." Sammael turned around, looking back at the door and peering into the hallway. "I.O.N.E.S.C.O."
From the dark hall emerged the group heard the sound of loud metallic feet stomping the stone floor of the fortress. From the dark came a large intimidating machine, possessing what appeared to be a head of sorts for the lower body attached to a pair of grey legs with red and yellow 'toes'. The upper body had a snakelike extension on which rested the chest and shoulders. The chest was blue and the shoulder armor was rather bulky, with red and yellow armor comprising it.
The arms were mostly white with grey hands while the head atop the chest was white with green optics and a golden V-fin. Finally green orb rested in the center of the machine's chest armor.
All in all, it was an intimidating sight to behold even for the members of the newly formed Team KLAW.
"Friends, I introduce what used to be Dr. Ionesco, now known as the Devil Gundam." Sammael introduced. "He is considered to be the dark side of the very same science that created Dragon of Denver."
Katz's eyes narrowed as he remembered his last encounters with the so-called Dragon of Denver and wasn't sure he liked this new 'Gundam' any better. "How…swell." He drawled, making little attempt to hide his displeasure at the reminder. "And what, pray tell, will this individual and I be doing cooperatively?"
"Why it's quite simple." Sammael smiled pleasantly. "Do you remember the Grimm Slayer by any chance, Katz?"
If bringing up the Dragon of Denver could rile Katz up, bringing up that particular individual made every hair on his body stick out. "…I doubt I could ever forget him if I tried." He said after composing himself.
"I have a message for him." Sammael continued. "And you two will be delivering it."
"Would this message be an offer or…the kind that isn't so much verbal as it is physical?" Katz inquired. "If it's the latter, you might find it more difficult than you believe."
"It is one that the great Grimm Slayer cannot afford to ignore."
Xxx
"There was another of them!" Katz raged, not even caring that he was losing his temper in front of someone who could very well make him pay for it. "It wasn't the Fire Elemental at all! It was a creature like the accursed Grimm Slayer!"
The holographic form of Sammael listened calmly as Katz gave his report. "A creature like the Grimm Slayer, you say? It must one of those other beings I have heard about. It had fire powers?"
"Yes and it seemed to have some sort of…Beast Form. Luckily it wasn't very bright as it failed to realize changing into that form left it very little room to maneuver. I subjected it to my Semblance but it blasted me with its fire power." Katz growled. "This is getting annoying. How many more of these creatures are out there?"
This was starting to become very tiring.
Twice he had faced these so-called Digimon and twice he had been humiliated by them.
This was unacceptable.
Katz would not allow this insult to continue a third time.
"At moment we do not know but we shall learn what we need for when they appear again." Sammael replied. "In the meantime Katz, you are to return to the Darklands immediately."
"For what, may I ask?" Katz asked.
"The assembling of your new team." Sammael smirked.
Xxx
'Grimm Slayer. You are the first on my list.' Katz vowed as he remembered every single character he planned to exact his vengeance on.
Omnimon, the so-called Grimm Slayer who forced Katz to flee when he had unknowingly captured the Ice and Candy Elementals and even disabled his Semblance for a time without Katz knowing.
The Dragon of Denver who foiled Katz's plan to run a Grimm fighting ring in the Darklands.
And Agunimon, the one who interfered with his plans to track down the Fire Elemental.
They would all pay.
All of them.
And Omnimon, the so called Royal Knight and Grimm Slayer would be the first.